Mantle and pavilion (heraldry)

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Mantle with a pavilion on top

In heraldry, a mantle is a symbol of sovereign power and is generally reserved for royalty. In some cases, its use has also been granted to other nobles, in recognition of particular merits. In ordinary rendering, the mantle is usually crimson and lined with ermine.

Certain coats of arms may also display a pavilion surmounting the mantle. The pavilion is said to be the invention of the Frenchman Philip Moreau.^[1]

While common in continental European heraldry, the mantle and pavilion is absent in English and Scottish heraldry.^[2]

Gallery

Royal mantles

Napoleonic heraldic mantle and pavilion, topped by a Napoleonic crown
Arms of the Dutch monarch, with a mantle and pavilion
Greater arms of Sweden, featuring a purple mantle but with no pavilion
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's former arms as crown prince, with a blue mantle reflecting the Swedish princely mantle

Non-royal mantles

Mantle and princely hat of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Heraldic ornaments of a duke and peer of France
Mantle and coronet of a Grandee of Spain
Historical mantle and chapeau of a Scottish feudal baron
Mantle and princely hat of the Russian nobility

Order mantles

Spanish Monarch's arms with the mantle of the Order of Charles III
Until 1931
Arms of Maximilian von Fürstenberg with the mantle of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Arms of the Order of Saint Lazarus with mantle

References

^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). A Complete Guide to Heraldry. London & Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 401.
^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). A Complete Guide to Heraldry. London & Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 400.

Heraldry

Types

Conventional elements of coats of arms

Escutcheon

Field

Supporter

Crest

Torse

Mantling

Helmet

Crown

Compartment

Quartering

Motto (or slogan)

Coat of arms

Chief

Topics

Achievement

Charges

Ordinaries	Bar Bend Bezant Bordure Canton Chevron (Łękawica) Componée Cross Crozier head Chief Fess Flaunch Goutte Gyron Hamade Label Lozenge Orle Pale Pall Pile Roundel Saltire
Beasts	Bear Boar Bull/ox Dog/hound Camelopard Hind/stag Kangaroo Leopard Lion Wolf
Birds	Avalerion Black swan Cock Crow Dove Eagle Szaszor Przepaska Martlet Pelican
Other	Bee Dolphin Ged Crapaudy Emmet Lucy Reremouse Scallop Serpent Wolfsangel
Legendary	Allocamelus Alphyn Amphiptere Basilisk Biscione Chollima Cockatrice Dragon Enfield Garuda Griffin/Keythong Harpy Hippocampus Hippogriff Lampago Lindworm Manticore Mermaid Ouroboros Pantheon Panther Pegasus Phoenix Salamander Sea-griffin Sea-lion Tyger Unicorn Winged lion Woodwose Wyvern Yale
Knots	Bourchier Bowen Cavendish/Savoy Dacre Harrington Hastings/Hungerford Heneage Hinckaert Hungerford knot Lacy Ormonde/Wake Savoy Stafford Tristram/Bowen Wake

Tinctures

Metals	Argent (white) Or (gold)
Colours	Gules (red) Sable (black) Azure (blue) Vert (green) Purpure (purple)
Furs	Ermines Erminois Erminites Pean Vair Potent
Stains	Murrey (mulberry) Sanguine (blood red) Tenné
Rare metals¹	Copper Buff (metal in the United States)
Rare colours¹	Bleu celeste Brunâtre (brown) Buff (color in Canada) Carnation Cendrée Ochre Orange Rose

Applications

¹ Non-traditional, regional, or rarely used (sometimes considered unheraldic)
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Mantle and pavilion (heraldry)

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Gallery

Royal mantles

Non-royal mantles

See also

References

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