Islam's Medieval Underworld. Random Name Generator. Introduction to Heraldry. Latin Color Word List. Internet Sacred Text Archive Home. A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER. A or a in heraldic memoranda and sketches of arms in trick, is employed to signify Argent[and is better than ar., which might be mistaken for az, or for or].Abacot.
See Cap.Abased, (fr. abaissé): this term is used when a chevron, fesse, or other ordinary, is borne lower than its usual situation. Charges, however, when placed low down in the shield are said to be in base.Abatements, sometimes called Rebatements, are marks of disgrace attached to arms on account of some dishonourable act of the bearer. The Language Construction Kit. This set of webpages (what’s a set of webpages?
A webchapter?) Is intended for anyone who wants to create artificial languages— for a fantasy or an alien world, as a hobby, as an interlanguage. It presents linguistically sound methods for creating naturalistic languages— which can be reversed to create non-naturalistic languages. It suggests further reading for those who want to know more, and shortcuts for those who want to know less.