The eagle is used in heraldry as a charge, as a supporter, and as a crest. Heraldic eagles can be found throughout world history like in the Achaemenid...

ways. One of the earliest examples of heraldry originated with the emperor Charlemagne, who erected an imperial eagle at his palace after his coronation...

the positions of birds, exemplified by the bird most usual to heraldry – the heraldic eagle; moreover, birds also are described by the positions of their...

splendour Sword Tower on a mount Wheel Ordinary (heraldry) Attitude (heraldry) Eagle (heraldry) Lion (heraldry) As in the coat of arms of the 432d Reconnaissance...

stamping his coins with two-headed eagle symbol. The double-headed eagle remained an important motif in the heraldry of the imperial families of Russia...

The Eagle of Saladin (Arabic: نسر صلاح الدين, romanized: Nasr Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn), known in Egypt as the Egyptian Eagle (Arabic: النسر المصري, romanized: an-Nasr...

most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary...

adopted. Prominent examples of the use of St. John's Eagle in heraldry across the world include the heraldry or emblems of: Valparaíso City (Chile); Boyacá...

In heraldry, supporters, sometimes referred to as attendants, are figures or objects usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it...

Russian heraldry involves the study and use of coats of arms and other heraldic insignia in the country of Russia. Compare the socialist heraldry of the...

fact that in Polish heraldry, the word godło (plural: godła) means only a heraldic charge (in this particular case a white crowned eagle) and not an entire...

metaphorical symbols such as the "Lion of Judah" or "Eagle of the Caesars" as evidence of the antiquity of heraldry itself; and to infer therefrom that the great...

Look up Eagle or eagle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The eagle is a large bird of prey. Eagle or The Eagle may also refer to: The Eagle (sinkhole)...

a fictitious creature sometimes used in heraldry. The enfield has the head of a fox, forelegs like an eagle's talons, the chest of a greyhound, the body...

use among European nobility in the 12th century. Systematic, heritable heraldry had developed by the beginning of the 13th century. Exactly who had a right...

orao), a common symbol in the history of Serbian heraldry and vexillology. The double-headed eagle and the Serbian cross are the main heraldic symbols...

rock band Spread eagle (figure skating) Spreadeagle (heraldry), a figure derived from a heraldic depiction of an eagle Spread Eagle (horse), an 18th-century...

Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of...

Dexter and sinister are terms used in heraldry to refer to specific locations in an escutcheon bearing a coat of arms, and to the other elements of an...

In British heraldry, sable (/ˈseɪbəl/ ) is the tincture equivalent to black. It is one of the five dark tinctures called colours. Sable is portrayed in...

containing black eagle Order of the Black Eagle (disambiguation) Eagle (heraldry) Double-headed eagle Treaty of the Three Black Eagles Pitchfork uprising...

cross symbols were developed for the purpose of the emerging system of heraldry, which appeared in Western Europe in about 1200. This tradition is partly...

heraldry is the eagle. The well known Croatian researcher Milan Šufflay, who specialized in Albanian studies, wrote: "In the Albanian lands, heraldry...

Serbia. Coat of arms of Serbia Armorial of Serbia Serbian eagle Serbian cross Serbian Heraldry Society Atlagić 2009, p. 180. Vanja Kraut; Miodrag Đorđević;...

researches: Heraldry State heraldry Territorial heraldry Institutional heraldry Corporative enterprise heraldry Historical family heraldry Contemporary...

formerly popular in crests, especially in Germanic heraldry, but has found popularity outside heraldry in more recent times with its use as insignia in...

French heraldry is the use of heraldic symbols in France. Although it had a considerable history, existing from the 12th century, such formality has largely...

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Rubenids). Unlike the eagle, which is comparatively rare in heraldry because it was reserved as an imperial symbol, the lion...

in heraldry are usually portrayed with the rear body of a lion, an eagle's head with erect ears, a feathered breast, and the forelegs of an eagle, including...

Tincture is the limited palette of colours and patterns used in heraldry. The need to define, depict, and correctly blazon the various tinctures is one...