[Illustration: Nos. 289-292.--CIRCLETS OF ROYAL CORONETS
No. 289. Prince of Wales.]
No. 290. King’s Daughters and Younger Sons.]
No. 291. King’s Grandchildren.]
No. 292. Royal Dukes.]
_Quarterly._ A shield divided into four divisions, as in No. 30: each
division to contain a complete coat of arms, or a distinct heraldic
device or composition. Should the shield be divided into more than four
sections, the number is to be specified: thus, No. 36 is “_quarterly of
eight_,” &c. See Nos. 252, 253.
_Quarterly Quartering_ and _Quartered_. The quartering of a “quarter” of
a shield that is divided “quarterly”; also distinguished as “_Compound
Quartering_.” See page 34.
_Quatrefoil._ A flower or figure having four foils or conjoined leaves,
No. 293. In modern cadency a _Double Quatrefoil_ is the difference of
the ninth son.
_Queue Fourchée._ Having a forked tail; No. 181.
[Illustration: No. 293.--Quatrefoil.]
[Illustration: No. 294.--The Ragged Staff Badge.]
_Quilled._ Used to blazon the quills of feathers: thus, a blue feather
having its quill golden is blazoned--_A feather az., quilled or_.
_Radiant._ Encircled with rays.
_Rayonée._ Formed of Rays.
_Ragulée_, _Raguly_. Serrated, as No. 38, G. A “ragged staff,” No. 294,
is a part of a stem from which the branches have been cut off roughly.
This “ragged staff,” or “_staff ragulée_,” is the famous badge of the
BEAUCHAMPS, and, derived from them, of the NEVILLES. No. 294 is from the
monument of the great Earl, RICHARD DE BEAUCHAMP, K.G., who died in
1439, at Warwick.
_Rampant_, _Rampant Guardant_ and _Reguardant_. Nos. 171, 172; when
_reguardant_, the animal looks backward.
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