Heraldic courtesy
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heraldic-courtesy-321-13679419
title:
Heraldic courtesy
text:
Heraldic courtesy or courtoisie (French) is a practice typical of the heraldry of Germany, in which coats of arms are mirrored if necessary so that animate charges, such as lions, face the center of a composition. This may be done in arms of alliance, as in the first illustration here; or within a single shield, such as that of the dukes of Guelders and Jülich in which the gold lion of Guelders turns to face the black lion of Jülich.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of mirroring in heraldry
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldic_courtesy
date created:
date modified:
2023-11-11T22:54:24Z
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