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HERALDRY RAMBLINGS This month we are including some requested shield templates, that although rare, appear popular in the "new" heraldry. They include, the fesse dancetty gobony, the fesse faceted, the fesse per fesse crenelle, and the gusset. As well, some quarterlies using the gyronny pattern. --------------------- STAFF NOTES The Dauphin of France used the Dolphin as his icon to represent protection for his fleet and salvation for his country. Guy VIII, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and had been nicknamed le Dauphin.
The title of Dauphin de Viennois descended in his family the LeVieux Princes of Ivetot until 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneurie, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assumed the title of le Dauphin. So it is said.... ---------------------------- |
------------------ DROPS (goutté): One who has endured torrents of liquids in battle depending upon the colour of the liquid; sometimes used for the purpose of differencing. Eg: Sable: pitch or tar--boiling pitch or tar was often poured down upon the assailants of castles. |
THE CROSS TOULOUSE You'll find this cross listed as a cross cléchée. There's a solid version and one videe and pommetee, as in the image sample. The Occitan cross — also cross of Occitania, cross of Languedoc, cross of Forcalquier and Toulouse cross,— is the symbol of Occitania.
It was first used as such, probably, in the coat of arms of the counts of Forcalquier in Provence, and then by the counts of Toulouse in the traditional territory of Languedoc and later spread to the other provinces. A popular cross of France....
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The first 5 to submit a winning blazon will be contacted by the office to claim their prize, and the winners will be announced in the next issue of the Gauntlet. Blazons in English only please. Click on the heading above to submit your entry. Good Luck! ------------------- |
DID YOU KNOW? The name Tortoise (Lat. testuoo) is given to the ancient Roman protective shelter formed by soldiers with shields overlapping above their heads when attacking a fort. As the feminine power of the waters the Tortoise was an emblem of Aphrodite/Venus; also of Hermes/Mercury in Greco-Roman myth; sacred to 'pan' among the Arcadians and killing it was prohibited. |
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We are leaving this help tip up, as more and more of you are upgrading your Corel Draw software to X3 or X4 Corel Draw has changed some default settings in X3 and X4 that can render your vector images black, do the same for your F9 preview and in the case of X4 display your image excessively dark.
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