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Pall (heraldry)

Heraldic charge

''Argent, a pall gules''

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.

''Argent, a pall reversed gules''

''Argent, a shakefork gules''

''Tierced per pall''

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. A pall standing upside down is named pall reversed.

An ecclesiastical pall on a shield, or pallium, is the heraldic indicator of archbishoprics. These palls usually have a lower limb that stops short of the bottom of the shield with a fringe.

Palls can also be modified with heraldic lines. One example is the coat of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon, 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. Charges may be borne in pall, that is, arranged in a form resembling a pall.

Gallery

File:Earl of Glencairn arms.svg|Arms of the Earl of Glencairn, chief of Clan Cunningham: Argent, a shakefork sable File:Angl-Canterbury-Arms.svg|Arms of the See of Canterbury with an episcopal pallium File:Blason_Saint-Wandrille-Rançon.svg|Arms of the town of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon: Vert, a pall wavy Argent accompanied in chief by one mill wheel Or and flanked by two fleurs-de-lys of the same. File:Coat of arms of Khabarovsk.svg|Arms of the city of Khabarovsk File:Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg|Coat of arms of Nigeria File:Coat of Arms of Otto von Bismarck (Supreme Order of Christ).svg|Coat of Arms of Otto von Bismarck (oak leaves in pall) File:Seal of the Shanghai International Settlement.svg|Seal of Shanghai Municipal Council, Shanghai International Settlement

Flags with palls

Flags party per pall

|Flag of the United States Secret Service.svg|Flag of the United States Secret Service

Flags with charges in pall

References

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(1894). "A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry". J. Parker and Co..
Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. (1904). "The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopedia of Armory". T.C. & E.C. Jack.
Woodward, John. (1892). "Woodward's a treatise on heraldry, British and foreign: with English and French glossaries". W. & A. B. Johnson.

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