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Field Divisions |
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| Per Chevron: | Roots to base |
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Ordinaries |
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| Bend: | Rampant (Bend Sinister Engouled by Lions); segreant (rampant wings addorsed) (Bend Engouled by Dragons); palewise, point to base (Bend Transfixed by Three Closing Nails) |
| Cross: | Crosswise |
| Saltire: | Saltirewise |
| Saltorel: | Saltirewise |
Shapes & Symbols |
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| Ankh: | Crosswise |
| Annulet: | Crosswise |
| Billet: | Upright |
| Card-Pique: | Point to chief (Card-Pique); palewise (Card-Pique) |
| Chi-Rho: | Upright |
| Compass Rose: | Highlighted point to chief |
| Compass Star: | One point to chief |
| Cornice: | One point to chief |
| Crampon: | Palewise |
| Cross (Charge): | Crosswise (Cross Barby, Latin Cross Couped, Cross Fitchy, Cross Alisée, Cross Formy Calvary, Greek Cross, Latin Cross Bottony, Cross Pointed Voided, Cross Formy Fitchy at All Ends, Cross Crescenty, Cross Miller, Cross Capital, Cross of St. Brigid, Cross Glandular, Ragged Cross, Latin Cross Pomelly, Cross Formy Fitchy At The Foot, Cross Of Jerusalem, Cross Of Lorraine, Cross Fourchy, Coptic Cross, Latin Cross Patonce, Canterbury Cross, Cross Annuletty, Cross Potent Voided, Cross Clechy Voided, Latin Cross or Passion Cross, Latin Cross Clechy, Russian Orthodox Cross, Cross Swallowtailed Voided, Cross Pointed Voided Pometty, Cross Potent Conjoined to an Annulet, Bowen Cross, Latin Cross Flory, Doubled Cross, Cross Formy Double-Pommeled at the Foot, Cross Moline Disjointed, Cross Bottony Fitchy, Equal-Armed Celtic Cross, Cross Formy Fitchy, Cross Doubly Pommeled, Cross Floretty, Cross Of Calvary, Cross Pointed, Cross Swallowtailed, Cross Of Santiago, Cross Clechy, Norse Sun-Cross, Patriarchal Cross, Key Cross, Cross Énchancré, Avellane Cross, Cross Of Calatrava, Cross Patonce, Maltese Cross, Cross Potent, Cross Pomelly, Celtic Cross, Cross Bottony, Cross Flory, Cross Crosslet Fitchy, Cross Of Toulouse, Cross Moline); crosswise, upright (Wooden Latin Cross Couped); crosswise throughout (Cross Rayonnant) |
| Delf: | Flat side to base |
| Ermine Spot: | Crosswise |
| Escarbuncle: | One arm to chief |
| Fylfot: | Crosswise |
| Heart: | Point to base |
| Knot: | Ends in fess (Stafford Knot); one loop to chief (Trefoil Knot, Quatrefoil Knot); one point to chief (Lacy Knot); center loop to chief (Hungerford Knot); free ends to base (Agemaki Knot); fesswise (Wake Knot or Ormonde Knot); two loops to chief (Heneage Knot); crosswise (Lacy Knot) |
| Lozenge: | One point to chief (Three Lozenges Conjoined In Pall, Lozenge Ployé, Lozenge Pometty, Lozenge); crosswise (Cross of Four Lozenges) |
| Mandorla: | Points to chief and base |
| Mascle: | One point to chief |
| Masculyn: | One point to chief |
| Mullet: | One point to chief |
| Nailpuller: | One point to chief |
| Polygon: | Flat side to base |
| Rogacina: | Point to chief |
| Roundel: | Delf with flat side to base |
| Rustre: | One point to chief |
| Spur-Rowel: | One point to chief |
| Star of David: | One point to chief |
| Tortoise-Shell Plate: | Point to chief |
| Triangle: | One point to chief (Triangle, Triangle Inverted Voided Bottony, Triangle Voided); flat side to base (Three Triangles One and Two Conjoined, Three Triangles Two and One Conjoined) |
| Triquetra: | One point to chief |
| Umebachi: | One circle to chief |
| Valknut: | Points to chief |
| Well Frame: | One corner to chief |
| Zule: | Central portion palewise |
The World & Heavens |
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| Cloud: | Fesswise (Cloud); rays to base (Thunder-Cloud) |
| Comet: | Palewise, tail to base |
| Crescent: | Horns open to chief |
| Estoile: | One point to chief |
| Flame: | Tongues extending to chief |
| Lightning: | Palewise |
| Moon: | Points to dexter if “increscent,” or to sinister if “decrescent” (Increscent Moon); affronty (Moon In Her Plenitude) |
| Mount: | Issuant from base |
| Mountain: | Issuant from base |
| Rainbow: | Fesswise enarched to chief |
| Sunburst: | Rays to chief |
| Thunderbolt: | Flame palewise, wings fesswise, lightning in saltire |
| Wind: | Upright, facing dexter |
Plants |
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| Acanthus: | Stem to base |
| Acorn: | Stem to chief |
| Aloe Vera: | Points to chief |
| Angemme: | Affronty |
| Apple: | Stem to chief (Apple Sprig, Apple Slipped and Leaved Inverted, Apple Slipped and Leaved, Apple); fruit to chief (Apple Tree) |
| Ash: | Roots to base |
| Aspen: | Stem to base |
| Bamboo: | Palewise |
| Banana: | Stem to chief |
| Bean: | Unclear (Bean); stem to chief (Beanpod) |
| Beech: | Stem to base |
| Belladona: | Upright |
| Birch: | Stem to base |
| Blackberry: | Stems to base |
| Borage: | Blossom affronty |
| Branch: | Palewise |
| Broom: | Pods to chief |
| Cabbage: | Stem to base |
| Carrot: | Stem to chief |
| Cattail: | Upright |
| Chrysanthemum: | Affronty (Chrysanthemum of 14 Petals, Chrysanthemum of 12 Petals); stem to base (Chrysanthemum Leaf) |
| Cinquefoil: | One point to chief |
| Citron: | Stem to chief |
| Clove: | Palewise, tips to chief |
| Columbine: | Pendent to dexter |
| Créquier: | Roots to base |
| Cucumber: | Stem to chief |
| Daisy: | Affronty |
| Dandelion: | Affronty |
| Dogwood: | Affronty |
| Eggplant: | Fruit with stems to chief; plant with roots to base |
| Eidelweiss: | Blossom affronty |
| Elder: | Stem to base |
| Elderflower: | Stem to base |
| Fig: | Stem to base |
| Flax: | Stem to base |
| Fleur de Lys: | Point to chief |
| Foxglove: | Stem to base |
| Garlic: | Bulb to base |
| Gentian: | Blossoms to chief |
| Gillyflower: | Affronty, or nearly so |
| Ginger: | Palewise |
| Ginkgo: | Stem to base |
| Gourd: | Stem to chief |
| Grape: | Stem to base (Grape Leaf, Grape Vine, Bunch of Grapes); stem to chief (Bunch of Grapes Slipped and Leaved) |
| Hazel: | Stem to base |
| Heather: | Stem to base |
| Hemp: | Stem to base |
| Holly: | Stem to base |
| Hop: | Stem to chief |
| Ivy: | Stem to base |
| Juniper: | Stem to base |
| Lady's Mantle: | Stem to base |
| Laurel: | Tips to chief (Laurel Wreath); stem to base (Laurel Leaf) |
| Lavender: | Stem to base |
| Leek: | Bulb to base |
| Lemon: | Stem to chief |
| Lettuce: | Roots to base |
| Lilac: | Stem to base |
| Lily: | Stem to base |
| Linden: | Stem to base (Linden Branch of Three Leaves Throughout Bendwise, Linden Leaf Issuant from a Ragged Staff, Linden Leaf Inverted, Linden Leaf Inverted Slipped to Base, Linden Branch, Linden Tree Eradicated, Linden Leaf, Linden Branch Twined on Itself); roots to base (Linden Tree, Linden Tree Issuant from Base, Linden Tree Eradicated); in pall (Three Linden Leaves Conjoined In Pall) |
| Lotus: | Affronty |
| Magnolia: | Upright |
| Mallow: | Roots to base |
| Mandrake: | Affronty, feet to base |
| Maple: | Stem to base |
| Marigold: | Unknown |
| Mistletoe: | Stem to base |
| Mushroom: | Stem to base |
| Nesselblatt: | One large point to base |
| Nettle: | Stem to base |
| Nopal: | Stem to base |
| Oak: | Stem to base (Six Oak Leaves In Annulo, Oak Sprig, Oak Sprig Fructed, Oak Leaf); roots to base (Oak Tree, Oak Tree Eradicated, Oak Tree Fructed, Oak Tree Fructed and Eradicated) |
| Octofoil: | One point to chief |
| Olive: | Palewise |
| Onion: | Bulb to base |
| Palm: | Palewise, leaves to chief |
| Pea: | Stem to base |
| Pear: | Stem to chief (Pear Slipped and Leaved, Pear); trunk to base (Pear Tree) |
| Peony: | Blossom affronty |
| Pepper: | Stem to chief |
| Pine: | Roots to base |
| Plane: | Roots to base |
| Pomegranate: | Stem to base |
| Poplar: | Stem to base |
| Pumpkin: | Stem to chief |
| Quatrefoil: | One point to chief |
| Quince: | Stem to base |
| Radish: | Upright |
| Rose: | Blossom affronty |
| Rowan: | Stem to base (Rowan Leaf, Cluster of Rowan Berries); roots to base (Rowan Tree Eradicated, Rowan Tree) |
| Rue: | Stem to base |
| Seeblatt: | Opening to chief |
| Sexfoil: | One point to chief |
| Shamrock: | Slip to base |
| Sprig: | Stem to base |
| Star-of-Bethlehem: | One point to chief |
| Strawberry: | Stem to base (Strawberry Leaf, 3 Strawberry Leaves); stem to chief (Strawberry); roots to base (Strawberry Plant) |
| Sunflower: | Affronty |
| Tabacco: | Palewise |
| Teazel: | Stem to base |
| Thistle: | Palewise, in profile; slipped and leaved by default |
| Thorn: | Roots to base |
| Tree: | Roots to base |
| Trefoil: | Slip to base |
| Trillium: | One point to base (Trillium); affronty, one large petal to base (Trillium Barbed and Seeded) |
| Tulip: | Stem to base |
| Turnip: | Roots to base |
| Walnut: | Seam palewise |
| Wheat: | Stems to base (Sheaf of Wheat, Garb of Wheat); stem to base (Ear of Wheat, Stalk of Wheat) |
| Willow: | Roots to base |
| Wood Sorrel: | Blossoms affronty; stems to base |
| Wreath: | In annulo |
Invertebrates |
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| Bee: | Volant in arrière |
| Butterfly: | Volant in arrière |
| Cicada: | Tergiant |
| Claw: | Tergiant |
| Crab: | Tergiant |
| Crayfish: | Tergiant |
| Cricket: | Statant |
| Dragonfly: | Volant in arrière |
| Grasshopper: | Statant |
| Ladybird: | Tergiant |
| Lobster: | Tergiant |
| Moth: | Volant in arrière |
| Prawn: | Tergiant |
| Scorpion: | Tergiant |
| Slug: | Facing dexter |
| Snail: | Facing dexter (Snail, Snail Erect); opening to dexter chief (Snail Shell) |
| Spider: | Tergiant |
| Stag Beetle: | Tergiant |
| Wasp: | Volant in arrière |
Fishes |
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| Barbel: | Naiant |
| Calamarie: | Tentacles to chief |
| Carp: | Naiant |
| Catfish: | Naiant |
| Chabot: | Tergiant |
| Dolphin: | Naiant |
| Eel: | Naiant |
| Escallop: | Hinge to chief |
| Fish: | Naiant |
| Goldfish: | Naiant |
| Lucy: | Naiant |
| Manatee: | Naiant |
| Monkfish: | Tergiant |
| Polypus: | Tentacles to base |
| Salmon: | Naiant |
| Sea-Bear: | Erect |
| Sea-Boar: | Erect |
| Sea-Dog: | Erect |
| Sea-Dragon: | Erect |
| Sea-Fox: | Erect |
| Sea-Goat: | Erect |
| Sea-Horse: | Erect |
| Sea-Lion: | Erect |
| Sea-Monster: | Erect |
| Sea-Otter: | Erect |
| Sea-Tortoise: | Tergiant palewise |
| Sea-Wolf: | Erect |
| Stockfish: | Tergiant |
| Trout: | Naiant |
| Turbot: | Tergiant |
| Whale: | Naiant |
| Whelk: | Point to base |
Reptiles |
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| Basilisk: | Statant, wings addorsed |
| Caduceus: | Upright |
| Caldera Gringolada: | Upright |
| Chameleon: | Statant |
| Cockatrice: | Statant wings addorsed |
| Dragon: | Segreant (rampant wings addorsed) |
| Frog: | Tergiant |
| Hydra: | Segreant (rampant wings addorsed) |
| Rod of Asclepius: | Upright |
| Salamander: | Statant |
| Toad: | Tergiant |
| Tortoise: | Tergiant |
| Wyvern: | Statant, wings addorsed (Wyvern Sejant Erect Affronty Wings Displayed, Wyvern Tail Nowed, Wyvern Dexter Forepaw Raised, Wyvern Passant, Wyvern Erect Wings Displayed, Wyvern Wings Displayed, Wyvern Erect, Wyvern); sejant or statant, considered equivalent for wyverns (Wyvern Wings Displayed) |
Birds |
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| Alerion: | Displayed |
| Auk: | Close |
| Bat: | Displayed guardant |
| Bird: | Palewise, claws to base (Bird's Jambe Conjoined to a Wing, Bird's Jambe Erased, Bird's Jambe Conjoined to a Wing Involved, Bird's Jambe Couped); close (Bird Rising Regardant Wings Addorsed, Bird Rising Wings Addorsed, Bird, Bird Rising, Bird Volant Wings Addorsed) |
| Cock: | Close |
| Cormorant: | Close |
| Coxcomb: | Fringe to chief |
| Crane: | Close, typically drawn with one leg raised, frequently shown holding a rock, which may be blazoned “in its vigilance” |
| Crow: | Close |
| Dove: | Close |
| Duck: | Close |
| Eagle: | Displayed (Eagle Trussing an Infant, Eagle Striking, Eagle's Leg Erased, Double-headed Eagle, Eagle’s Head Couped, Eagle Rising, Eagle’s Head Erased, Double-Headed Eagle, Eagle); palewise, claws to base (Eagle's Leg Erased, Eagle's Leg Erased Grasping A Fish) |
| Egg: | Palewise |
| Falcon: | Close |
| Feather: | Quill to base |
| Flamingo: | Close |
| Goose: | Close |
| Hawk: | Close |
| Hen: | Close (Hen); statant close (Hen) |
| Heron: | Statant close |
| Hummingbird: | Close |
| Lure: | Cord to chief |
| Magpie: | Close |
| Martlet: | Close |
| Merlette: | Close |
| Moorcock: | Close |
| Ostrich: | Close |
| Owl: | Close guardant |
| Panache: | Quills to base |
| Peacock: | Close (Peacock One Leg Raised, Peacock In His Pride, Peacock); quill to base (Peacock Sword Feather, Peacock Feather) |
| Pelican: | Close |
| Penguin: | Statant close |
| Pheasant: | Close |
| Phoenix: | Displayed (Phoenix); displayed; always shown rising from flames (Phoenix) |
| Pigeon: | Close |
| Poppinjay: | Close |
| Porphyrio: | Close |
| Puffin: | Close |
| Raven: | Close |
| Robin: | Close |
| Stork: | Close |
| Swan: | Rousant |
| Titmouse: | Close |
| Turkeycock: | Statant close, tail displayed |
| Vol: | Displayed |
| Wing: | Dexter wing displayed (Wing Conjoined to a Hand, Wing); displayed inverted (Wings Conjoined In Lure); volant in arrière (Bee's Wing) |
| Wood Cock: | Close |
Beasts |
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| Badger: | Statant |
| Bear: | Upright, claws to dexter |
| Boar: | Upright, facing dexter |
| Buffalo: | Point to chief |
| Elephant: | Statant |
| Fang: | Point to base |
| Fleece: | Feet down, head to dexter |
| Griffin: | Rampant, blazoned “segreant” |
| Hedgehog: | Statant |
| Ibex: | Point to chief |
| Keythong: | Rampant |
| Lamb: | Passant |
| Leopard: | Rampant |
| Lion: | Rampant (Lion Salient Tail Nowed, Winged Lion Salient, Lion Collared and Chained, Lion Vulned, Lion Sejant Affronty Queue Fourchy, Lion Sejant Regardant, Winged Lion Segreant, Lion's Head Couped, Lion Passant Reguardant, Lion Courant, Lion Sejant Dexter Forepaw Raised, Winged Lion Passant Regardant, Lion Dormant, Lion with Paw Upturned, Lion Coward, Lion Sejant Guardant, Lion Sejant in a Chair Maintaining a Pole Axe, Lion Guardant, Winged Lion Passant, Lion Statant Guardant, Lion Double Queued, Lion Sejant Affronty, Lion Sejant Erect Regardant, Lion Queue Nowed, Lion Regardant, Lion's Head Jessant-de-Lys, Lion Sejant Erect, Lion Couchant, Lion Sejant, Lion Salient, Lion Queue Fourchy, Lion's Head Cabossed, Lion Statant, Lion Couchant Head Lowered, Lion's Head Erased, Lion Queue Forchy, Lion Passant Guardant, Lion Passant, Lion's Queue Couped, Lion); claws to chief (Lion's Jambe Erased, Lion's Jambe Couped) |
| Lion-Dragon: | Sejant |
| Otter: | Statant, perhaps; best to blazon explicitly |
| Ounce: | Rampant |
| Pawprint: | Toes to chief |
| Porcupine: | Statant |
| Rabbit: | Sejant |
| Ram: | Point to chief |
| Rhinoceros: | Statant |
| Squirrel: | Sejant erect |
| Stag: | Horns to chief |
| Unicorn: | Rampant |
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| Arm: | Dexter arm, hand to chief (Arm Embowed Maintaining a Scimitar, Arm Couped, Arm Fesswise Maintaining A Club, Two Arms Vested Issuant with Hands Clasped, Arm Vested, Two Arms Issuant with Hands Clasped, Arm in Armor Embowed, Arm Couped Maintaining a Dagger, Arm Vested Fesswise, Arm In Armor Fesswise Embowed Brandishing A Sword, Cubit Arm in Armor, Arm Vested Fesswise With A Hand Of Benediction, Arm Couped with Fingers Extended, Arm Vested Fesswise Maintaining a Gemmed Ring, Arm Fesswise Couped Maintaining A Scarf, Arm Embowed); dexter arm, hand to chief, fingers clenched (Cubit Arm, Cubit Arm Vested, Cubit Arm with Fingers Extended) |
| Beard: | Upright |
| Bone: | Always shown in pairs issuant from the sides of the field (Three Pairs of Rib Bones); palewise (Two Bones In Cross, Bone) |
| Eye: | Fesswise |
| Foot: | Upright, toes to dexter (Foot Couped); palewise, claws to base (Eagle's Foot Couped, Bird's Foot); close (Duck's Foot) |
| Hand: | Dexter hand apaumy, fingers to chief (Pair of Hands, Hand Issuant from a Cloud, Hand Couped Close, Hand Couped Maintaining a Quill Pen, Hand of Benediction, Hand Erased, Hand with Middle Finger Extended, Clawed Hand Aversed, Hand Couped); fesswise (Foi) |
| Head: | Affronty |
| Leg: | Dexter leg, foot to base |
| Mask: | Upright (Tragedy Mask, Visard Mask, Comedy Mask, Mummer's Mask); fesswise (Domino Mask) |
| Skeleton: | Upright affronty |
| Skull: | Cabossed |
| Tail: | Rampant |
| Testicles: | Points to dexter chief |
| Tusk: | Statant |
People |
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| Angel: | Statant affronty, wings displayed (Angel Armed, Angel); statant affronty (Angel Volant With a Scroll Issuant From Its Mouth, Angel Statant Upon A Cloud) |
| Breast: | Affronty |
| Centaur: | Erect |
| Cherub: | Affronty |
| Child: | Statant affronty |
| Crucifix: | Crosswise, upright |
| Dextrochère: | Dexter arm fesswise embowed |
| Fist: | Dexter hand, fingers to chief |
| Fool: | Affronty |
| Footprint: | Toes to chief |
| Frauenadler: | Affronty guardant displayed |
| Gorgon: | Affronty |
| Harpy: | Close guardant |
| Hercules: | Statant affronty |
| Janus: | Upright, facing both ways |
| Man: | Statant affronty (Man Seated Upon a Throne, Armed Demi-Man Drawing a Bow, Man Vested and Maintaining a Scythe, Nude Man, Man Hooded and Robed with Arms Extended, Armed Man, Man Robed, Man In A Boat Holding Arrows Inverted, Hooded Man Maintaining a Bowl and Staff, Demi-Man Vested, Moor's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man Vested); facing dexter (Man's Head Couped, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Savage's Head Affronty, Hooded Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man's Head Wearing a Hat Issuant from Base, Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders Wearing a Hat, Man's Head Cabossed, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Hat) |
| Melusine: | Erect affronty |
| Mermaid: | Erect affronty |
| Merman: | Erect affronty |
| Monk: | Statant affronty |
| Moor: | Statant affronty (Moor Passant, Moor's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Moor's Head Couped); facing dexter (Moor's Head Couped) |
| Saracen: | Facing dexter |
| Savage: | Facing dexter |
| Seraph: | Affronty |
| Tooth: | Roots to base |
| Tress: | End to base |
| Viking: | Statant affronty |
| Woman: | Statant affronty |
| Wound: | Gouty to base |
Food |
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| Amphora: | Upright |
| Barrel: | Fesswise |
| Beaker: | Upright |
| Bottle: | Upright |
| Bowl: | Upright, in profile or three-quarter view |
| Bread: | Fesswise |
| Cauldron: | Upright |
| Chalice: | Palewise |
| Cheese: | If a wedge, point to dexter (Wedge of Cheese); fesswise (Wheel of Cheese) |
| Churn: | Plunger to chief (Butter Churn); found in period with handle to base (Churning Staff) |
| Cleaver: | Handle to base, cutting to dexter |
| Cornucopia: | Palewise opening to chief |
| Costrel: | Opening to chief (Leather Costrel, Wooden Costrel, Costrel); upright (Leather Bottle) |
| Cup: | Upright |
| Drinking Horn: | Curving to dexter, opening to chief |
| Flask: | Opening to chief |
| Fleshpot: | Opening to chief |
| Fork: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Funnel: | Upright, spout to base |
| Goblet: | Upright |
| Grater: | Palewise |
| Gridiron: | Handle to base |
| Ham: | Meaty end to dexter, foot to sinister |
| Kettle: | Opening to chief |
| Kettle Hook: | Triangular, point to base |
| Knife: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Ladle: | Fesswise, handle to sinister |
| Mash Rake: | Handle to base |
| Mortar: | Aiming to dexter |
| Oven: | Dome to chief |
| Pan: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Peel: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Pie: | Palewise, perhaps somewhat trian |
| Pitcher: | Palewise, spout to dexter |
| Platter: | Affronty or three-quarter view |
| Pot: | Palewise, spout to dexter (Spouted Pot); upright (Footed Pot) |
| Salt Barrel: | Opening to top |
| Saltcellar: | Palewise (Covered Saltcellar, Covered Saltcellar Shedding Salt); upright (Covered Saltcellar Shedding Salt) |
| Scoop: | Bucket to chief, opening to dexter |
| Skimmer: | Palewise, handle to chief |
| Spit: | Point to chief |
| Spoon: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Tankard: | Upright |
| Trammel Hook: | Palewise |
| Trivet: | In annulo, all three legs visible |
Clothing |
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| Angles: | Two braced in pale |
| Bag: | Opening to chief |
| Belt: | Buckle to chief |
| Bobbin: | Palewise, threaded end to chief |
| Boot: | Sole to base, toe to dexter |
| Breeches: | Legs to base |
| Broach: | Point to chief |
| Brogue: | Upright, toe to dexter |
| Brush: | Handle to base |
| Button: | Unknown |
| Bycocket: | Upright |
| Cap: | Brim to base (Jester's Cap); upright, tails to sinister (Albanian Cap, Cap of Maintenance); upright (Cap of Mercury, Phrygian Cap) |
| Collar: | In annulo |
| Comb: | Fesswise (Comb); teeth to base (Hair Comb) |
| Crown: | Fesswise (Triumphal Crown, Crown of Myrtle, Naval Crown, Crown of Three Points, Dovetailed Crown, Embattled Crown Gemmed, Crown, Crown of Mullets, Crown of Leaves, Crown of Grass, Crown Vallary, Saxon Crown, Pearled Crown, Embattled Crown, Imperial Crown, Crown of Oak Leaves, Baronial Crown, Crown Flory, Eastern Crown); upright (Saxon Crown, Crown Flory) |
| Distaff: | Handle to base, loaded with fibers |
| Eyeglasses: | Lenses fesswise, bridge to chief |
| Garter: | In annulo, loose end to base |
| Glove: | Dexter hand, apaumy, fingers to chief |
| Hat: | Point to chief (Jew's Hat); upright (Hat, Slovene Hat); brim to base (Sugar-loaf Hat) |
| Hempbreak: | Legs to base |
| Hood: | Upright, facing dexter |
| Hose: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Ice Skate: | The only known period grant has them palewise, point to chief |
| Joscelyn: | Torse in annulo, bells in saltire |
| Mantle: | Upright affronty |
| Maunch: | Wrist to dexter, elbow bent to base |
| Mirror: | Handle to base |
| Mitre: | Upright |
| Mitten: | Dexter hand apaumy, fingertips to chief |
| Needle: | Point to base (Needle Piercing, Threaded Needle, Needle); palewise (Double Ended Knitting Needle) |
| Niddy-Noddy: | Palewise |
| Paternoster: | Tassel to base |
| Peruke: | Upright |
| Quill: | Palewise |
| Ring: | Gem to chief |
| Scarf: | Loose ends to base |
| Scissors: | Palewise, points to chief |
| Scrip: | Opening to chief |
| Shears: | Palewise, points to base |
| Shoe: | Sole to base, toe to dexter |
| Shuttle: | Fesswise |
| Sole: | Toe to chief (Sole); toes to chief (Sole Of A Foot) |
| Spindle: | Palewise (Drop Spindle); point to chief (Spindle) |
| Tablet: | Flat side to base |
| Tassel: | Threads to base |
| Thimble: | Palewise, opening to base |
| Thread: | Palewise |
| Torc: | Opening to base |
| Tunic: | Upright |
| Wool Card: | Handle to base |
| Wool Comb: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Yarn: | Palewise |
| Yarn Swift: | Upright |
Tools |
|
| Adze: | Handle to base, cutting to dexter |
| Anvil: | Flat surface to chief |
| Auger: | Upright |
| Awl: | Point to chief |
| Axe: | Handle to base, blade to dexter (Throwing Axe, Broad Axe, Battle-Axe, Double-Sided Battle-Axe, Axe); blades to base and chief (Chipping Axe); palewise, blade to dexter chief (Axe) |
| Axe Head: | Blade to dexter (Axe-Head); handle to base, blade to dexter (Battle-Axe Head) |
| Bellows: | Spout to base |
| Block Plane: | Fesswise, cutting to sinister |
| Calipers: | Points to base |
| Chisel: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Compass: | Points to base |
| Drawknife: | Handles to base |
| Drill: | Upright |
| Float: | Handle to chief |
| Hammer: | Head to chief, striking to dexter |
| Hod: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Ladder: | Upright |
| Mallet: | Head to chief, striking to dexter |
| Nail: | Palewise, point to base |
| Pick: | Fesswise, pointing to dexter |
| Pliers: | Handles to base |
| Plummet: | Hanging loop to chief |
| Punch: | Head to chief |
| Punner: | Palewise |
| Royne: | Bar palewise, curve to chief |
| Saw: | Fesswise, blade to base |
| Shave: | Fesswise |
| Shavehook: | Handle to base |
| Staple: | Points to base |
| Strike: | Carrying handle to chief |
| Tenterhook: | Point to base |
| Trowel: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Weight: | Hole to chief (Balance Weight); notches in fess (Fundou) |
| Whetstone: | Fesswise |
| Winde: | Unknown |
Buildings |
|
| Andiron: | Upright |
| Anille: | Fesswise |
| Arch: | Upright |
| Bascule: | Palewise, sliding to chief |
| Bathtub: | Upright |
| Beacon: | Flame to chief (Beacon); upright (Beacon) |
| Bridge: | Fesswise |
| Castle: | Upright |
| Chair: | Upright |
| Chest: | Fesswise |
| Church: | Upright |
| City: | Upright |
| Column: | Palewise |
| Cresset: | Flame to chief |
| Dolmen: | Upright |
| Door: | Upright |
| Drawbridge: | Seen from above |
| Fence: | Fesswise (Circular Wicker Fence, Wicker Fence); fesswise throughout (Wicker Fence Issuant From Base) |
| Fireplace: | Upright affronty |
| Fountain: | Opening to chief |
| House: | Upright |
| Keystone: | Wide edge to chief |
| Lighthouse: | Upright |
| Lock Plate: | Flat side to base |
| Obelisk: | Point to chief |
| Park Pales: | Palewise |
| Pavilion: | Upright |
| Portcullis: | Upright |
| Quoin: | Narrow edge to chief |
| Sepulcher Stone: | Fesswise in simplified perspective |
| Siege Tower: | Palewise |
| Staircase: | Bendwise throughout |
| Stool: | Legs to base |
| Table: | Legs to base |
| Table-Trestle: | Fesswise, legs to base |
| Torii: | Upright |
| Tower: | Palewise |
| Truss: | Chevronwise |
| Wall: | Fesswise throughout (Wall, Wall Enarched, Wall Unembattled, Wall Couped with Two Arched Doorways, Wall Couped, Wall Couped with An Arched Doorway); upright (Wall Issuant From Base, Wall Issuant From Base With Gate) |
| Watchtower: | Upright |
| Well: | Opening to chief |
| Windmill: | Upright, vanes saltirewise |
Arts & Sciences |
|
| Abacus: | Fesswise with sliding rails palewise |
| Apothecary Jar: | Cover to chief |
| Ark: | Upright |
| Armillary Sphere: | Stand to base |
| Aspersorium: | Upright |
| Athanor: | Upright |
| Bagpipe: | Chanter to dexter base |
| Balance: | Fesswise (Hanging Balance); upright (Standing Balance) |
| Bauble: | Head to chief |
| Bell: | Palewise (Bell); loop to chief (Hawk's Bell); handle to chief (Handbell) |
| Book: | Spine to chief (Closed Book); fesswise (Open Book) |
| Bowling Pin: | Point to chief |
| Caligraphy Knife: | Blade to chief |
| Chess Piece: | Forked end to chief (Chess Rook); palewise, facing dexter (One-Headed Chess Knight); solid end to base (Chess Piece); palewise (Chess Bishop) |
| Clarion: | Curlicue to dexter base |
| Cornetto: | Mouthpiece to chief |
| Cow-Bell: | Upright |
| Crozier: | Curl to chief and dexter (Crook of Basel); palewise, handle to dexter chief (Crozier) |
| Cupping Glass: | Opening to chief |
| Dice: | Affronty, often in trian aspect (Die); affronty in trian aspect (Egyptian Twenty-Sided Die) |
| Drum: | Head to chief (Drum, Kettle Drum); palewise (Dumbek Drum) |
| Drumstick: | Palewise, head to chief |
| Fleam: | Blade to chief, curved handle to base |
| Flute: | Fesswise, finer holes affronty, mouth aperture to sinister |
| Frame: | Legs to base |
| Game Board: | Flat side to base |
| Golf Club: | Club to base |
| Harp: | Upright |
| Hautboy: | Palewise, mouthpiece to chief |
| Hobbyhorse: | Head to chief, facing dexter |
| Lancet: | Point to chief |
| Lute: | Neck to chief |
| Lyre: | Upright |
| Mjolnir: | Head to base |
| Mosaic Tablets: | Upright |
| Mouth Harp: | Ends to chief |
| Musical Note: | Upright |
| Ombrellino: | Handle to base |
| Organ Pipe: | Palewise, open end to chief |
| Paintbrush: | Palewise, brush to chief |
| Panpipe: | Palewise |
| Pen: | Palewise, point to base |
| Penbox: | Fesswise |
| Polo Stick: | Curved end to chief |
| Press: | Shafts palewise |
| Psaltery: | Unknown |
| Quadrant: | Arm pendant to base |
| Rackett: | Mouthpiece to chief |
| Recorder: | Palewise, mouthpiece to chief |
| Retort: | Outlet to dexter |
| Scroll: | Palewise |
| Shofar: | Fesswise, bell to dexter |
| Spatula: | Handle to base |
| Stilts: | Upright |
| Tambourine: | Affronty |
| Thyrsus: | Head to chief |
| Trumpet: | Bell to chief |
| Umbrella: | Handle to base |
| Urinal: | Upright |
| Viol: | Palewise, frets to chief |
| Violin: | Palewise, frets to chief |
| Whirligig: | Upright |
| Zill: | Strap to chief, or a pair facing each other |
Farming |
|
| Bag of Madder: | Fesswise |
| Barnacles: | Hinge to chief |
| Beehive: | Upright |
| Bridle: | Bit to chief |
| Bucket: | Handle to chief |
| Carriage Frame: | Chassis palewise (Carriage Frame); chassis palewise, axles fesswise (Carriage Frame) |
| Clog: | Clog palewise |
| Coulter: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Crook: | Palewise, handle to dexter chief |
| Dovecote: | Upright |
| Fan: | Handle to base (Folding Fan); handle to chief (Winnowing Fan) |
| Fetterlock: | Open, bolt to base, keyhole to dexter |
| Flail: | Handle to base |
| Gate: | Fesswise |
| Hames: | Palewise |
| Harrow: | Pulling loop to chief |
| Hay House: | Upright |
| Hayfork: | Handle to base |
| Hide: | Head to chief |
| Hoe: | Blade to chief, as of the March 2021 Cover Letter |
| Horseshoe: | Opening to base |
| Hunting Horn: | Curved to base, opening to dexter |
| Mill: | Horizontal stone with axle to chief |
| Mill Wheel: | In annulo |
| Millrind: | Saltirewise (Millrind); palewise (Millrind) |
| Millstone: | Affronty |
| Pitchfork: | Tines to chief |
| Plow: | Fesswise, pulling to dexter |
| Plowshare: | Point to chief |
| Pruning Hook: | Hook to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Pruning Knife: | Hook to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Rake: | Teeth to base (Rake Head); palewise, handle to base (Rake) |
| Saddle: | Upright, facing dexter (Saddle, Saddle with Stirrups); upright (Saddle Pommel) |
| Scythe: | Handle to base, point to dexter (Scythe); point to chief (Scythe Blade) |
| Shovel: | Handle to chief |
| Sickle: | Handle to base, point to dexter |
| Snaffle-Bit: | Fesswise |
| Spade: | Handle to chief (Spade); point to base (Spade-Iron) |
| Spur: | Rowel to chief |
| Stirrup: | Upright |
| Tub: | Opening to chief |
| Turning Cratch: | Upright |
| Wagon: | Wheels to base, driving to dexter |
| Wool-Pack: | Fesswise |
| Yoke: | Fesswise |
Ships & Fishing |
|
| Anchor: | Upright |
| Caravel: | Upright, sailing to dexter |
| Coracle: | Sailing to dexter |
| Drakkar: | Sailing to dexter |
| Eel Basket: | Fesswise |
| Eel-Fork: | Points to base |
| Fishhook: | Point to dexter chief |
| Gondola: | Fesswise, sailing to dexter |
| Grappling Iron: | Tines to base |
| Harpoon: | Point to chief |
| Hulk: | Upright, sailing to dexter |
| Lymphad: | Upright, sailing to dexter |
| Oar: | Handle to base |
| Oarlock: | Upright |
| Rowboat: | Traveling to dexter |
| Rudder: | Palewise, hinges to dexter (Rudder); fesswise, handle to sinister (Rudder Pole) |
| Sail: | Billowing, hanging from a horizontal yard |
| Salmon Spear: | Points to base |
| Trident: | Points to chief |
| Trireme: | Sailing to dexter |
| Whistle: | Fesswise, mouthpiece to dexter |
Military |
|
| Armor Stand: | Upright |
| Arrow: | Point to base |
| Battering Ram: | Fesswise |
| Battle Axe: | Handle to base, blade to dexter (Pole Axe); palewise, point to chief, cutting to dexter (Sparth Axe, Bardiche Axe); point to chief, cutting to dexter (Pole Axe) |
| Billhook: | Point to chief |
| Bird-Blunt: | Point to base |
| Bow: | Palewise, shooting to dexter, or when fesswise, shooting to chief |
| Breastplate: | Upright |
| Broad-arrow: | Point to base |
| Caltrop: | Point to chief |
| Camail: | Point to base |
| Cannon: | Aiming to dexter |
| Catapult: | Upright |
| Chamber: | Fesswise, firing to dexter |
| Chamfron: | Affronty and upright |
| Claymore: | Point to chief |
| Club: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Crampet: | Point to base |
| Cronel: | Points to chief |
| Crossbow: | Pointing to chief |
| Cuisse: | Palewise |
| Cutlass: | Point to chief |
| Dagger: | Point to chief |
| Elbow Guard: | Elbow to sinister |
| Falchion: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Fasces: | Blade to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Fauchard: | Point to chief |
| Fletching: | Palewise, point to base |
| Gauntlet: | Dexter hand apaumy (Gauntlet, Clenched Gauntlet Flexed at the Wrist, Clenched Gauntlet, Gauntlet Aversed); dexter hand, fingers to chief (Clenched Gauntlet) |
| Glaive: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Grenade: | Flame to chief |
| Halberd: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Handgun: | Fesswise, shooting to dexter (Pistol, Petronel, Musket); fesswise, firing to dexter (Arquebus) |
| Handgun Rest: | Palewise, fork to chief |
| Helm: | Facing dexter (Helm Affronty, Horned Close Helm, Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Inverted, Morion Helm, Turkish Helm, Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Elevated, Corinthian Helm, Ocular Helm Affronty, Norman Helm Affronty, Close Helm Affronty, Great Helm Affronty, Great Helm, Close Helm); upright, facing dexter (Great Helm) |
| Lance: | Point to chief |
| Mace: | Hilt to base |
| Mail: | Upright and affronty |
| Morion: | Crest to chief |
| Partisan: | Point to chief |
| Pauldron: | Dexter shoulder, upright |
| Pennon: | Pole upright, flag to dexter |
| Pheon: | Point to base |
| Pole-Cannon: | Palewise, firing to chief |
| Quiver: | Upright |
| Rapier: | Palewise, point to chief |
| Rocket: | Flames to base |
| Scabbard: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Scaling Ladder: | Palewise, hooks to chief |
| Scimitar: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter (Scimitar); palewise, point to chief (Scimitar) |
| Scourge: | Handle to base |
| Sling: | Stone to base |
| Solleret: | Fesswise, pointing to dexter |
| Spanning Hook: | Hook to chief, pointing to dexter |
| Spanning Iron: | Hooks to chief |
| Spear: | Point to chief |
| Streitgabelklinge: | Points to chief |
| Sword: | Point to chief |
| Truncheon: | Palewise, point to chief |
| War Hammer: | Head to chief, striking to dexter |
| War-Scythe: | Point to chief |
| War Wagon: | Wheels to base |
| Zulfikar: | Point to chief |
Assorted Objects |
|
| Axle Pin: | Upright |
| Baby Walker: | Wheels to base, third wheel rolling to dexter |
| Banner: | Pole upright |
| Basket: | Handle to chief (Winnowing Basket); upright (Hand-Basket) |
| Besom: | Palewise, bristles to chief |
| Bezel-Set Gemstone: | Viewed from above |
| Candelabrum: | Upright |
| Candle: | Palewise |
| Candlestick: | Palewise |
| Catherine Wheel: | In annulo |
| Cog-Wheel: | Affronty |
| Cushion: | Square |
| Firebrand: | Palewise, flames to chief |
| Furison: | Fesswise, handles to chief |
| Gemstone: | Viewed from above (French-Cut Gemstone, French-Cut Gemstone In Profile, Hexagonal Gemstone, Indented Gemstone); viewed from above, palewise (Step-Cut Gemstone) |
| Gonfalon: | Tails to base |
| Hook: | Points to base (Tent Hook); twist to chief (Spring Hook) |
| Hourglass: | Palewise |
| Key: | Palewise, wards to chief (Key); palewise (Key) |
| Lamp: | Spout to dexter (Arabian Lamp); flames to chief (Lamp); hanging from chieft (Hanging Lamp) |
| Lantern: | Upright |
| Money Box: | Foot to base |
| Orb: | Cross to chief |
| Padlock: | Upright |
| Pavon: | Pole upright |
| Phial: | Opening to chief |
| Razor: | Palewise, cutting to dexter |
| Rod: | Palewise |
| Scepter: | Palewise |
| Shackle: | Fesswise |
| Sledge: | Facing dexter |
| Smoking Pipe: | Fesswise |
| Staff: | Palewise (Two Ragged Staffs, Two Ragged Staffs in Saltire, Ragged Staff); palewise, point to base (Pilgrim's Staff); point to chief (Staff Topped by a Trefoil, Staff Topped by a Fleur-de-Lys) |
| Strongbox: | Trian aspect, lid to chief |
| Torch: | Palewise, flame to chief |
| Water-Bouget: | Sacks to base |
| Wheel: | In annulo (Wheel Irradiated, Chief Quarter of a Wheel, Wheel with A Broken Rim, Dexter Half of a Wheel, Two Wheels Conjoined by an Axle, Rimless Wheel, Wheel); upright (Wheel of Fortune) |
