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Lozenge (heraldry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The lozenge in heraldry is a diamond-shaped charge (an object that can be placed on the field of the shield), usually somewhat narrower than it is tall. It is to be distinguished in modern heraldry ...
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Lozenge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lozenge ( ◊ ), often referred to as a diamond , is a form of rhombus. The definition of lozenge is not strictly fixed, and it is sometimes used simply as a synonym (from the French losange )...
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The lozenge is such an unattractive and inconvenient shape that considerable artistic skill may have been required in order to accommodate the heraldry.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on lozenge (heraldry), ...of a pale, forming a Y-shape. The pile is a triangle pointing downward. The flaunch, or flanch, is a segment of a circle drawn from the top of the shield to the base. ... ordinaries (in heraldry: O ... ...of a pale, forming a Y-shape. The pile is a triangle...
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Hazelnut; 2b Gymnophobia is a fear of what? Nudity/Nakedness; 3a In heraldry, what shape is a lozenge? Diamond-shaped; 3b A numismatist collects what? Coins/Medals; 4a What type of creature is a Patagonian cavy? Guinea Pig;
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The shape of a lozenge also seems a little unpractical for defence purposes. ... It is notable that the device breaks the Elvish rules of heraldry, using a lozenge for an impersonal device. [2];
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This article is about the shape. For the cough tablets, see throat lozenge. For lozenges in heraldry, see lozenge (heraldry). ... Most often, though, lozenge refers to a thin rhombus — a rhombus with acute angles of 45°.[1] The lozenge shape is often used in parquetry and as decoration on ceramics, silverware, and textiles.
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