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A pall (or pairle) in heraldry and vexillology is a Y-shaped charge, normally having its arms in the three corners of the shield. An example of a pall placed horizontally (fesswise) is the green portion of the South African national flag.[1][2]
A pall that stops short of the shield's edges and that has pointed ends to its three limbs is called a shakefork, although some heraldic sources do not make a distinction between a pall and a shakefork.[3][2] A pall standing upside down is named pall reversed.[3]
An ecclesiastical pall on a shield, or pallium, is the heraldic indicator of archbishoprics.[2] These palls usually have a lower limb that stops short of the bottom of the shield with a fringe.[3]
Palls can also be modified with heraldic lines.[4] One example is the coat of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon,[5] displayed below (third). The wavy heraldic line on a pall can be used to represent a river, or a confluence thereof, as in the arms of Nigeria (the rivers Niger and Benue, which join at Lokoja).
A field may be divided into three parts, tierced per pall (or in pairle), resembling a combination of division per chevron and per pale.[6][7] Charges may be borne in pall, that is, arranged in a form resembling a pall.[8]
Gallery
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Arms of the Earl of Glencairn, chief of Clan Cunningham: Argent, a shakefork sable
Arms of the town of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon:
Vert, a pall wavy Argent accompanied in chief by one mill wheel Or and flanked by two fleurs-de-lys of the same.
Arms of the city of Khabarovsk
Coat of Arms of Otto von Bismarck (oak leaves in pall)
Seal of Shanghai Municipal Council, Shanghai International Settlement
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Flags with palls
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Flags party per pall
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Flags with charges in pall
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Flag of Tremp, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Former house flag of the Hamburg Atlantic Line (1958-1973; 1991-1997)
Flag of Oita Prefecture, Japan
Flag of the Shanghai International Settlement
(flag escutcheons)
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Brownell, Frederick Gordon (May 2011). "Flagging the "new" South Africa, 1910-2010". Historia. pp. 42–62. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- 1 2 3 Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1904). The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopedia of Armory. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 3 Gough, Henry; Parker, James (1894). A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry (New ed.). Oxford and London: J. Parker and Co. p. 112.
- ↑ Woodward, John; Burnett, George (1892) [originally published 1884]. Woodward's a treatise on heraldry, British and foreign: with English and French glossaries. Edinburgh: W. & A. B. Johnson. ISBN 0-7153-4464-1. LCCN 02020303.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ↑ "Histoire". Mairie de Rives-en-Seine (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ↑ Rothery, Guy Cadogan (1915). A. B. C. of Heraldry. London: Stanley Paul and Co. p. 7.
- ↑ Fox-Davies (1904), p. 61
- ↑ Rothery (1915), p. 80
External links
[edit]- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 635.
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