[ANSTHRLD] Name/device client help

[Haines, Paul]

Without seeing a picture, this device sounds rather complex.  It just fits
the complexity count (See below), but doesn't strike me as period style with
three different heads in the main section of the shield.  Also, if the
"banner" is a chief across the top, and the wolf's head is in the center of
an arrangement of three skulls, it sounds like the skulls are in a triangle
formation, which I don't believe can be done on a chief.  I've only ever
seen multiple charges on a chief in fess (horizontal across the chief).  A
better arrangement would be to do - on a chief sable a wolf's head between
two skulls and crossbones argent.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if skulls and crossbones are a period
charge.  There is evidence of skulls (with jaw bone) and deathsheads
(without jaw bone), but I don't recall seeing the "Jolly Roger" skull and
crossbones until after period.

The three heads in the main body of the shield does sound like it could be
slot machine.

Complexity Count
Skulls and crossbones = 1
Wolf head = 1
Tiger head = 1
Eagle head = 1
Dragon head = 1
banner (a chief or a canton) = 1
sable = 1
argent = 1
TOTAL = 8

That's about all I can comment on from work and without a picture.

Cheers,
Alden

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Will Manning [SMTP:dertruwe at hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Monday, September 30, 2002 10:36 AM
> To:	heralds at ansteorra.org
> Subject:	[ANSTHRLD] Name/device client help
>
> The local and I need some help,
>
> The name the client wants is AmaraRaven of Izmir. no documentation given,
> I
> don't even know where to begin to look.
>
> The device is decribed like this - "It is: per saltire argent and sable.
> Across top argent section is a sable banner containing three sable skull
> and
> cross-bones, in the center of this same argent section is a sable wolf's
> head,the sable section to the right contains an argent tiger's head, the
> bottom argent section contains a sable eagle's head and the left sable
> section contains an argent dragon's head."
>
> I have questions about the banner, having never seen or heard of it til
> now.
> 4 different charges, does that qualify as slot machine?
>
>
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> Herr Winther der Trüwe
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>
>
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