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- From: c34657b@saha.hut.fi (Tuomas Viljanen)
- Subject: Re: German heraldry
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:48:50 GMT
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- In article <725664278.F00003@ocitor.fidonet> Beth.Appleton@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Appleton) writes:
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- > BTW, would you mind quoting a specific example of a
- > blazon which has the problem you speak of? (German described in multi-
- > word string).
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- The most striking, of course, is the Nesselblatt (f. eg. in the arms of the
- counts of Holstein, I won't try to translate it into Old French). There are
- also a lot of more, such as Stufenschnitt (a form of an assymmetrical
- partition line), quartering per fylfot (arms of Cottendorf), Kraenzla
- (arms of the dukes of Sachsen) etc.
-
- Alfonso Henriques de Montoya, known mundanely as
-
-
- --++ Tuomas Viljanen ++ For a battle like Crecy, you do ++
- ++ Lahderanta 20 A 19 ++ not need a military genius like ++
- ++ SF-02720 Espoo FINLAND ++ Edward III. All you need is an ++
- ++ 358-0-592175 or c34657b@saha.hut.fi ++ idiot like Duke of Alencon. ++
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