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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 ...
In Scottish heraldry, charges are sometimes blazoned as counterchanged of different colours from the field – for instance, per fess gules and azure, a sun in splendour counterchanged or and of the first. A more typical blazon for this would be per fess gules and azure, a sun in splendour per fess or and of the first.
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Crosses in heraldry. A number of cross symbols were developed for the purpose of the emerging system of heraldry, which appeared in Western Europe in about 1200. This tradition is partly in the use of the Christian cross an emblem from the 11th century, and increasingly during the age of the Crusades.
In Cornish heraldry the arms granted to the Hockin family are Per fesse wavy gules and azure, in chief a lion passant gardant or beneath the feet a musket lying fesswise proper the base semy of fleurs-de-lis confusedly dispersed of the third, alluding to an incident in which the Cornish soldier Thomas Hockin caused the French to scatter.
May 17, 2022 · Argent and gules in heraldry. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Deutsch: Rot und Silber ( rot und weiß in der Heraldik) ·. English: Gules and Argent ( red and white in heraldry) ·. Español: gules y argén o plata ( rojo y blanco en heráldica) ·. Esperanto: gorĝo kaj arĝento ( ruĝo kaj blanko en heraldiko)
In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by the chief, ranging from one-fourth to one-third. The former is more likely if the chief is uncharged, that is, if it does not ...
