The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Manners. Wake. Melsanby. Grey. Grey bore Barry of silver and azure. Fitzalan of Bedale bore Barry of eight pieces gold and gule*. Stutevilc bore Burely of silver and gules. 320 HERALDRY The Bend is i band traversing the shield aslant, arms withone, two or three bends being common during the middle agesin England. Bendy shields follow the rule of shields paly andbarrj-, but as many as ten pieces have been counted in bend is often accompanied by a narrow bend on citherside, these companions
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Manners. Wake. Melsanby. Grey. Grey bore Barry of silver and azure. Fitzalan of Bedale bore Barry of eight pieces gold and gule*. Stutevilc bore Burely of silver and gules. 320 HERALDRY The Bend is i band traversing the shield aslant, arms withone, two or three bends being common during the middle agesin England. Bendy shields follow the rule of shields paly andbarrj-, but as many as ten pieces have been counted in bend is often accompanied by a narrow bend on citherside, these companions being called Cotices. A single narrowbend, struck over all other charges, is the Baston, which duringthe i3lh and 14th centuries was a common difference for theshields of the younger branches of a family, coming in latertimes to suggest itself as a difference for bastards. The Bend Sinister, the bend drawn from right to left beginningat the sinister comer of the shield, is reckoned in the heraldrybooks as a separate Ordinarj-, and has a peculiar significance. Fitzalan of Bedale. Mauley. Harley. Wallop. accorded to it by novelists. Medieval English seals afforda group of examples of Bends Sinister and Baslons Sinister,but there seems no reason for taking them as anything morethan cases in the artist has neglected the common rule. Mauley bore Gold a bend sable. Harley bore Gold a bend with two cotices sable. X^allop bore Silver a bend wavy sable. Ralegh bore Gules a bend indented, or engrailed, silver.
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