heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known bran ...

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architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

,Nebuly - definition of Nebuly by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia
thefreedictionary.com a line which is drawn nebuly (or nebulée) is made up of a series of bulbous protrusions, which are supposed to resemble clouds. The term is derived from the Latin word ''nebula'', "a mist, vapor, or cloud" (OED). A nebuly line

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex ban ...

s in one direction describing the shape of three-quarters of a circle, then similarly in the other direction, maintaining a straight overall trajectory. A fess nebuly is a fess where the two horizontal lines of the fess are nebuly. A shield formed of several such fesses, termed bars where in excess of one, is ''barry nebuly''.

Construction

A nebuly line can be constructed from two parallel rows of circles, one row staggered with respect to the other, so that each circle is tangent to two circles in the other row. Each circle in the lower row should touch the two above at about 45 and 135 degrees and each circle in the upper row should touch the two below at 225 and 315 degrees.

Examples

The mediaeval arms of the Dauntsey family of Wiltshire, England, were ''barry nebuly''. Its use in coats of arms can be seen in the cases o
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A more notable example is that of the Blount (pronounced Blunt) family of Worcestershire, England, whose members held the titles of

Baron Mountjoy The titles of Baron Mountjoy and Viscount Mountjoy have been created several times for members of various families, including the Blounts and their descendants and the Stewarts of Ramelton and their descendants. The first creation was for Walter ...

and two

baronetcies A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

; their arms were ''Barry nebuly of six or and sable''.

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