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Illustrations:

Period sources:

Insignia

Insignia Anglica, England 16th C., BSB 291 f43r, Gonson, handgun

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Livro da Nobreza e Perfeicao das Armas. 1516-28. Portugal. gun carriages. FB Image courtesy of Bruce Draconarius.	Siebmacher, 1605. von Brosike. Artillery mortars. FB images courtesy of Bruce Draconarius.

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• [[1]]
• [shot]
• [[2]]
• [rest] (fork)
• [slow]
• [[3]]
• [[4]]

Illustration/s from Brickbat's Armorial Stash

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Pennsic Traceable Art Project:

• [[6]]

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[7]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[8]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[9]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

From the March 2010 LoAR: Dietrich Eckhart von Katzenburg. Badge. (Fieldless) A wheel-lock pistol Or. Note that the default position for firearms other than pole cannons in the SCA is fesswise with barrel pointing to dexter. Pole cannons default to palewise, barrel opening to chief. [[10]]

From the July 2008 LoAR: Thomas Cyriak Bonaventure. Device. Gules, a chevron between a mullet of eight points and a cannon mounted in a ship's carriage, a bordure Or. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Frae Fitzalleyne, Gules, issuant from a chevron, a demi-dragon rampant, in base a cinquefoil, all within a bordure, all Or... The cannon in its carriage is considered a single charge, thus both devices have only two secondary charges. [[11]]

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

From September 2009 LoAR:

François la Flamme	2002.09	[Heraldic title Culuerene Herald] Submitted as Culverin Herald, a culverin was documented as an early firearm dating to the 15th C and a type of cannon dating to the 16th and 17th C. The OED dates the submitted spelling culverin to the 19th C. Some period forms listed are the Latin Colubrinas (1466), and the English Culuering (1515), and Culuerene (1549).
No evidence was provided and none was found of of a culverin as a period heraldic charge. However, among the armory registered to SCA members (as opposed to important non-SCA armory), there are five pieces of armory with cannons, one with a pole-cannon, and one with cannon barrels. Given these registrations, combined with the documentation of the term in English in period, it seems reasonable to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and register this title.
As the submitted spelling was a post-period form, we have changed the spelling to Culuerene, dated to 1549, in order to register this name. [Calontir, Kingdom of, 09/2002 LoAR, A-Calontir]
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From the July 1988 LoAR: [Flintlock pistol] The pistol is period (just...). (LoAR Jul 88, p. 1) [[13]]

Collected Precedents:

Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - [Armory Precedents] The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - Collected Armory Precedents The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - [Armory Precedents] The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - [Armory Precedents] The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - [Armory Precedents] The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - [HTML Document] 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) - [precedents] 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) - [Precedents] The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - [HTML Document] The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - [Precedents] The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - [Precedents] The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - [Precedents]

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In the Ordinary:

(includes cannon, firearm, gonne, pistol, rocket)

• [[14]]
• Gunrest - see [[15]]
• Gunstone - see [[16]]