[Heralds] Yet another name question
C. L. Ward
gunnora at vikinganswerlady.org
Sat May 5 12:56:50 PDT 2001
>>I have aspirations of putting together an informative
>>"heraldic devices for Vikings in the SCA" web article,
>>with artwork and examples, right after I finish my
>>current names project.
To which Cyniric replied:
>Oh, oh, oh! Can I help?! Please?! I would LOVE to
>aid in this. I might even learn armory to help. :)
Sure. Anyone is more than welcome to help. I thought I'd work through the
standard set of Viking Age art resources and note themes and symbols, then
do the same looking through Hilda R. Ellis-Davidson's "Myths and Symbols in
Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions" (Syracuse: University
Press. 1988). Once I have a list of possible heraldic charges assembled,
then I'd start looking in Fox-Davies for illos of them in heraldic style.
I'd like to present side-by-side the heraldic form and examples from Viking
art.
I also mean to look through photos of picture stones for depictions of
Viking shields. I've seen several that have the field divided in a sort of
gyronny with curved lines running from the center to the edges, and I'll be
darned if I know how to describe that in proper heraldic terminology -- for
example, see the Lillbjärs stone,
http://www.historiska.se/collections/shm-bild/visa_stor.asp?ID=5642 And
I'd like to see if I can find any other good info on possible period shield
designs that might serve as field divisions etc.
::GUNNORA::
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