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Illustrations:

Period:

Animals holding other animals:

German German canines with animals, swan and fish and rooster

Animals with weapons:

BretonArmorial_p006_armed-lion.JPG BretonArmorial_p006_armed-seated-lion.JPG
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
BookofAttire1508-1551_lionchairsword.JPG Siebmacher_p041-dieberchtolt_lion-sword-buckler.jpg
Book of Attire of the Court of Duke William IV and Albert V of Bavaria, 1508-1551. Seated lion with sword. Siebmacher, 1605, plate 41, lion with sword and buckler

Beaver? Cow in doorway, Elephant

Ortenburger Siebmacher, Grunenberg
Ortenburger Wappenbuch - BSB Cod.icon. 308, f160r, beaver vs. mouse Siebmacher, 1605, plate 13, Ox House (cant) Grunenberg Wappenbuch, BSB Csg 9210, 1602-04, f68, elephant with tower standing on a crown

Anteater? Kangaroo? Camel

BSB274_Veneta_1550-55_Anteater.jpg File:CarvalhoPortugueseProcessional1580-1620 kangaroo.jpg BSBCsg9210_f72_camel.PNG
Anteater? Aardvark? Carvalho Processional, Portuguese 1580-1620, possible kangaroo or wallaby BSB Csg 9210, Grunenburg Wappenbuch, 1602-04, f72, camel and crown


Rhino:

Albrect Albrect Durer, 1515, rhino displayed in Europe

Sloth:

The use of sloth as a term for the animal is dated to 1613 in the OED [Oxford University, 1971, pg. 2871].

Another mention found in the writings of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, a Spanish historian and writer who lived from August 1478 – 1557. He wrote "La historia general y natural de las Indias". See image 46 (a very odd image). http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gm-tuJNH9sMC&q=sloth#v=snippet&q=sloth&f=false


José de Acosta (1539-1600) arrived in America towards 1573, lived in Santo Domingo, Mexico and Peru, and in 1587 returned to Spain. His good relations with Philip II facilitated the publication of De Natura Novi Orbis in 1589. The following year his American studies appeared published as Natural and Moral history of the Indias (Acosta J. d., 1590/1792)

Exoticorum

Exoticorum Libri Decem of Carolus Clusius (Charles l'Escluse), 1605. Image 389. A sloth


  • “Another charming animal, who for his excessive delay in moving is called a sloth, has three claws on each hand: shakes his feet and hands at a pace of extreme laziness: with a manner and facial features of a monkey: giving loud cries, passing through trees and eating ants “(p. 279).
  • http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/psyhisp/es/3/art13.pdf


Exoticorum Libri Decem of Carolus Clusius (Charles l'Escluse) also gives us an image of a sloth, dating to 1605. You can find it here at http:docnum.u-strasbg.fr/.../collection/coll13/id/28876 -- scroll down to image 389.

Sea-Lion:

Sea-lion

The sea-lion is an heraldic sea-monster, with the foreparts of a lion and the tail of a fish; it is also sometimes blazoned a “morse”, especially for canting purposes. It’s found in the attributed arms of “King Palaeologus”, c.1282 [ANA2 493]; in true heraldry, in the arms of Imhof, 1605 [Siebmacher 206].

http://mistholme.com/dictionary/sea-lion/



Walruses:

Olaus Olaus
Olaus Magnus version 1, 1539 Map (coast of Finland) Olaus Magnus version 2, 1555 Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus
Gesner Historia
Gesner 1st edition, 1551? Historia animalium vol. 4 (De Piscium & Aquatilium Animantum Natura, by Conrad Gesner c. 1560

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary, 3rd edition:

http://mistholme.com/dictionary/beasts/


Brickbat's Armorial Stash

Pennsic Traceable Art Project:

Other Info:

The Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages - http://bestiary.ca/index.html

Bestiary of Anne Walshe, 1400-25 - @http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/manus/221/eng/

Bruce Draconarius' summary of registering unusual creatures/items:

  • Used in period heraldry = BEST
  • European and known in period = FINE
  • Non-European and known in period = SFPP
  • Not known in period = Sorry, try again

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

Beast/Animal-related pages:

(tag "beast")

Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[5]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[6]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[7]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.


Definition:

March 2009 - hedgehog proper:

#179Theodora von Igelheim. Reblazon of device. Vert, a hedgehog rampant argent maintaining a sword Or hilted sable and a foaming beer stein Or headed argent. "Blazoned when registered as Vert, a hedgehog rampant proper grasping in dexter forepaw a sword Or, hilted sable, and in sinister forepaw a foaming beer stein Or, headed argent//, a hedgehog //proper is brown with a white belly. This hedgehog is white with gray face and feet, all of which are considered argent." http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2009/03/09-03lar.html

#x--Precedents:-Registerability:Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

August 2010 - rhinoceros:

"The rhinoceros is a period heraldic charge, found as the crest of William Wade, 1574 (Woodcock & Robinson, Heraldry in Historic Houses of Britain, p.163), and as the crest of the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, 1617 (Bromley & Child, Armorial Bearings of the Guilds of London, pp.1-3). The emblazons on those grants were apparently based on the famous Dürer engraving of the rhinoceros, dated 1515; judging from the grants' blazons of those crests, the rhinoceros was statant by default. As fauna not native to Europe but used in period armory, per RfS VII.4 the use of rhinoceroses is not a step from period practice." [Zafirah of the White Waters, LoAR of August 2010] http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2010/08/10-08lar.html


#x--Precedents:-Conflict:Conflict:

March 2009 - hedgehog with vs without grapes:

"Arwen de Redvers. Badge for Esther bat Baruch. Argent, a brown hedgehog rampant proper its quills impaling grapes purpure and vert. This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Mairghread of Ryvel, (Fieldless) An urchin sejant eject proper maintaining a harp argent stringed Or. There is a single CD for a fielded badge compared to a fieldless design. The grapes, being maintained charges, do not count for difference." http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2009/03/09-03lar.html

#x--Precedents:-Identifiability:Identifiability:

Collected Precedents:

2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - [- General] The 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) -

> BEAST -- Miscellaneous, [- Mouse], BEAST - Porcupine see [- Hedgehog], [- Other], BEAST - Otter see [- Weasel], BEAST - Rat see [- Mouse],BEAST - Squirrel , BEAST - Weasel

The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) -

The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) -

The 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) -

The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - BEAST -- Ferret, BEAST -- Miscellaneous

The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) -

The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -

  • [[14]] (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and
  • [[15]] (July 1994 - June 1996)

The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - BEAST -- Rodent BEAST -- Urchin, BEAST -- Weasel

The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -

  • [[16]](June 1990 - June 1991) and
  • [[17]] (July 1991 - June 1992)

The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - Beast, Beast - Ferret The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - [HTML Document] The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - [[18]] The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - [[19]] The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - [[20]],

In the Ordinary:

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