of 1392 and spread across the families of Greater Poland and the lands of Kraków, Lublin, Sandomierz and Sieradz. After the Union of Horodło of 1413 CE several boyar families adopted this coat of arms. The representative of the Nowina clan adopted'' the nobility of Lithuanian descent was Mikołaj of Sepno, while the newcomers were represented by Mikołaj Bejnar. Blazon Azure, a cauldron's handle Argent, with both ends upwards. Between them a cross or a sword proper, with the handle upwards. Out of the crest coronet an armoured leg bent in the knee as if kneeling. Foot directed leftwards. Notable bearers Hetman Fylyp Orlyk (1672–1742), secretary and close associate of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, diplomat, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in exile Hryhoriy Orlyk (1702–1759), Ukrainian-born French military commander, special envoy and member of Louis XV's secret intelligence service Jan Przerębski (?–1523), castellan of Sieradz Jan Przerębski (1519–1562), Crown chancellor, secretary of the Crown, royal secretary, nominee for the bishopric of Chełm Jerzy Krasuski (1930–2009), historian, specializing in the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Anton Luckievič (1884-1942), Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Belarusian Democratic Republic Marcin Szlachciński (1511/1512–?), scholar, translator, poet, philosopher and professor at the Jagiellonian University Marian Przysiecki (1905–1943), economist, agronomist, officer of the Home Army Michał Jankowski (1842–1912), pioneer of the Russian Far East, naturalist and breeder Mikołaj Złotnicki (?–1694), cup-bearer to John III Sobieski Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), painter, portraitist and representative of Modernism Stanisław Brzóska (1832–1865), priest, general, one of leaders of the Polish insurgency and the last partisan of the January Uprising Devil Boruta - fictional character, a devil from Polish folklore See also Polish heraldry Heraldry Coat of arms References External links Nowina