This template is used to display an infobox on a
coat of arms or
heraldic achievement horizontally across the page, as opposed to the vertical template in {{Infobox emblem}}. The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article and then filling in the desired fields. Any parameters left blank or omitted will not be displayed.
Blank syntax
Only the name and image fields are required, all other fields are optional. Badge fields are conditionally required depending on number displayed.
Blank template with all parameters
{{Emblem table| name =| image =<!--ExampleCoatofArms.svg -->| imagesize =| notes =| year_adopted =| coronet =| crest =| torse =| helm =| escutcheon =| supporters =| compartment =| motto =<!-- Non-English mottos should be ''italicized'' -->| orders =| other_elements =| bannerimage =| banner =| badgetitle =<!-- Bolded title displayed in table for badge, not required for first badge -->| badgeimage =<!-- Required for first badge -->| badge =| badge2title =<!-- Bolded title displayed in table for badge, required for second badge -->| badge2image =<!-- Required for second badge -->| badge2 =| badge3title =<!-- Bolded title displayed in table for badge, required for third badge -->| badge3image =<!-- Required for third badge -->| badge3 =| symbolism =| previous_versions =| other_versions =}}
Example 1
Coat of arms of William, Prince of Wales outside Scotland
Upon the royal helm the coronet of the Prince of Wales, thereon a lion
statant guardantOr crowned with the coronet of the Prince of Wales
Escutcheon
Quarterly first and fourth
Gules three lions passant guardant in
pale Or armed and langed
Azure second Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double
tressure flory counterflory third Azure a harp Or stringed
Argent, with over all a label of three points Argent, and on an inescutcheon ensigned by the coronet of the heir-apparent, quarterly, Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged, ensigned by the coronet of his degree.
Supporters
Dexter a lion rampant guardant Or imperially crowned proper, sinister a unicorn Argent, armed, crined and unguled Or, gorged with a coronet Or composed of
crosses patée and
fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or
Sable, fifteen
bezants, five, four, three, two and one
Symbolism
As with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. The first and fourth quarters are the arms of England, the second of Scotland, the third of Ireland. The inescutcheon represents Wales.
Azure on a Sun in Splendour Or the
IHS Christogram ensigned with a
Cross Paté fiché piercing the
H Gules all above three Nails fanwise points to centre Sable, and in dexter base a Mullet of eight points and in sinister base a
Spikenard flower Or
Motto
MISERANDO ATQUE ELIGENDO (Latin for 'BY GIVING MERCY AND BY CHOOSING')
(On the shield) Jesuit emblem: In reference to Francis being a
Jesuit, the uppermost charge on the shield is the emblem of the
Society of Jesus. This
charge displays a radiating sun within which is the
monogram of the
Holy Name of Jesus in red, with a red cross surmounting the
H and three black nails below the
H. Eight-pointed star: a long-standing symbol of the
Virgin Mary. Spikenard alias nard: this flower represents
Saint Joseph; in
Hispanic iconographic tradition St Joseph is often depicted holding a branch of spikenard.