Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Per Fess

Per Fess Bevilled §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Source: Armas de los Cavalleros de Veneçia. Artist unknown. (Folio 41v.)

Per Fess Crusilly Counter-Crusilly §

Device
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Source: Wernigerode Armorial. Artist unknown. (Page 516.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Per Fess Dovetailed §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Embattled (1) §

Device
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Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Embattled (2) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Embattled Ghibelline §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber. (Page 298.)

Per Fess Enarched (1) §

Device
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Equal field division. May use any two tinctures.

Enarched is treated as a division per fess with a complex line, although for conflict checking it is considered equivalent to a plain division per fess.

Per Fess Engrailed §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Engrailed Trefly §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Source: Tesserae Gentilitiae a Siluestro Petra Sancta Romano Societatis Iesu. Artist unknown. Adapted by Vémundr Syvursson.

Per Fess Flory Counter-Flory §

Device
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Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Artist: Vémundr Syvursson.

Per Fess Invected §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Indented (1) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Indented (2) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Indented (4) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

Per Fess Indented and a Pale Counterchanged §

Device
Badge

Equal field division and central ordinary.

Artist: Vémundr Syvursson.

Per Fess Indented Pometty §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

Source: Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis. Artist: Unknown. (From the arms of de Cudecis, folio 165.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Per Fess Nebuly (1) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Nebuly (2) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Nebuly (3) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Nebuly (4) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Source: Takamiya MS 86. Artist unknown. (Folio 69r.)

Per Fess Nebuly (6) §

Device
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Equal field division.

Per Fess Potenty §

Device
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Equal field division. May use any two tinctures.

Per Fess Raguly §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Rayonny (1) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Rayonny (2) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Source: Insignia Venetorum Nobilium III. Artist unknown. (Page 126, arms of Susenelli.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Per Fess Rayonny (3) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Artist: Vémundr Syvursson.

Per Fess Trefly §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Artist: Elionora inghean Ui Cheallaigh. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Per Fess Trefly Counter-trefly (1) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Artist: Vémundr Syvursson.

Per Fess Trefly Counter-trefly (2) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Source: Wikimedia Commons. Artist: Care.

Per Fess Urdy (1) §

Device
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Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Urdy (2) §

Device
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Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess Wavy (1) §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess With A Left Step §

Device
Badge

Equal field division. May use any two tinctures.

Per Fess With A Right Step §

Device
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Equal field division. May use any two tinctures.

Per Fess With One Embattlement §

Device
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Equal field division. May use any two tinctures. In German, this is blazoned as “mit Zinne geteilt.”

Source: Siebmacher’s Wappenbuch of 1605. Artist: Johann Siebmacher. (From the arms of Die Wolrab zu Hantzendorf.)

Per Fess With Two Embattlements §

Device
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Equal field division. May use any two tinctures. In German, this is blazoned as “Durch zwei Zinnen.”

Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist: Unknown. (From the arms of von Preyßing.)

Per Fess and Per Pale Wavy §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Fess and Per Pale Embattled §

Device
Badge

Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Per Pale and Per Fess Embattled §

Device
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Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Pale and Per Fess Indented §

Device
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Equal field division.

May use any two tinctures, except sable and purpure or sable and azure.

Per Saltire and Per Fess §

Device
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Equal field division. Must use two contrasting tinctures.

Per Fess and Per Pale (1) §

Device
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Composite field division. May use any tinctures.

Blazoned “per fess, per pale tincture and tincture, and tincture.”

Per Fess and Per Pale (2) §

Device
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Composite field division. May use any tinctures.

Blazoned “per fess tincture and per pale tincture and tincture.”

Bendy and Per Fess §

Device
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Multi-part field division. Must use two contrasting tinctures.

Paly and Per Fess §

Device
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Multi-part field division. Must use two contrasting tinctures.

Source: BnF MS Allemand 304. Artist unknown. (Page 571.)

Paly and Per Fess Indented §

Device
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Multi-part field division. Must use two contrasting tinctures.