[ANSTHRLD] Some help please for a new Herald

[Charles Ó Floinn]

My apologies for muddying the water with my thoughts and thank you for
replying so quickly.  You obviously are able to easily see what I am still
struggling to "decode".

In plain English, the picture is thus:

A blue shield with three golden stars of four points each equally spaced and
following closely above but not touching a gold bar across the middle of the
shield that is bent upwards in its middle and having a golden tower at the
bottom.

I know metal on metal and tincture on tincture is forbidden, yet the word
"with" suggested to me a "chevron with", not "in the same formation as the
chevron" so that is why I stated it as I did.  My apologies for being
confusing.

Charlie Flynn
? Charles Ó Floinn, ?
Kilgore, Texas

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From: heralds-bounces+tons=raf662bravo.com at ansteorra.org
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Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:21 PM
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Subject: RE: [ANSTHRLD] Some help please for a new Herald

Charles,

Were you provided this blazon from a submitter, but no artwork? The mullets
of four points could not be on the chevron (a charged chevron), because they
would be invisible. (The tincture of the mullets, chevron, and tower, is
Or.) The best solution in this case, if you're having trouble with blazon,
is to provide the list with a plain English description of the artwork. I
highly recommend seeing the artwork (or a plain English description of it)
before trying to do any work on it, unless you know for a fact that the
blazon is bulletproof. This blazon leaves too many questions unanswered:
What is the arrangement of the mullets of four points. What is the colour,
if not Or, of the chevron. Is the chevron charged with the mullets of four
points? Remember, that the goal of blazon is to be able to have reasonably
identical emblazons from different artists. I hope this helps...

Yours in Service,

Jayme
Seawinds Pursuivant