Typically in British heraldry, the outer surface of the mantling is of the principal color in the shield and the inner surface is of the principal metal, though peers in the United Kingdom use standard colourings regardless of rank or the colourings of their arms.

The crest is rarely used separately as in British heraldry, but can sometimes serve as a mark of difference between different branches of a family.

Portuguese and Spanish heraldry occasionally introduce words to the shield of arms, a practice disallowed in British heraldry.

In 1976 William Howard Bennett, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, published Symbols of Our Celto-Saxon Heritage with the aim of establishing what he believed were the Israelite origind of British heraldry.

Today, only the British Monarchy and Tongan Monarchy continue this tradition as the only remaining anointed and crowned monarchs, though many monarchies retain a crown as a national symbol in heraldry.

Lindworm ( cognate with Old Norse linnormr ' constrictor snake ', Norwegian linnorm ' dragon ', Swedish, lindorm, Danish, lindorm ' serpent ', German Lindwurm ' dragon ') in British heraldry, is a technical term for a wingless bipedal dragon often with a venomous bite.

In modern Scandinavian languages, the cognate lindorm can refer to any ' serpent ' or monstrous snake, but in Norwegian heraldry, it is also a technical term for a ' seaserpent ' ( sjøorm ), although it may also stand for a ' lindworm ' in British heraldry.

Lindworm < BR > ( wingless bipedal dragon ) in British heraldry

The heralds are appointed by the British Sovereign and are delegated authority to act on her behalf in all matters of heraldry, the granting of new coats of arms, genealogical research and the recording of pedigrees.

In British heraldry, the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense is used either as a stand alone motto upon a motto scroll, or upon a circular representation of the garter.

In addition to bleu celeste, there is also an apparently unique example in British heraldry of the use of " light blue " in the Municipal Borough of Barnes, through which the Oxford versus Cambridge boat race passes on the Thames.

Considering the highly religious nature of the Holy Roman Empire, one can say that, except for the short-lived Napoleonic states, no continental secular system of heraldry historically was so neatly regulated as under the British crown.

Woodward's a treatise on heraldry, British and foreign.

The right-hand column shows the brisures used in Canadian heraldry for daughters. The marks are usually very much smaller than shown, and the fourth son's cadency mark is not the continental merlette but the British Isles martlet In heraldry, cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family.

Woodward's a treatise on heraldry, British and foreign.

Sable is considered a colour in British and French heraldry, and contrasts with lighter metals, argent and Or.

Roundels in British heraldry have different names depending on their tincture.

While at Oxford, he was one of the original subscribers to John Woodward and George Burnett's Treatise on Heraldry British and Foreign ( 1892 ), and he had a lifelong interest in heraldry.

As well as being used in royal heraldry, the badge is sometimes used to symbolise Wales, particularly in Welsh rugby union and rugby league ; however, its use as such is controversial and rejected by some Welsh nationalists as a symbol of the British monarchy rather than of Wales.

The following heraldry information pertains to the British Carey line whose origins stem from Normandy.

Trevelyan accepts Italian nationalism with little analysis, he is unduly critical of papal and French policy, and he is more than generous in assessing British policy.

But since last fall the United States has been moving toward a pro-neutralist position and now is ready to back the British plan for a cease-fire patrolled by outside observers and followed by a conference of interested powers.

After all, it goes back to the days in which sedition was not un-American, the days in which the Sons of St. Tammany conspired to overthrow the government by force and violence -- the British government, that is.

British common sense is proverbial.

The present attempts of the politicians to contaminate ordinary Britons shows that this British common sense is unwilling to pull somebody else's chestnuts out of the fire by new military adventures ''.

The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.

The fact is that the Italians, French and British know that they have no defense against nuclear bombs.

Just because Cheddi Jagan, new boss of British Guiana, was educated in the United States is no reason to think he isn't a Red.

Likewise, and equally fascinating, is the news that such unlikely synonyms as `` pratakku '', `` sweathruna '', and the tongue-twister `` nnuolapertar-it-vuh-karti-birifw- '' all originated in the same village in Bathar-on-Walli Province and are all used to express sentiments concerning British `` imperialism ''.

It is a British bomb.

`` It is a British Austin, the smallest they make ''.

Productivity of U.S. miners is twice that of the British.

The British coal industry is unprofitable, has large coal stocks it can't sell.

The second feature, `` The Price Of Silence '', is a British detective story that will talk your head off.

Songs from China and Japan were reserved exclusively for Miss Mao, who is a native of China, and those of the British Isles were sung by Mr. Fuller, who is English by birth.

A woman who undergoes artificial insemination against the wishes of her husband is the unlikely heroine of `` A Question Of Adultery '', yesterday's new British import at the Apollo.

She is just home from a sojourn in London where she has become the sweetheart of a young fellow named Ronnie ( we never do see him ) and has been subjected to a first course in thinking and appreciating, including a dose of good British socialism.

Despite a too long sustained declamatory flight, this final speech is convincing, and we see why British audiences apparently were impressed by `` Roots ''.

WBAI is on the right track: in the sound medium there has been excessive emphasis on music and news and there could and should be a place for theatre, as the Canadian and British Broadcasting Corporations continue to demonstrate.

Anthropology in Greece and Portugal is greatly influenced by British anthropology.

An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court or court of appeals ( American English ) or appeal court ( British English ), is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal.

By the Naturalisation Act 1870, it was made possible for British subjects to renounce their nationality and allegiance, and the ways in which that nationality is lost are defined.