[SCA-BMDL] Comet depiction, c. 1497

[myfanwy at nauticom.net]

Greetings from Myfanwy!
Interesting.  For those who are heraldically-challenged, comets are
generally depicted as being estoiles (i.e., six-pointed stars with wavy
arms) with tails.  This is an eight-pointed mullet (i.e., with straight
arms) with what is *sort* of a tail.
Thanks for posting this.
Although I am still rather partial to the Bayeux Tapestry-style comet that
is the traditional one for the Barony....
Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
myfanwy at nauticom.net

> For those of you who might be interested in period comet-depiction
> alternatives, here is a leaf from a book published in 1497 containing a
> block-printed comet:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Incunabula-Schedel-Comet-Portraits-Roland-Woodcuts-1497_W0QQitemZ140269839730QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140269839730&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A10|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14
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