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Heavenly body. Jupiter. Jewel. Sapphire. Virtue. Loyalty. In heraldry, azure ( / ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər / AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also / ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər / AZ-ure, AY-zure) [1] [2] [3] is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours".
In heraldry, azure ( / ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər / AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also / ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər / AZ-ure, AY-zure) is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else is marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation.
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Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. [1] [2] Armory, the best-known branch of heraldry, concerns the design and transmission of the heraldic achievement.
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 of the most important aspects of heraldic art and design.
In heraldry, gules (/ ˈ ɡ juː l z /) is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). Gules is portrayed in heraldic hatching by vertical lines, or indicated by the abbreviation g. or gu. when a coat of arms is ...
Hatching (sometimes called hachure, from the French word) is a conventional system for monochrome denotation of heraldic armory, whereby the tinctures (colours) are represented by dots and lines.
