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	Adrian Imperial College of Arms - RfHR Glossary
		Canton – In Heraldry, a canton is classified as a sub-ordinary, which takes the shape of the dexter chief (upper left) corner of the shield.
		Landscape Heraldry – An invention of the late Elizabethan period and popularized in the 18th and 19th Centuries, it is more pictorial than medieval Heraldry, and is characterized by the depiction of natural scenes rather than the medieval stylization.
		This includes such things as Voice Heraldry (doing Court and Town Cryer) and Book Heraldry (designing coats of arms).
	www.adrianempire.org /heraldry/rfhr/rfhr_glossary.html

	Fojnica (Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
		The community of Fojnica is in the Central Bosnia Canton, south west of Sarajevo.
		For heraldry Fojnica is well known since in the Fojnica franciscan monestery was preserved a 15th century Armorial that is one of the most imporatnt sources for the medieval heraldry and genealogy of the South-Eastern Europe.
	flagspot.net /flags/ba-06-fo.html

	Fojnica (Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
		The community of Fojnica is in the Central Bosnia Canton, south west of Sarajevo.
		For heraldry Fojnica is well known since in the Fojnica franciscan monestery was preserved a 15th century Armorial that is one of the most imporatnt sources for the medieval heraldry and genealogy of the South-Eastern Europe.
	flagspot.net /flags/ba-06-fo.html

	Armory of Flemish Nobles of the 16th Century
		Ermine, on a bend gules in canton a sexfoil pierced argent.
		Color on color (mostly blue on red, mostly occurs with bends and labels) and metal on metal (mostly bordures and labels) occur in Flemish heraldry with some frequency.
		Vert is much more common in Flemish heraldry than in French or Spanish heraldry, but purpure is unknown.
	www.s-gabriel.org /docs/flem-heraldry.html

	Armory of Flemish Nobles of the 16th Century
		Vert, a fess ermine and in canton a mullet of eight sable.
		Vert is much more common in Flemish heraldry than in French or Spanish heraldry, but purpure is unknown.
		Argent, a fess gules and in chief a lion passant vert.
	www.s-gabriel.org /docs/flem-heraldry.html

	Heraldry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The diminutive of the quarter is the canton, a square occupying, in theory, the upper left third of the shield.
		In heraldry, a motto is often depicted in a coat of arms, typically on a scroll under the arms, or else above it as in Scots heraldry.
		Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heraldry (3182 words)

	Heraldic Dictionary: 4. Sub-Ordinaries, part 1
		Technically, in Heraldry, a CANTON is smaller than a Quarter, and is always located in dexter or sinister chief, It is thus slightly different from the Cantons we know in vexillology, which often occupy one quarter of the flag.
		Pale, the Pile and the Fess, but there are other sections of a shield which are often used in both heraldry and vexillology.
		The exact dividing line at which you can say that an object is a Sub-ordinary is fairly vague, and some of the objects considered as sub-ordinaries by some may be called ordinaries by others.
	www.fotw.us /flags/vxt-h4.html (977 words)

	Heraldry of Stephens
		Chequy or and azure on a canton gules a lion rampant argent.
		Vert a griffin passant or a chief ermine.
		Vert a chevron or between three cross-crosslets floury or on a chief argent three stag heads proper.
	www.dragonspan.net /stephenshouse/heraldbu.htm (977 words)

	Glossaire Ang. Q-T
		The diminutive of the quarter is the canton, of two-thirds its area.
		In engraving it is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, traversed by horizontal ones -- a compound of purpure and azure.
		RECURSANT VOLANT IN PALE- An eagle represented flying upward, with its back toward the spectator.
	www.grand-armorial.net /dictAng_Q-T.html (4750 words)

	JAG - Differencing - 6
		The canton is the diminutive of the quarter and is a square with the area of one-third of the chief.
		These quarters were placed on top of the existing arms, so that one of the buckles was absconded (hidden), as were also the lower half of the chequered fess on the dexter side and the upper half on the sinister side.
		An interesting example of a quarter representing a marriage to a coheiress and then acting as a difference is to be found in the arms of Robert Stewart of Lorn who acquired that lordship and half its lands with his marriage to Jonet, daughter and coheiress of John Mac Alan, Lord of Lorn.
	www.baronage.co.uk /jag-ht/jag013.html (733 words)

	CHARGE (HERALDRY) FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The ''canton'' is a ''diminutive'' of the quarter, occupying in theory one-ninth of the area of the field, being as deep as the chief, which theoretically occupies one-third of the area of the field, but occupies the dexter third of this.
		Though the taboo is not invariably respected, British heraldry in particular, and to a greater or lesser extent the heraldry of other countries, frowns on depictions of God or Christ, though an exception may be in the not-uncommon Continental depictions of Madonna_and_Child.
		The ''quarter'' is a rectangle occupying the top left quarter of the field, as perceived by the viewer.
	www.witwib.com /charge_(heraldry) (9694 words)

	Canton of Bern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The canton of Bern is mainly drained by the River Aare and its tributaries.
		It borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north.
		East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canton_of_Bern (895 words)

	12alsace.htm
		Argent a ruined castle the edge of the wall in bend sinister gules pierced of the field on a champagne vert a canton gules a garb or.
		They are termed Kleestengeln in German heraldry and are often found on the wings of an eagle displayed.
		However, the arms of the département of Bas-Rhin are blazoned with a bend and not a bend sinister.
	www.briantimms.com /chf/12alsace.htm (895 words)

	Episcopal Heraldry in the US
		The pheon is from the arms of Thomas Claggett, the first bishop, the canton for the Calverts, whose arms quartering Crossland were appropriated along with their land by the State of Maryland and now form the state seal and flag, though the Calvert arms are paly of 8 or and sable a bend countercharged.
		Episcopal Heraldry in the US Heraldry in the Episcopal Church of the United States
		Southern Ohio, Light field, a bend as a river proper, in chief a plow, in base a sheaf, over key and crosier in saltire, a mitre surmounting a motto Sicut Flumen Pax.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/usa/episcopa.htm (895 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - Switzerland - Schweizer Wappen/Armorial de Suisse - GENÈVE
		The arms of the Canton of Genève are basically the same as the arms of the city.
	www.ngw.nl /int/zwi/g/geneve.htm (895 words)

	Eligible for Commission Only
		Per saltire Or and azure, a hurst of oak trees proper, as an augmentation on a canton sable, a decrescent argent, a base indented of three points argent.
		Would be Eligible for Request - if heraldry
		Argent, a chevron inverted azure, in chief a brown hen rising wings elevated and addorsed proper, for augmentation in base on an escutcheon sable an increscent and a mountain of three peaks couped argent.
	scribe.atlantia.sca.org /backlog/fco.html (895 words)

	quartr.txt
		There are many types of charge that English heraldry doesn't use compared to the heraldry of the Continent, and some charge arrangements that are quite uncommon in England that are more common elsewhere.
		Again in > Foster's Dictionary of Heraldry, all examples of Quarterly X and Y a charge > Z, Z is in the first quarter.
		Unfortunately I cannot offhand think of an example of a period augmentation using a charged canton and my sources are at home, but there really were some.
	www.kwantlen.bc.ca /~donna/sca/heraldry/keepers/quartr.txt (1172 words)

	Heraldry Glossary
		The following charges are generally reckoned as subordinaries, namely, the bordure, the canton, flanches, the gyron, the inescutcheon, the orle, the quarter, the pile, and the tressure, all of which appear to encroach, as it were, on the field.
		In theoretical heraldry it is considered to represent the lambrequin, or covering of the helmet, to protect it from the sun or rain.
		In heraldry the helmet assumed an important place as an appendage to the shield, for on this was fixed the crest.
	www.ogallchobhair.org /heraldry/glossary.htm (4886 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - TUZLA CANTON
		The Tuzla Canton was established in February 1999 by changing the name of the former Tuzla - Podrinje Canton.
		These symbols were changed from previous reflecting the decision of the High Commissioner regarding the displaying and using of the common, neutral and inoffensive symbols.
		The new coat of arms shows the blue sky with stars above green, black and white curved fields representing vegetation and mineral wealth of the region - the coal and salt.
	www.ngw.nl /int/bos/tuzla.htm (91 words)

	Kingdom of Castilles Heraldry
		Per pale, vert and argent, in canton a Cross of Jerusalem or.
		Per bend sable and azure, a castle, a sword in bend point upwards and a
		Per bend vert and or, a moon descrescent and
	www.castilles.org /pages/heraldry.htm (91 words)

	Vaud canton (Switzerland)
		The law states that the arms of the Canton of Vaud are two bars of Sinople and Argent (Green and White) and as in heraldry the first colour mentioned is always on the top.
		With the restoration of the Swiss Confederation in 1803, Vaud became one of the six new cantons, and adopted as its flag a variant of the insurrectional flag of the previous decade.
		Vaud canton is the only one in Switzerland to have lettering on its blazon.
	www.1uptravel.com /flag/flags/ch-vd.html (895 words)

	Thurgau canton (Switzerland)
		Thurgau was conquered by the Swiss Confederation in 1460 and ruled jointly by the cantons through a bailiff.
		Gallen.) They were not schooled in heraldry, and did not realise that they had violated a major rule by putting metal on metal (golden lion on white field).
		Thurgau existed as a jurisdiction since the 8th century, when it was a possession of the Counts of Kyburg.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ch-tg.html (895 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - POSAVINA CANTON
		International Civic Heraldry - BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA- POSAVINA CANTON
		The base represents the river Sava, the main resource of the area and the namesake of the Canton (Posavina means region around Sava river).
		The arms show in the upper half the chequered field of the Croatian arms, for the Croat majority of the Canton.
	www.ngw.nl /int/bos/posavina.htm (895 words)

	[MR] [HERALDRY] Laurel RETURNS for September, 2002
		Or, a phoenix vert rising from flames issuant from base gules, a chief vert and for augmentation, on a canton Or a tower and overall a sword sable.
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	www.atlantia.sca.org /pipermail/atlantia/2002-December/009403.html (895 words)

	Canton of the Whyt Whey - Heraldry
		France Blasons They seem to be various packs of cards showing the heraldry of famous medieval groups (like "people killed at Agincourt" 6 packs of those, or "companions of Jeanne d'Arc).
		American College of Heraldry - an informative organization for heraldry resources in the United States.
		Blazon-to-PostScript form (this will create basic coat of arms for you on the fly.
	www.in-nyc.com /sca/heraldry.htm (142 words)

	Swiss Genealogy, Personal Pages Of Swiss Families, Canton Bern
		General historical information about Andrist family name of canton of Berne place of origin (genealogy, heraldry, legends, Andrist mountains, meaning of the Andrist name, maps showing an overview).
		Descendants of Ulrich BACHMANN of Lauperswil and Signau, Canton Berne and related Swiss surnames; CARL/KARL of Reichenbach, GROGG of Thunstetten, LICHTY, SCHNEIDER, WEBER, WEISS and ZINCK.
		The earliest record of the surname is in Berne, Switzerland in 1389, as Gundrich.
	www.eye.ch /swissgen/familybe.htm (142 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - Switzerland - Schweizer Wappen/Armorial de Suisse - KANTON BERN
		International Civic Heraldry - Switzerland- Schweizer Wappen/Armorial de Suisse - KANTON BERN
		The arms are identical to the arms of the city of Bern, see there.
		Literature : Mühlmann, L. : Wappen und Fahnen der Schweiz, Bühler Verlag, Lengnau, 1977 and 1997; Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.
	www.ngw.nl /int/zwi/kanton/bern.htm (135 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - Switzerland - Schweizer Wappen/Armorial de Suisse - KANTON AARGAU
		The area known as the Aargau was conquered by Bern in 1415 and thus became a part of the Canton of Bern.
		The Canton Aargau was established by Napoleon in 1803.
		It was later explained as the river Aare and the three territories which were combined to the new canton; the Berner areas, the county Baden and the Fricktal valley.
	www.ngw.nl /int/zwi/kanton/aargau.htm (253 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - Switzerland - Schweizer Wappen/Armorial de Suisse - KANTON ZUG
		The arms of the Canton of Zug are derived from the arms of the city, hence both are dealt with on this page.
		Only in the seal of the Canton from 1947 the arms are shown with two lions and St. Michael as supporters.
		The oldest known seals of the city of Zug date from the last quarter of the 13th century and all show the patron saint of the city, St. Michael.
	www.ngw.nl /int/zwi/kanton/zug.htm (369 words)

	Ancestral ROLL Family - German, Russian, and ROLL Family Heraldry
		In the canton an emblem of Khersons'ka province.
		The city Schaffhausen used the ram coming from a city gate, and both images have also been used for the whole canton during the centuries.
		After the conquest of the area by the city of Bern in 1536, the black mountain was added to the arms of the, since 1416, Dukes of Savoie, as a symbol of their claim to the area.
	www.rollintl.com /roll/grcoat.htm (369 words)

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