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Vert - diagonal lines bend wise
Barp - Tais is not a common charge
but frequentIy found in connection drawn cIose together,
with Ireland. Generally the harp is
Purpure - diagonal lines bend-
plain but on occasions, particularly sinister wise drawn close together.
in later Heraldry, it is decorated
Sanguine - diagonal lines bend-
with the head and wings of an angel. wise and bend-sinister wise drawn
It is generally stringed of another close together.
Tenné - diagonal lines bend-wise
tincture than the frame.
and vertical lines drawn close to-
Harpy - An imaginary creature not gether.
classified as a monster represented
Unfortunately no method has
as a vulture with the head and ever been discovered whereby
breast of a woman.
charges, etc., emblazoned in tileir
proper colours could be treated in
this way.
Hatching is not used in tricking
arms.
Watchment - See Funeral Hatch-
rnents.
Hauriant - An expression used to
describe a fish palewise with the
Harpy
Hawk - A bird sirnilar in type to the
Harrow - Two forms of harrow falcon frequently also found bellecl
may be found in charges; one is and jessed.
square the other triangular. The
shape must be stated in blazon.
Hawk's Be11 - A small circular bel1
which is artached to the hawk's leg
Hart - Found both as a charge and by means of a jesse or tl~ong of
as one of the early Royal Sup- leather. Sometimes found as a
porters.
charge by itself.
Hawk's Lure - A decoy used in
Hatching - Frequently. particularly head upwards.
in old-fashioned books on Heraldry,
in order to give some realism to
illustrations a form of decoration
was given to each of the Heraldic
colours. These were as foiiows:
Argent - left plain,
Or - rows of black spots,
Azure - horizontal lines pIaced
close together,
Gules - perpendicular lines placed
close together.
Sable - horizontal and werpendi-
cular lines drawn close togeth&, Hawk's Lure
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