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The Manual of Heraldry

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Angled Angled
Bevilled Bevilled
Escartelle Escartelle
Nowy, or franceé Nowy, or franché
Dove-tailed Dove-tailed
Embattled grady Embattled grady: sometimes called battled embattled
Potent Potent
Double arched Double arched
Arched Arched or enarched
Urdée Urdée
Radient Radient

If a shield is divided into four equal parts, it is said to be quartered: this may be done two ways, viz. -- Escartelle

Quartered per cross QUARTERED PER CROSS -- The shield is divided into four parts, called quarters, by an horizontal and perpendicular line, crossing each other in the center of the field, each of which is numbered.

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