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HERALDRY. 
est part of the shield, which the French called chef, and 
we the chief. D is called the collar, or honour point, be- 
cause badges of honour are worn on the breast, as those 
of the garter, thistle, &c. E is called the coeur point, as 
also the Gite or Cae point. Pals the nombril, or seed 
e French, flanque points, e 
Taplisty Uae Save pointe I, the base point. ry! the 
dexter chief point, or canton. B, the middle chief point. 
C, the sinister chief point. G, the right,base point, H, 
the sinister base point. 
When arms are blazoned without relation to, or ex- 
pression of, the point wherein the figures are placed, 
they are then supposed to occupy the centre of the 
shield. rye re eyes cheb bgce bey aah pee 
to be in chief. en ranged so as to reach from the 
dexter chi A pai sinister base point, to be in 
bend ; from sinister base olbt $0. the ‘dextes chief 
point, in bend sinister; when placed between the base 
points, they are said to be in base or in point. 
i Of the Lines of Pariition. 
thelines. 94, The field or surface of the escutcheon is divided 
. 
“into parts by various lines. 
11. Battled, embattled, or crenellé. 
12. Battled, embattled. 
13. Nebule. 
14. Potent. 
15. Indented. 
16. Dancetté. 
17. Patte, or dovetailed. 
18. Urdé. , 
19. Rayed, radiant, rayonné, or rayonated. 
20. Raguly. 
It must be observed, that indented and dancetté are 
lines of the same form, differing, however, in the size 
and number of the cuts or indents ; those of the former 
being more numerous and smaller than those of the lat- 
ter. For example, a Fess dancetté should be composed 
of three indentations and no more, whereas the Fess 
indented may have double that number. These lines are 
all engraved in Plate CCXCI. from Fig. 21—Fig. 40. 
When a shield is by a horizontal line divided into 
two equal parts, it is said to be coupe, or parted per fess. 
See Fig. 41. 
When a shield is by a dicular line divided in« 
to two equal parts, it is said to be party, or party per 
ale. See Fig. 42. 
When a shield is divided into two equal s bya 
i line drawn from the dexter point chief to the 
sinister point base, it is said to be tranché, or party per 
bend dexter. See Fig. 43, 
When it is so divided by a diagonal line from the si- 
nister point chief to the dexter point base, it is said to 
be taille, au party ger bead sinister. See Fig. 44. 
When the partition line is straight, as in Fig.21. above 
mentioned, it has then no additional denomination in 
the blazon. But if it has any of the other twenty forms, 
then the term of that form must be added in the bla- 
zon, and is of frequent use for the distinction of cadets. 
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When the first two lines, parted per pale, and parted Uersldey. 
per fess, ibe French coupé and perti,) meet in a field, 
they divide it into two or quarters, which —— 
are of different tinctures, t as the fourth, and the “~ 
second asthe third. Thus we say quarterly gules and 
argent; the French ecartile de gueules et d'argent; Ge- 
rard Leigh and his followers, parted per cross. See Fig. Pig. +5 
45, 
When tranché and taillé meet in a field, they divide 
it into four areas, which is blazoned parted per saltier 
argent and azure. The French would say d'ergent 
ue d'azure, or L’ecartile en sautoir. See Fig. 46. Fig. 46. 
hen coupé, tranché, and taillé meet in a fiel.l they 
make six triangular areas-blazoned girony of siz. See 
Fig. 47. Fig. 47, 
hen the whole four lines, coupé, party, tranché, 
and taillé, meet in one field, they divide it into eight 
conal parts blazoned girony of eight. 
When two half diagonal lines rising from the dexter 
and sinister points base meet in the collar points, it is 
party per chevron. See te 48. ig. 
hen a shield is divided into three equal parts, it is 
said to be tierce. See Fig. 49. 
If by perpendicular lines, 
If by horizontal lines, . 
If by diagonal lines from 
Golem, ectco. ee 
PR 3 4 diagonal lines from left ter, or tierce en bar. 
i a eh en! mee) 
es ee are those by which the shield is 
divided into unequal parts, as coupé-my-partée, and par- 
ty-~my-coupée. See Figs 53. and 54. fos te 
Of the Figures of Heraldry. 
25. These are either liar to heraldry, and derive 
their names from it, and therefore called ordinaries; or 
they are things natural or artificial used in armories, 
but retaining their own proper names ; these are char- 
ges, properly so called. 
I. Of Ordinaries. 
All ordinaries are composed of some one or other of Of Ordina- 
the above-mentioned lines, and are in number 19, ac~ ries. 
cording to the English heralds, viz. 
1. The Cuter, which is formed by one line only Prater 
drawn horizontally across the face of the shield, soas to ccxet. 
aeeiee the third part of the escutcheon from the rest. F's: 1+ 
ig. 1. 
2. The Pars, which is composed of two lines 
drawn perpendicular from the chief to the base of the 
escutcheon, and should contain one third part of the 
breadth of the shield. See Fig. 2. 
N. B. The pale admits of two subdivisions, or dimi- 
nutions as to its breadth. The half of the pale is called 
a pallet ; and the half of the is called an endorse 
or verget. According to the strict rules of heraldry, 
neither endorse nor pallet can be charged. 
8. The Benn, which is formed by two equidistant pig, o. 
lines drawn diagonally from the dexter chief to the si- 
nister base of the scutcheon, according to a rule laid 
down by Leigh, Holme, Guillim, &c. should, if char- 
ged, be in breadth one-third; if not charged, one-fifth 
of the shield. Others make no such distinction, but 
tell us, that the bend always the third part 
of the escutcheon from the right chief angle to the left 
base angle. 
Fig. 49. 
tierce per fess. See 
Fig. 50. 
tierce per bend dex- 
ter. See Fig. 51. Fig. 51, 
lierce per bend sinis~ 
Fig, 50. 
right 
Fig. 52. 
Figs. 52, 
54. 
Pig. 2. 
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