[ANSTHRLD] question about counterchanging

[kobrien at texas.net]

> Quoth "Joe Percer":
> > And I just get Master Daniel's email saying that it is too complex. So
> > I'll re-do my question, when they say simple geometric charges, are we
> > speaking solely of ordinaries?
> 
> No - things like roundels and billets are also suitable.
> 
> -Aryanhwy


The way "How to tell if something is simple enough to fimbriate" was explained 
to me, a number of years ago, was:

- look at the item you want to fimbriate
- imagine the same item - only larger (as if you had made it bigger on a copier)
- can you put one over the top of the other and have it look like an outline?

If so, it's probably simple enough to fimbriate.  The example we were looking 
at was a celtic cross.  When you put a celtic cross over the identical (only 
bigger) celtic cross, you obscure the detailing in the center of the celtic 
cross.  So, it isn't simple enough to fimbriate.

Something like a delf or lozenge would also be simple enough to fimbriate.  If 
I remember correctly, some crosses are simple enough to fimbriate, some are not.

Mari