Emblem

An emblem is a pictorial image either abstract or representational. It represents a Armorial of sovereign states concept — for example, a moral truth, or an allegory — or a person, such as a king or saint. For example, the scallop shell is the traditional emblem of James, son of Zebedee. Pilgrims wore it on their hat or clothes to show that they were travelling to the shrine at Santiago de Compostela.

Military Emblems

Related pages
 Coat of arms
 Crest
 Emblem book
 Meme
 Mission patch
 National emblem
 Saint symbology
 Seal (emblem)
 Symbol
 Badge

References

Further reading
 Emblematica Online. The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Libraries. 1,388 facsimiles of emblem books.
 Moseley, Charles, A Century of Emblems: An Introduction to the Renaissance Emblem (Aldershot: Scholar Press, 1989)

Category:Symbols