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	Armorial Gold Heraldry Dictionary
		This heraldry dictionary is based on the works of Elvin (edited by Marvin Beatty) from his original manuscript of 1879.
		Are the arms of another family, borne either singular, or quartered with those of the paternal coat, e.g.
		Are those impaled or borne in an escutcheon of pretence to denote alliances formed by marriage, and the arms taken by the issue of an Heiress or Coheiress quartered with those of their Father, thereby shewing their descent from a family of which the male line is extinct.
	www.heraldryclipart.com /heraldry-dictionary.html (3137 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Heraldry (F) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Heraldry (F) In heraldry, the term feathered is applied to an arrow when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.
		In heraldry, a fesse is one of the nine honourable ordinaries, consisting of a belt drawn horizontally across the middle of the shield and occupying one third of the field.
		In heraldry, a flanch is a bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /UC.HTM (687 words)

	Heraldry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first thing the blazon describes is the tincture (colour) of the field (background) (though in some cases of "landscape heraldry" all or part of the field is some sort of landscape), and then it describes the placement and tinctures of the different charges (objects) on the shield.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heraldry (3182 words)

	Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry - Q (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The diminutive of the quarter is the canton, of two-thirds its area.
		When only two coats are quartered on one shield, as in the case of marriage, the first and fourth quarters display the arms of the husband; the second and third, those of the wife.
		In quartering arms, the shield may be divided into as many squares as necessary, and the first coat (that of the bearer) may be repeated or not to make up an even number.
	digiserve.com /heraldry/pimb_q.htm (267 words)

	HERALDRY - LoveToKnow Article on HERALDRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Another development is that of what armorists style the grand quarter, a quarter which is itself quartered, as in the shield of Reynold Grey of Ruthyn, which bears Grey in the first and fourth quarters and Hastings quartered with Valence in the third and fourth.
		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)

	Heraldry: definitions and terms
		The quarter consists of the dexter chief quarter of the shield.
		In heraldry the crest is represented attached to the top of the helmet; its base is surrounded by a wreath, a circlet of twisted ribbons tinctured of the principal metal and colors of the shield.
		In the case of a single quartering, the paternal arms are shown in the first and fourth quarters, and the maternal arms in the second and third.
	dede.essortment.com /heraldryterms_rznk.htm (2465 words)

	Heraldic Dictionary: 4. Sub-Ordinaries, part 1
		QUARTER are each identical to one of the sections of a coat of arms that is Gyronny or Quarterly.
		A Quarter, of course, occupies one of the quarters of the shield.
		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.
	www.fotw.us /flags/vxt-h4.html (977 words)

	Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Heraldry is the knowledge and art of describing coats of arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings.
		However, in heraldry, a crest is just one component of a coat of arms, so using the word to refer to the entire coat is in fact incorrect.
		For many more people, heraldry is seen as a part of their national, and even personal, heritage, as well as being a manifestation of civic and national pride.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/he/Heraldry.htm (2465 words)

	Dormer Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Heraldry can be a bit of a complex subject so you might also be interested in having a look at these Heraldry: Its Origins and Meaning (uk) (us).
		The arms are 1st and 3rd quarter : azure, 10 Billets or; 4, 3, 2, and 1 : on a chief of the second a demy lion rampant sable, arm'd and langu'd gules (Dormer).
		2nd quarter : gules, on a chevron inter 3 fish nayant argent, 3 martlets sable on a chief or 3 escallops gules.
	web.telia.com /~u30014342/dormer.html (512 words)

	CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-LONDON, COUNTY OF (OBSOLETE)
		The fl cross and four fl martlets on a golden ground in the second quarter represent the arms of the Abbey of Abingdon, to whom part of the Manor was given by the de Veres in the eleventh century, and who dedicated the church to the Blessed Virgin.
		The device in the third quarter, known as the Southwark Cross, is commemorative of the martyrdom of St. George and was used as a device by the Bridge Estates Committee.
		The green lion is from the heraldry of John Dudley and the trees refer to the ancient forest in the area.
	www.civicheraldry.co.uk /lcc.html (3371 words)

	CHARGE (HERALDRY) FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The ''quarter'' is a rectangle occupying the top left quarter of the field, as perceived by the viewer.
		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.
	www.witwib.com /charge_(heraldry) (9694 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Heraldry (Q) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Heraldry (Q) In heraldry, quadrate refers to a cross whose middle is composed of a square.
		In heraldry, a quarter is one of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fesse point.
		In heraldry, quartering is the division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /UH.HTM (209 words)

	JAG - Differencing - 6
		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.
		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.
		The canton is the diminutive of the quarter and is a square with the area of one-third of the chief.
	www.baronage.co.uk /jag-ht/jag013.html (733 words)

	Classical Heraldry - 3
		We noted earlier that the display of quarters pulled the proportions of the heater shape to deepen the shield and thereby to reduce the cramping suffered by the charges in the lower part.
		In the 4th quarter the cross has one limb lengthened and one trimmed, and the result appears to be quite natural.
		As such a large number of quarters would not be easily distinguishable in battle, that the shield is not of a shape suitable to be borne in battle becomes less important to the artist and is accepted as fashionable.
	www.baronage.co.uk /1999/herart03.html (750 words)

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		Sixth quarter of William Paston of Paston, Norfolk, 1573.
		Eighth quarter of William Paston of Paston, Norfolk, 1573.
		Seventh quarter of William Paston of Paston, Norfolk, 1573.
	www.pvv.ntnu.no /~bcd/rolemaster/novi/her-list.txt (18606 words)

	C.U.H.&G.S. -- "The Escutcheon" -- Vol. 4 No. 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The three quarterings represent the three provinces of the country: Latgale in the north-east (Az a rising sun Or); Kurzeme or Courland in the south-west (Arg a lion rampant sinister Gu); and Vidzeme in the south-east (Gu a griffin segreant holding in its dexter forepaw a sword erect Arg).
		The third quarter stands for the Banat of Severin and Oltenia in the south-west, the fourth quarter for Transylvania north and west of the Carpathian Mountains, and the fifth quarter (two gold dolphins on a blue field) for Dobruja, south of the Danube Delta.
		In their use of heraldry, the newly liberated nations of central and eastern Europe are demonstrating the efficacy of looking back in order to embrace the future.
	www.cam.ac.uk /societies/cuhags/escutch/1998-99/ar_btf.htm (2798 words)

	Quarter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the Imperial system, a quarter is two stone (28 pounds), or one-quarter of a hundredweight.
		in heraldry, unless specified as a quarter sinister or sinister quarter, an ordinary occupying the dexter chief (viewer's upper left) quarter of the field of a shield, or, if the field is quarterly (divided into four by cross-like lines), one of the quarters thus formed
		Quarter is also a part of a city:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quarter (191 words)

	MSN Encarta - Dictionary - quarter
		measurements quarter of standard unit: an amount or length equal to one quarter of a standard unit of measurement
		heraldry section of heraldic shield: one of the four sections into which a heraldic shield may be divided
		The soldiers were quartered in an old barn.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861697577 (575 words)

	Heraldry Glossary
		Shields are often divided into quarters referred to as 1st (dexter chief), 2nd (sinister chief), 3rd (dexter base) and 4th (sinister base).
		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
		On the tomb of Queen Elizabeth are emblazoned the arms of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders, and of Henry I and Matilda of Scotland, all, of course, pure inventions.
		Couple-Close - One of the diminutives of the chevron, being one-quarter the breadth of that ordinary.
		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
	www.pictavia.org /library/heraldrydictionary.html (18611 words)

	Heraldry in Spain
		The conquest of Granada was symbolized by the addition enté en point of a quarter for Granada.
		In 1520, the quarter of Aragon and Aragon-Sicily was replaced with a tierced per pale Aragon, Jerusalem and Hungary (see a color version, not without inaccuracies, on the seal of the University of Granada).
		Heraldry is not regulated in Spain, in the sense that there are no laws or rules on who can take what arms, and no official has ever had enforcement powers of any kind.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/national/spain.htm (1685 words)

	A Primer on Heraldry
		These coats pass to the heirs in the usual way except that where a younger sister is a knight her eldest son my quarter his father’s arms with his mother’s quartered coat, her second son my assume his mother’s arms as a quartered coat, while younger sons quarter their attained coats with their mother’s.
		In the case of the eldest son of a female knight, who was her father’s eldest daughter and intitled to assume her father’s arms, he quarters his arms with his mother’s in the usually way for heraldric heiresses.
		The rules of heraldry prohibit two tincture in contact so if the shield is of a tincture the bordure will be edged to offset it from the shield.
	www.mailbag.com /users/jswatson/heraldry.htm (2834 words)

	quarter
		quarters A place of residence, especially the buildings or barracks used to house military personnel or their dependents.
		Heraldry To divide (a shield) into four equal areas with vertical and horizontal lines.
		When referring to the time of day, the article a is optional in phrases such as (a) quarter to (or of, before, or till) nine; (a) quarter after (or past) ten.
	www.fane.cn /dict/quarter.htm (913 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Oswald Barron is also quite the flamer but at least amusing when he does so...) The reason we don't see Quarters used often (aside from the fact that it appears that modern aesthetic doesn't like it as well as the other Ordinaries) has nothing to do with the whether it's a period charge.
		Again in > Foster's Dictionary of Heraldry, all examples of Quarterly X and Y a charge > Z, Z is in the first quarter.
		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.
	www.kwantlen.bc.ca /~donna/sca/heraldry/keepers/quartr.txt (1172 words)

	Glossaire Ang. Q-T (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is probable, however, that they arose from the ornaments of the seal engraver and became heraldic from the practice of quartering.
		Supporters are now borne by all peers of Great Britain, Knights of the Garter, Knights Grand Cross of the Bath, Nova Scotia baronets and chiefs of Scottish clans, and are also borne by many municipalities and the principal mercantile companies of London.
		Thunderbolt - The thunderbolt is represented in heraldry by a twisted bar in pale, inflamed at the ends, surmounting two jagged darts in saltire, between two wings expanded, and usually has streams of fire issuing from the center.
	www.grand-armorial.net /dictAng_Q-T.html (4750 words)

	quarter - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Phrases that include quarter: three quarter, quarter horse, last quarter, quarter century, quarter deck, more...
		Words similar to quarter: billet, canton, fourth, one-fourth, poop, quartered, quartering, quartern, stern, tail, after part, draw and quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=quarter&ls=a (615 words)

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		The Lancashire Heraldry Group was set up to further the study of heraldry both in Lancashire and in general, and also to act as resources for the Lancashire Family History And Heraldry Society to refer questions which arise concerning coats of arms, crests and other items armorial.
		It ceiling bosses appear to have come from the previous church or may be copied from some earlier work, but its truly miraculous feature is the large amount of almost complete original medieval stained glass, all removed from the east window in 1872.
		There have also been a number of out visits one arranged in association with the Greater Manchester Heraldry Society, was to Preston Minster (the former parish church) which has a lot of Victorian heraldic glass and a good number of monuments.
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