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Livro do Armeiro-Mor

Livro do Armeiro-Mor is an illuminated manuscript and official roll of Portugal from 1509, compiled by João do Cró, Portugal's King of Arms at the time.
It is the oldest and considered the most important Portuguese armorial that survives to this day, being the oldest source for some of the Portuguese coat of arms.
The Armorial contains almost 400 coat of arms split in five different chapters.


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