• Source: Hipocentaur coat of arms

Hipocentaur (Polish for "Hippocentaur") is a Lithuanian and Polish coat of arms. It was used by a number of szlachta (noble) families under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.




History


The earliest images of the coat of arms come from 1422, when seals of two brothers from the Holszanski family were attached to the documents of the Treaty of Melno.




Blazon


J-B. Rietstap, specifying that the field of the shield is red, blazons the arms as:
"De gueules, à un centaure Sagittaire au naturel, la tête retournée vers senestre, la queue levée, recourbée et terminée en tête de serpent. Casque couronné. Cimier: trois plumes d'autruche d'argent."
He also blazons the arms of Hornostay (Lithuania), with a blue field, as
"D'azur au centaure sagittaire de carnation, ayant la queue terminée par un serpent qui fait jouer son dard, et acc. en pointe d'une rose d'argent (Hippocentaurus)'."




Notable bearers


Notable bearers of this coat of arms have included:

Paweł Holszański




See also


Polish heraldry
Heraldry
Coat of arms




References

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• Hipocentaur coat of arms
• Krzywda coat of arms
• Gryf coat of arms
• Łabędź coat of arms
• Łodzia coat of arms
• Srzeniawa coat of arms
• Leliwa coat of arms
• Lis coat of arms
• Kościesza coat of arms
• Nałęcz coat of arms