Heraldry began in Western Europe during the 12th century. Heraldry was a system of visual symbols that developed in the Medieval ages. The five basic colors that were used in Heraldry were- azure(blue), gules(red), purpure(purple), sable(black), and vert(green).
MacEachern, Sally ed. Medieval World Volume 4 Danbury,Connecticut Grolier Education, 2001
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ReplyDeleteI thought the symbols would stay the same. Why do you think that they are diffrent from what we speak now?
ReplyDeletewait so how come they were visual symbols? I thought those were more of words or is it in color?
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