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Hatching (heraldry)

Hatching (sometimes called hachure, from the French word) is a conventional system for monochrome denotation of heraldic armory, whereby the tinctures (colours) are represented by dots and lines. This technique is employed in cases where colours, for either aesthetic, practical or economic reasons are not reproduced – e.g. on surfaces such as woodcuts or…

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Hatching (heraldry)

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hatching de system petra also book sancta published tinctures heraldic zangrius la developed method colombière engravers heraldry one systems needed

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woodcuts or engravingsinstance ofe.g. on surfaces0.80text
sealsinstance ofe.g. on surfaces0.80text
coins.Several systems of hatchings were developed during the Renaissance as an alternative to trickinginstance ofe.g. on surfaces0.80text
the earlier method of indicating heraldic tinctures by use of written abbreviationsinstance ofe.g. on surfaces0.80text
Zangriusinstance ofFor copperplate engravers and artists0.80text
Franquartinstance ofFor copperplate engravers and artists0.80text
it served as a natural method to designate heraldic tincturesinstance ofFor copperplate engravers and artists0.80text
different hatching for the colour Sableinstance ofPetra Sancta and de la Colombière made only minor changes to Zangrius' system0.80text
Umbrainstance ofintroduced hatching for some other tinctures0.80text

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