Blazon - Wikipedia In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag, or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct an accurate image The verb to blazon means to create such a description
Blazon | The Poetry Foundation Blazon: French for “coat-of-arms” or “shield ” A literary blazon (or blason) catalogues the physical attributes of a subject, usually female The device was made popular by Petrarch and used extensively by Elizabethan poets
Blason - Wikipedia The term originally comes from the heraldic term "blazon" in French heraldry, which means either the codified description of a coat of arms or the coat of arms itself
A Grammar of Blazonry - Society for Creative Anachronism A blazon needs to be, not just correct, but full and correct: it is not enough to say just "lion" when the lion is dormant In many ways, therefore, blazonry is like a foreign language: it has vocabulary and grammar, both of which contribute to the meaning of a blazon
The Language of Blazon - The Heraldry Society The word “blazon” comes from the German “blazen”, to blow a trumpet, as this was no doubt the manner of the introductory flourish to attract the attention of combatants and spectators at a tournament at the entry of a competitor at which time he would be recognised by his arms
What is a Blazon? (with pictures) - Language Humanities A blazon is a formal written description of a shield or coat of arms The language used in such descriptions is also known as blazon Blazons follow a very precise formula which allows people to reproduce shields from written descriptions alone, and they can be quite simple, or extremely complex