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| Brochwicz herb |
The
following is a direct translation from the classical genealogical
and heraldic reference "Herbarz Polski" by Kasper
Niesiecki, S. J., Lipsk edition, 1839-1846.
According to Okolski's description there is a red
stag on a white field with forelegs raised as if for swift chase
after driven animals; a crown is on its neck, and on the helm are
peacock feathers. But in a book on Polish emblems I read that it
should be a white stag in a red field. Lublin province uses such
arms; but Petrasancta cap. 54 is a witness that in
Britain, France, Italy, and Germany there flourish a great many
houses who sport a stag in their arms. No one gives these arms an
occasion; only Okolski adds that they were brought to Poland from
Germany. I have not read what families use the arms in their
seals, only of the Sobeks of Sulejów, of whom I will speak in
the proper place. |
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