Illyrian armorial with South Slavic symbols expressing romantic nationalism and Illyrism
Fojnica Armorial
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The combined coat of arms on the first page of a fictional "Illyrian Empire", based on the one found in the Ohmućević Armorial.
The divisions are labelled with letters as follows: (A) Macedonia, (B) Slavonia, (C) Bosnia (the star-and-crescent of "Illyria" is present in an inescutcheon in the Bosnian coat of arms), (D) Bulgaria, (E) Dalmatia, (F) Serbia, (G) Croatia, (H) Rascia, (I) "Primordia", with an added imperial double-headed eagle (labelled J)
Date
Uncertain
Scribe(s)
Stanislav Rubčić
Dedicated to
King of Serbia Stefan Dušan
Script
Cyrillic
Contents
Heraldry; 139 coats of arms
Exemplar(s)
1
Previously kept
Franciscan monastery in Fojnica
Discovered
1800
Fojnica Armorial (Serbo-Croatian: Fojnički grbovnik, Фојнички грбовник) is a prominent Illyrian armorial which contains South Slavic heraldic symbols, and expresses romantic nationalism and Illyrism rather than historical accuracy. The manuscript is named after the Franciscan monastery in Fojnica where it was kept.[1]
^Srđan Rudić, Vlastela Ilirskog grbovnika: The Nobility of the Illyric Coat of Arms, Volume 52 of Posebna izdanja, Editor Tibor Živković, Istorijski institut, Beograd, 2006, ISBN 8677430555, pp. 289-294.
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