Book Title: Ordonnances et edicts royaux de France depuis le Roy S. Loys IX. en l'an 1226, iusques au Roy Charles neusieme à present regnant 1565. : Le tout assemblé en tieres, & rubriques à la façon des pandectes du droit Romain, auec annotations necessaires pour l'intelligence des lieux les plus difficiles / par Pierre Rebuffi, docteur en droict, & aduocat en Parlement ; on y a depuis adiosté plusieurs arrests donnez es Cours souueraines, fondez sur la teneur des ordannances : auec deux tables, l'une des rubriques, l'autre des principales matieres qui y sont contenues

Author: Rebuffi, Pierre, 1487-1557, ed

Image Title: Thalers of Europe

Description: This page contains images of silver thalers (called jocondales in the text) which circulated in Europe during the sixteenth century. The top left thaler features on its front side a portrait of the martyr Stephen; the reverse contains the coat of arms of Cardinal Albert of Mainz (1490-1545). Below this coin and a brief text, another features a portrait of Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (r. 1553-1586), and his crest. Another piece of text introduce four coins, beginning with a thaler of Donauwörth, which features a portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (r. 1519-1556), and the town's arms. The column's final three coins also feature city arms: the tree and horizontal band belong to the Alsatian town of Thann; below that, the triple-turreted tower and shield represent Lüneberg; finally, the lions and horizontal bands represent Herford Abbey and the surrounding town.

The right column resumes the trend of coins with portraits, as the first features George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg (r. 1531-1555) in armor. Below this coin is a thaler of the Electorate of Saxony, featuring its arms and a portrait of its Elector Maurice (r. 1547-1553). The next contains the Habsburg double eagle as well as the arms of Murbach Abbey and an inscription referring to its abbot Johann Rudolf. The column's final three feature both portraits and arms: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I (r. 1558-1564), here called King of the Romans, Bohemia and Hungary, appears opposite his arms; below that, a portrait of the third-century soldier-martyr Maurice is paired with a collection of arms, with the arms of Savoy in the center; finally, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, appears opposite his dukedom's arms.

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