Klėjos, Mnemosinės ir Atėnės menų dirbtuvėse : ką atskleidžia Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės kilmingųjų genealoginiai medžiai, schemos ir iliustracijos

LTStraipsnyje analizuojami XVII-XVIII a. įvairaus rango Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės kilmingųjų vizualiniai genealogijos šaltiniai: genealoginiai medžiai, schemos ir genealoginės iliustracijos. Svarbi šių šaltinių tiek ikonografinė, tiek naratyvinė informacija puikiai atskleidžia kilmingųjų genealoginę savimonę, suprantamą kaip kilmingųjų saviidentifikacija genealoginiu aspektu jų gyvenamajame laike bei erdvėje ir, pasiremiant žiniomis apie savo protėvius, jų konstruojama tapatybė. [Iš leidinio]

ENGenealogy is a multifaceted semantic field where the identity of noble families, founded upon history, is crafted and refined using a chess strategy. This article does not deal with the specific genealogy of the GDL nobles but focuses on their genealogical identity instead, i.e. on the self-identification of nobles in terms of genealogy within the context of their lives and times, knowledge available to nobles about their ancestors and how this knowledge served to construct identity. In the desire to consolidate or enhance the social status in the GDL society, the genealogical manifestation of the nobility was not always based exclusively on blood ties. Textual and visual information is abundant in the visual genealogical sources. Family trees, genealogical schemata and illustrations from the 17th and 18th centuries were very useful sources for this investigation. They comprised especially informative and multifaceted material for the research, often revealing the essence of the genealogical identity of the GDL nobles through different social, cultural and economic prisms.A strong genealogical identity was characteristic of the GDL nobles of different ranks and social positions. Most often, the GDL nobles based their genealogical identity on the importance of individuals to whom they were related on their mother or fathers side of the family, on the principle of rank or position held, connections to notable legendary or real ancestors, and on the display of land owned and wealth. The coats of arms of the GDL nobles were symbols with multiple meanings, distinguishing their owners as nobles. The decorations of the coats of arms, i.e., various insignia, played an important role and demonstrated certain exclusive features of the nobles genealogical identity. [From the publication]