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	Label - LoveToKnow 1911
		In Norman times the label frequently did not project, and when it did it was very little, and formed part of the series of arch mouldings.
		In the Early English styles they were not very large, sometimes slightly undercut, sometimes deeply, sometimes a quarter round with chamfer, and very frequently a "roll" or "scroll-moulding," so called because it resembles the part of a scroll where the edge laps over the body of the roll.
		Labels generally resemble the string-courses of the period, and, in fact, often return horizontally and form strings.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Label (136 words)

	Scottish Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		All heraldry in Scotland is controlled by the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, commonly known as the Lyon Court, and located at New Register House in Edinburgh.
		This makes Scottish heraldry one of the most tightly controlled in the world, as it is one of the few countries where heraldry is protected by law, and that law is still actively enforced.
		The Heraldry Society of Scotland was founded in 1977 and exists to promote knowledge and use of heraldry in Scotland.
	www.clanmacrae.org /documents/heraldry.htm (4060 words)

	HERALDRY - LoveToKnow Article on HERALDRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		But in older times, although the label was very commonly used by the son and heir apparent, he often chose another distinction during his fathers lifetime, while the label is sometimes found upon the shields of younger sons.
		The heraldry writers are ready to note that when two rows are used countercompony is tile word in place of cheeky, and componycounter-compony in the case of three rows.
		Heraldry ceased to play its part in military affairs, the badges and banners under which the medieval nobles retinue came into the field were banished, and even the tournament in its later days became a renascence pageant which did not need the painted shield and armorial trappers.
	57.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HERALDRY.htm (19437 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In heraldry, a bend is one of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of a belt drawn diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base, and occupying one third of the field.
		In heraldry, a fesse is one of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of a belt drawn horizontaly across the middle of the shield and occupying one third of the field.
		In heraldry, marks of cadency are bearings indicating the position of the bearer as the older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son.
	212.84.179.117 /heraldry.htm (8342 words)

	Label (heraldry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In heraldry, a label is a charge closely resembling the strap with pendants which, from the saddle, crossed the horse's chest.
		As a difference (in English heraldry), it was used to mark the elder son, generally by the princes of the royal house.
		The eldest son, during the lifetime of his father, bears the family arms with the addition of a label; the second son a crescent, the third, a mullet, the fourth, a martlet, the fifth, an annulet; the sixth, a fleur-de-lis; the seventh, a rose; the eighth, a cross moline; the ninth, a double quatrefoil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Label_(heraldry) (154 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Heraldry (J-L) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In heraldry, a label is a barrulet, or sometimes a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
		In heraldry, a lioncel is a small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.
		In heraldry, a lozenge is a diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /UE.HTM (304 words)

	Cadency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, Scotland, like England, uses the label of three points for the eldest son and a label of five points for the eldest son of the eldest son, and allows the label to be removed as the bearer of the plain coat dies and the eldest son succeeds.
		In Scotland (unlike England) the label may be borne by the next male heir to the plain coat even if this is not the son of the bearer of the plain coat (for example, if it is his nephew).
		It is often said that labels argent are a peculiarly royal symbol, and that eldest sons outside the royal family should use labels of a different colour, usually gules.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brisure (991 words)

	LABEL - LoveToKnow Article on LABEL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In heraldry the label is a mark of cadency.
		In Norman times the label frequently did not project, and when it did it was very little, and formed part of the series of arch mouldings.
		Labels generally resemble the string-courses of the period, and, in fact, often return horizontally and form strings.
	60.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LABEL.htm (201 words)

	Heraldry Glossary
		In ancient heraldry a plain label, most frequently azure, appear to have been the distinction of the eldest son and heir apparent.
		In heraldry the helmet assumed an important place as an appendage to the shield, for on this was fixed the crest.
		In theoretical heraldry it is considered to represent the lambrequin, or covering of the helmet, to protect it from the sun or rain.
	www.ogallchobhair.org /heraldry/glossary.htm (4886 words)

	Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry - L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Label - A bearing closely resembling the strap with pendants which form the saddle crossed the horse's chest.
		The number of points did not necessarily mean anything, although the label of three points was supposed to represent the heir during the lifetime of his father; five points, during the lifetime of his grandfather; seven points, while the great-grandfather still lived, etc.
		It is not uncommon in Scottish heraldry; it is the feudal ensign of the lordship of Lorne, being quartered by the Dukes of Argyll, and is also borne by the Clan Campbell
	digiserve.com /heraldry/pimb_l.htm (858 words)

	A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
		In the ordinary system of differences a label of three points(which has also been termed a file with three labels) is the distinction of the eldest son during the lifetime of his father.
		Labels have been supposed by some to represent the collar and cape of a garment, with several pendent labels of tongues, which were worn hanging from the back part of the neck, over the surcoat or tabard.
		The points were first straight, then pattée, and at last labels were formed as they generally are at the present day, without any connection with the sides of the shield, the points dovetailed.
	www.heraldsnet.org /saitou/parker/Jpglossl.htm (7547 words)

	Armory of Flemish Nobles of the 16th Century
		Or, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued, overall a label gules.
		Gules, a chevron ermine between a quarter or charged with a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules, an inescutcheon barry of eight argent and azure charged with a lion rampant gules, and a duck statant argent.
		Or, a fess gules and in chief a label azure.
	www.s-gabriel.org /docs/flem-heraldry.html (3821 words)

	Heraldry and Armorial Bearings, Coat of Arms, SHO, Scotland - UK
		The next member of an armiger’s family with a right to bear their father’s arms is the heir; this is the person who will inherit the arms on the death of the armiger, usually the eldest son, unless specified otherwise in the Letters Patent.
		This label stays on the heir’s arms during the lifetime of the holder.
		According to the Scottish laws of heraldry, a younger son has no right to his father’s arms but must petition to matriculate from those of his father his own arms, which will be differenced from his father’s.
	www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk /armorial.html (842 words)

	Britton-Beitel Blazon of Arms and Armorial Achievement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The next generation (those born of individuals bearing a charged three-pointed label) takes the five-pointed label and inherits the charge of the parent’s label onto the first, middle, and last points of their label unless they are that parents first born.
		That is, all subsequent children (with the label of five points) charge all points of their label with the customary charges in addition to the three hereditary charges on the first, middle, and last label.
		Should the parent bearing three labels pass on, God forbid, the first-born child removes the 2nd and 4th points on his or her label thereby assuming the deceased parent’s coat of arms.
	www.angelfire.com /alt/family_arms/main.html (499 words)

	The Classic Castle dot Com How-To's
		Heraldry as discussed in this article is the recording and regulation of armory.
		Ordinaries are the original basic charges of heraldry, and are large geometric shapes stretching to the edge of the shield.
		The eldest son (during the lifetime of his father) bears a label of five points; the second son, a crescent; the third, a mullet; the fourth, a martlet; the fifth, an annulet; the sixth, a fleur-de-lis; the seventh, a rose; the eight, a cross moline; the ninth, an octofoil.
	www.classic-castle.com /howto/articles/Heraldry/BasicHeraldry.html (1834 words)

	JAG - Differencing - 5
		In the introduction to differencing we looked briefly at the label, an heraldic symbol used only to signify some aspect of a relationship and thereby to distinguish one man's arms from those of another to whom he is related.
		The exact shape of a label is at the discretion of the painter or the owner of the arms.
		The label of three points (tails) is borne by the eldest son during his father's lifetime, and the label of five points by the eldest son's eldest son during his grandfather's lifetime.
	www.baronage.co.uk /jag-ht/jag012.html (748 words)

	Heraldry Books
		An exposition of the meaning & significance of Heraldry with special reference to its nobiliary aspects in Europe & the Laws of Arms in England & Scotland.
		The first new work on Scottish Civic heraldry for 70 years, all the Burgh & County arms are here illustrated & blazoned & the reasons for their adoption given.
		Nicholas Upton is the earliest author of this country whose works on Heraldry are extant, a translation was first published in 1486.
	www.heraldrytoday.co.uk /heraldry_books.htm (9908 words)

	Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It would be correct for a son to difference his arms from his father when both have arms; an appropriate mark (such as used by royalty) would be a three-pointed “label” (Figs.
		While a label is generally intended to indicate the heir (the eldest son), the other marks are (Fig.
		The exception is for Scots, whose heralds employ a complicated system of differencing among brothers of different birth order as well as different generations,, using bordures as well as changing charges and tinctures.
	my.glasscity.net /~hwaller/Heraldry.htm (443 words)

	Label - Cunnan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In heraldry, the label is sub-ordinary in the shape of a horizontal line with three short lines protruding from the bottom of it.
		In period heraldry it is a mark of cadence, indicating the first son, though this is not officially recognised in the SCA.
		A white label is used to distinguish the English Royal arms for the heir apparent, one of the rare cases where heraldry recognises white as a colour.
	www.nzart.com /wiki/Label (100 words)

	Armoria familia - Arms and the family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		This underlines the tournament origin of the label, which an eldest son might have worn when competing in a tournament wearing his father’s armour and carrying his father’s shield, and bearing the label on both surcoat and shield as a temporary indication that he was not in fact the owner of the arms.
		White (silver) labels of three points were borne, before the Black Prince’s time, on the arms of England to indicate a junior branch, and in France such a label was borne by several Dukes of Orléans.
		The elder son again has a label (as with his uncle with the red border, this label has three points, indicating an heir of the first generation), while his infant brother is in a cradle with a gold border.
	www.geocities.com /barensteel/arms_family.html (2328 words)

	Dictionary: label (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F.
		A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
		To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
	www.serbia.ca /dictionary/label (249 words)

	Medieval Italian Heraldry - Regalis
		This presentation presumes the reader's prior knowledge of the historical development, principles and practices of early heraldry as regards the escutcheon, and particularly composition (the parts of the shield), blazon, ordinaries, subordinaries, charges and tinctures.
		The Capo d'Angio (Chief of Anjou), blazoned "azure three fleurs-de-lis or between a label gules," sometimes "azure seme-de-lis or a label gules," was associated with the Guelphs.
		The deerhound was probably supplanted in heraldry by the greyhound because the former might appear too similar to a wolf in a crude armorial representation.
	www.regalis.com /reg/medherald.htm (1657 words)

	marks of cadency in the British royal family
		An innovation arises with the children of James, duke of York (who bears a label of three points ermine): they are given a label of five points ermine, first instance of the use of 5 points to denote grandchildren of a sovereign.
		The duke of Kendal was given a label of 3 points, but it was becoming clear by then that Charles II would have no legitimate heirs, and in fact the duke of York's arms were sometimes shown with a label of three points argent.
		The heir apparent bears a label of three points argent, and his eldest son the same with a cross gules on the center label (but note that the current Prince of Wales's eldest son bears an escallop gules).
	www.heraldica.org /topics/britain/cadency.htm (1789 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Gules, a saltire argent, a label compony argent and azure.* NEVILLE, the arms borne by Richard Nevile, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury (1428-71), known as "Warwick the Kingmaker," upon his seal of 1465.
		The compony label is an allusion to the arms of his grandmother Joan, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (see Beaufort).
		On a mount vert, a dragon passant wings elevated and addorsed gules, gorged with a label argent.* The Red Dragon of Cadwalader badge of the PRINCE OF WALES, NDNP.
	www.pvv.ntnu.no /~bcd/rolemaster/novi/her-list.txt (18606 words)

	British Ancestry - Articles
		By the sixteenth century Gerard Leigh is stating categorically that the eldest son has a label of three points and - on the authority of someone called Honorius - one point for the father, the second for the mother and third for the son, and therefore five points for the grandson.
		Of course, this is only important when heraldry is being used for its proper purpose of identifying the individual in his acts, his deeds and particularly upon the field of battle, and in his tenure of land holdings the use of which he may signify by his seal.
		What I believe the evidence of heraldry thus linked to the genealogies suggests with very little doubt is that almost unexpected conclusion:- cadency differences were not used by the eldest son at all unless he had a separate identity in his own right as a territorial baron, held his own lands or military command.
	www.britishancestry.org /articles.php?year=2003&month=8&id=12 (3495 words)

	2prince
		Note that the eldest-son label is around the neck of the dragon, thus associating it with Prince Charles.
		Traditionally in heraldry, the lion has represented England, however Prince Charles' heraldic representation is totally unique in history even differing from that of his mother's, Queen Elizabeth, whose lion has the typical three claws per foot.
		Other members of the British royal family have labels that have more than three descending "horns." There are a total of five eldest-son labels on the coat of arms: on the left-side lion, the head lion, the unicorn, the red dragon, and at the top of the center shield where 10 lions are depicted.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/ck15endtimecolumn/et6.html (4894 words)

	Cadency (from heraldry) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cadency is the use of various devices designed to show a man's position in a family, with the aforementioned basic aim of reserving the entire arms to the head of the family and to differentiate the arms of the rest, who are the cadets, or younger members.
		Strictly defined, heraldry denotes that which pertains to the office and duty of a herald;...
		Heraldic works in the 16th century refer to cadency marks as: a label for the eldest son during his father's...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=8843 (900 words)

	[No title]
		The use of a label as a brisure goes back almost to the very beginnings of what we recognize as medieval heraldic display, and it was the most commonly used cadency mark.
		We found that the label could be drawn entirely on the chief (where it often surmounted other charges placed there) [7], or more rarely, mostly on the chief with the tabs protruding onto the field.
		boven, identified as Gobert de la Bove); the label is throughout, of three points, and entirely on the chief, though its (narrow) horizontal band is almost at the top of the shield, and its points (which are about twice as wide as the horiz.
	www.panix.com /~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2851.txt (1021 words)

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