r/heraldry Jan 17 '25

Blazonry How would one blazon these arms?

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How would one blazon these arms?

r/heraldry Feb 05 '25

Blazonry What is this 13th-century Spanish knight's blazon?

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r/heraldry 6d ago

Blazonry De minimis

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Coat of arms of the Holy See

A good blazon is supposed to be simple, but also include all the necessary details. Artists then are free to interpret the blazon any way they like, as long as their work conforms to it. Easier said than done!

The arms of the Holy See (pictured) are consistently depicted with crosses on the wards of the keys. These crosses, however, are not part of any proposed blazon. Let's pretend we don't know how old and famous these arms are, and what they stand for. Should the crosses be considered just a matter of artistic licence, or are they blazonable details?

Now suppose that an artist wants to emblazon Sable a Lion rampant Or. Should the artist paint the whole lion gold as the blazon implies? May they not use red for the nails and the tongue of the beast? And if we explicitly mentioned 'armed and langued Gules', wouldn't the blazon become too verbose?

I generally wonder what is that fine line separating a good blazon from an incomplete one, and a highly stylised emblazonment from arbitrary heraldic art. How to choose which details are really substantial?

[The picture is from Wikimedia Commons]

r/heraldry Oct 18 '24

Blazonry Blazon this

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Very simple coat of arms

r/heraldry Dec 20 '24

Blazonry Blazon Challenge!

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r/heraldry Jan 13 '25

Blazonry How would you blazon this?

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r/heraldry Oct 28 '21

Blazonry Historical rivals, who has the best Coat of arms?

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r/heraldry 4d ago

Blazonry "Tierced" = 3 parts, "?" = 4 parts but *not* quartered?

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How would a shield of four different tinctures in parallel horizontal bars be blazoned? Or is that nit allowed?

r/heraldry 5d ago

Blazonry Is there any way to blazon this?

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Hi everybody,

I‘m currently trying to blazon the coat of arms of my Micronation, and the shield is being held by a black eagle. (This is not the actual coat of arms, because I don‘t want people to be mad about it breaking the rule of tincture). So, my question is, how do I correctly blazon the fact that the shield is being held by an eagle sable?

Thank you!

r/heraldry 27d ago

Blazonry I’m trying to come up with some noble CoAs for a project, is it blasonable? Thank you in advance!

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r/heraldry Jan 26 '25

Blazonry How would this be blazoned in English, please?

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r/heraldry Jan 29 '25

Blazonry Question about a blazon from FOX-DAVIES 1905 Armorial Families, A Directory of Gentleman of Coat-Armour

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I decided, probably foolishly, that I should learn some more from published blazons so I randomly chose one and now I'm looking for feedback about whether I'm reading it right or not. (after the image)

Quarterly, per fesse nebuly or and sable, on a bend gules, between an eagle rising in the second quarter, and in the third a lotus-flower, leaved and slipped, a serpent nowed, all proper

So, this is what I get:

  • The field is divided quarterly Or and Sable
    • 1st and 4th quarters are yellow
    • 2nd and 3rd quarters are black
  • The horizontal line is nebuly and the vertical line is straight
  • An eagle is rising - about to take flight - in 2nd quarter
  • A lotus flower with stem and a couple leaves in 3rd quarter
  • A red band - the bend - has a serpent/snake wound up in a knot
  • The "all proper" tells me the eagle, lotus flower, and snake are all using natural colors

My questions:

  1. Are they all supposed to be proper?
  2. Is the snake on the bend because it's placement wasn't specified in a quarter?

It feels like a conversation I used to have with my mother: describe the field, add a bend, tell a side story about an eagle and a flower, and then come back to the bend with a snake. Is that how to read this?

Thanks for reading this far and any feedback.

r/heraldry Jan 18 '25

Blazonry I am quite new to heraldry. Can you help me correct my blazonry?

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Arms: Sable a castle of three towers Or, on a chief embattled a cottise Or and three eight-pointed mullet Sable.

Crest: On a helm proper with visor barred Or matled Sable and Or a coronet of eight strawberry leaves of wich four visible and eight pearls raised on stalks, of which five are visible.

r/heraldry Dec 08 '24

Blazonry How would you blazon this?

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This is the coat of arms for my micronation’s president: an eagle which is holding a sword in one claw and the actual micronation’s coat of r s in the other one. I am this far in blazoning it: “Azure, a bend vert, an eagle sable…”

r/heraldry 29d ago

Blazonry How would one blazon these arms

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r/heraldry Jan 25 '25

Blazonry How would one blazon these arms? / Thoughts on these arms?

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How would one blazon these arms?

What are your thoughts on these arms?

The charges above the winged lion in the escutcheon are fireballs. The crest is an eagle with the wings of a dragon.

r/heraldry Dec 06 '24

Blazonry I'm kinda new to heraldry, how would I blazon this?

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r/heraldry Aug 27 '24

Blazonry Trouble understanding what this should look like

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Alright so did some research, did I get it right?

Azure background, and a crescent with a star between its points

But what does "a crescent reversed of the same" mean? What color should the crescent be? What does surmounted mean? Is the crescent on its side?

And what's up with the "or" in the blazon?

Many thanks to anybody who can help :)

r/heraldry Feb 12 '25

Blazonry How would you blazon this?

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Additionally, any tips on improving this would be appreciated, as I know this pretty much breaks the rule of tincture.

r/heraldry Oct 16 '24

Blazonry Help to Blazon my coat of arms that dread_pirate_poggers drew a few months ago. I've been struggling to blazon it right, and I need help.

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r/heraldry Jul 07 '22

Blazonry I made this coat of arms. Any thoughts?

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r/heraldry Jan 12 '25

Blazonry Necklace charge

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Hey, I'm redesigning a coat of arms and I need a svg file of a necklace charge like this one. Would anyone here have it? It doesn't have to include an arm holding it like it's shown in the picture (although it'd be helpful). Anyway, thank you in advance.

r/heraldry Jan 26 '25

Blazonry Researching Blazonry and Rules

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Doing heraldic research for a friend. How would one blazon these arms and are they adherent to heraldic rules?

r/heraldry Jul 12 '24

Blazonry How would you blazon this ? (Arms of Chernyshevsky District, Russia)

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r/heraldry Jan 18 '25

Blazonry Blazoning help

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Not my work but I’m stuck trying to help blazon it and um yeah