[ANSTHRLD] question about "in saltire"
Teceangl
tierna at agora.rdrop.com
Wed Aug 22 01:39:10 PDT 2001
> So here's an esoteric question for you armory heralds.
> If I have two non-identical things in saltire, how do
> I (or indeed, can I) specify which goes where? In
> other words, which overlaps the other and in what
> order?
Conventionally, the first-named thingy is flat on the field and
in bend, the second-named thingy is on top in bend sinister.
So you take a sword:
S
S
S
S
S
and a bow:
B
B
B
B
B
blazon it as "a sword and a bow in saltire" and you get:
S B
S B
B
B S
B S
And that's no BS. :)
At least, that's how I learned it.
- Teceangl
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