Johann Octavian Salver

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Johann Octavian Salver (born May 19, 1732 in Würzburg ; † April 23, 1788 ) was a German genealogist .

Johann Octavian Salver came from the third marriage of the engraver Johann Salver . He attended high school and later university . He studied law and history, with a particular interest in heraldry. He was unable to incorporate his talent for drawing into his studies due to a lack of financial means, but he made maps at a young age. Later he signed important coins and medals from the collection of Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig von Erthal for the history of Würzburg and in 1773 rose to the position of princely archivist. His main work was published in 1775 with 300 copper engravings by Johann Christian and Johann Oswald Berndt .

Maria Salver, wife of Johann Octavian Salver, widow of the painter Georg Anton Urlaub

It was not a financial success for him, but because of its scope and accuracy, the work is important for today's historical research. B. also art monuments that are destroyed today. Among other things, he dealt with the genealogy and the coats of arms of the knighthood of the canton of Baunach and the epitaphs of the Würzburg bishops and canons .

bibliography

  • Johann Octavian Salver: Matriculation and coat of arms book of the flourishing, extinct and withdrawn high knight members of an immediate free realm knighthood Landes zu Franken Löbl. Location on the Baunach . Wurzburg 1785.
  • Johann Octavian Salver: samples of the high Teütschen empire nobility or collections of old monuments, tombstones, coats of arms, inscriptions and original writings, etc. d. Taken according to their true archetype, tried and tested with open faithfulness, and other messages explained and explained through ancestral trees. Würzburg 1775. Digitized

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Octavian Salver  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Samples of the high Teütschen realm nobility or collections of old monuments, gravestones, coats of arms, inscriptions and originals ... recorded ... and other information explained and explained by ancestral trees, by Johann Octavian Salver ... Würzburg printed with blank writing, published by the author in 1775.
personal data
SURNAME Salver, Johann Octavian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German genealogist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1788