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| Drogoslaw herb |
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each herb [clan shield, coat of arms] the blazon or verbal
description of the arms is first given in authentic heraldic style,
followed by a translation from the Polish description by Niesiecki.
The right and left sides of a shield are identified from the
standpoint of the bearer, i. e., the one holding the shield. His
right would be your left and vice versa. The tinctures (colors) in
heraldry are as follows: azure = blue, gules = red; sable
= black; or = gold, argent = silver; vert = green.
In heraldry all charges (pictures) on a shield are assumed to be
facing dexter (right side) unless otherwise specified. In Polish
heraldry all animals or birds are assumed to be in their natural
coloring unless otherwise specified.
Arms: Gules, upon a demi
annulet an arrow in pale, point to chief both Argent. Out of a crest
coronet, a panache of five ostrich plumes proper.
This shield is very similar to that of Ogonczyk, The field is
red, and there is a half or demi ring of white (silver), although
Paprocki, in his work O herbach [On Clan shields], could not
really resolve the dilemma as to whether this was a half of a ring,
or a crescent moon, or just a half circle. Upon it is seen an arrow,
point upward. Some families have the field of this shield blue in
color, with five ostrich plumes on the helmet, while others have
only three ostrich plumes. Some, such as the author Kojalowicz in
his manuscript, describe it as an arm in armor with a sword issuing
from a wall. See Bielski, pages 217 and 584; Paprocki in Gniazdo
cnoty [Cradle of virtue] on page 1,116, and in O herbach [Of
Clan shields] on page 587; Okolski, volume 1, page 175. The arrow on
this shield is supposed to be vertical, with the arrowhead pointing
to the top of the shield.
All authors agree that this shield was brought to Poland from
Silesia. In his manuscript Fr. Rutka adds that this took place in
the year 1333, during the reign of King Kazimierz the Great. Okolski
surmises that the occasion on which these arms were granted to an
ancestor of the house was as follows: the enemy had encircled the
army and enclosed it in a ring, when this ancestor, gathering his
courage, used his sword to open a path and broke through the circle.
A Drogoslaw is the first we know of with these arms, and they took
their name from him.
Families with these Arms
| Bartoszewski |
Rdultowski |
| Bukowiecki |
Srzemski |
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Czaplinski |
Tolwinski |
| Dabrowski |
Truszkowie |
| Gorzycki |
Wieckowski |
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Herstopski |
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I did not write of the Bartoszewskis in volume one,
as no other authors made mention of them as using this clan shield,
except for Kojalowicz in his manuscript. On the tombstone of
Stanislaw Czieniowski I saw this clan sign in first position, with
Ostoja second and Roza third.
[Editor: According to the illustrations found in Chrzanski's work
Tablice Odmian Herbowich (List of Clan Variants), under the surname
"Buchowiecki " the variation of this clan shield is
displayed as a Gold crescent moon reversed, on which stands a
vertical arrow, but no crest is displayed. This is one of only five
different variations of this clan shield.] |
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