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In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by the chief, ranging from one-fourth to one-third.
The edges and adjacent parts of the escutcheon are used to identify the placement of various heraldic charges; the upper edge, and the corresponding upper third of the shield, are referred to as the chief; the lower part is the base.
In heraldry, an escutcheon ( / ɪˈskʌtʃən /) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed. In the second sense, an escutcheon can itself be a charge within a coat of arms.
Chief: a horizontal band right across the top of the shield, as in the arms of the district of Lausanne (Vaud, Switzerland). Chief triangular begins in the corners and extends to a point that is one quarter to one third the way down the shield. It is a complex line division variant of a chief. Chief enarched is drawn with a concave arch.
Subcategories. This category has the following 35 subcategories, out of 35 total. Chief-pales in heraldry (2 C, 44 F) Chiefs in heraldry by tincture (10 C) SVG coat of arms elements - chiefs (14 F) Chief-piles in heraldry (1 F)
Fillet (heraldry) In English-language heraldry, the fillet is considered a diminutive of the chief. It is defined as occupying one fourth the width of the chief and typically positioned at its bottom edge. [1] When so positioned the chief is blazoned as supported by the fillet; but, when the chief is charged by the fillet, as when the fillet ...
The chief herald is also on horseback, between the two teams, wearing his own heraldic colours. Heraldry is the system of visual identification of rank and pedigree which developed in the European High Middle Ages , [2] closely associated with the courtly culture of chivalry , Latin Christianity , the Crusades , feudal aristocracy , and ...