A dozen limestone reliefs with the coats of arms of a bishop and a bishopric have survived from the churches and castles of late medieval Livonia (a historical region roughly corresponding to present-day Estonia and Latvia). This article discusses a selection of those reliefs in western Estonia, in the two centers—Haapsalu and Kuressaare—of the former Saare-Lääne Bishopric. In earlier scholarship, these reliefs have been studied from the perspective of architectural history and connected with the construction or reconstruction of the buildings. The article will offer a different perspective and investigate the role of the reliefs in the context of symbolic communication, rituals of power, and visual commemoration. In the chapel of the Kuressaare castle, there is also a relief with the coat of arms of Pope Leo x, which raises the questions of who commissioned it, when, and why.

十几个带有主教和主教徽章的石灰石浮雕从中世纪晚期利沃尼亚（这个历史区域大约相当于当今的爱沙尼亚和拉脱维亚）的教堂和城堡中幸存下来。本文讨论了在爱沙尼亚西部，前萨尔-莱恩·比肖普里克（Saare-LääneBishopric）的两个中心-哈普沙鲁（Haapsalu）和库雷萨雷（Kuressaare）中的一些浮雕。在早期的学术研究中，这些浮雕是从建筑历史的角度进行研究的，并且与建筑物的建造或重建有关。本文将提供不同的观点，并研究浮雕在象征性交流，权力仪式和视觉纪念中的作用。在库雷萨雷城堡教堂，也有与教皇利奥国徽浮雕X，这引发了有关委托人，何时以及为什么委托的问题。