%0 Journal Article
%T The Ancient City Seals of Izbica in Kujawy (up to 1816) – Status of Research
%A Dorcz, Krzysztof
%J Polonia Maior Orientalis
%V 2024
%R 10.4467/27204006PMO.24.001.20295
%N XI
%P 19-30
%K seals, Izbica Kujawska, Nowa Izbica, Izbica, Janana
%@ 2392-0106
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/polonia-maior-orientalis/article/dawne-pieczecie-miejskie-izbicy-na-kujawach-do-1816-roku-stan-badan
%X The article concerns the ancient city seals of Izbica in Kujawy (until 1816), founded and composed from the cities of Izbica and Nowa Izbica. It contains a summary of the state of knowledge taken from the literature according the subject and obtained as a result of archival research. At the same time, it refers to Izbica located in the Lublin Voivodeship and shows research problems in identifying the seals of two different cities with the same names. The article presents the findings of famous researchers from a period of over a hundred years, from W. Wittyga (1914) and M. Gumowski, through S. K. Kuczyński, M. Adamczewski and P. Bokota, to H. Seroka (2022). These findings, as well as the authors’ conclusions, were illustrated with reproductions of the seals and documents on which they were impressed. Generally, the article is part of the research on the urban symbolism of Izbica Kujawska, which is part of the Polish local government heraldic art.