The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition / Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science

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PALLET. A diminutive of the pale.

PALY. A field divided by perpendicular lines into several equal parts of metal and tincture interchangeably disposed.

Ex. Paly of four, argent and gules.

PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and applies to the several parts of an escutcheon parted by a line, which always runs in the direction of one or more of the honourable ordinaries, as may be seen in the following examples:—

PARTED PER PALE AND PER BEND SINISTER Counterchanged, or and gules..

PARTED PER PALE AND PER CHEVRON Gules and or, counter changed.

PARTY PER FESS. A shield parted in the centre by an horizontal line through the fess point.