Seal of the Estate of the Dakovo Diocese


Dakovo second half of the 19th century Brass, wood 3.7 x 3.1 x 8.3 cm Oval; in the seal field, below a crowned (gules) mantle coat of arms of bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, oval shield quartered (azure and argent) - in the upper part, below a six-pointed star a young moon with its points turned upwards. In the lower part a cross with an anchor to the right and a burning heart to the left. Above the shield a double cross, to the right of it a mitre, to the left a bishop's staff, and topping an entire archbishop's (or cardinal's) hat (gules, but with 10 tassels on each side). Inside decorative lines an inscription: VLASTELINSTVO BISKUPIJE DJAKOVACKE. Wooden, pear-shaped handle, with a decorative ring on the bottom. Donated by Marijan Hersic, Dakovo, 1912. V. Brajkovic, Pecatnjaci, Zagreb, 1980, page 71.




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