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Alabanda is a Polish nobility coat of arms, used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland.
History
According to a legend the Alabanda coat of arms comes from the times of the Piast dynasty in the 12th century. It was first mentioned in records in 1278 and no longer used after the 16th century.
Blazon
Escutcheon: Sable (or Azure) a horse head Argent issuant from a crescent of the same.
Crest: Three (or five) ostrich feathers.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
Stefan de Kobylagłowa
Strzeżywoj de Kobylagłowa
Jan Frezer, burgrave of Kraków, secretary of the Tarnogród Confederation
Gallery
See also
Polish heraldry
Heraldic family
List of Polish nobility coats of arms
Bibliography
Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1.
Franciszek Piekosiński: Heraldyka polska wieków średnich, Kraków, 1899, s.196
Juliusz Karol Ostrowski: Księga herbowa rodów polskich, Warszawa, 1897, T.1, s.10
Franciszek Piekosiński, Pieczęcie polskie str. 123
Józef Szymański: Herbarz rycerstwa polskiego z XVI wieku. Warszawa: DiG, 2001, s. 19. ISBN 83-7181-217-5.
References
External links
http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyklopedia_staropolska/Alabanda
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Alabanda coat of arms
- Łabędź coat of arms
- Odrowąż coat of arms
- Bogoria coat of arms
- Jelita coat of arms
- Gryf coat of arms
- Trąby coat of arms
- Krzywda coat of arms
- Topór coat of arms
- Pobóg coat of arms
