No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Crescent in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.
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Crescent (1)
Crescent Increscent Crescent pendent Decrescent
A quarter moon. Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
This is a thick crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
This is a skinny crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges (From the banner of Frogmorton, p.134). Artist: Thomas Willement. . Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement. (From the banner of Frogmorton, p.134.)
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
Source: Livro de Nobreza (Folio 25r). Artist: António Godinho. . Source: Livro de Nobreza. Artist: António Godinho. (Folio 25r.)
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
Source: Le Blason Des Armoiries (Page 56). Artist: Jérôme de Bara. . Source: Le Blason Des Armoiries. Artist: Jérôme de Bara. (Page 56.)
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
Source: Powell Roll (Folio 3v, arms of Edmund Thorpe). Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Source: Powell Roll. Artist unknown. (Folio 3v, arms of Edmund Thorpe.)
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”;
an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”;
an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”;
an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”;
an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
Four Crescents Conjoined In Cross At The Points (1)
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief.
Conjoined crescents are found in Iberian armory, where they are blazoned "a lunel."
Source: Livro do Armeiro-Mor (Arms of Lemos, folio 65v). Artist: Jean Du Cros. . Source: Livro do Armeiro-Mor. Artist: Jean Du Cros. (Arms of Lemos, folio 65v.)
Four Crescents Conjoined In Saltire Horns Outwards
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief.
This arrangement of charges appears in the populace badge of Caid and may be blazoned a "cross of Caid."
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief.
Conjoined crescents are found in Iberian armory, where they are blazoned "a lunel."
Source: Livro do Armeiro-Mor (Arms of Fróis, folio 125r). Artist: Jean Du Cros. . Source: Livro do Armeiro-Mor. Artist: Jean Du Cros. (Arms of Fróis, folio 125r.)
A quarter moon.
Default alignment: horns open to chief. With horns to base, it is blazoned a “crescent pendent”; an “increscent” has horns to dexter, while a “decrescent” has horns to sinister.
Use of a crescent gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Crescent.
