BLAZONING OF THE ENGELHART COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Engelhart):
ARMS (Shield):
Gules an angel issuing habited argent and vested with a dalmatic of the first, the wings or brandishing a flaming
sword proper
CREST (Helmet):
From a torse of the colors the angel of the shield issuant
MANTLE (Decken):
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed and usually takes the Tinctures of the Shield)
MOTTO:
None recorded (Common for German achievements)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Gules - (Means the Shield is Red)
an Angel issuing - (Means an Angel is "coming out from" the base of the Shield itself)
habited Argent and vested with a dalmatic of the first - (Means the Angel is wearing
(Habited) Silver (Argent=Silver) & Red (Gules=Red - 1st color deScribed) clothing - the (Red) Dalmatic is a strip of
cloth about as wide as the wearer, with a hole in the middle for the head - much like some Priests vestments)
the Wings Or - (Means the Angels Wings are golden (Or = Gold - depicted as
yellow))
brandishing a flaming sword proper - (Means just what it says: The Angel is
Brandishing a Flaming Sword - "Proper" just means that it should be colored using all the colors a
Flaming Sword would naturally require (instead of just the Heraldic colors))
CREST (Helmet) INTERPRETATION:
From a Torse of the colors the Angel of the Shield issuant - (Means that the
same Angel (from the Shield) appears as if it came out from (issuant) the Torse (wreath
of cloth with 6 twists, alternating between the primary tinctures) which secures the Mantling to the Helmet, which
is drawn in Profile with its Visor Closed, or with no Visor nor Grilles - the kind used by
a "Bürgerliche" (Esquire/Commoner/Citizen))
SYMBOLISM:
Angel - (Dignity, glory, and honor)
Sword - (Justice and generous pursuit of honor and virtue in warlike deeds)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
Above Blazon (written description) only applies to large Emblazon (drawing).
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