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The underground forge of the god Vulcan (here a personification of ingenuity), represented as a swarm of naked workers in motion, is the backdrop to a meeting between the goddess Minerva, who has come to bring a drawing to be reproduced, and the god Vulcan himself, intent on chiseling a precious shield held up by playful cherubs.
An enamel, probably commissioned by Geoffrey's widow between 1155 and 1160, depicts him carrying a blue shield decorated six golden lions rampant and wearing a blue helmet adorned with another lion. A chronicle dated to c. 1175 states that Geoffrey was given a shield of this description when he was knighted by his father-in-law, Henry I, in 1128.
As a warrior will usually carry a shield in the left hand, the animal shown on the shield will then face toward the knight's body. Humans and human-like beings are presumed to be shown affronté . The heraldic terms dexter ('right') and sinister ('left') represent the shield bearer's perspective, not the viewer's.
Similar to his own consistent indebtedness to Homer, [5] [6] Virgil is most likely drawing similarities and contrasts to Achilles' shield as described in book 18 of the Iliad. Achilles' shield similarly depicts a set of sweeping images in concentric circles radiating outwards from a central scene of two cities: one at war, the other at peace.
Dexter (Latin for 'right') [1] indicates the right-hand side of the shield, as regarded by the bearer, i.e. the bearer's proper right, and to the left as seen by the viewer. Sinister (Latin for 'left') [ 2 ] indicates the left-hand side as regarded by the bearer – the bearer's proper left, and to the right as seen by the viewer.
Chaussé. A shield may also be party per chevron reversed (inverted), which is like party per chevron except upside down.A section formed by two (straight) lines drawn from the corners of the chief to the point in base is called chaussé (shod), which must be distinguished from the pile, the point of which does not reach the bottom of the shield.
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.
A shield with numerous pales may be termed paly, especially in early heraldry, though this term is now properly reserved to describe a variation of the field. [1] [3] in pale In pale refers to the appearance of several items on the shield being lined up in the direction of a pale. [3] palewise A charge palewise is vertical like a pale. [3 ...