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A large, elaborate woodcut engraving of a coat of arms. The central shield contains two rounded mountain peaks joined at the base. Above the shield is a helmet with flowing, ornate mantling, topped by a crest consisting of two large curved horns (or trumpets) with a central vertical point between them. Four smaller coats of arms are positioned in the corners of the decorative border, each accompanied by a scroll label: "RVLAND" (top left), "DIRSTORFER" (top right), "ZEILHOFER" (bottom left), and "HVTENWECK" (bottom right).
You behold the immortal, noble arms of the Ruland fam- ily.
You see a blue original: caeruleum; in heraldry, the color blue is referred to as 'azure' shield, upon which two mount- ains
Rise from the lower part; they are joined together and shine with the
Brilliance of silver. Upon their summit, a boundary line original: limes; here likely referring to a specific heraldic charge or the dividing line between the peaks and the crest
Gleams with bright gold and touches the helmet with its peak.
The poem describes the "canting" (pun-based) or symbolic nature of the arms. The "mountains" likely refer to a "Land" or territory associated with the name Ruland. The use of silver (argent), blue (azure), and gold (or) denotes high status and purity.
Rulandorum: Of the Rulands.
Insignia: Insignia or Coat of Arms.
Epigramma: A short, pithy poem or inscription.
Scrôtero: Adam Schröter, a 16th-century Silesian humanist and poet.
Arma: Arms; the heraldic devices of a noble house.
Clypeum: Shield; the central element of a coat of arms.
Rulandinae: Of the Ruland [lineage].
Limes: A boundary, limit, or path.