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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.
Argent, on a cross gules, cottised azure, five coronets erablé or; in the first quarter, a cross saltire gules, cottised interlaced azure, cantoned by four lozenges sable, the fourth quarter semy of lozenges sable. Another example
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.
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.
Example of a standard pile, issuant from the chief, blazoned: Gules, a pile argent. In heraldry, a pile is a charge usually counted as one of the ordinaries (figures bounded by straight lines and occupying a definite portion of the shield). It consists of a wedge emerging from the upper edge of the shield and converging to a point near the base.
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 ...
In 1976, [6] the coat of arms was extended with the addition of a crest, a torse of red and white, topped with roses of the same colours rising from which is a female figure, holding a Cross, which can be blazoned On a Wreath of the Colours issuant from a Chaplet of Roses alternately Gules and Argent a Female Figure habited Azure and Veiled ...
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