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Azure (heraldry)

Index Azure (heraldry)

In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". [1]

19 relations: Azure (color), Blazon, Bleu celeste, Blue, Classical planet, Coat of arms, Dollern, Dolní Přím, Engraving, Guy Harpigny, Heraldry, Jupiter, Lapis lazuli, Norman conquest of England, Old French, Oxford University Press, Sapphire, Seevetal, Tincture (heraldry).

Azure (color)

Azure is a variation of blue that is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day.

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Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.

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Bleu celeste

Bleu celeste ("sky blue") is a rarely occurring and non-standard tincture in heraldry (not being one of the seven main colours or metals or the three ''staynard colours'').

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Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model.

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Classical planet

In classical antiquity, the seven classical planets are the seven non-fixed astronomical objects in the sky visible to the naked eye: Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mercury, the Sun, and the Moon.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Dollern

Dollern is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Dolní Přím

Dolní Přím is a village in the Czech Republic located about 10 km west of Hradec Králové.

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Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it.

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Guy Harpigny

Guy Harpigny (born 13 April 1948 in Luttre, Belgium) is a Belgian Bishop of the Catholic Church.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a broad term, encompassing the design, display, and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank, and pedigree.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Lapis lazuli

Lapis lazuli, or lapis for short, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Old French

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; Modern French: ancien français) was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century to the 14th century.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Sapphire

Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide.

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Seevetal

Seevetal is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Tincture (heraldry)

Tinctures constitute the limited palette of colours and patterns used in heraldry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_(heraldry)

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