Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Chapé

Chapé (1) §

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Unequal field division. May use any two tinctures, following a November 2022 ruling.

The central area is blazoned first, then the corners, as “tincture chapé tincture.” Term is French, suggesting the upper corners are “cloaked” or “mantled.” Corners are typically not charged. Issues from sides of device and reaches the center chief. Equivalent to “per chevron throughout.”

Chapé (2) §

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Unequal field division. May use any two tinctures, following a November 2022 ruling.

The central area is blazoned first, then the corners, as “tincture chapé tincture.” Term is French, suggesting the upper corners are “cloaked” or “mantled.” Corners are typically not charged. Issues from sides of device and reaches the center chief. Equivalent to “per chevron throughout.”

Chapé Ployé (1) §

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Unequal field division. May use any two tinctures, following a November 2022 ruling.

The central area is blazoned first, then the corners, as “tincture chapé tincture.”

Term is French, suggesting the upper corners are “cloaked” or “mantled.”

Corners are typically not charged. Issues from sides of device and reaches the center chief.

Chapé Ployé (2) §

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Unequal field division. May use any two tinctures, following a November 2022 ruling. The central area is blazoned first, then the corners, as “tincture chapé tincture.”

Term is French, suggesting the upper corners are “cloaked” or “mantled.”

Corners are typically not charged. Issues from sides of device and reaches the center chief.

Chapé Ployé And A Chief §

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Peripheral ordinary and field division.

Artist: Lily Morgaine.