In heraldry, vert is the name of a tincture, more or less the equivalent of the colour "green". It is one of the five dark tinctures (colours). Vert is portrayed in black and white engravings by lines at a counter-clockwise 45 degree angle, or else is indicated by the use of vt. as an abbreviation. Image File history File links Trick_vert. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms (also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms). Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields. ... In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to blazon a coat of arms. ... Look up green in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ...

Though the English term comes from the French word vert (green), in French heraldry this tincture has been referred to as sinople since at least 1415. In Old French, and in the earlier texts, vert meant "green" while sinople was a "red" color named for the mineral paint from which it acquired its name. It is not clear why the meaning of the word changed in French. Look up green in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sinople, also called vert, is a green or dark green color, usually in the context of heraldry. ...

The colour vert has been adopted as a symbol of the Muslim faith and is one of the Pan-Arab colors. As a result, many Islamic countries have a national flag containing a green stripe or have a flag with a green background. Vert is also common among the national flags of African countries; green is one of the Pan-African colours. Other countries have used the colour vert in their flags to represent the "greenness" of their lands and abundance of their nation. A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ... Red, black, and white, sometimes with green, are the Pan-Arab colors and have their origins in the flag of the Arab Revolt. ... Islām is described as a dīn, meaning way of life and/or guidance. Six articles of belief There are six basic beliefs shared by all Muslims: 1. ... A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... The flag of Ethiopia uses three colours: red, yellow and green. ...

The shortest blazon in the English language is "Vert", which is the blazon of both the coat of arms and flag of Libya.

See also

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• Sinople

Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary logo Wiktionary is a sister project to Wikipedia intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Sinople, also called vert, is a green or dark green color, usually in the context of heraldry. ...

References

• Brault, Gerard J. (1997). Early Blazon: Heraldic Terminology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, (2nd ed.). Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-711-4.