Pall (heraldry)
A pall (or pairle) in heraldry and vexillology is a Y-shaped charge, normally having its arms in the three corners of the shield. An example of a pall placed horizontally (fesswise) is the green portion of the South African national flag.[1][2]
A pall that stops short of the shield's edges and that has pointed ends to its three limbs is called a shakefork, although some heraldic sources do not make a distinction between a pall and a shakefork.[3][2] A pall standing upside down is named pall reversed.[3]
An ecclesiastical pall on a shield, or pallium, is the heraldic indicator of archbishoprics.[2] These palls usually have a lower limb that stops short of the bottom of the shield with a fringe.[3]
Palls can also be modified with heraldic lines.[4] One example is the coat of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon,[5] displayed below (third). The wavy heraldic line on a pall can be used to represent a river, or a confluence thereof, as in the arms of Nigeria (the rivers Niger and Benue, which join at Lokoja).
A field may be divided into three parts, tierced per pall (or in pairle), resembling a combination of division per chevron and per pale.[6][7] Charges may be borne in pall, that is, arranged in a form resembling a pall.[8]
Gallery
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Arms of the Earl of Glencairn, chief of Clan Cunningham: Argent, a shakefork sable
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Arms of the town of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon:
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Arms of the city of Khabarovsk
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Coat of Arms of Otto von Bismarck (oak leaves in pall)
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Seal of Shanghai Municipal Council, Shanghai International Settlement
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Flags with palls
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Flags party per pall
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Flag of the United States Secret Service
Flags with charges in pall
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Flag of Tremp, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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Former house flag of the Hamburg Atlantic Line (1958-1973; 1991-1997)
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Flag of Oita Prefecture, Japan
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Flag of the Shanghai International Settlement
(flag escutcheons)
See also
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Pile (heraldry)
Gusset (heraldry)
Fillet (heraldry)
Saltire
References
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- ^ Fox-Davies (1904), p. 61
- ^ Rothery (1915), p. 80
External links
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