inescutcheon

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Etymology

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PIE word
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The coat of arms of John de Vaux, a 13th-century English nobleman, features among other things an inescutcheon gules (red) on a larger escutcheon argent (silver or white).

From in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’) +‎ escutcheon.[1][2]

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Noun

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inescutcheon (plural inescutcheons)

  1. (heraldry) A small escutcheon (coat of arms; shield) (such as an escutcheon of pretence) which is charged (represented) on a larger escutcheon.
    • 1718, Alexander Nisbet, “Of Arms of Alliances, with the Method of Marshalling Them and Others Quarterly”, in An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories; [], Edinburgh: [] William Adams Junior, for Mr. James Mack Euen, [], →OCLC, page 112:
      All the quartered Arms that I meet vvith belonging to Scottiſh Families, do not exceed ſix different Coats of Arms, vvhich are marſhalled after theſe three vvays, Plain Quartering, Quartering, and Counter-quartering, of vvhich I have treated and illuſtrate by Examples, vvith their Surtouts and Ineſcutcheons.
    • 1724, John Guillim, chapter VII, in A Display of Heraldry. [], 6th edition, London: [] T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, [] [a]nd J. Walthoe and Tho[mas] Ward, [], →OCLC, page 49, column 1:
      [A]n Ineſcutcheon is properly the Charge of a Shield, and born vvithin a 'Scutcheon or Shield, []
    • 1852, J[ames] R[obinson] Planché, “Artificial Objects”, in The Pursuivant of Arms, or Heraldry Founded upon Facts, London: W. N. Wright, [], →OCLC, page 124:
      When only one escutcheon is borne as a charge, it is now generally termed an inescutcheon, but in the early rolls there is no such distinction.
    • 1992, Duane L. C. M. Galles, “The Reform of Ecclesiastical Heraldry Revisited”, in The American Benedictine Review, volume 43, number 4, Atchison, Kan.: American Benedictine Review, →ISSN, →OCLC, footnote 15, page 424:
      When he became titular bishop of Hippo and auxiliary bishop of Boston, he added an inescutcheon or small shield in the center of his shield bearing a gold heart inflamed pierced by an arrow and on a blue field. Since titular bishops do not impale their personal arms with those of the see, this was a convenient reference to his titular see.

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References

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  1. ^ Compare inescutcheon, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2018.
  2. ^ inescutcheon, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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