SENA, Appendix F, Documented Armorial Elements
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Appendix F: Some Armorial Elements that Do Not Need Further Documentation http:heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#AppendixF #AppendixFChargesCharges Charges which were listed as being in use before 1600 in standard references such as Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme and Akagawa Yoshio, A Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry//, Gerald Brault's //Early Blazon//, and James Parker, //A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry// do not need to be further documented. //A Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry// is available from the SCA Stock Clerk. Parker can be found online at: http:''www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/ Many charges which were registered in the distant past are not currently registerable; as our knowledge of pre-1600 practice becomes better, we can say clearly that some charges are not used. It is generally safe to assume that most charges registered in the last decade do not need to be documented to be used (but beware grandfathering, which allows a submitter to register charges that would otherwise not be registerable). Charges which have not been registered in over a decade should be redocumented. #AppendixFComplexLinesComplex Lines The following complex lines of division and complex lines for ordinaries and similar charges were in common use for most of our period:
- embattled
- engrailed
- indented
- wavy
Others are less common, but clearly attested to period:
- bretessed
- dancetty
- dovetailed
- embattled counter-embattled
- enarched/ployé
- flory-counterflory
- indented fleury at the points
- invected
- lozengy
- potenty
- raguly
- rayonny
- urdy
A few complex lines of division that are allowed only with restrictions:
- bevilled: only allowed for per bend, per bend sinister, a bend and a bend sinister; use with charges around it is a step from period practice, use with dissimilar charges around it returnable.
- denticulada: only allowed for bordures
- right step/left step: only allowed for per fess
- rompu: only allowed for chevrons
- triangular: only allowed for a chief
- engouled: only used for bends (and bends sinister)
Other complex lines of division must be documented as having been used before 1600 to be used in an armorial submission. Such lines will generally only be allowed with restrictions, as they were normally used only in certain kinds of simple designs. #AppendixFPosturesA Partial list of Registerable Postures Creatures fall into several categories: quadrupeds, birds, insects (and other invertebrates whose default position is tergiant), fish, humans (and humanoid monsters), and sea-creatures (along with a few other creatures whose default posture is erect). Each has specific defined postures and cannot be registered in the postures suitable for another category without further documentation. This list of postures does not include head positions (such as guardant and reguardant) or wing positions (such as inverted, elevated, addorsed, and displayed; these are often not blazoned). #AppendixFPosturesQuadrupedsQuadruped Postures:
- Rampant (to dexter or sinister)
- Salient (to dexter or sinister)
- Courant (to dexter or sinister)
- Passant (to dexter or sinister)
- Segreant (to dexter or sinister)
- Statant (to dexter or sinister)
- Sejant (to dexter, to sinister, and affronty)
- Sejant Erect (to dexter, to sinister, and affronty)
- Statant Erect (to dexter, to sinister, and affronty)
- Couchant (to dexter or sinister)
- Dormant (to dexter or sinister)
- Winged ones may be displayed, but this is generally a step from period practice
#AppendixFPosturesBirdsBird Postures: A more complete discussion of period bird postures can be found at [[2]]
- Close (to dexter or sinister)
- Displayed (for a bird other than an eagle, this is a step from period practice)
- Volant (to dexter or sinister)
- Migrant (to chief or to base)
- Rising/rousant (to dexter or sinister)
- Naiant (for water birds, to dexter or sinister)
- Striking (to dexter or sinister)
A few birds have specific postures: Peacock in his pride, Pelican in her piety, Crane in its vigilance #AppendixFPosturesInsectsInsects (also frogs, lizards, turtles):
- Tergiant (in any direction, except possibly inverted)
- Haurient (may be embowed or embowed-counterembowed)
- Naiant (to dexter or sinister, may be embowed or embowed-counterembowed)
- Urinant (may be embowed or embowed-counterembowed)
#AppendixFPosturesHumansHumans and Humanoid Monsters:
- Statant (affronty, to dexter, or to sinister)
- Riding a horse or other mount
#AppendixFPosturesSeaCreaturesSea-Creatures, Wyverns, etc.:
- Sejant/passant (to dexter or sinister)
- Erect (affronty, to dexter, or to sinister)
- Winged ones may be displayed, but this is generally a step from period practice
#AppendixFTincturesA Partial List of Registerable Tinctures The main heraldic tinctures are listed in A.3.B.1. Furs are treated as a single tincture; a fur may combine any listed color with any listed metal. For example,gules ermined Or// and //vairy argent and sable are both considered single tinctures. Other heraldic tinctures may only be registered as part of an Individually Attested Pattern.