In heraldry, a bend is a band or strap running from the upper dexter (the bearer's right side and the viewer's left) corner of the shield to the lower... 16 KB (1,573 words) - 07:58, 17 April 2024 |
Ermine (/ˈɜːrmɪn/) in heraldry is a "fur", a type of tincture, consisting of a white background with a pattern of black shapes representing the winter... 7 KB (695 words) - 07:05, 14 March 2024 |
politician Bend, British Columbia, a railway point in Canada Bend, California Bend, Missouri Bend, Oregon Bend, South Dakota Bend, Texas Bend (heraldry), a diagonal... 1 KB (191 words) - 23:04, 31 July 2023 |
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). That may be a geometric design (sometimes called an ordinary)... 55 KB (7,077 words) - 13:04, 8 April 2024 |
the carrick bend is found depicted in heraldry, sometimes with the tails of heraldic serpents woven (or "nowed") into this knot. In heraldry the knot is... 9 KB (1,062 words) - 20:48, 1 November 2022 |
Dexter and sinister (redirect from Sinister (heraldry)) Dexter and sinister are terms used in heraldry to refer to specific locations in an escutcheon bearing a coat of arms, and to the other elements of an... 7 KB (872 words) - 14:37, 27 August 2023 |
diminutive of the bend sinister Bend sinister, heraldic charge in heraldry, sometimes used to imply ancestral illegitimacy; see bend (heraldry) Sinister hand... 2 KB (279 words) - 16:09, 3 October 2023 |
Sanguine (/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/) is a stain, or non-standard tincture in heraldry, of a blood-red colour. In the past it was sometimes taken to be equivalent to murrey... 2 KB (229 words) - 18:31, 20 July 2023 |
Tincture is the limited palette of colours and patterns used in heraldry. The need to define, depict, and correctly blazon the various tinctures is one... 57 KB (7,068 words) - 04:40, 24 March 2024 |
objects depicted there. The pale is one of the ordinaries in heraldry, along with the bend, chevron, fess, and chief. There are several other ordinaries... 4 KB (521 words) - 10:07, 13 February 2024 |
Division of the field (redirect from Chaussé (heraldry)) In heraldry, the field (background) of a shield can be divided into more than one area, or subdivision, of different tinctures, usually following the lines... 20 KB (2,289 words) - 13:07, 8 April 2024 |
objects drawn there. The chief is one of the ordinaries in heraldry, along with the bend, chevron, fess, and pale. There are several other ordinaries... 5 KB (641 words) - 03:05, 25 December 2023 |
The lozenge in heraldry is a diamond-shaped rhombus charge (an object that can be placed on the field of the shield), usually somewhat narrower than it... 8 KB (810 words) - 06:56, 28 February 2024 |
Fess (redirect from Fess (heraldry)) In heraldry, a fess or fesse (from Middle English fesse, Old French faisse, and Latin fascia, "band") is a charge on a coat of arms (or flag) that takes... 7 KB (775 words) - 10:07, 17 January 2024 |
bend, as synonym of riband as well as the fess, as synonym of barrulet. This latter use parallels that of the cognate term filet in French heraldry,... 32 KB (2,654 words) - 11:47, 16 April 2024 |
German heraldry is the tradition and style of heraldic achievements in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, including national and civic arms, noble and... 33 KB (3,468 words) - 02:24, 14 March 2024 |
the monarchs. Charles I used the Bend between the Pillars of Hercules, External Oraments of the King-Emperor's heraldry. Francisco Franco, General and Head... 5 KB (479 words) - 21:22, 19 May 2023 |
Variation of the field (redirect from Barry (heraldry)) In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture... 31 KB (3,547 words) - 11:52, 19 September 2023 |
the pismire, is an heraldic charge in European heraldry, particularly in English and German heraldry, representing historic names for the ant. The emmet... 3 KB (263 words) - 08:51, 23 March 2024 |
Heraldry is the system of visual identification of rank and pedigree which developed in the European High Middle Ages, closely associated with the courtly... 35 KB (4,130 words) - 23:55, 8 April 2024 |
Coat of arms of the Holy See (category Catholic heraldry) bend over another in bend sinister of silver is not found with any certainty before the time of Pius II (1458–64)". In 1952–1953 the English Heraldry... 14 KB (1,718 words) - 15:55, 28 April 2024 |
Ordinaries in heraldry are sometimes embellished with stripes of colour alongside them, have lumps added to them, shown with their edges arciform instead... 14 KB (1,723 words) - 18:30, 11 March 2023 |