Vair - Revision history

Cian: links, make pic a thumbnail

2007-06-22T05:18:35Z

links, make pic a thumbnail

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		⚫	[[image:vair.png\|thumbnail\|Vair pattern ([[Britain\|British]] type; [[France\|French]] would have the top row white)]]
⚫	~~One~~ of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]''). The pattern is supposed to resemble [[squirrel]] pelts sewn together in alternating colors. It is found in a variety of colours, and appears in different arrangements, each with its own name.

		⚫	'''Vair''' is one of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]''). The pattern is supposed to resemble [[squirrel]] pelts sewn together in alternating colors. It is found in a variety of colours, and appears in different arrangements, each with its own name.
⚫	[[image:vair.png\|Vair pattern (British type; French would have the top row white)]]


	It goes back, as does [[ermine]], to a fur highly prized by the potentates of the [[Middle Ages]]. The word ''vair'' is derived from the Middle English forms ''veir'' and ''vair�'', meaning ''variegated fur'' (from the French vair, itself from the [[Latin]] ''varius'', variegated).		It goes back, as does [[ermine]], to a fur highly prized by the potentates of the [[Middle Ages]]. The word ''vair'' is derived from the [[Middle English]] forms ''veir'' and ''vair�'', meaning ''variegated fur'' (from the [[French]] vair, itself from the [[Latin]] ''varius'', variegated).

	The squirrel in question was apparently blue-grey on the back and white underneath, and was much used for the lining of cloaks. It was sewn together in alternating cup-shaped pieces of back and stomach fur, resulting in a pattern of grey-blue and grey-white which, when simplified in heraldic drawing and [[painting]], became blue and white in alternating pieces. The species involved has never been accurately identified.		The squirrel in question was apparently blue-grey on the back and white underneath, and was much used for the lining of cloaks. It was sewn together in alternating cup-shaped pieces of back and stomach fur, resulting in a pattern of grey-blue and grey-white which, when simplified in heraldic drawing and [[painting]], became blue and white in alternating pieces. The species involved has never been accurately identified.
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	In the oldest records vair is represented by means of straight horizontal lines alternating with vertical wavy or [[nebuly]] lines (sometimes blazoned as ''vair ond�'' or ''vair ancien'').		In the oldest records vair is represented by means of straight horizontal lines alternating with vertical wavy or [[nebuly]] lines (sometimes blazoned as ''vair ond�'' or ''vair ancien'').

	A fur of other colours than argent and azure is referred to as '''vairy''' (or '''vair�''') of ~~<metal>~~ and ~~<colour>~~		A fur of other colours than argent and azure is referred to as '''vairy''' (or '''vair�''') of <METAL> and <COLOUR>.

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	In the Cinderella fairy tale, the slippers were of glass, but some 19th century French writers thought it was a mistake and there were supposed to be made of vair ("verre", ''glass'', is a paronym). Fact is slippers are ''really'' made of glass, not of vair. Disney has it true.		In the Cinderella fairy tale, the slippers were of glass, but some [[19th century]] French writers thought it was a mistake and there were supposed to be made of vair ("verre", ''[[glass]]'', is a paronym). Fact is slippers are ''really'' made of glass, not of vair. Disney has it true.

	[[Category:Device heraldry]]		[[Category:Device heraldry]]

Sarah Van Der Goes: added wiki

2007-06-21T15:56:42Z

added wiki

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	It goes back, as does [[ermine]], to a fur highly prized by the potentates of the [[Middle Ages]]. The word ''vair'' is derived from the Middle English forms ''veir'' and ''vair�'', meaning ''variegated fur'' (from the French vair, itself from the [[Latin]] ''varius'', variegated).		It goes back, as does [[ermine]], to a fur highly prized by the potentates of the [[Middle Ages]]. The word ''vair'' is derived from the Middle English forms ''veir'' and ''vair�'', meaning ''variegated fur'' (from the French vair, itself from the [[Latin]] ''varius'', variegated).

	The squirrel in question was apparently blue-grey on the back and white underneath, and was much used for the lining of cloaks. It was sewn together in alternating cup-shaped pieces of back and stomach fur, resulting in a pattern of grey-blue and grey-white which, when simplified in heraldic drawing and painting, became blue and white in alternating pieces. The species involved has never been accurately identified.		The squirrel in question was apparently blue-grey on the back and white underneath, and was much used for the lining of cloaks. It was sewn together in alternating cup-shaped pieces of back and stomach fur, resulting in a pattern of grey-blue and grey-white which, when simplified in heraldic drawing and [[painting]], became blue and white in alternating pieces. The species involved has never been accurately identified.

	<gallery>		<gallery>

Sabine: remove empty section

2007-06-14T18:12:53Z

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	In the Cinderella fairy tale, the slippers were of glass, but some 19th century French writers thought it was a mistake and there were supposed to be made of vair ("verre", ''glass'', is a paronym). Fact is slippers are ''really'' made of glass, not of vair. Disney has it true.		In the Cinderella fairy tale, the slippers were of glass, but some 19th century French writers thought it was a mistake and there were supposed to be made of vair ("verre", ''glass'', is a paronym). Fact is slippers are ''really'' made of glass, not of vair. Disney has it true.

	==External link==

	[[Category:Device heraldry]]		[[Category:Device heraldry]]

71.30.253.205 at 03:55, 6 September 2006

2006-09-06T03:55:15Z

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	[[image:vair.png\|Vair pattern (British type; French would have the top row white)]]		[[image:vair.png\|Vair pattern (British type; French would have the top row white)]]

	It goes back, as does [[ermine]], to a fur highly prized by the potentates of the [[Middle Ages]]. The word ''vair'' is derived from the Middle English forms ''veir'' and ''~~vair�'~~', meaning ''variegated fur'' (from the French vair, itself from the [[Latin]] ''varius'', variegated).		It goes back, as does [[ermine]], to a fur highly prized by the potentates of the [[Middle Ages]]. The word ''vair'' is derived from the Middle English forms ''veir'' and ''vair�'', meaning ''variegated fur'' (from the French vair, itself from the [[Latin]] ''varius'', variegated).

	The squirrel in question was apparently blue-grey on the back and white underneath, and was much used for the lining of cloaks. It was sewn together in alternating cup-shaped pieces of back and stomach fur, resulting in a pattern of grey-blue and grey-white which, when simplified in heraldic drawing and painting, became blue and white in alternating pieces. The species involved has never been accurately identified.		The squirrel in question was apparently blue-grey on the back and white underneath, and was much used for the lining of cloaks. It was sewn together in alternating cup-shaped pieces of back and stomach fur, resulting in a pattern of grey-blue and grey-white which, when simplified in heraldic drawing and painting, became blue and white in alternating pieces. The species involved has never been accurately identified.
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	</gallery>		</gallery>

	In the oldest records vair is represented by means of straight horizontal lines alternating with vertical wavy or [[nebuly]] lines (sometimes blazoned as ''vair ~~ond�'~~' or ''vair ancien'').		In the oldest records vair is represented by means of straight horizontal lines alternating with vertical wavy or [[nebuly]] lines (sometimes blazoned as ''vair ond�'' or ''vair ancien'').

	A fur of other colours than argent and azure is referred to as '''vairy''' (or '''~~vair�'~~'') of <metal> and <colour>		A fur of other colours than argent and azure is referred to as '''vairy''' (or '''vair�''') of <metal> and <colour>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
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	==External link==		==External link==
	*[http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html More than you ever wanted to know about vair]

	[[Category:Device heraldry]]		[[Category:Device heraldry]]

User 144 at 11:31, 15 May 2006

2006-05-15T11:31:06Z

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	A fur of other colours than argent and azure is referred to as '''vairy''' (or '''vair�''') of <metal> and <colour>		A fur of other colours than argent and azure is referred to as '''vairy''' (or '''vair�''') of <metal> and <colour>

	===Trivia===		==Trivia==
	In the Cinderella fairy tale, the slippers were of glass, but some 19th century French writers thought it was a mistake and there were supposed to be made of vair ("verre", ''glass'', is a paronym). Fact is slippers are ''really'' made of glass, not of vair. Disney has it true.		In the Cinderella fairy tale, the slippers were of glass, but some 19th century French writers thought it was a mistake and there were supposed to be made of vair ("verre", ''glass'', is a paronym). Fact is slippers are ''really'' made of glass, not of vair. Disney has it true.

	===External link===		==External link==
	~~More than you ever wanted to know about vair:~~ [http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html]		*[http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html More than you ever wanted to know about vair]

	[[Category:Device heraldry]]		[[Category:Device heraldry]]

Walraven: additional images (mine) and text (from Wikipedia)

2006-02-21T06:45:53Z

additional images (mine) and text (from Wikipedia)

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-One of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]''). The pattern is supposed to resemble [[squirrel]] pelts sewn together in alternating colors.
+One of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]''). The pattern is supposed to resemble [[squirrel]] pelts sewn together in alternating colors. It is found in a variety of colours, and appears in different arrangements, each with its own name.
 [[image:vair.png|Vair pattern (British type; French would have the top row white)]]
 [[Category:Device heraldry]]

User 144 at 12:05, 2 February 2006

2006-02-02T12:05:40Z

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	One of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]''). The pattern is supposed to resemble squirrel pelts sewn together in alternating colors.		One of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]''). The pattern is supposed to resemble [[squirrel]] pelts sewn together in alternating colors.

	[[image:vair.png\|Vair pattern (British type; French would have the top row white)]]		[[image:vair.png\|Vair pattern (British type; French would have the top row white)]]

Tobin at 00:21, 19 July 2004

2004-07-19T00:21:49Z

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	External link - more than you ever wanted to know about vair: http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html		External link - more than you ever wanted to know about vair: http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html

	[[Category:~~Heraldry~~]]		[[Category:Device heraldry]]

Conrad Leviston: Category:Heraldry

2004-07-15T05:20:22Z

Category:Heraldry

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	External link - more than you ever wanted to know about vair: http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html		External link - more than you ever wanted to know about vair: http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html

			[[Category:Heraldry]]

Mpalotay: Added image and external link

2003-08-28T18:32:49Z

Added image and external link

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	One of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]'').		One of the [[fur]]s used as a [[tincture]] ([[colour]]) in [[heraldry]]. It's a hard-to-describe regular pattern of blue (''[[azure]]'') and white (''[[argent]]''). The pattern is supposed to resemble squirrel pelts sewn together in alternating colors.

			[[image:vair.png\|Vair pattern (British type; French would have the top row white)]]

			External link - more than you ever wanted to know about vair: http://www.geocities.com/armoria/ABC/vairE.html