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A expressão visual da matéria cavaleiresca: heráldica

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REJANE MARIA BERNAL VENTURA, A <strong>expressão</strong> <strong>visual</strong> <strong>da</strong> <strong>matéria</strong> <strong>cavaleiresca</strong>: <strong>heráldica</strong><br />

ABSTRACT: This article aims to present some considerations on the Art of Heraldry, with regard to the historical context<br />

and the rules that governed it. In its origins in the twelfth century, began to acquire importance in parallel to the development<br />

Institution of the Chivalry, and covered the meaning of a systematic use of hereditary insignia on the shield of a knight or a<br />

nobleman. And it is only the end of that period, the twelfth century, one that takes place regulating the use of symbolic attributes,<br />

the inheritance of such symbols and degrees of nobility.<br />

Key-words: Heraldry – Chivalry – armorial – insignia – shield<br />

Marcia Mongelli - Congresso Cavalaria1.indd 537 14/03/2012 11:43:41<br />

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