Image Heraldic Shield Purpure.svg right 122px Purpure tincture In heraldry , purpure is a tincture heraldry tincture , more or less the equivalent of the colour purple , and is one of the five main or most usually used colours as opposed to metals . It may be portrayed in engraving s by a series of parallel lines at a 45 degree angle running from upper right to lower left from the point of view of an observer, or else indicated by the abbreviation purp. Purpure has existed since the earliest periods, for example in the purpure lion of the arms of Kingdom of Le n Le n at that time, it was painted in a greyer shade. However, it has never been as common as the other colours, and this has led to some controversy as to whether it should be counted among the five common colours. In French heraldry, the colour is usually excluded from the common colours as well as considered ambiguous could be either colour or metal , and Finnish heraldry restricts its use to certain additaments. There is at least one instance of it being blazoned as Imperial Purple . ref cite web last John first Cilia La Corte title Sperver url http www.dictionaryofheraldry.com Sperver.htm publisher John Cilia La Corte accessdate 1 January 2012 ref Purpure is said to represent the following Of jewels, the amethyst Of heavenly bodies, Mercury planet Mercury The planet Mercury is further associated with the element mercury or quicksilver in traditional Classical planets in western alchemy alchemical occultistic lore References Reflist External links Commons category Purpure heraldry http www.heraldica.org topics purpure.htm Heraldica.org Purpure, discussion based on Michel Pastoureau , Trait d H raldique. http www.crwflags.com fotw flags es .html lio Red vs. Purple Lions tincture Category Heraldic tinctures ca Porpra her ldica es P rpura her ldica it Porpora araldica he hu B bor heraldika ja pt Purpure ru ... more details
. Plant badge Variegated bay or noble laurel Proper berries Purpure. Guidon Barry of five Argent ... an Escrol Or surmounting a sprig of variegated bay or noble laurel Proper, berries Purpure, bearing ... and Vert sem e of sprigs of golden or variegated bay or laurel Proper fructed Purpure, upon which ... Supporters on a compartment embellished with variegated bay or laurel Proper, berries Purpure Dexter ... Gules holding with the sinister forepaw a staff Or entwined with ivy leaves Proper fructed Purpure ... of golden or variegated bay or laurel Proper fructed Purpure, upon which is depicted a lion rampant ... more details
for the English cricketer Barbara Murrey Image Heraldic Shield Murrey.svg right 150px In heraldry , murrey is a stain , an occasionally used tincture heraldry tincture . According to dictionaries, murrey is the colour of Mulberry mulberries , somewhere between gules red and purpure violet , almost Maroon color maroon ref FOTW id vxt h1 title Heraldic dictionary . Accessed 14 July 2009. ref but examples registered in Canada ref http archive.gg.ca heraldry pub reg project pic.asp?ProjectID 97&ProjectElementID 375 Crest of William Dale Murray Issuant from an antique crown or a bison s head in trian aspect murrey accorn or. Canadian Public Register, vol IV, p 292. ref and Scotland ref Arms of Brown Murrey a chevron between two fleurs de lys in chief and a plough in base, or. Public Register, vol 71, p 26. ref show it as a reddish brown. The Flag of the Second Spanish Republic in the 1930s was a tricolour of horizonal stripes of red, yellow and murrey. References reflist tincture Category Heraldic tinctures ca Morat es Morado mk pt Murrey ... more details
Wiktionary purple Purple is a colour. Purple may also refer to Purple magazine Purple magazine Purple cipher machine Purple government , a political term Purple album Purple album , by the Stone Temple Pilots Purple song Purple song , by Skin The Purple , a former nickname of Northwestern University athletic teams Purple King disambiguation Purple prose , a literary term Purple Records , a record label Purple software , an eroge brand Purple and Brown , an animated series Peri Urban Regions Platform Europe , a network of European regions A Blue university sport University of London University of London sports award equivalent to a Blue Purple, an Anything Muppet pattern Pidgin software libpurple , the instant messaging library of Pidgin Apple Inc. s development code name ref http blogs.oreilly.com digitalmedia 2008 01 iphone purple apps.html ref for the IPhone Purple Mountain Observatory is a astronomical observatory in China Tyrian purple , a valuable ancient dye See also Purpure , a heraldic tincture Born in the purple , born to high title References references Disambiguation cs Purpur rozcestn k ko he ja pl Purpura pt P rpura ... more details
Edward Bellasis 1852 1922 was a long serving Officer of Arms officer of arms at the College of Arms in London . He was the son of another Edward Bellasis father Edward Bellasis , a Serjeant at Law . His heraldic career began in 1873 when he was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary . In 1882, he was promoted to the office of Lancaster Herald Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary . He held this post for forty years until his death in 1922. Bellasis used a coat of arms inherited from his father. The arms were blazon ed Argent a Chevron between three Fleurs de lis Azure in chief a Tent Purpure lined Gules . Publications Bellasis, Edward. Memorial of Mr. Serjeant Bellasis 2d ed., London, 1895 . See also Heraldry Pursuivant Herald External links http www.college of arms.gov.uk The College of Arms http www.cam.ac.uk societies cuhags info o of a intro.htm CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index worldcat id lccn n85 273622 Persondata name Bellasis, Edward alternative names short description date of birth 1852 place of birth date of death 1922 place of death DEFAULTSORT Bellasis, Edward Category 1852 births Category 1922 deaths Category English genealogists Category English officers of arms heraldry stub UK historian stub ... more details
This is a list of color topics see also list of colors , which is a list of articles about specific named colors. Additive color Afterimage Aim colors Bayer filter Chromolithograph Color Colour , Colors , Color disambiguation Black and white Black & White Red Blue silver color Color code Color management Color printing Color recovery Color Rendering Index Color space CMYK color space HSV color space HSL color space RGB color spaces Adobe RGB color space SRGB color space YIQ YUV Color space encoding ColorSync Color theory Color vision Color wheel Tristimulus colorimeter Colorimeter Colors of chemicals Colour banding Complementary color Cool colors False color Film colorization Four color printing Cyan , magenta , yellow Horse s Equine coat color wikilinks to all other coat color articles Color breed Hue Kruithof curve Liturgical colours Optical spectrum Palette computing List of palettes Primary color Rainbow Secondary color Saturation color theory Saturation Spot color Subtractive color Theory of Colours Thermochromics Tincture heraldry argent , azure heraldry azure , gules , or heraldry or , purpure , sable heraldry sable , vert Visual perception Warm colors Watercolor Web colors Category Color Category Arts related lists Color topics Category Indexes of topics Color Category Physics lists Color topics hi simple List of color topics ... more details
Infobox French commune name Mazinghien image mazinghien.jpg image coat of arms Blason ville fr Mazinghien Nord .svg region Nord Pas de Calais department Nord arrondissement Cambrai canton Le Cateau Cambr sis INSEE 59395 postal code 59360 mayor Michel Hennequart term 2008&ndash 2014 intercommunality Caudr sis Cat sis longitude 3.6044 latitude 50.0503 elevation m elevation min m 143 elevation max m 161 area km2 9.01 population 326 population date 2009 Mazinghien is a Communes of France commune in the Nord department Nord Departments of France department in northern France . Image Mazinghien map.svg left thumb Map of Mazinghien Heraldry Blazon arms img1 Blason ville fr Mazinghien Nord .svg legend1 Arms of Mazinghien text The arms of Mazinghien are blazon ed br Vert, a titmouse proper perched on a branch, on a chief per pale 1 purpure, ??? and 2 Or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules. br Note1 as drawn, this is a per fess rather than field and chief. br Note2 the bird shown is a Great Tit Parus major See also Communes of the Nord department References http www.insee.fr fr methodes nomenclatures cog fichecommunale.asp?codedep 59&codecom 395 INSEE commune file Nord communes Category Communes of Nord French department Nord geo stub br Mazinghien ca Mazinghien ceb Mazinghien es Mazinghien eo Mazinghien eu Mazinghien fr Mazinghien it Mazinghien la Mazinghien ms Mazinghien nl Mazinghien oc Mazinghien pl Mazinghien sk Mazinghien uk vi Mazinghien vo Mazinghien war Mazinghien ... more details
Liechtenstein heraldry is the form of heraldic art found in the country of Liechtenstein . It does not have a heraldic body of its own, relying on primarily Germany German influences through the ruling house. It follows the Heraldry German Nordic heraldry German Nordic tradition . National coat of arms Main Coat of arms of Liechtenstein The coat of arms of the Princely House of Liechtenstein is also used as the great arms of the nation. As the sovereign emblem of the Principality of Liechtenstein, its use is reserved for the members of the Princely House and state authorities. Private individuals may be authorized to use the great arms, if it is in the interest of the State. The arms are a history of the Princely House, and show the many different areas of Europe with which Liechtenstein has been involved, either by conquest or by marriage . It has been in use since around 1630. ref http www.ngw.nl int oveur li nat.htm National Coat of Arms of Liechtenstein on Heraldry of the World . Accessed 2009 02 19. ref It is referred to in blazon as Quarterly 1 Or an Eagle displayed Sable crowned and armed of the first charged with a crescent trefly Argent ending in crosses 2 Barry of eight Or and Sable charged with crancelin Vert 3 Per pale Gules and Argent 4 Or a maiden eagle displayed Sable the human part Argent crowned and armed of the first Enty in point chap in base Azure a Hunting Horn stringed Or Overall An Escutcheon per fess Or and Gules The whole achievement entire rendering with supporters is surrounded by the Princely cloak, or mantle, Purpure and lined Ermine and ensigned with the Princely hat. Municipal heraldry double image right Vaduz.png 100 Schaan.png 100 Coat of arms of Vaduz, left, and of Schaan, typical, right Each of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein bears a shield, which contain a wide range of heraldic features. The capital municipality, Vaduz , has the most complex, recognising its status as the home of the ruling house. Coat of arms Coats o ... more details
ptarmigan wings elevated and addorsed proper. torse helm escutcheon Purpure a qulliq Argent enflamed ... proper. compartment Barry wavy Purpure and Argent flanking a mount of tundra proper. motto Co Operation ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 File Coat of arms of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council.png thumb 300px right The coat of arms of Kirklees Borough Council The coat of arms of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council was granted on 24 June 1974. This was just a few months after the district of Kirklees was created as part of the new metropolitan county of West Yorkshire . It is rarely used by the County council Council who, until 2007, preferred to use a logo that is based upon the arms. The green shown on the escutcheon heraldry shield signifies the green fields that form a large part of the district s outlying rural areas. This is intersected by a silver Bend heraldry bend along with a wavy blue lines. These features represent the M62 motorway , which traverses the north, and the rivers and canal s of the district. The two Gear cog s represent the industrial heritage of the area with its many textile mill mills . Image Kirklees.jpg thumb left The current Council logo The Lamb of God Paschal lamb is the emblem of John the Baptist , the patron saint of wool workers. The Crest heraldry crest of a ram s head is a synonymous symbol of Huddersfield for many years. It was also displayed on the arms of Mirfield . The ram s head sits on a mural crown which is common on municipal arms. The purple lion supporters are taken from the arms of the de Lacy family who were medieval lords of Huddersfield. Blazon The formal description, or blazon , of the arms is For the arms Vert on a Bend Argent a Bendlet wavy Azure on a Chief Or a Pale between two Cog Wheels Azure on the Pale a Pascal Lamb supporting a Staff Or flying therefrom a forked Pennon Argent charged with a Cross Gules and for the crest On a Wreath of the Colours a Ram s Head affronty couped Argent armed Or gorged with a Mural Crown Sable masoned Argent and for the supporters On either side a Lion rampant guardant Purpure resting the inner hind leg on a Cross Crosslet Or embellished in each of the four angles with a Fleur d ... more details
Image MundyArms.gif right thumb The Mundy coat of Arms. ref Arms Per pale, Gules and Sable, on a cross, engrailed, Argent, five lozenges, Purpure on a chief, Or, three eagles legs, erased, a la quise, Azure ref Sir John Mundy , Lord Mayor of London, a native of High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, settled in Derbyshire in the reign of Henry VIII. ref http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 50706 Magna Britannia , Daniel and Samuel Lysons, Volume 5, 1817 ref Sir John Mundy was a London goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London . He was born in Wycomb, son of William Munday ref The Universal Magazine Sept 1749, p 140 ref He purchased the manor of Markeaton in 1516 as well as Mackworth and Allestree , which are all now parts of Derby from Lord Audley . ref http derbyshire peakdistrict.co.uk derbymarkeaton.htm derbyshire peakdistrict.co.uk ref In 1515 he served as a Sheriff of the City of London . Seven years later he became the Lord Mayor of London and was knighted in 1529 some say 1523 . ref Notes and Queries by William John Thomas, Doran John , Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar. Pub 1850 ref He died in 1538. Mundy married twice, having children with his second wife Juliana Browne, daughter of his mayoral predecessor, William Browne, and granddaughter of two mayors, John Browne and Edmund Shaa . Vincent Mundy , his heir George Christopher Thomas was Prior of Bodmin in the time of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII John of Ryalton in Cornwall Margaret married Nicholas Jennings alderman of London and secondly Edmund Howard lord deputy of Clay his second wife and thirdly Henry Mannox Eleanor m to John Harleston esq of South Ockendon in Essex ?Elizabeth m to Sir John Tyrrell knt of Gypping in the county of Suffolk Jane married Sir Thomas Darcy of Tolleshant Darcy, Essex Mildred ref name gene http books.google.co.uk books?id QisAAAAAQAAJ&dq 22Nicholas Heath 22 mundy&client firefox a&pg PA25&ci 37,971,402,544&source bookclip A Genea ... more details
Infobox French commune name Elbeuf image Elbeuf Mairie by N Kasp.JPG caption Town hall region Haute Normandie department Seine Maritime arrondissement Rouen canton Elbeuf INSEE 76231 postal code 76500 mayor Djoud Merabet term 2008 2014 intercommunality Agglomeration community of Rouen Elbeuf Austreberthe CREA longitude 1.0092 latitude 49.2867 elevation m 50 elevation min m 2 elevation max m 133 area km2 16.32 population 17494 population date 2006 Elbeuf is a Communes of France commune in the Seine Maritime Departments of France department in the Haute Normandie Regions of France region in northern France . Geography A light industry light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some convert 11 mi km south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. The commune s territory is largely residential to the north but the southern section is covered by thick woodland . Its position by a meander of the Seine leaves the town susceptible to flooding. History The first written record of the town was in the 10th century, on a map of Richard I of Normandy , under the name Wellebou . According to the Nuttall Encyclopedia of 1907 , it had a flourishing manufacturing business in cloth, woollens, and similar items. Heraldry Blazon arms img1 Blason ville fr Elbeuf Seine Maritime .svg legend1 Arms of Elbeuf text The arms of Elbeuf are blazon ed br Per pale 1 Or, a patriarchal cross gules issuant from a base, supporting a grapevine vert fructed purpure, 2 Azure, a beehive Or on a base vert, beset by bees Or. Population Demography 1962 18,988 1968 19,407 1975 19,116 1982 17,224 1990 16,604 1999 16,666 2006 17,494 withoutdoublecount 1962 Places of interest The mairie , also housing the museum . Two seventeenth century churches. Some sixteenth century houses. A fifteenth century stone cross. The theatre 1890 , renovated in the late twentieth century. Image Elbeuf1.jpg thumb 300px left Place du Calvaire and the Tramway around 1900 Notable people Raoul Grimoin S ... more details
About a defunct heraldic organization the existing body with a similar name American College of Heraldry Image American College of Heraldry and Arms Seal.jpg thumb right 200px A seal bearing the arms of The American College of Heraldry and Arms . The arms incorporated elements from many different European national arms. They can be blazoned as Quarterly of eight 1 Or a Lion Rampant within a Double Tressure fleury counter fleury Gules Scotland 2 Azure three Fleur de lis Or France 3 Gules three Lions passant guardant Or England 4 Azure billety a Lion rampant crowned holding a Sword in the dexter paw and a bundle of arrows in the sinister Or Netherlands 5 Azure three Crowns Or Sweden 6 Or a double headed Eagle Sable Germany 7 Azure a Harp Or Ireland and 8 Per pale Gules a castle Or and Argent a Lion rampant Purpure Spain 9 on an Escutcheon over all Argent six Pallets Gules on a Chief Azure thirteen Mullets Argent United States . The American College of Heraldry and Arms, Inc. was an American organization established in 1966 to promote heraldry in the United States. The corporate address of the College was Harbormaster s Building, Herald s Mews on Longneck, Pier 4 Pratt Street , Baltimore, MD . ref name paper M.L. Eting, Burke s Peerage in Baltimore, Careers section newspaper article from Enoch Pratt Free Library archives, undated ref The organization was divided into two administrative divisions the American College of Arms researched inherited arms, verified genealogy, and granted new arms to individuals across the country the College of Arms of the United States assisted corporate entities, such as businesses and municipal heraldry. The College was established by Donald Franklin Stewart , William Henry Lloyd , Charles F. Stein Charles Francis Stein, Jr. , and Gordon Stick Gordon Malvern Fair Stick . Their titles were, respectively, Chief Herald Marshall, Herald Genealogist, Herald Chancellor, and Telorum Rex. ref name paper ref name Herald Coat of arms grant document ... more details
Infobox German Location Wappen Wappen von Gro wallstadt.png lat deg 49 lat min 53 lon deg 9 lon min 10 Lageplan Gro wallstadt in MIL.svg Bundesland Bayern Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken Landkreis Miltenberg H he 121 Fl che 14.03 PLZ 63868 Vorwahl 06022 Kfz MIL Gemeindeschl ssel 09 6 76 126 Stra e Hauptstr. 23 Website http www.grosswallstadt.de www.grosswallstadt.de B rgermeister Reinhold K hler Partei Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern CSU Gro wallstadt or Grosswallstadt is a community in the Miltenberg district Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia Unterfranken in Bavaria , Germany . Geography Location Gro wallstadt lies in the Bavarian Lower Main Bayerischer Untermain Region. The community has only the Gemarkung traditional rural cadastral area of Gro wallstadt. History As part of the Archbishopric of Mainz , Gro wallstadt passed at Secularization in 1803 to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg , with which it passed in 1814 by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt to Bavaria. Population development Within town limits, 3,011 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,345 in 1987 and in 2005 4,091. gallery Image Grosswallstadt Kirche.JPG Saint Peter s and Saint Paul s Parish Church Image Gro wallstadt Rathaus.JPG Town Hall Image Gro wallstadt Heimatmuseum.JPG Local history museum Image Gro wallstadt Turm.JPG Village tower gallery Politics The mayor is Roland Eppig Freie W hler FW . In 2008 he succeeded Reinhold K hler Christian Social Union of Bavaria CSU . Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to 3,222,000 converted , of which net business taxes amounted to 1,522,000. Coat of arms The community s Coat of arms arms might be described thus Gules a crown with two arches pearled ensigned with a cross Or, the whole surmounted by the letter W argent. Although the example in this article appears purple which would be purpure in English heraldry , the German blazon clearly states In Rot that is, In red . Hence, the word ... more details
taxobox name Digitalis ciliata image Digitalis ciliata .jpg image caption Digitalis ciliata regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Magnoliophyta unranked classis Magnoliopsida ordo Lamiales familia Plantaginaceae genus Digitalis species D. ciliata binomial Digitalis ciliata binomial authority Trautv. The Ciliate Foxglove or Hairy Foxglove , Digitalis ciliata , is a member of the well known genus Digitalis , which is well known both for its beautiful bell shaped flowers and use of the chemicals found mainly in the leaves and the seeds for treatment of heart conditions and potential anti proliferative use in cancer. The name Digitalis comes from the word digitabulum, which means thimble. This describes the genus perfectly in that the flowers are able to fit over the finger like a thimble, and many people in Europe remember the plant by their childhood play as such an object ref PageWise Inc. 2002. FOXGLOVE, Digitalis purpure. Web 30 April 2012. http www.aboutflowers.org foxglovedigita xai.htm ref . Distribution Digitalis ciliata is native to the Caucasus area, and is also found in Georgia. In these places, Digitalis ciliata can be found in meadows, pastures, on the edges of forests, and also on slopes, as it is indigenous to mountainous terrain. It can also be grown throughout the world, as long as there is warm enough weather and well drained yet moist soil. Because it can be grown under somewhat flexible conditions it is used ornamentally in both Europe and North America ref name The Great Soviet Encyclopedia The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition 1970 1979 . 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. Web 30 April 2012. http encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Digitalis ref ref Perrone A et al. Antiproliferative steroidal glycosides from Digitalis ciliata , Fitoterapia 2012 , doi 10.1016 j.fitote.2011.12.020 ref . Habitat and Ecology Digitalis ciliata is a perennial herbaceous plant that is found mostly in the Caucasus region, which has the moist yet well drained soil needed to sustai ... more details
emerald the Venus, purpure amethyst the Mercury, tenn jacinth the dragon s head, sanguine murrey ... 16px Image Testsz n rudolphi.PNG 17px . Furthermore, the tincture Purpure being abbreviated by the letter ... more details
mistake he has made was that the hatching of the ticture puniceo being used for the colour purpure, and the hatching of morado purpure for the iron. In the book of Rietstap we can find a hatching ... of Purpure morado , and Orange puniceo , not mentioned neither by Rietstap, nor by Hefner. We can find ... red. In the book of B rczay it was applied for the color purpure, but puniceo was also widely used as purple ... zibelline style height 50px background AA00AA color FFFFFF pourpre br purpure style height 50px background ... more details
Infobox Oxford college name St Cross College university Oxford photo Image st cross blackwell quad.jpg 290px infobox colour 202336 colours scarf start cell3 202336 cell 9C2770 cell FFFFFF cells 5 202336 cell 9C2770 cell FFFFFF cell3 202336 scarf end latin name Collegium Sanctae Crucis motto Ad quattuor cardines mundi to the four corners of the earth named for nowrap St Cross Road , Oxford ref Emilie Savage Smith 2009 St Cross The first 45 years. St Cross College Record 26 78&ndash 90 ref established 1965 sister college Clare Hall, Cambridge head label Master head Sir Mark Jones museum director Mark Jones JCR president MCR president Gary Slater undergraduates graduates 467 2010 2011 Citation needed date December 2011 latitude 51.756528 longitude 1.260311 shield Image St Cross College Oxford Coat Of Arms Motto .svg 150px blazon Argent a cross potent purpure a quarter counterchanged. homepage http www.stx.ox.ac.uk boat club Boat Club shared with http www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk clubs boatclub Wolfson College Boat Club St Cross College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is an all graduate college, sharing attractive, traditional style buildings on a central site in St Giles Street, Oxford St Giles , just south of Pusey Street . It aims to match the structure, life and support of undergraduate colleges, with the relaxed atmosphere of an all graduate college. Citation needed date October 2009 On 18 November 2010, it was announced that Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones , previously Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum had been elected as the next Master of the College he took up the post in September 2011. ref http www.ox.ac.uk media news stories 2010 101118.html Sir Mark Jones elected Master of St Cross College University of Oxford news 18 November 2010. ref History Image with unknown copyright status removed Image garden 453 block 0.jpg left thumb Towards the Chapel. speedy image c 2 June 2007 ... more details
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