No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Chief 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 height is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This is a full-size chief.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. The height is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This is a medium-size chief.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. The height is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This is a skinny chief.
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. Considered a step from period practice (SFPP) as of the Dec 2011 LoAR.
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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary. Considered a step from period practice (SFPP).
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.
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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Multi-part field division. When a gyronny field is combined with a chief, the gyronny’s center shifts downwards.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Multi-part field division. When a gyronny field is combined with a chief, the gyronny’s center shifts downwards.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Multi-part field division. When a gyronny field is combined with a chief, the gyronny’s center shifts downwards.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Multi-part field division. When a gyronny field is combined with a chief, the gyronny’s center shifts downwards.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Peripheral ordinary and field division. When a chief is combined with a field division, the field is divided as if the chief removed space from the field.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
