[ANSTHRLD] fieldless semy

[Paul Haines]

Which brings us to that ever-so-rarely used tincture, clear.  "No I'm not
naked.  I'm with the band!" -Stephen Wright

I know that on a fieldless badge charges must be touching, but I don't know
why that rule was established.  Can someone explain that for me?

Alden



----- Original Message -----
From: <Kathri at aol.com>
To: <heralds at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] fieldless semy


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> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> In a message dated 7/16/2001 9:59:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
> rhusted at mastnet.net writes:
>
> >>
> is it possible to put a field treatment on a fieldless badge?
>
> <fieldless> semy of X Or
> <fieldless> ermined Or
> <fieldless> estencele Or
> >>
>
>  Sorry, but no.  By definition, a field treatment must have a field to
treat.
>  So "<fieldless> semy of X Or"  is really "n X's Or" where n is the number
of
> X's we can see.   And before someone else says it:  fieldless can only be
> used for badges, and all the charges in a fieldless badge must be touching
> each other in some way (conjoined, maintained, charged with, overall,
etc.).
>  So a scattering of X's is unregisterable as a badge.
>
> And just to prevent confusion about parts that have to touch on a
fieldless
> badge:  an ermine spot is one charge that is often drawn as three dots
above
> a different shape (representing a tail).  "<fieldless> An ermine spot
> [tincture]" is acceptable as a badge (baring conflict) because it is one
> charge that just happens to be drawn "in pieces."  A paw print is another
> example of this.  However "<fieldless> Two ermine spots [in some
position -
> in fess, in pale, in bend] [tincture]" would not be acceptable as a badge
> because the two ermine spots aren't touching each other -- and I can't
think
> of a way to make them touch without making a mess!
>
> Maybe it's time for a field?
>
> Kathri
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