ROC Heraldry

What is point J?

Honor Point

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Per Saltier

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Per Pall

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Per Pall Reversed

What is the following varied field?

Bendy

What is the following varied field?

Paly

According to the rule of tincture: The rule does not apply to _____

bordures, nor to a charge that surmounts both the field and another charge.

Objects in a horizontal line across the middle are said to be:

in fess

What is the default position of three similar charges?

Two and one

When therea re more than 3 charges, their disposition must be _____

must be specified in the blazon (Example: 10 bezants, four, four and three)

When animals or monsters are the charges ______, indeed the effect is enhanced if they vary in size an outline.

no harm is done

The term seme', semy, sown with, or powered is used to describe:

an indeterminate number of small objects usually distributed equally over the surface of he field, ordinary, or charge.

What is the following dividing line?

Dancett'e

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Nebuly

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Potent'e

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Raguly

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Indented

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Bard-Gemells

Terms of Heraldry: What is Arms?

A heraldic device found upon a shield belonging to an individual, social group, or organization that uniquely identifies its owner

Terms of Heraldry: What is a coat of arms?

The entire achievement of a person's or group's heraldic device.

This includes any helmet, mantling, mottos, or supporters that

have been registered with the Arms.

Terms of Heraldry: What is the default?

The location, placement, colour, and etc. that is used if no specific

information is supplied.

Terms of Heraldry: What is diapering?

Enrichments to the field of a shield or to a charge. Purely ornamental, and usually geometric in form.

Terms of Heraldry: What are ordinaries?

Treatments of the lines that are used to divide the field of a shield, or how the edges of an ordinary are displayed.

Terms of Heraldry: What does Sem'e mean?

Sprinkled or strewn with an indiscriminant number of smaller charges.

Terms of Heraldry: What are sub-ordinaries?

Simple geometric forms such as a Bourder, or an Orle, etc. that are used on a shield

Terms of Heraldry: What is vair?

A heraldic representation of squirrel furs.

What is point E?

Fess Point

What is point F?

SInister

What is point G?

Dexter Base

What is point H?

Center base

What is point I?

Sinister Base?

What is point K?

Nombril point

What is the following division?

Per Fess

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Per Quarter

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Per Cheveron

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Per Bend

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Per Bend Sinister

What is the following varied field?

Barry

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Chequy

What is the following varied field?

Lozengy

What is the metal tincture gold called?

Or (represented by yellow)

What is the metal tincture silver called?

Argent (represented by white)

What is the colour red called?

Gules

What is the color blue called?

Azure

What is the colour green called?

Vert

What is the colour purple called?

Purpure

What is the colour black called?

Sable

According to the rule of tincture: Colours are not to be placed on ______

colours

According to the rule of tincture: Metals are not to be placed on _____

metals

According to the rule of tincture: the exception to the previous rules is ____

a party field of metal and colour can have placed upon it a charge of another metal or colour, provided the charge rests on the field as a whole.

Objects across the top of the top of the shield would be blazoned as:

in chief

The term seme', semy, sown with, or powdered is used to describe

an indeterminate number of small objects usually distributed equally over the surface of he field, ordinary, or charge.

Counting is read from

Chief to base

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Dovetailed

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Embattled

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Engrailed

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Invected

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Rayonn'e

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Wavy

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Fleury-Counter-Fleury

What ordinary is this?

Bend

What ordinary is this?

Cross

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Chevron

What ordinary is this?

Saltier

What ordinary is this?

Pile

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Bars

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Bendlets

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Chevronels

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Pallets

Terms of Heraldry: What is the Base?

The bottom portion of a shield.

Terms of Heraldry: What is the Blazon?

The verbal or written description of Arm or heraldic device

Terms of Heraldry: What is a Bordure

A broad band surrounding a shield

Terms of Heraldry: What is a Charge?

An animal, beast, monster, symbol, etc. found on a shield or device. Can be an ordinary or sub-ordinary.

Terms of Heraldry: What is the chief?

When used in reference to a location on a shield, it refers to the top

part of the shield. It can also be a broad band across the top of a shield.

Terms of Heraldry: What are colours?

Specific tinctures used in heraldry

Terms of Heraldry: What is a device?

For our purposes the terms device, shield, Arms, are interchangeable.

Terms of Heraldry: What are diminutives?

Smaller versions (usually thinner) of ordinaries.

Terms of Heraldry: What is an emblazon?

The pictorial representation of Arms or heraldic device.

Terms of Heraldry: What are lines of partition?

Treatments of the lines that are used to divide the field of a shield, or how the edges of an ordinary are displayed.

Terms of Heraldry: What side is sinister?

The left side of the shield as viewed by the bearer.

Terms of Heraldry: What are tinctures?

The colours used in heraldry.

What is point A?

Dexter chief

What is point B?

Center Chief

What is point C?

Sinister Chief

What is point D?

Dexter

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Borduer

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Escutcheon

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Orel

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Tressure

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Flaunches

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Canton

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Gyron

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Lozenge

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Fusil

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Mascle

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Rustre

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Fret

What is the following sub ordinary?

Fretty