The Serbian Heraldry Society ( sr-Cyrl, Српско хералдичко друштво, Srpsko heraldičko društvo), short from Serbian
Heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...
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Genealogy
Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kins ...
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Faleristics
Phaleristics, from the Greek mythological hero Phalerus ( el, links=no, Φάληρος, ''Phaleros'') via the Latin ('heroics'), sometimes spelled faleristics, is an auxiliary science of history and numismatics which studies orders, fraternitie ...
and
Vexillology
Vexillology ( ) is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general.Smith, Whitney. ''Flags Through the Ages and Across the World'' New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. Print. The word is a synthe ...
Society "White Eagle" ( sr-Cyrl, Српско друштво за хералдику, генеалогију, фалеристику и вексилологију “Бели oрао”, Srpsko društvo za heraldiku, genealogiju, faleristiku i veksilologiju "Beli orao"), is a
learned society
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and s ...
devoted to the study and creation of
heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...
, specifically Serbian heraldry. The society was established in 1991.
The society is the only professional organisation of that kind in Serbia. It concerns itself with research and work in the field of the science of arms (heraldry), genealogy, flags (vexillology), medals and honours, along with more specialized fields such as insigniology, archontology and nobilistics.
The society researches:
* Heraldry
* State heraldry
* Territorial heraldry
* Institutional heraldry
* Corporative enterprise heraldry
* Historical family heraldry
* Contemporary family heraldry
* Genealogy
The society has created much of the modern renderings of local and national heraldry in use in Serbia.
See also
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Serbian heraldry
The use of heraldry in Serbia or by Serbs is used by government bodies, subdivisions of the national government, organizations, corporations and by families. Serbian heraldry belongs culturally to the Byzantine tradition.
As in some other Europ ...
External links
Serbian Heraldic Society official website
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Serbian heraldry
Heraldic societies
1991 establishments in Serbia
Organizations established in 1991