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In heraldry, an escutcheon (/ ɪ ˈ s k ʌ tʃ ən /, ih-SKUTCH-ən) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed. In the second sense, an escutcheon can itself be a charge within a ...
Canada adds a unique series of brisures for use by female children who inherit arms. As in other heraldic systems, these cadency marks are not always used; [ 19 ] in any case, when the heir succeeds (in Canada, the first child, whether male or female, according to strict primogeniture ), the mark of cadency is removed and the heir uses the ...
Escutcheon may refer to: Escutcheon (heraldry), a shield or shield-shaped emblem, displaying a coat of arms; Escutcheon (furniture), a metal plate that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder on a door (in medicine) the distribution of pubic hair (in archaeology) decorated discs supporting the handles on hanging bowls
The four components of the emblem are a crescent and star crest above an escutcheon, which is surrounded by a wreath, below which is a scroll. [2] The crest and the green colour of the emblem are considered traditional symbols of Islam.
In English heraldry the husband of a heraldic heiress, the sole daughter and heiress of an armigerous man (i.e. a lady without any brothers), rather than impaling his wife's paternal arms as is usual, must place her paternal arms in an escutcheon of pretence in the centre of his own shield as a claim ("pretence") to be the new head of his wife ...
According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, "Khatun [is] a title of Sogdian origin borne by the wives and female relatives of the Göktürks and subsequent Turkish rulers." [ 1 ] According to Bruno De Nicola in Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206–1335 , the linguistic origins of the term "khatun" are unknown, though possibly of Old Turkic or ...
These include the escutcheon or inescutcheon, lozenge, fusil, mascle, rustre, billet, roundel, fountain, and annulet. The escutcheon is a small shield. If borne singly in the centre of the main shield, it is sometimes called an inescutcheon, and is usually employed to combine multiple coats. It is customarily the same shape as the shield it is ...
Aiman (Arabic: أيمن) is a gender neutral name with origins in Arabic, Urdu and Kazakh. [3] [4] It is an alternative Latin alphabet spelling of the name Ayman. [5]In Arabic, it is derived from the Semitic root (ي م ن) for right, and literally means righteous, blessed or lucky.