[antir-heralds] cc - Fieldless, on an ermine spot argent a hurt o r Fieldless, an ermine spot argent.

Judy Harcus jharcus at prcn.org
Sun Mar 25 10:50:43 PDT 2007


As "Fieldless, an ermine spot azure" was registered in 2004, I was 
pretty sure it would be allowed. 
Thanks for locating the precedent to confirm it.

Alicia

amoffatamoffat at juno.com wrote:

>Consider the precedent:
>
>[Fieldless, an ermine spot, drawn with "balls" not conjoined to 
>the "tail"] "It is Lord Laurel's considered opinion that an ermine 
>spot should be considered a single charge, and so this does not fall 
>under the ban on fieldless charges consisting of disconnected 
>charges." (LoAR 8/91 p.13). 
>
>So, the ermine spot should be okay in a fieldless badge.
>
>David, Electrum
>
>
>
>-- cameronfamily3 at juno.com wrote:
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>>I have a client who would like: "Fieldless, on an ermine spot 
>>    
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>argent 
>  
>
>>a hurt." for a badge.
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>
>        Being given the opportunity to flaunt my ignorance, I ask this
>question:  Is an ermine spot an appropriate item to use as a badge?  I
>have a soft spot (as it were) for ermine spots (see below), but I've 
>been
>told that badges are supposed to be completely free-standing, such 
>that a
>badge could be, say, cast in pewter, and none of the bits would fall 
>off.
> An ermine spot by its nature comprises four separate pieces -- three
>dots and a "tail" -- which are not attached to each other.  Is that 
>going
>to work?  Or will the hurt hold them all together, regardless?
>
>        Havoise de Rohan
>        Azure, four lozenges in cross argent, each charged with an 
>ermine
>spot sable
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