[ANSTHRLD] Notes on November ILOI
Paul E. Kiefer, Jr.
rapierman at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 25 22:02:41 PST 2004
--- Doug Bell <debell1 at txcyber.com> wrote:
> "Sable, in bend a wolf rampant contourny and a tankard Or."
> This should be clear of Egan MacFergus June 1997 (via Ansteorra):
> "Sable, a wolf salient contourny between in bend two mullets Or."
> I just want to be sure this is clear because they are visually
> quite similar.
CD for rampant vs. salient, CD for mullets vs. tankard. That's enough
to clear it. I wouldn't worry.
>
> "Gules, a gauntlet sustaining a sword fesswise and in base two doves
>
> displayed argent."
> This looks like 3 different types of charges in the primary group.
> Slot machine return.
Brings up the question: Would a sustained charge be a secondary? Does
it even count?
>
> It is interesting to note that goats do not get a CD from sheep.
But that's a ram, not sheep. Goats have straighter horns while a ram's
horns spiral. Sheep are generic in nature, but I do recall that one
thinks of the "ewe" when referring to sheep. Big visual difference.
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