[ANSTHRLD] Charge question
doug bell
magnus77840 at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 30 20:18:10 PDT 2010
I don't believe you can fimbriate a point pointed since it is a peripheral ordinary.Magnus
Peripheral Charge Group.
A charge or group of charges that are placed on the field near the
edge of a piece of armory without affecting the rest of the design.
Peripheral charges include (but are not limited to): the chief, the
bordure, the base (including the point pointed), the quarter, the
canton, the gyron, the orle, the double tressure, and flaunches.
Fimbriation.
Outlining a charge in a contrasting tincture. In general, a simple
geometric charge such as a pale, roundel, or heart
may be fimbriated, while a charge with a more complex outline such
as a lion cannot. Fimbriation is only allowed for charges in
the center of the field.
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:09 PM, <charlescalhoun at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Imagine a shield divided PER CHEVRON: if I wanted to make the bottom portion a charge and fimbrate it, what would the charge be called?
> >
> > Sean of Colquhoun
>
> The bottom portion of a divided field would be an odd shape, depending
> on what the escutcheon shape is, and as it takes up, by definition,
> the field, it can't really be a charge itself. I'm not quite sure what
> you're really looking for here. A "point pointed" would be a charge
> that by definition is a type of base (think opposite of a chief),
> triangular instead of flat on the top, thus mimicking a per chevron
> line -- is that what you meant?
>
> I believe a point pointed is simple enough to fimbriate, but obviously
> we'd want to see a picture of what you mean first.
>
> -Emma
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