Term |
Description |
Argent (tincture) |
Silver or white, expressed by the shield being plain |
Azure (tincture) |
Bright blue, depicted by horozontal lines |
Counter-vair (fur) |
Differs from "vair" by having the bells or arranged base against base, and point against point |
Ermine (fur) |
A white field with black spots |
Ermines (fur) |
A black field with white spots |
Erminois (fur) |
A gold field with black spots |
Gules (tincture) |
Red, depicted by penpendicular lines |
Or (tincture) |
Gold, know uncolored drawing and engravimgs by dots or points |
Pean (fur) |
A black field with gold spots |
Poten, Counter Poten |
Is composed of figures like crutches' heads |
Purpure (tincture) |
Purple, depicted by lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base |
Sable (tincture) |
Black, depicted by cross lines, horizontal and perpendicular |
Sanguine (tincture) |
A dark red color. It is represented in engraving by diagonal lines crossing each other |
Tenne (tincture) |
A tincture of a bright brown, which is considered to represent orange color. This color is almost unknown in English heraldry. In engraving it is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, traversed by horizontal ones |
Vair (fur) |
Composed originally of pieces of fur, but now silver and blue, cut to resemble the flower of the campanula, and opposed to each other in rows; when of difference tinctures, they are specified and described vairé |
Vert (tincture) |
Green, depicted by lines from the dexter chief to the sinister base |