Eucharius Gottlieb Rink (August 11, 1670 – February 9, 1745) was a German

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, heraldist, numismatician, and imperial

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. His name may also be spelt as Rinck, Rinckius, or Rinkius. He was a member of the Rink von Dorstig family, which obtained a title of nobility in the 15th century. Starting in 1687, he studied

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, political history, and

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at Leipzig University. He then studied at the University of Altdorf, where he became the professor of state law in 1707. In 1739, he became a member of the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences. He had remarkable collections of coins and

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. Rink introduced hatching (1726) for the tincture gray (Eisen) and carnation (Naturfarbe). He studied the old seals as a source of

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and claimed that the coat of arms originated in Germany.

Works

''J. J. Mandata Cum Et Sine Clausula''. Eucharius Gottlib Rink. – Altdorfii Noricorum : Meyer, 1697 ''De Carrociis : Ex Iure Militari Medii Aevi''. Eucharius Gottlib Rink. – Altdorfii Noribergensium : Kohles, 1700 ''De Veteris Nvmismatis Potentia Et Qvalitate Lucubratio : occasione Rubricæ Codicis de eodem Argumento; sive Cognitio Totivs Rei Nvmariae Ad Intelligentiam Ivris Accommodata ; Accessit Dissertatio Ivridica De Nvmo Vnico, Cum multis aliis cognitioni Numorum conducentibus''. Eucharius Rink. – Lipsiae, 1701 ''Leopolds des Großen, Römischen Käysers, wunderwürdiges Leben und Thaten : aus geheimen Nachrichten eröffnet''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rink. – Leipzig : Fritsch, 1708 ''Leopolds des Großen, Römischen Käysers, wunderwürdiges Leben und Thaten : aus geheimen Nachrichten eröffnet''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rink. Leipzig, Bey Thomas Fritsch, I-II. 1708 ''Ludewigs des XIV. Königes in Franckreich wunderwürdiges Leben oder Steigen und Fall''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rinck. – Franckfurt : Riegel, 1709 ''Das verwirrte Pohlen : In einer genauen Gegeneinanderhaltung der Geschichte des vorigen und jetzigen schwedischen Kriegs vorgestellet ... ; Diesem ist beigefügt eine Beschreibung aller polnischen und litthauischen Hertzoge und Könige nebst des Landes Städte und Provinzen''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rink. – Franckfurth : Riegel, 1711 ''Analecta Historica De Origine Electorvm / Proponvnt Evcharivs Gottlib Rink Et Jacob Gottlib Linck Anno CICICCCXII Die XIV Maii''. Rink, Eucharius Gottlieb és Linck, Jacob Gottlieb (1693-1761) AltorfI Noribergensivm Typis Kohlesii Acad. Typ., 1712 ''Josephs des Sieghafften Röm. Käysers Leben und Thaten : In zwey theile abgefasset, und mit bildnißen gezieret''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rink. – Cölln, 1712 ''Josephs des Sieghafften Röm. Käysers Leben und Thaten : In zwey theile abgefasset, und mit bildnißen gezieret''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rink, Cölln, I-II. 1712 ''Leopolds des Großen, Römischen Käysers, wunderwürdiges Leben und Thaten : aus geheimen Nachrichten eröffnet''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rink. – Aufs neue gedr. u. um vieles verm. – Cölln, 1713 ''Leopolds des Großen, Römischen Käysers, wunderwürdiges Leben und Thaten : aus geheimen Nachrichten eröffnet''. Eucharius Gottlieb Rink, Cölln, I-IV. 1713 ''Dissertatio Academica De Speculo Saxonico Fonte Iur. Sax. Communis Vulgo vom Sachsen-Spiegel''. Eucharius Gottlib Rink. – Altorfii : Kohles, 1718 ''Dissertatio Academica De Speculo Saxonico Fonte Iur. Sax. Communis Vulgo vom Sachsen-Spiegel''. Eucharius Gottlib Rink. – Altorfii : Kohles, 1718 ''De eo quod iustam est circa Galeam''. Helmstedt, 1726 2nd edition: ''De Eo Quod Iustum Est Circa Galeam / Eucharius Gottlib Rink räses Christoph. Andreas de Im-Hof esp.'. Altorfii Noric. : Grebner, 1742 ''Dissertatio Iuridica De Clypeorum Ratione Habenda In Feudis Alienandis''. Eucharius Gottlib Rink. – Altorfii : Kohles, 1731 ''Eucharii Gottlib Rinck ... De Imperatoribus Primis Perpetuis Ac Solis Academiarum In Germania Autoribus : Anno M D CC XXIII. Publice Defensa Nunc Vt Multorum Desideriis Satisfiat Adcurate Recusa''. Eucharius Gottlib Rinck. – Recusa. – Lipsiae : Trog, 1736 ''Eucharii Gottlib Rinckii ... Commentatio Iuridica De Clypeorum Ratione Habenda In Feudis Alienandis : Daß man in Veräusserung der Lehngüter auf die Heerschilde zu sehen habe''. Eucharius Gottlib Rinckius. – .l. 1746 ''Bibliotheca Rinckiana : seu supellex librorum ... qvos per omnia scientiarum genera collegit ... Eucharius Gottlieb Rinck ... cum præfatione Adami Friderici Glafey ... accedit index locupletissimus''. Adamus Fridericus Glafey. – Lipsiae : Fritsch, 1747 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rink, Eucharius Gottlieb 1670 births 1745 deaths German heraldists