[antir-heralds] NEw earnrokkers -devices for your consideration

[chrisact at qwickconnect.net]

Donna DeBonis, DVM wrote:
> Greetings from Donwenna, 
> Well, I have a new family in our shire that would like to register their names and devices. 
>
> I have uploaded their devices (colored and B&W) to http://picasaweb.google.com/donwenna/ShirePopulaceHeraldry
>
> They are Siobhan and her husband Criostal. Siobhan did the drawings and took a stab at heraldese on the form herself. I took my stab at blazing in the caption of the pictures.
>
> As for their names , I will address that in the next emails so as not to be too confusing.
>
> Please check for conflicts and p-lease verify blazing so we can submit these .
> thanks, 
> Donwenna

Where did Siobhan get that "panel knot"? There is no registered device 
with such a thing, so the burden of proof would be on her to show that 
it is a period *heraldic* charge. Remember VII.2; "Use of an element in 
period art does not guarantee its acceptability for armory." The fact it 
looks like "Celtic knotwork" isn't going to help matters. As well, since 
each thistle has one large and one VERY small leaf, VII.7.a and VII.7.b 
come into play. Frankly, I really doubt this would pass.

As for Criostal's proposal: turn that brown into sable, and explicitly 
blazon the posture of the bow. He'd be well advised to make the bow's 
string skinnier. Other than that, I don't see any problem.

I haven't conflict-checked these.

~~Basil Dragonstrike

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