Editing Lion


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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">See also [[scaheraldry/Cat|Cat]].</span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5;">A "lion passant guardant" is the same as a "heraldic leopard", distinct from a "natural leopard" or "African leopard" which would have spots.</span>

<span style="line-height: 1.5;">The term "lioncel" could be used if there were three or more lions on the arms. </span>De Heraudie (late14c), "quant il y a un leoun, cy est un leoun; quant il passe iij, sount leoncels".


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=Illustrations:= 
==Period sources:==
{| class="wikitable"
| [[File:BSB312_1450-1580_TwoLions.jpg|262x384px|Scheibler'sches]] 
| [[File:ZurichRoll_335-BIENBVRG_c1340.jpg|Zurich]] 
| [[File:BretonArmorial_p019_lionherissony.jpg|Armorial]] 
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| Scheibler'sches Wappenbuch, 1450-1580, BSB 312
| Zurich Roll, c.1340, #335 BIENBVRG, lion
| Armorial le Breton, 15th-16th C., lion herissony?
|}


{|
| [[File:sWB-BayerenLeopards.jpg|293x418px|Wapenboek]] 
| [[File:BretonArmorial_Leopards.jpg|480x426px]] 
|-
| Wapenboek Bayeren, c1400, Netherlands, leopards/lions
| Armorial le Breton, 13-15th c. courtesy of Gunnvor silfrahar
|}

===Armed Lions:===
{|
| [[File:BookofAttire1508-1551_lionchairsword.jpg|Book]]  
| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/BretonArmorial_p006_armed-lion.JPG
| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/BretonArmorial_p006_armed-seated-lion.JPG 
| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/Siebmacher_p041-dieberchtolt_lion-sword-buckler.jpg 
|-
| Book of Attire of the Court of Duke William IV and Albert V of Bavaria, 1508 - 1551, lion on chair unsheathing (?) a sword
| L'Armorial le Breton, 15th-16th century. p 6, lion with axe
| L'Armorial le Breton, 15th-16th century. p 6, seated lion with sword
| Siebmacher, 1605, plate 41, lion with sword and buckler
|}

===Lion with dragon, Lion-bear===
{|
| [[File:BSB291Insignia|BSB]] 
| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/BSB276_32r_liorsa-lionbear.JPG
|-   
| BSB 291. Insignia Anglica, c.1550. f17v. only known example of dissimilar creatures combatant, dragon and lion
| Insignia Nobilium Veronensium... BSB 276, f32r, lion-bear, Liorsa
|}



An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch by Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael):
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/lion-1-gules-pass.html</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/lion-1-or-pas.html</span>
* <span style="line-height: 1.5;">etc.</span>

==Modern:==
'''Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):'''
<span style="display: block; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">
* <span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">''<span style="background-color: #edf6fe; color: #123b66; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[[http://mistholme.com/dictionary/lion/|Lion]]</span>''</span>
</span>

Pennsic Traceable Art Project:

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===Heraldic Primer/other recognized sources:=== 

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===Precedents:=== 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html]]</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Morsulus Heralds Website - [[http://www.morsulus.org/]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Restatement Wiki - [[http://yehudaheraldry.com/restatement/index.php?title=Main_Page]] (restatements of Precedents)</span>
''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">'''Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.'''</span>''

====<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><u>'''Definition/Defining Instance:'''</u></span>==== 
'''<span style="line-height: 1.5;">From the August 2013 Cover Letter:</span>'''
From Wreath: Lions and Ounces and Catamounts, oh my!
...<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Lions have manes, and distinctive tufted tails. Lynxes have much shorter tails, and tufted ears. Ounces are typically defined as maneless lions. Natural panthers also have no mane and smooth tails, as do wildcats and domestic cats. Leopards and natural tigers are additionally distinguished by their markings.</span>
Parker decidedly conflates catamounts and wildcats, and even lynxes to an extent, although the latter he also lumps in with panthers and ounces. Guillim and Legh mention both lions and leopards, but no other type of cat.
... As we cannot readily distinguish between natural panthers, domestic cats, catamounts, wildcats, and ounces with smooth tails, we will accept any of these blazon terms.
[[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2013/08/13-08cl.html]]

'''From January 1971:'''
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">The College defines "leopard" as a lion passant guardant . Should the spotted cat known in modern times as a leopard be desired as a charge, it will be blazoned as "an African leopard." (Cf. "a tyger" -- "a Bengal tiger.") (HB, 1 Jan 71 [10], pp. 4-5)</span>

http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/early/ltop.html

====<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><u>'''Registerability:'''</u></span>==== 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)</span>

====<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><u>'''Conflict:'''</u></span>==== 
'''From the August 2013 Cover Letter:'''
From Wreath: Lions and Ounces and Catamounts, oh my!
Several submissions lately have raised the question of the difference between a catamount, an ounce, or any other type of cat. Fundamentally, we grant no difference in SCA armory for the difference between any type of cat, from lions to domestic cats. Still, these are blazonable differences.
...<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Depending on precise proportions of body parts such as heads, shoulders, limbs, and so forth to one another when defining charges is contrary to heraldic style. As we cannot readily distinguish between natural panthers, domestic cats, catamounts, wildcats, and ounces with smooth tails, we will accept any of these blazon terms.</span>
[[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2013/08/13-08cl.html]]

'''From the November 2003 LoAR''':
"Lions' tails, when nowed, are generally blazoned as such, although this distinction is not worth difference"
[[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2003/11/03-11lar.html|November 2003 LoAR]]

'''From the May 1995 LoAR:'''
[a snow leopard spotted vs various unspotted cats] [There is a CD] for the addition of the spots (effectively a semy, and worth the same CD as any addition of a tertiary charge or tertiary charge group). (Marke von Mainz, 5/95 p. 2)
http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/daud22combined.html

'''From the August 1994 LoAR:'''
[a panther rampant guardant argent spotted sable incensed gules vs. a lion rampant argent] There is a CD for type for the difference between the cats, but that is all. [I.e. there is a significant but not a substantial difference.] (Ulfhethinn the Bold, 8/94 p. 15)
http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/daud22combined.html

'''From the March 1993 LoAR:'''
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">[</span>''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">An ounce rampant Or spotted of diverse tinctures</span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">] The creature is not a </span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">panther</span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">, as blazoned on the LOI (for it isn't incensed of flame), but an </span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">ounce</span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> or maneless lion. As such, it gets no difference from a standard </span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">lion</span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">; and its spots here count for no more than the spots on any other spotted cat (e.g. a natural leopard). If she resubmits with a genuine panther, charged with large roundels --- better yet, with a Continental panther --- it should [be a CD from a </span>//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">lion</span>''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">]. (Alysandria of the Fosse Way, March, 1993, pg. 22)</span>
http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/beacon.html


====<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><u>'''Identifiability:'''</u></span>==== 



==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">'''<u>Collected Precedents:</u>'''</span>== 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - </span>[[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory2.html#BEASTCat|BEAST - Cat]], BEAST - Tiger see [[http:''heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory2.html#BEASTCat|BEAST - Cat]]
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008)</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> - </span>BEAST - Lion see [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#BEASTCat|BEAST - Cat]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - </span>[[http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/armoryprec.html#BEASTCat|BEAST -- Cat, Lion and Tiger]]
The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html#BEASTCat|Cat, Lion and Tiger]]
The 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html#BEASTCat|BEAST -- Cat, Lion and Tiger]]
The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elsbeth/armory.html#BEASTCat|BEAST -- Cat, Lion and Tiger]]
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/jaeprec.html#Beast-Cat-n-Lion|Beast-Cat & Lion]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996)</span>'''<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"> -</span>'''
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #006600;">[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/volume3.html|the 1st part]]</span> (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and</span>
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #006600;">[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/daudIITOC.html|the 2nd part]]</span> (July 1994 - June 1996)</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/B.html#beast-cat|BEAST -- Cat, Lion and Tiger]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -</span>
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #006600;">[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1toc.html|the 1st year]]</span> (June 1990 - June 1991) and</span>
* <span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #006600;">[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1btoc.html|the 2nd year]]</span> (July 1991 - June 1992)</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/alisoun/AMEB.html#BEASTLIONANDCAT|Beast - Lion and Cat]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/baldwin.html|Single HTML Document]]</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/wilhelm/kton.html#lion|LION]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/karina/gtoo.html#lion|LION]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/early/ltop.html#lion|LION]]

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===The Ordinary:=== 
* Lion - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/B.html#beastcat|Beast - Cat]]
* Lion - Bicorporate - see [[http:''oanda.sca.org/ordinary/B.html#beastcat|Beast - Cat]] and [[http:''oanda.sca.org/ordinary/M.html#monstermultibodied|Monster - Multibodied]]
* Lion - Sea - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/M.html#monstersealion|Monster - Sea - Lion]]
* Lion - Sea - Natural - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/B.html#beastseal|Beast - Seal]]
* Lion - Tricorporate - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/M.html#monstermultibodied|Monster - Multibodied]]
* Lion - Winged - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/M.html#monsterwinged|Monster - Winged]]
* Lioness - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/B.html#beastcat|Beast - Cat]]
* Lion's gamb - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/L.html#legbeast|Leg - Beast]]
* Lion's head - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/H.html#headbeastcat|Head - Beast - Cat]]
* Lion's jambe - see [[http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/L.html#legbeast|Leg - Beast]]