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[Tim McDaniel]

On Sat, 8 Jun 2013, Brett Chandler-Finch <naturemakeswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I assumed since swords are by default palewise with point up.  you
> had to declare a nonstandard position otherwise the demi-eagle would
> be coming from the tip of the sword.

Exactly.  The CoA Glossary of Terms, Table 4, expressly says that the
default is as you say, and "a sword fesswise ... has its point to
dexter", so plain "fesswise" works for this.

Danel de Lincoln
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com