Category:Division of the shield

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Division of the Shield


The shield is described from the point of view of the person carrying it, so the sinister or left side of the shield is actually the right side of the image and the dexter or right side is shown as the left side for the viewer. This is particularly of importance when decoding a blazon (description) of a shield.

The following diagram should help to decode some of the other terms which are commonly used.


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1 - 3 Chief, 4 - 6 Fess, 7 - 9 Base
1 - 7 Dexter, 2 - 8 Pale, 3 - 9 Sinister

Main divisions


Party per pale

Party per fess

Party per bend

Party per bend sinister

Quarterly

Party per saltire

Paly

Barry

Bendy

Bendy sinister
Chequy.gif

Chequy
Lozengy.gif

Lozengy

Paly pily

Barry pily

Bendy pily

Bendy pily sinister
Quarterly9.gif

Quarterly of 9
Lozengyb.gif

Lozengy bendwise
Tiercedpale.gif

Tierced per pale
Tiercedfess.gif

Tierced per fess

Embrassé a dexter
Embrasses.gif

Embrassé a sinister
Partychevron.gif

Party per chevron
Perchevronreversed.gif

Per chevron reversed
Lozenget.gif

Lozenge throughout
Lozengeta.gif

Lozenge throughout arched
Gyronny.gif

Gyronny

Gyronny of 12

Chevronny

Chevronny reversed

Party per pile
Perpilea.gif

Party per pile arched

Party per pile reversed
Perpilera.gif

Party per pile reversed arched
Perpileb.gif

Party per pile bendwise

Party per pile bendwise sinister

Party per fess, upper part per pale

Party per fess, lower part per pale
3-3.gif

Party per pale, first part per fess
3-4.gif

Party per pale, second part per fess
3-5.gif

Party per pall
3-6.gif

Party per pall reversed

Other divisions

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