Roundels

The roundel is a generic name which comprises all charges which are plain circular figures of color or metal. There are different terms for each color in English heraldry as shown below. Roundels of more than one color are refered to as "per pale."

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  or = bezant

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  argent = plate

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  gules = torteau

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  azure = hurt

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  sable = ogress, pellet or gunstone

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  vert = pomme or pomeis

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  purpure = golpe

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  tenné = orange

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  sanguine = guze

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  barry wavy argent & azure = fountain