Coat of arms of Willem Cornelisz. Van Duyvenbode, 1578, Johannes van der Spyck, 1736 - 1761 print Coat of arms of the Leiden organist Willem Cornelisz., Who in 1578 acquired the right to call himself Van Duyvenbode. This as a reward for the deployment of his pigeons as carrier pigeons for communication during the siege between the city council of Leiden and the troops of the Prince of Orange. Leiden paper etching / engraving armorial bearing, heraldry

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