Marcus Vulson de la Colombière
Marcus Vulson de la Colombière or Sieur de la Colombière was a French heraldist, historian, poet and member of the royal court. His name is sometimes spelled as Wulson or Volson.
Portrait of Vulson de la Colombière from his book La science Héroïque (Paris, 1644). Engraved by Robert Nanteuil after a drawing by François Chauveau.
Le vray theatre d'honneur et de chevalerie... (1648)
Frontispiece of Vulson de la Colombière's 1639 book
Description of hatching method, Colombière 1639
Hatching is a conventional system for monochrome denotation of heraldic armory, whereby the tinctures (colours) are represented by dots and lines. This technique is employed in cases where colours, for either aesthetic, practical or economic reasons are not reproduced – e.g. on surfaces such as woodcuts or engravings, seals and coins.
The original of the armorial chart of Jan Baptist Zangrius from the Helmond archive (1600)
Hatching table of Zangrius (1600)
Hatching table of Charles Segoing (1660 edition)
Hatching table of Filippo Bonanni, 1711