Christoph Weigel the Elder

In it, Weigel described and described more than two hundred types of crafts and services, each illustrated by a copper engraving, based on life.

Weigel visited almost all of the workshops himself, drew and observed on-site, coordinated the content of his articles with the master craftsmen, and copied important equipment from the original.

The work was published under the title The Great and Complete, initially Siebmachers Wappenbuch / then Fürstischen and Helmerische / and now Weigelian Coat of Arms Book.

In Nuremberg, he worked very closely with the imperial geographer and cartographer Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) when producing his maps.

His younger brother Johann Christoph Weigel ran an art shop in Nuremberg around the same time and was also very successful.