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  Article Library     Guide to Heraldic Terms

A to Z Guide to Heraldic Terms - J

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jamb or jambe (see gamb)

jellop or jowlop a cock's comb

jessant shooting forth as vegetables spring forth; half the charge only is depicted when blazoned jessant

jessant-de-lys a fleur-de-lys in a leopard's mouth

jesses the leather thongs that fasten the bells to the legs of a hawk

joinant (see conjoined)

jupon a surcoat


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