ES - Heraldic question
Darius and Monica
dmmerlick at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 15 12:12:35 PST 2000
Argent = Silver which is represented in heraldic art as white
Ermine = white with black dots and specks representing ermine tails (an ermine is
a ferret in whinter coat)
Rhonda New wrote:
> Argent = silver
> Ermin = white
>
> /Ly Elizabeth Hawkwood
> (if I'm wrong, someone please correct us all!)
>
> Lady Genevieve wrote:
>
> > Tomas--
> >
> > I'm really heraldically ignorant. What is the difference between argent
> > and ermine? And would it help if we changed the decrescent to an
> > increscent? Would that still conflict?
> > Thanks for the advice!
> >
> > Genevieve del Gamba
> >
> > >Another possibility could be to change the Argant tinctures to Ermine which
> > >would accomplish the same 2 CDs while maintaining the general color scheme.
> > >
> > >Tomas
> > >
> > >> The easiest change might be to change all the argent tinctures to
> > >> Or. This would give two CDs from the original conflict. However, I
> > >> have not yet conflict checked the resulting arms. I will try to do
> > >> so by tonight. Would this combination be acceptable to you?
> > >>
> > >> Caelin
> >
>
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