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The Royal Arms of Scotland [2] is a coat of arms symbolising Scotland and the Scottish monarchs.The blazon, or technical description, is "Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second", meaning a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a yellow field and surrounded by a red double royal tressure flory counter-flory device.
English heraldry uses a series of small symbols, termed brisures, to differentiate between the senior representative of an armigerous family and junior lines known as "cadet branches". In Scotland, except for the line of the immediate heir, this function is served by a series of bordures (borders) surrounding the shield of varying, specified ...
Today, Scottish crest badges are commonly used by members of Scottish clans. However, much like clan tartans, Scottish crest badges do not have a long history, and owe much to Victorian era romanticism, and the dress of the Highland regiments. [2] [3] Scottish crest badges have only been worn by clan members on the bonnet since the 19th century ...
As the arms are a national symbol of Scotland they are often used to represent the country, for example in the arms of Canada. Elements of the arms are frequently found in the arms of Scottish institutions, such as the Scottish Football Association, University of St Andrews, and Aberdeen City Council.
A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred' [1]) is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared heritage and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
A Scottish crest badge is a heraldic badge worn to show allegiance to an individual or membership in a specific Scottish clan. [1] Crest badges are commonly called "clan crests", but this is a misnomer ; there is no such thing as a collective clan crest, just as there is no such thing as a clan coat of arms .
The system is very different in Scotland, where every male user of a coat of arms may only use arms recorded, or "matriculated", in the Public Register with a personal variation, appropriate to that person's position in their family, approved by the heraldic authority for Scotland, the Lord Lyon. This means that in Scotland no two men can ever ...
Clan Logan is a very ancient Scottish clan of Celtic origin. Two distinct branches of Clan Logan exist: the Highland branch; and the Lowland branch (which descends from Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig who married Katherine Stewart, a daughter of the future Robert II (r. 1371–1390) and, in 1400, became Lord High Admiral of Scotland). [3]