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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY
Another method of partition will be found in the fields "checky" (or "chequy") and lozengy; but these divisions, as also the foregoing, will be treated more specifically under the different ordinaries. A field
Fig. 54.—Per saltire.
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Fig. 55.—Barry.
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Fig. 56.—Barry nebuly.
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Fig. 57.—Paly.
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Fig. 58.—Bendy.
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Fig. 59.—Chevronny.
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which is party need not necessarily have all its lines of partition the same. This peculiarity, however, seldom occurs except in the case of a field quarterly, the object in coats of this character being to prevent different quarters of one coat of arms being ranked as or taken to be quarterings representing different families.