[ANSTHRLD] Armory Help

[jds at randomgang.com]

Daniel <tmcd at jump.net> writes...

>Rod Jackson <culn97 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> She wants, "Purpure, cheveronelles disjointed of three, in chief,
>> fleur de lis of three Or."
>
>If you're not very sure of your skill in blazoning, please describe
>the armory in plain English words.  "of three" isn't a valid blazon
>term on its own: my first thought was that the chevronels (note
>spelling) were split into threes, but that can't be true of the
>non-disjoint fleur (s)-de-lis in chief.  What does a "chevronel
>disjointed" look like?

I just happened to have Neubecker sitting next to the computer and looked the
illustration up.  It's... well, not really even fracted. Picture a few
chevronels (presumably three?), with a broken bit missing out of the middle of
one arm, each.  Bad ascii drawings:

"normal" chevron/chevronel:

   /\
  /  \
 /    \
/      \

"disjointed" chevron/chevronel:

   /\
     \
 /    \
/      \

Parker says all forms of broken chevrons are extremely rare, and while he does
go on to show a few examples, this isn't one of them.

-Emma de Fetherstan

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Jennifer Smith
jds at randomgang.com