Order of Scale

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The Order of Scales , also known as the Order of the Scales (del Scama) and the Order of the Fish Scale , was founded in 1427 by King Don Juan I of Castile . 1417 is also mentioned as the foundation date.

Other sources give the foundation date of 1420 and describe the medal as a medal worn on the helmet. It was also worn as a sky-blue scaled cross on the white mantle of the order. It is also given as the foundation year 1318 and the purpose of the order was the defense of the Catholic religion and the fight against the Moors . Another author dates the order to 1429.

The sign of the order was a red scale cross, which was worn on a white skirt and cloak. Other depictions describe the order decoration as a scaled ring with a centrally placed emblem in red and silver. At the beginning of the 16th century the knightly order expired.

Above the coat of arms of the Parsbergs , the four insignia of the medieval knight orders were placed in the first row: the Lindwurmorden and the Drachenorden . The second row showed the order of the scales and an indeterminable one. It is assumed that this order can be assigned to the "society" of the Count of Savoy .

Known porters

literature

  • D'Arcy JD Boulton, The knights of the crown. The monarchical orders of knighthood in later medieval Europe (1325-1520), 2nd improved edition, Woodbridge 2000, ISBN 0851157955 and ISBN 0851154174 , pp. 326-329.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Julius Meyer, The large conversation lexicon for the educated classes: In connection with statesmen, scholars, artists and technicians, printing and publishing house of the Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburgshausen 1851, p. 100
  2. ^ General German real encyclopedia for the educated estates ..., Volume 13, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1854, p. 20.
  3. ↑ Brix, History of the Organization of Infantry and Cavalry of the Royal Spanish Army from the Earliest Times to 1855, Verlag ES Mittler und Sohn Berlin 186, p. 20.
  4. ↑ Aristide Michel Perrot, historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the various nations Baumgärtner'schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1821, p. 155
  5. ↑ Gustav Adolph Ackermann, Order book of all orders and decorations that have flourished and expired in Europe, Rudolph and Dieterici, Annaberg 1855, p. 216
  6. ↑ Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past, 1845, original from Oxford University, digitized on June 29, 2007
  7. ^ The great book of coat of arms art, Walter Leonhard, Verlag Georg DW Callway, Munich 1978 ISBN 3-7667-0335-8
  8. ↑ Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern, Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, 1906, original from University of Michigan, digitized on Jan. 25, 2007