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HERALDIC SCIENCE. 



a summary explanation of the figures which, once so familiar, have become 

 very enigmas to most persons in the present day, which constitute the blazon 

 (Figs. 222 to 239). 



Fig. 222. Party per Pale. Fig. 223. Party per Fess. Fig. 224. Party per Bend. 



Fig. 225. Party per Bend 

 Sinister. 



Fig. 226. Tierce per Pale. Fig. 227. Tierce per Feas. 



Fig. 228. Quarterly. Fig. 229. Quarterly per Saltier. Fig. 230. Gyrony of Eight. 



Terms of Heraldry. Partitions of the Shield. 



To the colours and metals already mentioned, and which seem to have been 

 selected solely in order that they might harmonize with the variegated costume 

 of the chivalry of the Middle Ages, must be added the plush, or fur that is to 



