Allen, Phoebe · London : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 30
The Shield, its Form, Points, Tinctures shield by certain dots and lines, in the use of which wehave a good example of how heraldry can dispensewith words. Thus pin-prick dots represent or (Fig. 6),a blank surface, argent (Fig. 7) ; horizontal lines, azure(Fig. 8) ; perpendicular, gules (Fig. 9);… … FIG. 6.—OR. FIG. 7.—ARG. FIG. 8.—Az. FIG. 9.—Gu.
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