Antelope

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Illustrations:

Period:

Insignia Anglica, BSB 291, 16th c. English, antelope as sinister supporter

Modern:

PicDic3:

http://mistholme.com/dictionary/antelope/

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[1]] Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[2]] Laurel Armory Articles - [[3]] Period Armorials

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[4]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[5]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[6]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

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From Wreath - On Ibexes (January 2006 Cover Letter - [[7]]) One of this month's submissions (Eleanor Chantrill) raised a question on the difference between an ibex and a reindeer. John Vinycomb, Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art, with Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry, p. 215 defines the heraldic

Plate

ibex as "an imaginary beast resembling the heraldic antelope in appearance, with the exception of the horns projecting from his forehead, which are serrated like a saw. Perhaps it would not be erroneous to consider it identical with the heraldic antelope." Vinycomb goes on and states the natural ibex "resembles a goat, but the horns are much larger, bent backwards, and full of knots, one of which is added every year." Other authors have similar definitions for both the heraldic antelope and heraldic ibex.

Mountain goats are frequent in European armory, blazoned in French as bouquetin// and in German as//Steinbock//; these translate to "ibex", but they're pretty obviously natural ibexes. A heraldic ibex head is found in 1547, as the crest of Toke (Woodcock & Robinson, //Oxford Guide to Heraldry//, plate 9). It has forward-sweeping horns, is most definitely an ibex (or //ebeck as it is blazoned) and looks nothing like a natural ibex.

Based on the definitions, and emblazons, of heraldic antelopes, natural antelopes, heraldic ibexes, and natural ibexes, the following is list of what is worth a CD and what isn't.

• There is no difference between a heraldic antelope and a heraldic ibex.
• There is no difference between a natural ibex and a goat.
• There is a CD between a heraldic ibex and a natural antelope, stag, or deer.
• There is a CD between a goat and a heraldic antelope or heraldic ibex.
• There is a CD between a goat and a natural antelope, stag or deer.
• There is a CD between a heraldic ibex and a reindeer.
• There is a CD between a heraldic ibex and a natural ibex.

In order to ensure that the correct difference is granted between natural deer and natural ibexes (as opposed to heraldic antelopes and heraldic ibexes), we have to explicitly say natural. An examination of the registered ibexes showed that they were all natural ibexes, rather than the expected heraldic ibexes. Prior registrations of ibexes have been reblazoned as natural ibexes elsewhere in this letter.

Collected Precedents:

2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - [Armory Precedents] 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - BEAST - Antelope see BEAST - Deer see also MONSTER - Antelope

The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - BEAST -- Antelope see// BEAST -- Deer 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) - [-- Antelope and Yale]

The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - [HTML Document] The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -

• [1st part] (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and
• [2nd part] (July 1994 - June 1996)

The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - [-- Antelope]

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

• [1st year] (June 1990 - June 1991) and
• [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:

• Antelope - see Monster - Antelope
• Antelope - Natural - see Beast - Deer