Moors in heraldry[edit]
Moors—or more frequently their heads, often crowned—appear with some frequency in medieval European heraldry. The term ascribed to them in Anglo-Norman blazon (the language of English heraldry) is maure, though they are also sometimes called moore, blackmoor, blackamoor or negro.[39] Maures appear in European heraldry from at least as early as the 13th century,[40] and some have been attested as early as the 11th century in Italy,[40] where they have persisted in the local heraldry and vexillology well into modern times in Corsica and Sardinia.
