ANSTHRLD - Armory conflict check: Duncan M

[Teceangl]

> I thought that was overturned?  On the grounds that some period depictions of 
> unicorns were essentially horned horses, and that we have to clear conflict on 
> all acceptable emblazons.  
> http://www.millersv.edu/~english/homepage/duncan/medfem/unicorn.html  includes 
> some typical representations of unicorns in tapestries, very similar to horse 
> depictions of the time. 

And we thank our lucky stars that heralds weren't common artists and common
art wasn't heraldry.
Nope, no matter what period artists did (and from my perusal of period
art and scribal productions they did some pretty amazing things) the
heralds knew they were dealing with two entirely different critters.
(Unicorns are related to goats, BTW, not horses.  The horse connection is
definitely post-period and likely a product of the Romance Age.)
Everything else that fuzzes the issue I blame on bad rendition.  :)

- Teceangl
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