Heraldry
西洋紋章学 / 12th century– / Style / Symbol Systems
Europe's armorial system born of battlefield identification: strict description in the language of blazon, the rule of limited tinctures, and a grammar of division and combination — an 800-year design system.
Limited tincture colors / The grammar of shield divisions / Describability in blazon / Stylized animal poses
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- the grammar of blazon / the institution of heralds / inheritance in flags and state arms