Heraldry

Heraldic description of the coat of arms – the coat of arms of Ústí Region is a red and blue quartered shield. The first shield displays the Czech lion. The second shield displays an embossed silver tower with the battlement and seven crenels, the broken gate and the raised golden grate. The tower looms on the blue undulating heel with three silver waved beams into a green mountain consisting of three peaks. The third field displays a silver plough on the green lawn. The fourth field displays a…

Greene-Family Coat of Arms The “Greene-Family” coat-of-arms is meaningful to me because it represents our foundation of the Greene Family. The symbols and color represent the foundation of the Greene-Family which has very powerful meaning to my family. The family motto is “Knowledge Is the Key”. The reason why this is our motto because in my family knowledge is everything to us. We are serious when it comes to our education and future. Education is everything to us; we need our education so…

Throughout history men of a higher status would obtain a coat of arms. The coat of arms would symbolize the virtues of a particular family or individual. During the 1400-1500’s, the coat of arms was a symbol that was extremely important to those of gentle birth and was sometimes used to bring recognition to an individual as a gentleman. My family coat of arms represents the virtues and values that I believe my family portrays. Around my coat of arms is a silver chain encompassing it, the…

To all my fellow classmates and teacher, Address the host I Mykeria Adkins of African American and Who I am Catawba Indian descent, daughter of a caesura Stout-hearted king and queen, caesura Granddaughter of a tenacious woman of Steele kenning and Proud granddaughter of a noble preacher. Will, with my battle sweat helmet bearers…

For my coat of arms, I chose many different symbols that represent the person I am. I chose the Leaning Tower of Pisa to symbolize my Italian heritage because it is one of the most well known landmarks in Italy. The second symbol that I chose was the cross. The cross represents my Catholic faith. A video game controller was the third symbol that I chose.Video gaming is an activity I greatly enjoy and the game controller represents that activity well. The color green is on my coat of arms because…

My personal coat of arms represents and showcases my personal identity, social identity as well as my national identity. The images I drew all have a distinct message behind them. In the shield I drew an Indian flag and the Canadian flag which represents national identity because my nationality is both Indian and Canadian. I was born and raised in Canada but both my mom and dads ancestory comes from India. These flags showcase who I am and where I’m from which is a key aspect in making up my…

Have you ever wondered what your coat of arm is? Well I am going to share my coat of arms with you. So three things that represents my coat of arms is my motto, three character traits and three symbols. My motto is Dream Big, Soar High. This motto means you can never dream too big and you can always accomplish the dream somehow and someway. Also, it means if you believe in yourself, you will be able to succeed through life. One last reason that it means is don’t let people drag you down…

Heraldry is a system of identification used during the Middle Ages. It was used to identify knights on a battlefield, and to describe a person’s belief and culture. Heraldry was used by leaders so they could identify their knights. The knights in battle wore the heraldry. An established heraldic shield could not be copied by another person. As long as it was established because it was the person’s personal property, therefore, no one can use it but them. Both copyrights and heraldic shields…

Now, that I have referenced some history of medieval times, armor, and heraldry; we can now look at some Arthurian stories of the Sir Gawain character and try to piece what his heraldry symbol or coat of arms might look like. I would like to start with the description of the Sir Gawain character in the Pearl Poet’s poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , as it is one of the easiest to interpret what Sir Gawain’s armor looks like and what his heraldic symbol is. This poem was written in the late…

The Medici family were the powerful Italian family of bankers and merchants whose members ruled Florence for much of the 15th century. Cosimo and Lorenzo de' Medici were notable rulers and patrons of the arts in Florence. The family also provided four popes (including Leo X) and two queens of France (Catherine de' Medici and Marie de Médicis). Being in the money business, the Medici’s honed to a science making money using a complicated system of exchange (pawning) They paid the RC 2,000 florins…