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Drawing heraldic shields from blazons - Automatically exported from:
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"crosier" as charge #47

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Please describe your suggested enhancement:
Provide "crosier" as charge, optionally different tinctures for the staff and 
head.

Can you provide an example blazon?
Argent, three bars gules, over all a crosier in bend, staff argent, head or.

Can you provide a link to a picture of a shield showing your enhancement
http://www.mouserfonts.com/Arms/Arms/A/alvingham1.gif

Please provide any other information that you can

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pku...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2010 at 3:55

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by pku...@gmail.com on 27 Jun 2010 at 6:45

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Also: Gules, a crosier reversed in bend sinister, surmounted by a sword in bend 
dexter proper; on a chief argent a thistle leaved also proper.
Azure, a bend or; over all a crosier in bend sinister, the staff argent, the 
crook or.

Note however:
Barry of five argent and gules, over all a long cross (sometimes called a 
crosier) in bend sinister or.

More: Azure, on a chevron gules between three Cornish choughs as many pastoral 
staves erect or.
Azure, two pastoral staves in saltire, and a mitre in chief or.

"Crosier," or "crozier," (lat. "crocia," a crook, fr. "croc," not from crux or 
cross): this word is properly restricted to the crook of an archbishop, a 
bishop, or an abbot.
  The archbishop, besides his crosier, made use also of a "staff surmounted by a cross;" that of the Pope having a triple cross. That of the see of Canterbury is represented as "surmounted by a cross formy." In actual examples, some few of which remain, the archbishop's staff is found to be of various patterns and highly ornamented.
  The "crosier" of a bishop ends in a curve resembling that of a shepherd's crook, from which there is every reason to believe it was derived, notwithstanding the opinion of some, that its origin is to be traced to the lituus of the priesthood of pagan Rome. There are many existing specimens of episcopal staves, which, while they all retain the general form of a crook, differ very much in their enrichments. In heraldry the simple form shown in the above examples is generally adopted.
  The crosier and staff surmounted by a cross are, however, often confounded under the general term "pastoral staff," and the French term "crosse" is used equally for the crosier as for the staff with the cross.
  The pastoral staves of abbots resembled those of bishops, and were no doubt equally ornamented, especially when the abbot was head of the mitred abbeys. However, it seems there was a custom to attach a small pallium, called also "sudarium," or strip, to the crosier of abbots to distinguish them from those of bishops, though it was not generally adhered to; and this seems to be represented on the insignia of S.Benet's, Hulme. Examples are also found of abbesses represented with a pastoral staff, as on the brass of Isabel Hervey, Abbess of Elstow, Bedfordshire (ob. A.D. 1524).

Original comment by pku...@gmail.com on 5 Jul 2010 at 7:44

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by KarlWilcox36@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2011 at 9:31