Argent

:This article describes the argent heraldic tincture. For the rock band, see Argent (band).

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In heraldry, argent is the tincture with the colour silver, very frequently depicted as white and supposed to be almost interchangeable with it. However, Arthur 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 a separate colour in heraldry, typically in the white—never described or depicted as argent—labels borne by members of the British Royal Family.

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In Latin, argentum is "white money", or silver.

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Rock band: Rock group (or later rock band ) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. Deriving its name from the musical style which was its immediate progenitor, rock and roll, the type of music played by rock groups has its roots d...

Argent (band): Argent was the name of a rock band founded in 1969 by Rod Argent after his previous band, The Zombies, broke up. The other original member was guitarist Russ Ballard, who contributed to several compositions through the group's career (curiously some of of Ballard's compositions became hits when th...

Heraldry: Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields....

Argent related Images and Photos (experimental)

Noces d'Argent del F.C. Barcelona

Mary Glory: L'Argent 1928

Anse La Source D'Argent La Digue Seychelles

Palm Tree on Beach Anse Source D'Argent Seychelles