Fwd: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Wherein Snorri Bangs his Head Against a Wall ...

[Teceangl]

> Except that "Tierced in fess X Y Z" can't be reblazoned as "Per fess
> X and Z, a fess Y" or "Y, a chief X and a base Z", because those
> are both drawn (slightly) differently).

Cite?  A fess, pale or bend, especially when the sole charge on the field, 
can certainly take up to a third of the field.  One-fifth is more common, 
but therre are plenty of examples of fesses in late period blazoned as
such that are that broad.

- Teceangl
-- 
   This would give a headache to any herald who had to look at it long
	enough to blazon it. (KFW, 11 Aug 77 [14], p. 6)