- compasses

англ. — pair of compasses. This masonic sign appears rarely in Fr. heraldry. FRGL

COMPASSES. As in the joiners Arms. P. 41, f. 31. (ELVN)

Compasses Compasses, (fr. compas): Циркуль. В эмблеме Company of Carpenters Компании плотников, как и в других упомянутых, этот инструмент раскрыт в виде стропила, как показано на иллюстрации. О компасе Compass Dial см. ст. Magnetic Needle (магнитная игла).

«Argent, a chevron engrailed between three pairs of compasses expanded at the points sable» – Company of CARPENTERS.

«Argent, an annulet between the legs of a pair of compasses sable» – HADLEIGH.

«Azure, three pairs of compasses extended or, pointed sable» – BONNY.

«Per chevron crenelly or and sable, three pairs of compasses extended counterchanged» – CARTWRIGHT.

«Gules, a chevron argent between two pairs of compasses in chief extended at the points and a sphere in base or; on a chief of the last a pale azure between two roses of the first seeded of the third barbed vert; on the pale an escallop of the second» – JOINERS' Company[Inc. 1569].

«Sable, on a chevron engrailed between three towers argent a pair of compasses of the first» – MASONS' Company[Inc. 1411; arms granted 1473].

«Sable, on a chevron between three towers argent a pair of compasses open chevronways of the first» – The FREEMASONS' Society[as given by Edmondson].

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