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Cornish heraldry is the form of coats of arms and other heraldic bearings and insignia used in Cornwall, United Kingdom. While similar to English , Scottish and Welsh heraldry , Cornish heraldry has its own distinctive features.
Bodmin. The seal of the borough of Bodmin was A king enthroned, with the legend "Sigill comune burgensium bodmine". [8]Bossiney. See Tintagel . Bude-Stratton. The arms of the Bude-Stratton urban district council were: Arg. two bars wavy Az. within a bordure Sa. bezantee on a chief Gu. a cross formed of the field between two clarions Or.
Cornish chough. The chough (in Cornish = palores) is also used as a symbol of Cornwall. In Cornish poetry the chough is used to symbolise the spirit of Cornwall. Also there is a Cornish belief that King Arthur lives in the form of a chough. "Chough" was also used as a nickname for Cornish people.
Cornish corporate heraldry This page was last edited on 12 February 2017, at 21:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
The heraldry continues with the 15th century jousting helmet, which is covered by the seamless robe as a form of mantling, and the Cross, scepter (of mockery) and flagellum (whip) as crest. The banner's long red schwenkel is a mark of eminence in German heraldry, but it was omitted when this image was copied into Randle Holme's Book (c. 1464 ...
English: Coat of arms of the Duchy of Cornwall, Granted by the Royal Warrant of 21 June 1968. Crest: The coronet of the Heir Apparent of the United Kingdom Arms: Sable, fifteen bezants, five, four, three, two, one.
The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ f / CHUF; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the western coasts of Ireland and Britain east through southern Europe and North Africa to Central ...
Cornish heraldry (1 C, 2 P) E. English officers of arms (1 C, 148 P) English offices of arms (1 C, 14 P) N. National symbols of England (15 P) Pages in category ...