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Baton sinister is a charge used in heraldry. Image File history File links Batonsinister. ...
Image File history File links Batonsinister. ...
In heraldry, a charge is an image occupying the field on an escutcheon (or shield). ...
Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ...
Heraldic charge
It is a diminutive of the bend sinister and constitutes a narrow strip that runs from the upper right to the lower left of a coat of arms. It has been traditionally used as an indicator of an illegitimate birth in the family line. Sinister, in this case, does not have a negative connotation, it is merely a directional indicator. A blue-and-white striped bend (a bend barry wavy argent and azure), in the arms of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council In heraldry, a bend is a colored band that runs from the upper left (as seen by the viewer) corner of the shield to the lower right. ...
A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...
The baton sinister can be seen in the arms of the Duke of Grafton who is a descendant of an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England. Today, the College of Arms in England uses a bordure wavy to mark an armiger as illegitimate. The Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland uses a bordure gobony to denote the same. The title of Duke of Grafton was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for his 2nd illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland, Henry FitzRoy. ...
Charles II King of England, Scotland and Ireland Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...
The Colleges own coat of arms was granted in 1484. ...
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The Court of the Lord Lyon, also know as Lyon Court, is the institution which regulates heraldry in Scotland. ...
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Bar sinister Sir Walter Scott is credited with corrupting this phrase into the bar sinister of literature. In heraldic terms, the bar is actually a horizontal line without any sinister versions. In literature, the phrase is often used to represent bastardy in coats of arms. For the first Premier of Saskatchewan see Thomas Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott (August 14, 1771 - September 21, 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe. ...
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A Bar Sinister may also refer to a symbol commonly used in signs. These include the common "No Smoking" signs. In its modern form it is a red circle with a diagonal line through it. It prohibits the use of the symbol that is underneath it.
External links - Baton sinister in the arms of the Duke of Grafton]
- Society for Creative Anachronism
- Pembley's Dictionary of Heraldry
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