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occurred over the past millennium.
Canting arms – some in the form of
rebuses – are
quite common in
German civic heraldry. They have also been increasingly...
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building in
heraldry is the tower, a
tapering cylinder of
masonry topped with battlements,
usually having a door and a few windows. The
canting arms of the...
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heraldic term for the fish
known in
English as a pike. It is
often used in "
canting" coats; that is,
using coats of arms to make a pun on the last name of...
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mottoes and
canting arms.
Contents Officials and law
Duchy of
Cornwall Cornish Symbolism A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
Canting arms Supporters...
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lioncel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The lion is a
common charge in
heraldry. It
traditionally symbolises courage, nobility, royalty, strength, stateliness...
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eagle is used in
heraldry as a charge, as a supporter, and as a crest.
Heraldic eagles can be
found throughout world history like in the Achaemenid...
- The rose is a
common device in
heraldry. It is
often used both as a
charge on a coat of arms and by
itself as an
heraldic badge. The
heraldic rose has...
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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...
- may also be
called corbies, as in the
canting arms of Corbet. The
Cornish chough is also
depicted in
heraldry,
which looks similar but has a red beak...
- of wisdom,
although symbolism in
heraldry always has to be
approached with skepticism, as the arms
might be
canting, or the
symbolism might not apply...
