Ordinaries

Symbols included upon this page are diminutives, geometric divisions of the field, and geometric objects on the field.

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

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

• Page 3: chevron and pile; special variations of the standard ordinaries

• Page 4: diminutives (see also Diminutives of Partitions); geometric divisions of the field; geometric objects on the field

Diminuatives

bars	bars gemel	bendlets	bendlets enhanced
base	chevronels	chevronels braced	dexter tierce	pallets

As with any ordinary, the edges of bars, palets, chevronels, etc. may be straight or otherwise:

two bars dovetailed	two bars embattled	two bars engrailed	two bars invecked	two bars raguly

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Geometric Divisions of the Field

barry, per chevron conterchanged	barry-bendy	paly-bendy	chequy	fusilly
gyronny of six	gyronny of eight	gyronny of twelve	gyronny of sixteen	lozengy

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Geometric Objects on the Field

fusil	lozenge	mascle	rustre	fret
quarter	canton	chief point	gyron or esquire	fretty
billet	escutcheon	flaunches	shakefork	ecclesiastical pallium

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