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A silver heraldic base for King John Casimir's crown, c. 1666. The arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was quartered, with Polish eagle and Lithuanian Pogonia on opposite sides. Kings used to place their own emblems in escutcheon point (i.e., House Vasa).
Polish heraldry is the study of the coats of arms that have ... Heraldic symbols began to be used in ... many old Polish coats of arms were changed ...
Burgher arms: Italian merchants and bankers first adopt heraldic emblems in the mid 13th-century. [25] 1278 Polish clan arms: Alabanda is one of the oldest coat of arms in Poland. The oldest known image of this coat of arms is the seal of two brothers, Stefan Kobylagłowa and Strzeżywoj Kobylagłowa. [26]
Polish heraldry is typical to the Polish nobility/szlachta, which has its origins in Middle Ages knights/warriors clans that provided military support to the king, dukes or overlords. Exceptions apart, all Polish families belonging to the same noble rod/clan used/use the same coat of arms.
One of the oldest Polish coats of arms. According to the most heraldists the proper name of it is "Pierzchała" (Pirzchała), recorded in 1409.The word "Roch" means in Polish the heraldic emblem: the rook, it has been later also used as the name (recorded in 1422).
Nowina is one of the oldest Polish heraldic marks with claims that it existed prior to 960 CE. However, the earliest known depiction was on a seal of Nacislaw of Dobrosolow of the Nowina clan in 1293 CE.
First reported in a heraldic inventory dated 1464–1480 "Insignia seu clenodia Regis et Regni Poloniae" by Polish historian Jan Długosz, who noted it as a genuine Polish coat of arms. This medieval historian noted information about Szeliga among the oldest 71 Polish coats of arms saying: "Scheliga lunam defectuosam ceruleam, in cuius medio ...
Łodzia is one of the oldest Polish coats of arms. Its earliest appearance (1303) is on a seal belonging to Wojciech of Krośno, Palatine of Kalisz. The first blazon description dates from 1411. The first Łodzia coat of arms featured a golden letter M on the shield, and a boat in the crest. That version was used by Mikołaj of Łodzia in 1301.