Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Fretted

Cross Parted and Fretted §

Device
Badge

Central ordinary.

A cross which has been split into interlaced strips.

Cross Triply Parted and Fretted §

Device
Badge

Central ordinary. A cross which has been split into interlaced strips.

Two Delfs Voided and Fretted §

A block of dirt. Drawn as a square.

Default orientation: flat side to base.

No proper coloration.

Three Crescents Fretted §

A quarter moon.

Default alignment: horns open to chief.

Source: Devises Heroiques et Emblemes. Artist unknown. (Page 18.)

Three Lucies Fretted (1) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.”

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist unknown.

Three Lucies Fretted (2) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.” Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Three Serpents Fretted §

A snake. May be blazoned a “viper,” a “snake,” or any period variety of snake.

No default posture. No proper coloration.

Artist: Þórý Veðardóttir. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin. License: CC BY-NC-SA; commercial use requires permission.

Three Serpents In Annulo Fretted §

A snake. May be blazoned a “viper,” a “snake,” or any period variety of snake. No default posture. No proper coloration.

Source: The Stammbuch of Eberhard Werll. Artist unknown. (Folio 107r.) Adapted by Groza Novgorodskaia.

Three Drinking Horns Fretted §

An animal’s horn, adapted to hold a beverage.

Default orientation: curving to dexter, opening to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Tristran Deans (attributed). Adapted by Thora Brandsdottir.

Three Fishhooks Fretted §

A tool for capturing fish with bait.

Default orientation: point to dexter chief. No proper coloration.

Adapted from an image of the banner of Thomas Strangways circa 1500, as printed in Siddons's "Heraldic Badges in England and Wales," volume III, plate 16.