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A Sub-Ordinary which surrounds
the field, is of equal breadth, and takes up one
fifth part of it, and is generally assumed, or
granted as a difference; charged border's may allude
to maternal descent, when borne Componée to
illegitimacy. If a coat containing a Border, is
impaled with another coat, it extends only to the
line of impalement. If a Border is charged with
bezants, plates, billets, or pellets, it is termed a
Bordure Bezantée, Platée, Billetée, and Pellettée;
all other charges must be named with their
tinctures. When a border is plain it is thus
blazoned; Sa. a bordure ar. The Border is subject to
all the different forms of lines belonging to the
Ordinaries
Parker says: this bearing,
which is reckoned among the sub-ordinaries, occupies
one-fifth of the field. It is generally used as the
mark of a younger branch of a family. Charged
bordures in ancient armoury are supposed to allude
to maternal descent. In some cases they are possibly
augmentations. It is, however, evident from the
bordure being sometimes the only charge in a coat,
that it is a distinct and original bearing.
In summary: the Bordure
may be used as a mark of difference, an
augmentation, or simply a design element.
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