SAURAU ( c 1600 )   



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SAURAU ( c 1600 )
 
ščit
(arms)
First and third: barry Argent and Azure; second and fifth; Gules, issuant from a base Vert, three spades proper; four; Argent, a lion rampant Sable sinister, sixth: Argent, a lion rampant; overall an escutcheon quarterly, first and third, per chevron Gules and Argent, second and third, Or, an eagle displayed Sable.
greben
(crest)
Dexter, issuant from a coronet Or on a helm Argent with visor Or affronte, three peacock feathers, dexter and sinister Azure, center Argent; issuant from a coronet Or on a helm Argent, visor Or affronte, issuant from a coronet Or raised, three peacock feathers Sable; on the sinister, issuant from a coronet Or, on a helm Argent, visor Or affronte, a wing per chevron Gules and Argent towards the dexter.
vir
(source)
Opus Insignium Armorumque 1687 - 1688 Das Grosse Wappenbuch. pp 30, 71, 99, 178.
The coat of arms of the Saurau family indicates arms of the commandery of the German Order of Knights in Ljubljana. (30) One or more members of the family were members of the provincial committee of Carniola. (71) The family also included of counts whose Carniolan demesnes were still in existence at the time of Valvasor. (99) The arms, which are depicted differently in this section of Valvasor's armory represents arms of a noble family of Styria. (178) This variation can be viewed by clicking on the image on the right.
bibliografija / bibliography
  • Janez Vajkard Valvasor, "Opus Insignium Armorumque 1687 - 1688 Das Grosse Wappenbuch, re-published by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, January 1993 (999 copies only), ISBN 86-7131-070-1.

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