Heraldry uses a specific language which allows for a clear verbal description which those with heraldic knowledge anywhere in the world will be able to interpret into a pictorial version. It is this verbal description, or blazon, which determines the design of the Arms and in Volume 1 of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland there are very few pictorial renderings of blazons.
Glossary
Colours or metals:-
| Title |
Description |
| Or |
Gold or Yellow |
| Argent |
Silver or White |
| Gules |
Red |
| Azure |
Blue |
| Sable |
Black |
| Vert |
Green |
| Purpure |
Purple |
|
Ermine
Erminois
|
White with black 'tails'
Gold with black 'tails'
|
Ordinaries or charges:-
