legends:coat of arms From: Colin@sollitt.demon.co.uk (Colin S Payne) Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 07:52:43 +0000 In article k04@terrazzo.lm.com berklai@telerama.lm.com (berklai) > >_could someone please tell me what is usually writted for a coat >_of arms <snip> I have just started in nic2 in the uk and have used heraldic notation to describe my coat of arms as follows Per Pale Gu and Az Sword of Ar a Dexter Closed Scroll as Third between Five Annuletts Or Leopard Dormant Sa a Chief with Star as Fourth Rising. a) Per Pale Gu and Az meaning:- shield with white line down the center left side of red, right side of blue b) Sword of Ar a Dexter meaning:- silver sword standing up right on the left c) Closed Scroll as Third meaning:- a rolled up scroll the same colour as the sword standing upright d) between Five Annuletts Or meanig:- between the scroll and the outside of the shield two annuletts and between the scroll and the middle line three annuletts all in gold c) Leopard Dormant Sa a chief meaning:- a black leopard sleeping in the top third of the shield d) with Star as Fourth Rising meaning:- a star of gold rising above the leopard as you can see you can build some complex coat of arms with a few heraldic terms. I hope this is helpfull -- Colin S Payne New Malden Surrey England Referenced By Up