The blazon of the coat of arms is Per pale, dexter: sable, a fess wavy argent, charged with two cotises wavy azure ; sinister: sky blue, three mullets of five argent.

The reds range from coppers to deep rusts, with or without somewhat common black hairs peppered along the back, face, and ear edges, lending much character and an almost burnished appearance ; this is referred to among breeders and enthusiasts as a " stag " or an " overlay " or " sable ".

True sable is a dachshund with each single hair banded with three colors: light at the base of the hair, red in the middle, black at the end.

This may be made of silk and or velvet, and is trimmed and fully lined with fur, possibly sable.

( Actually, the English word " sable " is derived from the Russian " sobol ").

The Arms of the Duke of Cornwall are " sable fifteen bezants Or ", that is, a black field bearing fifteen gold discs, representing coins.

In blazons ( a vexillological description using flag terminology ), the South African flag is described as " per pall fesswise gules, sable and azure, a fesswise pall vert fimbriated argent, Or and argent.

The coat of arms as adopted in 1908 has a sable ( black ) field, but today it is most often seen as shown at the top of this page.

The body of the presumed Pazyryk chieftain is tattooed ; his sable coat is well preserved, as are some other objects, including what looks like scissors.

The result is a false impression that the rule of tincture has been violated in cases where argent, applied next to a dark colour, now appears to be sable next to a dark colour from tarnishing.

In terms of heraldry, the flag is quartered, I and IV argent, three hills vert, a bird sable ( specifically a raven ), II and III gules three fleur-de-lis argent.

The main traditional activity is nomadic and semi-nomadic hunting of deer, moose, wild sheep, and sable, as well as fishing.

This is a variant of the armes of MASBOURG, which is d ' azur au chef d ' or de trois merlettes de sable, and is found in primary sources.

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 crest is the Royal Crown in its proper colours on a wreath or torse of black ( sable ) and gold ( or ) between two Kangaroo paw flowers in their natural colours of red and green.

The blazon of the coat of arms is Or, a bull's head caboshed sable, langued and noseringed gules.

Into Africa is an African themed exhibit which includes giraffes, sable antelope, porcupines, weaverbirds and Old World monkeys.

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 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 city of Cognac ( in the Charente département ): Argent on a horse sable harnessed or a man proper vested azure with a cloak gules holding a mace, on a chief France modern

Armorial of Walpole: Or, on a fesse between two chevrons sable three crosses crosslet of the field

Quarterly, first and fourth Or a pelican displayed sable, second and third gules two increscents in fess argent ; for a crest, on a barred helmet affronty or, mantled azure doubled Or, the Royal Crown of Syldavia proper ; behind the shield the Royal Sceptre of Syldavia and a sceptre of justice in saltire ; the motto " Eih bennek, eih blavek " on a scroll below the shield, pendent therefrom the badge of the Order of the Golden Pelican.

* Royal Burgh of Cullen, a 20th century armorial: Per fess sable and argent, in chief on a sedilla or cushioned gules diapered or the Blessed Virgin enthroned proper habited gules mantled azure crowned or and holding in her dexter hand a sceptre surmounted of a fleur de lis or and in her sinister arm the Holy Child enhaloed also proper in base a talbot passant of the first ( Public Register, vol 41, p 37, 1956 )

The golden bezants on sable were apparently already present as border of the shield of Richard, made Count of Cornwall by his brother Henry III of England in 1227.

As a Princess, Juliana bore the following arms: Quarterly, 1 and 3, Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or ( the royal arms of dominion of the Netherlands, and thus her mother Queen Wilhelmina ), 2 and 4, Or, a Horn azure, langued gules, ( the arms of the Principality of Orange ) on an inescutcheon or, a Bull's head sable ( for her father's House of Mecklenburg ).

In heraldic terminology: Tierced in pale: ( 1 ) Argent, a chevron sable between three roses gules seeded or, barbed vert ( for Smyth ); ( 2 ) or, an escutcheon of the arms of the See of Lincoln ( gules, two lions of England in pale or, on a chief azure Our Lady crowned seated on a tombstone issuant from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus, in her sinister arm a sceptre, all or ) ensigned with a mitre proper ; ( 3 ) quarterly, first and fourth argent, a chevron between three bugle-horns stringed sable ; second and third argent, a chevron between three crosses crosslet sable ( for Sutton ).

In heraldic terminology: Tierced per pale: ( 1 ) Azure, a pelican with wings endorsed vulning herself, or ; ( 2 ) argent, thereon an escutcheon charged with the arms of the See of Winchester ( i. e. gules, two keys addorsed in bend, the uppermost or, the other argent, a sword interposed between them in bend sinister of the third, pommel and hilt gold ; the escutcheon ensigned with a mitre of the last ); ( 3 ) sable, a chevron or between three owls argent, on a chief of the second as many roses gules, seeded of the second, barbed vert.

Arms of Watson, Earl of Rockingham: Argent, on a chevron azure between three martlets sable as many crescents or.

: Argent on a Cross Gules a Lion passant guardant between four Mullets of eight points Or a Chief Sable charged with an open Book proper thereon the word " SCIENTIA " in letters also sable.

She goes on a spending spree on the company account ( she buys George an $ 8000 sable hat in " The Chicken Roaster ").

In the Bedford Book of Hours these arms are shown supported by an eagle collared with a crown and a sable yale all on a gold field sewn with gold uprooted tree-stumps.

This duchy continued to use the old Saxon coat-of-arms showing the Saxon Steed in argent on gules, while the Ascanians adopted for the younger Duchy of Saxony their family colours, a barry of ten, in sable and or, covered by a crancelin of rhombs bendwise in vert, symbolising the Saxon dukedom.

The arms are crowned with an open royal crown, placed on eagle displayed sable, surrounded with the pillars of Hercules, the yoke and the bundle of arrows of the Catholic Monarchs.

His coat trimmed in sable, diamond stars of the Orders of Saints Andrew or George agleam, he was often prone to sit sulkily, eye downcast, in a Scheherazade trance.

The family coat of arms, first adopted in 1192, began as a simple shield quarterly sable and argent.

The coat of arms of Irkutsk features an old symbol of Dauria: a Siberian tiger with a sable in his mouth.

When the coat of arms was devised in 1690, the animal was described as a tiger (" babr ", a bookish word of Persian derivation ) with a sable in his mouth.

The original standard allowed for a variety of coat colors, including brindle and sable.

The district coat of arms might be described thus: Per pale barry of ten gules and argent and barry of five argent and sable, at the fess point an inescutcheon azure with three lozenges argent.

The district coat of arms might be described thus: Per pale gules a wheel spoked of six argent and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned of the first, in a chief of the last an eagle displayed of the third armed, langued and beaked of the first.

The primary coat colors are: sable and white ( clear and shaded ), tricolor, black and white, and black and tan.

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.

According to the Secret History of the Mongols, when Genghis Khan married his first wife, Börte Ujin, his mother Hoelun received a coat of sable furs from the girl's parents.

His family coat of arms is a plain, simple sable shield, and therefore does not show up against the black coach in which Vetinari travels —- black on black, ( upon which Moist von Lipwig in Going Postal comments that " you had to admit that the bastard had style.

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 lordship is: Argent, three cinquefoils sable.

The civic coat of arms might be described thus: Party per chevron ; above in gules a cross argent fused with the chevron ; below in argent, a five-spoked wheel sable.

The district coat of arms might be described thus: Per fess in chief gules dancetty of three argent, in base per pale argent two lions passant guardant sable armed and langued of the first and azure a fleur-de-lis Or.