Wing

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See also Wings that Hold

Illustrations

Period

BSB	16th	16th
BSB 274, Insignia Veneta, 1550-55, f120r, belled wings, legal?	16th century Italian, wings counterchanged, position?	16th cent. Italian flipper wings?

16th	Armorial	Siebmacher,
16th century Italian, winged ants	Armorial de Gelre, c 1370, winged fish	Siebmacher, 1605, plate 69, winged fish

An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch

• http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/siebmacherordinary.html

Modern

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• Wing includes Lure and Vol
• Winged charges
• Winged monsters

Vector Graphics:

• Book of Traceable Heraldic Art
• Viking Answer Lady - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Heraldry_SVG_Images/index.htm

SENA Armory Conflict (SENA A.5.G.7.a.)

"Changes that distinctly affect the number of extended wings (from wings folded to raised, or from wings seen on one side of the body to both sides) are sufficient for a distinct change." http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#A5G7a

Quick Reference: Bird Postures:

http://heraldry.sca.org/armory/bird-postures.html (formerly in the Heraldic Primer)

Wing postures

Like the beasts and their head postures, birds have wing position variants as well that are worth blazoning but not worth a CD. But note that:

• An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds. (LoAR August 2001)

Posture	Defining traits	stylised drawing	Example
Addorsed	Both wings on same side of body
Displayed	Wings on either side of body
Elevated	Wingtips away from body
Inverted	Wingtips tucked back towards body

Often, the two wing position variants will be used together, thus:

Addorsed and elevated	Addorsed and inverted	Displayed and elevated	Displayed and inverted

[but note the following precedent: "An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds." (LoAR August 2001) ]

• http://heraldry.sca.org/primer/birds.html

_ See also Wings that Hold

Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)

Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

Aug 2004 - angel wings default:

"we will follow the stated default from Parker and declare that an angel's wings are displayed by default when the angel is affronty."

• August 2004 LoAR

June 2003 - specifying elevated/inverted:

There is also no difference for whether the wingtips of the displayed wings are elevated or inverted. We expect that the same policies that apply to displayed wings on displayed birds should apply to displayed wings on winged objects: An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds. (LoAR August 2001)

• June 2003 LoAR

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

January 2022 - winged animals proper

Tatiana Belaia. Device. Argent, a fox sejant guardant proper winged sable between three hellebore flowers purpure slipped and leaved vert. This device was pended on the August 2021 LoAR to discuss whether or not an animal proper can be winged. SENA A3B1 notes "While a few monsters have a defined proper, most of them do not because they do not exist in nature. Thus, monsters constructed from animals which can otherwise be proper may not be proper."

We allow the addition of wings to inanimate charges proper including charges such as swords and barrels. We find wings added to many charges in period heraldry, including at least one example of a fish proper - the arms of Senitz [Siebmacher 69], described by Siebmacher as "Ein roter Schild / der karpf darin an seiner farb mit w[eiss] flügeln" = "A red shield, the karp therein in its colour [ie. 'proper'] with white wings". We will therefore allow wings to be added to an animal proper. This is not considered a step from core practice. This does not affect the ban on creating monsters from various parts of animals proper.

See also the Cover Letter

https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2022/01/22-01lar.html#60

May 1983 - insect-winged monsters:

Caterina Leonora de Forza. Return of: Vert, a Bengal tiger couchant guardant to sinister with Tiger Swallowtail butterfly wings elevated and addorsed proper within a bordure Or. "The device is not period style. To my knowledge, the only wings added to beasts in period were those of bats or hawks..." http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1983/05/83-05LAR.html

Conflict:

May 2005 - bird vs. bat wings:

"we cannot see granting a CD between bird's wings and bat's wings, even as a stand-alone charge." May 2005 LoAR

June 2003 - tips elevated vs inverted:

There is also no difference for whether the wingtips of the displayed wings are elevated or inverted. We expect that the same policies that apply to displayed wings on displayed birds should apply to displayed wings on winged objects: An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds. (LoAR August 2001) June 2003 LoAR

May 2002 - cd for wing tincture:

"There is one CD for changing the tincture of the wings, which are half the charge." May 2002 LoAR

Sept 1997 LoAR - tincture of wings CD:

Just as we will give a CD for changing the tincture of the wings on a winged monster, so do we give one for changing the tincture of the flames of a phoenix." September 1997 LoAR

Jan 1995 - bird-winged vs. bat-winged creature:

"[a winged serpent vs a bat-winged tree python] The change to the type of wings is too slight to count for the necessary second. [i.e. there is not a significant difference between a bird-winged and a bat-winged creature.] January 1995 LoAR

July 1996 - adding wings generally a CD:

[registering two unicorn's heads couped and a pegasus' head couped at the shoulder] Since the unicorn heads are correctly drawn, with horns and beards, and since adding wings to a charge is general[ly] worth a CD, this does not violate our ban on similar yet unlike charges (the sword and dagger rule). (Linette Marie Armellini d'Addabbo, 7/96 p. 6) http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1996/07/lar.html

Collected Precedents:

• 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - MONSTER -- Winged, WING and VOL, WING -- precedent on Wings that Hold, WINGED ANIMATE CHARGES,WINGED OBJECTS
• The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - MONSTER -- Winged, WINGS and VOLS
• The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
• The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - Collected Armory Precedents
• The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - Single HTML Document
• 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -
  • the 1st part (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and
  • the 2nd part (July 1994 - June 1996)
• The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - Collected precedents
• 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -
  • the 1st year (June 1990 - June 1991) and
  • the 2nd year (July 1991 - June 1992)
• The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - Collected Precedents
• The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - Single HTML Document
• The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - Collected Precedents
• The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - Collected Precedents
• The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - Collected Precedents

In the Ordinary:

(includes batwing, lure - arrangement)

• Wing - 1
• Wing - 2 or more
• Winged lion - see Monster - Winged and Beast - Cat]
• Winged man - see Monster - Winged and Monster - Humanoid
• Winged object
• Winged serpent - see Monster - Pithon
• Winged torch - see Torch and Winged object
• Winged unicorn - see Monster - Pegasus