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Encyclopedia > Sable (heraldry)
Heraldry Tinctures

In heraldry, sable is the tincture with the colour black. Table of tinctures and hatchings (created by Montrealais and released under GNU FDL) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Table of tinctures and hatchings (created by Montrealais and released under GNU FDL) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ...


The name derives from the black fur of the sable. Binomial name Martes zibellina The sable, a small quadruped, closely akin to the martens, and known by the zoological names of Martes zibellina or Mustela zibellina, originated in Siberia and has achieved fame for its fur. ...

The Heraldry Series

Crest | Compartment | Field | Line | Mantling | Shield | Supporters | Tincture Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ... In heraldry, a crest is a component of a coat of arms. ... In heraldry, a compartment is a design placed under the shield, usually rocks, a grassy mount, or some sort of other landscape upon which the supporters are depicted as standing (a compartment without supporters is possible but practically unknown, with the exception of South Australia[1]). It is sometimes said... In heraldry the background of the shield is called the field . ... A chief enarched indented throughout in the arms of Sawbridgeworth A fess wavy in the arms of Welwyn Hatfield A chief embattled in the arms of Letchworth The lines used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry are by default straight, but may have many different shapes. ... In heraldry, mantling is drapery depicted tied to the helmet above the shield. ... In heraldry, the shield is the principal portion of a heraldic achievement or coat of arms. ... In heraldry, supporters are figures placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ...

Argent | Azure | Carnation | Celeste | Cendrée | Gules | Murrey | Or | Purpure | Sable | Sanguine | Tenné | Vert For the rock band, see Argent (band). ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ... In heraldry, carnation is a tincture, the colour of European human skin (i. ... For other uses, see Sky (disambiguation). ... The word gray is also spelled grey: see Grey for topics with this spelling. ... Red is a color at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Species Morus alba - White Mulberry Morus australis - Chinese Mulberry Morus indica - Indian Mulberry Morus microphylla - Texas Mulberry Morus nigra - Black Mulberry Morus rubra - Red Mulberry Morus serrata - Himalayan Mulberry For other meanings, see Mulberry (disambiguation). ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... Heraldry Tinctures In heraldry, Purpure is a tincture, more or less the equivalent of the colour purple. It is one of the five dark tinctures and portrayed in black and white by lines at a clockwise 45 degree angle. ... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... Categories: Stub | Colors ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Green Green is a colour seen commonly in nature. ...

Bend | Chevron | Chief | Cross | Fess | Fillet | Flaunch | Pall | Pale | Quarter | Saltire 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. ... This page is about the pattern or symbol called a chevron. ... A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars intersecting each other at a 90° angle, dividing one or two of the lines in half. ... A fess is a term used in heraldry to describe a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running from the left to the right side of the shield, centered from top to bottom. ... Flaunches, in the arms of the town of Harlow A flaunch, in heraldry, is (arguably) an ordinary, one of two (as the flaunch is never borne singly) semicircles protruding into the field from the sides of the shield. ... A pall is a Y shaped heraldic charge. ... The Pale or the English Pale comprised a region in a radius of 20 miles around Dublin which the English in Ireland gradually fortified against incursion from Gaelic Ireland. ... The arms of St Albans: a gold saltire on a blue field A saltire is an X-shaped figure in heraldry. ...


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Andrew Harcla Andrew Harcla, the march-warden, whom Edward II made an earl and executed as a traitor, bore the arms of St. George with a martlet sable in the quarter.
Heraldry, Esquire Esquire's sidelong helmet, with visor shut.
Vair Vair is one of the furs in heraldry composed of several silver and blue pieces representing little shields.
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