Re: legends:coat of arms

From: phy6drhj@ast.leeds.ac.uk (Dean Johnson)

Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 12:30:28 +0000

In article 791797963snz@sollitt.demon.co.uk, Colin@sollitt.demon.co.uk (Colin S Payne) writes:
> In article k04@terrazzo.lm.com berklai@telerama.lm.com (berklai)
> >
> >_could someone please tell me what is usually writted for a coat
> >_of arms
> <snip>
>
> I have just started in nic2 in the uk and have used heraldic
> notation to describe my coat of arms as follows
>   Per Pale Gu and Az Sword of Ar a Dexter Closed Scroll as Third
>   between Five Annuletts Or Leopard Dormant Sa a Chief with Star
>   as Fourth Rising.
>    a) Per Pale Gu and Az
>       meaning:- shield with white line down the center
>                 left side of red, right side of blue
>    b) Sword of Ar a Dexter
>       meaning:- silver sword standing up right on the left
>    c) Closed Scroll as Third
>       meaning:- a rolled up scroll the same colour as the sword
>                 standing upright
>    d) between Five Annuletts Or
>       meanig:- between the scroll and the outside of the shield
>                two annuletts and between the scroll and the middle
>                line three annuletts all in gold
>    c) Leopard Dormant Sa a chief
>       meaning:- a black leopard sleeping in the top third of the
>                 shield
>    d) with Star as Fourth Rising
>       meaning:- a star of gold rising above the leopard
>
> as you can see you can build some complex coat of arms with a few
> heraldic terms.
>
> I hope this is helpfull
> --
> Colin S Payne
> New Malden
> Surrey
> England
>

I must say that when I see a colour flying on a character of this
nature it just makes me want to KILL THEM!

The reason is simple.  I try to keep track of characters and forces
via their colours and with a mouthful like that it get really
annoying.  That actually makes me remember them more.

Dean

References

legends:coat of arms
Colin@sollitt.demon.co.uk (Colin S Payne)
Fri, 03 Feb 1995 07:52:43 +0000

Referenced By

legends:coat of arms
Colin@sollitt.demon.co.uk (Colin S Payne)
Fri, 03 Feb 1995 07:52:43 +0000