[ANSTHRLD] shire devices

[Alasdair MacEogan]

Tostig has a good point.  Looking at the registered blazon assumes that the registered blazon matched the registered emblazon.  Not always the case though I would recommend that if you ever find a mistake to bring it to the attention of the college so it can be remedied.

Alasdair

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Alasdair MacEogan <alasdair at bmhanson.net>
>  Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] shire devices
>  Sent: 12 Jun '09 13:59
>  
>  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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