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Distinctive Polish Charges:[edit | edit source]

Sources:[edit | edit source]

St. Gabriel Academy articles/links - http://s-gabriel.org/heraldry/slavic.shtml

"Banderia Prutenorum" by Jan Długosz, which covers the banners from the Battle of Tannenberg/ Žalgiris/ Grunwald: [1] and originals

http://www.laborunion.lt/memorandum/ru/modules/banderia/BPindex.htm

The Arsenal armorial has some Polish heraldry: http://expositions.bnf.fr/livres/armorial/

POLISH ARMORIAL: MIDDLE AGES TO 20TH CENTURY (English version) - http://gajl.wielcy.pl/herby_main.php?lang=en (First, select the basic field layout. Next, select first a class of charges, then specific charges in that class, and then it searches for known Polish heraldry that combines the elements you selected)

"Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d’Or et de l’Europe au 15e siécle" Paris, 1890 by L. Larchey, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k503935j http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k503935j/f337.image (black and white)

"Arma regni Poloniae" by Marek Ambroży might be late enough for you, it was written in 1562 and is online here, but you'll need software that can handle djvu files: http://mbc.malopolska.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=6857&from=publication

Armorial Lyncenich includes 15th c. Polish heraldry,

"Codex Bergshammar" - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Codex_Bergshammar

"Insignia seu Clenodia Regis et Regni Poloniae' by Jan Długosz (1415-1480). It was transcribed in 1885 by Zygmunt Celichowski. http://akromer.republika.pl/herbarz_dlugosz.html

Stemmata Polonica (also called the Arsenal Manuscript, though that's at least two of them) is another heraldic book by Jan Dlugosz. http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=46903&from&dirids=1


Wikipedia article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_heraldry (yeah, wikipedia)

Precedents:[edit | edit source]

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

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Registerability:[edit | edit source]

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

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