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Gules meaning
Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
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For example, a shield divided azure and gules would be perfectly acceptable.
Pg. 45 In heraldry, the word gules is used for red. citation Shades and varieties main Red can vary in hue from orange-red to violet-red, and for each hue there is a wide variety of shades and tints, from very light pink to dark burgundy.
The arms were : Gules, on an mimosa tree eradicated proper within an orle of eight bees volant, Or, an inescutcheon Or and thereon a Roman praetor seated proper.
These were those of the king, differenced by a label gules, with one crescent argent on the central point.
The shield had as a crest : "A sphere without a frame, bounded with the Zodiac in bend Or, between two pennants flottant Argent, each charged with a cross Gules, over the sphere the words DEUS INDICAT" ( Latin : God Indicates).
The Spencer crest is: out of a ducal coronet Or, a griffin's head between two wings expanded Argent, gorged with a collar gemel and armed Gules.
Thomas (1966) The county council's coat of arms, granted in 1950, was: Or, three chevronels gules between as many Tudor roses barbed and seeded proper.