heraldry

study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol
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heraldry

Summary

heraldry is a field of study[1]. heraldry ranks in the top 0.26% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,785 views/month, #1 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • heraldry's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • heraldry's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • heraldry is a type of auxiliary science of history[5].
  • heraldry is part of auxiliary science of history[6].
  • heraldry's Commons category is recorded as Heraldry[7].
  • heraldry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heraldry[8].
  • heraldry's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Heraldry[9].
  • heraldry's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • heraldry's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • heraldry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • heraldry's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • heraldry's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • heraldry's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[15].
  • heraldry's topic has template is recorded as Template:Heraldic achievement/chart[16].
  • heraldry's different from is recorded as Q11605331[17].
  • heraldry's is the study of is recorded as blazonry[18].
  • heraldry's is the study of is recorded as coat of arms[19].
  • heraldry's practiced by is recorded as heraldist[20].
  • heraldry's practiced by is recorded as heraldic artist[21].
  • heraldry's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • heraldry's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology[23].
  • heraldry's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Middle Ages[24].
  • heraldry's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+72782'}[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include field of study[3] and academic discipline[4]. heraldry is a type of auxiliary science of history[5].

Use and Application

heraldry is part of auxiliary science of history[6].

Why It Matters

heraldry ranks in the top 0.26% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,785 views/month, #1 of 379).[2] heraldry has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] heraldry is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template Template:Heraldic achievement/chart
    Instance of field of study, academic discipline
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category Category:Heraldry
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8811, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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