ORDINARIES IN HERALDRY - I

Ordinaries consist of those symbols that do not fall under other categories and are mostly plain in their shape. Included on this page are oridinaries including the pale, fess, cross, bordure, and chief. Also included are the different forms in which they can be presented upon charges. Some of these symbols could serve as the charge itself or as a sort of divider within the charge that separated other aspects from eachother.

• Page 1: pale, fess, cross, bordure and chief
  
• Page 2: bend, bend sinister, saltire, chevron and pile
  
• Page 3: diminutives; variations of the fess, chevron and bend; geometric divisions of the field; geometric objects on the field; and bordure variations

	pale	fess	cross	bordure	chief
simple
engrailed
invecked
embattled
embattled counter-embattled	not applicable		not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
indented
dancetté	Similar to indented (above), but with a wider space between points.		Similar to indented (above), but with a wider space between points.	Similar to indented (above), but with a wider space between points.
wavy			No image available.
nebuly			No image available.
raguly				No image available.
dovetailed
other related ordinaries	rayoneé

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