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Motifs Indicating a Military Lifestyle on the Seal Representations of the Szekler Noble Family

Summary/Abstract: If we take a look at the seal material of the Szekler noble families reflecting military motifs, we notice the naturalistic and detailed representations as the main feature of these seals. A Hungarian (Szekler) infantry soldier holds a sword in his right hand and a severed, bleeding Turkish head in his left hand; a Hungarian (Szekler) horseman prepares to stab a Turkish soldier begging for mercy; another seal shows a rampant lion holding a sword, on the top of which a severed Turkish head can be seen; turbans lying on the ground and mutilated Turkish corpses – bloody scenes from the daily life in the medieval and early modern Turkish-Hungarian wars, represented on wax seals with a diameter of 1-2 cm – memories of heroic deeds, military merits and examples to follow at the same time, in a society where war was an essential feature of the way of life and military service was the basis of community identity.

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