e 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 palus^ a stake, is also a broadband like the fesse, but runs perpendicularly down theshield, instead of horizontally across it (Fig. 18). The… … Fig 17. Fig, 18. Fig. 19. again a broad band, but it runs diagonally across thefield from the dexter chief to the sinister base. It issupposed to occupy a third portion of the field, butrarely does so (Fig. 19). The saltire is the familiarSt. Andrews Cross, owing its name probably to theFrench…
Heraldry
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