- 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...
-
ermine and
vair.
Ermine represents the fur of the stoat, a type of weasel, in its
white winter coat, when it is
called an ermine.
Vair represents the...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Metals /
Metaller Furs / Pelsværk
Escutcheons English Or
Argent Ermine Vair Counter-ermine
Danish Gul / guld Hvid / sølv
Hermelin Gråværk Kontrahermelin...
- ateupwithmotor.com. Helt, Bob (January 2011). "ENGINE CODES" (PDF).
Vegas Vairs Vision.
Vegas Vairs.
Archived from the
original (PDF) on 2019-04-04.
Retrieved 2019-04-04...
- 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...
