ANSTHRLD - Will this fly?
Ray Smith
rayasmith at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 26 16:37:53 PST 2001
--- Teceangl <tierna at agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a blazon, which ought to be accurate:
> Argent, a woman armed cap-a-pie and maintaining a
> lance fesswise mounted upon
> a winged hart salient vert.
>
> The wings, as you describe them, are in default
> position. "cap-a-pie"
> means head-to-foot and refers to full armor
> including helmet. Style of
> armor is up to the artist. Unless the lance is as
> long as the hart, or
> as tall as the rider, you're fine with it being
> maintained. Just make sure
> it doesn't dominate the design.
>
> The hart and the rider are considered co-primary
> charges, meaning each
> holds the same visual weight. Therefore conflict
> might be called against
> a winged hart slient unridden, or an armed human
> figure without a mount.
>
> Yeah, I thought so... There is a conflict:
> Embrys of Rhyll - April of 1981 (via the Middle):
> Argent, a winged deer salient
> vert, attired Or.
> There is one CD for adding the rider. All
> deer/harts/stags are heraldically
> identical, and attires are too minor a design
> feature to get a CD.
>
> Your client can turn the hart and rider around, or
> add secondary charges.
> A chief, three somethings around the main charges, a
> base, a bordure, or
> any other added charge group would clear this
> design. No complex lines are
> needed. The most elegant fix would be a plain,
> uncharged vert chief, in my
> opinion, and that would make this design clear.
>
> - Teceangl
My client has decided she would like to turn the hart
& rider around, facing right, and add a green base.
She also sent me this rough ASCII depiction of the
hart & rider's posture (before reversing it).
X |
<\\ |() _____
___\\|/| / /
/ /=\\ |/ )~~
/ \ /\ __)
\| \
/ /
\ \
||
Hope this works.
Andre
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