Mourning crest
A mourning coat of arms (also mourning plaque ) is a coat of arms that was created and issued especially for mourning purposes .
It is a large black board on which the coat of arms of the deceased is shown. This plaque was displayed for a certain time during the funeral ceremony. So it is called z. B. in a travelogue from London at the beginning of the 19th century:
- “When a noble owner of these aristocratic apartments dies, a large, rectangular tableau is set up on the front of the house, in which the coats of arms of the deceased shine on a black background. This mourning coat of arms will remain here for a whole year. "
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- ↑ Travel Sketches: Life in London. In: August Lewald (Ed.): Europe. Chronicle of the educated world. Vol. 3, Stuttgart 1837, p. 397. (online, accessed December 3, 2012)