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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 .
Since the late 19th century the Flanagan name is alleged to have both a crest/coat of arms and 'Family motto' associated with it. According to O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees", Burke's "General Armory," and Fairbairn's "Book of Crests" these include: Most commonly: ARMS/CREST: "A mount in base vert an oak tree proper a bordure of the second. A dexter ...
Arms Name of president and blazon Arms of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president, 1801–1809 Shield: Azure a fret Argent and on a chief Gules three leopards' faces Argent. Crest: a lion's head erased Or. Motto: Ab Eo Libertas A Quo Spiritus (The one who gives life gives liberty). [4] — James Madison, 4th president, 1809–1817 No arms known.
The Panamanian coat of arms is a heraldic symbol for Panama. These arms were adopted provisionally and then definitively by the same laws that adopted the Panamanian flag . The harpy eagle ( Harpia harpyja ), the Panamanian national bird , is the species of eagle on this coat of arms.
A Scottish clan member's crest badge is made up of a heraldic crest, encircled by a strap and buckle which contains a heraldic motto. In most cases, both crest and motto are derived from the crest and motto of the chief's coat of arms. Crest badges intended for wear as cap badges are commonly made of silver or some other metal such as pewter.
A full "coat of arms of God" in the Wernigerode Armorial, Southern Germany, c. 1490, with blue shield color, instead of the red used for the coat of arms of God in England. Triangular form of the diagram with one vertex up, as found in an 1896 book The modern coat of arms of the Anglican diocese of Trinidad.
The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed. In the second sense, an escutcheon can itself be a charge within a coat of arms. Escutcheon shapes are derived from actual shields that were used by knights in combat, and thus are varied and developed by region ...
Heraldry developed in the High Middle Ages based on earlier traditions of visual identification by means of seals, field signs, emblems used on coins, etc. Notably, lions that would subsequently appear in 12th-century coats of arms of European nobility have pre-figurations in the animal style of ancient art (specifically the style of Scythian art as it developed from c. the 7th century BC).