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Lozenge (heraldry), the Glossary

The lozenge in heraldry is a diamond-shaped rhombus charge (an object that can be placed on the field of the shield), usually somewhat narrower than it is tall.^[1]

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Anne, Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is a member of the British royal family.

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Argent

In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals".

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Azure (heraldry)

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

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In heraldry, a bend is a band or strap running from the upper dexter (the bearer's right side and the viewer's left) corner of the shield to the lower sinister (the bearer's left side, and the viewer's right).

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Bordure

In heraldry, a bordure is a band of contrasting tincture forming a border around the edge of a shield, traditionally one-sixth as wide as the shield itself.

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Borredà

Borredà is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Berguedà in Catalonia, Spain.

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Charge (heraldry)

In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). Lozenge (heraldry) and charge (heraldry) are heraldic charges.

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Chief (heraldry)

In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield.

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Civic heraldry

Civic heraldry is heraldry used by municipalities.

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Clergy

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Crescent

A crescent shape is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase (as it appears in the northern hemisphere) in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself. Lozenge (heraldry) and crescent are heraldic charges.

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Division of the field

In heraldry, the field (background) of a shield can be divided into more than one area, or subdivision, of different tinctures, usually following the lines of one of the ordinaries and carrying its name (e.g. a shield divided in the shape of a chevron is said to be parted "per chevron").

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Escutcheon (heraldry)

In heraldry, an escutcheon is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms.

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Field (heraldry)

In heraldry, the background of the shield is called the field.

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Flag of Bavaria

There are officially two flags of Bavaria: the striped type and the lozenge type, both of which are white and blue.

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Flag of Monaco

The national flag of the Principality of Monaco (drapeau de Monaco) has two equal horizontal bands, of red (top) and white (bottom), both of which have been the heraldic colours of the House of Grimaldi since at least 1339.

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Funerary hatchment

A funerary hatchment is a depiction within a black lozenge-shaped frame, generally on a black (sable) background, of a deceased's heraldic achievement, that is to say the escutcheon showing the arms, together with the crest and supporters of his family or person.

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Geneva Conventions

language.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gules

In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a discipline relating to 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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House of Rohan

The House of Rohan (Roc'han) is a Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany.

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Isabella Clara Eugenia

Isabella Clara Eugenia (Isabel Clara Eugenia; 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633), sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, which comprised the Low Countries and the north of modern France with her husband, Archduke Albert VII of Austria.

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References

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

Also known as Diamond Shield, Fusil (heraldry), Fusily, Heraldic lozenge, Lozengy, Mascle, Rustre.

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