Definition of "coat of arms": an arrangement of bearings, usually depicted on and around a shield, that indicates ancestry and distinctions. In scarlet red and white, this coat of arms uses elements ...

No, it's not the latest Eastenders script but the Bayeux Tapestry ... Dr Roach says this battle came before coats of arms were incorporated into armour to identify the soldiers.

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 ...

Coats of arms, hereditary graphic signs identifying families of nobility, first appeared in Poland in the 13th century. The Polish use of these signs differed in some aspects from what was typical in ...

A brief overview of the Bayeux Tapestry, which is actually an embroidery sewn by English craftsmen. The clip highlights its purpose, history and function. Several sections are shown in more detail ...

The coat of arms is an official emblem, a mark of identifica­tion, and a symbol of the authority of the government of a nation or state. In effect, it is really the seal of state of the ...

A council has defended the disappearance of a slave from a town's coat of arms. The figure was originally included to reflect ...

The country's coat of arms hangs on the facade of a government building in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuesday, Aug.

Caribbean governments are being urged to purge traces of Christopher Columbus from their coats of arms to strike a “dagger through the heart of colonialism”. The Italian explorer’s three ...

All three pediments on its facade are emblazoned with the coat of arms of the king of the United Kingdom. The central shield is divided into four quarters, with three lions in the first and fourth ...

Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an astonishingly long and beautifully made work of art, chronicles the 1066 Battle of Hastings. The approximately 230-foot-long tapestry is displayed in a dark ...