[ANSTHRLD] requesting conflict check

[Teceangl]

>     Quarterly ermine and azure, in bend two crosses something gules.
> or with the quarters reversed.
>
> "Haines, Paul" <PHA at allseas.com> wrote:
> > RfS XI.3.a says, "Such fields may be used with identical charges
> > over the entire field, or with complex lines of partition or charges
> > overall that were not used for marshalling in period heraldry.
> >
> > Technically, we are clear of this, as our charges are identical, are
> > over the entire field (though they are positioned within two
> > quarters), and are not charges used for marshalling.
>
> You are, I'm afraid, completely misunderstanding it.  "Over the entire
> field" means exactly that: that there are identical charge(s) within
> every division of the field, as in
>     Quarterly ermine and azure, four crosses something counterchanged.
> That does not obtain in this case: over half the field is uncharged.

Actually, Master Daniel, not to be difficult (or moreso than usual), but
Alden was right.
All of the charges used on the field are identical.
They are spread out across the field and not all stuck into one quarter.
Therefore this device has "identical charges over the entire field".
So does "Per pale gules and argent, two lions combattant counterchanged."
Two lions, all over the field.  :)
Therefore this proposal defies marshalling by meeting two of the criteria
required to not look like marshalling, identical charges over the entire
field and no quarter appearing to be an independent piece of armory.

> So if it were
>     Quarterly ermine and azure, in bend sinister two crosses something
>     Or.
> Michael would be sunk (again): it looks like quartering Brittany with
> "Azure, a cross something Or".  However, Michael (as I recall) is
> charging only the ermine sections, so he's OK.  The only non-SCA
> plain-field armory is Brittany, so you only have to worry about
> "Ermine".

"Vert."  Libya.

- Teceangl
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