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Heraldry's grammar for bragging about your ancestors in code.
means The art and terminology of describing coats of arms in precise, formal language so anyone trained in it can picture the design without seeing it.
from From 'blazon,' borrowed from Old French 'blason' meaning shield — the word first named the shield itself, then slid over to mean the description of what's painted on it. Beyond that French root, its deeper origins are murky; despite old guesses linking it to German words for 'trumpet' or 'shine,' most serious sources just mark it uncertain.
- origin
- from blazon, to describe a shield precisely
- rule
- never place metal directly on metal
- language
- uses archaic French terms like gules and or
- purpose
- so knights could identify friends mid-battle