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Designs, Period.
Section IVB: Heraldry (Weapons/Roundels)

by Carol Hanson/Caryl de Trecesson

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Section IV: Heraldry (cont.)

All charted designs in this section are original.

Plate 42. Shields and Charges

A. Quarterly: shield is 55 high by 48 wide
Divided in quarters, usually using two colors.

B. Checky: shield is 17 high by 16 wide, checky of 4 by 4
Divided in small squares using two colors

C. Swords in saltire: an "X" shape, 11 high by 12 wide
Swords may be "hilted" and/or "pommeled" of a different color.

D. Battle-ax or Broad ax: 16 high by 9 wide

E. Sword bendwise: on the diagonal, 15 high by 15 wide

F. Sword fesswise: on the horizontal, 7 high by 30 wide

G. Clarion: a medieval panpipe, 13 high by 13 wide

H. Bugle-horn or Hunting horn: 13 high by 16 wide
This may be "garnished" (decoratively striped) and/or "stringed" of a different color.

I. Harp: 12 high by 10 wide
May be "stringed" of a different color.

J. Trumpets in saltire: 11 high by 12 wide

K. Bell: 12 high by 13 wide

L. Arrow fesswise, point to the dexter: on the horizontal, 5 high by 20 wide
For arrows, the default position is palewise but the direction of the point must be specified. They may be "armed" (or "barbed") and/or "feathered" (or "flighted") of a differing color.

M. Arrow, point in chief: 14 high by 3 wide

N. Arrow bendwise, point in chief: on the diagonal, 15 high by 15 wide

Plate 43. Roundels, Annulets and other Charges

"Roundels" are disks and "annulets" are rings. There is a special term for each color of roundel.
or (gold/yellow) : bezant (coin of Byzantium)
argent (silver/white) : plate (a silver plate)
azure (blue) : hurt (hurtleberry?)
sable (black) : pellet or gastell
gules (red) : torteau (a cake)
vert (green) : pomme (an apple)
purpure (purple) : golpe

A. Roundels/annulets: 1 by 1 up through 12 by 12

B. Roundel/annulet: 35 by 35
For use with charges that are an uneven number of squares wide

C. Roundel divided per pale: 36 by 36
For use with charges that are an even number of squares wide (or with a division down the middle)

D. Chess rook: 9 high by 7 wide

Mill-rinds: the center metal piece of a grinding stone

E. 9 high by 7 wide
F. 10 high by 7 wide
G. 14 high by 8 wide
H. 14 high by 11 wide

I. Tower: a single structure, but can be multi-turreted if specified: 10 high by 7 wide

J. Castle: two towers with a wall between: 10 high by 17 wide

K. Bridge: this one is "towered and 2-arched": 10 high by 25 wide

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