[ANSTHRLD] bodkins

[Mor ingen Cathail]

ok... that makes sense... but the artistic license of drawing a bodkin after
passing could come in by registering/emblazoning it as an "arrowhead" yes?

Mór

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg" <rygbee at montana.com>
To: <heralds at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] bodkins


: Mor ingen Cathail scripsit:
:
: > I believe an arrowhead is an arrowhead is an arrowhead, and the drawing of
: its
: > style is artistic license...
:
:
:      Remember that even if things are considered identical as far as
: conflict is concerned, it does  *not*  necessarily follow that how it's
: drawn is merely artistic license.  A horse is a zebra is a donkey, when
: you're checking for conflicts, but when you're blazoning or emblazoning only
: one of those choices will be correct for a particular piece of armory.
:
:      Likewise, if the blazon specifies a pheon, artistic license does not
: extend to drawing  a regular arrowhead.
:
:      That said, I'm not familiar with a bodkin as an arrowhead type, and I
: suspect that any submission of such would require documentation of period
: depictions distinguishing it from other arrowhead types.
:
:
: Your honours in dutie.
:
: Brendan Pilgrim,
: Pilgrim Pursuivant
: ------
: "One should never, on the other hand, mistake one's personal philosophy and
: understanding of those topics for the Word of God handed down on stone
: tablets."
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