Heraldic heritage of the city of Dubrovnik (up until 16th century)

Tema ovoga rada heraldička je baština grada Dubrovnika u vremenskom periodu od 12. do 16. stoljeća. Heraldička baština sadržana je u tri grbovnika, no područje je istraživanja, uz heraldiku, i grad Dubrovnik, čija je kratka povijest prikazana u prvom dijelu rada te su obrađeni simboli kojima se identificira. Radom se može utvrditi bogatstvo vlasteoskih obitelji i njihovih identifikacijskih simbola. Uz heraldičku analizu grbova vlasteoskih obitelji, prikazana je i njihova kratka povijest uz naglasak na neke od najvažnijih članova. U završnom dijelu rada napravljena je analiza različitih simbola koji se nalaze na grbovima te je priložena statistika o najčešće upotrebljavanim simbolima.The theme of this work is heraldic heritage of the city of Dubrovnik in the period between 12th and 16th century. Heraldic inheritance is included in three Kings of Arms, but the research is also focuses on the city of Dubrovnik, which has a short history summary shown in the first part of this work, and the symbols that represent it are shown here. Using this work it is possible to determine the wealth and identification symbols of the gentry. Apart from the heraldic analysis of the coat of arms of the gentry, the short history summary is presented with emphasis on some the most important members. In the final part, the analysis of different symbols was done that are presented on crests, and the statistics of the most used ones enclosed