[ANSTHRLD] Who wants to gimme a hand here?

[James]

ahhh okay. They are supposed to be ravens. I took the pic part from the
dublin raven. but I guess the hairy ones could do as well. I really thought
three of them for a while, but the whole
odin follower persona thing fit better with two. forethought and hindsight I
think are better facing opposite directions. but that might have been just a
'looks' thing in my own head, if it's "mo' betta" with them being hairy and
facing the same direction I can do that. I just can't DRAW it. *rofl*
I can do the non hairy ones. haha. Facing the same way shouldn't be a
biggie.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Smith" <jds at randomgang.com>
To: "'Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.'"
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Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Who wants to gimme a hand here?


> James wrote:
> > Disclaimer before you screech in pain or anger at me :) I did a little
> > reading, but only enough
> > to know I know diddly about heraldry. I 'think' this is okay. and I am
> > fairly sure it doesn't
> > conflict with anything, but blazons make my brain hurt.
>
> Hey, questions are what this list is for! No disclaimer necessary.
>
> >[...]
> > it is at http://www.windfire.net/test.jpg
>
> I would blazon this as "Vert, a valknut and on a chief Or two birds
(ravens?
> Not hairy enough) close respectant sable."
>
> > I heard heralds don't like the valknut so forgive me on that
> > part, if you
> > will. Other than that feel
> > free to verbally tear it to shreds. :)
>
> The valknut was ruled still acceptable as a charge as recently as June
2002,
> and was registered as recently as March 2006:
>
> [Sable, a valknut inverted argent] The Letter of Intent asked us to
> rule on whether the valknut should continue to be registered. As noted in
> the LoAR of September 1993, the valknut is a period artistic motif which
was
> not used in period heraldry. It was incorporated into SCA heraldry and has
> been registered infrequently but steadily thereafter. The September 1993
> argument in favor of the valknut's registration appears to continue to
hold
> true. It is identifiable when inverted, just as a triangle is identifiable
> when inverted.
>
> Would-be users of the valknut should take note of the fact that its
> "thin-line" nature can make it difficult to identify. Poor contrast, small
> size or overlying charges are all likely to render it unidentifiable.
Since
> this device uses the valknut as the only charge on a high contrast field,
it
> maintains its identifiability splendidly. [Esteban de Quesada, 06/02,
> A-Lochac]
>
> So I'd say that part is good to go. A quick glance through both the 'knot'
> and 'triangle' categories in the online O&A didn't turn up any conflicts.
It
> would be better period style if the two birds faced in the same direction,
> and there were three of them, but that's just my preference. :)
>
> -Emma
>
>
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