ARGENT, in heraldry, signifies the color white, used in the coats of gentlemen, knights, and baronets. See COLOR and WHITE. Barons and all nobles have the white color called Pearl; and sovereign princes have theirs called Luna. Without either this or Or, the heralds say there can be no good armory. See OR.
Argent is expressed in engraving by the parts being left plain, without any strokes from the graver. The word is French, derived from the Latin argentum, silver; this color being supposed the representation of that metal:Whence the Spaniards call this field Campo de Plata (Silver Field).
In the doubling of mantles, where the white is supposed to represent a fur, and not a metal, it may be blazoned white.
