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=Heraldic Primer (old version):=
'''New version is at''' http://heraldry.sca.org/armory/newprimer/h4f5.shtml
The field may be divided into multiple sections in certain conventional ways. The field is still considered to be a single layer, so no section is considered to be "on" any other.
In general the sections of a divided field are [http://heraldry.sca.org/primer/blazon.html#blazon_verb blazoned] in the order that one would read a page: primarily from top to bottom and secondarily from left to right, as one faces the shield.
==Two-part Field Divisions==
{| class="wikitable"
| ''Per bend'' sable and argent. || ''Per bend sinister'' sable] and argent]. || //Per chevron// sable and argent. || ''Per chevron inverted'' sable and argent.
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perbend.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perbendsinister.gif
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perchevron.gif
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perchevroninverted.gif
|-
|| //Per fess// sable and argent. || //Per pale// sable and argent.
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perfess.gif
||http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perpale.gif]]
|}
==Three-part Field Divisions==
Note that "per pall" and "per pall inverted" should divide the field evenly into three parts.
{|
| ''Per pall// sable, argent, and gules. || //Per pall inverted// sable, argent, and gules.
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perpall.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/perpallinverted.gif]] 
|}
==Four-part Field Divisions==
{|
| ''Per saltire// sable and argent. || //Quarterly// sable and argent.
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/persaltire.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/quarterly.gif]]
|}
=='''Eight-part Field Division'''==
{|
|''Gyronny// sable and argent.
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/gyronny.gif]]
|}
=='''Many-part Field Divisions'''==
With these divisions, the number of parts is usually an unspecified even number greater than four.
{|
| ''Paly// sable]] and argent]]. || //Barry// sable and argent.|| //Bendy// argent and sable. || //Bendy sinister// sable and argent.
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/paly.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/barry.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/bendy.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/bendysinister.gif
|-
| ''Chequy// sable and argent. || //Lozengy// argent and sable. || //Pily// sable and argent.
|-
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/chequy.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/lozengy.gif]]
|| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/pily.gif]]
|}
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