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It is a historic symbol of the city of <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, used by companies based in the city. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:9647_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_-_Serpente_di_Basilio_II_(1007)_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_25-Apr-2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/9647_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_-_Serpente_di_Basilio_II_%281007%29_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_25-Apr-2007.jpg/220px-9647_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_-_Serpente_di_Basilio_II_%281007%29_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_25-Apr-2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/9647_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_-_Serpente_di_Basilio_II_%281007%29_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_25-Apr-2007.jpg/330px-9647_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_-_Serpente_di_Basilio_II_%281007%29_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_25-Apr-2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/9647_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_-_Serpente_di_Basilio_II_%281007%29_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_25-Apr-2007.jpg/440px-9647_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_-_Serpente_di_Basilio_II_%281007%29_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_25-Apr-2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="1129" /></a><figcaption>The bronzed serpent brought to <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> from <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> in the 11th century, today in the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Sant%27Ambrogio" title="Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio">Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio</a>, is thought to have inspired the <i>biscione</i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Castello_Sforzesco_108.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Castello_Sforzesco_108.jpg/220px-Castello_Sforzesco_108.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Castello_Sforzesco_108.jpg/330px-Castello_Sforzesco_108.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Castello_Sforzesco_108.jpg/440px-Castello_Sforzesco_108.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3672" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sforza_Castle" title="Sforza Castle">Sforza Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Etymologically, word <i>biscione</i> is a masculine <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-one#Italian" class="extiw" title="wikt:-one">augmentative</a> of Italian feminine <i>biscia</i> "<a href="/wiki/Grass_snake" title="Grass snake">grass snake</a>" (corrupted from <i>bistia</i>, ultimately from Latin <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">bestia</i></span> "beast"). </p><p>The charge became associated with the city after the <a href="/wiki/Visconti_of_Milan" title="Visconti of Milan">Visconti family</a> gained control over Milan 1277; <a href="/wiki/Bonvesin_da_la_Riva" title="Bonvesin da la Riva">Bonvesin da la Riva</a> records it in his <i>De magnalibus urbis Mediolani</i> (<i>On the Marvels of the City of Milan</i>) as a Visconti symbol no later than the end of the 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The symbol may have been derived from a bronzed serpent brought to Milan from <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> by <a href="/wiki/Arnulf_II_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Arnulf II (archbishop of Milan)">Arnolf II of Arsago</a> (<a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Milan">Archbishop of Milan</a> 998–1018) in the 11th century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the oldest depictions of the Biscione is in the Great Hall of the <a href="/wiki/Rocca_Borromeo_di_Angera" title="Rocca Borromeo di Angera">Visconti Castle of Angera</a>. The hall was painted at the end of the 13th century with frescoes celebrating <a href="/wiki/Ottone_Visconti" title="Ottone Visconti">Archbishop Ottone Visconti</a>'s victory against the rival family of the <a href="/wiki/Della_Torre" title="Della Torre">Della Torre</a>. The viper swallowing a small human figure is depicted in the pendentives of the hall.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>biscione</i> remained associated with the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Milan" title="Duchy of Milan">Duchy of Milan</a> even after the Visconti line died out in the 15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/House_of_Sforza" title="House of Sforza">House of Sforza</a> incorporated the symbol into their armorial after taking the duchy. </p><p>A Renaissance Milanese writer described the insignia of the Duke of Milan in 1531: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1088965794">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .columns-start .column{float:left;min-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .columns-2 .column{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .columns-3 .column{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .columns-4 .column{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .columns-5 .column{width:20%}}</style><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <p>Exiliens infans sinuosi e faucibus anguis, Est gentilitiis nobile stemma tuis. Talia Pellaeum gesisse nomismata regem, Vidimus, hisque suum concelebrare genus. Dum se Ammone satum, matrem anguis imagine lusam, Divini & sobolem seminis esse docet. Ore exit tradunt sic quosdam enitier angues, An quia sic Pallas de capite orta Iovis. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <p>An infant bursting from the maw of a coiling serpent marks the noble lineage of your clan. We have observed that the Pellaean king had coinage with such a device and by it celebrated his own descent, proclaiming that he was begotten of Ammon, that his mother was beguiled by the form of a snake and the child was the offspring of divine seed. The infant emerges from the mouth. They say that some snakes come to birth that way. Or is it because Pallas sprang like this from the head of Jove? </p> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Alciato" title="Andrea Alciato">Andrea Alciato</a><sup id="cite_ref-Alciato_1531-02-28_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alciato_1531-02-28-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_use">Contemporary use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contemporary use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_1300_TI_-_grill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_1300_TI_-_grill.jpg/220px-Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_1300_TI_-_grill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_1300_TI_-_grill.jpg/330px-Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_1300_TI_-_grill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_1300_TI_-_grill.jpg/440px-Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_1300_TI_-_grill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="1179" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo" title="Alfa Romeo">Alfa Romeo</a>'s logo</figcaption></figure> <p>As a symbol of Milan, the <i>biscione</i> is used by multiple organizations associated with or based in the city. Football club <a href="/wiki/Inter_Milan" title="Inter Milan">Inter Milan</a> is commonly represented by a <i>biscione</i>, and the team's 2010–11 and 2021–22 away shirts prominently featured the symbol. Milan-based auto manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo" title="Alfa Romeo">Alfa Romeo</a> (also known as the <i>Casa del Biscione</i>, Italian for "House of the <i>Biscione</i>" or "<i>Biscione</i>['s] marque") includes a <i>biscione</i> in its logo <a href="/wiki/Impalement_(heraldry)" title="Impalement (heraldry)">impaled</a> with a red cross on white (derived from the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Milan" title="Flag of Milan">flag of Milan</a>), as does espresso machine manufacturer <a href="/w/index.php?title=G._Bezzera_SRL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. Bezzera SRL (page does not exist)">Bezzera</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q125210227#sitelinks-wikipedia" class="extiw" title="d:Special:EntityPage/Q125210227"><span title=""G. Bezzera SRL" in other languages">d</span></a>]</span>. <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi" title="Silvio Berlusconi">Silvio Berlusconi</a>, who was born and remained based in Milan, did use stylized <i>biscione</i> symbols in the logos for his companies <a href="/wiki/Mediaset" title="Mediaset">Mediaset</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fininvest" title="Fininvest">Fininvest</a> (with the child replaced by a flower); his residential zones <a href="/wiki/Milano_Due" title="Milano Due">Milano Due</a> and Milano Tre and the Mediaset-owned television channel <a href="/wiki/Canale_5" title="Canale 5">Canale 5</a> all also use <i>biscione</i>-inspired imagery. </p><p>Outside Milan, a similar design is found in the seals of the Hungarian nobleman <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_Garai" title="Nicholas I Garai">Nicholas I Garai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palatine_of_Hungary" title="Palatine of Hungary">palatine</a> to the King of Hungary (1375–1385). Here the crowned snake devours a <a href="/wiki/Globus_cruciger" title="Globus cruciger">sovereign's orb</a>, rather than a human.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arms of the towns of <a href="/wiki/Sanok" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanok">Sanok</a> in Poland and <a href="/wiki/Pruzhany" title="Pruzhany">Pruzhany</a> in Belarus also feature the symbol, honoring the marriage of <a href="/wiki/Bona_Sforza" title="Bona Sforza">Bona Sforza</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_I_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigismund I of Poland">Sigismund I of Poland</a> while both towns were part of <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_union" title="Polish–Lithuanian union">Poland–Lithuania</a>. </p><p>The band <a href="/wiki/Lacuna_Coil" title="Lacuna Coil">Lacuna Coil</a> used a <i>biscione</i> for the <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Anima" title="Black Anima">Black Anima</a></i> album cover artwork<sup id="cite_ref-Tilkin_2019_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tilkin_2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and limited edition tarot cards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_symbols">Similar symbols</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Similar symbols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Comparable to the <i>biscione</i> are some depictions of the Hindu deity <a href="/wiki/Matsya" title="Matsya">Matsya</a>. While his form is referred to as anthropomorphically having a humanoid upper half, and his lower half as that of a fish, some depictions show him with his upper body emerging from the mouth of a fish. In early Christian art of the <a href="/wiki/Catacombs" title="Catacombs">catacombs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> prophet <a href="/wiki/Jonah" title="Jonah">Jonah</a> is depicted as a man being swallowed by a serpent-like <a href="/wiki/Leviathan" title="Leviathan">Leviathan</a>, a sea creature of Hebrew myth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coats_of_arms,_flags_and_symbols_bearing_the_biscione"><span id="Coats_of_arms.2C_flags_and_symbols_bearing_the_biscione"></span>Coats of arms, flags and symbols bearing the <i>biscione</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coats of arms, flags and symbols bearing the biscione"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output 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title="Castel Rozzone">Castel Rozzone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misano_di_Gera_d%27Adda" title="Misano di Gera d'Adda">Misano di Gera d'Adda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagazzano" title="Pagazzano">Pagazzano</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Brescia" title="Province of Brescia">Province of Brescia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borgo_San_Giacomo" title="Borgo San Giacomo">Borgo San Giacomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maclodio" title="Maclodio">Maclodio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Como" title="Province of Como">Province of Como</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carimate" title="Carimate">Carimate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eupilio" title="Eupilio">Eupilio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lomazzo" title="Lomazzo">Lomazzo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Cremona" title="Province of Cremona">Province of Cremona</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azzanello" title="Azzanello">Azzanello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castelvisconti" title="Castelvisconti">Castelvisconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corte_de%27_Cortesi_con_Cignone" title="Corte de' Cortesi con Cignone">Corte de' Cortesi con Cignone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piadena" title="Piadena">Piadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivarolo_del_Re_ed_Uniti" title="Rivarolo del Re ed Uniti">Rivarolo del Re ed Uniti</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Lecco" title="Province of Lecco">Province of Lecco</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellano" title="Bellano">Bellano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesana_Brianza" title="Cesana Brianza">Cesana Brianza</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Lodi" title="Province of Lodi">Province of Lodi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bertonico" title="Bertonico">Bertonico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castelnuovo_Bocca_d%27Adda" title="Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda">Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Fiorano" title="San Fiorano">San Fiorano</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Mantua" title="Province of Mantua">Province of Mantua</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goito" title="Goito">Goito</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Milan" title="Province of Milan">Province of Milan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arconate" title="Arconate">Arconate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gessate" title="Gessate">Gessate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudo_Visconti" title="Gudo Visconti">Gudo Visconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milano" class="mw-redirect" title="Milano">Milano</a>, reverse of the comunal <a href="/wiki/Symbols_of_Milan" title="Symbols of Milan">Gonfalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motta_Visconti" title="Motta Visconti">Motta Visconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Zenone_al_Lambro" title="San Zenone al Lambro">San Zenone al Lambro</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Monza_and_Brianza" title="Province of Monza and Brianza">Province of Monza and Brianza</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macherio" title="Macherio">Macherio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Novara" title="Province of Novara">Province of Novara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogogno" title="Bogogno">Bogogno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divignano" title="Divignano">Divignano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fara_Novarese" title="Fara Novarese">Fara Novarese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invorio" title="Invorio">Invorio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massino_Visconti" title="Massino Visconti">Massino Visconti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pisano_(Italia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pisano (Italia) (page does not exist)">Pisano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oleggio_Castello" title="Oleggio Castello">Oleggio Castello</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Parma" title="Province of Parma">Province of Parma</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Montechiarugolo" title="Montechiarugolo">Montechiarugolo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pavia" title="Province of Pavia">Province of Pavia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alagna" title="Alagna">Alagna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casorate_Primo" title="Casorate Primo">Casorate Primo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Certosa_di_Pavia_(comune)" class="mw-redirect" title="Certosa di Pavia (comune)">Certosa di Pavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcignago" title="Marcignago">Marcignago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cristina_e_Bissone" title="Santa Cristina e Bissone">Santa Cristina e Bissone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrevecchia_Pia" title="Torrevecchia Pia">Torrevecchia Pia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zerbol%C3%B2" title="Zerbolò">Zerbolò</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Sondrio" title="Province of Sondrio">Province of Sondrio</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardenno" title="Ardenno">Ardenno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosotto" title="Grosotto">Grosotto</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Varese" title="Province of Varese">Province of Varese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angera" title="Angera">Angera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Besnate" title="Besnate">Besnate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Besnate" title="Besnate">Besnate</a>, Rione Bissun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brusimpiano" title="Brusimpiano">Brusimpiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassano_Magnago" title="Cassano Magnago">Cassano Magnago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassano_Valcuvia" title="Cassano Valcuvia">Cassano Valcuvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caronno_Pertusella" title="Caronno Pertusella">Caronno Pertusella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caronno_Varesino" title="Caronno Varesino">Caronno Varesino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuvio" title="Cuvio">Cuvio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fagnano_Olona" title="Fagnano Olona">Fagnano Olona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samarate" title="Samarate">Samarate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tradate" title="Tradate">Tradate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonate_Pozzolo" title="Lonate Pozzolo">Lonate Pozzolo</a>, Rione Bissa</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Verbano-Cusio-Ossola" title="Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola">Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brovello-Carpugnino" title="Brovello-Carpugnino">Brovello-Carpugnino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mergozzo" title="Mergozzo">Mergozzo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Canton Ticino</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellinzona" title="Bellinzona">Bellinzona</a> (City and District)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biasca" title="Biasca">Biasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bissone" title="Bissone">Bissone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvaglia" title="Malvaglia">Malvaglia</a>, part of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Serravalle_(Svizzera)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serravalle (Svizzera) (page does not exist)">Serravalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant%27Antonio,_Bellinzona" title="Sant'Antonio, Bellinzona">Sant'Antonio</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/Bellinzona" title="Bellinzona">Bellinzona</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <p>Following the historical-dynastic events linked to the Visconti and Sforza families, the biscione appears as part of the municipal coat of arms also of cities and municipalities in Central-Eastern Europe: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dachau,_Bavaria" title="Dachau, Bavaria">Dachau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belorussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Belorussia">Belorussia</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pruzhany" title="Pruzhany">Pruzhany</a> (City and <a href="/wiki/Pruzhany_District" title="Pruzhany District">District)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gmina_D%C5%82ut%C3%B3w" title="Gmina Dłutów">Gmina Dłutów</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanok,_Poland" title="Sanok, Poland">Sanok</a></li></ul> <p>Historically, it appeared in the coats of arms of the following states: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Milan" title="Lordship of Milan">Lordship of Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Milan" title="Duchy of Milan">Duchy of Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Napoleonic)" title="Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)">Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Lombardy-Venetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia">Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Milan" title="Flag of Milan">Flag of Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guivre" title="Guivre">Guivre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Milan" title="History of Milan">History of Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilisk" title="Basilisk">Basilisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leviathan" title="Leviathan">Leviathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbols_of_Milan" title="Symbols of Milan">Symbols of Milan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IMG_3734_-_Milano_-_Stemma_visconteo-_sull%27Arcivescovado_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_15-jan-2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Depiction of the biscione swallowing a child, the coat of arms of the House of Visconti, on the Archbishop's palace in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy"><img alt="Depiction of the biscione swallowing a child, the coat of arms of the House of Visconti, on the Archbishop's palace in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/IMG_3734_-_Milano_-_Stemma_visconteo-_sull%27Arcivescovado_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_15-jan-2007.jpg/167px-IMG_3734_-_Milano_-_Stemma_visconteo-_sull%27Arcivescovado_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_15-jan-2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/IMG_3734_-_Milano_-_Stemma_visconteo-_sull%27Arcivescovado_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_15-jan-2007.jpg/250px-IMG_3734_-_Milano_-_Stemma_visconteo-_sull%27Arcivescovado_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_15-jan-2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/IMG_3734_-_Milano_-_Stemma_visconteo-_sull%27Arcivescovado_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_15-jan-2007.jpg/334px-IMG_3734_-_Milano_-_Stemma_visconteo-_sull%27Arcivescovado_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_15-jan-2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="724" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Depiction of the <i>biscione</i> swallowing a child, the coat of arms of the House of Visconti, on the Archbishop's palace in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IMG_6095_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Eustorgio_-_Cappella_Visconti_-_San_Giorgio,_e_stemma_Visconti_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-2-Mar-2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The biscione above the tomb of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria in the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio"><img alt="The biscione above the tomb of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria in the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/IMG_6095_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Eustorgio_-_Cappella_Visconti_-_San_Giorgio%2C_e_stemma_Visconti_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-2-Mar-2007.jpg/144px-IMG_6095_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Eustorgio_-_Cappella_Visconti_-_San_Giorgio%2C_e_stemma_Visconti_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-2-Mar-2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="144" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/IMG_6095_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Eustorgio_-_Cappella_Visconti_-_San_Giorgio%2C_e_stemma_Visconti_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-2-Mar-2007.jpg/217px-IMG_6095_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Eustorgio_-_Cappella_Visconti_-_San_Giorgio%2C_e_stemma_Visconti_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-2-Mar-2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/IMG_6095_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Eustorgio_-_Cappella_Visconti_-_San_Giorgio%2C_e_stemma_Visconti_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-2-Mar-2007.jpg/289px-IMG_6095_-_Milano_-_Sant%27Eustorgio_-_Cappella_Visconti_-_San_Giorgio%2C_e_stemma_Visconti_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-2-Mar-2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1352" data-file-height="1872" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <i>biscione</i> above the tomb of <a href="/wiki/Stefano_Visconti" title="Stefano Visconti">Stefano Visconti</a> and Valentina Doria in the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Sant%27Eustorgio" title="Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio">Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monnaie_-_Italie,_Seigneurie_de_Milan,_Barnab%C3%B2_Visconti,_Galeazzo_II_Visconti,_Gros,_1355-1378,_Milan_-_btv1b11311860w_(1_of_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coinage of the Lordship of Milan, featuring a biscione"><img alt="Coinage of the Lordship of Milan, featuring a biscione" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Monnaie_-_Italie%2C_Seigneurie_de_Milan%2C_Barnab%C3%B2_Visconti%2C_Galeazzo_II_Visconti%2C_Gros%2C_1355-1378%2C_Milan_-_btv1b11311860w_%281_of_2%29.jpg/200px-Monnaie_-_Italie%2C_Seigneurie_de_Milan%2C_Barnab%C3%B2_Visconti%2C_Galeazzo_II_Visconti%2C_Gros%2C_1355-1378%2C_Milan_-_btv1b11311860w_%281_of_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Monnaie_-_Italie%2C_Seigneurie_de_Milan%2C_Barnab%C3%B2_Visconti%2C_Galeazzo_II_Visconti%2C_Gros%2C_1355-1378%2C_Milan_-_btv1b11311860w_%281_of_2%29.jpg/300px-Monnaie_-_Italie%2C_Seigneurie_de_Milan%2C_Barnab%C3%B2_Visconti%2C_Galeazzo_II_Visconti%2C_Gros%2C_1355-1378%2C_Milan_-_btv1b11311860w_%281_of_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Monnaie_-_Italie%2C_Seigneurie_de_Milan%2C_Barnab%C3%B2_Visconti%2C_Galeazzo_II_Visconti%2C_Gros%2C_1355-1378%2C_Milan_-_btv1b11311860w_%281_of_2%29.jpg/400px-Monnaie_-_Italie%2C_Seigneurie_de_Milan%2C_Barnab%C3%B2_Visconti%2C_Galeazzo_II_Visconti%2C_Gros%2C_1355-1378%2C_Milan_-_btv1b11311860w_%281_of_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2533" data-file-height="2533" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coinage of the <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Milan" title="Lordship of Milan">Lordship of Milan</a>, featuring a <i>biscione</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IMG_7177_-_Milano_-_Staz._C.le_-_Biscione_visconteo_usato_come_stemma_di_MI_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_18-Mar-2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Milano Centrale railway station, 1931"><img alt="Milano Centrale railway station, 1931" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/IMG_7177_-_Milano_-_Staz._C.le_-_Biscione_visconteo_usato_come_stemma_di_MI_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_18-Mar-2007.jpg/168px-IMG_7177_-_Milano_-_Staz._C.le_-_Biscione_visconteo_usato_come_stemma_di_MI_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_18-Mar-2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/IMG_7177_-_Milano_-_Staz._C.le_-_Biscione_visconteo_usato_come_stemma_di_MI_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_18-Mar-2007.jpg/252px-IMG_7177_-_Milano_-_Staz._C.le_-_Biscione_visconteo_usato_come_stemma_di_MI_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_18-Mar-2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/IMG_7177_-_Milano_-_Staz._C.le_-_Biscione_visconteo_usato_come_stemma_di_MI_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_18-Mar-2007.jpg/336px-IMG_7177_-_Milano_-_Staz._C.le_-_Biscione_visconteo_usato_come_stemma_di_MI_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_18-Mar-2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="758" data-file-height="903" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Milano_Centrale_railway_station" title="Milano Centrale railway station">Milano Centrale railway station</a>, 1931</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ingeram_Codex_048.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ingeram Codex, 1459"><img alt="Ingeram Codex, 1459" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ingeram_Codex_048.jpg/144px-Ingeram_Codex_048.jpg" decoding="async" width="144" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ingeram_Codex_048.jpg/216px-Ingeram_Codex_048.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ingeram_Codex_048.jpg/289px-Ingeram_Codex_048.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="949" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ingeram_Codex" title="Ingeram Codex">Ingeram Codex</a>, 1459</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Facciata_Santa_Maria_Incoronata.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The biscione on the facade of the Santa Maria Incoronata, 15th century"><img alt="The biscione on the facade of the Santa Maria Incoronata, 15th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Facciata_Santa_Maria_Incoronata.jpg/200px-Facciata_Santa_Maria_Incoronata.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Facciata_Santa_Maria_Incoronata.jpg/300px-Facciata_Santa_Maria_Incoronata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Facciata_Santa_Maria_Incoronata.jpg/400px-Facciata_Santa_Maria_Incoronata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4282" data-file-height="2815" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <i>biscione</i> on the facade of the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Maria_Incoronata,_Milan" title="Santa Maria Incoronata, Milan">Santa Maria Incoronata</a>, 15th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vigevano-porta_di_via_xx_settembre.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gate of Vigevano"><img alt="Gate of Vigevano" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Vigevano-porta_di_via_xx_settembre.jpg/150px-Vigevano-porta_di_via_xx_settembre.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Vigevano-porta_di_via_xx_settembre.jpg/225px-Vigevano-porta_di_via_xx_settembre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Vigevano-porta_di_via_xx_settembre.jpg/300px-Vigevano-porta_di_via_xx_settembre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gate of <a href="/wiki/Vigevano" title="Vigevano">Vigevano</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albrecht_Altdorfer_043.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""The restoration of Milan to the Empire""><img alt=""The restoration of Milan to the Empire"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Albrecht_Altdorfer_043.jpg/200px-Albrecht_Altdorfer_043.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Albrecht_Altdorfer_043.jpg/300px-Albrecht_Altdorfer_043.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Albrecht_Altdorfer_043.jpg/400px-Albrecht_Altdorfer_043.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3176" data-file-height="3030" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"The restoration of Milan to the Empire" </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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title="Help:IPA/Lombard">[ˈbisa]</a></span>) or <i>bisson</i> (<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="lmo-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Lombard" title="Help:IPA/Lombard">[biˈsũː]</a></span>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Italian: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="it-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian" title="Help:IPA/Italian">[ˈviːpera]</a></span>, meaning <a href="/wiki/Viperidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Viperidae">viper</a>; <abbr title="plural form">pl.</abbr>: <i>vipere</i>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biscione&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReina2018">Reina (2018)</a>, p. 68</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReina2018">Reina (2018)</a>, p. 69</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDunlop2009">Dunlop (2009)</a>, p. 168</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFox-Davies1909" class="citation book cs1">Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2634441W/A_Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry"><i>A Complete Guide to Heraldry: Illustrated by Nine Plates and Nearly 800 Other Designs</i></a>. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-26643-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-26643-1"><bdi>0-517-26643-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/09023803">09023803</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Complete+Guide+to+Heraldry%3A+Illustrated+by+Nine+Plates+and+Nearly+800+Other+Designs&rft.place=London&rft.pub=T.C.+%26+E.C.+Jack&rft.date=1909&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F09023803&rft.isbn=0-517-26643-1&rft.aulast=Fox-Davies&rft.aufirst=Arthur+Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fworks%2FOL2634441W%2FA_Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiscione" class="Z3988"></span> Page 257</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Alciato_1531-02-28-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Alciato_1531-02-28_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alciato/emblem.php?id=A31a001">"Alciato at Glasgow: Emblem: INSIGNIA DUCATUS MEDIOLANENSEM"</a>. <i>University of Glasgow</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=University+of+Glasgow&rft.atitle=Alciato+at+Glasgow%3A+Emblem%3A+INSIGNIA+DUCATUS+MEDIOLANENSEM&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk%2Falciato%2Femblem.php%3Fid%3DA31a001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiscione" class="Z3988"></span> Facsimile of the original at: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlciati1531" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Alciato" title="Andrea Alciato">Alciati, Andrea</a> (1531). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pEWisZZ1t2AC&pg=PA3">"INSIGNIA DUCATUS MEDIOLAN."</a> [INSIGNIA OF THE MEDILANIAN LEADERSHIP]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pEWisZZ1t2AC"><i>Emblematum Liber</i></a> [<i>The Book of Emblems</i>] (in Latin). Augustae Vindelicorum: H. Steyner. pp. 3–4. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/894833733">894833733</a> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=INSIGNIA+DUCATUS+MEDIOLAN.&rft.btitle=Emblematum+Liber&rft.place=Augustae+Vindelicorum&rft.pages=3-4&rft.pub=H.+Steyner&rft.date=1531&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F894833733&rft.aulast=Alciati&rft.aufirst=Andrea&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DpEWisZZ1t2AC%26pg%3DPA3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiscione" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCsaba2007" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Csaba, Veress D. (2007). István, Hermann (ed.). <a class="external text" href="https://hu.wikibooks.org/wiki/F%C3%A1jl:Garai_Mikl%C3%B3s.jpg"><i>Ugod</i></a>. Száz magyar falu könyvesháza (One Hundred Hungarian Villages) (in Hungarian). Budapest.: magyar állam millenniumára. Elektronikus megjelenítés: NKÖEOK Szerkesztőség.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ugod&rft.place=Budapest.&rft.series=Sz%C3%A1z+magyar+falu+k%C3%B6nyvesh%C3%A1za+%28One+Hundred+Hungarian+Villages%29&rft.pub=magyar+%C3%A1llam+millennium%C3%A1ra.+Elektronikus+megjelen%C3%ADt%C3%A9s%3A+NK%C3%96EOK+Szerkeszt%C5%91s%C3%A9g&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Csaba&rft.aufirst=Veress+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhu.wikibooks.org%2Fwiki%2FF%25C3%25A1jl%3AGarai_Mikl%25C3%25B3s.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiscione" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tilkin_2019-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Tilkin_2019_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTilkin2019" class="citation web cs1">Tilkin, Laureline (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tuonelamagazine.com/interview-with-lacuna-coil-its-important-to-know-who-you-are-and-where-you-come-from/">"Interview with Lacuna Coil – "It's important to know who you are and where you come from" – Tuonela Magazine"</a>. <i>Tuonela Magazine – Finnish Metal Magazine Based in Helsinki</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Pennsylvania State University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780271048307" title="Special:BookSources/9780271048307"><bdi>9780271048307</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Painted+Palaces%3A+The+Rise+of+Secular+Art+in+Early+Renaissance+Italy&rft.pub=Pennsylvania+State+University+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=9780271048307&rft.aulast=Dunlop&rft.aufirst=Anne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzlJKiv7SVoQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABiscione" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReina2018" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Reina, Gabriele (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211231195107/https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_A98C5DF3A7E5.P001/REF.pdf"><i>Le imprese araldiche dei Visconti e degli Sforza (1277-1535): Storia, storia dell'arte, repertorio</i></a> [<i>The heraldic achievements of the Visconti and the Sforza (1277-1535): History, artistic change, and inventory</i>] <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Italian). Lausanne: Université de Lausanne, Faculté des lettres, Section d'histoire de l'art. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_A98C5DF3A7E5.P001/REF.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 31 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:1%">Types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_coat_of_arms" title="National coat of arms">National</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arms_of_dominion" title="Arms of dominion">dominion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civic_heraldry" title="Civic heraldry">civic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_heraldry" title="Ecclesiastical heraldry">Ecclesiastical</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papal_armorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal armorial">papal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgher_arms" title="Burgher arms">Burgher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_heraldry" title="Women in heraldry">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attributed_arms" title="Attributed arms">Attributed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augmentation_of_honour" title="Augmentation of honour">Augmentation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abatement_(heraldry)" title="Abatement (heraldry)">abatement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_and_modern_arms" title="Ancient and modern arms">Ancient and modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arms_of_alliance" title="Arms of alliance">Alliance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_courtesy" title="Heraldic courtesy">courtesy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">Blazon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadency" title="Cadency">Cadency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marks_of_distinction" title="Marks of distinction">distinction</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canting_arms" title="Canting arms">Canting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debased_heraldry" title="Debased heraldry">Debased</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_(heraldry)" title="Field (heraldry)">Field</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_the_field" title="Division of the field">divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variation_of_the_field" title="Variation of the field">variations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_fraud" title="Heraldic fraud">Fraud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldry#Marshalling" title="Heraldry">Marshalling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quartering_(heraldry)" title="Quartering (heraldry)">quartering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impalement_(heraldry)" title="Impalement (heraldry)">impalement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Heraldic_traditions_by_country" title="Template:Heraldic traditions by country">National traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldry_societies" title="Heraldry societies">Societies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Achievement_(heraldry)" title="Achievement (heraldry)">Achievement</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)" title="Crown (heraldry)">Crowns and coronets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">Crest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compartment_(heraldry)" title="Compartment (heraldry)">Compartment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">Escutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmet_(heraldry)" title="Helmet (heraldry)">Helmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantling" title="Mantling">Mantling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_and_pavilion_(heraldry)" title="Mantle and pavilion (heraldry)">pavilion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slogan_(heraldry)" title="Slogan (heraldry)">slogan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torse" title="Torse">Torse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)" title="Charge (heraldry)">Charges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_(heraldry)" title="Attitude (heraldry)">Attitudes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erasure_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erasure (heraldry)">Erasure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimbriation" title="Fimbriation">Fimbriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_(heraldry)" title="Line (heraldry)">Lines</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_(heraldry)" title="Ordinary (heraldry)">Ordinaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annulet_(heraldry)" title="Annulet (heraldry)">Annulet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_(heraldry)" title="Bar (heraldry)">Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bend_(heraldry)" title="Bend (heraldry)">Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordure" title="Bordure">Bordure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_(heraldry)" title="Canton (heraldry)">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevron_(insignia)" title="Chevron (insignia)">Chevron</a> (<a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C4%99kawica_(ordinary)" title="Łękawica (ordinary)">Łękawica</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compon%C3%A9e" title="Componée">Componée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosses_in_heraldry" title="Crosses in heraldry">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crozier_head" title="Crozier head">Crozier head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_(heraldry)" title="Chief (heraldry)">Chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fess" title="Fess">Fess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaunch" title="Flaunch">Flaunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutte" title="Goutte">Goutte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyron" title="Gyron">Gyron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamade" title="Hamade">Hamade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inescutcheon" title="Inescutcheon">Inescutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Label_(heraldry)" title="Label (heraldry)">Label</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lozenge_(heraldry)" title="Lozenge (heraldry)">Lozenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orle_(heraldry)" title="Orle (heraldry)">Orle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pale_(heraldry)" title="Pale (heraldry)">Pale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pall_(heraldry)" title="Pall (heraldry)">Pall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pile_(heraldry)" title="Pile (heraldry)">Pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundel_(heraldry)" title="Roundel (heraldry)">Roundel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bezant" title="Bezant">Bezant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">Saltire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beasts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_in_heraldry" title="Bear in heraldry">Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boars_in_heraldry" title="Boars in heraldry">Boar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle#In_heraldry" title="Cattle">Bull/ox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hound_(heraldry)" title="Hound (heraldry)">Dog/hound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giraffe" title="Giraffe">Camelopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer#Heraldic" title="Deer">Hind/stag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Kangaroo emblems and popular culture">Kangaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopard_(heraldry)" title="Leopard (heraldry)">Leopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolves_in_heraldry" title="Wolves in heraldry">Wolf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alerion" title="Alerion">Alerion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_swan_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Black swan emblems and popular culture">Black swan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rooster#Emblems" class="mw-redirect" title="Rooster">Cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_(heraldry)" title="Crow (heraldry)">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doves_as_symbols" title="Doves as symbols">Dove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)" title="Eagle (heraldry)">Eagle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Szaszor" title="Szaszor">Szaszor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Przepaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Przepaska">Przepaska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martlet" title="Martlet">Martlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican#Heraldry" title="Pelican">Pelican</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bee_(heraldry)" title="Bee (heraldry)">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crapaud#Heraldry" title="Crapaud">Crapaudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin_(heraldry)" title="Dolphin (heraldry)">Dolphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmet_(heraldry)" title="Emmet (heraldry)">Emmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_(heraldry)" title="Ged (heraldry)">Ged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esox#Heraldry" title="Esox">Lucy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portcullis#Heraldry" title="Portcullis">Portcullis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(heraldry)" title="Bat (heraldry)">Reremouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scallop#Badge" title="Scallop">Scallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_symbolism#Flags_and_heraldry" title="Serpent symbolism">Serpent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfsangel" title="Wolfsangel">Wolfsangel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">Legendary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allocamelus" title="Allocamelus">Allocamelus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphyn" title="Alphyn">Alphyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphiptere" title="Amphiptere">Amphiptere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilisk" title="Basilisk">Basilisk</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Biscione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chollima" class="mw-redirect" title="Chollima">Chollima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockatrice" title="Cockatrice">Cockatrice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">Dragon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_dragon" title="Chinese dragon">Chinese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_(heraldry)" title="Enfield (heraldry)">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin/Keythong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpy" title="Harpy">Harpy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippocampus_(mythology)" title="Hippocampus (mythology)">Hippocampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippogriff" title="Hippogriff">Hippogriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampago" title="Lampago">Lampago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindworm" title="Lindworm">Lindworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manticore" title="Manticore">Manticore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">Mermaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musimon" title="Musimon">Musimon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantheon_(mythical_creature)" title="Pantheon (mythical creature)">Pantheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther_(legendary_creature)" title="Panther (legendary creature)">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus" title="Pegasus">Pegasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamanders_in_folklore" class="mw-redirect" title="Salamanders in folklore">Salamander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-griffin" title="Sea-griffin">Sea-griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-lion" title="Sea-lion">Sea-lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyger_(heraldry)" title="Tyger (heraldry)">Tyger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_lion" title="Winged lion">Winged lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">Woodwose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">Wyvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_(mythical_creature)" title="Yale (mythical creature)">Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" title="Fleur-de-lis">Fleur-de-lis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath#As_used_in_heraldry" title="Laurel wreath">Laurel wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak#Regional_and_state" title="Oak">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quatrefoil" title="Quatrefoil">Quatrefoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_(heraldry)" title="Rose (heraldry)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock#Symbol_of_Ireland" title="Shamrock">Shamrock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trefoil" title="Trefoil">Trefoil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thistle#Heraldry" title="Thistle">Thistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnip#Heraldry" title="Turnip">Turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seeblatt" title="Seeblatt">Waterlily/Seeblatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_knot" title="Heraldic knot">Knots</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourchier_knot" title="Bourchier knot">Bourchier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Cavendish/Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacre_knot" title="Dacre knot">Dacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_knot" title="Harrington knot">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hastings/Hungerford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_knot" title="Heneage knot">Heneage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinckaert_knot" title="Hinckaert knot">Hinckaert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hungerford knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacy_knot" title="Lacy knot">Lacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Ormonde/Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Tristram/Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Wake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Tinctures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_tincture" title="Rule of tincture">Rule of tincture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricking" title="Tricking">Tricking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)" title="Hatching (heraldry)">Hatching</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background: white; color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Argent" title="Argent">Argent</a> (white)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background-color: white; background-image: radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0), radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0); background-size: 10px 10px; background-position: 0px 0px, 5px 5px;); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)">Or</a> (gold)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span><span 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href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Pean</a></li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/15px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/23px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/30px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vair" title="Vair">Vair</a> <ul><li><a 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