[MR] RE: heraldry

[Kathleen Hogan]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Towey, Brian" <cbt4489 at glaxowellcome.com>
> When we mere mortals submit a device, we are asking for letters patent on
> the blazon text, not a particular emblazon or graphical rendering. <snip>
> So, here's what I don't understand.  If all we are registering is the
blazon
> text, then any artwork we submit is only there to make sure that we
blazoned
> it correctly.  The artwork is not up for approval.  Only the blazon is.

I wouldn't be so sure about that....some years ago, my ex-husband submitted
his device...a pegasus courant contournez on a gyronny of 8, counterchanged
azure and argent.  When the registration came back, it had been changed to a
winged BULL.  The blazon clearly said pegasus, the drawing was clearly of a
winged horse, but someone decided it looked more like a bull...so that was
what laurel registered.  It took him almost two years to get it fixed.