Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This template enables simple and orderly use of heraldry to identify armigers (e.g. territories, persons or organisations) in Wikipedia, for example in lists, on maps or in outline templates. For non-heraldic emblems, Template:Seal may be used. To see the Coat of arms list and for updates, click the toolbar Edit tab.
The coat of arms of the Counts of Flanders is an early example of heraldry, dating back to at least 1224. The vast majority of armorial bearings from the early days of heraldry use only one colour and one metal, which would lead later heraldists to ponder the possibility that there was an unspoken rule regarding the use of tinctures.
[[Category:Heraldry templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Heraldry templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design [1] on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto.
The origins of heraldry lie in the medieval need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts, whose faces were hidden by steel helmets. Vexillology (from the Latin vexillum , a flag or banner) is the scholarly study of flags , including the creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions ...
Feel free to spread some WP:WikiLove by awarding this barnstar to anyone who has done outstanding work in support of the project by placing the following code on their talk page, substituting your own personalized message: {{The Pursuivant's Barnstar|message ~~~~}} The Heraldry and Vexillology Barnstar {{The Heraldry and Vexillology Barnstar|~~~~}}
Illustration from a manuscript grant of arms by Philip II of Spain to Alonso de Mesa and Hernando de Mesa, signed 25 November 1566. Digitally restored. According to the usual description of the law of arms, coats of arms, armorial badges, flags and standards and other similar emblems of honour may only be borne by virtue of ancestral right, or of a grant made to the user under due authority.
The German Hyghalmen Roll was made in the late 15th century and illustrates the German practice of repeating themes from the arms in the crest. (See Roll of arms).. Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.