This item was on the 12-2016 LoAR
11: Madison Moray - New Device
OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of September 21, 2016 as submitted.
Per pale gules and sable, a sun counterchanged
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Wulffeld
We are aware that the name on the form differs from the name under which this item is submitted; please see the associated name for the explanation. This entry has been pended from Æ 181 (https://oscar.sca.org/kingdom/kingloi.php?kingdom=16&loi=3661).
This is being presented as an Individually Attested Pattern for German-style armory.
There are a few cases of per pale gules and sable or per pale sable and gules with one or two charges of similar complexity:
from Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, von Radenhausen (http://www.wappenbuch.de/pages/wappen_182_Siebmacher.htm), Per pale gules and sable, an eagle counterchanged
from Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, die Zimmer (http://www.wappenbuch.de/pages/wappen_161_Siebmacher.htm), Per pale sable and gules, two hooks addorsed sable
from Anton Tirol's Wappenbuch (
https://oscar.sca.org/s.php?u=2984
[ bildsuche.digitale-sammlungen.de ] ), top right, Per pale gules and sable, a wheel counterchanged
There are also several examples of sable on gules, or counterchanged low contrast in German heraldry:
from Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, die Tscheterwitz (http://www.wappenbuch.de/pages/wappen_52_Siebmacher.htm), Gules, a man's head couped affronty sable
from Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, von Rechenberg (http://www.wappenbuch.de/pages/wappen_52_Siebmacher.htm), Gules, a ram's head sable armed Or
from Anton Tirol's Wappenbuch (
https://oscar.sca.org/s.php?u=2985
[ bildsuche.digitale-sammlungen.de ] ), top right, Per fess gules and azure, a hook counterchanged
Lastly, Siebmacher does include suns as charges:
von Sonnenberg (http://www.wappenbuch.de/pages/wappen_200_Siebmacher.htm), Argent, a sun in splendor gules, a trimount vert
Sources:
Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/f-siebmacher.html)
Tirol, Anton: Wappenbuch - BSB Cod.icon. 310, 1540 (
https://oscar.sca.org/s.php?u=2986
[ bildsuche.digitale-sammlungen.de ] 649&v=&nav=)
Gwenllian ferch Maredudd, "Trends in German Heraldic Style: An Analysis of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch von 1605" (http://strixresearch.com/pdf/TrendsGermanHeraldry.pdf)
