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The boar's head is a common charge, and in English heraldry is traditionally shown attached to its neck. In Scottish and Welsh heraldry, however, it terminated behind the ears. In the first case, the boar's head is described as being couped or erased at the neck, while in the latter it is couped or erased close.
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White Boar badge with Richard III's motto Loyaulte me lie ("Loyalty binds me"). Richard and his son standing on boars in a contemporary heraldic roll by John Rous. The White Boar was the personal device or badge of the English King Richard III of England (1452–1485, reigned from 1483), and is an early instance of the use of boars in heraldry.
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The metals and common colours of heraldry. One system of hatching is shown at right. Tinctures are the colours, metals, and furs used in heraldry.Nine tinctures are in common use: two metals, or (gold or yellow) and argent (silver or white); the colours gules (red), azure (blue), vert (green), sable (black), and purpure (purple); and the furs ermine, which represents the winter fur of a stoat ...
[2] [3] Animal names coupled with colours, such as White Hart and Red Lion, are often heraldic. A white hart featured as a badge of King Richard II, while a red lion was a badge of John of Gaunt and the Dukes of Bedford amongst others and a blue boar of the Earls of Oxford. [4]
Boars in heraldry (1 C, 19 P) D. Dragons (6 C, 45 P) F. ... Pages in category "Heraldic beasts" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.
Boar's Head may refer to: Boar's head; Boar's head, see Boars in heraldry; Boar's Head Feast, a festival of the Christmas season; Boar's Head Inn, any of several current and former taverns in London and elsewhere Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap; Boar's Head Inn, Southwark; Boar's Head Inn, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire; Boar's Head Theatre ...