Portuguese heraldry

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cultural tradition of Portugal heraldic tradition

Portuguese heraldry is the distinctive national tradition of coats of arms and armorial bearings in Portugal, characterized by its own historical rules, symbols, and stylistic conventions within the broader European heraldic system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Portuguese coats of arms	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural tradition of Portugal ⓘ heraldic tradition ⓘ
appliesTo	Portuguese armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese dioceses ⓘ Portuguese districts ⓘ Portuguese noble families ⓘ Portuguese parishes ⓘ municipalities of Portugal ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	House of Aviz NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Braganza NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Burgundy (Portugal) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
developedFrom	medieval European heraldry ⓘ
documentedIn	Livro da Nobreza e Perfeiçam das Armas NERFINISHED ⓘ Livro do Armeiro-Mor NERFINISHED ⓘ
emergedInCentury	12th century ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	heraldry ⓘ
governingBody	Conselho de Nobreza NERFINISHED ⓘ Instituto Português de Heráldica NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	codified rules of blazon ⓘ distinctive national style ⓘ regulation of civic heraldry ⓘ regulation of public bodies’ arms ⓘ use of armorial bearings ⓘ use of coats of arms ⓘ use of corporate arms ⓘ use of ecclesiastical arms ⓘ use of family arms ⓘ use of military arms ⓘ use of municipal arms ⓘ use of royal symbols ⓘ
hasNotableExample	Coat of arms of Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Coat of arms of Porto NERFINISHED ⓘ Coat of arms of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Coat of arms of the House of Braganza NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Castilian heraldry NERFINISHED ⓘ English heraldry ⓘ French heraldry ⓘ Iberian heraldry NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	European heraldry NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatedBy	Portuguese state (for civic arms) ⓘ
relatedDiscipline	genealogy ⓘ sigillography ⓘ vexillology ⓘ
usesCharge	bezants ⓘ castles ⓘ crosses ⓘ eagles ⓘ lions ⓘ sea waves ⓘ ships ⓘ
usesLanguage	Portuguese language ⓘ
usesOrdinary	bend ⓘ cross ⓘ fess ⓘ pale ⓘ
usesScript	Latin alphabet ⓘ
usesSymbol	Order of Christ cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese shield with quinas ⓘ armillary sphere ⓘ episcopal hats and crosses ⓘ five blue escutcheons with silver bezants ⓘ mural crowns ⓘ naval crowns ⓘ red bordure with golden castles ⓘ royal crowns ⓘ
usesTincture	argent ⓘ azure ⓘ gules ⓘ or ⓘ sable ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European heraldry → hasRegionalVariant → Portuguese heraldry ⓘ

coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves → category → Portuguese heraldry ⓘ

Cross of Christ → usedIn → Portuguese heraldry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese coats of arms