Allen, Phoebe · London : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 36
nd extends over athird of its surface (Fig. 16). The bar is very likethe fesse, but differs from it, (a) in being muchnarrower and only occupying a fifth portion of thefield, (b) in being liable to be placed in any part ofthe field, whereas the fesse is an immovable charge,(<r) in being used… … Peeps at Heraldry as barry ^ the number of the bars being always stated,so that if there are six bars, it is said to be barry ofsix, if eight, barry of eight (Fig. 17). The pale,probably derived from pains, a stake, is also a broadband like the fesse, but runs perpendicularly down theshield,…
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