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Fojnica Armorial
Illyrian armorial with South Slavic symbols expressing romantic nationalism and Illyrism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Fojnica Armorial | |
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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 |
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