Examples of heraldic terms describing a coat of arms. Includes chabots, poissons, sphinx, sirene, limaces, coquilles, vanets, goujons, sphere, soleil, globe, croissants, flammes, comete, etc. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Blason ou Art Heraldique, the heraldry section from Denis Diderot and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie, published by Brisson, David, Le Breton and Durand, Paris, 1763.

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