Polish Heraldry

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Distinctive Polish Charges:

• Jelita - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelita
• Nałęcz - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C5%82%C4%99cz_coat-of-arms

Sources:

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,

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Armorial_Lyncenich
• http://akromer.republika.pl/herbarz_gymnich.html

"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

• 1885 version: @http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=1147

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:

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Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

Collected Precedents:

• 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - Collected Armory Precedents
• The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
• The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - Collected Armory Precedents
• The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - Single HTML Document
• 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -
  • the 1st part (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and
  • the 2nd part (July 1994 - June 1996)
• The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - Collected precedents
• 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -
  • the 1st year (June 1990 - June 1991) and
  • the 2nd year (July 1991 - June 1992)
• The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - Collected Precedents
• The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - Single HTML Document
• The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - Collected Precedents
• The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - Collected Precedents
• The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - Collected Precedents

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