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Ordinary (heraldry), the Glossary

In heraldry, an ordinary is one of the two main types of charges, beside the mobile charges.^[1]

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Heraldic ordinaries

Annulet (heraldry)

In heraldry, an annulet (i.e. "little ring") is a common charge, which can be described as a roundel that has been "voided" (i.e. with its centre cut out).

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Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (28 February 1871 – 19 May 1928) was a British expert on heraldry.

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Baden

Baden is a historical territory in South Germany.

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Bar (heraldry)

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

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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). Ordinary (heraldry) and bend (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Blake (surname)

Blake is a surname which originated from Old English.

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Bordure

In heraldry, a bordure is a band of contrasting tincture forming a border around the edge of a shield, traditionally one-sixth as wide as the shield itself. Ordinary (heraldry) and bordure are heraldic ordinaries.

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Cadency

In heraldry, cadency is any systematic way to distinguish arms displayed by descendants of the holder of a coat of arms when those family members have not been granted arms in their own right.

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Canadian pale

In heraldry and vexillology, a Canadian pale is a centre band of a vertical triband flag (a pale in heraldry) that covers half the length of a flag, rather than a third as in most triband designs. Ordinary (heraldry) and Canadian pale are heraldic ordinaries.

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Canton (heraldry)

In heraldry, a canton is a charge placed upon a shield. Ordinary (heraldry) and canton (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Cardinal Richelieu

Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church.

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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. Ordinary (heraldry) and chevron (insignia) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Chief (heraldry)

In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield. Ordinary (heraldry) and chief (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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City of London

The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world.

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Clan Cunningham

Clan Cunningham is a Scottish clan.

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Coat of arms of Austria

The current coat of arms of the Republic of Austria has been in use in its first forms by the First Republic of Austria since 1919.

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Coat of arms of Baden

The coat of arms of Baden comes from the personal arms of the Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden, the traditional rulers of the region.

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Coat of arms of Scotland

The coat of arms of Scotland, colloquially called the Lion Rampant, is the coat of arms historically used as arms of dominion by the monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland, and later used within the coat of arms of Great Britain and the present coat of arms of the United Kingdom.

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Coat of arms of Spain

The coat of arms of Spain represents Spain and the Spanish nation, including its national sovereignty and the country's form of government, a constitutional monarchy.

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Crosses in heraldry

A number of cross symbols were developed for the purpose of the emerging system of heraldry, which appeared in Western Europe in about 1200.

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Danish royal family

The Danish royal family is the dynastic family of the monarch of Denmark.

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Diamonds (suit)

Diamonds (Carreau) is one of the four playing card suits in the standard French-suited playing cards.

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Division of the field

In heraldry, the field (background) of a shield can be divided into more than one area, or subdivision, of different tinctures, usually following the lines of one of the ordinaries and carrying its name (e.g. a shield divided in the shape of a chevron is said to be parted "per chevron").

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Duchy of Cornwall

The Duchy of Cornwall (Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Duke of Atholl

Duke of Atholl, named after Atholl in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland held by the head of Clan Murray.

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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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Fess

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. Ordinary (heraldry) and fess are heraldic ordinaries.

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Fillet (heraldry)

In English-language heraldry, the fillet is considered a diminutive of the chief. Ordinary (heraldry) and fillet (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Flag of Canada

The National Flag of Canada (Drapeau national du Canada), often referred to simply as the Canadian flag, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of, in which is featured a stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre.

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Flag of Scotland

The flag of Scotland (bratach na h-Alba; Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire) is the national flag of Scotland, which consists of a white saltire defacing a blue field.

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Flaunch

In heraldry, a flaunch (also called flanches or flanks) are among the ordinaries or subordinaries, consisting of two arcs of circles protruding into the field from the sides of the shield. Ordinary (heraldry) and flaunch are heraldic ordinaries.

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Friesland

Friesland (official Fryslân), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, named after the Frisians, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Gore (heraldry)

In heraldry a gore is a charge formed by two inwardly curved lines starting from the dexter chief (the viewer's upper left) corner and the middle base point and meeting in the fess point (lower center).

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Gyron

A gyron is a triangular heraldic ordinary having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon. Ordinary (heraldry) and gyron are heraldic ordinaries.

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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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House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon (also) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France.

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House of Medici

The House of Medici was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici during the first half of the 15th century.

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House of Oldenburg

The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.

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House of Rohan

The House of Rohan (Roc'han) is a Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany.

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Jean IV de Rieux

Jean IV de Rieux (June 27, 1447 – February 9, 1518), was a Breton noble and Marshal.

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Lausanne District

Lausanne District (District de Lausanne) is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

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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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Lozenge (heraldry)

The lozenge in heraldry is a diamond-shaped rhombus charge (an object that can be placed on the field of the shield), usually somewhat narrower than it is tall.

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Mâcon

Mâcon, historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France.

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Mount (heraldry)

In heraldry, a mount (also mountain, hill, hillock) is a representation of a hill or mountain as a curved terrace in base. Ordinary (heraldry) and mount (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Orle (heraldry)

In heraldry, an orle is a subordinary consisting of a narrow band occupying the inward half of where a bordure would be, following the exact outline of the shield but within it, showing the field between the outer edge of the orle and the edge of the shield. Ordinary (heraldry) and orle (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. Ordinary (heraldry) and pale (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Pall (heraldry)

A pall (or pairle) in heraldry and vexillology is a Y-shaped charge, normally having its arms in the three corners of the shield. Ordinary (heraldry) and pall (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Pile (heraldry)

In heraldry, a pile is a charge usually counted as one of the ordinaries (figures bounded by straight lines and occupying a definite portion of the shield). Ordinary (heraldry) and pile (heraldry) are heraldic ordinaries.

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Roundel (heraldry)

A roundel is a circular charge in heraldry.

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Saltire

A saltire, also called Saint Andrew's Cross or the crux decussata, is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross. Ordinary (heraldry) and saltire are heraldic ordinaries.

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The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory

The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory is a book on heraldry and armory by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, originally published in 1904.

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Tincture (heraldry)

Tincture is the limited palette of colours and patterns used in heraldry.

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Trans, Switzerland

Trans is a village in the municipality of Tomils in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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Udine

Udine (Udin; Utinum; Videm) is a city and comune (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps.

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Variations of ordinaries

Ordinaries in heraldry are sometimes embellished with stripes of colour alongside them, have lumps added to them, shown with their edges arciform instead of straight, have their peaks and tops chopped off, pushed up and down out of the usual positions, or even broken apart. Ordinary (heraldry) and Variations of ordinaries are heraldic ordinaries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_(heraldry)

Also known as Fret (heraldry), Honourable ordinary, Sub-ordinary, Subordinaries, Terrace in base.

, Pall (heraldry), Pile (heraldry), Roundel (heraldry), Saltire, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory, Tincture (heraldry), Trans, Switzerland, Udine, Variations of ordinaries.

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