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What is the meaning of (ex. sig) with regard to a coat of arms?

Thanks,

(Mrs.) Chris Swan

Hallo!

thank you for your reply. It's from Siebmacher's. Here is part of the page with the (ex. sig.) abbreviation:

Schwan II. (Esthland).
Major Joh. v. Schwan zu Tuttomäggi in Esthland, t 1748.
Salomon Joh. v. Schwan (nannte sich selbst Baron), geb. 1722, verheirathet mit Baronesse v. Rosen, Erbherr zu Tuttomäggi, wurde 1786 in Geschlechtsbuch (Nr. 3) der esthländ. Statthalterschaft eingetragen, hatte Nachkommenschaft.

Wappen. (Tafel 130. 131).
Sein Wappen war [u](ex. sig.)[/u] ein blauer Schild, darin auf silbernen Wellen schwimmend, ein silberner Schwan. Helm: derselbe in ganzer Figur, im Schnabel drei Pfaufedern haltend.
Ein sehr ähnliches Wappen, das wir zur Vergleichung auf Tafel 131 geben, bringt Siebmacher IV. 160 sub "Geadelte."

I did a Google search for this and only came up with an image for a Wikimedia page with the Wappen of Kaiser Leopold I. (ex. sig). I also tried a search for Latin abbreviations, but found nothing. Then I tried a search for Latin genealogical words and got to the "FamilySearch.org" pages. Although the (ex. sig.) is not there in total. the ex. part is defined as "from" and words beginning with sig are sigillum and signum, meaning seal and sign, so I am guessing that the "ex. sig." means that the picture and description of the coat of arms was made from a seal.

Thanks again for your help,

Chris

Am I correct in believing that the extra graphics like italics and underlining do not work? Or am I just using them incorrectly?

Thanks everyone.

Chris

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