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Heraldry. Charges A charge is any object or figure placed on a heraldic shield or. Any object found. Apart from the ordinaries, the most frequent charges are the cross—with. Other common. animals are stags, wild boar, martlets, and fish. Dragons, bats. unicorns, griffins, and more exotic monsters appear as charges and. Animals are found in various stereotyped positions or 'attitudes'. Another frequent position is passant, or walking, like.
England. Eagles are almost always. In English heraldry the crescent, mullet, martlet, annulet, fleur- de- lis.
These cadency marks are usually. Coat of. arms of Brandenburg).
So- called mobile charges are not tied to the size and shape of. Common mobile charges include. The heraldic animals need not exactly. The. escutcheon is a small shield. If borne singly in the centre of the. It is customarily the same shape as the.
The. lozenge is a rhombus generally resembling the diamonds of playing- cards. A lozenge voided (i. The. billet is a rectangle, usually at least twice as tall as it is wide. Billets appear. in the shield of the house of Nassau, which was modified to become. Netherlands. The roundel is a solid circle, frequently of gold, though it can.
Roundels have their own special names depending. The arms. on the right are those of Courville- sur- Eure with ten annulets. These. include the mullet or star, crescent and cross. The mullet (or mollet) is a star of (usually five) straight rays. Mullets frequently appear pierced.
If unpierced, it is sometimes. A. star with (usually six) wavy rays is called an estoile (from etoile. French word for . The crescent, a symbol of the Moon, normally appears with its horns. Dexter it represents a waxing moon (increscent). The plain Greek cross (with equal limbs) and Latin. It does not follow, however, that.
All. of these charges occur frequently in basic (undifferenced) coats. Humans, deities, angels and demons occur more often as crests and. When humans do appear on the shield. The largest group of human charges. Knights, bishops. Greco- Roman mythological figures typically appear in an allegorical.
Angels very frequently appear. Parts. of human bodies occur more often than the whole, particularly heads. A famous heraldic. Red Hand of Ulster, alluding to an ancient myth. According. to one version, the kingdom of Ulster had at one time.
Because of this it was agreed that a boat. One candidate. so desired Ulster that, upon seeing that he was losing the race. The hand is most likely red to represent the fact.
According to some versions. U. Plants are common in heraldry and figure among the earliest charges. The. . The rose is. English heraldry than the fleur- de- lis. The thistle frequently appears as a symbol of. Scotland. The trefoil, quatrefoil and cinquefoil are abstract forms resembling.
The trefoil is always shown slipped (i. The cinquefoil is sometimes. Fraser. The trillium flower occurs occasionally in a Canadian context. South Africa, since. South African cricket team. Proteas. Wheat occurs in the form of . Barley, maize and.
Few. inanimate objects in heraldry carry a special significance distinct. The escarbuncle developed from the radiating. The. fasces (not to be confused with the French term for a bar or fess). Roman magisterial office and has often been.
Keys (taking a form similar to a . Estoiles are stars with six wavy rays. Clouds often occur. The raindrop as such is unknown. These occasionally appear. The oldest geological charge is the mount, typically a green hilltop.
Natural mountains and boulders. Volcanos are shown, almost without exception. In the 1. 8th. century, landscapes began to appear in armoury, often depicting. For example, Admiral Lord Nelson received. Battle. of the Nile. The most frequent building in heraldry is the tower, a tapering.
The canting arms of the Kingdom of Castile are. Gules, a tower triple- towered Or (i. A castle is generally shown as two towers joined. The portcullis. was used as a canting badge by the Tudors (. As. an ordinary chess- rook. Ships of various types often appear. Gaelic, a lymphad.
Also frequent are anchors and oars. The maunch is a medieval lappeted sleeve, some highly stylized. M; in French blazon it is said to be called manche mal taill. Spurs also occur, sometimes.
The ecclesiastical. London) or dedicatee of a church. Other weapons. occur more often in modern than in earlier heraldry.
The mace also. appears as a weapon, the war mace, in addition to its appearance. The globus cruciger, also. French monde. Latin mundus, the world) is a ball or globe surmounted by a cross. Books constantly occur, most frequently in the arms of colleges. Gospel and Bible are sometimes distinguished. Words and phrases are otherwise rare, except in Spanish and Portuguese. Letters of the various alphabets are also relatively rare.
Musical. instruments commonly seen are the harp (as in the coat of arms of. Ireland), bell and trumpet.
The drum, almost without exception. Animals, especially lions and eagles, feature prominently as heraldic. Many important differences exist between an animal's natural. Many. of these differences are apparent in the conventional attitudes. Most. animals are broadly classified, according to their natural form. Beasts, particularly. While the lion, regarded.
Europe. The tiger (unless blazoned as a Bengal tiger) is a fanciful. Dogs of. various types, and occasionally of specific breeds, occur more often. The unicorn resembles a.
The griffin combines the head (but with ears). The male griffin lacks wings and his body is scattered. The bird most frequently found in coat armory, by far, is the eagle. Eagles and their. The double eagle gained. Byzantine, Holy Roman, Austrian, and. Russian empires. The martlet, a stylized swallow without feet, is a mark of cadency.
English heraldry, but also appears as a simple charge in undifferenced. The. category of sea creatures may be seen to include various fish, a. Fish of various species often appear in canting arms. Pike or Lucy; dolphin (a conventional.
Dauphin de. Viennois. The escallop (scallop shell) became popular as a token. Santiago de Compostela. The sea- lion. and sea- horse, like the mermaid, combine the foreparts of a mammal. Reptiles. and invertebrates occurring in heraldry include serpents, lizards. The wyvern and lindworm. The salamander is typically shown.
Animals' heads are also very frequent charges, as are the paw or. Sometimes only the top half of. Heads. may appear cabossed (also caboshed or caboched): with the head cleanly. On the arms. on the left are three bulls' heads cabossed. Alternatively they may be erased: with the neck showing a ragged. The arms on the right feature.
Finally. heads may me couped, with the neck cleanly separated from the body. The arms on the right. While cabossed heads are shown facing forward (affront. Heads of horned beasts are often shown cabossed. Attitude. In heraldry, an attitude is the position in which an animal, fictional. The attitude, or position, of the creature's body is usually explicitly. English blazon. When such description is omitted, a lion.
By default, the charge faces Dexter (left as seen by the viewer). In German. heraldry, animate charges in the Dexter half of a composite display. Certain features of an animal are often of a contrasting tincture. Many attitudes apply only to predatory beasts and are exemplified. The term naiant (swimming), is usually reserved for fish but may.
One. attitude, segreant, is reserved for mythical winged quadrupeds known. It denotes an attitude which for other beasts is denoted. Additionally, there are positions applying to direction, to indicate. Animals and. animal- like creatures are presumed to be shown in profile, facing. Dexter (the viewer's left), and humans and human- like beings are.
To sinister or contourn. Guardant indicates an animal with its head turned to face the viewer. Many attitudes commonly met with in heraldic rolls apply specifically. A beast may be . A lion (or other beast) coward carries the tail between.
The tail also may be forked (queue fourch. A beast rampant (Old French: .