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Ecclesiastical heraldry differs notably from other heraldry in the use of special insignia around the shield to indicate rank in a church or denomination. The most prominent of these insignia is the low crowned, wide brimmed ecclesiastical hat, commonly the Roman galero .
Arms of Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo, 1484–1492) as shown in the contemporary Wernigerode Armorial.The coat of arms of the House of Cybo is here shown with the papal tiara and two keys argent in one of the earliest examples of these external ornaments of a papal coat of arms (Pope Nicholas V in 1447 was the first to adopt two silver keys as the charges of his adopted coat of arms).
In 1952–1953 the English Heraldry Society gave the blazon of the arms of the Holy See as "Gules a key or [("gold" or "yellow" in heraldic terminology)] in bend above a key argent [("silver" or "white" in heraldic terminology)] in bend sinister, both wards upwards, the bows united by a cord or, above the shield a tiara, its three crowns or ...
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Toggle Ecclesiastical heraldry subsection. 1.1 Some questions. 1.2 Some additions. 1.3 Canterbury. 1.4 Changes under Benedict XVI. Toggle the table of contents.
Escutcheon: Argent an eagle rising Sable beaked and legged and a glory round the head Or holding in the dexter claw an inkhorn Proper a chief per pale Azure and Gules charged on the dexter side with an open book Or inscribed in letters Sable "Thy Word is Truth" and on the sinister side an ancient ship with three masts sails furled also Or. [41]
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design [1] on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto.
The Oxford Guide to Heraldry (1988) John Martin Robinson & Thomas Woodcock, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-211658-4. The Country House at War (1989) The Bodley Head Ltd, ISBN 0-370-31306-2, ISBN 978-0-370-31306-1. The English Country Estate (Century Hutchinson/ National Trust 1988) Chatto Curiosities - Heraldry (Chatto & Windus 1989)