The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Or, a saltire gules, on a chief of the last a martlet of the field.

Unlike seals and other general emblems, heraldic achievements have a formal description called a blazon, expressed in a jargon that allows for consistency in heraldic depictions.

" As the designers recognized, this is a technically incorrect blazon under traditional English heraldic rules, since in English practice a vertically striped shield would be described as " paly ", not " paleways ", and it could not be striped of an uneven number.

Barton also wrote a more properly heraldic blazon.

Combined with the heraldic tradition of artistic freedom so long as the particulars of the blazon are followed, a wide variety of official and unofficial emblazonments appeared, especially in the first hundred years.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the Keppel family is: Gules, three escallops argent.

The Flag of England is the St George's Cross ( heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules ).

The decorative flourish which was often placed by heraldic artists under the feet, hooves or paws of supporters, chiefly in the 19th century, was disparagingly known by some as the " gas bracket ," although this term never had any official currency ; the only case in which something similar was ever actually mentioned in the blazon was the " arabesque " vert on which the whale supporters of Zaanstad, Noord Holland, the Netherlands, balance.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the Earldom is: Per pale argent and sable a chevron and in base a crescent all counterchanged, on a canton azure a harp or stringed argent.

The official blazon, or heraldic description is contained in the Royal Warrant, and reads: For Arms: Argent on a base wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent a Black Swan naiant proper.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the dukedom is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th gules, three cinquefoils pierced ermine ( for Hamilton ); 2nd and 3rd argent, an ancient ship or lymphad, with one mast, the sail furled and oars out sable ( for Arran ).

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the dukedom is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th gyronny of eight or and sable ( for Campbell ); 2nd and 3rd argent, a lymphad, sails furled, flags and pennants flying gules, and oars in action sable ( for Lorne ).

The blazon or heraldic description is as follows:

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the dukedom is: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure three fleurs-de-lys or ( for France ); 2nd and 3rd, gules three lions passant guardant in pale or ( for England ), all within a bordure compony argent and azure.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Or, two chevronels invected gules between two shepherds crooks in chief and in base a castle triple towered and with flags flying sable.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the Russell dukedom is: Argent, a lion rampant gules ; on a chief sable, three escallops of the first.

Landscape fields are regarded by many heralds as unheraldic and debased, as they defy the heraldic ideal of simple, boldly coloured images and cannot be consistently drawn from blazon.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the marquessate is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, barry of ten or and sable ( for Boteville ); 2nd and 3rd, argent a lion rampant with tail nowed and erected gules ( for Thynne ).

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the marquessate is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, or a saltire and chief gules on a canton argent a lion rampant azure ( for Bruce ); 2nd and 3rd, argent a chevron gules between three chapeaux to the sinister azure ( for Brudenell ).

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the Marquesses of Abergavenny is: Gules, a saltire argent charged with a rose of the field ( barbed and seeded proper ).

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the earldom is: Argent, a lion passant guardant gules crowned with an imperial crown and collared with an open one proper.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the viscountcy is: Azure a crescent between three mullets argent.

The blazon ( official heraldic description ) for the arms reads as follows:

A third option is to have the players portray Corwin's children, in an Amber-like city built around Corwin's pattern ; this is sometimes called an " Argent " game, since one of Corwin's heraldic colours is Silver.

The gallery of the church is decorated with the heraldic crests of prominent local families and is reputed to be constructed of timbers from ships captured during the defeat of the Spanish Armada, although this has not been categorically substantiated.

The Dalhousie seal is based on the heraldic achievement of the Clan Ramsay of Scotland, largely because the founder of the university, the George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie was the head of the clan.

The heraldic description given by the EU is: " On an azure field a circle of twelve golden mullets, their points not touching.

To most, though, heraldry is the practice of designing, displaying, describing, and recording coats of arms and heraldic badges.

In general, the shape of the shield employed in a coat of arms is irrelevant, because the fashion for the shield-shapes employed in heraldic art has changed through the centuries.

A charge is any object or figure placed on a heraldic shield or on any other object of an armorial composition.

In Britain this is most often an " escutcheon of pretence " indicating, in the arms of a married couple, that the wife is an heraldic heiress ( i. e., she inherits a coat of arms because she has no brothers ).

In English the word " crest " is commonly ( but erroneously ) used to refer to an entire heraldic achievement of armorial bearings.

In most heraldic traditions, a woman does not display a crest, though this tradition is being relaxed in some heraldic jurisdictions, and the stall plate of Lady Marion Fraser in the Thistle Chapel in St Giles, Edinburgh, shows her coat on a lozenge but with helmet, crest, and motto.

Dutch heraldry is characterised by its simple and rather sober style, and in this sense, is closer to its medieval origins than the elaborate styles which developed in other heraldic traditions.

It is common to see heraldic furs used.

After the Renaissance the caduceus also appeared in the heraldic crests of several, and currently is a symbol of commerce.

* Herald: This officer is in charge of heraldic activities, such as the creation and registration of names and arms.

In heraldry, the granny knot is known as the " Bourchier knot ", due to being a heraldic badge of the Bourchier family.

The Savoy knot, a type of decorative knot, is a heraldic knot used primarily in Italian heraldry.

It is most notable for its appearance on the heraldic badge of the House of Savoy, where it is accompanied by the motto Stringe ma non costringe, " It tightens, but does not constrain ".

In his case, he was entitled to one by descent from armigerous ancestors, expressed in heraldic terminology as Quarterly gules and or a fleur de lis argent in the first quarter with a greyhound courant for the crest.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the lordship is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, gules, a mullet argent between three cinquefoils ermine ( for Hamilton of Udston ); 2nd and 3rd, gules, a man's heart proper shadowed or between three cinquefoils ermine ( for Hamilton of Raploch ); all within a bordure argent.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the viscountcy is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure, a cross patonce or ( for Ward ); 2nd and 3rd, gules, three cinquefoils ermine, on a chief of the second a man's heart of the first ( for Hamilton ).

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, gules, semée of cross crosslets fitchée or two lions passant guardant in pale argent ( for Acton ); 2nd, quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure, six fleurs-de-lis three two and one argent, a chief dancetty of the last ; 2nd and 3rd, or, a cross patonce gules ; over all an escutcheon gules thereon a tower argent, a chief dancetty of the last ( for Dalberg ); 3rd, azure, a lion passant or between three plates each charged with a griffin's head erased sable ( for Lyon ).

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, barry of ten argent and azure, six escutcheons three two and one sable each charged with a lion rampant argent, a mullet for difference ( for Cecil ); 2nd and 3rd, gules three tilting spears two and one or headed argent ( for Amherst ).