[antir-heralds] Device CC - Per saltire vert & azure, four hounds (um....) argent.

[John Doty]

Greetings again from Sveyn!

Proposed device for Offa Wulfsen ­ I need conflict check and blazoning
assistance.

A rough cut n paste emblazon with some very Celtic-y hounds can be found at
Offa¹s mySpace page, snipped to a workable URL length via TinyURL:

http://tinyurl.com/2u3cax

My very limited (I am VERY rusty) hope at blazoning this ran aground when
trying to describe the position of the hounds (counter-passant, in annulo,
feet to center? I dunno). Needless to say, I¹d be advising the client to
redraw/clipart, etc... the hounds before submitting (though telling him he
can paint the shield with any durned dog he wants) He is working with this
configuration because he intends to display on a center-gripped round, which
means tweaking the heater aesthetic somewhat... Not that anyone in An Tir
uses round shields, so we don¹t know what that is like.

In any event, I went cruising through the Ordinary looking at matched set of
four argent charges on fields divided per Saltire in either combo of vert
and azure, I also looked for instances of 4 hounds on fields per saltire of
any tinctures. Even when I did this with any regularity, conflict checking
was NOT my strong suit.

I considered the following (charges not remotely looking like passant
quadrupeds and addition of other charges) to be clear:
# Myfanwy ferch Angharad
* The following device associated with this name was registered in September
of 1999 (via Atlantia):
Per saltire azure and vert, a fret between four swans naiant argent.

# Brendan of Millersvale
* The following device associated with this name was registered in October
of 1993 (via the Middle):
Per saltire azure and vert, a saltire argent between four millrinds Or.

This two are same field, but really different looking charge in the lone
charge group:
# Bríghid inghean Chonmhaoil
* The following device associated with this name was registered in April of
2005 (via the Middle):
Per saltire vert and azure, four dragonflies argent.

# Cecelia Corr Mháire
* The following device associated with this name was registered in April of
1994 (via the Outlands):
Per saltire vert and azure, in cross four bowen knots crosswise argent.

This one is reverse of field tinctures, plus really different charge:
# Ryryd ap Gwerstan
* The following device associated with this name was registered in May of
2004 (via Atlantia):
Per saltire azure and vert, four sheaves of arrows inverted argent.

Same field, very different charges and diff tincture of charges:
# Dante lo Rosso
* The following device associated with this name was registered in July of
2004 (via Ansteorra):
Per saltire vert and azure, four triquetras points to center Or.

Finally, this one has diff field tinctures (same division), and diff
posture/alignment of charges:
# Mathghamhain MacCionaoith
* The following badge associated with this name was registered in April of
1995 (via Caid):
Per saltire purpure and sable, four hounds courant argent.
for Clann Cathchoin


My thanks

Sveyn