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Fess, the Glossary

In heraldry, a fess or fesse (from Middle English, Old French, and Latin, "band") is a charge on a coat of arms (or flag) that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the centre of the shield.^[1]

22 relations: Bar (heraldry), Bend (heraldry), Charge (heraldry), Chevron (insignia), Coat of arms, English heraldry, Escutcheon (heraldry), Fasces, Field (heraldry), Flag, Flag of Spain, French heraldry, Heraldry, Latin, Line (heraldry), Middle English, Old French, Ordinary (heraldry), Pale (heraldry), Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, Spanish fess, Variation of the field.
Heraldic ordinaries

Bar (heraldry)

In heraldry, a bar is an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across the shield. Fess and bar (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Bend (heraldry)

In heraldry, a bend is a band or strap running from the upper dexter (the bearer's right side and the viewer's left) corner of the shield to the lower sinister (the bearer's left side, and the viewer's right). Fess and bend (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Charge (heraldry)

In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield).

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Chevron (insignia)

A chevron (also spelled cheveron, especially in older documents) is a V-shaped mark or symbol, often inverted. Fess and chevron (insignia) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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English heraldry

English heraldry is the form of coats of arms and other heraldic bearings and insignia used in England.

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Escutcheon (heraldry)

In heraldry, an escutcheon is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms.

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Fasces

Fasces (a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning 'bundle'; fascio littorio) is a bound bundle of wooden rods, often but not always including an axe (occasionally two axes) with its blade emerging.

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Field (heraldry)

In heraldry, the background of the shield is called the field.

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Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design.

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Flag of Spain

The national flag of Spain (Bandera de España), as it is defined in the Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the height of each red stripe.

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French heraldry

French heraldry is the use of heraldic symbols in France.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Line (heraldry)

The lines in heraldry used to divide and vary fields and charges are by default straight, but may have many different shapes.

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Middle English

Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.

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Old French

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-14th century.

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Ordinary (heraldry)

In heraldry, an ordinary is one of the two main types of charges, beside the mobile charges. Fess and ordinary (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Pale (heraldry)

In heraldry and vexillology, a pale is a charge consisting of a band running vertically down the centre of a shield or flag. Fess and pale (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie

Irene Tordoff Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, DBE (née Fennell; born 29 April 1942 in Fife, Scotland), known as Rennie Fritchie, is a British life peer and former member of the House of Lords.

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Spanish fess

In heraldry and vexillology, a Spanish fess is a term occasionally used to describe the central horizontal stripe of a tricolour or triband flag that is twice the width of the stripes on either side of it. Fess and Spanish fess are heraldic ordinaries.

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Variation of the field

In heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture or a simple division of the field. Fess and variation of the field are heraldic ordinaries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fess

Also known as Fess (heraldry), Fesse, Party per fess.