Smalţurile stemei dinastice a basarabilor. Noi supoziţii şi interpretări

  • Subiect: The tinctures of the dynastic arms of the basarabs. New suppositions and interpretations The tinctures of the dynastic arms of the Basarabs have been the subject of much debate among Romanian heraldists; but only the theories of Jean-Nicolas Mănescu, Dan Cernovodeanu and Octavian Iliescu stood the test of time, thus giving us three possible tincture combinations for the shield of Wallachia’s first princely dynasty: Or-Gules-Azure, Argent-Gules-Azure, and Or-Vert-Or. This study aims to go through each variant, while also presenting new discoveries. This, it starts by discussing the theory of Jean-Nicolas Mănescu and his Or-Gules-Azure formula, the possible links of the Wallachian Princes to the arms of the so-called „Kings of Wallachia” from Western armorials, as well as the possible derivation of the Basarab arms from those of Asan and the latter use of this formula on an 18th century flag of the principality. Dan Cernovodeanu’s theory basically states that Basarab the Founder derived his arms from those of King Charles I of Hungary, his overlord. Tiberiu Frăţilă-Felmer tries to add to this theory by linking the arms of what was thought to be a Polish noble from the Bergshammar wapenbok to Prince Radu I of Wallachia. Thirdly, Octavian Iliescu’s opinion revolved around the heraldic buttons found on a princely tomb in Curtea de Argeş. As such, he came up with the Or-Vert-Or formula – like the one on the buttons. This formula could be linked with the arms of two other local dynasts, Moldavia’s Stephen the Great (in a Tetraevanghel from 1502) and Bulgaria’s John Alexander (in the Wapenboek Gelre from the 14th century). Moreover, on a coin of Prince Vladislav I of Wallachia, one can clearly see a shield on which the engraver, by hatching, tried to point that the arms has only two distinct tinctures, thus putting to rest the tricolour theories of Mănescu and Cernovodeanu. Lastly, this study presents a new piece of evidence that was not previously known to the Romanian heraldic community: the arms of the Principality of Wallachia on a Corvina found at the Estense Library in Modena.
  • Limba de redactare: română, engleză
  • Secţiunea: Istorie-History
  • Vezi publicația: Acta Terrae Fogarasiensis: ActaTF
  • Editura: Negru Vodă
  • Loc publicare: Făgăraş
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2018
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: 7; anul 2018
  • Paginaţia: 79-89
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