roundel is a circular charge in heraldry. Roundels are among the oldest charges used in coats of arms, dating from the start of the age of heraldry in...
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A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military...
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up roundel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. General meanings of Roundel include: Roundel, a circular symbol used in heraldry: Roundel (heraldry) used...
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Fountain or syke is in the terminology of heraldry a roundel depicted as a roundel barry wavy argent and azure, that is, containing alternating horizontal...
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the roundel commonly used for arms granted to Aboriginal Canadians by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, or the Nguni shield used in African heraldry (likewise...
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In heraldry, an annulet (i.e. "little ring") is a common charge, which can be described as a roundel that has been "voided" (i.e. with its centre cut...
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Roman deity Sol Invictus (Unconquered Sun). It is a common charge in the heraldry of many countries, regions and cities: e.g. the bearings of Armstrong family...
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In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). That may be a geometric design (sometimes called an ordinary)...
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Winged wheel (section Use in heraldry)
and, after a merger, formed the basis of the modern London Underground roundel. According to Eugène Goblet d'Alviella, the winged wheel is distinct from...
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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...
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Sanguine (/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/) is a stain, or non-standard tincture in heraldry, of a blood-red colour. In the past it was sometimes taken to be equivalent to murrey...
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names, e.g. a roundel or is called a bezant and a roundel azure is called a hurt. French heraldry solely distinguishes besants (roundels of a metal tincture)...
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Heart symbol (redirect from Heart (heraldry))
IAMM". "Roundel with radiating palmettes | Sasanian | Sasanian". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-10-21. Fragments of stucco roundels in situ...
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Coat of arms of Yukon (category Canadian heraldry stubs)
the territory's rivers. The red cross in chief represents England. The roundel surmounting it is in a pattern called vair (i.e. squirrel fur), representing...
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Davis. In November 2008, the Heraldry Society of New Zealand adopted an heraldic badge, the blazon of which is: On a roundel Vert, a lion sejant affronty...
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coup d'état, from the Spanish term golpe de estado. In heraldry, golpe is a purple (purpure) roundel. This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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Swedish heraldry encompasses heraldic achievements in modern and historic Sweden. Swedish heraldic style is consistent with the German-Nordic heraldic...
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In heraldry, orange is a tincture, rarely used other than in Catalan, South African, French municipal and American military heraldry. As a colour, Orange...
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refer to: Pomme (singer), a French singer Pomme, a green (vert) roundel in heraldry Apple Pomme de terre, Potato Pomme patates, French fries Pommes fondant...
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In heraldry, a pile is a charge usually counted as one of the ordinaries (figures bounded by straight lines and occupying a definite portion of the shield)...
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In heraldry, an orle is a subordinary consisting of a narrow band occupying the inward half of where a bordure would be, following the exact outline of...
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Variation of the field (redirect from Barry (heraldry))
In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture...
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The lines in heraldry used to divide and vary fields and charges are by default straight, but may have many different shapes. Care must be taken to distinguish...
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Cross pattée (category Crosses in heraldry)
Morgan Library. An early English example from the start of the age of heraldry proper (i.e. about 1200) is found in the arms of Baron Berkeley. The word...
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arms on a roundel rather than a shield, a reference to a drumhead; an example is the coat of arms of Nunavut. In many systems of heraldry, the arms of...
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charged with six ears of wheat proper(three manifest), dependent therefrom a Roundel per bend wavy Or and Azure charged with a Cross pommy Gules entwined by...
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Bezantée (category Heraldry stubs)
Norman period. In heraldry the word is shorthand for semé of bezants, i.e. strewn (literally "seeded") with bezants. A bezant is a roundel whose tincture...
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Goutte (category Heraldry stubs)
goutte came to be used individually in heraldry as a charge in its own right. Tincture (heraldry) Roundel (heraldry) Burke, Bernard (1884). "Glossary: The...
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United States military aircraft national insignia (redirect from USAF roundel)
aviation units added an American eagle atop the roundel and a fouled anchor superimposed behind the roundel, mimicking the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem...
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Portuguese heraldry encompasses the modern and historic traditions of heraldry in Portugal and the Portuguese Empire. Portuguese heraldry is part of the...
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