[ANSTHRLD] Blazon

tmcd at panix.com tmcd at panix.com
Fri Jan 30 12:04:41 PST 2004


Sara L Friedemann <liana at ellipsis.cx> wrote:
> Quoth "BOWERMAN, MATTHEW S. (JSC-DV6) (USA)":
> > How about making the border embattled sable?
> 
> Do you mean the bend?  Yes, that would get you a CD against
> I{dh}ris.

A pale engrailed is

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Engrailing was substantially more common in period, but it's harder to
draw than embattling.

There's also indented:

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Again, more common in period than in the SCA.
So you get more common period style and avoid something of an SCA
cliche.

Of course, turning it to a bend avoids I{dh}ris too, but it would hit
other potential conflicts.

Daniel de Lincolia
-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com; tmcd at us.ibm.com is my work address



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