- Look up
vair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Vair (/vɛər/; from
Latin varius "variegated"),
originating as a
processed form of
squirrel fur, gave...
- the fur is
termed gros
vair or beffroi; if of six or more, it is menu-
vair, or miniver. A
common variation is
counter-
vair, in
which alternating rows...
- (purple); and the furs ermine,
which represents the
winter fur of a stoat, and
vair,
which represents the fur of a red squirrel. The use of
other tinctures varies...
-
Verdun (/vɜːrˈdʌn/ vur-DUN, UK also /ˈvɛərdʌn/
VAIR-dun, US also /vɛərˈdʌn/
vair-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ;
official name
before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse)...
- so the
ermine tails are (unusually)
depicted bendwise.
Though ermine and
vair were the two furs used in
early armoury,
other variations of
these developed...
- in its tincture, it may be party, or chequy, compony,
counter-compony, fretty, trellised,
vair maçonnée and so on. It may also be of two tinctures, e...
- is also used in
heraldic terminology to
describe a T-shaped
alteration of
vair, and potenté is a line of
partition contorted into a
series of 'T' shapes...
- the line is in the
shapes of the upside-down and rightside-up "shields" of
vair (this is to be
distinguished from
couped urdy, in
which the
couping takes...
- gems were
often carved in relief,
called cameo in this context,
giving a "
counter-relief" or
intaglio impression when used as seals. The
process is essentially...
-
Ermine is Hermelin,
Ermines (or
counter-ermine) is Gegenhermelin,
Erminois is Goldhermelin, Pean is Gegengoldhermelin,
Vair is Feh or Grauwerk, Countervair...
