- Peter Suchenwirt
Peter Suchenwirt (c. 1320-1395) was an
Austria n poet andherald . (Suchenwirt was the Medieval name for heralds of the Austrian dukes.)He called himself "Knappe von den Wappen" which is a lower position as to the
herald , with the duty toblazon and explain thearms of the nobles.Suchenwirt was the most outstanding representative of the so called arms poetry (de: Heroldsdichtung). Since 1372 he lived in the
Vienna court of the Austrian dukes. In 1377, he joined the campaign of duke Albrecht III toPrussia . His poems are full of heraldic blazon, documenting his proficiency in heraldic terminology.Suchenwirt collected the material for his
poem s from the primary sources. For this reason he travelled a lot to the eminent personalities of his age. He was an outstanding observer, so his historical and cultural data proved to be authentic. He went to the location to give a laudation if he learnt about the death of an important person, or appeared there at the first anniversary of his death. He praised thetournament results, thevirtue s and field deeds ofking s andnoble s. As a rule, the speech ended with the description of the deceased person's arms.He used
gemstone s to designate the tinctures, and to describe (c. 1355) the coat of arms of the Louis the Great (1342-1382),king of Hungary .See also
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Tricking (heraldry)
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