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Although the words ''emblem'' and ''[[symbol]]'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an [[idea]] or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a [[deity]], a [[tribe]] or [[nation]], or a [[virtue]] or [[vice]].{{Clarify| reason=In which discipline is this distinction done? Is it an elementary notion in such field? As the previous sentence says (as everyone knows) emblem and symbols are interchangeable casually.| date=January 2013}} | Although the words ''emblem'' and ''[[symbol]]'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an [[idea]] or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a [[deity]], a [[tribe]] or [[nation]], or a [[virtue]] or [[vice]].{{Clarify| reason=In which discipline is this distinction done? Is it an elementary notion in such field? As the previous sentence says (as everyone knows) emblem and symbols are interchangeable casually.| date=January 2013}} | ||
An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying [[badge]] or [[Embroidered patch|patch]]. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal [[Cockle (bivalve)|cockle]] shell, the emblem of [[St James the Great|James the Great]], sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at [[Santiago de Compostela]]. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: [[Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine of Alexandria]] had a wheel, or a sword, [[St Anthony the Great|St. Anthony the Abbot]], a pig and a small bell. These are also called '''attributes''', especially when shown carried by or close to [[ | An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying [[badge]] or [[Embroidered patch|patch]]. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal [[Cockle (bivalve)|cockle]] shell, the emblem of [[St James the Great|James the Great]], sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at [[Santiago de Compostela]]. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: [[Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine of Alexandria]] had a wheel, or a sword, [[St Anthony the Great|St. Anthony the Abbot]], a pig and a small bell. These are also called '''attributes''', especially when shown carried by or close to [[Saint symbolism|the saint in art]]. Monarchs and other grand persons increasingly adopted [[personal device]]s or emblems that were distinct from their family [[heraldry]]. The most famous include [[Louis XIV of France]]'s sun, the [[Salamander (legendary creature)|salamander]] of [[Francis I of France]], the [[boar]] of [[Richard III of England]] and the [[armillary sphere]] of [[Manuel I of Portugal]]. In the fifteenth and sixteenth century, there was a fashion, started in Italy, for making large [[medal]]s with a portrait head on the [[Obverse and reverse|obverse]] and the emblem on the reverse; these would be given to friends and as [[diplomatic gift]]s. [[Pisanello]] produced many of the earliest and finest of these. | ||
A symbol, on the other hand, substitutes one thing for another, in a more concrete fashion:<ref name="OED"/> | A symbol, on the other hand, substitutes one thing for another, in a more concrete fashion:<ref name="OED"/> | ||
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=== Emblems vs. sign language === | === Emblems vs. sign language === | ||
Although [[sign language]] uses hand gestures to communicate words in a non-verbal way, it should not be confused with emblems. Sign language contains linguistic properties, similar to those used in verbal languages, and is used to communicate entire conversations.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Distinguishing the Processing of Gestures from Signs in Deaf Individuals: An fMRI Study|first1=Fatima T.|last1=Husain |first2=Debra J.|last2=Patkin |first3=Hung|last3=Thai-Van |first4=Allen R.|last4=Braun |first5=Barry|last5=Horwitz|pmc=2693477|pmid=19397900|doi=10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.034|volume=1276|journal=Brain Res|year=2009|pages=140–50}}</ref> Linguistic properties are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, etc | Although [[sign language]] uses hand gestures to communicate words in a non-verbal way, it should not be confused with emblems. Sign language contains linguistic properties, similar to those used in verbal languages, and is used to communicate entire conversations.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Distinguishing the Processing of Gestures from Signs in Deaf Individuals: An fMRI Study|first1=Fatima T.|last1=Husain |first2=Debra J.|last2=Patkin |first3=Hung|last3=Thai-Van |first4=Allen R.|last4=Braun |first5=Barry|last5=Horwitz|pmc=2693477|pmid=19397900|doi=10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.034|volume=1276|journal=Brain Res|year=2009|pages=140–50}}</ref> Linguistic properties are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, etc.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.pnas.org/content/113/7/1766.full.pdf|title=On the Universal Structure of Human Lexical Semantics|last1=Youn|first1=Hyejin|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |year=2016 |volume=113 |issue=7 |pages=1766–1771 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1520752113 |pmid=26831113|pmc=4763760 |arxiv=1504.07843 |bibcode=2016PNAS..113.1766Y |access-date=May 4, 2017|doi-access=free }}</ref> In contrast with sign language, emblems are a non-linguistic form of communication. Emblems are single gestures which are meant to get a short non-verbal message to another individual. | ||
== Emblems in culture == | == Emblems in culture == | ||