Pourquoi Licorne Amiens ?
Pourquoi Licorne Amiens ?
Les armoiries de la ville d'Amiens ont pour tenant et support deux licornes. La licorne est alors le symbole des vertus chevaleresques de pureté et d'attrait pour la délicatesse et la beauté.
Pourquoi le stade de la Licorne ?
Le stade de la Licorne, appelé stade Crédit Agricole la Licorne par contrat de naming avec le Crédit agricole Brie Picardie depuis 2018, est un stade de football situé à Amiens en Hauts-de-France. Il est nommé d'après la créature légendaire qui orne le blason de la ville et le logo de l'Amiens SC . ...
What is the origin of the fleur-de-lys?
- At a minimum, the arms "azure, a semis of fleur-de-lis or" are associated with French kings from 1200. the fleur-de-lys, as emblem (as opposed to heraldic charge) appears on coins and seals from the 10th c. at least. Typically, it forms the end of a scepter, or decorates the rim of a crown, or is held, over-sized, by the king along with a scepter.
Is there such a thing as a fleur de lis?
- The term "fleur de lis" in the heraldic sense is attested in 1225. A confusion seems implausible. However, a hypothesis ventured in the 17th c. sounds very plausible to me. One species of wild iris, the Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag in English, is yellow and grows in marshes (cf. the azure field, for water).
Why does the king of France have three fleur de lis?
- From the middle of the 14th c, several works (mostly designed to legitimize the Valois claims on the throne, against Edward III of England), explain that the king of France "bears arms of three fleur-de-lis as sign of the blessed Trinity]
Why is the fleur-de-lis the national flower of Bosnia?
- The fleur-de-lis was also the symbol of the House of Kotromanić, a ruling house in medieval Bosnia allegedly in recognition of the Capetian House of Anjou, where the flower is thought of as a Lilium bosniacum. Today, fleur-de-lis is a national symbol of Bosniaks.
