From figural presentations to heraldic ones. Abbots of Lubiąż and their seals from the Late Middle Ages to the secularization of the monastery in 1810 Cover Image

Od przedstawień fi guralnych do heraldycznych. Opaci lubiąscy i ich pieczęcie od schyłku średniowiecza do sekularyzacji klasztoru w 1810 roku
From figural presentations to heraldic ones. Abbots of Lubiąż and their seals from the Late Middle Ages to the secularization of the monastery in 1810

Author(s): Tomasz Kałuski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Modern Age, 15th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: abbatial seals; Cistercians; Lubiąż (Leubus); Silesia; ecclesiastical sigillography; ecclesiastical heraldry;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an analysis of the seals of the Lubiąż (Leubus) abbots from the period between the end of the Middle Ages to 1810. Attention was paid to the visual aspects of individual abbot seals and the functions performed by the seals in the abbots’ activity in both within the local communities and outside. The article is divided into an analytical part and an inventory of abbot seals, in which all known seal matrices and seals from the examined period are summarised.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 57
  • Page Range: 159-210
  • Page Count: 52
  • Language: Polish