[ANSTHRLD] Cat sejant with one raised forepaw

[Joshua Brandl]

i am not 100% sure, but does the chevron count as a charge and thus subject to the metal/metal, color/color rule ? i know something like a fess would be...

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:06:48 -0700
> From: logiosophia at yahoo.com
> To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Cat sejant with one raised forepaw
> 
> I have found six instances of SCA registrations with the posture sejant, forepaw raised (Seven if you count a 2005 registration where the raised paw maintained a plate).  None of them elicited comments in the LoAR.
>  
> Catan ingen Míchíl. Device. Argent, a domestic cat sejant guardant dexter forepaw raised sable and on a chief embattled azure two needles inverted in saltire argent.  (LoAR Feb 2010)
>  
> Ulayyah bint Naima. Name and device. Argent, a winged cat sejant regardant dexter paw raised azure.  (LoAR Oct 2001) Was registered without comment.
>  
> Ceridwen ferch Thomas. Name and device. Gules, a griffin sejant dexter forepaw raised and tail nowed, an orle argent. (LoAR Oct 2000)
>  
> Svanhildr Valdimarsdóttir. Name and device. Purpure, two winged cats sejant respectant dexter paws raised and in chief a decrescent argent.  (LoAR Jun 2000)
>  
> Ariella of Devonshire. Device. Per pale azure and sable, a cat sejant guardant, dexter forepaw raised, between three cups argent. (LoAR Jan 1997)
>  
> Harald de Sort Ulv af Danelaw. Badge. Argent, a wolf sejant contourné, sinister forepaw raised, sable. (LoAR Apr 1981)
>  
> IMO the scarcity supports Daniel's view -- registerable but indicative of no-period style.
>  
> Tostig
> 
> --- On Wed, 8/25/10, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Cat sejant with one raised forepaw
> To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 9:28 AM
> 
> 
> 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) ...
>  
> 
> Danielis Lindecolina
> -- 
> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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