Heraldyczny program na relikwiarzowym gotyckim krzyżu sandomierskim. Studium źródłoznawcze
The heraldic programme on the Gothic reliquary cross of Sandomierz. A critical study of a historical source

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes and analyses a group of six coats-of-arms engraved on the foot of a Gothic reliquary cross from the 14th-15th centuries (the object is not uniform) in the collection of the Museum in Sandomierz. The cross proper with enamelled plates was made in the 14th century, while in the 15th a reliquary box was added with a foot, on which the coats-of-arms were placed. The analysis of the heraldic programme indicates that the armorial group should be dated to 1440 and linked to the person of King Władysław III (of Varna). Therefore, the dating of the reliquary box and the foot of the cross, accepted so far by the literature as the second half of the 15th century, should be corrected to the years 1439-1440, while the added elements should be recognised – contrary to earlier opinions – as a foundation of King Władysław III.

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