[ANSTHRLD] Blazon Question
tmcd at panix.com
tmcd at panix.com
Wed Jan 28 12:16:51 PST 2004
"C. L. Ward" <gunnora at vikinganswerlady.com> wrote:
> http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ladyknights/arms/Bolverk.jpg
>
> I'm guessing it's something like:
> Per bend sinister counter-ermine and argent, in an annulet a Bowen
> knot gules.
The centermost charge is usually the primary charge and is blazoned
first.
Per bend sinister counter-ermine and argent, a Bowen knot within an
annulet gules.
I'm not sure the default orientation of a Bowen knot, whether it's as
depicted as in that illustration or whether it's with the loops up,
down, left, and right (+). If the latter, it's "a Bowen knot
bendwise".
> I know these arms don't have good contrast
They have fine contrast for SCA purposes. A field divided equally of
a color and a metal is considered neutral, and any tincture can be put
on it so long as identifiability is maintained -- and with gules on
black and white, it is. An ermined tincture has some of the other
tincture class on it (via the ermine spots), which could impair
recognizability -- but here the ermine spots are metal, which *helps*
the gules.
Daniel de Lincolia
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