[ANSTHRLD] blazon check

[Kendall Johnson]

Okay.

The submitters original blazon was, Gules a bowl of Hygea proper within a
border embattled argent.

Because there is no definition of "proper" for a bowl of Hygea or cup or
serpent, could we blazon it, Gules a cup or entwined with a serpent vert
within a border embattled argent? But how would we note that she wants "bowl
of hygea" specifically in the blazon?

Many questions to follow. . . .

Rufus


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Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] blazon check

Rufus

You certainly find some good ones.

A Bowl of Hygeia is a chalice encircled by a serpent.

No she doesn't need to be a pharmacist to use this.
There are no restrictions on it since 1995.
"For all of these reasons, then, the proposal lifting the restriction of the
use of the caduceus, rod of Aesculapius, and bowl of Hygeia to those with
medical credentials is affirmed.  These charges are available for use by
anyone wishing to do so, regardless of their medical background, experience,
or credentials." (Da'ud ibn Auda, Cover Letter to the LoAR of October 1995,
pp. 1-2)

The more curious fact is the bowl of Hygeia has
never been registered in SCA armory.  I can find
no evidence that anyone has tried since 1977
going back through 30 years of LoARs.  So we don't
have a proper coloration for it.

There are no default proper for a cup or a serpent
so I would guess you have to specify a tincture
for each.  It is a guess as to what this would
conflict with.  A serpent entwined around an
object is often a co-primary.

I will ask on SCA heralds and send you a graphic
of what it looks like as a pharmacy award.

Magnus von Lubeck

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