The heraldric blazon for the flag is "per fess Gules and Azure, a fess Argent". Barton also wrote a more properly heraldic blazon. The flag's blazon, or heraldic description, is&colon; "Azure, a mullet Argent". The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is "Gules, chief argent". The flag is expressly not defined in terms of heraldic terminology (a blazon). Blazon&colon; Or a chevron Gules, on a chief Sable a label of the first. The first tincture in the blazon is that of the triangle in dexter chief. The blazon of this standard version is "Or, four bars Gules". The paler under parts may feature a white blazon on the chest. The verb "to blazon" means to create such a description. The word "blazon" is derived from French "blason", "shield". Neither the mantelling nor the motto are normally part of the blazon. The former is nowadays more common, in accordance with the 1674 blazon. According to Friar, they are distinguished by their order in blazon. The first record of a shield blazon is illustrated in Aeschylus' tragedy "Seven Against Thebes".