Grabie (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

for " Rake") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many '' szlachta'' (noble) families in the

Kingdom of Poland The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to: Historical political entities * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031 * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...

and under the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...

, including the Grabias.

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coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its ...

have included: * House of Szczuka ** Stanisław Antoni Szczuka * House of Lipski *(( House of Kroczewski))

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image:Pałac w Czerniejewie-tympanon.jpg, Coat of arms of the Lipski family on the palace in Czerniejew

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Tadeusz Gajl Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Polish artist and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary illustrations on the coats of arms borne by the historical nobility (''szlachta'') of Poland. After graduating fr ...

, Herby szlacheckie Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów, Gdańsk, 2003 * Andrzej Brzezina Winiarski, Herby szlachty Rzeczypospolitej, Warszawa 2006 *

Kasper Niesiecki Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher. Biography Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 ...

, Herbarz Polski, 1839–1846 *

Bartosz Paprocki Bartosz Paprocki (also ''Bartholomeus Paprocky'' or ''Bartholomew Paprocki'', pl, Bartłomiej (Bartosz) Paprocki, cs, Bartoloměj Paprocký z Hlahol a Paprocké Vůle; ca. 1540/43 in Paprocka Wola near Sierpc – 27 December 1614 in Lviv, P ...

, Gniazdo Cnoty, 1578, fol. 1079. O herb fol. 562. Okol. tom. 1. fol. 229. Biel. fol. 207. *

, Herby Rycerstwa Polskiego, 1584 *

Adam Boniecki Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as ...

, Herbarz Polski, wyd.II dr Marek Jerzy Minakowski, Kraków 2005 * Piotr Nałęcz Małachowski, Zbiór Nazwisk Szlachty, Lublin 1805 * Juliusz hr. Ostrowski, Księga Herbowa Rodów Polskich, Warszawa 1897

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