Shields

Burke McCrory bmccrory at mercury.oktax.state.ok.us
Fri Dec 6 13:50:02 PST 1996


At 02:44 PM 12/6/96 U, you wrote:
>Dear Kateryn and anyone else confused,
>
>I'm sorry if the discussion has gotten confusing.  We sometimes forget that
>some terms aren't so obvious to people that don't use them all the time.
>
>Heater:  the "iron" shaped shield.  Most used heraldically.
>
>Scutum:  a rectangular shield.  Named after the Roman Legionarries shields.
>
>Wankel:  Shaped like a heater but more rounded.
>
>Kite:  A long triangle with the base at the top and rounded.  Like a circle
>with one part stretched out.
>
>Round, Oval, Square pretty well explains themselves.
>
>That about covers the majority of shields used nowadays.  I hope this helps.
>
>Yers,
>
>Gunthar
>
>

Don't forget Jan's polish wing shield !!!


Burke McCrory
Sir Burke Kyriell MacDonald
burkemc at ionet.net



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