[ANSTHRLD] pictorial armorial

[Tim McDaniel]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Alden Drake <alden_drake at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Yes, scanning a color emblazon from a submission form and cropping
> out all the non-emblazon bits is a considerable time saving way of
> putting together a graphic armorial, but I've seen my fair share of
> colored emblazons, and they aren't always the most eye appealing.  I
> might suggest using the line drawings and coloring them in via
> computer.

What's the purpose of a kingdom pictorial armorial?  One useful
purpose is to answer a moderately frequent question I see: "would
someone please pull the device form for <N.> and see whether the axe
is a maintained or sustained charge?"

Another purpose I can imagine is for scribes, to indicate how the
submitter may think that the armory ought to be depicted.
E.g., Laurel strips "Florencee" from blazons, but a Florentine persona
sometimes does prefer a Florentine-style fleur-de-lys.

Also, we register the emblazon, not the blazon.

I think that modern submissions at least should use the depiction on
the forms.

> For the fact that personal information is given on the submission
> forms, I don't want scans of those forms traveling around to people
> who aren't heraldic officers.

Besides the heralds you mentioned, there is usually a staff in the
Laurel office who shuffles and scans packets, and they often aren't
Official Officers.

Danett de Lincoln
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com