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	A Renaissance History of Heraldry: Guillim's Display of Heraldry - Section I, Chapter VII
		The Fesse Point is the exact Center of the Escocheon.
		The Superior Sinister Point is placed nere the Left Angle of the Cheefe, in opposition to the Dexter Cheefe; whereunto, as also to the Middle Cheefe Point, it answereth in a direct line.
		The knowledge of these Points is very requisit, in respect, that when divers of these Points are occupied with sundry things of different kinds (as oft-times it falleth out in some Escocheons) you may bee able thereby to assigne unto each Point his apt and peculiar name, according to the dignity of his place.
	www.btinternet.com /~paul.j.grant/guillim/s1/gu_s1c7.htm (816 words)

	A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
		la pointe): the term is sometimes used to signify a portion of the shield parted off at the base by a plain or compound line, just as the upper portion is treated when a chief is borne.
		If the partition line is drawn straight across it forms a plain point, but the line may be wavy, indented, &c.: if it is chevron shaped the point may be described as pointed, or in point or enty(q.v.) (which is sometimes badly spelt ampty).
		The reason, perhaps, why the term point is not more frequently used is probably that when the field is parted off at the base, it is so by a mound(q.v.), or some similar device to which a definite name is applied.
	www.heraldsnet.org /saitou/parker/Jpglossp.htm (11556 words)

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		The eldest son (during the lifetime of his father) bears a Label of three points; the second son, a Crescent; the third, a Mullet; the fourth, a Martlet; the fifth, an Annulet; the sixth, a fleur de lys; the seventh, a rose; the eighth, a Cross Moline; the ninth, an Octofoil.
		While the number of pieces in the field must be, as already said, as least twenty, a fesse or other ordinary when blazoned chequy must contain three rows of squares, for if there be but one, the ordinary will be compony, and if but two, counter-compony.
		“Or, a fesse chequy Argent and azure” – Steward, Scotland.
	heraldry.lordkyl.net /glossary/glossary_c.html (5482 words)

	A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
		When the term is applied to arrows it refers to their iron points: and when a Man is said to be armed at all points it signifies that he is entirely covered with armour except his face.
		flêche): the ordinary position of an arrow is in pale, with the point downward, that is, falling(fr.
		Per fess or and gules, an astrolabe proper held in the dexter paw of a lion rampant counterchanged armed and langued az.--MIDDLETON, Frazerburgh.
	www.heraldsnet.org /saitou/parker/Jpglossa.htm (8043 words)

	Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry
		The eldest son (during the lifetime of his father) bears a lable of three points; the second son, a crescent; the third, a mullet; the fourth, a martlet; the fifth, an annulet; the sixth, a fleur-de-lis; the seventh, a rose; the eight, a cross moline; the ninth, an octofoil.
		It was the badge of the Knights of Malta, and its eight points are said to symbolize the eight beatitudes.
		It consists of half a pale issuing from the base, and conjoined in the fesse point with half a saltier from the dexter chief and sinister chief.
	www.pictavia.org /library/heraldrydictionary.html (18611 words)

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		A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage.
		The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.
		A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon.
	rabbit.eng.miami.edu /class/dict/G.txt (17202 words)

	Heraldry Glossary
		The top of the shield is called the "chief," the middle the "fesse point" and the bottom the "base." Combining these gives you terms like "dexter chief," "sinister base," and so on.
		The crest on the helmet, however, may perhaps be considered in theory to have as early an origin as the device on the shield, but throughout the middle ages it was the device on the shield which marked the man, and afterwards his family, far more than the crest.
		From the much more frequent occurrence on the earlier arms of the simpler devices, such as the fesse, the bend, the chevron, andc., it may reasonably be presumed that these had their origin in the structure of the shield itself, i.e.
	www.ogallchobhair.org /heraldry/glossary.htm (4886 words)

	A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
		It is applied most frequently to the fesse, though the bend, the pale, and the chevron are sometimes thus treated; also the chief, the indentation of course being in this case only on the under side.
		When the indentations are so deep as that the points touch the alternate edges of the ordinary, they are said to be indented point in point, or throughout.
		Argent, a fesse per fesse indented throughout vert and sable, cottised counterchanged[otherwise, a fesse indented point in point vert and sable]--HODY, Dorset.
	www.heraldsnet.org /saitou/parker/Jpglossi.htm (1228 words)

	Collections and Collectors - RIN.RU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Honor point is a point virtually in the center of the chief point and center point.
		Navel point is a point virtually in the center of the base point and sinister point.
		Fesse is a wide horizontal stripe going across the center of the shield.
	collection.rin.ru /cgi-bin/eng/article.pl?id=80&page=4 (270 words)

	Coats of Arms - S
		Per pale, argent and gules, in the dexter fesse point a parrot russe, beaked and legged or.
		Argent, on a fesse gules, three Bibles of the second garnished or, a falcon volant between two suns of the last.
		Sable, on a fesse dancetty of four, between three lions rampant gardant argent, each supporting an altar or, flaming proper, nine billets of the field.
	www.mouserfonts.com /Arms/Arms/s.htm (1173 words)

	The Points of Heraldry
		Across the top of the shield are points 1, 2, and 3, beginning with the number 1 on the left side, 2 in the middle, and 3 on the right side.
		These three points are referred to as the "chief" points, as they are in the upper part of the shield known as the chief.
		When viewing these points it should be remembered that the shield is considered in its position to the bearer of the shield, as though someone were carrying it.
	www.geocities.com /pheon.geo/heraldry.htm (2552 words)

	fesse - definition by dict.die.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		fesse n : (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield [syn: fess]
		See Fascia.] (Her.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.
		Fess point (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon.
	dict.die.net /fesse (54 words)

	Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry - P
		Pall - A figure having the form of the letter Y. It consists of half a pale issuing from the base, and conjoined in the fesse point with half a saltier from the dexter chief and sinister chief.
		Pile - One of a honorable ordinaries, having the form of a wedge, issuing from the chief, with the point ending with the lower point of the shield.
		Pointed - Said of a cross when its ends are so cut; as, a cross pointed.
	www.coatsofarms.addr.com /pimb_p.htm (1493 words)

	Armorial Gold Heraldry Dictionary
		The Fesse occupies the third of the field, and like the other ordinaries, is subject to all the accidental lines as Engrailed, Wavy, etc. When the Fesse is placed higher than the centre, it is said to be transposed; and when below the centre, it is termed abaisse.
		File of three points fixed, or extending to the base; also termed chief removed and three pales conjoined.
		From the Latin figo to fix or fasten; a term applied to a cross, the lower extremity of which is sharpened to a point, to enable those Primitive Christians who originally carried them on their pilgrimages to easily fix them in the ground.
	www.heraldryclipart.com /df.html (1829 words)

	Glossaire Ang. E-H (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is different from a mullet, the later having only five points, and these are straight.
		It somewhat resembles a gusset, and is formed by a line drawn from either dexter or sinister chief point one-third across the shield, thence descending perpendicularly to the base.
		A case in point is the arms of the Douglas family in allusion to the mission of James Lord Douglas to the Holy Land with the heart of Robert Bruce.
	www.grand-armorial.net /dictAng_E-H.html (4496 words)

	Coats of Arms - B Page 1
		Gules, on a bordure sable eight estoiles or; on a canton ermine a lion rampant of the second; in fesse point an annulet of the third for difference.
		Azure, a fesse or; in chief a bear's head proper muzzled and ringed of the second.
		Quarterly azure and gules a cross patonce counterchanged; in first and fourth quarters a rose gules barbed and seeded or; in second and third quarters a sun glory proper.
	www.mouserfonts.com /Arms/Arms/b1.htm (847 words)

	Inclusive Orthodox Church :: Crest & Heraldry Among Bishops
		The crosier, miter (Latin: mitra pretiosa) of gold and red (French: or et gules) with attached orphreys (Italian: auriphrygiata) or gold-fringed side-flaps (Latin: infulae), and the primatial or patriarchal cross behind in pale the shield are the episcopal ensigns of a bishop primate.
		Upon the shield's field of gules is a common charge of nature placed exactly in mid-shield (fesse point), a half-sun which rises out of splendor with rays (French: dimidiate demi-soleil flamant assurgent) colored golden and orange (French: or et tenne).
		Below is another common charge of nature at the shield's naval point (French: nombril) of ocean waves (French: onde), with three compartments of wavy lines, each being azure, alternating with another two compartments, composed of wavy lines, both lined in green with emerald tint color (French: vert-emeralde).
	www.inclusiveorthodox.org /crestbio.html (1083 words)

	Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry - N (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Applied to any living creature represented as issuing out of a fesse or other ordinary.
		Naval point - The point in the shield between the middle base point and the fesse point.
		Nombril - (nom'bril) A point in the shield between the fesse point and the middle base point.
	www.digiserve.com /heraldry/pimb_n.htm (203 words)

	A Renaissance History of Heraldry: Guillim's Display of Heraldry - Section II, Chapter VI
		The Fesse is an Ordinarie, formed of a twofold line, drawen overthwart the bredth of the Escocheon; in the midst whereof is the very center of the Shield.
		You need not say, meeting in Point, the one from the dexter Chiefe, the other to the Sinister base, because they doe evermore meet in the Fesse Point, be they never so many.
		with their points upward, which naturally ought to bee downewards, being supposed to bee a peece of Timber, whose neather part is sharpned, to the end it may be more commodiously driven into the ground; as in example.
	www.btinternet.com /~paul.j.grant/guillim/s2/gu_s2c6.htm (2815 words)

	Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry - E
		FESSE POINT - The exact center of the shield.
		Fessewise - In the shape of a fesse; after the manner of a fesse.
		Fitchee is generally applied to crosses that taper from the center downward.
	www.digiserve.com /heraldry/pimb_f.htm (979 words)

	Ordinaries
		The Fesse occupies the middle 1/3 of the field.
		The Bend is formed by two parallel lines equidistant from the Fesse Point drawn from Dexter chief to sinister base.
		The Tressure is 1/2 the width of the Orle and borne double.
	homepage.mac.com /ridire_geal/heraldry/ordinaries.html (521 words)

	Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The point at the very center of the shield is the fesse point.
		Half way between the fesse point and the bottom of the shield is the nombril point.
		The inescutcheon is normally placed on the honor point, but may be placed on the fesse point or even the nombril point if it will fit better there.
	members.aol.com /WKBurger/Renaissance/Heraldry.html (3181 words)

	About Heraldry
		A pair of little lines on each side of a pale, bend and fesse are called endorses and cotises.
		Ordinaries and their diminutives may be varied with the different types of lines given previously, thus forming a great variety of different patterns.
		When several subordinaries or other charges appear in a shield, their number and position must be indicated in the blazon.
	www.coatsofarms.addr.com /about.htm (699 words)

	Winslow Genealogy :: View topic - Dictionary of Heraldry - N-O-P
		In engraving it is denoted by small dots or points spread all ove field.
		The ordinaries, or, as they majority of heraldic writers, honorable ordinaries, are nine in number as follows: Chief, Cross, Pale, Saltire, Fesse, Pile, Chevron, Quarter, and Bend.
		The honorable ordinaries are said to represent the clamps or fastenings of the shield, becoming ornamental from painting or gilding.
	www.winslowtree.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=54 (2037 words)

	Shipping Companies (Denmark)
		The blue is a light shade and the star points are long and narrow.
		While accompanying her husband on a voyage years earlier, his wife Anna Møller had suffered a serious illness, which left a lasting impression on the deeply religious captain, who felt himself to be responsible.
		Flag sources prior to WW2 show a different version with the red canton being normal style with sources varying as to whether the white cross fesse point was centred or placed nearer the hoist in Scandinavian style.
	www.fotw.us /flags/dk~hfa.html (604 words)

	Wiener Edelstein Zentrum \| engravings: glossary
		crescent: half moon with upward points; used as a mark of cadency to denote the second son
		fess: also fesse; one of the most common ordinaries; a horizontal band across the center of the field, occupying one third of it
		fess point: the exact center of the shield
	www.edelsteine.at /index.php?n=2&s=10&l=1 (1650 words)

	Welcome to the Official City of Dayton Ohio Government Website
		Sinister Base: Blazoned on a field of green, a replica of the Newcom Tavern in gold, representing the pioneer settlement of Dayton.
		At the Fesse Point, a gold circle embossed with a gold star, honoring the City Manager.
		The top of the Crest and the Base Point extend over the golden circular band and are embossed upon its surface.
	www.ci.dayton.oh.us /html/citysealhistory.asp (244 words)

	The Armorial Bearings of the Cheshire Visitations
		Sable, a fesse humette Argent, a mullet for difference.
		Azure, three fishes, two in chief and one in base, their heads meeting in the fesse point Argent.
		Arms from Seals: (1) A fesse between three fleur-de-lis in chief, and a leopards face in base.
	cheshire-heraldry.org.uk /visitations/CV3.html (271 words)

	Re: Noakes Family -- Australia Genealogy Message Board
		Colour the leaves and the central point green.
		Divide the rest of the rose vertically, colouring the left hand side red and the right hand side white.
		Place the red face in the white area at the >top-left of the shield, and place the white leopard >opposite it >5) Create a rose with five petals and five leaves and >a central point of five spikes.
	www.voy.com /41077/2/275.html (897 words)

	Inclusive Orthodox Church :: Governance and Canon
		I. The crosier, miter (Latin: mitra pretiosa) of gold and red (French: or and gules, respectively) with attached orphreys (Italian: auriphrygiata) or gold-fringed side-flaps (Latin: infulae) and primatial or Patriarchal Cross behind in pale the shield are the episcopal ensigns of a bishop.
		Upon the shield's field of red (gules) is a common charge of nature placed exactly in mid-shield (fesse point), a half-sun which rises out of splendor with rays (dimidiate demi-soleil flamant assurgent) and colored golden (or) and orange (tenne).
		Below is another common charge of nature at the shield's naval point (nombril) of ocean waves (onde), with three compartments of wavey lines, each being azure, alternating with another two compartments, composed of wavey lines, both lined in green with emerald tint color (vert-emeralde).
	www.inclusiveorthodox.org /canon013.html (1666 words)

	British shipping companies (B) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Most sources show the livery under or also in the name of Charles Hill and Co. whilst the Bristol City Line itself was acquired by the Bibby Line in 1972 but this may not have included the livery as Charles Hill continued in their prime activity as a shipbuilder.
		and at that point the lion was changed to rampant and the colour to red.
		The use of the BP logo in its developing forms is strictly controlled by what we referred to as the 'CID' or Corporate Identity Department (The Logo Police) which had clearly defined BS colour standards for the green and yellow and frowned on alternative derivations such as brown and gold.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/gb~hfbr.html (3030 words)

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