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DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2024.25.18.005

ON THE QUESTION ABOUT ALANIAN HERALDRY

Tuallagov, Alan A.
Kavkaz Forum. 2024. Issue 18.
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the analysis of the hypothesis about the Alanian
source of the coat of arms of the Portuguese city of Coimbra. In the course of
recent research, the coat of arms of this city was included in the circle of other
heraldic symbols, also associated with the Alan tradition. A statement about its
semantics due to the work of Bernardo de Brito represents the dominant one.
However, this issue was resolved without either a specific or a comprehensive
consideration, which took the problem of source analysis beyond the scope
of research, not allowing the results obtained to be verified. There are various
approaches and solutions in evaluating the data of written sources, in which
the sources themselves remain outside the analysis. This provision determines
the relevance of the problem proposed for consideration. The novelty of the
research lies in the analysis of specific data sources, which is complemented by
their consideration in the historical and cultural context of the Middle Ages. The
purpose of the study is to identify possible sources underlying the narrative of
Bernardo de Brito. The objectives of the study are to establish the origins of ideas
about the corresponding heraldic symbol, as medieval authors presented it. The
study used methods of textual research of sources, visual analysis of pictorial
monuments, inductive and logical analysis based on the principle of historicism
and systematic presentation. As a result of the conducted study, it is established
that the story proposed to Bernardo de Brito about the Alanian component of the
coat of arms of the city of Coimbra, supported by some modern authors, cannot
unconditionally claim its historicity. Socio-political moments in the history of
Portugal dictated its inclusion in the patriotic movement of its time, actualized by
some issues in the development of heraldry proper. There is a probable falsification
of the source base for achieving patriotic goals on the part of Bernardo de Brito,
who also used some really historical information.
Keywords: heraldry, coat of arms, zoomorphic image, written sources, the Alans.
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For citation: Tuallagov, A.A. On the question about Alanian heraldry. KAVKAZFORUM. 2024, iss. 18(25), pp. 78-94. (In Russian). DOI 10.46698/VNC.2024.25.18.005
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