Coats-of-arms Sentence Examples

The richest ornamentation was applied to the arches and string courses, while plaques of sculpture, roundels and coats of arms adorned the facades.

The interesting "street of the envoys" (Gesandtenstrasse) is so called because it contained the residences of most of the envoys to the German diet, whose coats-of-arms may still be seen on many of the houses.

The lower border and the orphrey with coats of arms do not belong to the original cope and are of somewhat later date.

The carved totem posts of the Haida, standing in front of the heavily framed houses, or at a little distance from them, represent the coats of arms of the respective families of the tribes and generally exhibit designs treated in a bold and original manner, highly conventionalized but always recognizable in their purport by any one familiar with the distinctive marks of the animal forms portrayed.

Walks and gardens now surround the town in the place of the old city walls, but a few towers and gateways adorned with various old coats of arms are still standing.

The guide will show you a vaulted room full of medieval tombstones, many having the coats of arms of crusader knights.

The meaning in French is "lily flower," and the design resembles a lily.The symbol can be seen on flags and coats of arms throughout Europe and is often associated with monarchies, especially the French.