Portuguese heraldry

Portuguese heraldry

Portuguese heraldry has been in use at least since the 12th century. The national Portuguese coat of arms has its roots in a coat of arms made in 1143.

White seems to be regarded as a different tincture from argent in Portuguese heraldry, as evidenced by the arms of municipal de Santiago do Cacém in Portugal, in which the white of the fallen Moor's clothing and the knight's horse is distinguished from the argent of the distant castle, and in the arms of the Logistical and Administrative Command of the Portuguese Air Force.

The Portuguese heraldry has a system of differencing, which is unlike any other system. It has its origin in the regulations of king Manuel I.Although it is true, that the brisure personalizes the arms, in Portugal anyone is entitled to choose their surname (see: Portuguese name) and coat of arms, which does not have to conincide with it, from whichever side of the pedigree they wish, and a system of difference marks denotes from which ancestral line the arms are derived and whether they come from parents or grandparents. [Stephen Slater: The Complete Book of Heraldry. Lorenz Books 2002, p. 120 ] The head of a lineage uses its arms without a difference, but should he be the head of more than one family, the arms are combined by quartering. The heir apparent to the arms of the head of a lineage never uses a mark of difference. [Carl-Alexander von Volborth. Heraldry: Customs, Rules, and Styles. (Blandford Press, Dorset: 1981), p. 79. von Volborth gives also pictures for all these difference marks ]

King Afonso V restricted burgher arms to the use of colours only and later king Manuel I forbade the use of arms to all but the titled classes. [Stephen Slater: The Complete Book of Heraldry. Lorenz Books 2002, p. 204 ] This restriction against burgher arms in Portugal lasted until 1910.

References

ee also

*Flag of Portugal
*Spanish heraldry

External links

* [http://www.instituto-portugues-de-heraldica.pt/ Instituto Português de Heráldica - Portuguese Institute of Heraldry]


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