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French heraldry. French heraldry is the use of heraldic symbols in France. Although it had a considerable history, existing from the 12th century, such formality has largely died out in France, as far as regulated personal heraldry is concerned. Civic heraldry on the other hand remains a visible part of daily life.
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, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. [1] [2] Armory, the best-known branch of heraldry, concerns the design and transmission of the heraldic achievement.
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Irish heraldry is the forms of heraldry, such as coats of arms, in Ireland. Since 1 April 1943 it is regulated in the Republic of Ireland by the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland and in Northern Ireland by Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. Prior to that, heraldry on the whole island of Ireland was a function of the Ulster King of Arms, a ...
The Nordic cross is an 18th-century innovation derived from cross flags adapted as swallow-tailed (or triple-tailed) pennons used as civil ensigns; the first official introduction of such a flag was in a regulation of 11 June 1748 describing the Danish civil ensign ( Koffardiflaget) for merchant ships.
Nom commun. Synonymes. Apparentés étymologiques. Vocabulaire apparenté par le sens. Traductions. Prononciation. Voir aussi. Références. héraldique. Français [ modifier le wikicode] Étymologie [ modifier le wikicode] (Date à préciser) Du latin médiéval heraldicus, de heraldus (« héraut », « relatif au blason »). Adjectif [ modifier le wikicode]
Arnaud Bunel's Héraldique européenne, an excellent an lavishly illustrated site devoted to European heraldry (in French). Héraldique, sigillographie:, heraldry pages of Karolus, a French site of family history. This growing resource is in part sponsored by the Conseil Français d'Héraldique. It contains a French armory and a French ...
Eagle abaissé. The depiction of the heraldic eagle is subject to a great range of variation in style. The eagle was far more common in continental European —particularly German —than English heraldry, and it most frequently appears Sable (colored black) with its beak and claws Or (colored gold or yellow).
