[ANSTHRLD] Primary secondary etc questions

[Mor Cathail]

THis is going in my save file... thanks :)

Mór


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Bell" <debell at txcyber.com>
To: <heralds at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 10:22 PM
Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Primary secondary etc questions


> Primary charges - occupy the center of the field.
> The central ordinary is going to be the primary charge if the device
> has one.  These are bend, bend sinister, pale, fess, chevron, saltire
> pall, pile.
> If none of these are present then the primary charge is the charge
> or group of charges in the center of the field.
>
> Secondary charge - charges on the field that surround the primary
> charge or are at the edge of the field.  Ordinaries that are
> peripheral fall under this: chief, bordure, base, orle, tierce.
>
> Tertiary charges are charges placed on other charges not the field.
>
> Some examples:
> Argent, a lion sable.  The lion is the primary.
> Argent, a bend gules. The bend is primary.
> Argent, a bend azure between three lions sable.
>    The bend is primary. The lions are secondary since they
>    don't occupy the center of the field and the ordinary has
>    "right of way".
> Argent, a chief azure.  This has no primary charge and is field
>     primary armory.  The chief is a peripheral ordinary and can't
>     be a primary charge.
> Argent, on a bend gules a sword argent, and three lions sable.
>     The bend is primary, the lions secondary, and the sword tertiary.
> Argent, a lion sable between three mullets gules.
>     Lion is the primary and mullets are a secondary group.
> Argent, a lion and a mullet sable.  Both charges form a primary
>     group with two charge types.
>
> Hope the examples help
> Magnus
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