Bars and pales in heraldry

BARS AND PALES IN HERALDRY

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

Bars

Special bars


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

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).

Chequy

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