[MR] [AtlantianHeralds] Heraldic Term of the Day - Wreath vs. Chaplet

[Shane B]

Ah, yes. I knew I should have went with this (despite how much I hate using
wikipedia as a source):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tortillon.jpg

L~

Subject: Re: [AtlantianHeralds] Heraldic Term of the Day - Wreath vs.
Chaplet


 >
 > First, Falcon Cree has the Best Laurel Wreath EVER!  Send everyone to
 > that example and no one will have a wreath returned for mis-drawing.
 >
 > The torse is the cloth. The torse with hawk's bells is a jocelyn.
 > Hmmm, not in Parker,. In the PicDic, of course...  "A joscelyn is a
 > torse with four hawk's bells in cross, radiating from the outer edge;
 > it is found in the canting arms of Jocelyn, 1285." (That's from the
 > West Kingdom CoA site, but they have no picture and Nottingham Coill's
 > is perfect anyway.) The SCA recognizes more than four bells on a
 > jocelyn, usually declining to blazon the precise number.
 >
 > - Teceangl