[ANSTHRLD] shire devices
Alasdair MacEogan
alasdair at bmhanson.net
Fri Jun 12 11:59:11 PDT 2009
Childers, Jeff <Jeff.Childers at ttuhsc.edu> wrote:
> There is a question about which direction the eagle SHOULD be facing for
> our shire device here in adlershue. How do I go about finding this out?
First stat with the OANDA to verify the blazon.
Vert, an eagle displayed, wings inverted, within a laurel wreath and a base, all argent.
Being that it is not specified thn the head is defaulted to facing dexter. Regaurdant would mean it is facing sinister. If you are interested there is quite a bit of stuff on eagles in Parker's Glossary of Terms
http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/Jpglosse.htm
You will find that dexter is the default for quite a bit in heraldry.
Alasdair
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