[ANSTHRLD] Definitions of ....
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tmcd at panix.com
Fri Oct 28 13:15:49 PDT 2005
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Deborah Sweet <dssweet at okstate.edu> wrote:
> >> Stocks
> >Could be stocks like for imprisonment, or could be a tree-trunk.
>
> Per pale Or and argent, a chevron azure between three stocks couped
> sable all within a bordure azure. Stephan Blakstok - device - 1995
>
> So I'm guessing tree-trunks.
Hmmm. Checking the Pic Dic: STUMP points to TREE, and TREE includes
A "stump" or "stock" is the bottom part of the tree, left after
the tree has been felled; its top edge is usually couped, but is
sometimes found "snagged", with the rough top surface tilted to
the viewer. A "trunk" is a somewhat longer form of stump.
Huh. One time when assuming the most sexual meaning in the SCA was
incorrect. Sorry.
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> Gules, a monk's hood Or. William Worm - device - 2001
> I'm vaguely remembering article of clothing, but I could be wrong.
Having the exact month of the LoAR is a kindness, because LoARs and
LoIs are filed by month. August 2001.
The raw SCA Armorial lists it under the category
"CLOTHING-HAT:1:or:spa". The LoAR registration has:
William Worm. Device. Gules, a monk's hood Or.
Possible conflicts were called against Catherine the Merry,
Azure, a fool's cap Or, and Amata Quentin Motzhart, Gules, a
jester's cap lozengy argent and sable. In both cases, a
necessary CD must come from the type of the hat. There is a
CD between a monk's hood, and either a jester's/fool's hat or
a jester's hood. Both these latter charges, according to the
Pictorial Dictionary, have tall padded pointed horns ending
with bells and cannot be visually confused with the monk's
hood.
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> > Zule
>
> Chess-rook.
No.
Anas ibn Haroun Abd al-Zaki. Badge. [Fieldless] A zule sable.
A possible conflict was called against Salaamallah the
Corpulent (SCA), Papellonny Or and gules, a chess-rook
sable. Several modern heraldists equated the two
charges. However, according to the PicDic the English
confusion between zule and chess rook can't be period: the
charge, originally Dutch, was introduced into England during
the reign of William of Orange (1689-1702). The name is
from Dutch zuil `column'. While it is not entirely certain
that the charge was originally intended to represent a
column, there appears to be no doubt that it wasn't intended
to represent a chess rook. Given that in period they were
not considered the same charge, and there is no real visual
similarity, there is a CD between the two.
Confirmed August 1999 (Endless Hills, Barony of, AEthelmearc
acceptances).
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>>> Mistral
>>Some kind of weird depiction of wind.
Hardly "weird". It's a standard heraldic depiction of a wind.
> I had been thinking it might have been a bird because it was
> "contourny".
Huh? Anything with an orientation can be contourny, though it tends
in the SCA to be used more with animate charges.
Denyel de Lincoln
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