The flag most frequently associated with the pope is the yellow and white flag of Vatican City, with the arms of the Holy See ( blazoned: " Gules, two keys in saltire or and argent, interlacing in the rings or, beneath a tiara argent, crowned or ") on the right-hand side ( the " fly ") in the white half of the flag ( the left-hand side — the " hoist "— is yellow ).

“ A fleece ” is usually depicted as a whole sheep with a band around its middle and “ argent ” means silver ( or white as it is usually depicted.

The Nice is symbolized by a red eagle on white background, placed on three mountains, which can be described in French heraldic language as " d ' argent à une aigle de gueule posée sur trois coupeaux ".

The combination of white and red ( argent and gules ) is a reference to the colours of the flag of Savoy.

A more technically proper blazon would have been argent, six pallets gules ... ( six red stripes on a white field ), but the phrase used was chosen to preserve the reference to the 13 original states.

That book claimed that argent ( white ) " signifies Purity, Innocence, Beauty, and Genteelness ", gules ( red ) " denotes martial Prowess, Boldness, and Hardiness ", and azure ( blue ) " signifies Justice, Perseverance, and Vigilance ".

Arthur Charles Fox-Davies argued extensively in his book The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory that, though extremely rare, the colour white existed as an independent tincture in heraldry separate from argent.

White does seem to be regarded as a different tincture from argent in Portuguese heraldry, as evidenced by the arms of municipal de Santiago do Cacém in Portugal, in which the white of the fallen Moor's clothing and the knight's horse is distinguished from the argent of the distant castle, and in the arms of the Logistical and Administrative Command of the Portuguese Air Force.

The yellow and white of the flag also refer to the keys – in heraldic terminology, there is no distinction between yellow and gold ( the metallic color or ), nor between white and silver ( argent ).

The Coat of Arms includes the Arms of Duchy of Franconia in the upper portion, the “ Rennfähnlein ,” a banner, quarterly argent ( silver ) and gules ( red ), on a lance or ( gold ), in bend, on an azure ( blue ) field, associated with Würzburg in the lower left quadrant, and a white / silver wheel on a red field symbolizing the clerical state of Mainz, in the lower right quadrant.

The tincture of the Saltire can appear as either silver ( argent ) or white, however the term azure does not refer to a particular shade of blue.

File: Flag of Scotland. jpg | The Saltire, the national flag of Scotland: A white ( argent ) saltire on a blue ( azure ) field.

The dexter side depicts the emblem of the dukes of Cleves: On a red ( gules ) field a white ( argent ) escutcheon ( shield shape ) with an eightfold fleur-de-lys ( escarbuncle / metal shield reinforcement ).

The Coat of Arms of Canada is mantled white and red, or argent doubled gules ; furthermore, the current standard rendering of the Canadian arms has mantling in the shape of maple leaves.

A white ( argent ) wyvern formed the crest of the Borough of Leicester as recorded at the heraldic visitation of Leicestershire in 1619: A wyvern sans legs argent strewed with wounds gules, wings expanded ermine.

" As the arms, blazoned gules a cross argent, mixed with the white of the flag, it was fimbriated azure, blue being the dynastic colour, although this does not conform to the heraldic rule of tincture.

The correct language of heraldry is almost infinitely flexible and virtually any image may be blazoned in a correct manner, for example " sky proper " might be blazoned simply Azure, whilst " waves of the sea " might be blazoned correctly as Azure, 3 bars undee argent which would provide 3 wavy thick white lines on a blue field.

The Coat of Arms of the Royal Society, is " in a dexter corner of a shield argent our three Lions of England, and for crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding in one foot a shield charged with our lions: supporters two white hounds gorged with crowns ", with the motto of " nullius in verba ".

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.

As Duke of Gloucester, Richard used the Royal Arms of England quartered with the Royal Arms of France, differenced by a label argent of three points ermine, on each point a canton gules.

in the east window of the north aisle of the presbytery, and in another window of the same aisle, where they are still remaining, and are thus blasoned: Quarterly gules and ermine, on the 1st and 4th three goat's heads erased argent, attired or.

As Prince of Wales, Edward's coat of arms was the royal arms differenced by a label of three points argent, and an inescutcheon of the shield of Saxony, representing his father.

As Duke of York, George bore the royal arms of the United Kingdom differenced with a label of three points argent, the centre point bearing an anchor azure — a difference earlier awarded to his father George V when he was Duke of York, and then later awarded to his grandson, Prince Andrew, Duke of York.

Elizabeth Woodville's arms as queen consort, the royal arms of England Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling Wooville ( Quartlerly, first argent, a lion rampant double queued gules, crowned or ( Luxemburg, her mother ’ s family ), second quarterly, I and IV, gules a star if eight points argent ; II and III, azure, semée of fleurs de lys or ; third, barry argent and azure, overall a lion rampant gules ; fourth, gules, three bendlets argent, on a chief of the first, charged with a fillet in base or, a rose of the second ( here shown in inverse: the rose should be argent on a chief gules ); fifth, three pallets vairy, on a chief or a label of five points azure, and sixth, a fess and a canton conjoined gules ( Woodville ))

As a royal duke, George had use of the coat of arms of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of three points, on each point a canton gules.

During his pretence as Prince of Wales, Charles claimed a coat of arms consisting of those of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of three points.

Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th azure semée of fleur-de-lys or ( France Ancient ); 2nd and 3rd gules, three lions passant guardant or ( England ); overall a label of three points argent.

Crest: On a chapeau gules turned up ermine, a lion statant or gorged with a label of three points argent.

As Prince of Wales, Edward's coat of arms were those of the kingdom, differenced by a label of three points argent.

Edward also used an alternative coat of Sable, three ostrich feathers argent, described as his " shield for peace " ( probably meaning the shield he used for jousting ).

According to Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun in La France Illustrée, 1882, Orléans's arms are " gules, three caillous in cœurs de lys argent, and on a chief azure, three fleurs de lys Or.

The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which has gone through several different varieties of a cross Or ( gold ) on an argent ( silver ) field, is a famous violation of or exception to the rule of tincture in heraldry, which prohibits the placement of metal on metal.

In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called " metals ".

In some historical depictions of coats of arms, a kind of silver leaf was applied to those parts of the device that were argent.

The dexter half of the arms ( those of the See of Lichfield ) are unusual, with or ( gold ) countercharged on argent ( silver ), violating the rule of tincture, which prohibits a metal to be charged with another metal.

The blazon of the municipality is: azur three fish argent surmounted by a crown ( three silver fish and a golden crown on a blue field ).

The shield has a silver ( argent ) field, with a rippled blue ( azure ) and silver ( argent ) base.

Their colour is silver (“ argent ”.

The colour of the chief is silver (“ argent ”.

The tinctures argent and gules ( silver and red ) refer to the community ’ s former allegiance to the Archbishopric of Mainz.

* Supporters: Dexter, Neptune, his mantle of a sea-green colour, edged argent, crowned with an eastern coronet or, his dexter arm erect, darting downwards, his trident sable, headed silver, resting his sinister foot on a dolphin proper ; sinister, a seahorse or, sustaining in his forefins a banner argent, the staff broken proper.

It now had a blacked-out look instead of the previous argent silver treatment.

It is of interest to note that the shield of the Family Coat of Arms of the Corcorans is described in heraldic language as: " On a silver shield ( argent ) is a sword between two lions rampant ", that of the O ' Carrolls of Ely as: " Sable two lions rampant combatant or armed and langued gules supporting a sword point upwards proper pommel and hilt of the first ", and that of the O ' Meaghar family of O ' Carrolls of Ely as: " Azure two lions rampant combatant or supporting a sword argent ".

In heraldry, Or ( from the French word for gold ) is the tincture of gold and, together with argent ( silver ), belongs to the class of light tinctures called " metals ".

The value of the écu varied considerably over time, and silver coins ( known as écu d ' argent ) were also introduced.