coat of arms
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.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What coats of arms are.
Elements
Elements and rules.
Elements
Elements.
- What are the shield, tinctures, charges, crest, helm, supporters and motto, and what rules govern their combination? definition
- Which entry fits a specific heraldic element? action
Blazon
Blazon.
Blazon
Blazon.
- How are arms described in blazon, and how is this blazon read or written? action
- Which entry fits heraldic terminology? action
Identify Identifying arms.
Specific
A specific coat of arms.
Specific
Specific arms.
- Whose arms are these, and what is their history, according to armorials and heraldic authorities? provenance
- Is the assumption that arms belong to a surname being avoided? boundary
Civic
Civic and national arms.
Civic
Civic arms.
- What are the arms of this city, region or state, and what do their elements represent, according to official sources? provenance
- Which entry fits the place? action
Use Grants and use.
Grants
Obtaining arms.
Grants
Grants.
- How are arms granted or assumed in different countries, and which heraldic authorities exist? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific authority? action
Rules
Rules on use.
Rules
Rules.
- Which laws restrict the use of official arms, and how are arms used on documents, buildings and objects? provenance
- Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
History
History of heraldry.
History
History.
- How did coats of arms develop from medieval identification to modern civic and institutional heraldry? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can heraldry be taught with blazon exercises? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- United States military beret flash, Relief Hofleverancier, guild sign, cartouche, Stubenschild, Coat of arms of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, coats of arms of Brittany pays, national coat of arms, Coat of arms of Niue, papal coat of arms, provincial coat of arms, Meistertafeln
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Heraldic rules
- Hereditary or institutional
- Blazon
- Regulated in some countries
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Assume that arms belong to everyone with a surname.
- Use official arms of a state or city without authority.
- Sell family crest products as if they were the buyer's arms without basis.
- Misblazon arms in a heraldic record.
Only with a human decision
- Using a state's or institution's arms in publications.
May
- Describe and blazon a coat of arms according to heraldic rules.
- Identify arms from heraldic records, stating who holds them.
- Explain the grant or assumption of arms in a stated jurisdiction.
Moral aspects Filled
- Arms identify people and institutions, so misuse can mislead or defraud.
- Official emblems are protected because they carry public authority.
Who is affected
- Armigers and families
- Institutions and states
- Buyers
Owners Filled
Steward
The person or body to whom arms are granted; heraldic authorities keep registers where they exist.
Master systems
- Heraldic registers of grants of arms
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q17335294 - registry parent class
- Q391414 - registry parent class
- Q80071 - registry parent class
related
- symbol - category
- flag or coat of arms - category
- viscount - nobles bearing arms
- motif - heraldic charges as motifs
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.coat-of-arms
- Wikidata: Q14659 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14659)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Shield-based heraldic design
- Blazoned in heraldic language
- A logo is not heraldic; a flag may carry arms
- A shield with coloured charges, often with crest, supporters and motto.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain heraldic rules
- identify and blazon arms
- describe grants and use
- support research
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Assuming arms belong to a surname
- Misuse of official arms
- Errors in blazon
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Heraldic authority rules and grants
- Laws on use of national and civic arms
- Armorial and registration conventions
Context of use required Filled
- Heraldic identifying designs.
- 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
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q14659: coat of arms - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Coat of arms - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each notable coat of arms be a separate entry?
- How should armorials be linked?
- How should heraldic authorities be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q14659/spec.json