Alabanda is a Polish nobility coat of arms, used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland. History According to a legend the Alabanda coat of arms comes from the times of the Piast dynasty in the 12th century. It was first mentioned in records in 1278 and no longer used after the 16th century. Blazon Escutcheon: Sable (or Azure) a horse head Argent issuant from a crescent of the same. Crest: Three (or five) ostrich feathers. Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: Stefan de Kobylagłowa Strzeżywoj de Kobylagłowa Jan Frezer, burgrave of Kraków, secretary of the Tarnogród Confederation Gallery See also Polish heraldry Heraldic family List of Polish nobility coats of arms Bibliography Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. . Franciszek Piekosiński: Heraldyka polska wieków średnich, Kraków, 1899, s.196 Juliusz Karol Ostrowski: Księga herbowa rodów polskich, Warszawa, 1897, T.1, s.10 Franciszek Piekosiński, Pieczęcie polskie str. 123 Józef Szymański: Herbarz rycerstwa polskiego z XVI wieku. Warszawa: DiG, 2001, s. 19. . References External links http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyklopedia_staropolska/Alabanda Alabanda