An overview of the abbreviations used for symbols representing different colors and selected technical terms.
| |-- --| | Marking for crossed-out places on the map |
| ??? | the passage could not be fully transcribed |
| < | figure looking right |
| > | figure looking left |
| % | Text on the back |
| + | deceased |
| Fig. | illustration |
| Paragraph | Paragraph |
| abstract | arms stretched out to the sides |
| Dept. | Department |
| Adbf. | Letter of nobility |
| Adls. Dip. | Nobility diploma |
| Noble St. | Nobility award |
| Adlsfr. | Freedom of the nobility |
| Adlsverl. | Award of nobility |
| Adbestg. | Confirmation of nobility |
| ans. | resident |
| a° | anno, in the year |
| Vol. | band |
| Mayor, Mayor | Citizens, mayors |
| Page | Sheet |
| Br., Brix. | Brixen (in South Tyrol) |
| Buffalo | Buffalo horns |
| Bz. | Bolzano |
| Coll. | collection |
| Com. pal. | comes palatinus |
| dd, d.do. | de dato |
| dtto. | ditto, also |
| Dipl. | diploma |
| Arch., arch. | Archduke, archducal |
| f. | Folio |
| Fascism | fascicle |
| Fb., fb. | Prince-bishop, prince-bishop |
| ferd. | Ferdinandeum |
| Breakfast | Baronial ceremony |
| G. | graphic |
| Gbr., Gbrd. | Brothers |
| Gd. | Community |
| closed | closed |
| Hd. | Helmet covers |
| Helms. | Helmet seal |
| Hs. | Handwriting |
| Hz. | crest, jewel |
| Hzsch. | Heart shield |
| Ibk., Innsbruck | innsbruck |
| K. Adelsbess. | Imperial nobility improvement |
| K. Adelsbest. | Imperial nobility |
| Kr., gkr. | crown, crowned |
| K. Wappenbr. | Imperial Coat of Arms |
| Ldg., Ldr. | Regional court, regional judge |
| lf. | princely |
| ongoing | ongoing |
| LGBl. | State Gazette |
| No., No. | number |
| oN, oO | without name, without place |
| Pal Wp. | Palatine coat of arms |
| Preacher | (Noble) title |
| r., l. | right left |
| usually, usually | in the right, in the left |
| R. | Rich |
| R.-Ad.-Best. | Confirmation of Imperial Nobility |
| Rm., knightly | chivalrous, knightly |
| p. | Seal or page |
| see | seal, sigillum or see |
| Shield fig. | Shield figure |
| schrtd. | striding |
| sitting. | sitting |
| Sp. | rafters |
| Ss. |
Seal collection |
| St.A. | State Archives, City Archives, Lieutenancy Archives |
| sthd. | standing |
| stgd. | rising, increasing |
| Stn. | Tinplate print |
| v. | vide, see |
| V., Vg., Vrg. | crossing (of the coat of arms) |
| var. | variant |
| Publisher | Award ceremony |
| vorstr. | arms stretched forward |
| growing. | growing |
| Wp. | coat of arms |
| where, wv | as above, as before |
| V, w | white (silver) |
| #, + | black |
| :. | yellow (gold) |
| || | red |
| = | blue |
| // | purple |
| mirrored // | green |
| X | natural colors |
| Bausch | helmet bulge |
| Buffalo horns | open horns |
| comes palatinus | Court Count Palatine |
| Double flight | closed flight |
| Flight | wing |
| free | floating |
| crossed | divided |
| beveled | crossed, also intertwined |
| changed | confused (e.g. colors) |
| along | one above the other |
| split lengthwise | split |
| Ox horns | Bull horns (pointed, without opening) |
| Looking back | resisting |
| Tinplate print | Wax seal imprint in tin foil |
| crossing | quartered shield |
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