ELVN - Plate 01

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Lines. All the Ordinaries and Subordinaries are subject to the accidental forms of Lines, e.g., P. 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, etc.

Points of the Escutcheon. Parts of the Shield denoting the position of the Charges.

Colours. Are divided into three classes, viz.: Metals, Colours, and Furs. See Tinctures.

The following paradigm will explain how some authors blazon Arms of Sovereigns by Planets, of Peers by Precious Stones, etc.

It was the adoption of such pedantries as this by the old writers that tended to make Heraldry repulsive and unintelligible to the modern apprehension.

The only recognised way now is to blazon all by the terms given under Metals, Colours, and Furs.

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Or Gold Yellow Sol Leo Topaz
Argent Silver White Luna Cancer Pearl
Gules Iron Red Mars Aries Ruby
Azure Tin Blue Jupiter Taurus Sapphire
Vert Copper Green Venus Gemini Emerald
Purpure Quick Silver Purple Mercury Sagittarius Amethyst
Sable Lead Black Saturn Capricorn Diamond
Tenne Orange Dragon's Head Jacynth & Hyacinth
Sanguine Murry Dragon's Tail Sardonyx