Base (heraldry)
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Base (heraldry)
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The base, more formally the terrace in base or champagne, is a heraldic charge that occupies the lower third of the field. It is in that sense the inverse correlate of the chief. In French heraldry, the champagne is considered an ‘honourable ordinary’, but in English heraldry it is frequently omitted from lists of the ‘honourable ordinaries’, and grouped, if at all, with the subordinaries. The diminutive of the base, occupying one half the height of the ordinary, is termed ‘plaine’ in French her
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_(heraldry)
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2024-04-16T11:46:09Z
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