No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Bordure in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.
Peripheral ordinaries. When a chief and a bordure were combined in period, the chief typically overlay the bordure, as shown here.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. The thickness of the stripe can be as thin as a twelfth of the width of the device, or as wide as a sixth if charged or if drawn with a complex line. This is a full- size bordure suitable for bearing charges.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. The thickness of the stripe can be as thin as a twelfth of the width of the device, or as wide as a sixth if charged or if drawn with a complex line. This is a medium-size bordure.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. The thickness of the stripe can be as thin as a twelfth of the width of the device, or as wide as a sixth if charged or drawn with a complex line. This is a thin bordure.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into alternating stripes of contrasting tinctures.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into alternating squares of contrasting tinctures.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into alternating squares of contrasting tinctures.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into alternating squares of contrasting tinctures.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into alternating squares of contrasting tinctures.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. A bordure of “teeth,” found in Iberian heraldry.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by `Aziza al-Shiraziyya.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into eight equally-sized segments of contrasting tinctures.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into two equally-sized bands of contrasting tinctures. The inner tincture is blazoned first, “a bordure parted bordurewise, tincture and tincure.”
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into two equally-sized bands of contrasting tinctures, divided by a complex line. The inner tincture is blazoned first, “a bordure parted bordurewise indented, tincture and tincure.”
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. This bordure is separated into four equally-sized segments of contrasting tinctures.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn. Adapted by `Aziza al-Shiraziyya.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn. Adapted by `Aziza al-Shiraziyya.
Peripheral ordinary. A bordure semy has a ring of whole charges evenly distributed around it. This version uses roundels but you can replace them with any simple charge.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. A bordure semy has a ring of whole charges evenly distributed around it. This version uses roundels but you can replace them with any simple charge.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. A bordure semy has a ring of whole charges evenly distributed around it. This version uses roundels but you can replace them with any simple charge.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. Bordures semy of two alternating charges are attested but extremely rare in period.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinaries. When a chief and a bordure were combined in period, the chief occasionally appears above an attenuated field surrounded by the bordure, as shown here.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinaries. Counterchanging a bordure over a chief is a Step From Period Practice (SFPP).
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinaries.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
