[ANSTHRLD] Manual of Heraldry on Project Gutenberg site

[Mike C. Baker]

For those who might not have seen my addendum on other lists (plus some
additions even to that):
The printing available currently via Project Gutenberg appears to date
from 1862 ("5th edition"), based upon internal evidence following the
primary text.  At near the beginning of the catalog of other offerings
from this printer...

The "full" HTML document including the illustrations may be useful as an
electronically portable alternative to the PicDic -- BUT there is a
better visual source available at
http://www.aeheralds.net/Links/AE_Traceable_Art/TraceableArt.html, 

AND clients / new heralds should be strongly warned that the Anonymous
1845 goes into depth on diminutives of some common charges that we Do
Not Use (e.g. in the bend, chevron, and chief descriptions &
illustrations).  Both the Anonymous and the PicDic are best used as
preliminary references or for something besides the final development of
a submission.  

(Note that there are differences of opinion about the role that the
PicDic should play going forward -- and tremendous respect from at least
some of us for what it has meant for the history of SCA heraldry!)

Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe (Mike C. Baker)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: heralds-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org 
> [mailto:heralds-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of 
> Hillary Greenslade
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 7:56 PM
> To: Heralds
> Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Manual of Heraldry on Project Gutenberg site
> 
> Got this off another list, may be of interest.  
> Check it out, Hillary
> 
> >Project Gutenberg has the Manual of Heraldry, 5th edition available -
I 
> >ran across it recently. May be of interest to some. The direct link
to 
> >their downloads page is http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16273
> >
> >The book does not appear to have a publication date on it (however
the 
> >Order of Precedence shows "as of the present time, ...the 8th year of

> >the reign of Queen Victoria", which would be 1844/1845. It also
claims 
> >400 woodcut engravings. I used Sunrise XP and stuck it on my (very
OOP,
> >alas) Palm handheld - about 1.5 MB downloaded with the illustrations.
> >The plain text is considerably smaller.
> >
> >... Bruce