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Medieval Coats-of-Arms

Medieval Coats-of-Arms . Heraldic Terms, Rules of Tincture and Blazonry. By the end of this lesson students will be able to: Know why Medieval people used coats-of-arms. Use new vocabulary in writing a blazon. Create their own personal coat-of-arms to display. Symbolism.

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Medieval Coats-of-Arms

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  1. Medieval Coats-of-Arms Heraldic Terms, Rules of Tincture and Blazonry • By the end of this lesson students will be able to: • Know why Medieval people used coats-of-arms. • Use new vocabulary in writing a blazon. • Create their own personal coat-of-arms to display.

  2. Symbolism • Can you identify the following logos?

  3. What are coats-of-arms? • Symbolic name tags! • Armies (Spartans, Romans) • Individuals

  4. Parts of a Shield Display

  5. Parts of a Shield Display

  6. Metals • Or (Gold) • Argent (Silver) • Rule of Tincture: No metals upon metals!

  7. Colors • Gules (Red) • Azure (Blue) • Sable (Black) • Vert (Green) • Purpure (Purple) • Tenne (Orange) • Sanguine (Dark Red) • Proper (Natural Color of an object) • Rule of Tincture: No color upon color!

  8. Descriptors • Dexter (Right) • Sinister (Left) • Field (Background) • Charge (Item on the field) • Chief (Top portion) • Base (Bottom portion)

  9. Heraldic Terms: • Blazon: A description for a coat-of-arms. • Blazonry: The art of writing/reading such a description as done by a herald. • Herald: The person who reads blazonry on coats-of-arms in order to announce their bearers by name for either tournaments or for record at battle.

  10. Rules of Blazonry • 1- Start with the color of the field. • 2- Next, identify how the field is divided (if at all) • 3- Identify the main charge on the field. • 4- Identify the remainder (if any) following the rule of “Left to Right, Top to Bottom”. • 5-After describing the field and its contents, identify any item in the chief (if any exists) by first the main field and then any charge it may hold.

  11. Example: Baron Von Wells 1. Identify the main field: Or 2. Identify the main charge by color and shape: Sable rampant lion. Finally, write the blazon. “Or, a sable rampant lion. “ Option 2 shows the direction of the charge: “Or, a sable rampant lion facing sinister.”

  12. Sample Coat-of-Arms:

  13. Sample Coat-of-Arms: Altamura

  14. Sample Coat-of-Arms: Braithwaite

  15. Sample Coat-of-Arms: Bryce

  16. Sample Coat-of-Arms: Thompson

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