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Foong Chen Hong · Posted: Thu 29 Aug, 2013 7:04 am Post subject: Templar shield crest

I plain to make a heater shield that would resemble templar's shield, but historical. What image that they would put on their shield?

Searching around in internet, I found few of the one that they likely used.

1: http://www.museumreplicas.com/images/PRODUCT/icon/81.jpg
2: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/134/4/...64vafi.png
3: Generic templar icon http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/images/Pr...-5280S.png

Luka Borscak · Posted: Thu 29 Aug, 2013 8:19 am Post subject:

In San Bevignate Templar church the shield is black down, white up and little cross on the white.

Lin Robinson · Posted: Thu 29 Aug, 2013 9:59 am Post subject:

The simplest design and the one which is probably most authentic, is a Black Chief over a White Field. The terminology I use is not absolutely correct but the design was simple after all. A very simple design reflects the simplicity of the Order. The Templars were not flashy by any means.

Mart Shearer · Posted: Thu 29 Aug, 2013 11:00 am Post subject:

Al lthe depictions of the Templar banner, Beauseant, show black over white, and there is some evidence of its use on the shield.
http://molcat1.bl.uk/IllImages/Ekta/big/E100/E100925.jpg

http://molcat1.bl.uk/IllImages/Kslides/big/K101/K101667.jpg

However, the Templar church at Cressac shows a cross over an eagle, and it has been suggested that each house may have had their own variation.

Templar Seals sometimes seem to show only a cross. Others have multiple charges, lending credence to some degree of variation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar_Seal

Luka Borscak · Posted: Thu 29 Aug, 2013 2:05 pm Post subject:

Cressac knight is thought to be a secular crusader, not a Templar. Because of heraldry on shield and lance pennant... And is that seal original? It would be a good proof of only a large cross on white shield...

Alex Cerioli · Posted: Thu 29 Aug, 2013 5:01 pm Post subject:

AFAIR there is no historical evidence of the Beauseant in contemporary tales, it was just said that they used a banner black and white., how the colours were divided it's a matter of speculation...the shields depincted at San Bevignate looks more like Teutonic to me. Eek!

Luka Borscak · Posted: Fri 30 Aug, 2013 5:27 am Post subject:

Foong Chen Hong · Posted: Fri 30 Aug, 2013 5:53 am Post subject:

Interesting, I'd likely go with the Black and white with red cross in the middle OR just simple red cross over white shield