Bars and pales in heraldry: Difference between revisions

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BARS AND PALES IN HERALDRY

This page shows an overview of bars, pales, bends in any form or any shape in civic heraldry.

Special bars

Barry

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour. Officially an even number is "colour yy with xx bars", an odd number is "barry of xx and yy'. As this is not known by most people, these two categories are combined here.

Barry wavy

A shield divided into multiple wavy bars regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour.

For barry wavy chiefs and bases, see here.

Pales

Paly

A shield divided into multiple pales regardless the number. Named after the most (heraldic right) colour.

Bend

Bend sinister

Bend sinister wavy

Bendy

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bends. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

Bendy sinister

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bends. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

Bendy wavy

A shield divided into multiple wavy bends regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

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Gold and red

Chequy

A shield divided into squares of 2 colours. Sorted after the first colour (uppe rleft field for the viewer)

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 This page shows an overview of bars, pales, bends in any form or any shape in civic heraldry.
-==Bars==
-{|align="center" width="100%"
-|align="left"|[[File:Fess.gif|center]]
-|
-*[[:Category:Bar gold|Golden bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar silver|Silver bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar blue|Blue bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar red|Red bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar green|Green bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar black|Black bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar orange|Orange bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar purple|Purple bar]]
-|
-*[[:Category:Bar ermine|Ermine bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar checquered|Checquered bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar walled|Walled or bricked bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar Austria|Silver bar on red for Austria]]
-*[[:Category:Bar bicoloured horizontal|Horizontally divided bicoloured bar]]
-*[[:Category:Bar bicoloured vertical|Vertically divided bicoloured bar]]
-|-
-|align="left"|[[File:wavy.gif|center]]
-|
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar gold|Golden wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar silver|Silver wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar blue|Blue wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar red|Red wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar green|Green wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar black|Black wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar triple colours|Wavy bar with three colours]]
-|
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar blue and silver|Blue and silver wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar blue and gold|Blue and gold wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar green and silver|Green and silver wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar green and gold|Green and gold wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar red and silver|Red and silver wavy bar]]
-*[[:Category:Wavy bar red and gold|Red and gold wavy bar]]
-|-
-|}
 ==Special bars==
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Engrailed bar of any colour	Invected bar of any colour	Nebuly bar of any colour	Dancetty bar of any colour	Indented bar of any colour
Embattled bar of any colour	Embattled Counter-Embattled bar of any colour	Bretessed bar of any colour	Dovetailed bar of any colour	Potenty bar of any colour
Urdy bar of any colour	Raguly bar of any colour	Raguly Counter-Raguly bar of any colour	Rayonné bar of any colour	Fir trees bar of any colour
Fir twig bar of any colour	Cotised bar of any colour