Pale-demi-fess

Separador heráldico
Escudo de Castilla y León

Demi-pale-fess, pale-demi-fess, fess-demi-pale, and demi-fess-pale

[Gules, a demi-pale-fess Argent], [Azure, a pale-demi-fess Argent], [Vert, a demi-fess-pale Argent], and [Sable, a fess-demi-pale Argent]

[Gules, a demi-pale-fess Argent], [Azure, a pale-demi-fess Argent], [Vert, a demi-fess-pale Argent], and [Sable, a fess-demi-pale Argent]

[Escudo de gules, un semipalo-faja de plata], [Escudo de azur, un palo-semifaja de plata], [Escudo de sinople, una semifaja-palo de plata] y [Escudo de sable, una faja-semipalo de plata]

The image shows four shields ending in an ogee arch and painted in plain tinctures.

I place «demi» at the beginning to signify that the first portion of the ordinary remains while the terminal portion is omitted; conversely, I place «demi» at the end to signify that the final portion is present while the initial portion is absent. In this way, a «demi-fess-pale» indicates that on the dexter side appears the dexter half of the fess, that is, its beginning, then follows the complete pale, and, finally, nothing continues beyond that point: the fess does not resume.

Categories: Demi-pale-fess, Pale-demi-fess, Fess-demi-pale and Demi-fess-pale.

 

Dr. Antonio Salmerón y Cabañas,
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Paseo de la Castellana 135, 7th floor,
28046 Madrid, Spain.