[Mid] Yet another heraldry tale

>> >>> Define "gyrony," please.
>> >>
>> >> Ok, so I can't spell... never took French, anyway...
>> >><grumble, grumble>
>> >> It's the swirly background, like a pinwheel.
>> >
>> >Actually, that's "gyronny arrondy" (the 'arrondy' indicates that the
>> >lines curve, instead of being straight). 'Gyronny' indicates that the
>> >background is divided into multiple equal sections, typically 8 but as
>> >few as six or as many as 16 (more is probably possible, at least in
>> >modern mundane heraldry). Think of the way a pizza (traditional, not
>> >Sicilian) is cut up.
>>
>> Baron Master Foscadh once told me about a friend of his -- sorry, I can't
>> remember who the gentle was, offhand -- whose registered device consisted
>> of a seven-pointed star superimposed over a gyronny of eight...

>
>::blinks, picturing said device, and winces:: Dare I ask (if you know)
>what the colors were? That just sounds painful!

>Typheinne de La Croix
>Shire of Inner Sea, Deputy Herald
>Northshield

No, sorry, I don't...but I *have* (she smiles sweetly) saved even better
for later. Fos has never bothered trying to register his chosen arms
because he knows full well the heralds will bounce 'em from here t'Sunday.
Doesn't stop him from using the arms his friends call...no, I'll save that
for later.

IIRC...I don't remember all the heraldic terms, so bear with me while I
explain in less formal manner...a gyronny of eight, wavy, yellow and red.
The charge is a broken chevron with the nubbly edges that look like the
side of a jigsaw puzzle piece. Got that firmly in your head? Eyes crossed yet?

Now counterchange.

His pals affectionately refer to the critter as "scrambled eggs with
ketchup." And yes, someone *did* paint it on one of his shields...

From: Ree Moorhead Pruehs <rpruehs@ismi.net>
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