SAURAU, Styria ( c 1600 )   



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SAURAU, Styria ( c 1600 )
 
ščit
(arms)
Quarterly, 1 and 4: Gules a chevron Argent; 2 and 3: Or, a bat tawny displayed ensigned with a coronet Or.
greben
(crest)
Dexter, issuant from a coronet Or on a helm Argent, visor Or to the sinister, a wing displayed Gules charged with a chevron Argent to the sinister, and on the sinister, issuant from a coronet Or on a helm Argent, visor Or to the dexter, a bunch of peacock feathers Sable charged with seme de' hearts Or.
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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