Ordinaries

Symbols included upon this page are variations of the fess, chevron, and other charges. Some symbols, like the bordure and its variations, could exist both as the charge itself or as a border around the charge.

• Page 1: pale, fess, cross, and bordure

• Page 2: chief, bend, bend sinister and saltire

• Page 3: chevron and pile (see also Chevron Variations); special variations of the standard ordinaries;

• Page 4: diminutives; geometric divisions of the field; geometric objects on the field

Chevron and Pile

	chevron	pile	chevron	pile
simple
engrailed (left) invecked (right)
embattled (left) embattled counter-embattled (right)				not applicable
indented (left) dancetté (right)			Similar to indented (at left), but with a wider space between points.	Similar to indented (at left), but with a wider space between points.
wavy (left) nebuly (right)
raguly (left) dovetailed (right)

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Special Variations of the Standard Ordinaries

Pale, Fess and Bordure Variations

pale rayoneé		fess couped	fess wreathed
bordure per pale	bordure tierced in pairle	bordure quartery	bordure gyronny of eight	bordure compony
bordure counter-compony	bordure chequy	orle	tressure flory counter-flory	an escutcheon within a bordure

Bend, Bend Sinister and Saltire Variations

bend barry	bend compony	bend lozengy	baton sinister	saltire parted and fretty

Chevron Variations

chevron quarterly	chevron rompu

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