[HPforGrownups] Blazon

[Danette Schardt-Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 21325


--- Rita Winston <catlady at wicca.net> wrote:
> Amanda wrote:
> An article about badgers in SMITHSONIAN magazine
> IIRC in 1999 said the
> name 'badger' comes from the idea of a heraldic
> 'badge', referring to
> those bold white stripes. (Do I recall correctly
> that the 'badge' is the
> logo worn by followers, such as the Rose of England,
> Thistle of
> Scotland, Shamrock of Ireland, etc?)
> 
> Are a critter's markings allowed to violate the
> no-color-on-color azure
> on sable) rule? 

Okay time to dust off my rusty herald's skills (I'm
part of a middle ages reinactment group).  If the
critter is normally portrayed in it's natural or
"proper" colors then it is NOT considered a violation
of the no color on color rule.


> 
> I want the Snape family to have long ago grabbed
> themselves invalid arms
> reflecting their claim to be descended for Salazar
> Slytherin, and all
> I've thought of so far is green background (field
> vert) marked with a
> big black X (saltire sable) with a silver serpent
> plopped down over it
> -- if I said vert, ON a saltire sable, a serpent
> argent, wouldn't the
> serpent be small enough to fit entirely on the
> saltire?
> 

First yes if you blazoned it that way then the
emblazon would show the serpent as entirely on the
saltire.  However here you ARE violating the color on
color ruling if you where to change that the say :
Vert, on a saltire sable fimbriated argent a serpent
argent.  Then you would be within legal bounds with
your arms.  Fimbriated by the way means that you have
outlined something with the named color.  By doing
this you separate the two colors so you remove the
color on color problem.  By doing it in silver(argent)
you make sure you stay within the 2 colors-one metal
rule.  Hope that helps.

Danette

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"Humans? I like humans -- some of my closest friends and finest meals have been human."  Dunkelzahn<a dragon>  "Shadowrun"

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