The book translates and compiles two older emblem books, showing highly conventional emblems, mostly weapons, armour and various heraldic signs. |
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Each coat of arms has a right and left heraldic side, as observed by the person carrying the shield. |
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This stone shows the heraldic achievement of Henry, including, significantly for us, a stag, gorged, enclosed in a fence. |
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Over the path are slender steel arches designed to carry banners that give a festive and heraldic flavour to both internal and external paths. |
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It may be that the heraldic nature of the squirrel's significance in the painting suggested the rebus like pun to represent the place name. |
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Visual puns and rebuses had been popular features in the heraldic imprese or devises of France for centuries. |
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He ended his heraldic career without ever having attained the office of Garter King of Arms, or being honoured with a knighthood. |
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Any heraldic information that appeared at the top of the central and right lancets has been lost. |
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The heraldic devices of the lancet tops and in the tracery lights represent other of Louis's and Francoise's possessions and ancestors. |
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The ancient was a banner bearing an heraldic device, the token of ancient or noble descent, borne by a gentleman or a leader in a war. |
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I needn't see the heraldic lion on his clothes' front to know where he came from. |
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Like many of the earlier heraldic flags, it seems that this form of flag originated in military use ashore. |
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The barrulet is the heraldic diminutive of the bar, and is generally one fourth the width of the bar. |
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They also investigate the origins of various heraldic monsters, such as the basilisk. |
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Its own name is of heraldic origin and refers to the three roses in a bend on the shield of the counts of Wasserburg. |
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I wonder whether some standardised form of description, akin to heraldic blazon, will gradually emerge. |
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As these heraldic arms became more elaborate, their description or blazon came to acquire its own rules, arcane vocabulary, and concise syntax. |
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Well before the renaissance, the new men were buying up land, seizing cities, glorifying themselves with new titles and heraldic blazons. |
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It was felt by the heraldic writers of the time that such heavenly blazonry should be reserved for the highest nobility. |
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The heraldic artist reconstructed this accurate description as the beautiful unicorn. |
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Le Notre's coat of arms is nothing if not a burlesque of heraldic traditions. |
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The black-and-white patterns suggest heraldic symbolism, Vorticist explosions and the imagery and interpenetrating spaces of Inuit designs. |
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The Tau Cross, also known as St. Anthony's Cross or Crux Commissa and many others, is an ancient and heraldic cross. |
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An integral part of the decorative scheme of the dishes was the now erased heraldic ornament. |
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The front of the shirts has the City's heraldic emblem of rampant boars head on a turret embossed with the white rose of Yorkshire. |
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Sprightly angels support Francoise's massive, floating, upright heraldic device, while mournful lions stoop to stabilize Louis's drooping shield. |
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On the wings of the building are heraldic emblems of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh. |
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Here were the main exhibits, gathered with infinite care and attention to their heraldic significance. |
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On the old motte a great keep or tower house was raised, emblazoned with an imposing heraldic panel carrying the Percy Lion. |
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But it is chiefly on sculpture and architecture that ornamental devices act as cartouches for heraldic display. |
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Her heraldic device was distinguished from the many others sprinkled throughout the window by its larger scale and unusual format. |
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King Steven who usurped the English throne in 1096 carried the centaur as his heraldic symbol for that reason. |
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Sometimes a heraldic Chapeau replaces the Wreath, or occasionally appears between the Wreath and the Crest. |
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The chapeau is barely mentioned by Scottish heraldic writers, before Learney ascribed the chapeau to the baronage. |
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He chose the Corbinian Bear as an heraldic device for his papal coat of arms. |
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In elite society, aristocratic funerary sculpture quickly replaced religious imagery with heraldic and symbolic devices. |
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The first and second floor fronts would have panels in terracotta red, and the Coat of Arms would be in heraldic colours. |
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Hand drawn and printed on high quality paper using colour fast inks, the map features the heraldic crests of many famous families. |
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The Lord Lyon wrote to us a year ago saying that schools with heraldic devices should get in touch to check if they were allowed to use them. |
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This shield is distinct in scale, materials, and technique from the other heraldic devices in this window. |
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The device is heraldic again, but it also protects the galleried space from excessive insolation. |
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If a hallmark on a spoon is so worn you can't make it out, which side bears the heraldic device could give a clue to its date. |
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For all of that it's not a bad place to live, and that flying standard, with its strange old heraldic devices is still serving its purpose. |
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In the center of each diamond was a small shield with what I took to be a heraldic device painted on it. |
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After the conquest, local weavers added heraldic devices to their own decorative motifs. |
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He was known for his heraldic painting, more especially for his emblazonment of the lord mayor's state-coach. |
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Worn with military uniform are government decorations, insignia, distinctive devices and other military heraldic symbols established under prescribed regulations. |
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The heraldic devices are the least subtle aspect of the window. |
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It exhibits the same meticulous detail and refined finish, only varying in the addition of a lapis lazuli stand and in some minor heraldic details. |
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But further back there was an earl, and the family had a heraldic crest and some silver, bits of which Orwell pawned to raise money to fight in Spain. |
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Apart from the ingenious designs, set off by the lustred tin-glaze, the specific heraldic programme gives them a unique place in Niculoso's oeuvre. |
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It is well known that the gyronny is a heraldic symbol of France. |
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The significance of this unique sculpture is uncertain but a heraldic device of the ruling elite or an aniconic symbol of a protecting deity are possibilities. |
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The tomb consists of a prominent polychromed alabaster effigy of the duke lying in state on a slab of heavy black marble surrounded by heraldic symbols. |
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The Canadian heraldic system shares with the Scottish system the requirement that the undifferenced coat of arms is borne by one person at a time. |
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Henry VII had a Welsh dragon and a wolfhound on his heraldic insignia. |
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They also relate to the erased heraldic ornament, and finally to the special significance that the subject-matter of the engraving might have had for their first owner. |
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When the Scottish King James I came to the throne he ordered that the heraldic red lion of Scotland be displayed on all buildings of importance including pubs. |
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These liveries came to be distinguished by heraldic insignia and emblems. |
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He built hospitals and buildings for several universities, and the heraldic gates of San Marino, the strange little independent republic not far from Urbino. |
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With his quiet colours he moderates the dazzle and grandeur found in the still-life pictures of his contemporary, which are as bright as heraldic blazonings. |
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During the seventeenth century heraldic windows adorned the naves of Dutch Reform churches, a custom dating back several centuries in the Netherlands. |
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Additional heraldic shields float in the foregrounds below the flanking scenes, as well as in the lancet cusps and the adjacent tracery openings above them. |
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After the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, Nelson was dubbed a Knight of the Bath and granted heraldic supporters of a sailor and a lion. |
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The rest of the floor is paved with encaustic tiles featuring heraldic designs and Latin mottoes. |
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The Red Rose of Lancaster is the county flower found on the county's heraldic badge and flag. |
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The modern structures face the Thames and include an entry way that displays More's arms, heraldic beasts, and a Latin maxim. |
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Between 1956 and 2006 Spurs used a faux heraldic shield featuring a number of local landmarks and associations. |
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In the heraldic traditions of England and Scotland, an individual, rather than a family, had a coat of arms. |
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The Great Seal of the United States uses on the obverse as its central motif an heraldic achievement described as being the arms of the nation. |
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These may be used in countries which otherwise do not use heraldic devices. |
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In countries like Scotland with a strong statutory heraldic authority, arms will need to be officially granted and recorded. |
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The heraldic crest of the Royal Marines commemorates the history of the Corps. |
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Each member of the Order, including the Sovereign, is allotted a stall in the Chapel, above which his or her heraldic devices are displayed. |
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The National Archives of Norway are the heraldic authority for the royal approbation of municipal arms. |
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The College of Arms at that time was not only a centre of genealogical and heraldic study, but also a centre of antiquarian study. |
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Elizabeth Will, an Army heraldic specialist, was named to redesign the newly-revived medal, which became known as the Purple Heart. |
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In Scotland, Lord Lyon King of Arms is the judge of the Lyon Court, which has jurisdiction over all heraldic matters. |
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The Lord Lyon King of Arms is the chief heraldic officer of Scotland and Great Officer of State and a judge in the judiciary of Scotland. |
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A saltire, also called Saint Andrew's Cross, is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross, like the shape of the letter X in Roman type. |
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The fountain is a medieval heraldic charge displayed as a roundel barry wavy Argent and Azure. |
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As with many heraldic charges, the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised and many renderings exist. |
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The Prince of Wales's feathers is the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales. |
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The heraldic pelican also ended up as a pub name and image, though sometimes with the image of the ship Golden Hind. |
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The heraldic antelope has the body of a stag and the tail of a lion, with serrated horns, and a small tusk at the end of its snout. |
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The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn, which has been a Scottish heraldic symbol since the 12th century. |
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The Kingdom of Mercia predated the emergence of heraldry, so there is no authentic Mercian heraldic device. |
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The Prince of Wales' heraldic badge is also sometimes used to symbolise Wales. |
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The Tudor rose dimidiated with the Scottish thistle, James used this device as a royal heraldic badge. |
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The heraldic office of Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, a junior officer of arms in the College of Arms at London, dates from this period. |
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Indeed, a 1961 editorial in the Situationist International mocked the Swiss sculptor's kinetic contraption, constructing a less heraldic lineage for Tinguely's work. |
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It is likely, therefore, that Richard introduced this heraldic design. |
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The name Wars of the Roses refers to the heraldic badges associated with the two royal houses, the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. |
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During the rebuilding, heraldic stained glass installed in the north transept in 1638 was transferred to a window in the north aisle of the new church. |
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Her tomb in Peterborough Cathedral can be seen and there is hardly ever a time when it is not decorated with flowers or pomegranates, her heraldic symbol. |
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In the popular mind they have come to symbolise the nation of England, although according to heraldic usage nations do not bear arms, only persons and corporations do. |
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In addition to initiating the Hundred Years' War, Edward III expressed his claim in heraldic form by quartering the royal arms of England with the Arms of France. |
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The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement which in its whole consists of shield, supporters, crest, and motto. |
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However, that heraldic interpretation remains controversial. |
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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 the appropriate image. |
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In 1956, the BTC was granted a heraldic achievement by the College of Arms and the Lord Lyon, and then BTC chairman Brian Robertson wanted a grander logo for the railways. |
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In heraldic language, it may be blazoned azure, a saltire argent. |
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In heraldic language, it may be blazoned Argent, a saltire gules. |
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In any event, they do not form part of the Royal Arms, as opposed to the heraldic achievement of the Prince of Wales, who drops them upon his accession as King. |
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The Lord Lyon King of Arms, head of the Scottish heraldic establishment and whose office predates his association with the Order serves as King of Arms of the Order. |
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There is no official heraldic authority for private arms in Denmark. |
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Since 1918 heraldic affairs are handled under the Civil Law. |
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George Washington, in personal correspondence, expressed opposition to establishment of a national heraldic authority, though he made use of his own ancestral arms. |
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The Lord Lyon's judicial duties concerning Scottish heraldic business and heraldic laws are conducted through the machinery of the Court of the Lord Lyon. |
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These officers are employed by Scottish nobles and chiefs and perform duties relating to genealogical, heraldic, and ceremonial matters of clan members. |
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A heraldic badge, an emblem, an impresa, or device, or personal device worn as a badge indicates allegiance to, or the property of, an individual or family. |
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The heraldic shield is ensigned with the Heir Apparent's coronet. |
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