For our next, and final, stop in Passau, Germany, we find this armorial display of four shields dated 1525. (As always, you can click on the image below to see the full-size photograph in greater detail.)
At the top we have what I bellieve to be the crest of Wiguleus Fröschl von Marzoll, Bishop of Passau 1500-1517, placed on a shield. Issuant from a coronet, a dexter cubit arm gules the hand closed around stone proper. However, other depictions of the crest I have seen do not have the coronet, so my identification here could be incorrect.
The shield on the left in the center is badly worn on the outside, but it looks like the arms of Ernst von Bayern, Coadjutor Bishop* of Passau, 1517, Administrator of Passau, 1517-1540, Administrator of Salzburg, 1540-1554. His arms are: Quarterly: 1 and 4, Argent a lion rampant gules; 2, Sable a lion rampant or crowned gules; and 4, Lozengy bendwise azure and argent. (At least one old armorial substitutes wolf from the arms of the City of Passau for the lions in the first and fouth quarters.)
The shield on the right in the center is very badly worn, to the point of unidentifiability, but might be the arms of the City of Passau, Argent a wolf rampant gules.
And finally, the shield at the bottom is the arms of Wiguleus Fröschl von Marzoll, Bishop of Passau. One old armorial colors these arms as: Quarterly: 1 and 4, Gules a lion with the face of a tusked man rampant argent (Pachhamer); 2 and 3, Or a frog tergiant vert (Fröschl von Marzoll).
And finally, the shield at the bottom is the arms of Wiguleus Fröschl von Marzoll, Bishop of Passau. One old armorial colors these arms as: Quarterly: 1 and 4, Gules a lion with the face of a tusked man rampant argent (Pachhamer); 2 and 3, Or a frog tergiant vert (Fröschl von Marzoll).
The colors of the second and third quarters from that old armorial are incorrect. Rietstap's Armorial Général blazons the Fröschl von Marzoll arms (translated into English) as Sable a frog tergiant or.
The arms are canting. The family name is derived from "fröschl," which means "little frog" in Bavarian dialect.
Albeit somewhat worn, and even a little confusing in places, it is still an interesting display of heraldry!
* A coadjutor is a person appointed to assist another in their duties. The term is most commonly used in religious and historical contexts to refer to a bishop or archbishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop with the right to automatically succeed them upon their retirement or death.
Albeit somewhat worn, and even a little confusing in places, it is still an interesting display of heraldry!
* A coadjutor is a person appointed to assist another in their duties. The term is most commonly used in religious and historical contexts to refer to a bishop or archbishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop with the right to automatically succeed them upon their retirement or death.
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