Orbis Polonvs, splendoribus caeli: Triumphis mundi: pulchritudine animantium: decore aquatilium: naturae excellentia reptilium, condecoratvs. In qvo antiqva Sarmatarvm gentilitia, pervetvstae nobilitatis polonae insignia, vetera & noua indigenatus meritorum praemia & arma, specificantur & relucent. Nunc primum, vt Latinitati consecratus, ita claritate & veritate perspicuus
Orbis Polonvs is a 1641 Latin heraldic and natural-history work by Szymon Okolski, printed in Cracow for a learned readership of Polish nobility. Its pictures are small woodcut coats of arms built from scrolling cartouches, helmets with plumes, crowns, and shields bearing charges such as a brick wall, a horseshoe, and an arrow, which a designer might take as dense, symmetrical ornament for emblem or crest work.
