Coat of Arms[edit]Blazon: Per fesse dancetté Or and Azure a chief per pale Gules and of the second charged on the dexter with two keys in saltire Or and Argent and on the sinister with a Cross Flory between five martlets of the first. (College of Arms, London 1922). Ensigned with an abbot's crosier in pale behind the shield Or garnished with a pallium crossing the staff argent and a galero with cords and twelve tassels disposed on either side of the shield in three rows of one, two, and three all
MOre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampleforth_Abbey
The piece quoted is a piece of 'blazonry' and uses the specialised grammar and terminology of heraldry. Only a few specialists will be able to read it. Many of the words are from mediaeval English and Old French. It is a detailed and full specification of a 'coat of arms'. An expert in heraldry would be able to read it and produce the coat of arms in the below image
Very good answer.
(Ori reads the most amazing stuff.)
Ori, not one person in a thousand could understand that, although a few might recognise it as heraldry.
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InfraBlue
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Tue 27 May, 2014 04:37 pm
@oristarA,
No. It's in regard to heraldry, and since it dates from the Middle Ages much of the language, Middle English, is from those times.
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InfraBlue
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Tue 27 May, 2014 04:41 pm
I've got to refresh these pages more often before opening my big mouth.
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izzythepush
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Tue 27 May, 2014 05:18 pm
@oristarA,
As Contrex pointed out, this is a specialist lexicon. This is a link to a glossary of terms. This is what it says about colours.
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Metals
There are two metals used in heraldry, or (gold) and argent (silver). Although these are normally shown as yellow and white respectively, one should not forget that really they should be shiny and metallic.
Colours
There are five colours and three “stains” used, of which the first three are common, the fourth (green) is unusual, and the rest are rare, at least in English heraldry. They are:
•azure or blue
•gules or red
•sable or black
•vert or green
•purpure or purple
•tenné or tawny or orange
•sanguine or blood-red
•murrey or mulberry-crimson
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