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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

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


Bend, Bend Sinister and Saltire Variations

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


Chevron Variations

chevron quarterly chevron rompu      
quarterly rompu      

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