[Sca-cooks] Early SCA heraldry.

[Jim Fox-Davis]

There were other influences, as well.  The consulting herald who helped me
design my arms in October of 1973 was Lady (now Mistress) Joan of
Crawfordsmuir.  Her device, which I cannot currently recall the blazon of,
appears to be a saltire formed of wire coat hangers.  Think about the name and
the reference.

My own device, which passed Laurel at the January meeting, 1974, is "Sable, an
annulet vert, fimbriated argent, overall a sword pointing to sinister Or."
Or, a blade, surmounting an 'O'.

Blade. . .Oh.

Blaydeaux.

It has, over the years, also been referred to as the moldy bagel, the green
cheerio, and an off-color London Underground sign.

Jared
(who received his middle name, Alexandre, as a birthday present one year from
his herald wife)


On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:57:22 -0500 Michael Gunter <countgunthar at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> >Ah. the first three books of the scanned
> heraldry emblazons. Yes.
>
> Something that we tend to forget is that the
> early SCA was founded
> by a bunch of teen and 20-somethings who were
> not here to recreate
> the Middle Ages so much as to have fun, get
> drunk and try to score.
> They never expected their little game to grow
> much beyond the
> party. I'm not just talking about the first or
> second events but more
> like probably the first 5 years. After that
> point I think they began
> to get a little nervous.
>
> So they had wonky heraldry. They were kids
> drunk on Tolkein and
> Led Zep.
>
> And it is often still the case. The current
> King of Ansteorra, Patrick
> Michael V, designed his arms to look like a
> smiley face.
>
> >I've always favored Erin Go-Burn-the-Braugh,
> or however she spelled it.
>
> Nice. I've always loved Laurien Darksbane as my
> favorite grandfathered name.
> Ansteorra once awarded an AoA to a lady who
> insisted on being called
> Infinity of the Unicorn.
>
> It makes my head hurt.
>
> >-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
>
> Gunthar
>
> (Actually, my head hurts because I was changing
> out ethernet plugs on one of
> the company machines and cracked it against the
> corner of a metal cabinet.
> I'm
> pretty sure it's a minor concussion.)
>
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