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coat of arms

vr.tr.coat-of-arms · INF.MED

Let an agent explain coats of arms and heraldic rules, identify and blazon specific arms with sources, describe how arms are granted and used, and support heraldic research.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain coats of arms and heraldic rules, identify and blazon specific arms with sources, describe how arms are granted and used, and support heraldic research.

A heraldic design on a shield, often with a crest, helm, supporters and motto, granted or assumed to identify a person, family, city, institution or state under rules of heraldry, and displayed on buildings, seals, flags, documents and objects, with related devices such as cartouches, guild signs and military insignia; coats of arms are regulated by heraldic authorities in some countries, recorded in armorials, and studied in heraldry and art history.

What it is for: Heraldic identifying designs.

It can be explain heraldic rules; identify and blazon arms; describe grants and use; support research.

Distinguishing features

Heraldic rules

Hereditary or institutional

Blazon

Regulated in some countries

What it looks like

A shield with coloured charges, often with crest, supporters and motto.

How it is recognised

Shield-based heraldic design

Blazoned in heraldic language

A logo is not heraldic; a flag may carry arms

Related models

is a kind of - category

symbol

is a kind of - category

flag or coat of arms

is related to - nobles bearing arms

viscount

is related to - heraldic charges as motifs

motif

In practice

Families and kinds

personal and family arms

civic arms of cities and regions

national and state arms

ecclesiastical and institutional arms

related devices such as cartouches and guild signs

Standards and regulation

Heraldic authority rules and grants

Laws on use of national and civic arms

Armorial and registration conventions

Failure modes and hazards

Assuming arms belong to a surname

Misuse of official arms

Errors in blazon

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What coats of arms are.

Heraldry.

Elements

Elements and rules.

Elements

Elements.

  1. What are the shield, tinctures, charges, crest, helm, supporters and motto, and what rules govern their combination? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific heraldic element? action

Blazon

Blazon.

Blazon

Blazon.

  1. How are arms described in blazon, and how is this blazon read or written? action
  2. Which entry fits heraldic terminology? action
Identify Identifying arms.

Practice.

Specific

A specific coat of arms.

Specific

Specific arms.

  1. Whose arms are these, and what is their history, according to armorials and heraldic authorities? provenance
  2. Is the assumption that arms belong to a surname being avoided? boundary

Civic

Civic and national arms.

Civic

Civic arms.

  1. What are the arms of this city, region or state, and what do their elements represent, according to official sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the place? action
Use Grants and use.

Law.

Grants

Obtaining arms.

Grants

Grants.

  1. How are arms granted or assumed in different countries, and which heraldic authorities exist? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific authority? action

Rules

Rules on use.

Rules

Rules.

  1. Which laws restrict the use of official arms, and how are arms used on documents, buildings and objects? provenance
  2. Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Learn History and teaching.

Education.

History

History of heraldry.

History

History.

  1. How did coats of arms develop from medieval identification to modern civic and institutional heraldry? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can heraldry be taught with blazon exercises? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each notable coat of arms be a separate entry?
  • How should armorials be linked?
  • How should heraldic authorities be linked?
Draft as JSON