The earliest example of a lion's image as the heraldic symbol of Bulgaria is documented in the "Lord Marshal's Roll", composed around 1294 AD and preserved in a copy from about 1640. In its first part under №15 is represented the coat of arms of "Le Rey de Bugrie" or the King of Bulgaria, most probably this of Tsar Smilets (1292–1298) or may be some of his recent predecessors. It consists of an argent lion rampant with golden crown over sable shield. In the end of 14th century an anonymous Arab traveller, who visited the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire Tarnovo, saw and depicted three lions guardant passant gules painted on the round golden shields carried by the personal guards of Tsar Ivan Shishman (1371–1395). His manuscript is now kept in the National Library of Morocco.