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Heraldry and Coats of Arms
Heraldry is the science of devising, assigning, recording and maintaining coats of arms and other heraldic devices such as badges, crests and mottoes, for their use in identifying royalty, nobility and certain ecclesiastical authorities, as well as tracing their noble lineage and titles. Heraldry is closely associated with genealogy, knighthood, nobility and royalty, and questions included in this category relate to coats of arms, crests, heraldic badges, rolls of arms, and heraldic elements such as tinctures, charges, ordinaries and marshaling,
452 Questions
What is the coat of arms of France?
France doesn't have a coat of arms, as it is a republic ( it has the national flag or tricolor).
Why did England rulers include so many lions on the coat of arms?
From the lighter side: It's their pride, of course!
Despite the occasional attack on humans, lions have been held in high esteem by many cultures across history for their strength and bravery. Due to their stately bearing, they are widely regaled as "king of the beasts".
What does it mean when you have bumps and schraths on arms?
Either chicken pox or your allergic to something.
What do these hallmarks mean HM an anchor lion letter I?
first letter HM is the makers name/initials
anchor is Birmingham I think.
Lion is....not sure
Letter I is the year made
What is the Madagascar Coat of Arms?
The National Emblem of Madagascar includes an outline map of the island at the center (together with two smaller islands nearby), and below it the head of a Zebu. Colours used include red, green, yellow, black, and white. Green and red rays emanate from the State's map, making it look like the Sun.
The device is surrounded by the Malagasy words REPOBLIKAN'I MADAGASIKARA which means "Republic of Madagascar" and at the base TANINDRAZANA - FAHAFAHANA - FANDROSOANA meaning "Homeland - Liberty - Development".
Four features of the coat of arms?
A Coat of Arms normally consists of a shield, crest and motto.
there are many other added extras but they are the main ones
What does the words on the bottom of the Tasmanian national coat of arms mean?
The Latin motto at the bottom of the Tasmanian coat of arms is Ubertas et fidelitas, meaning 'Fertility and Faithfulness'.
What is heraldry name for rabbit?
Coney
According to Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry Contey (co'ney) is the Heraldic Rabbit.
It is also written cony, coni, conni, conig.
A blazonment is an act of blazoning - ostentatious display of verbal or some other nature.
Red = gules black = sable within the colour range of heraldry.
How do you blazon a coat of arms?
First, you learn all the Anglo-Norman French terms used in heraldry for the different colours, designs, possible divisions of the field, the parts of the shield and so on.
Then you learn the rules of heraldry - and there are many, many rules.
Then you are in a position to be able to blazon any coat of arms, from the simplest original designs to the most complex modern ones.
An example of a complex blazon (the arms of King George IV) looks like this:
Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England); II Or a lion rampant within a tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland); overall an inescutcheon tierced in pairle reversed (for Hanover), I Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), II Or a semy of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (for Lüneburg), III Gules a horse courant Argent (for Westfalen), the whole inescutcheon surmounted by a crown.
A type of cloth scarf worn at the back of a knight's helmet represented as the mantling in heraldry?
Lambrequin
Lions were actually fairly well known in Europe. The Romans had imported them from India and Africa for the games in the Coloseum. Some games with gladiators were held in many places in Europe, not just Rome. Pictures and descriptions were passed around. Many encountered lions and pictures of them while on the Crusades in the Middle East. Furthermore there were lions in some parts of southern Europe until the IIIrd Century B.C.
What is the Kentucky Coat of Arms for Kentucky?
It is two men standing face to face with a double arm lock hand shake. They are dressed in long coats with tails. It is titled, "United we stand, Divided we fall". A double arm lock hand shake is a normal right handed hand shake. Each man's left hand is extended and placed on the right arm between the elbow and shoulder of the other hand shaker.
