How about a 'lutenist recumbent' - on a 'vert ground'. (green background?) No mullet - (men's hairstyle of the 1980's) Not in fashion then, or now! The sheep might be stretching it a bit too far, - though I guess it would represent gut by doing just that. I like the idea of a curly belt bearing this motto. No buckle though - just a buttonhole at one end! A border of Yew leaves, to represent the wood of choice. Interspersed with cherubim and seraphim to represent the angelic sound. A chevron maybe, - of six lines to represent tablature. Screw-head fixings, but no nails!
It seems a lot to ask for a simple lapel-badge... BTW I do understand the mullet. It was used in a coat-of-arms in ancestry on my mother's side. A sort of flower (daisy?) with six-petals set in a circle. This has become an interesting diversion, without digressing too far off topic! Ron (UK) -----Original Message----- From: Craig Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:40 AM To: Ron Fletcher; Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: No guts no glory Ron wrote: > >Would someone now come up with a nice heraldic design for a cap/lapel-badge >or motif with this motto? We could use it for a club-tie, sweater, >lute-case sticker etc. The Lute Society, LSA etc. may be very interested in >this idea. All thanks to David van Ooijen if you remember. Oh you just had to ask about heraldry didn't you. This is a topic I know considerably more about I do Greek. Just give me a few days and I'll come up with a suitable blazon. I'm thinking a sheep's head couped or a yew tree blasted or something along those lines. Hmmmm. Now you've done it. Maybe something along the lines of the Scottish badges with a charge surrounded by a belt bearing the motto. I could even cast those up in pewter. Oh dear, oh my. >We might be thought of as heroes/veterans/old-soldiers when we are traveling >with our misshapen (battered?) lute-cases bearing these words! > >We could all be in this together! Sic semper gloria nervis. (I just know Mathias is going to correct me on that one). Regards, Craig Per chevron argent and vert, in chevron three mullets of eight pierced sable and a harp argent _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
