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escallop-shell
eˈscallop-ˈshell = scallop-shell. 1. The shell of the escallop, usually a single valve of the shell. Pilgrims returning from the shrine of St. James at Compostella were accustomed to wear an escallop-shell found on the Galician shore; hence, this shell (in ecclesiastical symbolism used as the emblem... Oxford English Dictionary
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scallop-shell
ˈscallop-shell Cf. escallop-shell. 1. The shell of the scallop, or, more usually, one valve of it: freq. with reference to its being a pilgrim's badge. (Cf. note s.v. escallop-shell.)1530 Palsgr. 265/2 Scaloppe shell, quocquille de saint Jacques. 1562 Inv. St. Margaret's Westm. in Malcolm's Londiniu... Oxford English Dictionary
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Pecten maximus
Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater This gave rise to the alternative name St James shell. wikipedia.org
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escallop
escallop (ɛˈskæləp) Also 7 escollop, 7–8 escalop. [a. OF. escalope shell, an adoption from some Teut. lang.; cf. MDu. schelpe (mod.Du. schelp) shell. The variant scallop is found much earlier, and is still in use.] 1. A bivalve mollusc of the genus Pecten; = scallop 1.1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. x... Oxford English Dictionary
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Coat of arms of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The griffins have an escallop shell and a cross crosslet respectively hanging around their necks. In the coat of arms of the former Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith, the cross crosslet and the escallop shell were used as charges on the shield. wikipedia.org
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Alflen
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter argent a bugle-horn gules, sinister argent an escallop The horn, the scallop shell and the “bend dancetty” (slanted zigzag stripe) are all drawn from the arms once borne by the Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein wikipedia.org
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Municipal Borough of Bromley
shell or, and in the fourth a horse forcene argent. Crest: On a wreath of the colours, upon two bars wavy azure and argent, an escallop shell as in the arms, between two branches of broom proper. wikipedia.org
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Cabot House
, although the shield still features the same general design and motto: the field is black and the perch are silver, and the crest is a white scallop shell Crest: an escallop, or. Motto The Cabot family motto is 'Semper Cor,' meaning 'Always Heart'; this motto is shared by Cabot House. wikipedia.org
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Cadency labels of the British royal family
The escallop shell was traditionally a token of pilgrimage on the Way of St James. The shell in the labels of the dukes of Cambridge and Sussex alludes to those of the Spencer arms of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. wikipedia.org
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27th Field Artillery Regiment
Crest On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, issuing fesswise to the dexter and sinister from an escallop of the first, two demi-battering rams Vert banded The escallop shell refers to the Mediterranean Sea from which the unit launched an assault landing in North Africa, which is represented by the two battering wikipedia.org
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Variation of the field
A person may be a good armorist, and a tolerable French scholar, and still be uncertain whether an Escallop-shell, covered with bezants, should be blazoned wikipedia.org
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Hoppstädten
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale Or five bars gules and Or a lion rampant of the second armed and langued azure, in base an escallop The scallop shell below the lion is the hermit saint Judoc’s attribute, thus representing the old Hoppstädten church’s patron saint. wikipedia.org
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Konken
municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess abased sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules and argent an escallop The shell is said to be a canting charge for the village’s name (see Municipality’s name above). wikipedia.org
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La Trobe University
Crest On the crest sits an Australian wedge-tailed eagle, perched on a parchment scroll and clasping an escallop shell. Escutcheon Upon the escutcheon (shield), there are three main features: the common heath, the escallop shells and the book. wikipedia.org
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Wesley College, Dublin
To the right is an escallop shell from the arms of John Wesley's family. wikipedia.org
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