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Drawing heraldic shields from blazons - Automatically exported from:
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"hands" and its several varieties #141

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Please describe your suggested enhancement:
Please provide the below-described varieties

Can you provide an example blazon?
Azure, a dexter hand couped at the wrist argent. (Displays correct, but gives 
an error message, since it cannot handle "couped at the wrist")
Azure, a hand erect between three broomslips proper.
Vert, an arrow fesswise in chief and a dexter hand apaumy couped in base argent.
Azure, a royal crown of gold; in chief a quarter gironny of eight or and sable; 
on the sinister side three dexter hands couped fesswise, each holding a bunch 
of arrows proper.
Argent two lions rampant combatant gules armed and langued azure supporting a 
sinister hand couped at the wrist gules; overall a sinister bendlet sable.
Gules, a fesse between four dexter hands couped argent. (Displays correct 
again, but gives error message)
Quarterly 1 and 4: argent three wyverns heads vert holding in their mouths a 
hand couped at the wrist proper; 2 and 3: vert a chevron between three wolves 
heads erased or.
Argent, a sinister hand erect couped gules.
Gules, two arms and hands clasped in fesse proper between three hearts or.
Per pale argent and sable, a chevron between three talbots passant 
counterchanged; on a chief gules as many leopard's heads or. On the fesse-point 
the badge of Ulster. (Which is called by this name, altogether "Argent, a 
sinister hand erect couped gules" as above stated.)

Can you provide a link to a picture of a shield showing your enhancement
attached.

Please provide any other information that you can
Hand: the human hand is often borne in coat armour, though only one instance 
has been observed in the early rolls, and that only incidental. When no other 
position is mentioned it is understood to be "apaumé," as in the arms of 
Ulster, which came to be the badge of a baronet of Great Britain; it is borne 
either on an escutcheon or canton. Otherwise the hand may be borne dorsed (or, 
as it is sometimes called, aversant); or it may be in fesse, or with the 
fingers downwards, or clenched, or holding some object; the hand is generally 
couped at the wrist, and is so represented if no other description is given; 
sometimes, however, the blazon runs couped below, or above the wrist; generally 
a dexter hand is named, and it is so understood unless a sinister is specified; 
hands in armour should rather be blazoned "gauntlets," or "gloves."
  Sometimes hands are represented as clasping or embracing; and with French heralds two hands joined thus are simply blazoned "une foi." In connection with this the arms of Purefoy and Purefey should be noted. (Sable, three pairs of armed hands embracing argent two and one; sable, three pairs of dexter hands conjoined or ruffled argent.)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pku...@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2010 at 12:29

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
The basic hand is available, other variants still to do

Original comment by KarlWilcox36@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2011 at 10:36