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Encyclopedia > Ordinary (heraldry)

In heraldry, an ordinary is a simple geometrical figure on the arms, wider than a line or division of the field.


Examples include:

  • Pale: a vertical bar
    • Pallets: more than one pale
  • Fess: horizontal bar in the centre
    • Bars: more than one fess
  • Chief: horizontal bar at the top
  • Bend: diagonal bar \
    • Bendlets: more than one bend
  • Cross: vertical/horizontal cross +
  • Saltire: diagonal cross ×
  • Chevron: upward pointing
    • Chevronels: more than one chevron
  • Pile: downward pointing triangle

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Heraldry03 (2122 words)
The form of the ordinaries, as they are generally represented in an actual coat of arms, would be that of a bar, the width of which is approximately one-third the length or width of the shield.
The color of fl is represented in heraldry by a field that is covered by vertical lines drawn from the chief to the base of the shield and perpendicular to the chief crossed by horizontal lines drawn from the dexter to the sinister side of the shield and parallel to the chief.
The color of orange is represented in heraldry by a field that is covered by vertical lines drawn from the chief to the base of the shield and perpendicular to the chief and crossed by diagonal lines drawn from the sinister to the dexter side of the shield.
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