[ANSTHRLD] Restricted Tressure

[Tim McDaniel]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Nicolette de Loria <nicolettedeloria at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, a vocal herald here that has a book question.  What does a
> tressure look like?

There's a work that's been Webbed, James Parker's _A Glossary of Terms
Used in Heraldry_, at
    http://www04.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ta2/saitou/ie401/index.htm
usually just called "Parker".  Framed and unframed versions are
available there.

WARNINGS.  This is Victorian, when they hadn't recovered from "the
heraldry of the decadence".  Some of the scholarship is outdated.
Some things mentioned are inventions of heraldic treatises never seen
in reality, or unnecessary, or hardly used.  Some items are
post-period.  But to look up an unfamiliar term, and often to see a
picture, it's extremely convenient and thorough.

The tressure is described at
    http://www04.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ta2/saitou/ie401/Jpglosst.htm#Tressure

Parker even used a tressure FCF as his example (impaled with episcopal
arms, so ignore the dexter (viewer's left) side of the shield):
    http://www.geocities.co.jp/EpicureanTable/7566/587b.gif

Daniel de Lincolia
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