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Symboils 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.
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1: pale, fess, cross, bordure and chief
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2: bend, bend sinister, saltire, chevron and pile
- Page 3: diminuatives; variations of the fess, chevron and bend; geometric divisions of the field; geometric objects on the field; and bordure variations
Diminuatives
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palets |
bendlets |
chevronels |
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bars gemel |
dexter tierce |
bendlets enhanced |
chevronels braced |
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Variations of the Fess, Chevrons and Bends
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argent a fess couped azure |
fess wreathed |
argent a chevron
quarterly |
argent a chevron rompu gules |
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| gules a bend
barry argent and sable |
gules
a bend compony argent and sable |
gules a bend lozengy argent |
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Geometric Divisions of the Field
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gyronny of six |
gyronny of eight |
chequy |
lozengy |
fusilly |
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gyronny of twelve |
gyronny of sixteen |
barry gules
& argent, |
barry-bendy |
paly-bendy |
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Geometric Objects on the Field
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fusil |
lozenge |
mascle |
rustre |
fret |
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| quarter | canton | chief point | gyron or esquire |
fretty |
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| billet | escutcheon | flaunches |
shakefork |
ecclesiastical pallium |
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Bordure Varriations
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per pale |
tierced in
pairle |
quartery |
gyronny of eight |
compony |
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counter-compony |
chequy |
orle |
tressure flory |
an escutcheon |
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