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[[Category:Heraldry]]In [[Heraldry]], '''line divisions''' are the ways in which a [[device]] can be divided using lines.
In [[Heraldry]], '''line divisions''' are the ways in which a [[device]] can be divided using lines.

==Simple divisions==


*[[Per fess]]
*[[Per fess]]
*[[Per saltire]]
*[[Per saltire]]
*[[Per pale]]
*[[Quarterly]] (or per cross)
*[[Per chevron]]
*[[Per bend]]
*[[Per bend sinister]]
*[[Per pall]]
*[[Per pall inverted]]

==Varied Fields==

* [[barry]]
* [[bendy]]
* [[chapé]]
* [[chapé ployé]]
* [[chevronny]]
* [[checky]]
* [[fretty]]
* [[gyronny]]
* [[gyronny arrondy]]
* [[lozengy]]
* [[paly]]
* [[pily]]
* [[orle]]

==Decorated Line Divisions==

The lines in a line division or an [[ordinary]] can be ornamented in the following styles:

*[[engrailed]]
*[[invecked]]
*[[embowed]]
*[[wavy]]
*[[nebuly]]
*[[indented]]
*[[dancetty]]
*[[embattled]]
*[[raguly]]
*[[dovetailed]]
*[[urdy]]
*[[potenty]]
*[[rayonny]]

[[Category:Heraldry]][[Category:Device heraldry]]

Latest revision as of 13:37, 30 October 2007

In Heraldry, line divisions are the ways in which a device can be divided using lines.

Simple divisions

Varied Fields

Decorated Line Divisions

The lines in a line division or an ordinary can be ornamented in the following styles: