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    A slogan is used in Scottish heraldry as a heraldic motto or a secondary motto. It usually appears above the crest on a coat of arms, though sometimes...
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    case of Scottish heraldry, it is mandated to appear above the crest and is called slogan (see: Slogan (heraldry)). The word 'slogan' is an Anglicisation...
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    appeared on speech scrolls in standards or coat of arms as slogans (see slogan (heraldry)) and were adopted as mottoes, an example being the motto "Dieu...
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    In heraldry, an achievement, armorial achievement or heraldic achievement (historical: hatchment) is a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components...
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    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...
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  • French film Slogans (film), a 2001 Albanian film "Slogans" (song), a remixed version of Bob Marley song released in 2005 Slogan (heraldry) Slogan, a font...
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    In heraldry, supporters, sometimes referred to as attendants, are figures or objects usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it...
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    In heraldry, the term attitude describes the position in which a figure (animal or human) is emblazoned as a charge, a supporter, or as a crest. The attitude...
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  • 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...
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  • In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). That may be a geometric design (sometimes called an ordinary)...
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    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...
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  • In heraldry, the background of the shield is called the field. The field is usually composed of one or more tinctures (colours or metals) or furs. The...
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  • In heraldry, an escutcheon (/ɪˈskʌtʃən/) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related...
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    the 16th century (the era referred to by heraldists as that of "paper heraldry"). A normal heraldic achievement consists of the shield, above which is...
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    Heraldry in Scotland, while broadly similar to that practised in England and elsewhere in western Europe, has its own distinctive features. Its heraldic...
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    In heraldry, a bend is a band or strap running from the upper dexter (the bearer's right side and the viewer's left) corner of the shield to the lower...
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  • In heraldry, the field (background) of a shield can be divided into more than one area, or subdivision, of different tinctures, usually following the lines...
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  • is usually (but not exclusively) represented as a reversed Ƶ-shape. In heraldry, the upright or vertical form of the Ƶ-symbol is associated with the Donnerkeil...
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  • In heraldry, an ordinary is one of the two main types of charges, beside the mobile charges. An ordinary is a simple geometrical figure, bounded by straight...
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  • In heraldry, a compartment is a design placed under the shield, usually rocks, a grassy mount (mount vert), or some sort of other landscape upon which...
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    military or police uniforms to indicate rank or length of service, or in heraldry and the designs of flags (see flag terminology). Appearing on pottery and...
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    but also used by some republics. A specific type of crown is employed in heraldry under strict rules. Indeed, some monarchies never had a physical crown...
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    rules apply to female couples and heraldic heiresses. In ecclesiastical heraldry, a bishop's familial arms are impaled with those of his diocese or see...
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  • The law of heraldic arms, sometimes simply laws of heraldry governs the possession, use or display of arms, called bearing of arms. That use includes the...
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  • Armiger (category Heraldry)
    In heraldry, an armiger is a (natural or juridical) person entitled to use a heraldic achievement (e.g., bear arms, an "armour-bearer") either by hereditary...
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    Nazi symbolism (redirect from Nazi slogans)
    2019. Slater, Stephen (2003). The Complete Book of Heraldry: An International History Of Heraldry And Its Contemporary Uses. London: Anness Publishing...
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  • In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture...
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    Inescutcheon (category Heraldry)
    In heraldry, an inescutcheon is a smaller escutcheon that is placed within or superimposed over the main shield of a coat of arms, similar to a charge...
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  • Look up torse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In heraldry, a torse or wreath is a twisted roll of fabric laid about the top of the helmet and the base...
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  • Blazon (category Heraldry)
    In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct...
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