[ANSTHRLD] clear or not?

[kevinkeary at aol.com]

Are you saying that in any fairly simple armory with a field parted in 
two equal parts and all charges counterchanged, reversing the tinctures 
automatically produces (at least) TWO CDs? That just feels wrong 
somehow. Whether it follows the LETTER of the rules or not, it seems to 
violate the concepts behind the rules.

('At least' because you could be changing the tinctures of primary, 
secondary and tertiary charges).

And dyslexics would see no differences at all...
(I know, gules and vert are the same to most colorblind people, too.)

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Teceangl <tierna.britt at gmail.com>
To: Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc. 
<heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:59 am
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] clear or not?



> Consider:
> Per pale azure and argent a chevron rompu counter charged.
>
> vs
> Johann von Traubenberg
>
>   - The following device associated with this name was registered in
>   November of 1990 (via the East):
>   *Per pale argent and azure, a chevron rompu and in base a bunch of 
grapes
>   counterchanged.*
>
> So I am thinking 1 CD for the reversal of color on the field (or is 
that not
> enough of a difference?) and 1 CD for the grapes.

Not quite.

You weren't looking at the RfS when you checked this, or you'd not
have needed to ask.  Tch...  The right tools for the job and all that.
 Load them up and follow along:
http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/rfs.html

X.4.a. gives you a CD for reversing the tinctures of the field.
X.4.b. gives you a CD for adding a secondary charge group. (My
knee-jerk reaction has me thinking 'what about the grapes? Are you
getting a CD for flavor, aroma, excellent art?' - no offense intended,
please, but codify WHAT the CD comes from, it makes it much easier to
keep CDs straight and accurately count difference.)
X.4.d. gives you a CD for reversing the tinctures of the chevron.

So three CDs. :)

-Teceangl
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