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fleurs-de-lis of the Boar and Boar's Head - The wiid
y
plates as m
boar may be found in one of several
first, on a cllief aygent cr lion pcissnnt
postures as a Heraldic charge or as
azurs armed and fangued gules.
7. Marks of cadency etc., if any. a cr~t but the most common form
Examples: (a) gules on a bend is the boar's head either cooped or
sinisler between three water bougets erased. It is of particular signifi-
Or as many ogresses, on a canion cance in Scottish Heraldry.
argent a baroners badge a crescent
for diflerence. (b) sable on a fess Or Body beart - The hean, generally
between three plates as many peur- blazoned as 'body heart ', and fre-
de-lis of the first on a chief argent a quently surniounted by a crown, is
lion parsant azure armed and Ian- used as a clsarge, particu1arIy in the
arms of Douglas. It is emblazoned in
gued gules a label of five points.
It can be noticed from the a mariner similar to the lieart seen
examples that where a similar nurn- on a playing card.
ber of charges appear on say the
field and one of the ordinaries in- Bomb - Sometin~es blazoned as
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stead of repeatjng the number a 'grenade' is shown as a bal1 with
second time the expression 'as flames issuing from the top, an
many ' is used, and similarly, where example rnay be found in the arms
a tincture is repeated, rather than of Lord Nelson.
repeating the name of the tincture
the expression ' of the kst ', ' of the Borie - Bones, generally human, are
second' or 'of the field' are used occasionally found as charges but
according to where that tincture has the blazon must specify the type of
ben used previously.
bone required. They have also been
In the case of a quartered coat of used held in the rnouth of an animal
arms the blazon of each quarter is as a part of crest. A complete skele-
given separately and on occasions ton may be found in the arms of
where any particular charge is super- Londonderry.
imposed over the whole shield parti-
culars of this are given at the end. Bonnet - The velvet cap within a
coronet.
Blue bottle - The Heraldic name
The electoral bonnet, which is
given to the common b]ue corn also a cap of crimson velvet turned
up ermine, was borne superimposed
flower.
over the arms of Hanover until the
elevation of that state into a king-
dom in 1814 when the crown of
Hanover was substituted.
Books - Books are borne in arms
either open as in the arms of the
University of Oxford or closed as in
those of the University of Cam-
bridge. The blazon must state full
particulars with regard to their posi-
Boar's Head
tion and the tinctures of the binding,
clasps, etc.. and inscriptions.
Bloemantie Parsnivant - one of the
English Officers of h s (q.v.). Bordure = The Heraldic name for
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