[ANSTHRLD] fess urdy, Thor's hammers (was: Device attempt. . .)

[Joshua Brandl]

I was under the impression that if the interior outline was the same as the outside then it was simple enough, similar to the delf/griffin head earlier... if not... then back to the drawing board

> From: eirik at hot.rr.com
> To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 20:35:45 -0500
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] fess urdy, Thor's hammers (was: Device attempt. . .)
> 
>  
> > It's possible that you could end up with three Thor's hammers voided
> > sable if you made the black line much, much thicker.  On the other
> > hand, a Thor's hammer could be ruled too complex to void, based on
> > the guidelines in the cover letter to the November, 1992 LoAR <http://
> > heraldry.sca.org/loar/1992/11/cvr.html>.  I took an image of one I
> > had handy and subjected it to the photoreduction test (as described
> > in the June, 2004 LoAR <http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/
> > 2004/06/04-06lar.html#57>), and the results were not favorable.
> 
> Having done a precedent dive looking at fimbriation only, it seems simple
> geometric charges can be fimbriated. I found that some types of crosses
> can't be fimbriated and I found the following:
> 
> Precedent:
> A bell is not simple enough to void and thus not simple enough for X.4.j.ii
> to apply. [Azelin Cola of Wishford, 08/00, R-East]
> Laurel Sovereign of Arms: Elsbeth Anne Roth
> LoAR Date: 08/01/2000
> Precedents: The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001)
> 
> The fact that a bell is not simple enough would lead me to believe that a
> Thor's Hammer is not simple enough either.
> 
> Eirik Halfdanarson
> 
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