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DOI: 10.31664/ripu.2018.42.08

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The article discusses Ivan Tomko Mrnavić's coat of arms as a visual sign of his self-presentation and its relation to his identity as a nobleman.

Abstract

The article discusses the coat of arms of Ivan Tomko Mrnavić as a visual sign of his self-presentation. Examples of Mrnavić’ s coat of arms are presented and the contexts of their use interpreted, such as frontispieces, title pages, or seals. Finally, the origin, shape, and meaning of Mrnavić’ s coat of arms is interpreted in relation to his self-fashioned identity as a nobleman, as well as his political views on a possible post-Ottoman state in the region.

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PREMERL, Daniel. Ivan tomko mrnavić and his coat of arms: Self-presentation of an illyrian noble. Radovi Instituta za Povijest Umjetnosti-Journal of the Institute of Art History, 2019.