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''This page is about the heraldic charge '''Garb''', for information on clothing in the SCA see [[Clothing]]''. |
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In [[heraldry]] a '''garb''' is a wheatsheaf. It was a particularly common [[charge]] in period heraldry, but is used relatively infrequently in the [[SCA]].<br> |
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In [[England|English]] heraldry it has a particular place, as being the charge chosen by the '''Grosvenor''' family, when their claim to ''Azure, a bend or'' (otherwise the arms of '''Scrope''') was dismissed, and the king ordered them to change their arms altogether, rather than differencing them. Grosvenor chose ''Azure, a garb or''. |
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Latest revision as of 01:02, 2 February 2007
This page is about the heraldic charge Garb, for information on clothing in the SCA see Clothing.
In heraldry a garb is a wheatsheaf. It was a particularly common charge in period heraldry, but is used relatively infrequently in the SCA.
In English heraldry it has a particular place, as being the charge chosen by the Grosvenor family, when their claim to Azure, a bend or (otherwise the arms of Scrope) was dismissed, and the king ordered them to change their arms altogether, rather than differencing them. Grosvenor chose Azure, a garb or.
