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===January 2021 - On the Use of a Gore with Another Charge Directly on the Field=== | ===January 2021 - On the Use of a Gore with Another Charge Directly on the Field=== | ||
Since the May 2014 Cover Letter, there has been a step from period practice held for the use of a gore or a gusset with another charge directly on the field. At the time, research leading to this decision had failed to produce any evidence of gores beyond their appearance in treatises. This month, evidence of their use has now been brought to our attention: Wappen besonders von deutschen Geschlechtern, 1475-1560 German (München, BSB cod. icon. 309), f. 40v (https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/bsb00002106) shows arms which we would blazon Gules, three cinquefoils and a gore argent. With this evidence, | Since the May 2014 Cover Letter, there has been a step from period practice held for the use of a gore or a gusset with another charge directly on the field. At the time, research leading to this decision had failed to produce any evidence of gores beyond their appearance in treatises. This month, evidence of their use has now been brought to our attention: Wappen besonders von deutschen Geschlechtern, 1475-1560 German (München, BSB cod. icon. 309), f. 40v (https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/bsb00002106) shows arms which we would blazon Gules, three cinquefoils and a gore argent. With this evidence, we remove the step from period practice for the use of gores or gussets with other charges directly on the field, and thank Alisoun Metron Ariston for raising the question, Iago Coquille for a timely response, and Jeanne-Marie Palimpsest for quick work in locating the original decision. | ||
https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2021/01/21-01cl.html#7 | https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2021/01/21-01cl.html#7 | ||