The handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., also, rules for the appointment of liveries, etc. etc. (1869)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 73
R Y. met with in Armory, supposed to represent a billet, or letter(see fig. 112). When a Shield or Charge is Seme, or strewn,with Billets, without regard to position or number, it istermed Billete. Flanches, which are always borne in pairs, are formedby circular lines, proceeding from the… … Charges are frequently blazoned as In Fess, In Pale, InCross, In Orle, &c, which means that they are to be disposedin the form of such Ordinaries. Fig. 112 would be blazonedas Three Billets in Chief. In this case, the Charges are placedin the position which would be occupied by the Chief. Ifthe…
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