[ANSTHRLD] pierced chevron issuing ermine spot (was: {TH}orkell. . .)

[Coblaith Muimnech]

Joshua Brandl wrote:
> First Device Blazon:
> Argent a chevron sable issuing an ermine spot tail fesspoint,  
> pierced twice by a chevron inverted gules issuing an ermine spot  
> tail fesspoint.
>
> First Device Image:
> http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll227/aednial/ 
> chevronsablepiercedbychevrongules.gif


In period emblazons, I've seen chevrons issuing things (like linden  
leaves <http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00018706/image_628>  
and fleurs-di-lis <http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001649/ 
image_165>).  And I've seen chevrons braced with chevrons inverted  
<http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00018706/image_530>.  But I  
don't remember ever seeing a chevron pierced by another (or by  
anything else, for that matter).

There's also a potential problem with identifiability where the  
ermine spots are concerned.  Aside from the slight curve on either  
side of the point of each chevron, they're visible only as three  
dots, indistinguishable from an estencel (which is a period charge,  
typically used in semy).  That alone could be cause for return.

You might be able to register something similar, with the chevrons  
braced rather than piercing one another and with something  
identifiable at the points.  I wouldn't think such an arrangement  
unreasonable.


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