heraldic
Pertaining to crests
Heraldic relates to heraldry—the system of designing, displaying, and regulating coats of arms and other armorial bearings.
A heraldic shield or heraldic device follows the formal conventions of this tradition: specific colors, divisions, and symbolic animals like lions and eagles.
The word appears in historical and ceremonial contexts: the heraldic symbols of medieval nobility.
Heraldic shield notation
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- crestHighest point or tuft
- mantlingHeraldic helmet drapery
- helmVessel's steering mechanism
supporters · motto · compartment · augmentation · marshalling · quartering · impalement · differencing
V-shaped line or symbol
- fessAdmit reluctantly, informally
- bendCurve or flex
- paleLacking color intensity
- saltireDiagonal heraldic cross
cross · chief · canton · escutcheon · lozenge · roundel · mullet · fleur-de-lis
Admit reluctantly, informally
- paleLacking color intensity
- bendCurve or flex
- chevronV-shaped line or symbol
- crossPass from side to side
saltire · chief · pile · pall · bar · pallet · quarter · canton
blazon
Heraldic shield notation
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- crestHighest point or tuft
- mantlingHeraldic helmet drapery
helm · supporters · motto · compartment · augmentation · marshalling · quartering · impalement · differencing · grantee
chevron
V-shaped line or symbol
saltire · cross · chief · canton · escutcheon · lozenge · roundel · mullet · fleur-de-lis · trefoil
fess
Admit reluctantly, informally
cross · saltire · chief · pile · pall · bar · pallet · quarter · canton
azure
Light sky tone
argent · ermine · ermines · pean · potent · sanguine · proper · field · tinctured
lion
Maned African feline
dragon · stag · boar · bear · leopard · wolf · wyvern · phoenix · cockatrice · panther
- tapestryweaving, warp, wall hangings, weft, loom
- fantasy aestheticsethereal, mystical, enchanted, whimsical, high fantasy
- antique stylesgothic, medieval, baroque, renaissance, classical
- tapestriesBayeux Tapestry, arras, verdure, wall hangings, medieval tapestries
heraldicmodern
Of recent times
informal · contemporary · casual · everyday · unofficial
heraldiccorporate
Of or relating to companies
commercial · branded · minimalist · abstract · generic
heraldicuncommunicative
Unwilling to share thoughts
incommunicative · unmarked · undesignated · anonymous · blank
- heraldic emblemsSymbols denoting lineage
- herald angelHeavenly proclaimer of news
- Herald SquareMidtown Manhattan public plaza
- Hark the HeraldYuletide hymn about angels