Il Blasone in Sicilia

Il Blasone in Sicilia : ossia, Raccolta araldica is an Italian heraldic book written by Palizzolo Gravina,[1] baron of Ramione.[2] Edited in Palermo in 1871-1875, contains over 2,000 coats of arms of Sicilian families and is important for the study of Sicilian aristocracy.[3]

Produced through extensive archival research and comparative analysis, the work was presented as an early scholarly attempt to systematize and interpret both civic and noble heraldry in Sicily, supported by detailed color plates and commentary on forms, colors, and meanings. Gravina sought to reconstruct historical sources and formal transformations, contributing to the development of a distinct tradition of Sicilian heraldic scholarship. It contains some inaccuracies, such as misrepresentation of the Caltagirone arms (the eagle holding a "giant’s bone" rather than a Moor's head).[3]



References

  1. ^ Di Natale, Maria Concetta; Nobile, Marco Rosario; Travagliato, Giovanni; Complesso monumentale dello Steri (Palermo, Italy), eds. (2020). Chiaromonte: lusso, politica, guerra e devozione nella Sicilia del Trecento: un restauro verso il futuro. Artes. Palermo: Palermo University Press. ISBN 978-88-5509-106-0.
  2. ^ Gravina, V. Palizzolo (1875). Il blasone in Sicilia : ossia, Raccolta araldica. Palermo: Visconti & Huber.
  3. ^ a b Gravina, Giacomo Pace (2023). "Symbols of Urban Identity in Sicily: Transformations and Hybridizations of Civic Heraldry" (PDF). Wschodni Rocznik Humanistyczny. 22 (2): 9–23. doi:10.36121/ggravina.22.2025.2.009 (inactive December 29, 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2025 (link)


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