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    The Livro do Armeiro-Mor is an illuminated manuscript dating back to 1509, during the reign of King Manuel I of Portugal. The codex is an armorial, a...
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    Portugal (1610–1815) Arms of the King of Portugal depicted in the Livro do Armeiro-Mor (c. 1509) Shield of the Kingdom of Portugal (1185–1248) Shield of the...
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    the 15th century. In 1509, in another Portuguese Armorial Book (Livro do Armeiro-mor), Sardinia is represented only with the cross of St. George.[clarify]...
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    Scrivener of the Nobility (Escrivão da Nobreza) and the High Armorer (Armeiro-mor). The former headed the Nobility Register Office (Cartório da Nobreza)...
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    David, in Livro do Armeiro-Mor (fl 1v), a Portuguese armorial from 1509. The book opens with ten full-page illustrations of the Nine Worthies and Bertrand...
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    the traditional Cunha coat of arms from the Livro do Armeiro-Mor....
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    actions on 7 November 1971, with the sabotage of the NATO base at Pinhal de Armeiro, the last action being carried out 9 April 1974, against the Niassa ship...
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    crests, which the Livro do Armeiro-Mor does not present. Thesouro de Nobreza covers more topics than the Livro do Armeiro-Mor, including several innovations...
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    Vladislaus Jagiellon, depicted as the King of Bohemia and "Arch-Cupbearer of the Empire" on fol. 33r of Portuguese armorial Livro do Armeiro-Mor (1509)...
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    Canavial (1880), among others. This influence was manifested in the Livro do Armeiro-Mor, an important Portuguese armorial that included the coats of arms of...
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