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- From: c34657b@saha.hut.fi (Tuomas Viljanen)
- Subject: Steiermark:(Re: Balkanic Heraldry)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.160516.9177@nntp.hut.fi>
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- References: <1992Nov17.234416.1413@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <1992Nov20.111731.3403@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 16:05:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.111731.3403@odin.diku.dk> klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen) writes:
- >velde2@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Francois Velde) writes:
- >
- >
- >>Steiermark, Vert, a goat clymant Argent, armed and tongued Gules.
- >
- >Are you sure this is a goat? I have seen it used as an example of
- >the heraldic panther. (The panther, like the tyger, is a monster.
- >They are not at all like the real-life animals with similar names.)
-
- Ian Heath, in his "Armies of the Middle Ages" gives this blazon for the Dukes
- of Steiermark (Styria):
-
- "Vert, a griffin clymant sans wings Argent, armed and fire issuant from its
- mouth Gules"
-
- Hope this helped.
-
-
- ++ Tuomas Viljanen ++ For a battle like Crecy, you do ++
- ++ Lahderanta 20 A 19 ++ not need a military genius like ++
- ++ SF-02720 Espoo FINLAND ++ Edward III. All you need is an ++
- ++ 358-0-592175 or c43657b@saha.hut.fi ++ idiot like Duke of Alencon. ++
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