Beyeren Armorial

Beyeren Armorial
National Library of the Netherlands, signature
Left folium 001v and right folium 002r from the Beyeren Armorial
Type	Armorial
Date	Between 1402 and 1405, the book was completed on 23th June 1405. Binding is from 1581
Place of origin	Holland, The Hague
Language(s)	Annotations in Dutch
Author(s)	Claes Heynenzoon
Material	Parchment and paper
Size	62 folia
Format	Circa 230 x 155 mm
Script	Littera cursiva
Contents	Five series: (fol. 1r-8v, 18r-28v): 337 coats of arms from participants in a tournament in Compiègne; February 1238 (fol. 28v-35v, 49r-52v): 191 coats of arms from participants in a tournament in Mons; 1310 (fol. 52v-57v, 36r-48v, 9r-13r): 404 coats of arms from participants in a raid against the Frisians in Kuinre; 1396 (fol. 13r-17v, 58r-60r): 122 coats of arms from participants in the siege of Gorinchem; 1402 (fol. 60r-62v): 14 series of The Three Best
Illumination(s)	1096 hand-colored coats of arms
Accession	Description of the Beyeren Armorial in the catalogue of the KB]
Other	Digitized version, website KB (in Dutch)

Five series:

The Beyeren Armorial is a medieval manuscript containing 1096 hand-colored coats of arms, with annotations in Middle Dutch. It is held by in the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague (KB), shelf mark 79 K 21.

The manuscript was compiled at the court of Holland and was completed on 23 June 1405 by Claes Heynenzoon. He was also known as the Gelre Herald, lived from circa 1345−1414, and was Ruwieren King of Arms, the chief herald of the Netherlands around 1400. He is also the creator of the Gelre (Guelders) Armorial.

The manuscripts is divided into 5 series or chapters