GetWiki

{{short description|Tincture of blue in heraldry}}{{about|the heraldic tincture|the colour|Azure (color)}}{{use British English|date=July 2019}}

factoids

|hex = 0000FF|tricking = b., bl., az.|gemstone = Sapphire|planet = Jupiter|virtue = Loyalty}}In heraldry, azure ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|Ê’|É™r|,_|ˈ|eɪ|Ê’|É™r}} {{respell|AZH|É™r|,_|AY|zhÉ™r}}, {{IPAc-en|UKalso|ˈ|æ|z|jÊŠÉ™r|,_|ˈ|eɪ|z|jÊŠÉ™r}} {{respell|AZ|ure|,_|AY|zure}})LPD, 3, EPD, 18, ENCYCLOPEDIA,www.lexico.com/definition/azure,web.archive.org/web/20200204170343/https://www.lexico.com/definition/azure, dead, February 4, 2020, azure, Lexico UK English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called “colours”. In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else is marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation.The term azure shares origin with the Spanish word “azul”, which refers to the same color, deriving from Hispanic Arabic lazawárd the name of the deep blue stone now called lapis lazuli. The word was adopted into Old French by the 12th century, after which the word passed into use in the blazon of coats of arms.As a heraldic colour, the word azure means “blue”, and reflects the name for the colour in the language of the French-speaking Anglo-Norman nobles following the Norman Conquest of England. A wide range of colour values is used in the depiction of azure in armory and flags, and in common usage it is often referred to simply as ‘blue’.In addition to the standard blue tincture called azure, there is a lighter blue that is called bleu celeste or “sky blue”. Neither azure nor bleu celeste is precisely defined as a particular shade of blue, but azure is consistently depicted in a much darker shade.Azure plain are the arms of the Swiss family Maienthal. WEB,www.armsandbadges.com/itemdetail.aspx?itemid=b5c31aa7-eda6-4862-a684-e01a1df52fe6&name=Maienthal, Swiss Coat of Arms for Maienthal,

Poetic meanings

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.BOOK, Thomas, Woodcock, Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms), John Martin, Robinson, John Martin Robinson, The Oxford Guide to Heraldry, Oxford, 1988, Oxford University Press, 0-19-211658-4, 53–54, Azure is associated with:

• Of jewels, the sapphireBOOK, Elvin, Charles Norton, London, Kent, 1889, A Dictionary of Heraldry,archive.org/details/cu31924029796426,
• Of heavenly bodies, Jupiter (the planet Jupiter is further associated with the metal tin in traditional alchemical/occultistic lore)
• of virtues, loyalty

Gallery

File:Dolní Přím CoA.svg|Arms of Dolní Přím municipality, Hradec Králové District, the Czech Republic.File:DEU Dollern COA.svg|Arms of the Dollern municipalityFile:DEU Holtorfsloh COA.svg|Arms of the municipality of Holtorfsloh, Seevetal, Lower Saxony.File:Arms of the St Cleere family of St Osyth, Essex.png|Arms of St Cleere family of St Osyth, Essex.File:Blason évêque be Harpigny.svg|Arms of Guy HarpignyFile:Coat of arms of Ireland.svg|Arms of the Republic of Ireland

See also

• {{wiktionary-inline|azure}}

References

{{Reflist}}{{Heraldry}}