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Heraldic Tower
CulturalSeedheraldry
Construction note
A heraldic ordinary or charge as drawn on a coat of arms.
About this symbol
- Meaning
- The tower — grandeur and defence.
- Culture / origin
- European heraldry
- Era
- From the 12th century onward
- Historical context
- Heraldry arose to identify knights in armour and became a strict visual grammar of ordinaries, charges and tinctures.
Historical heraldic motif in the public domain.
Tags
heraldicheraldrymedievalcoat-of-arms
SVG source
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