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These last five, however, are seldom to be met with.

When a shield is blazoned as quaterly, it does not necesarily follow that it is divided into four portions. Fig. 24, for instance, would be described as quaterly of 10.

 

Shields and their charges are further distinguished by various colours, called in Heraldry tinctures, which comprise Metals, Colours, and Furs; viz.—

