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Re: Heraldry Terms
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Wed, 7 Aug 2002 18:07:17 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
In lugnet.castle, Steve Bliss writes:
The lion on this shield:

http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/3846p4h.dat

Heraldry-wise, would it be described as Rampant?  Dexter?

"A Lion Rampant Or, on a Field Azure"

Whoops!  wasn't paying enough attention. :/

That thar lion is Salient.  Both feet on the floor.

so "A Lion Salient Or, on a Field Azure"

or more traditionally:
"Azure, A lion Salient Or"

HTH

James



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(...) Maybe this is a stupid question, but does "Or" have a jargon-meaning? Or is it just 'or', used in an unusually-constructed phrase? I'll add this information to the ldraw parts keywords. If y'all have any other castle-y goodness to add to the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad.dev)

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(...) "A Lion Rampant Or, on a Field Azure" thanks, James (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad.dev)

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