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 simple chevron simple pile    

engrailed (left)

invecked (right)

engrailed chevron engrailed pile chevron invecked pile invecked

embattled (left)

embattled counter‑embattled (right)

chevron embattled pile embattled chevron embattled counter-embattled not
applicable

indented (left)

dancetté (right)

chevron indented pile indented 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)

chevron wavy pile wavy chevron nebuly pile nebuly

raguly (left)

dovetailed (right)

chevron raguly pile raguly chevron dovetailed pile dovetailed

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Special Variations of the Standard Ordinaries

Pale, Fess and Bordure Variations

rayonee

pale rayoneé

 

couped

fess couped

wreathed

fess wreathed

 

per pale

bordure per pale

tierced in pairle

bordure tierced in pairle

quartery

bordure quartery

gyronny

bordure gyronny of eight

compony

bordure compony

counter compony

bordure counter‑compony

chequy sable

bordure chequy

orle

orle

tressure

tressure flory counter-flory

escutcheon bordure

an escutcheon within a bordure

Bend, Bend Sinister and Saltire Variations

barry

bend barry

compony

bend compony

lozengy

bend lozengy

baton sinister

baton sinister

parted and fretty

saltire parted and fretty

Chevron Variations

quarterly

chevron quarterly

rompu

chevron rompu

     

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