| I wonder whether some standardised form of description, akin to heraldic blazon, will gradually emerge. |
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| Johnny's heart ached when he saw Tom with the three golden boars' heads that marked the blazon of the House of Swynford. |
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| As these heraldic arms became more elaborate, their description or blazon came to acquire its own rules, arcane vocabulary, and concise syntax. |
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| Having read the blazon carefully, we know which ordinaries, subordinaries or charges we have to put in our shield. |
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| The marriage was annulled in 1582 and Margherita became a nun, but the blazon was left to add luster to Farnese status. |
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| The blazon must conform to the Composition Rules of Blazonry, which have evolved throughout history. |
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| The blazon is the symbol which sultans and amirs put on their possessions and buildings to indicate their official posts. |
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| The arches are decorated with carved ornamentation in the form of a knight's blazon. |
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| The blazon and phrases mentioned on the abdominal plate of this suit of armour indicate that it is from the Mamluk period. |
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| The centre of the star has a roundel containing a composite blazon surrounded by a cursive inscription. |
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| The French blazon for the per fess dancetty coat follows a different principle from the English, which partitions the shield into separate pieces. |
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| The blazon is supported by winged lions standing in profile and carved in strong relief. |
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| The blazon and symbolism for each element will accompany the enlarged image. |
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| Although this armour is decorated with a Mamluk blazon and was found in Damascus, its provenance is not clear. |
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| The body bears a gilded inscription and the blazon of its endower, Amir Tankiz al-Nasiri, against a dark-blue background. |
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| It dates from 1913. You can see François the First's blazon and a statue which was brought there from the former City Hall. |
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| The style of the incised decoration, its layout and the presence of a stylised, composite blazon, locate this object within a Mamluk context. |
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| Our correspondent was surprised for he had used Burke's General Armory of 1884 in which the blazon locates the mullet at the fess point rather than the centre chief point. |
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| Some modern artists give the fleur-de-lis a prominent three-dimensional effect, but this is a matter of license and is ignored in blazon. |
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| This particular type of blazon is associated with Sultan Qaytbay, his officials and two of his successors. |
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| In addition it is adorned with written inscriptions and the blazon of the endower. |
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| There are rules governing the way a blazon is written, which make it possible for anyone who understands them to draw an accurate rendition of the arms from the blazon. |
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| The circular blazon is divided into three fields: the upper and lower areas are white, while the central field contains the image of a horse with a structure in the form of a cupola on its back. |
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| Blazon also refers to the specialized language in which a blazon is written, and, as a verb, to the act of writing such a description. |
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| On a conventional coat of arms the shield is the principal part on which the charges or figures are depicted according to national heraldic traditions and rules of blazon. |
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| Since 2004, they have started the restauration of the cellar paying attention to all the historical and architectural details, from the blazon to the royal lilies chaplet that we can fiind today on the labels of the bottles. |
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| The tower bears the blazon of its sponsor in the form of a lion. |
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| The unusual central composition is obviously meant to represent a Mamluk blazon, albeit the emblem depicted here is completely unknown in the canon of Mamluk heraldry. |
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| The blazon consists of a napkin in the upper field, a cup charged with a pen-case between a pair of powder horns in the centre field, and another cup in the lower field. |
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| This is the first instance of the appearance of this blazon, which later became established as the Royal arms of England. |
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| Shropshire's blazon is erminois, three pile azure, two issuant from the chief and one in base, each charged with a leopard's face. |
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| It is often shown with chains attached, even when the blazon does not mention them. |
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| Moreover, such protection presumes a specific graphic design or work of art, while blazon is a description which may be widely interpreted artistically. |
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| 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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