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  2. List of oldest heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known image of this coat of arms is the seal of two brothers, Stefan Kobylagłowa and Strzeżywoj Kobylagłowa. [26] Historically, this coat of arms was used by 9 Polish noble families. [27] [28] [26] 1282 Topór is one of the oldest Polish coats of arms. The oldest known image is the seal of Żegota, the Kraków voivode. [29 ...

  3. Origin of coats of arms - Wikipedia

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    Vermandois coat of arms, the oldest known, circa 1115, adopted for a county that had been ruled by the last Carolingians. The origin of coats of arms is the invention, in medieval western Europe, of the emblematic system based on the blazon, which is described and studied by heraldry.

  4. List of coats of arms - Wikipedia

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    List of personal coats of arms of presidents of the United States; Seal of the vice president of the United States. List of personal coats of arms of vice presidents of the United States; Vatican City, Holy See, and Catholic Church. Coat of arms of Francis. Former papal coats of arms

  5. History of heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Heraldry developed in the high medieval period, based on earlier, "pre-heraldic" or "ante-heraldic", traditions of visual identification by means of seals, field signs, emblems used on coins, etc. Notably, lions that would subsequently appear in 12th-century coats of arms of European nobility have pre-figurations in the animal style of ancient ...

  6. Coat of arms - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Heraldry - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Roll of arms - Wikipedia

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    A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. The oldest extant armorials date to the mid-13th century, and armorial manuscripts continued to be produced throughout the early modern period.

  9. Armorial of Europe - Wikipedia

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    With crown made of five lesser shields with historical Croatian coats of arms, lined from left to right in the following order: the oldest known Croatian coat of arms (shield on a light blue field a yellow (golden) six-pointed star with a white (silver) crescent), coats of arms of the Dubrovnik Republic (shield on a blue field two red bars ...