Purpure and Sable

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Many combinations of purpure and sable (purple and black), especially purpure on sable and sable on purpure, would be considered low Contrastand would be un-registerable using the Core Style rules. They would have to be registered as an Individually Attested Pattern formerly known as a Regional Style Exception.

See SENA - http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#A4


Period Examples:[edit | edit source]

Seibmacher_p058_possible-purpure.jpg BSB277InsigniaFlorentinorum f21r Barbigia purpure-sable.jpg
Siebmacher, 1605, plate 58k, sable cow on purpure or azure field BSB 277, Insignia Florentinorum, 1550-55, f21r, sable on purpure, FB image courtesy of Jeanne de Robin

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