tortelly
English
Adjective
tortelly (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Semé (strewn) with torteaus (red roundels).
- 1972, arms awarded by the College of Arms to Iain Ball (quoted e.g. by The Heraldry Society, "Members' Roll of Arms" / archived):
- Crest[:] On a grassy mount a lion rampant Or tortelly supporting by the forepaws a torch Gules banded and chained Or enflamed proper.
- 2020 November 13, arsaraldica (Instagram account), "Variations of the field (semy):
- Argent, tortelly gules. […]
- (Can we date this quote?), Heraldicon - Arms of the Empire of Jaluha Escutcheon Only (archived):
- […] within a bordure Or tortelly of nine.
- 1972, arms awarded by the College of Arms to Iain Ball (quoted e.g. by The Heraldry Society, "Members' Roll of Arms" / archived):
See also
| metals | main colours | less common colours | ||||||||
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| tincture | or | argent | gules | azure | sable | vert | purpure | tenné | orange | sanguine |
| depiction | ||||||||||
| roundel (in parentheses: semé): | bezant (bezanty) |
plate (platy) |
torteau () |
hurt (hurty) |
pellet (pellety), ogress |
pomme (pommy) |
golpe (golpy) |
orange (semé of oranges) |
guze (semé of guzes) | |
| goutte (noun) / gutty (adjective) thereof: | (goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold) |
d'eau (of water) |
de sang (of blood) |
de larmes (of tears) |
de poix (of pitch) |
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil) |
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| special roundel | furs | uncommon tinctures: | ||||||||
| tincture | fountain, syke: barry wavy argent–azure | ermine | ermines, counter-ermine | erminois | pean | vair | counter-vair | potent | counter-potent | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |
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