Roundels
Roundels (disks) are sometimes blazoned by names that imply their color.
| Tincture | Color | Name | Represents | |||||||||
| Argent | White/Silver | Plate | a silver coin | |||||||||
| Azure | Blue | Hurt | a hurtleberry or a bruise | |||||||||
| Gules | Red | Torteau | a cake, tart or loaf of bread | |||||||||
| Or | Yellow/Gold | Bezant | a gold coin | |||||||||
| Purpure | Purple | Golpe | a wound or a grape | |||||||||
| Sable | Black | Pellet/Ogress | a cannon shot | |||||||||
| Vert | Green | Pomme | an apple or an olive | |||||||||
| Wavy bands of Argent & Azure |
White & Blue | Fountain | a body of water |
What some roundels represent has varied over time.
A picture of tinctured roundels can be found
here
(created by Gotfrid von Schwaben).
©1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006
Ron Knight
Baron Modar
Neznanich, OPel, Volk Herald
e-mail:
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