Heraldic adoption (Polish: adopcja herbowa) was in the Kingdom of Poland a legal form of ennoblement and adoption into an existing heraldic clan along...

on heraldic adoption. Heraldic adoption (Polish: adopcja herbowa), was, in the Kingdom of Poland, a common form of adoption into an existing heraldic clan...

assumed a distinctly heraldic character; a number of seals dating from between 1135 and 1155 appear to show the adoption of heraldic devices in England...

number of families within a particular "heraldic family" varied over time and could be affected by heraldic adoption. Entire noble classes from other nations...

after the widespread adoption of hatching for printing and engraving arms. French heraldry also uses tricking to depict heraldic tinctures, using O for...

happened as well: different families may have joined a heraldic clans by the means of heraldic adoption. To explain the formation of a particular Polish nobleman's...

other heraldic authority suffices. Further, as arms may be legitimately adopted upon an armiger's whim, there may be nothing limiting the adoption of supporters...

join an existing noble szlachta family with their own coat of arms (heraldic adoption). The increase of number of Polish nobility by trustworthy ennoblements...

Early mention of heraldic shields in Middle High German literature likewise dates to the 12th century. In some cases, the adoption of a symbol on a coat...

For most of these states, the date of flag adoption is clear, but for others the exact date of flag adoption is unknown or disputed because of design changes...

changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition. The French and English-adopted...

The Red Rose of Lancaster (blazoned: a rose gules) was the heraldic badge adopted by the royal House of Lancaster in the 14th century. In modern times...

shows the same white-on-red cross as the flag of Switzerland, but on a heraldic shield instead of the square field. The federal coat of arms (eidgenössisches...

Geoffrey Plantagenet, it seems reasonable to suppose that the adoption of lions as an heraldic emblem by Henry or his sons might have been inspired by Geoffrey's...

lyrics were confirmed in 1958 by Republic Act No. 8491 (the "Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines") in 1998, abandoning use of both the Spanish and...

introduced a motion to parliament for the adoption of his favourite design, presented to him by artist and heraldic advisor Alan Beddoe, of a "sea to sea"...

from burghers; the institution was abolished in 1817. Ennoblement Heraldic adoption Indygenat Oswald Balzer: "Skartabelat w ustroju szlachetstwa polskiego"...

the male-line from the Poraj family and those allowed into the heraldic clan by adoption. The Poraj coat of arms is of Bohemian origin. The name comes...

connected by heraldic adoption at ennoblement, and as frequently found with Polish coats of arms, by some supposed members misattributed to the heraldic clan...

in many heraldry books produced at that time. The swastika was also a heraldic symbol, for example on the Boreyko coat of arms, used by noblemen in Poland...

Prior to the adoption of the current coat of arms, Greece used a number of different designs, some of which were not heraldic; the first heraldic design was...

Oxford 2005, pp. 183-184 Indigenat (disambiguation) Ennoblement Heraldic adoption Skartabellat "Noble naturalization". Archived from the original on...

translation "wolf's hook") or Crampon (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a heraldic charge from mainly Germany and eastern France, which was inspired by medieval...

warrior-caste of using their [heraldic] arms on seals made this kind of pictorial identification fashionable and led to the adoption of arms by anybody using...

number of seals dating from between 1135 and 1155 appear to show the adoption of heraldic devices in England, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. A notable...

motifs such as the cross or the labarum. Despite the abundance of pre-heraldic symbols in Byzantine society from the 10th century, only through contact...

Republic Act No. 8491, the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines, during the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos. Its adoption came twelve years after the abolition...

flew from poles. Developments in heraldry led to the creation of personal heraldic banners for rulers and other important people in the European kingdoms...

Pakistan. This would become the flag of Pakistan, albeit charged with a white heraldic side or flank at the hoist. The resulting flag bears a striking resemblance...

heraldist Martín de Riquer explained that the lion was already used as heraldic emblem in 1148. At the end of the reign of Alfonso VII, the figure of this...