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2. Escutcheon (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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   In heraldry, an escutcheon (/ ɪ ˈ s k ʌ tʃ ən /) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed. In the second sense, an escutcheon can itself be a charge within a coat of arms.

3. Charge (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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   These include the escutcheon or inescutcheon, lozenge, fusil, mascle, rustre, billet, roundel, fountain, and annulet. The escutcheon is a small shield. If borne singly in the centre of the main shield, it is sometimes called an inescutcheon, and is usually employed to combine multiple coats. It is customarily the same shape as the shield it is ...

4. Dexter and sinister - Wikipedia

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   Dexter and sinister are terms used in heraldry to refer to specific locations in an escutcheon bearing a coat of arms, and to the other elements of an achievement. Dexter (Latin for 'right') [1] indicates the right-hand side of the shield, as regarded by the bearer, i.e. the bearer's proper right, and to the left as seen by the viewer.

5. Ordinary (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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   Bordure: the boundary of the shield; often used for cadency; Pile: downward pointing triangle, issuing from the top of the shield; Pall or Pairle: a Y-shape A variant is the shakefork: a pall cut short of the margins, with pointed ends. It is frequent in Scotland, owing to its prominence in the armoury of Clan Cunningham.

6. Blazon - Wikipedia

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   If the shield is divided, the division is described, followed by the tinctures of the subfields, beginning with the dexter side (shield bearer's right, but viewer's left) of the chief (upper) edge; e.g. Party per pale argent and vert (dexter half silver, sinister half green), or Quarterly argent and gules (clockwise from viewer's top left, i.e ...

7. Coat of arms of Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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   In the coat of arms of Amsterdam, the field of the escutcheon (heraldic shield) is red. The field is charged with three vertically ordered silver or white Saint Andrew's Crosses on top of a black pale. The field and the pale result in three vertical bands in the colours red and black.

8. Mexican heraldry - Wikipedia

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   This includes a stylized description of the escutcheon (shield), the crest, and, if present, supporters, mottoes, and other insignia. Certain rules apply, such as the rule of tincture, and a thorough understanding of these rules is a key to the art of heraldry. This system was adapted to Mexican society by incorporating flora and fauna native ...

9. Coat of arms of Dęblin - Wikipedia

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   It consisted of an Iberian-style escutcheon (shield). The top portion of the shield, which had the height of 2/3 of the coat of arms, consisted a square field depicting a Air Force checkerboard, the military aircraft insignia of the Polish Air Force. It consisted of four equal squares, of which the upper left and lower right were red, and the ...