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    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...
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    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...
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    ways. One of the earliest examples of heraldry originated with the emperor Charlemagne, who erected an imperial eagle at his palace after his coronation...
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    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...
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    The Eagle of Saladin (Arabic: نسر صلاح الدين, romanized: Nasr Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn), known in Egypt as the Egyptian Eagle (Arabic: عقاب المصري, romanized: an-Nasr...
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    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...
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  • most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary...
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  • 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)...
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    regime. 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...
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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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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Spreadeagle (redirect from Spread-eagle)
    rock band Spread eagle (figure skating) Spreadeagle (heraldry), a figure derived from a heraldic depiction of an eagle Spread Eagle (horse), an 18th-century...
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    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...
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    (Eagle of Saladin)". Macaulay Honors College. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2015. Pimbley, Arthur Francis (1908). Pimbley's dictionary of heraldry...
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  • 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...
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    Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Coat of arms of Nigeria (category Heraldry stubs)
    Plateau State Taraba State Yobe State Zamfara State Heraldry portal Nigeria portal Nigerian heraldry Seal of the president of Nigeria Flag of Nigeria "National...
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    formerly popular in crests, especially in Germanic heraldry, but has found popularity outside heraldry in more recent times with its use as insignia in...
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    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...
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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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    Coat of arms of Austria (category Coats of arms with eagles)
    council of ministers on 8 May 1919 replaced the tower emblem with the eagle. Heraldry portal Austria portal Flag of Austria Flags of Austrian states Coats...
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    Serbia. Coat of arms of Serbia Armorial of Serbia Serbian eagle Serbian cross Serbian Heraldry Society Atlagić 2009, p. 180. Vanja Kraut; Miodrag Đorđević;...
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  • Gules (redirect from Gules (heraldry))
    an eagle argent, crowned or Coat of arms of French Maison d'Albret. Gueules plain by contemporary heraldic artist Dario Scaricamazza. Polish heraldry Cinnabar...
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  • researches: Heraldry State heraldry Territorial heraldry Institutional heraldry Corporative enterprise heraldry Historical family heraldry Contemporary...
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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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    heraldry is the eagle. The well known Croatian researcher Milan Šufflay, who specialized in Albanian studies, wrote: "In the Albanian lands, heraldry...
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