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	Heraldry Clipart ETC
		Andrew Harcla Andrew Harcla, the march-warden, whom Edward II made an earl and executed as a traitor, bore the arms of St. George with a martlet sable in the quarter.
		Heraldry, Esquire Esquire's sidelong helmet, with visor shut.
		Vair Vair is one of the furs in heraldry composed of several silver and blue pieces representing little shields.
	etc.usf.edu /clipart/galleries/designs/heraldry_2.htm (1155 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

	Sable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The sable, a small quadruped, closely akin to the martens, and known by the zoological names of Martes zibellina or Mustela zibellina, originated in Siberia and has achieved fame for its fur, which is integrated into various clothes fashions (for example a Shtreimel).
		Sables are diurnal carnivores, using their sense of smell and hearing to hunt for small prey.
		The name sable appears to be Slavonic in origin: compare Russian sobol, whence various languages have adapted the term: German Zobel, Dutch Sabel; the Modern French zibelline and Mediaeval Latin zibellina derive from the Italian form.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sable (267 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Heraldry (S) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In heraldry, the Saint George' cross is a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain.
		In heraldry, a saltire is a Saint Andrew's cross, or a cross in the form of an X, being one of the honorable ordinaries.
		In heraldry, the spread eagle is a figure of an eagle with outspread wings, used as the national emblem of the USA and often used as a device on military ornaments, and the like.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /UI.HTM (583 words)

	sable - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sable, small type of marten that is widely hunted for its luxurious fur and is of great importance to the fur industry.
		Sable, Cape, southernmost point of the mainland United States and of mainland Florida.
		The sable (Martes zibellina) is a small mammal, closely akin to the martens, living in northern Asia from the Ural Mountains through Siberia and Mongolia to Hokkaido in Japan.
	encarta.msn.com /sable.html (206 words)

	Family Crest and Coat of Arms: Parts of a Coat of Arms
		Heraldry has been defined as the art of blazoning, assigning, and marshalling a coat of arms.
		One historian (Beryl Platts, author of Origins of Heraldry) notes that "family identification" was practiced in northern Europe even before the Norman Conquest, and she believes that all heraldry in England is the derivation of the heraldic devices brought by the families who accompanied William the Conqueror.
		Whenever a new Knight appeared at a Tournament, the herald sounded the trumpet, and as the competitors attended with closed visors, it was his duty to explain the bearing of the shield or coat-armour belonging to each.
	www.fleurdelis.com /coatofarms.htm (1097 words)

	Heraldry Lion - AncestorNews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jewish Heraldry does not describe "Jewish heraldry" as some distinct species of heraldry of how heraldry came to be adopted by Jews, and enriched their cultural tradition: thus the lion of Judah.
		Heraldry By Fergus Macdowall of Garthland and Col. Strome Carmichael-Galloway.
		Heraldry, Coats of Arms and Crests The CrownedRoyal Lion of England is a the earliest Royal beast, and as.
	www.ancestornews.com /family-tree/heraldry_lion.html (647 words)

	Sable Brush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The sable, a small quadruped, closely akin to the martens, and known by thezoological names of Martes zibellina or Mustela zibellina, originated in Siberia and has achieved fame for its fur.
		In the wild they arepotentially vicious; although there are "domesticated" sables who have been described as playful, curious, and even "tame" (iftaken from their mother at a young age).
		The name sable appears to be Slavonic in origin: compareRussian sobol, whence various languages have adapted the term, compare German Zobel, Dutch Sabel ; the ModernFrench zibelline and Mediaeval Latin zibellina derive from the Italian form.
	www.elusiveeye.com /side38085-sable-brush.html (510 words)

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		Gules, on a bezant fimbriated vert a lion rampant sable.
		Quarterly 1 and 4, argent, a crescent vert; 2 and 3, sable, a crescent Or.
		Henry VIII used either (1) a lion Or and a dragon gules; (2) a dragon gules and a bull sable; or (3) a lion Or and a greyhound argent.
	www.pvv.ntnu.no /~bcd/rolemaster/novi/her-list.txt (18606 words)

	Sable antelope
		Sable antelope are most active during the early morning and late afternoon.
		The sable antelope is considered a low risk, conservation dependent species, while the giant sable antelope, H.
		In heraldry, 'sable' means fl, a reference to the dark colouration of mature males.
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Hippotragus_niger.html (467 words)

	Roll of Arms of rec.heraldry
		Sable a kalakukko or dunghill cock with the head of a fish atop a trimount Or.
		Per chevron wavy in chief per pale azure and sable and in base argent, i n chief an estoile or and in base a bell sable accompanied by two barrulets wavy crestd to the sinister on the upper edge per pale asure and sable.
		McManus: Or a fess Gules and in chief a boar passant Sable
	jgrimbert.free.fr /herald/rh (4029 words)

	Sable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The sable, a small quadruped, closely akin to the martens, and known by the zoological names of Martes zibellina or Mustela zibellina, originated in Siberia and has achieved fame for its fur.
		The name sable appears to be Slavonic in origin: compare Russian sobol, whence various languages have adapted the term, compare German Zobel, Dutch Sabel; the Modern French zibelline and Mediaeval Latin zibellina derive from the Italian form.
		The sable's fl fur has given heraldry the term sable, meaning the colour fl.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /s/sa/sable.html (111 words)

	Heraldry, Coats of Arms and Crests; Crowns, Heralds and Medieval Knights.
		Heraldry is often seen as much of a science as an art and often refers to the design of the Achievements for a particular surname which is also often linked to a specific place or occupation.
		Heraldry began with and have over the centuries continue to be used today as a specific mark of the fighting man with their coat of arms being placed upon their fighting vehicle, This painted and gilded woodcarving of the starboard side entrance port that Ian has carved onboard Lord Nelson's Flagship
		Hungarian heraldry is closely akin to that of Austria and Germany, Poland separates itself from the rest of Europe by virtue of its pre-heraldic runic signs which were later absorbed by heraldry and came to constitute its principal feature.
	www.heraldicsculptor.com /heraldry.html (7542 words)

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		Sable, on a pale vert fimbriated in chief a boar statant to sinister argent.
		Argent, an otter passant and on a chief sable a branch argent.
		Per bend sinister sable and gules, on a bend sinister wavy argent a ducal coronet bendwise sable, in chief three passion nails inverted bendwise in bend sinister gules enflamed Or and in base, for augmentation, an inescutcheon azure charged with a demi-sun issuant from base Or within a bordure argent.
	sca.org /heraldry/loar/2004/02/04-02lar.txt (16260 words)

	SCA Inc. College of Arms Glossary of Terms, December 23, 2003
		The most common are ermine (argent with sable ermine spots), counter-ermine (sable with argent ermine spots; also known as ermines, a term that is not used in the SCA due to the possibility of typographic errors), erminois (Or with sable ermine spots) and pean (sable with Or ermine spots).
		In Per chevron argent and sable, two roses and a fleur-de-lys counterchanged and on a chief purpure three hearts argent, the roses and fleur-de-lys are the primary charge group, because they are all of about the same size and in a standard arrangement.
		In Per chevron argent and sable, two roses and a fleur-de-lys counterchanged and on a chief purpure three hearts argent, the chief is the secondary charge group.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/coagloss.html (8470 words)

	Clan Campbell Society (NA) Heraldry
		In all clans the Chief by tradition and courtesy allows members of his clan to wear his crest as a cap badge or brooch, the crest generally being of silver and always set within a circular belt and buckle, the motto of the chief being inscribed upon the belt.
		The heraldry of Clan Campbell is probably the most elaborate, fascinating and diverse of any family in the world, since the number of armigerous Campbells is greater than for any other clan.
		The Federation of Clan Campbell Societies was created in 1986 by his Grace, the 12th Duke of Argyll, to enable the various Clan Campbell Societies to use heraldic arms as granted to the Chief by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland, for the Federation.
	www.ccsna.org /jsep30.htm (1347 words)

	A Grammar of Blazonry
		We could string these together, with a few descriptive phrases, and have a workable blazon: Argent, a bend sable, in chief a mullet sable and in base a lozenge sable, on the bend a roundel argent, an annulet argent and a roundel argent, a chief wavy sable and on the chief a sword argent.
		One was the substitution of jewel-names for the heraldic tinctures: "ruby" instead of "gules", "sapphire" instead of "azure", "diamond" instead of "sable", etc. This fad actually appears to have started in period: a German grant of arms from 1458 uses these terms.
		Thus a device we might blazon as Argent, on a fess sable between three mullets gules, three annulets argent, a chief gules would be blazoned in a Victorian style as Argent, on a fess sable between three mullets gules, as many annulets of the field, a chief of the third.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/bruce.html (3541 words)

	Arthurian Heraldry
		The development of this Arthurian heraldry slows in the 14th c.
		heraldry he is given Argent a lion and a peacock gules or argent three lions gules.
		heraldry he bore Argent on a canton gules a semy of eagles argent.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/arthur.htm (1527 words)

	sable - definition of sable by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
		It is on an inlet south of Sable Island, a low sandy island often called "the Graveyard of the Atlantic" because of its hazard to navigation.
		Of the fur of the sable: a sable coat.
		On the grass there lay a sable antelope bull-- the most beautiful of all the African antelopes--quite dead, and transfixed by its great curved horns was a magnificent fl-maned lion, also dead.
	dict.thefreelibrary.com /Sable (355 words)

	Authentic Heraldry Made Simple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The heraldry of today is not the same as the heraldry of the thirteenth century, and the heraldry of thirteenth century England was not the same as the heraldry of fifteenth century Portugal.
		Heraldry was created by nobles for nobles, probably as an adjunct to the tournament, which also evolved in the 12th and 13th centuries.
		The closest that medieval heraldry came to merit badge heraldry was in canting arms, rebuses, burgher or guild heraldry (which could be self-conscious advertisements) or the rare and remarkable device that alluded to some act performed by a member of the family.
	www.adrianempire.org /heraldry/library/lothar/medievalheraldry.html (17354 words)

	Coats of Arms - "D" surnames
		Or (gold), a lion rampant Sable (fl), in chief a label of three points Gules (red).
		Or (gold), a lion rampant Sable (fl), on a chief Gules (red), a label of five points Argent (silver).
		ARMS:..Ecartele, aux 1 et 4 de sable au lion d'or; aux 2 et 3 d'or a un bras, arme d'argent pose en pal, le coude lie de deux rubans flottants d'argent, la main de carnation brandissant une epee du meme...Casque couronne.
	freepages.family.rootsweb.com /~heraldry/heraldry_d.html (984 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sable black.
		Expressed in heraldry by horizontal lines crossing perpendicular ones.
		In English heraldry escutcheons are varied by seven colours; foreign heralds add two more.
		13) it is ordained that none under the degree of an earl shall use sables.
	www.bartleby.com /81/14684.html (152 words)

	Curry-Family.net
		Curry or Corry of Ulster: Sable on a chevron between three griffins' heads erased Or as many estoiles Gules.
		Crest: Out of a ducal coronet a griffin's head erased Or between two wings gold, semee of estoiles Sable.
		Curry of Thomond: Azure a lion passant guardant Or.
	www.curry-family.net /heraldry.html (81 words)

	Untitled
		Coats armour, coats of arms: insignia in HERALDRY, relating to a specific family or branch of a family, borne on shields or standards.
		Commot: A Welsh landholding, a division of a cantrefi (hundred), implying a superiority, but less institutionalised than those Manors or Lordships along the southern coast of Wales which were occupied by the Normans at an early date.
		Heraldry: system of personal identification of knights by means of insignia (COAT ARMOUR, COATS OF ARMS) on shields or standards.
	www.msgb.co.uk /glossary.html (2189 words)

	Glossary
		Crest heraldic term, in the time of the "living heraldry" it meant a decoration of the great helm usually, but not exclusively, bearing part of the coat-of-arms of its wearer.
		Crancelin A crown in the form of an ornamental arched bend, said to be derived from a chaplet of rue, and found in the arms of Saxony.
		Lion Most frequently found beast in heraldry; occurs in many positions, of which the most usual are rampant and passant.
	www.ceu.hu /medstud/manual/SRM/gloss.htm (6563 words)

	Heraldry : Sable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heraldry is the knowledge and art of describing coats of arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings.
		A given coat of arms may be drawn in many different ways, all considered equivalent, just as the letter "A" may be printed in many different fonts while still being the same letter.
		However, in heraldry, a crest is just one component of a coat of arms.
	www.eurofreehost.com /sa/Sable.html (379 words)

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