An unknown seal of Queen Barbara Zápolya compared with the sphragistics of spouses of Polish kings from the Jagiellonian dynasty Cover Image

Nieznana pieczęć królowej Barbary Zapolyi na tle sfragistyki małżonek królów polskich z dynastii Jagiellonów
An unknown seal of Queen Barbara Zápolya compared with the sphragistics of spouses of Polish kings from the Jagiellonian dynasty

Author(s): Marcin Hlebionek
Subject(s): Cultural history, 15th Century, 16th Century, Politics and Identity
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Jagiellons; queens’ seals; sphragistics; Zápolya House; heraldry; social status; identity;

Summary/Abstract: The article is divides into two parts. The first one organises the knowledge of the sphragistics of Polish queens of the Jagiellonian times, from Queen Jadwiga to Queen Bona Sforza. The second part analyses, in terms of heraldry and the sign of identity, a hitherto unknown seal of Queen Barbara Zápolya (1495–1515), the first wife of King Sigismund I the Old.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 59
  • Page Range: 53-76
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish