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4: Rakonczay Gergely - New Device

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in February of 2004, via Drachenwald

Azure, a boar statant sable transfixed by an arrow bendwise sinister Or in chief a decrescent argent and a mullet of eight greater and eight lesser points Or.

His name was registered 02/2004.

The submitter is requesting an exception to RfS VII.2.b.i "The field must have good contrast with every charge placed directly on it and with charges placed overall" in accordance with RfS VII.6.b " a proposed exceptional armorial design element may be documented as characteristic of a specific regional armorial style". His documentation in support of this design comes from Nyulászi-Straub Éva's Öt évszázad címerei. All of the blazons are mine, based on the images. Some of the images are in hatched black and white drawings, and the tinctures are a bit hard to tell.

In support of animals transfixed by arrows:

· Kölkedi Család, 1429: Per fess argent and sable, a bird's jambe (couped and showing the marrow at the top!) proper pierced through the leg with an arrow argent shafted gules.

· Krisztalóci Tarkasics, 1431: Azure, a bird rising to sinister sable pierced through the throat by an arrow [tincture]

· Dannyani, 1578: Azure, in pale a bird close sable pierced through the neck with an arrow perched on a tree [tincture] issuant from a crown [tincture]

· Ábranfalvi Gergely, 1431: [Tincture], a demi-bear argent issuant from a base [tincture] and pierced through the head with an arrow [tincture]

· Udvarhelyi Nagy, 1507: [Tincture] and a base azure, overall a swan statant contourny argent crowned [tincture], pierced in the neck by an arrow, and maintaining an arrow [tincture] in its beak.

In support of black animals on blue:

· Paczali peres András, 1431: Azure, an eagle's head sable issuant contourny from a crown argent horned Or

· Kanizsay László, 1519: Azure, an eagle's wing sable terminating in a claw Or, claw to base, between a decrescent argent and a multi-pointed mullet Or

· Szerdahelyi Imreffy Mihály, 1523: A sprig vert flowered Or issuant from a crown Or, perched on the crown two bird rising respectant sable crowned Or maintaining between them a ribbon argent, and in canton a multi-pointed mullet Or and in sinister canton a crescent argent

· Hohenpergers, 1589: Quartered arms with two quarters being Azure, a goat statant (contourny) sable standing on a base argent, in (sinister) canton a decrescent and a mullet Or

· Krisztalóci Tarkasics, 1431: Azure, a bird rising to sinister sable pierced through the throat by an arrow [tincture]

· Paczal Peres, 1415: Azure, a winged beast per pale sable and argent maintaining a scepter [tincture]

· Dannyani, 1578: Azure, in pale a bird close sable pierced through the neck with an arrow perched on a tree [tincture] issuant from a crown [tincture]

· Eördögh, 1595: Azure, an arm couped at the elbow [tincture] sustaining a sword argent and winged sable between in bend a decrescent [tincture] and a six-pointed mullet [tincture]

In support of the "crescent moon and sun" motif:

According to Julia Eastern Crown, the Hungarian terms for these translate simply to "star" and "halfmoon". In some cases, it is impossible to tell how many points the stars have.

· Kanizsay László, 1519: Azure, an eagle's wing sable terminating in a claw Or, claw to base, between a decrescent argent and a multi-pointed mullet Or

· Szerdahelyi Imreffy Mihály, 1523: A sprig vert flowered Or issuant from a crown Or, perched on the crown two bird rising respectant sable crowned Or maintaining between them a ribbon argent, and in canton a multi-pointed mullet Or and in sinister canton a crescent argent

· Kallay Vitez, 1521: Per fess azure and vert, a bear statant sable collared of a chain Or and in canton a decrescent argent and in sinister canton an eight pointed mullet Or

· Cserneki Dessewffy, 1525: Azure, an eagle rising wings displayed and elevated sable perched on a gloved arm sustaining a mace argent, in canton a decrescent argent and in sinister canton a multi-pointed mullet Or

· Budaházi, 1552: Azure, a bear statant erect sable crowned and maintaining a flower [tincture], in canton a decrescent argent and in sinister canton a six-pointed mullet sable

In support of boars:

· Dobay, 1519: Azure, a base Or and overall a boar statant sable and a man proper garbed gules maintaining a spear proper about to pierce the boar.

While boars are not especially common in the armory found in Nyulászi-Staub, all other parts of the motif are (excuse the pun) rampant - you can't turn a page without seeing three or four examples of these three motifs. We therefore believe that these arms are very much in keeping with 15th and 16th century Hungarian armorial style.