- ROD OF ASCLEPIUS
- See ‘Staff of Asclepius’.
Flag and Emblem of the 52nd Field Ambulance, Canada (fotw)
- ROD OF HERMES (or MERCURY)
- See ‘caduceus’.
![[rod of Hermes example]](../images/v/vxt-d654.gif)
Flag of Holwerd, Netherlands (fotw)
- ROGACINA
- In Middle European heraldic usage, the Polish term for a charge in the form of a stylized
arrowhead or spear point, often with a decorated shaft and generally (but not invariably) pointing
upward (see also ‘arrow cross’,
‘shafted’ and
‘barbed’).
Ceremonial Flag and Arms of
Cieszków, Poland (fotw); Flag
and Arms of
Baranów, Poland (fotw):
Arms and Flag of Ropczyce-Sedziszow, Poland (fotw)
- ROPE GROMMET
- In naval heraldry the rope decoration that often surrounds a ship’s badge
– traditionally but incorrectly referred to as a ship’s crest – see ‘ship’s crest’
(also ‘badge 3)’ and ‘ropework border’).
Badge of HMS Warspite, Launched 1913 (Wikipedia); Badge of HMS Dartmouth, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (Wikipedia)
- ROPED CROSS
- 1) A cross of any type, but one whose arms appear fastened together with rope – a cable,
cabled or corded cross (see also ‘cross 2)’).
2) The term may also be used to describe a cross that is made entirely from rope, cord or
cabling.
Examples (Seiyaku.com);
Flag and Arms of Svatý Jan pod Skalou, Czech Republic (fotw)
- ROPED HEADING
- See ‘running eye and toggle’.
- ROPEWORK BORDER
- A term used to describe the border of those shields that appear on the Italian civil and naval ensigns -
see ‘civil ensign’ and ‘naval ensign’ under ‘ensign’
(also ‘rope grommet’ and ‘tricolore, la’).
![[ropework border example]](../images/v/vxt-d2483.gif)
![[ropework border example]](../images/v/vxt-d2483a.gif)
![[ropework border example]](../images/v/vxt-d2484.gif)
Naval Ensign and Arms, plus
Civil Ensign Italy (fotw and wiki)
- ROSETTE
- In Norwegian heraldic usage an alternative term to in annulo - see ‘inannulo’.
![[rosette example]](../images/v/vxt-d2910.gif)
![[rosette example]](../images/v/vxt-d2910a.gif)
![[rosette example]](../images/v/vxt-d2911.gif)
![[rosette example]](../images/v/vxt-d2911a.gif)
Flag and Arms of Selbu, Norway (fotw); Flag and Arms of
Tingvoll, Norway (Tomislav Šipek)
- ROTATED
- The term used when an emblem, badge, set of armorial bearings or any part thereof is
turned so that it appears upright in a flag intended for vertical (or occasionally oblique)
display - but see
‘design for slanted display’
(also ‘armorial bearings’,
‘badge’,
‘emblem’ and
‘hanging flag’).
Flags for Horizontal and Vertical Display, Montserrat (fotw and CS); Flags for Horizontal and Vertical Display,
Vietnam (fotw and CS)
- ROTATED SQUARE
- See ‘square lozenge’.
![[rotated square example]](../images/v/vxt-d659.gif)
Flag of Tremelo, Belgium (fotw)
- ROTATIONAL POSITION
- See ‘radial orientation’.
Flag of Johore, Malaysia (fotw)
- ROUND-BOTTOMED SHIELD
- 1) See ‘Spanish-style shield’.
2) The term may also be used for a shield whose base is semi-circular but whose sides are not parallel.
Arms of Braga, Portugal (fotw); Arms of
Čebín, Czech Republic (fotw)
- ROUNDED CROSS
- A form of the cross pattée in which the outer ends are in the form of a
convex arc (as if the charge was created from a circle) – an orbicular cross,
a Cross of the Portuguese Knights Templar, a Templar Cross, a cross pattée/formy rounded or a consecration cross – see
‘cross pattée’ in ‘Appendix VIII’
(also ‘bauceant’).
Flag of Agistri, Greece (fotw); Arms and Flag of
Pacos de Ferreira, Portugal (ICH and fotw); Arms and Flag of Outeiro Major, Portugal (Sérgio Horta)
- ROUNDED FLY
- See ‘lanceolate’
Flag of Leśna, Poland (fotw)
- ROUNDED SWALLOWTAIL
- 1) See ‘descate’.
- 2) A variation of the swallow-tail in which the cut in the fly of the flag
is shaped by a single curve – but see ‘hussar cut’ (also ‘swallow-tail(ed)’).
![[cloven descate example]](../images/v/vxt-d1189.gif)
![[hussar cut example]](../images/v/vxt-d1518.gif)
Guidon of the Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch, UK (fotw)); Guidon of the
2nd Dragoon Regiment, Prussia c1740 (Klaus-Michael Schneider)
- ROUNDEL
- 1) A circular emblem of nationality employed on the fuselage and wings of military aircraft and
on some Air Force flags - generally (but not exclusively) consisting of concentric rings
of the national colours and based on the cockade (see also
‘aircraft marking(s)’,
‘cockade 2)’,
‘fin flash’ and
‘national colours 2’).
See supplemental note
- See ‘fuselage markings 1)’ and
‘wing marking(s) 1)’.
- 3) The heraldic term for a disc (see also ‘bezant’,
‘hurt’,
‘plates’ and
‘torteau’).
From left: Aircraft roundels: Argentina; Belgium; Colombia; Morocco (fotw);
Example; flag of Apples, Switzerland (fotw)
- ROUNDEL ARGENT
- See ‘plates’.
- ROUNDEL AZURE
- See ‘hurt’.
- ROUNDEL BARRY WAVY
- See ‘fountain 1)’.
Example (Parker)
- ROUNDEL GULES
- See ‘torteau’.
- ROUNDEL OR
- See ‘bezant’.
- ROWEL
- The heraldic term for a mullet or star-like charge that usually (but not exclusively) has with five or six radiating points,
but which is pierced in its centre and is meant to represent the rowel of a spur – a spur
rowel or pierced mullet – but see mullet (also ‘pierced 2)’ and
‘star 1)’.
Example; Heinenoord, The Netherlands (fotw);
Arms and Flag of Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal (fotw)
Please note, we suggest that a glossary or dictionary of heraldry be consulted
regarding use of the terms given above.
