[ANSTHRLD] Cat sejant with one raised forepaw

[Tim McDaniel]

I recommend keeping a blazon and a link to the original picture in the
thread, and trimming extraneous text.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Alden Drake <alden_drake at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Robert of Coleford / Darnell Daniels <dmage121 at yahoo.com>:
>> "Per chevron vert and sable, between three arrows argent a cat
>> [something] or."
>> http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs157.ash2/41197_1471660004145_1612997228_1127151_7366011_n.jpg
>
> I would blazon the second one: Per chevron vert and sable, a cat
> sejant with forepaw raised Or between three arrows inverted argent.

"Sinister forepaw", to be precise?  The arrows are indeed inverted:
good catch.

On period style, if the submitter cares: "Difficuly in blazon can be
an indication of non-period style."  Especially when you have to
descend to plain English, especially with fiddly detail.  I doubt that
it's returnable, but still, a plain period sejant animal would have
four on the floor.  Charged in their default orientation were more
common than not (else it wasn't likely to be the default); is the
submitter wedded to upward-pointing arrows?

> I might also suggest making the per chevron angle a bit wider (less
> steep).

Why do you suggest that?

Chevrons and per chevrons, I am told, tended to be steeper earlier in
period, so I'm not opposed to steepness pe se.

But a per chevron line should divide the field approximately in half.
It's hard for me to judge, but I think that in this depiction the
sable half is notably smaller.  Should the tip be higher, or perhaps
the tip at the same place but drawn broader?

Danielis Lindecolina
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com