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Tricking

Tricking is a method for indicating the tinctures (colours) used in a coat of arms by means of text abbreviations written directly on the illustration. Tricking and hatching are the two primary methods employed in the system of heraldry to show colour in black and white illustrations.

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Tricking

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples21
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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Tricking

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related to Origin · 11
Tricking → As, Chrétien, Edward, Heraldry, In, The, The English, Traditionally, Troyes, While, With
related to Decline · 6
Tricking → Arms, British, From, Heralds, However, The College
is a · 1
Tricking → method for indicating the tinctures

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tinctures arms hatching colours century heraldry methods colour since designated method system blazon vert heraldic initials used means two black

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Trickingis amethod for indicating the tinctures0.90text
rolls of armsinstance ofimages in heraldic manuscripts0.80text
armorials are all colouredinstance ofimages in heraldic manuscripts0.80text
giving designations to tinctures by using the numbers from 1 to 7instance ofsome other methods were also in use0.80text
Trickingrelated to DeclineFrom0.60section
Trickingrelated to DeclineHowever0.60section
Trickingrelated to DeclineBritish0.60section
Trickingrelated to DeclineHeralds0.60section
Trickingrelated to DeclineThe College0.60section
Trickingrelated to DeclineArms0.60section
Trickingrelated to OriginHeraldry0.60section
Trickingrelated to OriginThe0.60section

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