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[edit] Byzantine Heraldry
Hello all,
A number of us had been discussing the creation of a Byzantine Heraldry page for a while, so I've created a number of graphical representations of Dynastic Arms and Byzantine Flags/Banners from the armorial descriptions listed below, (and from various other sources). The depictions are in the form of a labarum/square flag rather than the more common "western" shield representations.
I am not an expert on heraldry, so I've only attempted the few blazons I was game enough to decipher. My main intention was to create a starting point from which everyone can contribute to build a comprehensive article on a subject that is, unfortunately, often overlooked. Regards, Dragases (talk) 13:41, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sources (Dynastic Arms)
http://www.christopherlong.co.uk/per/vlasto.byzantium.html
Rietstap's Armorial [1]
Angelos gules, 4 lozenges Or with an angel on each. (Greece) Argyros Or, a cross between 4 stars azure. Barbaro Argent, an annulet gules. Cantacuzene Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned, Or. (Greece) Comnene Or, beneath an imperial crown proper, a two-headed eagle displayed Sable on a sword per pale Argent, the hilt Or. (Corsica, Savoy) Comneno Or, beneath an imperial crown proper, a double-headed eagle displayed Sable, holding in each claw a sword paleways Argent; on its breast an oval escutcheon, Argent 3 bells (?) Azure. (Milan) Comnenos (emperors of Trebizonde): Argent, three bars Sable. (Greece) Ducas Azure, a cross Argent. (Greece) Koressio (dukes): Sable, beneath an imperial crown proper, a two-headed eagle displayed Or, holding in each claw a sword paleways Argent. (Greece) Lascaris Or, a double-headed eagle Sable, beaked Gules, beneath an eastern crown Or. (Greece) Lascaris Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned, Or; on its breast an escutcheon: Gules, a sun Or. (Verona, Dalmatia) Lascaris quartered Azure and Argent, on which an double-headed eagle Sable, membered, beaked, crowned Or; on its breast an escutcheon: Gules, a sun Or. (Verona). Lascaris Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned, Or. (Greece, Provence) Lascaris quartered Gules a chief Or; and Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned, Or. Lascaris-Castellar: Or, a double-headed eagle Sable, membered, beaked Gules. (Italy) Melissinos Gules, an escutcheon or, 3 bells sable, between six bees 1, 2, 2, 1 of the second. Melisurgo Azure, on a mound in base three daisies argent, below four bees per fess or, in dexter chief a sun issuant of the last. Micrulaches Gules, three lions passant or. Palaelogus Gules, a Cross and four B's Or. (Greece) Paleologue Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned, Or. (Greece, Piedmont) Phocas Gules, four lozenges conjoined in pale gules. Phouskarnaki Azure, the figure of the Blessed Virgin bearing the Divine Child argent. Phrangopoulos Sable, a fleur-de-lys or. Rhadino Argent, the sun in splendor or. Rhangabe Azure, a cross flory between the letters "e", "n", "t", "n" argent. Rhaoules Azure, a leopard rampant or. Rhodocanakis Gules, a two-headed eagle or, on its breast an escutcheon Azure, a cross argent between ?. Vatatzes Vert, a double-headed eagle displayed Or, above each head an estoile Argent. (Greece) Vlasto Gules, three plates 2 and 1. Vlattera Gules, 4 bends or.
