Heraldric symbols representing the name of their owner, either literally or as a visual pun
For the tool used for making batik, see Canting.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Canting arms" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(August 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
A famous early example of canting arms: the castle representing the Kingdom of Castile and the lion representing the Kingdom of León.[1]The coat of arms of Georgia displays Saint George.
Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name (or, less often, some attribute or function) in a visual pun or rebus.
The expression derives from the latin cantare (to sing).
French heralds used the term armes parlantes (English: "talking arms"), as they would sound out the name of the armiger. Many armorial allusions require research for elucidation because of changes in language and dialect that have occurred over the past millennium.
Canting arms – some in the form of rebuses – are quite common in German civic heraldry. They have also been increasingly used in the 20th century among the British royal family.[citation needed] When the visual representation is expressed through a rebus, this is sometimes called a rebus coat of arms.[citation needed]
An in-joke among the Society for Creative Anachronism heralds is the pun, "Heralds don't pun; they cant."[2]
^"Tinctures". www.heraldica.org.
^Neznanich, Modar. "Heraldry for Those Who Cant" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2012. Cites 72 historical examples of canting arms, as well as SCA usage.
Cantingarms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name (or, less often, some attribute or function) in a visual pun or rebus. The expression...
Look up cant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to: Cant (language), a secret language Beurla Reagaird, a language...
mottoes and cantingarms. Contents Officials and law Duchy of Cornwall Cornish Symbolism A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Cantingarms Supporters...
each other, the two branches generally remained friendly. In heraldry, cantingarms are a visual or pictorial depiction of a surname, and were and still...
assigned Arthur a dragon on his helmet and standard, which is possibly cantingarms on Arthur's father's name, Uther Pendragon. Geoffrey also assigned Arthur...
Providence in a Jewish cemetery in Kamienna Góra Eye of Providence in the cantingarms of the Jauch family (motto: "Lord thou shalt guide me with thy counsel"...
becoming gold in a castle. European heraldry contains the technique of cantingarms, which can be considered punning. Visual puns on the bearer's name are...
synonymous with cantingarms. A man might have a rebus as a personal identification device entirely separate from his armorials, canting or otherwise. For...
are some examples of its use: Cantabrian Labarum, Cantabria, Spain. Cantingarms of the commune of Magenta, France. Flag of the municipality of Cartago...
used in heraldry as stylized testicles (coglioni in Italian) as in the cantingarms of the Colleoni family of Milan. A seal attributed to William, Lord of...
eaglets with a bow and arrow when out hunting. It is far more likely to be cantingarms that are a pun based on Lorraine / Erne. (alerion is a partial anagram...
replaced by a picture. In European heraldry, this technique is called cantingarms. Visual and other puns and word games are also common in Dutch gable...
rising diagonally between two floral patterns. The arms are an example of cantingarms, since ryb means "fish". This coat was adopted by the Rybnik City Council...
The bear in the coat of arms of Berlin is also used cantingly, and appears in representations of the Berlin coats of arms in the early modern period...
means Home of Monks, the monk in this case is a self-explanatory symbol (cantingarms) who represents the city of Munich. Appearing on a document of 28 May...
beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet Street, as well as a fictitious coat of arms and family tree. Ironically – and perhaps consciously so – an introductory...
late medieval heraldry, notably as the arms of the King of Mann (Armorial Wijnbergen, c. 1280), and as cantingarms in the city seal of the Bavarian city...
Many United States presidents have borne a coat of arms; largely through inheritance, assumption, or grants from foreign heraldic authorities. One, Dwight...
in the cantingarms of Morese, Negri, Saraceni, etc., or in the case of Frederick II, possibly to demonstrate the reach of his empire. The arms of Pope...
the graveyard of Ruokolahti Church. The municipal coat of arms of Ruokolahti is a cantingarms that directly refers to the name of the municipality, including...
coat of arms was the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (in either the English or the Scottish version) impaled with the cantingarms of her father...
have appeared in the cantingarms of the ancient family of de Arundel of Lanherne, Cornwall and later of Wardour Castle. The arms borne by Reinfred de...
Hinckaert family heraldic badge, where a semi-angular form is used as cantingarms, a common practice with heraldic badges. The name "Hinckaert" is delineated...
Global Information
