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== Heraldic Overview == | == Heraldic Overview == | ||
Heraldry is the time honoured practice of fashioning a unique visual identifier for an individual or an organisation. This identifier is known as the '''heraldric arms'''. Over the ages a complex language has developed around the practice of heraldry to describe the colours, styles and shapes associated with the artistry of the heraldric arms. | |||
Those who design heraldric arms are known as '''Heralds'''. Heralds are commissioned, and such a commission may be purchased from the Herald's Commission office in [[Delos]]. '''The Achaean Heraldry Association''' is a loose trade group that sets pricing guidance for the creation and emblazoning of heraldric arms, though membership in this association is not required to be an Herald. | |||
== Heraldic Terms == | == Heraldic Terms == | ||
Terms to define: | |||
*Armiger | |||
*Charge | |||
*Emblazon | |||
*Herald | |||
*Tincture | |||
What else? Not sure we need to include all of the tinctures or divisions since these are defined in their own sections. [[User:Trusler|Trusler]] 19:16, 30 July 2007 (GMT) | |||
== Heraldic Tinctures == | == Heraldic Tinctures == | ||
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== Heraldic Divisions == | == Heraldic Divisions == | ||
The division of the refers to the pattern on the field. Often the division will split the field into distinct partitions, each with its own tincture and charges. There are nineteen distinct forms of division: | |||
*Barry: divided into horizontal bars (of 4, 6, 8 or 10) | |||
*Bendy: divided into diagonal bars from dexter chief (of 4, 6, 8 or 10) | |||
*Bendy sinister: divided into diagonal bars from sinister chief | |||
*Checquy: a checkerboard pattern | |||
*Gyronny: divided into triangles touching in the center (of 8 or 12) | |||
*Lozengy: a diamond pattern | |||
*Paly: divided into vertical bars (of 4, 6, 8 or 10) | |||
*Per bend: divided in two by a diagonal line | |||
*Per chevron: divided in two by a chevron shape pointed up | |||
*Per fess: divided in two by a horizontal line | |||
*Per fess and paly: the paly division, divided per fess, counterchanged | |||
*Per pale: divided in two by a vertical line | |||
*Per pale and barry: the barry division, divided by pale, counterchanged | |||
*Per pall: divided in three, in a shape similar to the letter Y | |||
*Per saltire: divided in four by two crossing diagonal lines | |||
*Quarterly: divided into four by a vertical and horizontal line | |||
*Tierced per fess: divided into three horizontal bars | |||
*Tierced per pale: divided into three vertical bars | |||
*Undivided: an undivided field | |||
== Heraldic Lines of Partition == | == Heraldic Lines of Partition == | ||