Blazon
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A Blazon is a way of representing a coat of arms through a long series of words.
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Blazons often use words derived from French so they are hard to understand for English speakers. For example blue is called azure and white is called argent
If you have a blazon you can draw a coat of arms from it.
Examples
Azure, a bend or. A coat made famous by the medieval court case Scrope v. Grosvenor.
Party per pale argent and vert, a tree eradicated counterchanged. Arms of Behnsdorf.
Argent, an eagle displayed gules armed and wings charged with trefoils Or. Arms of Brandenburg.
Quarterly 1st and 4th Sable a lion rampant on a canton Argent a cross Gules; 2nd and 3rd quarterly Argent and Gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a fret Or overall on a bend Sable three escallops of the first and as an augmentation in chief an inescutcheon, Argent a cross Gules and thereon an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or. Arms of Churchill.[1]
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