Mollusk

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Illustrations:

From period sources:

An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch -

• http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/f-siebmacher.html

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary, 3rd edition:

• [[1]] (includes polypus)
• [[2]]

Vector Graphics:

• Viking Answer Lady - [[3]]

Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[4]] Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[5]] Laurel Armory Articles - [[6]]

New Heraldic Primer (Heraldry for Non-Heralds) - [[7]] Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry (PicDic), 3rd Edition - @http://mistholme.com/pictorial-dictionary-of-heraldry (in progress) Period Armorials

Parker's Heraldry - [[8]] Riestap's Armorial Général - //http:''www.euraldic.com/lasu/bl/bl_a_aa.html

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[9]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[10]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[11]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

May 2015 - Of Polypus' and Calamarie's Tentacles A precedent from 2012 states: > The tentacles of a polypus should be to base, not both to base and to chief, as we grant difference for tentacles to base, as with a polypus, versus tentacles to chief, as with a calamarie. [James Bacon, 12/12, R-West] This precedent seems to be occasionally misinterpreted as meaning that a correct depiction would have the tentacles pointing towards the base for a polypus and towards the chief for a calamarie. This is incorrect. The intent is to render the orientation unambiguous and thus the tentacles should be arranged in both cases around the section of the cephalopod that is opposite the head, with less than half going over the midsection and none going further than the head itself. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/05/15-05cl.html

March 2012 - Krakens and Squids and Octopuses, Oh My!

The term kraken, especially as applied to a giant squid, appears to date no earlier than the eighteenth century. Research provided by Ursula Green Staff states: ...it looks like neither <squid> nor <octopus> was used in our period: the first instance of <squid> in the OED is dated to 1613 (the etymology is "of obscure origin"), and the first use of <octopus> is eighteenth-century. Words for types of squid found in English in our period are <calamarie> (dated to 1567 under <calamary>, n.) and <cuttle> or <cuttle fish> (dated in this spelling s.v. <cuttle> n. to 1598 and 1591, but in other forms as early as c. 1000). I also found this interesting quotation from 1635: > The Calamarie is sometimes called the Sea-clerk, having as it were a knife and a pen. Some call him the Ink-horn-fish. As regards octopuses, it seems that in English at least there was no distinction drawn in period between octopuses, with eight tentacles, and squid and cuttlefish, with ten tentacles. The word <polypus>, meaning a cephalopod having either eight or ten tentacles, is dated in that spelling to 1578, and in other forms to at least 1527. As we desire to use period terms whenever possible, based on this research we will no longer use the blazon term kraken//, but will instead use //calamarie// or //cuttle-fish// to describe squid. Due to the similarity with the modern word, we will use the blazon term //polypus// to describe the octopus. The SCA default orientations remain the same, with //polypus// defaulting to tentacles to base, and //calamarie defaulting to tentacles to chief. There is no difference granted for type, only for orientation. We may, on a case by case basis, retain the use of the modern terms for items already registered in order to preserve a cant. [[12]]

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

Identifiability:

March 2008 - crossing octopus legs:

#186Perikl{e-}s ho Spartiat{e-}s. Name and device. Per pale argent and sable, an octopus within a bordure counterchanged. Please advise the submitter that the octopus's legs should not cross beneath each other. [[13]]

Collected Precedents:

2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - [Armory Precedents] 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - [Armory Precedents] The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - Collected Armory Precedents 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) - [Armory Precedents] 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) - [precedents] 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:

(includes calamarie, cuttle fish, kraken - Shell is a separate category)

• [- Octopus]
• [- Snail] (includes schnecke)
• Mollusk - Squid - see [- Octopus]