During the Fiesta de Santa Fe every summer, many attendees might notice wooden, shield-shaped objects hanging from the outsides of buildings around the Plaza. These objects are known as coats of arms ...

A chatty coat of arms? According to the French, it is. Known as arms parlant or ‘canting’ arms, these shorthand emblems of identification play a visual pun on the family surname. It is up to the ...

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex just received a coat of arms, which is full of symbolic nods to Markle’s upbringing — and yet another departure from royal traditional. Coats of arms are traditionally given ...

The first time I saw the crest, I was nine. I understood what was being explained to me—that the coat of arms belonged to the Rapoports, which meant it belonged to me. But I had a hard time grasping ...

There are a couple of thousand different Polish coats of arms. You might expect that these would all include images of some lofty or knightly character but that isn’t always the case. Many are ...

Here is a look at the spiritual motto and coat of arms for each of the bishops who will become cardinals at the Dec. 7 consistory: Shown with their coats of arms: Top row: L to R: Cardinals-elect ...

Researching your family history can reveal all sorts of fascinating and unexpected things about your ancestors - from where they lived and how they worked, to secret siblings and long lost cousins. As ...

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has just spent £37,000 of taxpayers’ money having his portrait painted, and having a coat of arms drawn up. I am sure that in these straitened ...

Now ubiquitous in public life, heraldry was born out of necessity. Today, it is still everywhere, from the coats of arms of town councils to the shields on school blazers and even in private exchanges ...

A politician in Spain is reportedly considering suing Meghan Markle for seemingly plagiarizing one of the country’s coats of arms for her new brand As Ever’s logo. Xisca Mora, who is the mayor of the ...