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

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Chevron and Pile

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• chevron

• pile

• chevron

• pile

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  simple

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  engrailed (left)

  invecked (right)

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  embattled (left)

  embattled counter‑embattled (right)

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  not
  applicable

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  indented (left)

  dancetté (right)

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  Similar to indented (at left), but with a wider space between points.

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  Similar to indented (at left), but with a wider space between points.

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  wavy (left)

  nebuly (right)

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  raguly (left)

  dovetailed (right)

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Special Variations of the Standard Ordinaries

Pale, Fess and Bordure Variations

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  pale rayoneé

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  fess couped

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  fess wreathed

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  bordure per pale

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  bordure tierced in pairle

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  bordure quartery

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  bordure gyronny of eight

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  bordure compony

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  bordure counter‑compony

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  bordure chequy

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  orle

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  tressure flory counter‑flory

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  an escutcheon within a bordure

Bend, Bend Sinister and Saltire Variations

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  bend barry

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  bend compony

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  bend lozengy

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  baton sinister

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  saltire parted and fretty

Chevron Variations

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  chevron quarterly

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  chevron rompu

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