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
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… … Fig. 112. Fig. 113. Fig. 114. Unless any other number be particularly expressed,Charges, either On an Orle or In an Orle, always consist ofeight. For further directions as to the disposition of smallCharges, see chap. vii.« CHARGES. 69 When a Shield contains a Cross, and in each of the fourQuarters…
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