Re- SC - Hierarchy-Cathe

[Mark Schuldenfrei]

  -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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