Alphyn

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Illustration from period source:

File:BSB272 f06r 1550-55AlbirioAlphyn.jpg Insignia Venetorum nobilium II (A-IP) - BSB 272 Italien 1550-1555

Modern Sources:

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• [Alphyn]

http://mistholme.com/dictionary/alphyn/

[Illustration from Pensic Art Project]

Note: In the O&A, alphyns are listed under Monster - Griffin

Precedents:

"the visual similarities of the primary charges [an alphyn and a tyger], combined with the lack of a clear heraldic difference in period, is too strong to grant the necessary second CD." [1993 LoAR]

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The Ordinary:

• Monster - Alphyn - see [Monster - Griffin]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Argent] (includes hippogriff, opinicus)
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Azure]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Fur]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Gules]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Multicolor]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Or]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Purpure]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Sable]
• [Monster - Griffin - 1 - Vert]
• [Monster - Griffin - 2 or more]