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==Ordinaries and their diminutives==


An '''ordinary''' is an area of [[tincture]] that covers a large part of the shield. Ordinaries drawn with thinner lines are referred to as diminutives. As a rule of thumb, an ordinary should cover 1/3 of the area of the shield.


===One-edged ordinaries===
*[[base]]
*[[chief]]
*[[pile]]
*[[tierce]]


===Two-edged ordinaries===
*[[bend]]
**[[bendlet]]
**[[baton]]
*[[bend sinister]]
*[[chevron]]
**[[chevronnel]]
*[[fess]]
**[[bar]]
*[[pale]]
**[[pallet]]


===Three-edged ordinaries===
*[[pall]]
*[[pall reversed]]


===Four-edged ordinaries===
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*[[saltire]]
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Revision as of 13:39, 9 October 2005

Ordinaries and their diminutives

An ordinary is an area of tincture that covers a large part of the shield. Ordinaries drawn with thinner lines are referred to as diminutives. As a rule of thumb, an ordinary should cover 1/3 of the area of the shield.

One-edged ordinaries

Two-edged ordinaries

Three-edged ordinaries

Four-edged ordinaries