Image Heraldic Shield Purpure.svg right 122px Purpure tincture In heraldry , purpure is a tincture heraldry tincture , more or less the equivalent of the colour purple , and is one of the five main or most usually used colours as opposed to metals . It may be portrayed in engraving s by a series of parallel lines at a 45 degree angle running from upper right to lower left from the point of view of an observer, or else indicated by using purp. as an abbreviation. Purpure has existed since the earliest periods, for example in the purpure lion of the arms of Kingdom of Le n Le n at that time, it was painted in a greyer shade. However, it has never been as common as the other colours, and this has led to some controversy as to whether it should be counted among the five common colours. In French heraldry, the colour is usually excluded from the common colours as well as considered ambiguous could be either colour or metal , and Finnish heraldry restricts its use to certain additaments. There is at least one instance of it being blazoned as Imperial Purple . http cilialacorte.com dictionary Sperver.htm Purpure is said to represent the following Of jewels, the amethyst Of heavenly bodies, Mercury planet Mercury The planet Mercury is further associated with the element mercury or quicksilver in traditional Classical planets in western alchemy alchemical occultistic lore External links http www.heraldica.org topics purpure.htm Heraldica.org Purpure, discussion based on Michel Pastoureau , Trait d H raldique. http www.crwflags.com fotw flags es .html lio Red vs. Purple Lions tincture Category Heraldic tinctures ca Porpra her ldica es P rpura her ldica it Porpora araldica he hu B bor heraldika ja pt Purpure ru ... more details
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Summary logo fur Article Beta Upsilon Chi Use Org ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Owner Beta Upsilon Chi Fraternity, Inc. Website http www.betaupsilonchi.org History Commentary Party per bend Argent and Purpure, a Latin cross with arms bottony Gules fibriated Or, in sinister a chalice Or and host Sable, in dexter a dove in flight Argent for crest, on a cord of three strands Or, a crown of three points Or jeweled Purpure, charged with a Chi Rho Sable on an escroll Purpure, fimbriated Or, the motto BROTHERS UNDER CHRIST Argent. OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Must be specified if Use is not Infobox Org Brand Product Replaceability other information Licensing Non free logo ... more details
bay or noble laurel Proper berries Purpure. Guidon Barry of five Argent and Vert a cross moline ... a sprig of variegated bay or noble laurel Proper, berries Purpure, bearing the Slogan An Gayre ... of golden or variegated bay or laurel Proper fructed Purpure, upon which is depicted a lion rampant ... embellished with variegated bay or laurel Proper, berries Purpure Dexter, a lion rampant Sable ... forepaw a staff Or entwined with ivy leaves Proper fructed Purpure, charged on the sinister ... bay or laurel Proper fructed Purpure, upon which is depicted a lion rampant guardant Sable supporting ... more details
Summary Hatching of heraldic tinctures from Rietstap s table Pl. I. to the bottom of the book Johannes Baptista Rietstap Handboek der wapenkunde. Gouda, 1857 Different hatching systems A. Franquart 1625 , B. Butkens 1626 and Gelenius 1645 , C. Caramuel Lobkowitz 1639 1642 , D. de Rouck 1645 The hatching of heraldic and additional tinctures A. goud Or , B. zilver Argent , C. rood Gules , D. blaauw Azure , E. zwart Sable , F. groen Vert , G. purper Purpure , H. oranjekleur Orange , I. bloedekleur bloo red , K. ijzerkleur iron grey , L. staal of waterkleur steel or water colour , M. aschkleur ashen grey , N. aardekleur earth colour , O. bruine kleur brown , P. vleeschkleur flesh colour , Q. natuurlijke kleur proper , R. damascering Licensing PD old 100 ... more details
for the English cricketer Barbara Murrey Image Heraldic Shield Murrey.svg right 150px In heraldry , murrey is a stain , an occasionally used tincture heraldry tincture . According to dictionaries, murrey is the colour of Mulberry mulberries , somewhere between gules red and purpure violet , almost Maroon color maroon ref FOTW id vxt h1 title Heraldic dictionary . Accessed 14 July 2009. ref but examples registered in Canada ref http archive.gg.ca heraldry pub reg project pic.asp?ProjectID 97&ProjectElementID 375 Crest of William Dale Murray Issuant from an antique crown or a bison s head in trian aspect murrey accorn or. Canadian Public Register, vol IV, p 292. ref and Scotland ref Arms of Brown Murrey a chevron between two fleurs de lys in chief and a plough in base, or. Public Register, vol 71, p 26. ref show it as a reddish brown. The Flag of the Second Spanish Republic in the 1930s was a tricolour of horizonal stripes of red, yellow and murrey. References reflist tincture Category Heraldic tinctures ca Morat es Morado mk pt Murrey ... more details
Edward Bellasis 1852 1922 was a long serving Officer of Arms officer of arms at the College of Arms in London . He was the son of another Edward Bellasis father Edward Bellasis , a Serjeant at Law . His heraldic career began in 1873 when he was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary . In 1882, he was promoted to the office of Lancaster Herald Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary . He held this post for forty years until his death in 1922. Bellasis used a coat of arms inherited from his father. The arms were blazon ed Argent a Chevron between three Fleurs de lis Azure in chief a Tent Purpure lined Gules . Publications Bellasis, Edward. Memorial of Mr. Serjeant Bellasis 2d ed., London, 1895 . See also Heraldry Pursuivant Herald External links http www.college of arms.gov.uk The College of Arms http www.cam.ac.uk societies cuhags info o of a intro.htm CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index worldcat id lccn n85 273622 DEFAULTSORT Bellasis, Edward Category 1852 births Category 1922 deaths Category English genealogists Category English officers of arms heraldry stub UK historian stub ... more details
orphan date November 2009 This is a list of color topics see also list of colors , which is a list of articles about specific named colors. See also the category list Category Color , which is currently much more comprehensive than this article in most areas. Additive color Afterimage Bayer filter Chromolithograph Color Colour , Colors , Color disambiguation Black and white Black & White Red Blue silver color Color code Color management Color printing Color recovery Color Rendering Index Color space CMYK color space HSV color space HSL color space RGB color spaces Adobe RGB color space SRGB color space YIQ YUV Color space encoding ColorSync Color theory Color vision Color wheel Colorimeter Colors of chemicals Colour banding Complementary color False color Film colorization Four color printing Cyan , magenta , yellow Horse s Equine coat color wikilinks to all other coat color articles Color breed Hue Kruithof curve Liturgical colours Optical spectrum Palette computing List of palettes Primary color Rainbow Saturation color theory Saturation Spot color Subtractive color Theory of Colours Thermochromics Tincture heraldry argent , azure , gules , or heraldry or , purpure , sable heraldry sable , vert Visual perception Watercolor Web colors Category Color Category Arts related lists Color topics Category Physics lists Color topics hi simple List of color topics ... more details
Wiktionary purple Purple is a colour intermediate to red and blue. Purple may also refer to Purple album Purple album , by the Stone Temple Pilots Purple cipher machine , a Japanese cipher machine Purple government , a coalition government in Belgium and the Netherlands formed by social democrats and liberals Purple magazine , a French fashion, literature, art, and culture magazine. Purple song Purple song , a song by Skin Purple drank , a recreational drug made from cough syrup Purple Records , a record label Purple Ribbon All Stars , rap group and record label Purple software , an Eroge brand A University of London award for sport equivalent to a University Sporting Blue University of London University Sporting Blue Snakebite beer cocktail Snakebite , the beer cocktail less commonly known as Purple libpurple, the instant messaging library of the Pidgin software Pidgin , Finch and Adium instant messaging clients PURPLE, Peri Urban Regions Platform Europe a network of European regions Purple, an Anything Muppet pattern used on Sesame Street See also Purple cipher machine The Purple, a former nickname of the Northwestern Wildcats Visual purple, a name for the photopigment rhodopsin Purpure , a heraldic tincture The Color Purple , a novel by Alice Walker The Color Purple film The Color Purple film , a film by Steven Spielberg The Purple Rose of Cairo film written and directed by Woody Allen When I am an old woman I shall wear purple , first line of Warning , celebrated poem by Jenny Joseph Purple and Brown , a animated series by Aardman Purple prose , a literary term. Disambiguation cs Purpur rozcestn k he ja pt P rpura ... more details
Infobox French commune name Mazinghien image mazinghien.jpg image coat of arms Blason ville fr Mazinghien Nord .svg region Nord Pas de Calais department Nord arrondissement Cambrai canton Le Cateau Cambr sis INSEE 59395 postal code 59360 mayor Michel Hennequart term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Caudr sis Cat sis longitude 3.60444444444 latitude 50.0502777778 elevation m elevation min m 143 elevation max m 161 area km2 9.01 population 302 population date 1999 Mazinghien is a Communes of France commune in the Nord department Nord Departments of France department in northern France . Image Mazinghien map.svg left thumb Map of Mazinghien Heraldry Blazon arms img1 Blason ville fr Mazinghien Nord .svg legend1 Arms of Mazinghien text The arms of Mazinghien are blazon ed br Vert, a titmouse proper perched on a branch, on a chief per pale 1 purpure, ??? and 2 Or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules. br Note1 as drawn, this is a per fess rather than field and chief. br Note2 the bird shown is a Great Tit Parus major See also Communes of the Nord department References http www.insee.fr fr methodes nomenclatures cog fichecommunale.asp?codedep 59&codecom 395 INSEE commune file Nord communes Category Communes of Nord Nord geo stub br Mazinghien ca Mazinghien ceb Mazinghien es Mazinghien eo Mazinghien fr Mazinghien it Mazinghien nl Mazinghien pl Mazinghien uk vi Mazinghien vo Mazinghien war Mazinghien ... more details
Liechtenstein heraldry is the form of heraldic art found in the country of Liechtenstein . It does not have a heraldic body of its own, relying on primarily Germany German influences through the ruling house. It follows the Heraldry German Nordic heraldry German Nordic tradition . National coat of arms Main Coat of arms of Liechtenstein The coat of arms of the Princely House of Liechtenstein is also used as the great arms of the nation. As the sovereign emblem of the Principality of Liechtenstein, its use is reserved for the members of the Princely House and state authorities. Private individuals may be authorized to use the great arms, if it is in the interest of the State. The arms are a history of the Princely House, and show the many different areas of Europe with which Liechtenstein has been involved, either by conquest or by marriage . It has been in use since around 1630. ref http www.ngw.nl int oveur li nat.htm National Coat of Arms of Liechtenstein on Heraldry of the World . Accessed 2009 02 19. ref It is referred to in blazon as Quarterly 1 Or an Eagle displayed Sable crowned and armed of the first charged with a crescent trefly Argent ending in crosses 2 Barry of eight Or and Sable charged with crancelin Vert 3 Per pale Gules and Argent 4 Or a maiden eagle displayed Sable the human part Argent crowned and armed of the first Enty in point chap in base Azure a Hunting Horn stringed Or Overall An Escutcheon per fess Or and Gules The whole achievement entire rendering with supporters is surrounded by the Princely cloak, or mantle, Purpure and lined Ermine and ensigned with the Princely hat. Municipal heraldry double image right Vaduz.png 100 Schaan.png 100 Coat of arms of Vaduz, left, and of Schaan, typical, right Each of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein bears a shield, which contain a wide range of heraldic features. The capital municipality, Vaduz , has the most complex, recognising its status as the home of the ruling house. Coat of arms Coats o ... more details
ptarmigan wings elevated and addorsed proper. torse helm escutcheon Purpure a qulliq Argent enflamed ... proper. compartment Barry wavy Purpure and Argent flanking a mount of tundra proper. motto Co Operation ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 File Coat of arms of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council.png thumb 300px right The coat of arms of Kirklees Borough Council The coat of arms of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council was granted on 24 June 1974. This was just a few months after the district of Kirklees was created as part of the new metropolitan county of West Yorkshire . It is rarely used by the County council Council who, until 2007, preferred to use a logo that is based upon the arms. The green shown on the escutcheon heraldry shield signifies the green fields that form a large part of the district s outlying rural areas. This is intersected by a silver Bend heraldry bend along with a wavy blue lines. These features represent the M62 motorway , which traverses the north, and the rivers and canal s of the district. The two Gear cog s represent the industrial heritage of the area with its many mills . Image Kirklees.jpg thumb left The current Council logo The Lamb of God Paschal lamb is the emblem of John the Baptist , the patron saint of wool workers. The Crest heraldry crest of a ram s head is a synonymous symbol of Huddersfield for many years. It was also displayed on the arms of Mirfield . The ram s head sits on a mural crown which is common on municipal arms. The purple lion supporters are taken from the arms of the de Lacy family who were medieval lords of Huddersfield. Blazon The formal description, or blazon , of the arms is For the arms Vert on a Bend Argent a Bendlet wavy Azure on a Chief Or a Pale between two Cog Wheels Azure on the Pale a Pascal Lamb supporting a Staff Or flying therefrom a forked Pennon Argent charged with a Cross Gules and for the crest On a Wreath of the Colours a Ram s Head affronty couped Argent armed Or gorged with a Mural Crown Sable masoned Argent and for the supporters On either side a Lion rampant guardant Purpure resting the inner hind leg on a Cross Crosslet Or embellished in each of the four angles with a Fleur de Lis Azure M ... more details
Infobox French commune name Elbeuf image Elbeuf Mairie by N Kasp.JPG caption Town hall region Haute Normandie department Seine Maritime arrondissement Rouen canton Elbeuf INSEE 76231 postal code 76500 mayor Djoud Merabet term 2008 2014 intercommunality Agglomeration community of Rouen Elbeuf Austreberthe CREA longitude 1.00916666667 latitude 49.2866666667 elevation m 50 elevation min m 2 elevation max m 133 area km2 16.32 population 17494 population date 2006 Elbeuf is a Communes of France commune in the Seine Maritime Departments of France department in the Haute Normandie Regions of France region in northern France . Geography A light industry light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some convert 11 mi km south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. The commune s territory is largely residential to the north but the southern section is covered by thick woodland . Its position by a meander of the Seine leaves the town susceptible to flooding. History The first written record of the town was in the 10th century, on a map of Richard I of Normandy , under the name Wellebou . According to the Nuttall Encyclopedia of 1907 , it had a flourishing manufacturing business in cloth, woollens, and similar items. Heraldry Blazon arms img1 Blason ville fr Elbeuf Seine Maritime .svg legend1 Arms of Elbeuf text The arms of Elbeuf are blazon ed br Per pale 1 Or, a patriarchal cross gules issuant from a base, supporting a grapevine vert fructed purpure, 2 Azure, a beehive Or on a base vert, beset by bees Or. Population Demography 1962 18,988 1968 19,407 1975 19,116 1982 17,224 1990 16,604 1999 16,666 2006 17,494 withoutdoublecount 1962 Places of interest The mairie , also housing the museum . Two seventeenth century churches. Some sixteenth century houses. A fifteenth century stone cross. The theatre 1890 , renovated in the late twentieth century. Image Elbeuf1.jpg thumb 300px left Place du Calvaire and the Tramway around 1900 Notable people Ra ... more details
About a defunct heraldic organization the existing body with a similar name American College of Heraldry Image American College of Heraldry and Arms Seal.jpg thumb right 200px A seal bearing the arms of The American College of Heraldry and Arms . The arms incorporated elements from many different European national arms. They can be blazoned as Quarterly of eight 1 Or a Lion Rampant within a Double Tressure fleury counter fleury Gules Scotland 2 Azure three Fleur de lis Or France 3 Gules three Lions passant guardant Or England 4 Azure billety a Lion rampant crowned holding a Sword in the dexter paw and a bundle of arrows in the sinister Or Netherlands 5 Azure three Crowns Or Sweden 6 Or a double headed Eagle Sable Germany 7 Azure a Harp Or Ireland and 8 Per pale Gules a castle Or and Argent a Lion rampant Purpure Spain 9 on an Escutcheon over all Argent six Pallets Gules on a Chief Azure thirteen Mullets Argent United States . The American College of Heraldry and Arms, Inc. was an American organization established in 1966 to promote heraldry in the United States. The corporate address of the College was Harbormaster s Building, Herald s Mews on Longneck, Pier 4 Pratt Street , Baltimore, MD . ref name paper M.L. Eting, Burke s Peerage in Baltimore, Careers section newspaper article from Enoch Pratt Free Library archives, undated ref The organization was divided into two administrative divisions the American College of Arms researched inherited arms, verified genealogy, and granted new arms to individuals across the country the College of Arms of the United States assisted corporate entities, such as businesses and municipal heraldry. The College was established by Donald Franklin Stewart , William Henry Lloyd , Charles F. Stein Charles Francis Stein, Jr. , and Gordon Stick Gordon Malvern Fair Stick . Their titles were, respectively, Chief Herald Marshall, Herald Genealogist, Herald Chancellor, and Telorum Rex. ref name paper ref name Herald Coat of arms grant document ... more details
Image MundyArms.gif right thumb The Mundy coat of Arms. ref Arms Per pale, Gules and Sable, on a cross, engrailed, Argent, five lozenges, Purpure on a chief, Or, three eagles legs, erased, a la quise, Azure ref Sir John Mundy , Lord Mayor of London, a native of High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, settled in Derbyshire in the reign of Henry VIII. ref http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 50706 Magna Britannia , Daniel and Samuel Lysons, Volume 5, 1817 ref Sir John Mundy was a goldsmith. He was born in Wycomb, son of William Munday ref The Universal Magazine Sept 1749, p 140 ref He purchased the manor of Markeaton in 1516 as well as Mackworth and Allestree , which are all now parts of Derby from Lord Audley . ref http derbyshire peakdistrict.co.uk derbymarkeaton.htm derbyshire peakdistrict.co.uk ref Six years later he became the Lord Mayor of London and was knighted in 1529 some say 1523 . ref Notes and Queries by William John Thomas, Doran John , Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar. Pub 1850 ref He died in 1538. Mundy married twice, having children with his second wife Juliana Browne, daughter of his mayoral predecessor, William Browne, and granddaughter of two mayors, John Browne and Edmund Shaa . Vincent Mundy , his heir George Christopher Thomas was Prior of Bodmin in the time of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII John of Ryalton in Cornwall Margaret married Nicholas Jennings alderman of London and secondly Edmond Howard lord deputy of Clay his second wife and thirdly Henry Mannox Eleanor m to John Harleston esq of South Ockendon in Essex ?Elizabeth m to Sir John Tyrrell knt of Gypping in the county of Suffolk Jane married Sir Thomas Darcy of Tolleshant Darcy, Essex Mildred ref name gene http books.google.co.uk books?id QisAAAAAQAAJ&dq 22Nicholas Heath 22 mundy&client firefox a&pg PA25&ci 37,971,402,544&source bookclip A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Terri ... more details
Infobox coat of arms image Coat of Arms of Spanish Monarch.svg image width 178 armiger Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I year adopted Used unofficially since November 22, 1975 . Adopted January 21, 1977 crest Spanish Royal Crown shield Quartering heraldry Quarterly Coat of arms of Castile and Le n Castile , Coat of arms of Castile and Le n Le n , Crown of Aragon Aragon , and Kingdom of Navarre Navarre ent en point Granada inescutcheon National Emblem of France Bourbon Anjou Branch supporters Cross of Burgundy Flag Cross of Burgundy orders Order of the Golden Fleece other elements Base point, the yoke with ribbon s and the sheaf of five arrows . earlier versions see below The blazoning of the coat of arms of the King of Spain King appears in Title II, Rule 1, of Spanish Royal Decree 1511 of 21 January 1977, whereby the Rules for Flags, Standards, Guidons, Banners and Badges are adopted. The Royal Decree 1511 77 says Quartered shield Image Armas completas de la Monarquia.jpg thumb 200px left http www.heraldicahispanica.com ArmasR.htm Greatest royal arms of Spain from Charles III of Spain Charles III to Alfonso XIII 1761 1868 1875 1931 1st, gules a castle Or heraldry or , triple embattled and voided gate and windows, with three towers each triple turreted, of the field, masoned sable and ajoure azure , which is for Kingdom of Castile Castile 2nd, argent a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed, of the second, which is for Kingdom of Le n Le n 3rd, or, four pallets gules, which is for Crown of Aragon Aragon 4th, gules a cross, saltire and orle of chains linked together or, a centre point vert, which is for Kingdom of Navarre Navarre Argent ent en point, with a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves vert, which is for Granada . Inescutcheon azure bordure gules, three fleurs de lys or, which is for House of Bourbon Bourbon Anjou . Joined to the shield, the red saltire of Cross of Burgundy Flag Burgundy and, to the de ... more details
Infobox German Location Wappen Wappen von Gro wallstadt.png lat deg 49 lat min 53 lon deg 9 lon min 10 Lageplan Gro wallstadt in MIL.svg Bundesland Bayern Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken Landkreis Miltenberg H he 121 Fl che 14.03 PLZ 63868 Vorwahl 06022 Kfz MIL Gemeindeschl ssel 09 6 76 126 Stra e Hauptstr. 23 Website http www.grosswallstadt.de www.grosswallstadt.de B rgermeister Reinhold K hler Partei Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern CSU Gro wallstadt or Grosswallstadt is a community in the Miltenberg district Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia Unterfranken in Bavaria , Germany . Geography Location Gro wallstadt lies in the Bavarian Lower Main Bayerischer Untermain Region. The community has only the Gemarkung traditional rural cadastral area of Gro wallstadt. History As part of the Archbishopric of Mainz , Gro wallstadt passed at Secularization in 1803 to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg , with which it passed in 1814 by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt to Bavaria. Population development Within town limits, 3,011 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,345 in 1987 and in 2005 4,091. gallery Image Grosswallstadt Kirche.JPG Saint Peter s and Saint Paul s Parish Church Image Gro wallstadt Rathaus.JPG Town Hall Image Gro wallstadt Heimatmuseum.JPG Local history museum Image Gro wallstadt Turm.JPG Village tower gallery Politics The mayor is Roland Eppig Freie W hler FW . In 2008 he succeeded Reinhold K hler Christian Social Union of Bavaria CSU . Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to 3,222,000 converted , of which net business taxes amounted to 1,522,000. Coat of arms The community s Coat of arms arms might be described thus Gules a crown with two arches pearled ensigned with a cross Or, the whole surmounted by the letter W argent. Although the example in this article appears purple which would be purpure in English heraldry , the German blazon clearly states In Rot that is, In red . Hence, the word ... more details
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