For those interested in viewing period heraldry here is a list of Rolls of Arms (with links) containing pre-17th century Italian and Iberian examples:
Armorial of the Order of the Annunciation, 1362 and later, Italian
http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Armoriaux/Annonciade/Amedee_VI.htm
Armorial of Cataluña, Castille and Portugal, 15th-16th century, Iberian
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001370/images/index.html?
William Bruges’s Garter Book c.1430 to c.1440 English roll of European arms
http://prodigi.bl.uk/illcat/record.asp?MSID=7656&CollID=21&NStart=594
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 1, mid-16th century, Felix III through Paul IV
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001414/images/index.html
Arms of Pontiffs/Cardinals, Volume 2, mid-16th century, Urban VI through Julius III, Medici and Farnese
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001415/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 3, mid-16th century, Roman and Viterban nobility
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001416/images/
Arms of Pontiffs/Cardinals, Volume 4, mid-16th century, arms of the Order of St. John Grand Masters
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001417/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 5, mid-16th century, Milanese arms
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001430/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 6, mid-16th century, Venetian nobility
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001418/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 7, mid-16th century, Venetian gentry, A through Ipato
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001419/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 8, mid-16th century, Venetian gentry, Irchan to the end
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001420/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 9, mid-16th century, Venice, Mantua, Bologna, Ancona, Urbino and Perugia, along with some impressa
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001421/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 10, mid-16th century, Padua, Ferrera and Pesaro
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001422/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 11, mid-16th century, Verona and Vicenza
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001423/images/
Arms of Pontiffs/Cardinals, Volume 12, mid-16th century, Florentine popes, Medici, Florentine nobility
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001424/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 13, mid-16th century, Luca, Siena, Pisa, Pistoia, Volterre, Arezzo, Cortona and Borgo San-Sepolcro
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001425/images/
Arms of Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals, Volume 14, mid-16th century, Naples and Genoa
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001426/images/
Tarafa’s Armorial, blazons only, 1536, Spanish
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~grm/barcelona-canons.html
Armorial of the Holy Roman Empire, 1554 to 1568, Imperial
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0002/bsb00020447/images/
Armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece in original images, c.1560, Italian (?) roll of pan-European arms
http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001369/images/
Collected Imperial armorial, c.1600, Imperial
http://codicon.digitale-sammlungen.de/Blatt_bsb00020245,00001.html?prozent=1
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