Re: [Mid] Yet another heraldry tale

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Ree Moorhead Pruehs wrote:

>
> >> >>> 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>

ACK!!!!

::screams, runs, hides under her bed:: I think you may have to commit me
for that one...

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

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