Canton (heraldry)
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canton-heraldry-268-4620904
title:
Canton (heraldry)
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In heraldry, a canton is a charge placed upon a shield. It is, by default a square in the upper dexter corner, but if in the sinister corner is blazoned a canton sinister. A canton is classed by some heraldic writers as one of the honorable ordinaries; but, strictly speaking, it is a diminutive of the quarter, being two-thirds the area of that ordinary. However, in the armorial roll of Henry III, the quarter appears in several coats which in later rolls are blazoned as cantons. The canton, like
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Heraldic charge
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_(heraldry)
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2024-03-11T05:49:41Z
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