White does seem to be regarded as a different tincture from argent in Portuguese heraldry, as evidenced by the arms of municipal de Santiago do Cacém in Portugal, in which the white of the fallen Moor's clothing and the knight's horse is distinguished from the argent of the distant castle, and in the arms of the Logistical and Administrative Command of the Portuguese Air Force. However, it has been argued that these could be regarded as "white labels proper", thus rendering white not a heraldic tincture. He bases this in part on the "white labels" used to differentiate the arms of members of the British Royal Family. This leaves a false impression that the rule of tincture has been violated in cases where, when applied next to a dark colour, argent now appears to be sable due to tarnish.Īrthur Charles Fox-Davies argued extensively in his book The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory that, though extremely rare, the colour white existed as an independent tincture in heraldry separate from argent.
As a result, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish regions that were intended as "argent" from those that were " sable". Over time, the silver content of these depictions has tarnished and darkened. In some historical depictions of coats of arms, a kind of silver leaf was applied to those parts of the device that were argent. The word argent had the same meaning in Old French blazon, whence it passed into the English language. The name derives from Latin argentum, translated as " silver" or "white metal". In engravings and line drawings, regions to be tinctured argent are either left blank, or indicated with the abbreviation ar. It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In heraldry, argent ( / ˈ ɑːr dʒ ən t/) is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". JSTOR ( July 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).
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