Gules

The term gules derives from the Middle English goules, which itself is an Old French word meaning "neckpiece made of red fur". Goules is derived from the Old French gole or guele, both of which mean "throat", which are ultimately derived from the Latin gula, also meaning "throat". Gules is similar to the English word gullet.{{OEtymD|gules}}{{cite web | url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gules | title=Definition of GULES }} A. C. Fox-Davies states that the term originates from the Persian word {{wikt-lang|fa|گل}} {{Transliteration|fa|gol}}, meaning "rose",A Complete Guide to Heraldry, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, p. 29 but according to Brault there is no evidence to support this derivation.Brault, Gerard J. (1997). Early Blazon: Heraldic Terminology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, (2nd ed.). Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. {{ISBN|0-85115-711-4}}.

The modern French spelling of the tincture is gueules. Both gules and rojo are used for red in Spanish heraldry. In Portugal, red is known as vermelho, and in Germany the colour is called rot. In Dutch heraldry, the tincture is called keel.

The different tinctures are traditionally associated with particular heavenly bodies, precious stones, virtues, and flowers, although these associations have been mostly disregarded by serious heraldists.{{Cite book |last=Woodcock |first=Thomas |title=The Oxford guide to heraldry |last2=Robinson |first2=John Martin |date=1988 |publisher=Oxford university press |isbn=978-0-19-211658-1 |location=Oxford, GB}} Gules is associated with:

• Of jewels, the ruby{{cite book|first= James|last= Parker|title= A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry|location= Oxford|year= 1894|publisher= Oxford University Press}}
• Of heavenly bodies, Mars
• Of virtues, Courage{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

File:Maurice of Nassau arms.svg coat of arms of Nassau-Dillenburg (attributed to Otto II of Nassau, d. 1351):

 4. County of Dietz, Gules, two lions passants or armed and langued azure

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Gules is the most widely used heraldic tincture. Through the sixteenth century, nearly half of all noble coats of arms in Poland had a field gules with one or more argent charges on them.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

Examples of coats of arms consisting of purely a red shield (blazoned gules plain) include those of the d'Albret family, the Rossi family, the Swiss canton of Schwyz (prior to 1815), and the old coats of arms of the cities of Nîmes and Montpellier.

File:Henry III, King of England, coat of arms (Royal MS 14 C VII, 100r).jpg|The Plantagenet coat of arms, gules three lions passants guardants or, origin of the Royal Arms of EnglandHistoria Anglorum c. 1250

File:Schweiz Schloss Chillon Wandwappen.jpg|Coat of arms of the House of Savoy, gules a cross argentChillon Castle, c. 1500

File:Fl- 14v Livro do Armeiro-Mor, Rei da Escocia.jpg|The Royal Arms of Scotland Or a lion rampant Gules within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the secondLivro de Armerio-Mor, c. 1509

File:Coats of arms of the canton of Schwyz on stained-glass window.jpg|Coat of arms of Schwyz (stained glass, 1573), gules plain; the Juliusbanner with the Arma Christi inset is held by one of the supporters.

File:Villingen, Franziskanermuseum, Wappenscheibe mit dem österr. Bindenschild, 1567, Inv. 11858.jpg|The Austrian Bindenschild, gules a fess argent, originally the Babenberg coat of arms. Below the Bindenschild is a small coat of arms of the city of Vienna, gules a cross argent Stained glass at the Franciscan Monastery Museum in Villingen-Schwenningen, 1567

File:Wolleber Chorographia Mh6-1 0567 Wappen.jpg|Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Poland, Gules, an eagle argent, crowned orChorographia Württemberg, 1591, attributed to Casimir III the Great

File:Coat of arms - De gueules plain.png|Coat of arms of French Maison d'Albret. Gueules plain by contemporary heraldic artist Dario Scaricamazza.

• Polish heraldry
• Cinnabar
• Murrey
• Sinople

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