[MR] RE: heraldry (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Orlaith:

> This question has been much debated on the Atlantian
> Hearld's list.  The key is that you DON'T really
> register your emblazon, you register the picture. 

Blazon != Emblazon. Emblazon's the picture, as defined in Gough
and Parker's _A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry_, at:
http://www04.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ta2/saitou/ie401/Jpglosse.htm#Emblazon

> Then to, the blazon may be changed slightly by the
> hearlds to reflect a more elegant way of saying the
> same thing.  When I submitted my arms my blazon was
> altered in this way.  When I recently got my AOA I
> talked to a scribe about finishing the scroll she
> suggested that I give whoever finished the scroll a
> picture of my arms as well as the blazon since not
> everyone knows all of the terms used by the hearlds.

That's true. :(

However, with the URL to this glossary, a lot of the mystery
should be removed.

Pedro