Schacht (heraldry)

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Four rows to three places of red-silver box (coat of arms of the city of Ellrich )

Schacht , also flaked, diced, ashlar pieces, chess, symbolic cards, square chip , is in heraldry the term for a multiple division and division of a shield into several square places of the same size , which have to alternate in the tincture ( checkerboard pattern ). It is a heraldic image .

The shaft is always rectangular, horizontally and vertically, and when stretched diagonally, it is called roughened . If the chess pattern is shown in the form of a bar , it is referred to as a chess bar or a nested bar .

Blazon

The following agreements apply to the blazon (description of the coat of arms): If there are more than nine seats, these are not counted. In this case one speaks of an uncounted slaughtered shield, slaughtered without addition. These are counted up to nine places. A nine-chested shield is a very common herald image in the group of slaughtered coats of arms. It is created by dividing and splitting twice. Five of the squares, divided in alternating tincture, form the field and four form the herald's picture.

When blazoning a shield with, for example, red and silver (white) squares, you start by specifying the top right (heraldic) square, e.g. B. in the case that this is red: "A chess for nine places or nine chess of red and silver."

The nine-shaft shield can also be viewed as a cross broken out in the middle . Since the cross touches the edge of the shield on all arms, the figure remains a herald's image from this perspective.

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Commons : Geschachten Wappenfelder  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Sealed heraldic figures among other things  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files