medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Henk 't Jong <[log in to unmask]>
> As a heraldist might I suggest an alternative name for the zigzag pattern?
sure.
Talk is Cheap.
>In heraldry the term for a single broken bar is indeed 'chevron' (French and
English). A shield containing an even number of chevrons is called to be
'chevronny'. In this the chevrons are placed vertically above eachother, not
next to eachother. If that is the case it's called 'dancetty'
sounds reasonable.
Art Hysterians might call them "nested chevrons," which has the advantage of
sounding more domestic and less frivolous.
>and if there are more rows of these dancetty chevrons it's called
'barry-dancetty'.
obviously.
>So, a single row of zigzags, say around a doorway, would then be called a
dancetty row.
if you wanted no one save for heraldists to know what the hell you were
talking about, you *could* do that, certainly.
>A pillar completely covered with zigzags would be a barry-dancetty
pillar.
doesn't sound all that structurally sound to me, Henk.
>And all pefectly in period, because these names date back to at least the mid
to late 12th c.
and are virtually unknown in the early 21st.
say, what do "chevrons" signify, in a heraldry context?
not "he who has traveled through portals," i trust.
c
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