Arhivski vjesnik, Vol. 56 No. 1, 2013.
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Four Coats of Arms of the Families Tompa de Horzowa and Tompa de Palychna : Addendum to the Article “Contribution to the Reconstruction of the History of the Croatian Noble Families Tompa de Horzowa and Tompa de Palychna”
Goranka Kreačić
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The main topic of this article is analysis of four coats of arms, belonging to two Croatian noble families, Tompa de Palychna and Tompa de Horzowa, members of the feudal lesser nobility from the County of Krževci (hung. Körös, lat. Comitatus Crisiensis), who were both part of the same kindred. Two of those coats of arms can be found in the recent text by anonymous historian/archivist in the Fonds of the family Tompa in the Croatian State Archives. According to his opinion, the first coat of arms, that of the family Tompa de Palychna, was joint to the family Tompa de Monyoros, residing in the medieval Upper Hungary, present-day Slovakia. However, their family’s relation is not possible to prove. Two other images of the coats of arms were published in Siebmacher’s Grosses und Allgemeines Wappenbuch by Ivan Bojničić. A basic heraldic element in all four coats of arms was a pelican, which injures his breasts and nourishes the youngest in the nest with his blood. Its meaning is not known, but obviously it represents an important event in the families’ history. Two other coats of arms contain a patriarchal or double cross. It seems that it is related to the County of Križevci as its symbol (cross - croat. križ). In two coats of arms, important heraldic elements can be found, the crescent and the sextupled star. Both can be related, according to some historians, to the symbols of the old Slavic polytheistic beliefs in the pre-heraldic period. These two elements were also found on the first Croatian/Slavonian (Regnum Sclauoniae) coins at the turn from 13th to 14th century.
Ključne riječi
coat of arms; Croatian heraldry; Slavonian medieval nobility; Tompa de Horzowa; Tompa de Palychna/Palicsna
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