The argent and sable moth (Rheumaptera hastata) is a day-flying moth of the family Geometridae, with distinctive black and white colors. They tend to live...
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Ordinary (heraldry) (section Cottise and cottising)
or, the sails argent, beneath which on a panel argent edged or is the name "Discovery" in letters sable—HM Canadian Ship Discovery Some geometric figures...
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difficult to distinguish regions that were intended as "argent" from those that were "sable". This leaves a false impression that the rule of tincture...
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and it could be argued that the fess should be blazoned as "per pale, in dexter per pale Sable and Argent, and in sinister per pale Bleu Celeste and Or"...
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langued Or outlined Sable, crowned Or outlined Sable; II: Or, an eagle Sable charged with across its breast and wings a crescent Argent upward pointing with...
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Tincture (heraldry) (section Development and history)
and commoners. Among nobles, gules remained the most common tincture, closely followed by or, then by argent and azure at nearly equal levels; sable was...
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barry wavy Azure and Argent and Sable on a fess Gules a lion passant and in base a sun rising or: and for the Crest: On a wreath or and Gules on water barry...
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including common redstart, wood warbler and pied flycatcher. It is also home to the nationally scarce argent and sable moth, a priority species in the UK's...
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gules, an eagle displayed sable crowned Or, and azure, a buffalo's head cabossed sable maintaining in its mouth a fish (argent?). Polish examples abound...
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this peerage and its subsidiary titles. The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the Earldom is: Per pale argent and sable a chevron and in base a crescent...
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