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Heraldry is the designing, use, regulation, and recording of coats of arms and related emblems. Originally, coats of arms were simply "assumed", that is, designed and adopted by the person using them. Eventually, the crown reserved to itself the right to grant coats of arms to individuals—not families or surnames—and strictly limited the use of assumed arms in Scotland. A person entitled to bear arms is called an "Armiger." | Heraldry is the designing, use, regulation, and recording of coats of arms and related emblems. Originally, coats of arms were simply "assumed", that is, designed and adopted by the person using them. Eventually, the crown reserved to itself the right to grant coats of arms to individuals—not families or surnames—and strictly limited the use of assumed arms in Scotland. A person entitled to bear arms is called an "Armiger." | ||
Scottish heraldry is administered by the [[Lord Lyon]], King of Arms. It has a few idiosyncratic features. Researchers into Scottish heraldry will also come across various clan memorabilia, badges etc. | |||
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Families who bore heraldic arms are often subjects of books or articles. See [[Scotland Genealogy]] and [[Scotland Nobility]]. | Families who bore heraldic arms are often subjects of books or articles. See [[Scotland Genealogy]] and [[Scotland Nobility]]. | ||
==Clan heraldry== | |||
People who consider themselves to belong to a certain [[Scottish clan]] are permitted to use a clan badge. The clansmen's badge, consists of their chief's crest surrounded by a strap and buckle device on which the clan chief's motto or slogan is inscribed. | |||
In addition to the usual heraldry, there is also the matter of [[Scottish Tartans]]. Most families and areas in Scotland have a tartan of some kind, some of more recent origin than others. | |||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland Heraldry]] | [[Category:Scotland Heraldry]] | ||