Line (heraldry)
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line-heraldry-242-17558637
title:
Line (heraldry)
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The lines in heraldry used to divide and vary fields and charges are by default straight, but may have many different shapes. Care must be taken to distinguish these types of lines from the use of lines as charges, and to distinguish these shapes from actual charges, such as "a mount [or triple mount] in base," or, particularly in German heraldry, different kinds of embattled from castle walls. In Scotland, varied lines of partition are often used to modify a bordure to difference the arms of a
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In heraldry: line of division of the field or vary a charge
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_(heraldry)
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date modified:
2024-01-08T11:21:13Z
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