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The above image is blazoned as follows: | The above image is blazoned as follows: | ||
* heraldic blazon: Quarterly Or and argent, on a cross quarterly gules and azure a lion's face gold; on a chief per pale of the fourth and third a pair of scales of the first. | * heraldic blazon: Quarterly Or and argent, on a cross quarterly gules and azure a lion's face gold; on a chief per pale of the fourth and third a pair of scales of the first. | ||
** modern language : The shield is divided into four quarters, the first and fourth gold and the second and third silver. Over these quarters a cross has been placed, which is also divided into four quarters, of red and blue. On the cross a golden lion's face has been placed. The upper part of the shield is a separate section vertically divided in blue and red, with a golden pair of scales placed on it. | ** modern language: The shield is divided into four quarters, the first and fourth gold and the second and third silver. Over these quarters a cross has been placed, which is also divided into four quarters, of red and blue. On the cross a golden lion's face has been placed. The upper part of the shield is a separate section vertically divided in blue and red, with a golden pair of scales placed on it. | ||
* Crest: On a wreath Or, gules, azure, argent, gules, azure, A demi figure representing St. Dunstan, nimbed, habited and mitred as a bishop, his dexter hand raised in benediction and his sinister hand resting upon a covered cup all Or. Mantled parted gules and azure, doubled Or and argent. | * Crest: On a wreath Or, gules, azure, argent, gules, azure, A demi figure representing St. Dunstan, nimbed, habited and mitred as a bishop, his dexter hand raised in benediction and his sinister hand resting upon a covered cup all Or. Mantled parted gules and azure, doubled Or and argent. | ||
** On a non described helmet (!) a wreath of the colours gold, red, blue, silver, red and blue is placed with gold and blue mantling on the outside and gold and silver on the inside. From the wreath a golden bust of St. Dunstan is rising, shown as a bishop with a nimbus or halo around his head, his right hand up and his left hand on a covered cup. | ** On a non described helmet (!) a wreath of the colours gold, red, blue, silver, red and blue is placed with gold and blue mantling on the outside and gold and silver on the inside. From the wreath a golden bust of St. Dunstan is rising, shown as a bishop with a nimbus or halo around his head, his right hand up and his left hand on a covered cup. | ||
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The glossary can be used of course to look up individual heraldic terms or charges. As many of the arms on the Heraldry of the World site are included in the examples, it can also be used to look for a specific unknown coat of arms. | The glossary can be used of course to look up individual heraldic terms or charges. As many of the arms on the Heraldry of the World site are included in the examples, it can also be used to look for a specific unknown coat of arms. | ||
The glossary and index has thousands of terms and charges and is divided in the following sub-sections | The glossary and index has thousands of terms and charges and is divided in the following sub-sections, starting with the shield (part 1), then the shield divisions (part 2) and the charges (part 3-24). These are divided in heraldic and geometrical charges (parts 3 and 4, such as crosses, squares etc) and a whole series of other charges by category (5-24). Then there are sections on the other items around the shield (25-28), followed by terminology to describe arms (29), rules (30) and others (31). | ||
* [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 1 : The shield|Part 1 : The Shield]] | * [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 1 : The shield|Part 1 : The Shield]] (including colours and furs) | ||
* [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 2 : Divisions of the Shield|Part 2 : Divisions of the Shield]] | * [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 2 : Divisions of the Shield|Part 2 : Divisions of the Shield]] | ||
* [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 3 : Ordinaries|Part 3 : Ordinaries]] | * [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 3 : Ordinaries|Part 3 : Ordinaries]] | ||
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* [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 30 : Rules|Part 30 : Rules]] | * [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 30 : Rules|Part 30 : Rules]] | ||
* [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 31 : Other aspects|Part 31 : Other aspects]] | * [[Heraldic Glossary - Part 31 : Other aspects|Part 31 : Other aspects]] | ||
==By language== | ==By language== | ||
* [[:Category:Glossary|English]] | * [[:Category:Glossary|English]] | ||
* [[:Category:Glossar|Deutsch]] | * [[:Category:Glossar|Deutsch]] | ||
* [[:Category:Glosario|Español]] | |||
* [[:Category:Glossaire|Français]] | |||
* [[:Category:Glossario|Italiano]] | |||
* [[:Category:Heraldische woordenlijst|Nederlands]] | |||