Raz jeszcze o pieczęci wielkiej miasta Sandomierza
Once again on the great seal of the city of Sandomierz
Author(s): Paweł StróżykSubject(s): Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Political history, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: sigillography; matrix; municipal seal; heraldry; White Eagle; crest; Wenceslaus II; Władysław the Short
Summary/Abstract: The great seal of the city of Sandomierz is known from the preserved impressions of 1343 and 1422, and the preserved matrix. Its analysis makes it possible to assume that originally the field of the seal displayed a heraldic shied crowned with a helmet with the crest showing the Bohemian lion, while the inscription around it read: S’ REGIS BOEMIE ET CIVITATIS SANDOMIRIE. The matrix was made between 1297 and 1300 (or maybe 1292-1300), when Sandomierz was in the hands of the Czech ruler Wenceslaus II. During the years 1320-1343 (the times of Władysław the Short and Kazimierz the Great) the matrix was redesigned. The lion in the heraldic shield was replaced with the royal eagle (White Eagle) and the word BOEMIE in the inscription was replaced with the word POLOnIE. Over the heraldic shield with the eagle, however, the crest from the Czech coat-of-arms was retained (an eagle’s wing).
Journal: Roczniki Historyczne
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 83
- Page Range: 103-122
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish