HERALDRY

Heraldry developed in the Middle Ages and is the discipline of heraldry,about the study of crests. Ithas the task of recognizing, identifying the elements of a coat of arms which is composed, in order to go back to a family, a person, a group of people, a line of downdrafts or institution. The shield, accompanied by his ornaments, is a graphical representation of the emblem, while the blazon is the verbal representation.

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