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The lozenge in heraldry is a diamond-shaped rhombus charge (an object that can be placed on the field of the shield), usually somewhat narrower than it is tall. It is to be distinguished in modern heraldry from the fusil , which is like the lozenge but narrower, though the distinction has not always been as fine and is not always observed even ...
[9] [10] Male (shield-shaped) and female (lozenge-shaped) coats of arms in relief in Southwark, London. In English heraldry, the lozenge has been used by women since the 13th century [11] for the display of their coats of arms instead of the escutcheon or shield, which are associated with warfare. In this case the lozenge is shown without crest ...
Daughters have no special brisures, and normally use their father's arms on a lozenge, which includes any marks of cadency their father may use. This is because English heraldry has no requirement that women's arms be unique. Upon marriage, they impale their father's arms to the sinister with those of their husband to the dexter.
In Scots heraldry the escutcheon en surtout serves several different purposes. This all comes under the heading of marshalling. Lozenge: a rhombus with its long axis upright, resembling the diamond of playing-cards. Fusil: a thin lozenge; very much taller than it is wide. Mascle: a voided lozenge (i.e. with a largish lozenge shaped hole)
Ecclesiastical heraldry differs notably from other heraldry in the use of special insignia around the shield to indicate rank in a church or denomination. The most prominent of these insignia is the low crowned, wide brimmed ecclesiastical hat, commonly the Roman galero .
The mascle: A lozenge voided (i.e. with a lozenge-shaped hole). The rustre : A lozenge pierced ( i.e. with a round hole). The billet is a rectangle, usually at least twice as tall as it is wide; it may represent a block of wood or a sheet of paper.
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A lozenge (/ ˈ l ɒ z ɪ n dʒ / [1] LOZ-inj; symbol: ), often referred to as a diamond, is a form of rhombus. The definition of lozenge is not strictly fixed, and the word is sometimes used simply as a synonym (from Old French losenge) for rhombus.