SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #276
L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt
liontamr at ptd.net
Wed Sep 17 09:53:49 PDT 1997
-brid
(still looking for heraldic cheese, and fairly sure that a rondel will not
pass- perhaps a triangle?)
I love a coincidence! This is from the "barely-1-day-old" letter from Laurel
Queen of Arms.
Tibor
>From the section on accepted arms:
Michael Houlihan. Badge. Vert, a wedge of Emmental cheese reversed Or.
There is a pattern of using foodstuff in medieval armory. For
instance, the arms of the Worshipful Company of Grocers are Argent
a chevron gules between nine cloves sable., granted 1532, and their
crest is On a wreath argent and gules, a camel statant Or, bridled
sable, on his back two bags or pepper argent powdered with cloves
and corded sable., granted 1562. Pretzels are found in the arms of
the Bakers Guild of Augsburg, dating from the 16th Century. This
is the defining instance of the use of cheese in SCA armory, and in
particular Emmental cheese. Emmental is the correct name for what
is sold as Swiss cheese in the United States. It is a period
cheese, which was sold in wheels and blocks. While we do not
normally show objects in trian aspect, we see no problem with
making the default wedge of cheese to be in trian aspect since it
aids in identifiability, as in the case of dice or tabors. The
default position of a wedge of cheese is hereby with the cut point
to dexter (as if it were a spear or sword) and the rounded edge
to sinister and the whole being more or less fesswise as if lying
upon a table. The standard shape would be a wedge of about 300. to
600. angle, about twice as long as thick. This makes the submitted
form a wedge of cheese reversed.
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