Bend

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Illustrations:

Period sources:

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FB Image, Insignia Anglica, BSB 291, 1500s, charges (trefoils) on a bend.	Siebmacher, 1605, Plate 104, fish on a bend wavy	El Livro do Armeiro Mor, 1506-09, canting arms of Calderra, fleurs de lis, cauldrons on a bend, courtesy of Justin Eiler

Insignia Florentinorum BSB277, f124r, Salviati, bendy bretessed

Insignia Anglica, BSB 291, 1500s, charges (roundels) on a bend engrailed, Cobelegh	Insignia Anglica, BSB 291, 1500s, birds on a bend	Found by Iago, bend cotised potent-counterpotent

Modern rendition of a crancelin from the Armorial de Gelre: http:www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Armoriaux/Gelre/F44r.htm#13

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• [[1]]

Pennsic Traceable Art Project

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[2]] Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[3]] Laurel Armory Articles - [[4]] Period Armorials

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Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.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

May 2012 - default orientation on bend sinister:

#G_ANSTWreFalFalco Silva. Reblazon of device. Sable, on a bend sinister between two skulls argent three lizards statant. Blazoned when registered in February 2000 as Sable, on a bend sinister between two skulls argent three lizards statant heads to sinister base vert, the lizards are actually facing to dexter base, which is the default for charges on a bend sinister. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/05/12-05lar.html

October 2006 - default orientation of tertiary charges:

#92Shamir ibn Abd al-Rahman. Name and device. Argent, a crescent gules and on a chief nebuly sable in fess a scimitar inverted reversed and a scimitar argent. The scimitars are fesswise, as expected for long charges on a chief. Concerning the default orientation of charges on ordinaries, Laurel has previously noted: [on a chief gules three recorders palewise argent] Long thin charges such as arrows, swords and recorders default to the fesswise posture when placed on a chief or a fess. Thus, even though all these charges are palewise by default when on the field, it is also necessary to blazon them as palewise when they are on a chief. It is an incorrect oversimplification to state that "charges on an (ordinary) are oriented (ordinary)-wise by default". A crescent or fleur-de-lys charged on a fess is in its default palewise posture, not fesswise. If a saltire were charged with a cross crosslet, the cross crosslet would be in its default palewise (or crosswise) posture, not saltirewise. A more complicated rule of thumb, but one which recreates period practice with greater accuracy, would be: >> (1) Charges on a bend are bendwise by default, and charges on a bend sinister are bendwise sinister by default. >> (2) Charges on any other ordinary have the same default for such a charge on the field (which is generally palewise.) This statement has the following exceptions. >> (2a) "Long thin" charges such as arrows tilt to follow the ordinary on which they lie. >> (2b) When charging an ordinary such as a chevron, saltire, or pall, which has some diagonal arms, the charges may all be drawn using the same default for the charge on the field. They may also be drawn with the centermost charge in the default posture but the outermost charges tilted to follow the arms of the charge. (There is a fair amount of evidence indicating that the difference between these two forms of emblazon may be purely artistic in period. However, the SCA has so far always blazoned this distinction and given corresponding difference for changing the posture of the charges.) Once again we are reminded that while blazon is a type of technical language, the people who developed it in the Middle Ages weren't computer programmers, and the people listening to it weren't computers, so blazon also partakes of natural language. [Gunnarr skáld Þorvaldsson, 06/02, A-Ealdormere] http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2006/10/06-10lar.html

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

December 2018 - bend of Champagne

"The motif of a bend doubly cotised the interiors of the cotises potent counter-potent, long associated with the Counts of Champagne but not exclusive to them, is registerable as long as the name does not imply cadet branch status to Champagne." https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2018/12/18-12lar.html#222

From the 1994 "Modest Proposal":

Important Charges include: SAXONY. Barry sable and Or, a crancelin vert. [A crancelin// is a //bend engrailed on the upper edge the points trefly//; it is usually //enarched.] [[5]]

Conflict:

The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud Ibn Auda (2nd year) APPENDIX A - RULES CHANGES: X.4.a. Field Difference ...Bendy argent and sable has one clear difference from Per bend argent and sable. http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/appendixa.html

Collected Precedents:

2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - Collected Armory Precedents] st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - BEND and BEND SINISTER] The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - BEND and BEND SINISTER] The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - Bend and Bend Sinister] The 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - BEND and BEND SINISTER] The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - BEND and BEND SINISTER] The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - Bend & Bendlet see Ordinary] The 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) - BEND], BEND SINISTER] The 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) - Bend], Bend-Plus-Bordure] The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - Single HTML Document] The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - BEND] The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - BEND] The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - BENDY]

In the Ordinary

(includes baton, baton sinister, bendlet, bendlet sinister, crancelin ?, scarpe)

• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Argent]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Azure]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Fur]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Gules]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Multicolor]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Or]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Purpure]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Sable]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Vert]
• Bend - 1 - Uncharged - Complex line]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Argent]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Azure]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Fur]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Gules]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Multicolor]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Or]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Purpure]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Sable]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Vert]
• Bend - 1 - Charged - Complex line]
• Bend - 2 or more]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Argent]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Azure]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Fur]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Gules]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Multicolor]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Or]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Purpure]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Sable]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Plain line - Vert]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Uncharged - Complex line]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Argent]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Azure]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Fur]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Gules]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Multicolor]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Or]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Purpure]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Sable]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Plain line - Vert]
• Bend sinister - 1 - Charged - Complex line]
• Bend sinister - 2 or more]
• Bendlet - see Bend]
• Bendlet sinister - see Bend sinister]
• Bendy - see Field division - Bendy]
• Bendy sinister - see Field division - Bendy sinister]