Monochrome drawing of the coat of arms of the Moldavian family Flondor of Bukovina, created Austrian barons in 1913 (2003-2004). The coloured version has been also published upon this page.

Coat of arms of the Romanian princes Caragea (Karadja, Karatzas, Καρατζάς), having Greek origins, after a seal of the 19th c. Ioan Gheorghe C. was prince of Wallachia (1812-1818). The quarters of the sinister side are depicting, in fact, the achievement of the princes Mavrocordato (the star, sometimes a sun, and the phenix - symbol of the Greek national revival). The quarters of the dexter side are containing the Wallachian bird (1st quarter), and the unicorn of the Carageas (3rd quarter).

Auto dedicated ex-libris, containing a selection of heraldry and genealogy books from my personal library (2003)

Drawings after an old coat of arms of the Padbergs, displayed in the family house of Küstelberg (2007)

Coat of arms of Sigismund Báthory, prince of Transylvania (1581-1599, 1601-1602), prince of the Holy Roman Empire and knight of the Golden Fleece (1595) - reconstruction of his great heraldic achievement, after the description published by I. I. Chiffletius, Insignia gentilitia equitum Ordinis Velleris Aurei..., Antverpiæ, M.DC.XXXII, pp. 155-157 (2001). More about the heraldry of Transylvania here: www.historica-cluj.ro/anuare/AnuarHistorica2011/15.pdf


Coat of arms of Dr. Antti Matikkala, researcher at the Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, former president of the Finnish Heraldry Society (2003)

Coat of arms of Mihail Onou (Onu), a 19th century diplomat and Counsellor of State in the Russian Empire, having Romanian origins (2013; reconstruction after the description of the Armorial of the Noble Families of the Russian Empire, vol. 14, nr. 167)


Three drawings after old objects displaying the coat of arms of the German family Padberg (2007)

Armorial bookplate of Sonia P. Anderson, member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (2003-2004)

Coat of arms of Dr. Stoian Antonoff, chairman of the Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society (2013)

Armorial bookplate for the academician Paul Cernovodeanu (1927-2006), historian and genealogist, my first PhD coordinator (2004)

Coat of arms used by the Romanian politician and diplomat Nicolae Titulescu (1882-1941),  former minister of Foreign Affairs and twice chosen as chairman of the League of Nations in Geneva. Used upon official documents, the seal was abusively inscribed with the coat of arms of the Spanish noble community of Tejada.
An essay of the early times: the Polish herb Łabędź (cca. 1998)

Funeral heraldry: coat of arms of prince Scarlat Gr. Ghica (1812-1875), at the family graveyard at Bucharest-Colentina (2007-2008)

Coat of arms of József Sebestyén of Keöpecz (1878-1964), member of the Order of the Crown of Romania, Transylvanian heraldist, author of the official drawings for the coat of arms of the Romanian Kingdom (1921) – drawing in the style of the armorial funeral panels of the Transylvanian aristocracy of the 18th-19th c. The inscription: "Insign(ia) seu arma spec(ta)b(i)l(i)s d(omi)ni Josephi de g(e)n(ere) Sebestyen de Keopecz, hist(orico) et pict(or), eqv(es) Or(dinis) Diad(ema) Romaniae, denatus 1964, ae(tatis) s(uae) 85" (2002-2003)

Project for the coat of arms of Dr. Silviu Andrieş-Tabac of Chişinău, at that time deputy director of the National State Archives of the Republic of Moldavia (1998)

Byzantine coin of the 8th c., with the image of the Holy Virgin between two monograms – drawing after G. Zacos and A. Veglery (2006). Widespread in the Byzantine society, the usage of coins and seals influenced the emblematics and then the heraldry of the Eastern Europe.

Monogram of the Moldavian metropolitan Theophane, upon a 1617 silver discos of Slatina monastery (2006)