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[Illustration: Portcullis]
PORTCULLIS. A grating suspended by chains, used to defend the entrance
to a castle.
POTENT. The ancient name of a crutch: when the field is covered with
figures like small crutches it is called potent; when the heads of the
crutches touch each other it is called counter potent.
[Illustration: Potent and counter potent]
Ex. Argent and azure, potent and counter potent. Some armorists call
counter potent vary cuppy.
PRINCE. The only Principality in Great Britain is that of Wales. The
title of Prince of Wales is usually conferred upon the eldest son of
the British monarch. All other sons, grandsons, brothers, uncles, and
nephews, are called princes of the blood royal. For instance, the
Duke of Cambridge, the uncle of Queen Victoria, is styled His Royal
Highness Prince Adolphus Frederick Duke of Cambridge.
His son is styled Prince George of Cambridge.
PRINCESS. Daughter of a sovereign. In England the eldest daughter
of the monarch is called the Princess Royal; the others by their
Christian names.
PROCLAMATION. A publication by the authority of the King.
Proclamations of peace or war, or other matters of importance, are
usually read by one of the heralds. They are addressed to the whole
community under their different orders or ranks, viz. Clergy,
Nobility, Gentry, Burgesses, and Commons.
PROPER. This word is used to denote that animals introduced as charges
in an escutcheon appear in their natural colour. Modern writers on
Heraldry consider this word superfluous, as the omission of the name
of any metal or tincture is quite sufficient to make any person
conclude that a lion, horse, or other animal is to be represented as
it appears in nature.
[Illustration: Purpure]
PURPURE. The colour of purple, described in engraving by lines drawn
diagonally from the sinister to the dexter side of the shield.
PURSUIVANTS. Four officers of the Heralds' College, whose duty it
is to attend the King-at-Arms on public occasions, and preside over
certain departments of the Heralds' Office.
They are called--Rouge Croix,
Blue Mantle,
Rouge Dragon,
Portcullis.
They are entitled to rank as gentlemen, but not esquires.
[Illustration: Quartered]
QUARTERED. A shield divided into four equal parts by a cross is said
to be quartered. The quarter occupying the dexter chief is marked 1,
or the first quarter; that occupying the sinister chief, 2; the dexter
base, 3; the sinister base, 4; as in the annexed example.
QUARTERLY. This term is used to signify that the shield is quartered.
In describing the royal arms of England we should say--Quarterly,
first and fourth gules, three lions passant guardant, or. Second, or,
a lion rampant gules, within a double tressure of the same, flory and
counter flory. Third, azure, a harp or, stringed, argent.
[Illustration: Quartered or Parted per Saltier]
QUARTERED OR PARTED PER SALTIER. A field divided by diagonal lines
crossing each other in the centre of the field.
[Illustration: Quarter foil]
QUARTER FOIL. A four-leaved flower.
QUARTERINGS. An escutcheon divided into any number of squares is said
to contain as many quarterings; they may be as numerous as the arms
required. An escutcheon containing a number of quarterings is called a
genealogical achievement.
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