By admin | 7 апреля, 2014 | Heraldist Notes
HERALDIC DESCRIPTION (BLAZON) – SPECIAL TEXT, PARTICULAR CODE THAT IS USED FOR DESCRIBING THE COAT OF ARMS IMAGE.
In ancient times, the coats of arms were gifted to their owners in a special way. A special certificate was executed in a single copy. It contained the image of the coat of arms and its description. However, the armorial (heraldic register) included not only the image of the coat of arms, which was often black and white or unshaded but also the drawing with a blazon (the narrative), which always gave the opportunity to restore the image.
The blazon importance lies in any element of the coat of arms— coat of arms figures, shield shapes and other components of the coat of arms, metals, enamels, crown location, helmet rotation, neck locket, etc. — has its own meaning and interpretation.
Upon your desire, we’ll draw up:
Brief heraldic coat of arms description (blazon).. Includes only coat of arms description in accordance with the rules of blazoning.
Full (semantic) coat of arms description. It reveals the heraldic meaning of all symbols, enamels, and metals that are on the coats of arms in the prescribed manner, i.e., the shield and everything on it (form, enamels, metals, coat of arms figures) are described first, then goes everything above the shield (crown, helmet, torse, mantling, helm coat of arms), then — supporters, and everything under the shield (ribbons, bottom, cups, orders, etc.)
THE NEED OF BLAZON COMPOSING
When registering a coat of arms, drawing up a blazon is an obligatory procedure. It is an integral part of the coat of arms, which is entered in the Coat of arms matricula.
A full description, unlike the brief, is made at the customer’s discretion.
If you order the coat of arms as a gift, a full description is necessary. Due to it, the gift recipient will be able to learn the interpretation of the symbols, get acquainted with the conclusions of the armorist researched the needed info so that he or she could easily associate themselves with the gifted symbol.
BLAZON DESIGN
When registering your personal (family) or corporate coat of arms, the blazon is established on a special form — a registration certificate of the Russian Heraldic Collegium, along with the image of the coat of arms image.
We can also make a blazon or semantic coat of arms description on the letterhead of the Heraldic workshop with its subsequent design in a frame under the glass or in the form of an exclusive masterpiece- a graphic work of an extra class.
Example of the blazon with the appearance