[ANSTHRLD] Jbrandl10 conflict check/blazon

[Tim McDaniel]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2010, Alasdair MacEogan <alasdair at bmhanson.net> wrote:
> RfS VIII.3 "3. Armorial Identifiability" states "Voiding and
> fimbriation may only be used with simple geometric charges placed in
> the center of the design".

I've had the impression that that refers to charged *on the field*,
but I cannot quickly find a precedent.

> I will give you that you meet the center of the shield
> qualification, but I have been unable (after a brief run through) to
> find a precedent regarding if a Thor's hammer may be fimbriated.

The defining precedent is the Nov 1992 cover letter, but the on-line
copy doesn't have the crucial example illustrations and the illos in
<http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents/bruce/bruce.html#fimbriation>
look mangled in my browser: I see the top half of Fig. A, all of
Fig. B, and none of Fig. C.  In Internet Exploder, I get a little more
of each, oddly enough.  CCing Shauna, Ragged Staff Herald, in case she
has a scan handy.

Danyell de Lincoln
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com