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Argent a cross gules quarterly pierced nine crosses crosslet, three, three, and three counterchanged (the first quarter ermine for distinction) (Mary Ann Harvey Bonnell 1841) The cross voided (also une fausse croix ) has the same tincture of the field with only a narrow border outlining the limbs.
Rompu" should be distinguished from "fracted". The arms of the Roossenekal Local Area Committee are Per chevron Gules and Azure, a chevron fracted and embattled to chief Or, between in chief a rose Argent, barbed and seeded, and in base a cross fleuretty, Or. The form of the "fracting" can be specified.
The term gules derives from the Middle English goules, which itself is an Old French word meaning "neckpiece made of red fur". Goules is derived from the Old French gole or guele, both of which mean "throat", which are ultimately derived from the Latin gula, also meaning "throat". Gules is similar to the English word gullet.
voided—Town of Lacombe: Or a cross Gules voided throughout of the field between in the first quarter a Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) volant bendwise Azure, in the second an open book Argent bound Azure, in the third a cross flory Azure voided of the field and charged with a cross couped Gules, and in the fourth two bendlets and two ...
Arms: Argent a cross gules, in the first quarter a sword in pale point upwards of the last. Crest: On a wreath argent and gules a dragon's sinister wing argent charged on the underside with a cross throughout gules. Supporters: On either side a dragon argent charged on the undersides of the wings with a cross throughout gules.
Paly of six argent and gules, on a chief of the first a lion passant sable: Bratton Clovelly: Lante [ag] Per pale argent and gules, a cross engrailed counterchanged: Exeter: Larder Argent, three piles sable each charged with as many bezants: Upton Pyne: Leach Ermine, on a chief engrailed gules three ducal coronets or
Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron Argent between two bears' heads couped Argent muzzled Gules in chief and a fleece Argent in base a roebuck's head erased between two hands grasping daggers the points turned towards the buck's head all Proper. Crest: A dexter arm couped at the elbow Proper the hand grasping a pair of balances Or.
London: On a wreath Argent and Gules, a dragon's sinister wing Argent charged on the underside with a cross throughout Gules. Bristol: On a wreath Or and Gules issuant from clouds two Arms embowed and interlaced in saltire Proper the dexter hand holding a serpent Vert and the sinister holding a pair of scales Or. Mottoes: London: Domine Dirige Nos