00:00Heraldry is the discipline that studies coats of arms, or "arms," that is, emblems in
00:04colour subject, in their composition as in their representation, to the rules of heraldry.
00:08Heraldry deals with the composition of coats of arms, their description in the language of heraldry, and their identification.
00:14their social and legal uses, as well as their presence on objects, monuments, seals, manuscripts or the
00:20works of art.
00:21It appeared in Western Europe during the 12th century, in the context of feudal society, knights, and tournaments.
00:27and transformations of military equipment, coats of arms form a system of symbols intended to identify people,
00:33families, lineages, communities or institutions.
00:37They differ from simple recognition signs by their stability; the same figures and the same colors are associated
00:43permanently to a holder and their representation gradually obeys codified rules.
00:47Heraldry is an auxiliary science of history, on the same level as sigilography, vexillology, phaleristics, or
00:54Diplomacy.
00:55They also fall under the history of signs, social history, art history and, according to
01:00the periods and countries, of the law of heraldry.
01:02The heroes, whose name gave rise to the term "heraldry", are not the origin of the
01:07'the use of coats of arms, but play an important role in their recognition, description and codification, particularly through the fixing
01:13of the language of heraldry and the compilation of armorials.
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