The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory - SCA Heraldry

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A Partial list of Registerable PosturesThe Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for SubmissionsCreatures fall into several categories: quadrupeds, birds, insects (and other invertebrates whose default position is tergiant),fish, humans (and humanoid monsters), and sea-creatures (along with a few other creatures whose default posture is erect).Each has specific defined postures and cannot be registered in the postures suitable for another category without furtherdocumentation. This list of postures does not include head positions (such as guardant and reguardant) or wing positions(such as inverted, elevated, addorsed, and displayed; these are often not blazoned).Quadruped Postures:• Rampant (to dexter or sinister)• Salient (to dexter or sinister)• Courant (to dexter or sinister)• Passant (to dexter or sinister)• Segreant (to dexter or sinister)• Statant (to dexter or sinister)• Sejant (to dexter, to sinister, and affronty)• Sejant Erect (to dexter, to sinister, and affronty)• Statant Erect (to dexter, to sinister, and affronty)• Couchant (to dexter or sinister)• Dormant (to dexter or sinister)• Winged ones may be displayed, but this is generally a step from period practiceBird Postures:A more complete discussion of period bird postures can be found at http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2003/11/03-11brd.html• Close (to dexter or sinister)• Displayed (for a bird other than an eagle, this is a step from period practice)• Volant (to dexter or sinister)• Migrant (to chief or to base)• Rising/rousant (to dexter or sinister)• Naiant (for water birds, to dexter or sinister)• Striking (to dexter or sinister)A few birds have specific postures: Peacock in his pride, Pelican in her piety, Crane in its vigilanceInsects (also frogs, lizards, turtles):Fish:• Tergiant (in any direction, except possibly inverted)• Haurient (may be embowed or embowed-counterembowed)• Naiant (to dexter or sinister, may be embowed or embowed-counterembowed)• Urinant (may be embowed or embowed-counterembowed)Humans and Humanoid Monsters:• Statant (affronty, to dexter, or to sinister)• Riding a horse or other mountRules for Submissions - January, 2012
Sea-Creatures, Wyverns, etc.:The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for Submissions• Sejant/passant (to dexter or sinister)• Erect (affronty, to dexter, or to sinister)• Winged ones may be displayed, but this is generally a step from period practiceA Partial List of Registerable TincturesThe main heraldic tinctures are listed in A.3.B.1. Furs are treated as a single tincture; a fur may combine any listed colorwith any listed metal. For example, gules ermined Or and vairy argent and sable are both considered single tinctures. Otherheraldic tinctures may only be registered as part of an Individually Attested Pattern.Rules for Submissions - January, 2012
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