Heraldry: Understanding Shield Partitions and Divisions
Partitions
1. Concept
Partitions are the divisions that are made from the Campo del Escudo, resulting from the same few parts that may be similar or proportional, in some cases, irregular and unequal in others. Each of the resulting parts has its own forms and is emblematic in Heraldry.
2. The Partition Can Be Regular or Irregular
2.1 Regular Partitions
They are named by the forms that result from the division of the Campo del Escudo by one or more straight lines. They give rise to:
- EC-divided into “simple forms”: Shield Field split with a single straight line. E.g., Split, cut, chopped, broken.
- CE divided into “composite shapes”: Shield Field split with two straight boundaries. E.g., Quartered in saltire or cross, Girona.
- CE divided into “forms thirds”: Two boundary lines that divide straight and parallel to it in “three proportional sectors”. E.g., Plywood in Palo, Strip, Band, Bar.
2.2 Irregular Partitions
They result in:
- Formed by straight lines: Trainer, Footwear, Cape, Contraembrazado, Curtains, Braced, Embedded, Set, Flanked, Flanquisado, Arrow, Chief tablecloths and M. pointed, Damaged, Clothing, Zig-Zag.
- Formed by curved lines: Entada/Entado in chief, Ent head and elevation, Tickets for Tip and tip E.en and fallen, Flanked, Jiron Rounded, tablecloths curved plywood bracing, Contraembrazado Terc, Terc in breast, Clothing.
ORLA: Identically shaped to the contour of the shield, separated from the same distance of its width.
TRECHOR or CONTRAFILETE: It is a part identical to the Orla but decreased to half the width of this.
JIRON: It is a part of triangular shape having its apex at the center of the shield.
ESCUTCHEON: 1/3 the width and height of the shield.
COMBLE: Height is 1/3 of the Chief.
VARA: Width is 1/3 of Palo.
STICK: Width is 1/4 of the Band.
BURELA: Strip-shaped piece diminished, repeated at least five times.
NARROW: Cross-shaped, Decreased.
FUSOS: 3 aligned diamond shapes.
LOSANGE: As Fusos but smaller.
FRET: Result of the intersection of three companies with three bars.
ANILLETES: Circular and hollow, showing the Shield Field.
MACLA or MESH: Part hollow diamond-shaped, one that leads inside smaller than enamel, reveals the Campo del Escudo. When the shield is littered with talk of a Shield Macles.
LACE TWINNED: Part that serves to unite the barracks.
RUSTRO: Is a part very similar to Losange with a hole inside that lets you see the CE Enamel.
TICKETS: Rectangular pieces that can be placed in the Campo del Escudo, well insulated, well sow the field of the Shield of them.
Partitions
1. Concept
Partitions are the divisions that are made from the Campo del Escudo, resulting from the same few parts that may be similar or proportional, in some cases, irregular and unequal in others. Each of the resulting parts has its own forms and is emblematic in Heraldry.
2. The Partition Can Be Regular or Irregular
2.1 Regular Partitions
They are named by the forms that result from the division of the Campo del Escudo by one or more straight lines. They give rise to:
- EC-divided into “simple forms”: Shield Field split with a single straight line. E.g., Split, cut, chopped, broken.
- CE divided into “composite shapes”: Shield Field split with two straight boundaries. E.g., Quartered in saltire or cross, Girona.
- CE divided into “forms thirds”: Two boundary lines that divide straight and parallel to it in “three proportional sectors”. E.g., Plywood in Palo, Strip, Band, Bar.
2.2 Irregular Partitions
They result in:
- Formed by straight lines: Trainer, Footwear, Cape, Contraembrazado, Curtains, Braced, Embedded, Set, Flanked, Flanquisado, Arrow, Chief tablecloths and M. pointed, Damaged, Clothing, Zig-Zag.
- Formed by curved lines: Entada/Entado in chief, Ent head and elevation, Tickets for Tip and tip E.en and fallen, Flanked, Jiron Rounded, tablecloths curved plywood bracing, Contraembrazado Terc, Terc in breast, Clothing.