A more detailed history of the arms, including their formal heraldic description, appears on the University website.

Unlike seals and other general emblems, heraldic achievements have a formal description called a blazon, expressed in a jargon that allows for consistency in heraldic depictions.

The heraldic description of the arms of Ångermanland is: Azure three Salmons nainaint Argent finned Gules, the middle one counternainaint.

The official blazon, or heraldic description is contained in the Royal Warrant, and reads: For Arms: Argent on a base wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent a Black Swan naiant proper.

The blazon or heraldic description is as follows:

The blazon ( official heraldic description ) for the arms reads as follows:

A prototype design was sent Ottawa for suitable heraldic description.

The flag's blazon, or heraldic description, is: Azure, a mullet Argent.

As there were doubts about the heraldic correctness of the new design, a new painting was obtained from the College of Arms in 1936 incorporating the changes, but still conforming to the 1889 blazon or technical description.

For each herb shield, coat of arms the blazon or verbal description of the arms is first given in authentic heraldic style, followed by a translation from the Polish description by Niesiecki.

The official heraldic description of the Nabram coat of arms is, " Nabram vel Waldorff, cuius insignia in campo albo tres barre nigre, a capite clipei in longum producte.

Blason originally comes from the heraldic term blazon in French heraldry and means either the codified description of a coat of arms or the coat of arms itself.

It was adapted on blazers that year and a heraldic description of the arms of the College was published ( though not officially registered ) in the 1937 Blackrock College Annual.

The blazon, or technical description in heraldic language, of the full armorial bearings is:

The correct heraldic description is " Field argent a lion rampant sable treading on a serpent in fess proper between eight trefoils vert ".

The colours given in the thread count are specified as in heraldry, although tartan patterns are not heraldic.

* It is given as the translation of the heraldic motto of several Scottish clans:

If so then this is one of the oldest such memorials and some credence can be given to this by their being no heraldic emblems on it.

It was given its modern design by Hallvard Trætteberg, Norway's preeminent heraldic artist, and published in his book Norske By og Adelsvåben.

The term is also used to describe badges, buttons and grander pieces of jewellery containing the heraldic signs of an individual, which were given by that person to friends, followers and distinguished visitors, as well as ( in more modest forms ) servants.

Commenting on the newly castrated lion in the arms of the Nordic Battle Group in 2007, Vladimir Sagerlund, heraldic artist at the Swedish National Archives since 1994, was critical of the politically motivated decision, stating, " once upon a time coats of arms containing lions without genitalia were given to those who betrayed the Crown.

Cadency is necessary in heraldic systems in which a given design may be owned by only one person ( or, in some cases, one man ) at once.

In the Scots heraldic system ( which has little to do with the clan system ), only one bearer of any given surname may bear plain arms.

There are also some geometric charges known as subordinaries, which have been given lesser status by some heraldic writers, though most have been in use as long as the traditional ordinaries.

Each star in the bend is given the heraldic value of thirteen which signifies the thirteen original colonies of the United States, and the cumulative numerical value of the three stars indicates that North Dakota was the thirty-ninth state admitted to the Union.

By then the Nasrid kings of Granada had given themselves heraldic arms in the Christian way, which are also seen on pottery.

This coat of arms was given the following heraldic blazon in " On Sacred Heraldry " by E. L. Blackburne ( attached as Appendix II to Emblems of the Saints, By which they are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth, edited by Augustus Jessopp, 3rd. ed.

Consideration was given in 1975 to establishing an independent heraldic authority in New Zealand.

Porches, porticos and porte-cocheres, were often given the castle treatment, an imitation portcullis on the larger houses would occasionally be suspended above a front door, flanked by heraldic beasts and other medieval architectural motifs.

Anchored crosses are occasionally a feature of coats of arms in which context they are referred to by the heraldic terms anchry or ancre.

The system of blazoning arms used in English-speaking countries today was developed by heraldic officers in the Middle Ages.

Though heraldic forms initially were broadly similar across Europe, several national styles had developed by the end of the Middle Ages, and artistic and blazoning styles today range from the very simple to extraordinarily complex.

The first work of heraldic jurisprudence, De Insigniis et Armis, was written in the 1350s by Bartolus de Saxoferrato, a professor of law at the University of Padua.

Coats of arms in the Netherlands were not controlled by an official heraldic system like the two in the United Kingdom, nor were they used solely by noble families.

Dutch heraldry is characterised by its simple and rather sober style, and in this sense, is closer to its medieval origins than the elaborate styles which developed in other heraldic traditions.

Under a red flag bearing Skanderbeg's heraldic emblem, an Albanian force held off Ottoman campaigns for twenty-five years and overcame sieges of Krujë led by the forces of the Ottoman sultans Murad II and Mehmed II.

The heraldic badge, referred to by the CHA as the mark of the Prime Ministership of Canada, consists of four red maple leaves joined at the stem on a white field (" Argent four maple leaves conjoined in cross at the stem Gules "); the augmentation has, so far, been granted either as a canton sinister or centred in the chief.

Zoroastrianism, claimed to be “ the oldest of the revealed world-religions ” and founded by the Prophet Zoroaster ( or Zarathustra ) opposed animal sacrifices but held the rooster as a " symbol of light " and associated the cock with " good against evil " because of his heraldic actions.

Early Christian Church Fathers and Medieval European scholars interpreted the Genesis creation narrative allegorically rather than as a literal historical account ; organisms were described by their mythological and heraldic significance as well as by their physical form.

By the time of the grant of armorial bearings by the College of Arms to Somerset County Council in 1911, a ( red ) dragon had become the accepted heraldic emblem of the former kingdom.

When Sophie, Countess of Wessex was granted arms, the sinister supporter assigned was a blue wyvern, described by the College of Arms as " an heraldic beast which has long been associated with Wessex ".

The Wessex Society have promoted the use of a flag, designed by William Crampton, which features an heraldic golden wyvern on a red background.

It is most notable for its appearance on the heraldic badge of the House of Savoy, where it is accompanied by the motto Stringe ma non costringe, " It tightens, but does not constrain ".

The national government itself has no heraldic coat of arms, as a rejection of the aristocratic origins of heraldry, and this is followed by many governments in the departments.

Nevertheless, the use of moors ( and particularly their heads ) as a heraldic symbol has been deprecated in North America, where racial stereotypes have been influenced by a history of Trans-Atlantic slave trade and racial segregation, and applicants to the College of Arms of the Society for Creative Anachronism are urged to use them delicately to avoid creating offensive images.

The Nice is symbolized by a red eagle on white background, placed on three mountains, which can be described in French heraldic language as " d ' argent à une aigle de gueule posée sur trois coupeaux ".

Officially recognised by the Flag Institute on 20 May 2011, its design is based on the heraldic shield of Sussex that first appeared in an atlas by John Speed in 1622.

Robert Dudley was especially fascinated by the Beauchamp descent and, with his brother, adopted the ancient heraldic device of the earls of Warwick, the bear and ragged staff.

Remnants of the Archaic architectural sculpture ( 700-500 BC ) exist from the early 6th century BC with the earliest surviving pedimental sculpture being remnants of a Gorgon flanked by heraldic panthers from the centre of the pediment of the Artemis Temple of Corfu.

This region was long influenced by the O ' Rourke family of Dromahair, whose heraldic lion occupies the official county shield to this day.