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states that earlier writers including Leigh, Holme, and Guillim favour one-third, while later writers such as Edmondson favour one-fifth "on the grounds that a
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makes the coat look clumsy and disagreeable." A fess is likely to be shown narrower if it is
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Ordinary in heraldic blazon in the form of a single, isolated horizontal band
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stripe that is half the height of the flag is sometimes said to have a
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of the field, can be seen in the arms of Suzanne Elizabeth Altvater.
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is said to be between a bar and barrulet, but this is seldom found.
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three Barrulets fracted and there conjoined to a Chevronel
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Index

Fess (heraldry)
Fess (disambiguation)

heraldry
Middle English
Old French
Latin
charge
coat of arms
flag
shield
ordinary
bend
pale
chevron
field
French heraldry
fasces
Fess cottised
Two barrulets
barrulets
Two bars gemelles
Fess indented
indented
Party per fess
Barry of eight
Barry
Barry wavy
Barry nebuly
nebuly

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