Book Heraldry Examples By Khevron No color on color or metal on metal. Try to keep it simple. Make it easy to paint, applique’ or embroider. Blazon in layers from the deepest layer Per pale vert and sable all semy of caltrops e a talbot passant argent. c up to the surface: i v Field (color or division & colors), e Primary charge (charge or ordinary), Basic Book Heraldry d Secondary charges close to the primary, by Khevron a Tertiary charges on the primary or secondary, Device: An heraldic representation of youself. g Peripheral secondary charges (Chief,Canton,Border), Arms: A device of someone with an Award of Arms. n i Tertiary charges on the peropheral. Badge: An heraldic representation of what you own. z a Name field tinctures chief/dexter first. l Only the first word, the metal Or, B and proper nouns are capitalized. 12 2 Tinctures, Furs & Heraldic 11 Field Treatments Cross Examples By Khevron By Khevron Crosses have unique characteristics and specific names. Tinctures: Metals and Colors Chief Rule #1: No color upon another color, or metal on metal! Canton r r e e t t s i x e n - Fess - i D Or Argent Sable Azure Vert Gules Purpure S Furs Base Cross Latin Cross Cross Crosslet Maltese Potent Latin Cross Floury Counter-Vair Vair Vair in PaleVair-en-pointe Vair Ancient Ermine Celtic Cross Cross Gurgity Crosslet Fitchy Cross Moline Cross of Bottony Jerusalem A saltire vair in saltire Vair Ermines or Counter- Counter Potent Potent-en-pointe ermine Cross Quarterly in Saltire Ankh Patonce Voided Cross Barby Cross of Cerdana Erminois Field Treatments Pean Potent Potent-in-pale 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 s Cross Alisee In Saltire Nowey Cross Annulety Cross of Equal-armed Cross of t Calatrava Celtic Santiago 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 o p S 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Or masoned azure e n Tau Cross 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Cross of Cletchy Cross of Engrailed Cross of i Cold Harbor Five Lozenges Four Pheons Vert fretty argent m 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 r E Argent scaly gules Pointed Norse Sun Patriarchal Cross Cross of Moline Patonce Lozenges Disjointed 10 A few Heraldic Heraldic Field Divisions3 Inanimate Charges and similar charges (in default positions unless noted) By Khevron by Khevron Estoile Guantlet Lymphad Arrow Saltire Arrondi Escallop (Star) Clenched Field Per fess Per pale Per bend Per bend sinister Crescent Pendant Chess Rook Reversed Bowen 2 Keys Nesselblatt Knot Interlaced Quarterly Per saltire Gyronny of Eight Per Pale and Saltire Per Pile Cherry blossom Pheon Roundels Roundels Griffin maintaining Cup or within an annulet in Annulo in Orle a sceptre Chalice Per Pile Per chevron Per chevron inverted Per Pall Per Pall Inverted Inverted 2 axes Thunderbolt Tower in Ruin Mullet Pierced Fret Sustaining In Saltire (spur rowel) (Equal Weight) Per fess enarched Chevronelly and Gore Flaunches Hunting Horn Lozenge Mascle Tent Water Bouget Passion Nail Per pale and per chevron Per Pale s Bezant Plate Pellet Hurt Pomme Torteau Golpe Fountain s e s e l m t e a t d N u n c o i Or Argent Sable Azure Vert Gules Purpure (Roundel f u i G barry wavy c o e azure and p R & Chausse’ S argent.) Vetu’ Vetu’ Ploye’ Chape’ Chape’ Ploye’ d’Or d’eau de poix de larmes d’huile de sang de vin 4 Partitions, or Heraldic 9 Complex Lines of Division Animal Attitudes by Khevron By Khevron Plain Line Wavy Embattled Indented Dovetailed Statant Rayonny Engrailed Invected Potenty Nebuly Salient Segreant Sejant Winged Birds Enarched Dancetty (Plain Line) Urdy Raguly Complex Lines of Division Sample: Fesses Tergiant Tricorporate Close Displayed Volant Fess Wavy Embattled Indented Dovetailed Fish Rayonny Invected Engrailed Potenty Nebuly Martletted Rising/Rousant Haurant Naiant Uriant/Urinant (no feet) Embowed Embowed Embowed A Dance Bretessé Bar Gemel Urdy Raguly Heads Embattled counter- Wreathed Enarched Embattled (No extra DC) Fess Couped Fess fimbriated Fess of Five Fusils Caboshed Couped Erased Face (cats, foxes) Jessant de Lys Fess wavy cotised Two Bars Wings Wings can be added to almost Complex lines and field any charge animated divisions can be applied to any or inanimate. ordinary, orle or bordure, They don't as well as geometric charges. even have to match Fess Paly Fess Quarterly Fess Per Pale color. Inverted Elevated Conjoined or a Vol Cat courant Or winged argent. 8 Heraldic Heraldic Ordinaries 5 Animal Attitudes and Geometric additions By Khevron by Khevron Fess Pale Bend Bend Sinister Chevron Addorsed Affronty At gaze Bicorporate Combatant (Rampant Respectant) Cross Saltire Pall Pile Base Couchant Contourne’ Courant Demi- Dormant or Counter- (upper half) Glissant Paly Barry Guardant Overall Bendy Checky Lozengy Erect looking at viewer (passant) (on the field and Issuant Nowed the charge covered) Chevronny Gyronny of Eight Per pale checky Chief Canton and barry Passant Rampant Sejant Respectant Admiring Reguardant (or Trippant (non rampant) D (Looking over shoulder) for deer types) e v i Attributes: Words used when specifying details like different tinctures. c e Armed - Claws/Teeth/Horns Pommelled - Weapon Handle E x Crined - Mane or Hair Queued - Tail a Fructed - Fruit Seeded - Flowers w/seeds m Gyronny of Eight p Argent, a lion's gamb Argent, on a chevron Langued - Tongue Slipped - Stem of Plant Vert, on a bend argent and azure Paly argent and l erased, a chief quarterly between three fox heads, e Or semy of an elephant rampant purpure, a s Maintained - Held in hand Sustained - Holding large item gules and sable. three billets gules. gouttes de vin. fret Or. Orbed - Eyes Unguled - Hooves reguardant gules armed Or. 6 Basic Heraldry Heraldic 7 Ordinary Diminuatives Bordures & Orles by Khevron By Khevron s e r u t c n Fess Cotised Barry wavy i Pale Embattled Paly Lozengy Bordure t “Fountain” Engrailed Invected Bordure Quarterly e l p i t l u m h t Dovetailed Potenty i Cross Saltire Voided Gyronny of Eight Pile Chevron Wavy Wavy Bordure Gyronny Inverted w s e r u d r o Nebuly Indented Embattled B Bordure tiered Tierce Vair Bend Sinister Rayonny Bendy Checky Chief Indented in pairle Urdy Raguly Rayonne Orles and Tressures Bordure Compony Bordure Counter- Chevron Ploye’ Two Chevronelles Pall Per pale checky a Point Pointed Compony Cotised Braced “Shakefork” and paly s e l p m a x E Orle’ Double Tressure Orle’ Flory Bordure Platy e c Counter Flory (charged with plates) i v Per fess sable and Gules, a demi- Argent, a camel’s head e Or, an orange vair, a bend wavy Or. cat Or pellety sable. Sable in saltire to sinister purpure. D tree eradicated two lightning bolts fructed proper. and a bordure argent..