Leg, Foot, Claw (Armory)

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A leg is thigh down. A foot is ankle down. A claw or talon is only the toenail part (would resemble a horn or tooth, heraldically.)

Examples:

Period:

Eagle legs erased vs. couped a la quise (at the thigh):

http://www.ellipsis.cx/liana/heraldry/siebmacher/67-dietader.jpg	Ortenburger
Siebmacher, 1605, plate 67, dei Tader, bird leg.	Ortenburger Wappenbuch, 1466-73, BSB308 f157r, bird leg

Eagle feet:

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Siebmacher, 1605, von Grvnaw, eagle feet erased in saltire. FB image courtesy of Bruce Draconarius.

Bear Jambes:

Bear
Bear Jambs, Ingeram Codex, f194, 1459	Bear jambes courtesy of Gunnvor silfrahar

Quatreskelion of legs:

FB Image, Quatreskelion (?) of legs in hosen vs. "four bent legs vested [tincture] and shod [tincture] conjoined at the thigh", 13th-century law manuscript (Amiens BM 347).

An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch

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

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary, 3rd edition:

• Leg; Foot

Vector Graphics:

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

Default Positions:

per Glossary of Terms, (http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html ) and the PicDic - Leg; Foot

Foot, Beast	Palewise, claws to chief (PicDic)
Foot, Bird	Palewise, claws to chief (! - PicDic)
Foot, Human	Fesswise, toes to dexter (PicDic
Leg, Beast	Palewise, claws to chief
Leg, Bird	Palewise, claws to base
Leg, Dragon	Palewise, claws to chief
Leg, Human	Palewise, foot to base

Sources:

• Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/
• Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi
• Laurel Armory Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/armory_articles.html

• New Heraldic Primer (Heraldry for Non-Heralds) - http://heraldry.sca.org/armory/newprimer/
• Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry (PicDic), 3rd Edition - http://mistholme.com/pictorial-dictionary-of-heraldry
• Period Armorials

• Parker's Heraldry - https://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/index.htm
• Riestap's Armorial Général - http://www.euraldic.com/lasu/bl/bl_a_aa.html

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:

(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

February 1988 LoAR - Sleipnir:

Birgit av Birka. Azure, a horse of eight legs passant to sinister and a chief bevilled Or. "As for the device, the more the issue of the acceptability of the Sleipnir for Society armoury is discussed in the College of Arms, the more the commentors seem to feel doubts about the propriety of the usage. The submittor has provided a substantial amount of evidence for the use of the image on grave art, but all of this supports the conclusion that the beast has too strong a religious/magical connotation. (We ignore here the theories of some scholars that, in a couple of the cases she adduces, the depiction of the horse with eight legs is in fact an attempt to depict a team of two horses!) Additionally, the unusual use of the "bevilled" chief (we could not find a period example) seems designed to give the effect of lightning, thus joining Thor to Odin in the device. "

• http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1988/02/lar.html

November 1987 LoAR - Sleipnir:

Valtorr of Oslo. Quarterly Or and argent, a Sleipnir rampant sable within an orle gules. As for the device, the resubmission did not address the issue of the propriety of registering a Sleipnir in the Society. No evidence has been presented in support of the use of this magical creature so closely associated with the Nordic pantheon, even outside of the context of a theophoric name and commentary in the College was even dubious concerning the use of such a unique creature on this occasion than when it was first submitted. Moreover, since any blazon to indicate the tinctures of the submission was omitted, the College could not check properly for conflicts which might have arisen since the original return.

• http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1987/11/lar.html

January 1987 LoAR - Sleipnir:

Valtorr of Oslo. Quarterly Or and argent, an eight-legged horse salient sable within an orle gules. "Note that on the emblazon the beast is not within the orle, but rather surmounts it with its hooves. Despite the precedent for registering the eight-legged horse which was cited in the letter of intent, there was considerable feeling that a Sleipnir was not an appropriate charge for use in the Society, particularly with a name so suggestive of the Nordic pantheon."

• http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1987/01/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) - JAMBE and LEG and FOOT
• 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 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) - A-LA-QUISE

In the Ordinary

• Feet - see Leg - Human and Leg - Monster and Clothing - Footgear
• Leg - Beast (includes foreleg, forepaw, gamb, gambe, hoof, jambe, paw)
• Leg - Bird - see also Claw (includes gamb, gambe, jambe)
• Leg - Human
• Leg - Monster - see also Claw (includes gamb, gambe)