[Antir_scribes] Shield shapes on charters

[Alexis Garrigues]

Thank you all for your suggestions- I especially like the vair idea, as there are many instances of vair in this manuscript.  The populace badge would be okay as well, if that would be more palatable to Heralds.  
Is anyone on this list in the position to give either of these ideas an official "OK", so that I can finish the charter and send it off to Eleanor?  
The shield is less than 2" across, but falls rather centrally in the panel of illustration.  I can't really see changing its shape or eliminating it, as all of the shields in the source manuscript are heater-shaped.  That would look very strange to me.  

Thanks again, 
Annisa

--- On Mon, 10/20/08, Ursula Georges <ursula at math.washington.edu> wrote:
From: Ursula Georges <ursula at math.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Antir_scribes] Shield shapes on charters
To: "Arnora" <ArnoraGrimsdottir at msn.com>
Cc: antir_scribes at castle.org
Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 12:57 PM

Arnora wrote:

> Now my question: Would it be acceptable to use the An Tir populace
> badge in an instance like this? Kingdom award, Kingdom resident -
> makes sense to me.

As far as heraldic rules go, I don't see any reason not to use the 
kingdom populace badge on an illustrated shield.  But I'm not sure it 
would be the most authentic way to use it, or for that matter, the most 
fun-- in my observation, badges in medieval illumination are more likely 
to be worked into the design somehow (imagine it on the fighter's 
surcoat, or a cushion, or decorative hangings, or peeking out from a 
border, or serving as a crest on a helm . . .)

Ursula Georges.

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