#the article that i linked doesn't mention this particular kind of imagery (people of colour as angels)

[cuties-in-codices]

a black angel

on a crest that makes part an armorial, a collection of coats of arms, included in an otherwise musical manuscript (bavaria, ca. 1565-1570). the symbol seems to belong to the walchen family. here is an informative, short introduction to the usage of black figures in european heraldric symbols since the middle ages.

image source: Munich, BSB, Mus.ms. A II(1, p. 8