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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Gules</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="line-height:12px; background-color:#FF0000; border: 0.1px solid #000000"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Class</th><td class="infobox-data">Colour</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Non-heraldic equivalent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">Red</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Monochromatic designations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)" title="Hatching (heraldry)">Hatching</a> pattern</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); width:50px; height:50px; border:1px solid;display:block"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tricking" title="Tricking">Tricking</a> abbr.</th><td class="infobox-data">g., gu.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Poetic designations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tricking#Gemstone-planetary_blason" title="Tricking">Heavenly body</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tricking#Gemstone-planetary_blason" title="Tricking">Jewel</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruby" title="Ruby">Ruby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Virtue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Courage" title="Courage">Courage</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a>, <b>gules</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/juː/: 'u' in 'cute'">juː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)" title="Tincture (heraldry)">tincture</a> with the colour <a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">red</a>. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being <a href="/wiki/Azure_(heraldry)" title="Azure (heraldry)">azure (blue)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sable_(heraldry)" title="Sable (heraldry)">sable (black)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vert_(heraldry)" title="Vert (heraldry)">vert (green)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purpure" title="Purpure">purpure (purple)</a>. </p><p>Gules is portrayed in heraldic <a href="/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)" title="Hatching (heraldry)">hatching</a> by vertical lines, or indicated by the abbreviation g. or gu. when a coat of arms is <a href="/wiki/Tricking" title="Tricking">tricked</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gules&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>gules</i> derives from the Middle English <i>goules</i>, which itself is an <a href="/wiki/Old_French" title="Old French">Old French</a> word meaning "neckpiece made of red fur". <i>Goules</i> is derived from the Old French <i>gole</i> or <i>guele</i>, both of which mean "throat", which are ultimately derived from the Latin <i>gula</i>, also meaning "throat". Gules is similar to the English word <i><a href="/wiki/Gullet" class="mw-redirect" title="Gullet">gullet</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Charles_Fox-Davies" title="Arthur Charles Fox-Davies">A. C. Fox-Davies</a> states that the term originates from the <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> word <span lang="fa"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84#Persian" class="extiw" title="wikt:گل">گل</a></span> <span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">gol</i></span>, meaning "rose",<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but according to Brault there is no evidence to support this derivation.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern French spelling of the tincture is <i>gueules</i>. Both <i>gules</i> and <i>rojo</i> are used for red in Spanish heraldry. In Portugal, red is known as <i>vermelho</i>, and in Germany the colour is called <i>rot</i>. In Dutch heraldry, the tincture is called <i>keel</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Poetic_meanings">Poetic meanings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gules&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Poetic meanings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The different tinctures are traditionally associated with particular heavenly bodies, precious stones, virtues, and flowers, although these associations have been mostly disregarded by serious heraldists.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gules is associated with: </p> <ul><li>Of jewels, the <a href="/wiki/Ruby" title="Ruby">ruby</a><sup id="cite_ref-parker_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Of heavenly bodies, <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a><sup id="cite_ref-parker_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Of virtues, <a href="/wiki/Courage" title="Courage">Courage</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gules&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maurice_of_Nassau_arms.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Maurice_of_Nassau_arms.svg/170px-Maurice_of_Nassau_arms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Maurice_of_Nassau_arms.svg/255px-Maurice_of_Nassau_arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Maurice_of_Nassau_arms.svg/340px-Maurice_of_Nassau_arms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="910" /></a><figcaption>Different uses of the tincture <i>gules</i> shown in the <a href="/wiki/Quartering_(heraldry)" title="Quartering (heraldry)">quartered</a> coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Nassau-Dillenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau-Dillenburg">Nassau-Dillenburg</a> (attributed to <a href="/wiki/Otto_II_of_Nassau" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto II of Nassau">Otto II of Nassau</a>, d. 1351):<br /><small>  1. The <a href="/wiki/House_of_Nassau" title="House of Nassau">lion of Nassau</a>, <i>Azure billetty or, a lion rampant of the last <u>armed and langued gules</u></i>;<br />  2. <a href="/wiki/County_of_Katzenelnbogen" title="County of Katzenelnbogen">County of Katzenelnbogen</a>, <i>Or <u>a lion rampant guardant gules</u>, armed langued and crowned azure</i>;<br />  3. <a href="/wiki/Vianden" title="Vianden">County of Vianden</a>, <i><u>Gules</u>, a fess argent</i>;<br />  4. <a href="/wiki/Diez,_Germany" title="Diez, Germany">County of Dietz</a>, <i><u>Gules</u>, two lions passants or armed and langued azure</i></small> </figcaption></figure> <p>Gules is the most widely used heraldic tincture. Through the sixteenth century, nearly half of all noble <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coats of arms</a> in <a href="/wiki/Polish_heraldry" title="Polish heraldry">Poland</a> had a field gules with one or more <a href="/wiki/Argent" title="Argent">argent</a> charges on them.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Examples of coats of arms consisting of purely a red shield (blazoned <i>gules plain</i>) include those of the <a href="/wiki/Albret" title="Albret">d'Albret</a> family, the Rossi family, the Swiss <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">canton of Schwyz</a> (prior to 1815), and the old coats of arms of the cities of <a href="/wiki/N%C3%AEmes" title="Nîmes">Nîmes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montpellier" title="Montpellier">Montpellier</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_III,_King_of_England,_coat_of_arms_(Royal_MS_14_C_VII,_100r).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Plantagenet coat of arms, gules three lions passants guardants or, origin of the Royal Arms of England[7]"><img alt="The Plantagenet coat of arms, gules three lions passants guardants or, origin of the Royal Arms of England[7]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Henry_III%2C_King_of_England%2C_coat_of_arms_%28Royal_MS_14_C_VII%2C_100r%29.jpg/95px-Henry_III%2C_King_of_England%2C_coat_of_arms_%28Royal_MS_14_C_VII%2C_100r%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Henry_III%2C_King_of_England%2C_coat_of_arms_%28Royal_MS_14_C_VII%2C_100r%29.jpg/142px-Henry_III%2C_King_of_England%2C_coat_of_arms_%28Royal_MS_14_C_VII%2C_100r%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Henry_III%2C_King_of_England%2C_coat_of_arms_%28Royal_MS_14_C_VII%2C_100r%29.jpg/189px-Henry_III%2C_King_of_England%2C_coat_of_arms_%28Royal_MS_14_C_VII%2C_100r%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="701" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Plantagenet coat of arms, <i>gules three lions passants guardants or</i>, origin of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Arms_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Arms of England">Royal Arms of England</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Schweiz_Schloss_Chillon_Wandwappen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of the House of Savoy, gules a cross argent[8]"><img alt="Coat of arms of the House of Savoy, gules a cross argent[8]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Schweiz_Schloss_Chillon_Wandwappen.jpg/120px-Schweiz_Schloss_Chillon_Wandwappen.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Schweiz_Schloss_Chillon_Wandwappen.jpg/180px-Schweiz_Schloss_Chillon_Wandwappen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Schweiz_Schloss_Chillon_Wandwappen.jpg/240px-Schweiz_Schloss_Chillon_Wandwappen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Savoy" title="House of Savoy">House of Savoy</a>, <i>gules a cross argent</i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fl-_14v_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor,_Rei_da_Escocia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Royal Arms of Scotland Or a lion rampant Gules within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the second[9]"><img alt="The Royal Arms of Scotland Or a lion rampant Gules within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the second[9]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Fl-_14v_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor%2C_Rei_da_Escocia.jpg/91px-Fl-_14v_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor%2C_Rei_da_Escocia.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Fl-_14v_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor%2C_Rei_da_Escocia.jpg/136px-Fl-_14v_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor%2C_Rei_da_Escocia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Fl-_14v_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor%2C_Rei_da_Escocia.jpg/182px-Fl-_14v_Livro_do_Armeiro-Mor%2C_Rei_da_Escocia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1785" data-file-height="2353" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Arms_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Arms of Scotland">Royal Arms of Scotland</a> <i> Or a lion rampant Gules within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the second</i><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coats_of_arms_of_the_canton_of_Schwyz_on_stained-glass_window.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Schwyz (stained glass, 1573), gules plain; the Juliusbanner with the Arma Christi inset is held by one of the supporters."><img alt="Coat of arms of Schwyz (stained glass, 1573), gules plain; the Juliusbanner with the Arma Christi inset is held by one of the supporters." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Coats_of_arms_of_the_canton_of_Schwyz_on_stained-glass_window.jpg/94px-Coats_of_arms_of_the_canton_of_Schwyz_on_stained-glass_window.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Coats_of_arms_of_the_canton_of_Schwyz_on_stained-glass_window.jpg/141px-Coats_of_arms_of_the_canton_of_Schwyz_on_stained-glass_window.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Coats_of_arms_of_the_canton_of_Schwyz_on_stained-glass_window.jpg/188px-Coats_of_arms_of_the_canton_of_Schwyz_on_stained-glass_window.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3096" data-file-height="3960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Schwyz" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Schwyz">Coat of arms of Schwyz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wappenscheibe" class="mw-redirect" title="Wappenscheibe">stained glass</a>, 1573), <i>gules plain</i>; the <a href="/wiki/Juliusbanner" title="Juliusbanner">Juliusbanner</a> with the <i><a href="/wiki/Arma_Christi" title="Arma Christi">Arma Christi</a></i> inset is held by one of the supporters.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Villingen,_Franziskanermuseum,_Wappenscheibe_mit_dem_%C3%B6sterr._Bindenschild,_1567,_Inv._11858.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Austrian Bindenschild, gules a fess argent, originally the Babenberg coat of arms. Below the Bindenschild is a small coat of arms of the city of Vienna, gules a cross argent [10]"><img alt="The Austrian Bindenschild, gules a fess argent, originally the Babenberg coat of arms. Below the Bindenschild is a small coat of arms of the city of Vienna, gules a cross argent [10]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Villingen%2C_Franziskanermuseum%2C_Wappenscheibe_mit_dem_%C3%B6sterr._Bindenschild%2C_1567%2C_Inv._11858.jpg/90px-Villingen%2C_Franziskanermuseum%2C_Wappenscheibe_mit_dem_%C3%B6sterr._Bindenschild%2C_1567%2C_Inv._11858.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Villingen%2C_Franziskanermuseum%2C_Wappenscheibe_mit_dem_%C3%B6sterr._Bindenschild%2C_1567%2C_Inv._11858.jpg/135px-Villingen%2C_Franziskanermuseum%2C_Wappenscheibe_mit_dem_%C3%B6sterr._Bindenschild%2C_1567%2C_Inv._11858.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Villingen%2C_Franziskanermuseum%2C_Wappenscheibe_mit_dem_%C3%B6sterr._Bindenschild%2C_1567%2C_Inv._11858.jpg/180px-Villingen%2C_Franziskanermuseum%2C_Wappenscheibe_mit_dem_%C3%B6sterr._Bindenschild%2C_1567%2C_Inv._11858.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3672" data-file-height="4896" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" title="Archduchy of Austria">Austrian</a> <i>Bindenschild</i>, <i>gules a fess argent</i>, originally the <a href="/wiki/Babenberg" title="Babenberg">Babenberg</a> coat of arms. Below the <i>Bindenschild</i> is a small coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Vienna" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Vienna">city of Vienna</a>, <i>gules a cross argent</i> <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wolleber_Chorographia_Mh6-1_0567_Wappen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Poland, Gules, an eagle argent, crowned or[11]"><img alt="Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Poland, Gules, an eagle argent, crowned or[11]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Wolleber_Chorographia_Mh6-1_0567_Wappen.jpg/120px-Wolleber_Chorographia_Mh6-1_0567_Wappen.jpg" decoding="async" width="111" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Wolleber_Chorographia_Mh6-1_0567_Wappen.jpg/250px-Wolleber_Chorographia_Mh6-1_0567_Wappen.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="752" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland_(1025%E2%80%931385)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)">Kingdom of Poland</a>, <i>Gules, an eagle argent, crowned or</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_-_De_gueules_plain.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of French Maison d'Albret. Gueules plain by contemporary heraldic artist Dario Scaricamazza."><img alt="Coat of arms of French Maison d'Albret. Gueules plain by contemporary heraldic artist Dario Scaricamazza." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Coat_of_arms_-_De_gueules_plain.png/120px-Coat_of_arms_-_De_gueules_plain.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Coat_of_arms_-_De_gueules_plain.png/180px-Coat_of_arms_-_De_gueules_plain.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Coat_of_arms_-_De_gueules_plain.png/240px-Coat_of_arms_-_De_gueules_plain.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of French <i>Maison d'Albret. Gueules plain</i> by contemporary heraldic artist Dario Scaricamazza.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gules&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polish_heraldry" title="Polish heraldry">Polish heraldry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinnabar" title="Cinnabar">Cinnabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrey" title="Murrey">Murrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinople_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinople (heraldry)">Sinople</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gules&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHarper" class="citation web cs1">Harper, Douglas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.etymonline.com/?term=gules">"gules"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Online_Etymology_Dictionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Online Etymology Dictionary">Online Etymology Dictionary</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Online+Etymology+Dictionary&rft.atitle=gules&rft.aulast=Harper&rft.aufirst=Douglas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2F%3Fterm%3Dgules&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gules">"Definition of GULES"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Definition+of+GULES&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fgules&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>A Complete Guide to Heraldry</i>, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, p. 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brault, Gerard J. (1997). <i>Early Blazon: Heraldic Terminology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries</i>, (2nd ed.). Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85115-711-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-85115-711-4">0-85115-711-4</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWoodcockRobinson1988" class="citation book cs1">Woodcock, Thomas; Robinson, John Martin (1988). <i>The Oxford guide to heraldry</i>. Oxford, GB: Oxford university press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-211658-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-211658-1"><bdi>978-0-19-211658-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+guide+to+heraldry&rft.place=Oxford%2C+GB&rft.pub=Oxford+university+press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-19-211658-1&rft.aulast=Woodcock&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.au=Robinson%2C+John+Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-parker-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-parker_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-parker_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFParker1894" class="citation book cs1">Parker, James (1894). <i>A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry</i>. Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Glossary+of+Terms+Used+in+Heraldry&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1894&rft.aulast=Parker&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Anglorum_(Matthew_Paris)" class="mw-redirect" title="Historia Anglorum (Matthew Paris)">Historia Anglorum</a></i> c. 1250</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Chillon_Castle" title="Chillon Castle">Chillon Castle</a>, c. 1500</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Livro de Armerio-Mor</i>, c. 1509</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stained glass at the Franciscan Monastery Museum in Villingen-Schwenningen, 1567</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Chorographia Württemberg</i>, 1591, attributed to <a href="/wiki/Casimir_III_the_Great" title="Casimir III the Great">Casimir III the Great</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gules&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" 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title="Armiger">Armiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augmentation_of_honour" title="Augmentation of honour">Augmentation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abatement_(heraldry)" title="Abatement (heraldry)">abatement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_and_modern_arms" title="Ancient and modern arms">Ancient and modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arms_of_alliance" title="Arms of alliance">Alliance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_courtesy" title="Heraldic courtesy">courtesy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">Blazon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadency" title="Cadency">Cadency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marks_of_distinction" title="Marks of distinction">distinction</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canting_arms" title="Canting arms">Canting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debased_heraldry" title="Debased heraldry">Debased</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_(heraldry)" title="Field (heraldry)">Field</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_the_field" title="Division of the field">divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variation_of_the_field" title="Variation of the field">variations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_fraud" title="Heraldic fraud">Fraud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldry#Marshalling" title="Heraldry">Marshalling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quartering_(heraldry)" title="Quartering (heraldry)">quartering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impalement_(heraldry)" title="Impalement (heraldry)">impalement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Heraldic_traditions_by_country" title="Template:Heraldic traditions by country">National traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldry_societies" title="Heraldry societies">Societies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Achievement_(heraldry)" title="Achievement (heraldry)">Achievement</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)" title="Crown (heraldry)">Crowns and coronets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">Crest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compartment_(heraldry)" title="Compartment (heraldry)">Compartment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">Escutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmet_(heraldry)" title="Helmet (heraldry)">Helmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantling" title="Mantling">Mantling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_and_pavilion_(heraldry)" title="Mantle and pavilion (heraldry)">pavilion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slogan_(heraldry)" title="Slogan (heraldry)">slogan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torse" title="Torse">Torse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)" title="Charge (heraldry)">Charges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_(heraldry)" title="Attitude (heraldry)">Attitudes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erasure_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erasure (heraldry)">Erasure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimbriation" title="Fimbriation">Fimbriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_(heraldry)" title="Line (heraldry)">Lines</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_(heraldry)" title="Ordinary (heraldry)">Ordinaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annulet_(heraldry)" title="Annulet (heraldry)">Annulet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_(heraldry)" title="Bar (heraldry)">Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bend_(heraldry)" title="Bend (heraldry)">Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordure" title="Bordure">Bordure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_(heraldry)" title="Canton (heraldry)">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevron_(insignia)" title="Chevron (insignia)">Chevron</a> (<a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C4%99kawica_(ordinary)" title="Łękawica (ordinary)">Łękawica</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compon%C3%A9e" title="Componée">Componée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosses_in_heraldry" title="Crosses in heraldry">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crozier_head" title="Crozier head">Crozier head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_(heraldry)" title="Chief (heraldry)">Chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fess" title="Fess">Fess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaunch" title="Flaunch">Flaunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutte" title="Goutte">Goutte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyron" title="Gyron">Gyron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamade" title="Hamade">Hamade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inescutcheon" title="Inescutcheon">Inescutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Label_(heraldry)" title="Label (heraldry)">Label</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lozenge_(heraldry)" title="Lozenge (heraldry)">Lozenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orle_(heraldry)" title="Orle (heraldry)">Orle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pale_(heraldry)" title="Pale (heraldry)">Pale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pall_(heraldry)" title="Pall (heraldry)">Pall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pile_(heraldry)" title="Pile (heraldry)">Pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundel_(heraldry)" title="Roundel (heraldry)">Roundel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bezant" title="Bezant">Bezant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">Saltire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beasts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_in_heraldry" title="Bear in heraldry">Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boars_in_heraldry" title="Boars in heraldry">Boar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle#In_heraldry" title="Cattle">Bull/ox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hound_(heraldry)" title="Hound (heraldry)">Dog/hound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giraffe" title="Giraffe">Camelopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer#Heraldic" title="Deer">Hind/stag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Kangaroo emblems and popular culture">Kangaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopard_(heraldry)" title="Leopard (heraldry)">Leopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolves_in_heraldry" title="Wolves in heraldry">Wolf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alerion" title="Alerion">Alerion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_swan_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Black swan emblems and popular culture">Black swan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rooster#Emblems" class="mw-redirect" title="Rooster">Cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_(heraldry)" title="Crow (heraldry)">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doves_as_symbols" title="Doves as symbols">Dove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)" title="Eagle (heraldry)">Eagle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Szaszor" title="Szaszor">Szaszor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Przepaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Przepaska">Przepaska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martlet" title="Martlet">Martlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican#Heraldry" title="Pelican">Pelican</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bee_(heraldry)" title="Bee (heraldry)">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crapaud#Heraldry" title="Crapaud">Crapaudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin_(heraldry)" title="Dolphin (heraldry)">Dolphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmet_(heraldry)" title="Emmet (heraldry)">Emmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_(heraldry)" title="Ged (heraldry)">Ged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esox#Heraldry" title="Esox">Lucy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portcullis#Heraldry" title="Portcullis">Portcullis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(heraldry)" title="Bat (heraldry)">Reremouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scallop#Badge" title="Scallop">Scallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_symbolism#Flags_and_heraldry" title="Serpent symbolism">Serpent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfsangel" title="Wolfsangel">Wolfsangel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">Legendary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allocamelus" title="Allocamelus">Allocamelus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphyn" title="Alphyn">Alphyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphiptere" title="Amphiptere">Amphiptere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilisk" title="Basilisk">Basilisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biscione" title="Biscione">Biscione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chollima" class="mw-redirect" title="Chollima">Chollima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockatrice" title="Cockatrice">Cockatrice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">Dragon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_dragon" title="Chinese dragon">Chinese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_(heraldry)" title="Enfield (heraldry)">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin/Keythong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpy" title="Harpy">Harpy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippocampus_(mythology)" title="Hippocampus (mythology)">Hippocampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippogriff" title="Hippogriff">Hippogriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampago" title="Lampago">Lampago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindworm" title="Lindworm">Lindworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manticore" title="Manticore">Manticore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">Mermaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musimon" title="Musimon">Musimon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantheon_(mythical_creature)" title="Pantheon (mythical creature)">Pantheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther_(legendary_creature)" title="Panther (legendary creature)">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus" title="Pegasus">Pegasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamanders_in_folklore" class="mw-redirect" title="Salamanders in folklore">Salamander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-griffin" title="Sea-griffin">Sea-griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-lion" title="Sea-lion">Sea-lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyger_(heraldry)" title="Tyger (heraldry)">Tyger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_lion" title="Winged lion">Winged lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">Woodwose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">Wyvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_(mythical_creature)" title="Yale (mythical creature)">Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" title="Fleur-de-lis">Fleur-de-lis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath#As_used_in_heraldry" title="Laurel wreath">Laurel wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak#Regional_and_state" title="Oak">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quatrefoil" title="Quatrefoil">Quatrefoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_(heraldry)" title="Rose (heraldry)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock#Symbol_of_Ireland" title="Shamrock">Shamrock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trefoil" title="Trefoil">Trefoil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thistle#Heraldry" title="Thistle">Thistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnip#Heraldry" title="Turnip">Turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seeblatt" title="Seeblatt">Waterlily/Seeblatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_knot" title="Heraldic knot">Knots</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourchier_knot" title="Bourchier knot">Bourchier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Cavendish/Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacre_knot" title="Dacre knot">Dacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_knot" title="Harrington knot">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hastings/Hungerford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_knot" title="Heneage knot">Heneage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinckaert_knot" title="Hinckaert knot">Hinckaert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hungerford knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacy_knot" title="Lacy knot">Lacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Ormonde/Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Tristram/Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Wake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Tinctures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_tincture" title="Rule of tincture">Rule of tincture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricking" title="Tricking">Tricking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)" title="Hatching (heraldry)">Hatching</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background: white; color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Argent" title="Argent">Argent</a> (white)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background-color: white; background-image: radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0), radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0); background-size: 10px 10px; background-position: 0px 0px, 5px 5px;); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)">Or</a> (gold)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gules</a> (red)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:black; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sable_(heraldry)" title="Sable (heraldry)">Sable</a> (black)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Azure_(heraldry)" title="Azure (heraldry)">Azure</a> (blue)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vert_(heraldry)" title="Vert (heraldry)">Vert</a> (green)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Purpure" title="Purpure">Purpure</a> (purple)<sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)#Furs" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Furs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/7px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/11px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/14px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Pean</a></li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/15px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/23px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/30px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vair" title="Vair">Vair</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vair#Potent" title="Vair">Potent</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8b004b; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Murrey" title="Murrey">Murrey</a> (mulberry)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:FireBrick; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a 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