Urdée

[Illustration: Urdée]

Radient

[Illustration: Radient]

If a shield is divided into four equal parts, it is said to be
quartered: this may be done two ways, viz.--

[Illustration: Quartered per cross]

QUARTERED PER CROSS--The shield is divided into four parts, called
quarters, by an horizontal and perpendicular line, crossing each other
in the centre of the field, each of which is numbered.

[Illustration: Quartered per Saltier]

QUARTERED PER SALTIER, which is made by two diagonal lines, dexter and
sinister, crossing each other in the centre of the field.

[Illustration: Quarterings]

The Escutcheon is sometimes divided into a great number of parts, in
order to place in it the arms of several families to which one is
allied; this is called a genealogical achievement. The compartments
are called QUARTERINGS.