These are disparate images, some historical, some contemporary, all variations on the circle: heraldry, Aztec symbols, currency, images of the sun and of star patterns, a manhole cover, a disco ball. FromNew York Times On an adjacent wall are the flags of all 54 countries in Africa, their...
Dragons of all kinds play a role in Heraldry, especially in Great Britain, where the Pendragon has left his mark, literally, and the various families have adopted dragons as their symbols. [7] While the dragon played a role in heraldry, however, it is also important to know that it did...
Charges (symbols) abound, with the lion and eagle being the most common beasts, while trees, stars and castles predominate among inanimate symbols. How is Sicilian armory (and Italian heraldry generally) different from the heraldry of other regions? Apart from the specific use of crest coronets...
The earliest arms in England as we now understand them—heritable symbols borne on shields and surcoats—seem to be those granted by Henry I of England to his son-in-law Geoffrey Plantagenet of Anjou, father of Henry II, in 1127. This became systematised in the time of Richard II and ...
The influence of “socialist heraldry” was strong, with the landscape as the most prevalent concept of Municipal “Coat of Arms” in the Republic of Macedonia. The core heraldic idea of the use of general symbols, as used in the heraldic tradition, to represent specific attributes and qualitie...
1. Introduction Human nature is conducted and expressed through symbols. From the simplest and most intimate expression of love to the identification of groups and individuals, the whole human community is flooded by symbols and meanings. Given this, it is not surprising that heraldry, that is ...