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- From: Beth.Appleton@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Appleton)
- Sender: FredGate@ocitor.fidonet
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- Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
- Subject: German heraldry
- Message-ID: <725754637.F00002@ocitor.fidonet>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 12:59:16
- Lines: 35
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- JM> Greetings from Arval!
-
- JM> Gwenllian wrote:
-
- > Ok, do you have a single, widely available, English-language
- > source for these German words? One that the
- > local herald of Podunkia
- > will be able to access when trying to figure out just what the
- > emblazon should be so they can determine conflict?
-
- JM> I don't think it is reasonable for blazonry to
- JM> stand in the way of the use
- JM> of a period armorial design element. Blazonry, as
- Well, neither do I. I just like to safeguard the West Texas folks,
- who are seriously handicapped in terms of library-based heraldry texts.
- Probably the Pic-Dic would be the best way to go, although that could
- start getting expensive, much as it is an expensive proposition to keep
- a current copy of the SCA Ordinary & Armorial. I'm cheap and broke,
- and like to look out for the others who may be in that position.
- ...
- > blazon which has the problem you speak of?
- > (German described in multi-
- > word string).
-
- JM> Winifred Schyppewallebotham "Per bend Or and
- I was trying to get the original poster to give a real example,
- instead of just repeating their complaint :/ But, it is good to see
- concrete example. Is there anything that complicated in Anglo-french
- heraldry that uses a similar type arrangement? Hmmmmm, you know, that's a pretty long word. Given German language construction, that's at
- least a 3-word description in english, I'd bet......
- Gwenllian Cwmystwyth <who doesn't feel sufficiently educated in
- this case to trot out the title...>
- Ansteorra
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- * Origin: Herald's Point * Steppes/Ansteorra * 214-699-0057 (1:124/4229)
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