Complex lines: Invected and Engrailed

Post date: Jul 18, 2016 8:32:42 PM

I always get invected and engrailed confused. There are a lot of places that the complex line can be used, and the rules are not always easy to remember. Modar covered this on his university page, but I've dug up examples as a learning exercise for myself.

The March 2007 LoAR Cover Letter defines them for us:

"We therefore confirm and expand our current definition: A field division engrailed has the points to the "honorable" part of the shield: Per fess, per chevron, per bend and per bend sinister engrailed have the points to chief, while Per pale engrailed now has the points to dexter. A field division invected has the points to the less honorable part of the shield: Per fess, per chevron, per bend and per bend sinister invected have the points to base, and Per pale invected has the points to sinister."

Chief

Base

Pale

Fess

Bend

Bend Sinister