Leg, Foot, Claw (Armory)

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A leg is thigh down. A foot is ankle down. A claw or talon is only the toenail part (would resemble a horn or tooth, heraldically.)

Examples:

Period:

Eagle legs erased vs. couped a la quise (at the thigh):

http://www.ellipsis.cx/liana/heraldry/siebmacher/67-dietader.jpg Ortenburger
Siebmacher, 1605, plate 67, dei Tader, bird leg. Ortenburger Wappenbuch, 1466-73, BSB308 f157r, bird leg

Eagle feet:

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Siebmacher, 1605, von Grvnaw, eagle feet erased in saltire. FB image courtesy of Bruce Draconarius.

Bear Jambes:

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Bear Jambs, Ingeram Codex, f194, 1459 Bear jambes courtesy of Gunnvor silfrahar


Quatreskelion of legs:

4.jpg FB Image, Quatreskelion (?) of legs in hosen vs. "four bent legs vested [tincture] and shod [tincture] conjoined at the thigh", 13th-century law manuscript (Amiens BM 347).

An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary, 3rd edition:

Vector Graphics:

Annotated Pennsic Traceable Art Project:

Default Positions:

per Glossary of Terms, (http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html ) and the PicDic - Leg; Foot

Foot, Beast Palewise, claws to chief (PicDic)
Foot, Bird Palewise, claws to chief (! - PicDic)
Foot, Human Fesswise, toes to dexter (PicDic
Leg, Beast Palewise, claws to chief
Leg, Bird Palewise, claws to base
Leg, Dragon Palewise, claws to chief
Leg, Human Palewise, foot to base


Sources:



Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

February 1988 LoAR - Sleipnir:

Birgit av Birka. Azure, a horse of eight legs passant to sinister and a chief bevilled Or. "As for the device, the more the issue of the acceptability of the Sleipnir for Society armoury is discussed in the College of Arms, the more the commentors seem to feel doubts about the propriety of the usage. The submittor has provided a substantial amount of evidence for the use of the image on grave art, but all of this supports the conclusion that the beast has too strong a religious/magical connotation. (We ignore here the theories of some scholars that, in a couple of the cases she adduces, the depiction of the horse with eight legs is in fact an attempt to depict a team of two horses!) Additionally, the unusual use of the "bevilled" chief (we could not find a period example) seems designed to give the effect of lightning, thus joining Thor to Odin in the device. "

November 1987 LoAR - Sleipnir:

Valtorr of Oslo. Quarterly Or and argent, a Sleipnir rampant sable within an orle gules. As for the device, the resubmission did not address the issue of the propriety of registering a Sleipnir in the Society. No evidence has been presented in support of the use of this magical creature so closely associated with the Nordic pantheon, even outside of the context of a theophoric name and commentary in the College was even dubious concerning the use of such a unique creature on this occasion than when it was first submitted. Moreover, since any blazon to indicate the tinctures of the submission was omitted, the College could not check properly for conflicts which might have arisen since the original return.

January 1987 LoAR - Sleipnir:

Valtorr of Oslo. Quarterly Or and argent, an eight-legged horse salient sable within an orle gules. "Note that on the emblazon the beast is not within the orle, but rather surmounts it with its hooves. Despite the precedent for registering the eight-legged horse which was cited in the letter of intent, there was considerable feeling that a Sleipnir was not an appropriate charge for use in the Society, particularly with a name so suggestive of the Nordic pantheon."


Conflict:

Identifiability:

Collected Precedents:

In the Ordinary

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