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COLLEGE OF HERALDS - commentary archive
Letter of Intent #82
Knute Hvitabjörn
1. Ælfgyfu seo hearpestre -Azure, a cross raguly argent between a harp
Or and three geese rising wings elevated and addorsed argent.
Clear
2. Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - Or, a pall gules between three dog's paw
prints sable.
There is a wierdness for the non-period SCA compatible paw print.
Clear
3. Alaric Parthenay - Vert, three hearts Or.
The sizes of the hearts should be the same.
Uta von dem Lindenwald - November of 1995 (via the Middle):
Gules, in pall three linden leaves stems conjoined Or.
CD field, CD orientation
Annabella of Lochwinnoch - January of 2003 (via Atlantia):
Purpure, three hearts Or.
Single CD for field
Return for conflict
4. Delftwood, Barony of - (Fieldless) A cog wheel per bend azure and
argent.
Clear
5. Delftwood, Barony of - (Fieldless) A saltire moline gyronny argent
and azure
Clear
6. Delftwood, Barony of - (Fieldless) A mistral contourny argent.
Clear
7. Eldjarn Sveinnbildr - Quarterly sable and argent, two double-bitted
axes in saltire counterchanged.
Clear
8. Elena Tailleur - Argent, a dragon segreant vert and on a chief
embattled gules a needle argent conjoined by the thread to a full yarn
quill Or.
Argent, a dragon segreant vert and on a chief embattled gules a needle
palewise argent conjoined by the thread to a full yarn quill palewise
Or
The dragon should be larger. The embattling should be a bit deeper.
The default of long skinny charges on a chief is fesswise. The
orientation of these tertiaries forces the size of the charges to be
greatly reduced. The thread and needle are completely unidentifiable.
Clear
Return for violating RfS VIII.3.
10. Kj{o,}tvi Thorgrimsson - Per pale sable and argent, two axes
crossed in saltire between two wolf's heads erased respectant all
counterchanged.
Per pale sable and argent, two single bitted axes crossed in saltire
addorsed between in fess two wolf's heads erased respectant all
counterchanged
Clear
12. Roland of Foxes Glen - Per chevron inverted sable and gules, in
chief a hunting horn reversed argent.
The hunting horn in this submission is drawn without the traditional
string. The tincture and exact disposition of the string of a hunting
horn appear to be artistic license in period, so without documentation
to the contrary, we assume that the presence or absence of the string
is similarly artistic license. [Siegfried McClure, 04/02, R-Atlantia]
Precedents - François, under MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - March of 2002 (via AEthelmearc):
(Fieldless) A hunting horn argent.
CD fieldless, CD facing
Nicaret Grindal de Foix - June of 1984 (via Meridies):
Gyronny gules and vert, a spiral hunting horn reversed argent.
CD field, CD unforced change of placement
Considered as Gules, on a pile sable a hunting horn reversed argent
Roger von Allenstein - June of 1975:
Gules, on a pile sable fimbriated argent the sword of Damocles pendant
Or.
Single CD for multiple changes to the tertiaries
Return for conflict.
13. Tywyll Coetir, Shire of - Argent, a tree blasted and eradicated
sable within a laurel wreath vert, on a chief sable three mullets
argent.
Argent, a tree blasted and eradicated sable between two sprigs of
laurel crossed in saltire vert, on a chief sable three mullets argent
... the laurel wreath is not drawn correctly. "A properly drawn laurel
wreath should not have sufficient room between its tips to place
another charge. [Darkstone, College of, 02/00, R-Middle]" [Uma, Shire
of, 10/01, R-Drachenwald]
Precedents - François, under WREATH
The chief is too thin.
Clear
Redraw
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