[ANSTHRLD] a proposed device
tmcd at panix.com
tmcd at panix.com
Mon May 14 22:40:45 PDT 2007
On Tue, 15 May 2007, Serpentine Pursuivant <lochherald at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, is the rising from flames bit default for a phoenix or not?
> To me it would seem that it would "have" to be rising from flames to
> be a phoenix and not a demi eagle.
You should get a copy of the Pic Dic from the SCA Stock Clerk.
PHOENIX -- ... It is shown as a demi-bird issuant from flames.
Medieval emblazons always give it an elaborate crest atop its head
... modern emblazons often show it as simply a demi-eagle.
The phoenix is displayed by default; even when blazoned "rising
from flames", as it often is, its posture is displayed, not the
heraldic posture of rising. The flames need not be blazoned;
without flames, it wouldn't be a phoenix.
> Hedwig the cross eyed Herald
had a very shiny nose
Dannet de Lincoln
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Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com
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