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...
19 KB (893 words) - 10:28, 21 March 2024
Motto (section Mottos in heraldry)
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...
13 KB (1,270 words) - 18:37, 2 August 2024
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...
20 KB (2,482 words) - 15:29, 19 August 2024
In heraldry, an achievement, armorial achievement or heraldic achievement (historical: hatchment) is a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components...
5 KB (554 words) - 01:47, 11 February 2024
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...
87 KB (11,153 words) - 16:58, 7 August 2024
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...
486 bytes (88 words) - 06:38, 12 December 2020
Supporter (redirect from Supporter (heraldry))
In heraldry, supporters, sometimes referred to as attendants, are figures or objects usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it...
17 KB (1,812 words) - 08:14, 12 July 2024
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...
29 KB (3,345 words) - 19:14, 9 April 2024
Coat of arms (redirect from Armory (heraldry))
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...
26 KB (2,809 words) - 17:47, 7 August 2024
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)...
55 KB (7,073 words) - 15:27, 16 August 2024
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...
57 KB (7,069 words) - 03:30, 6 July 2024
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...
2 KB (228 words) - 00:52, 15 February 2023
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...
19 KB (1,926 words) - 17:09, 29 July 2024
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...
13 KB (1,568 words) - 01:12, 13 September 2023
Heraldry in Scotland, while broadly similar to that practised in England and elsewhere in western Europe, has its own distinctive features. Its heraldic...
23 KB (2,890 words) - 10:34, 24 February 2024
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...
16 KB (1,584 words) - 23:59, 26 August 2024
Division of the field (redirect from Chaussé (heraldry))
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...
20 KB (2,289 words) - 13:07, 8 April 2024
Wolfsangel (redirect from Crampon (heraldry))
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...
31 KB (2,844 words) - 11:01, 21 August 2024
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...
40 KB (4,944 words) - 07:06, 4 June 2024
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...
8 KB (912 words) - 02:04, 18 January 2024
Chevron (insignia) (redirect from Chevron (heraldry))
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...
12 KB (1,362 words) - 16:15, 11 April 2024
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...
11 KB (1,337 words) - 08:37, 22 July 2024
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...
11 KB (1,282 words) - 23:14, 30 June 2024
Law of heraldic arms (redirect from Laws of heraldry)
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...
26 KB (3,941 words) - 18:22, 25 July 2024
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...
4 KB (452 words) - 15:07, 26 August 2024
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...
17 KB (1,418 words) - 00:10, 18 August 2024
Variation of the field (redirect from Barry (heraldry))
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...
32 KB (3,564 words) - 14:32, 22 July 2024
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...
6 KB (728 words) - 16:20, 29 July 2024
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...
4 KB (538 words) - 16:38, 2 March 2024
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...
31 KB (3,715 words) - 23:02, 11 July 2024