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 78
must always becomposed of an even number of Pales, Bends,and Bars; for if, in the last example, therewere another division, it would become, Arg., three Bar-rulets gu. Paly-Bendy is when the Field is divided by lines drawnin the directions of the Pale and Bend. Fig. 125 is Paly-bendy, arg. and gu.…
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