[ANSTHRLD] Tierces
Joseph Percer
jpercer at gmail.com
Sat Oct 16 17:05:42 PDT 2010
Have a submitter who wants a device that can best be described as:
Sable, on a sinister tierce azure, a tower Or.
I'm under the impression that this violates RfS XI.3 - Marshaling
Also from the West Kingdom Heraldic Templates Page:
http://heralds.westkingdom.org/Templates/Ordinaries/index.htm
The tierce does not appear to have been used in period heraldry; it is
permitted in Society heraldry. However, because a charged tierce looks
like impaled armory, and is unbalanced, tierces may no longer be
charged in Society armory.
Does anybody happen to know of a citation for that, or a precedent? I
have google searched the SCA site and haven't come back with a hit
yet, just a precedent from Alison Metron Ariston back in 88 that
stated a charged tierce was poor style.
Would like to be able to back up my opinion with some precedent for
the submitter.
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Jayme
Joseph M. Percer, AAS, LP
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