Terminology
Terminology
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 | White with black 'tails' |
Erminois | Gold with black 'tails' |
Ordinaries or charges:-
Chief | Fess | Pale |
Chevron | Bend | Saltire |
Cross |