Armory Description Search Hints
Here are some hints for using the Armory Description Search Form.
The purpose of the form is to find all registered armory that matches a particular description, such as "FIELD DIV.-BENDY:complex line". It is used, for instance, to view a single category from the on-line SCA Ordinary.
Your search will probably fail if you don't type the description exactly right, so until a friendlier interface is available, you should probably access it only through the on-line SCA Ordinary.
The form has a text entry field and a "submit" button. Type the description you are looking for in the box, then click on the button. The armory description search form is case-sensitive.
A description consists of
- a heading (in all caps), or
- a heading followed by one or more features (in lower-case), all separated by colons.
Here are some typical headings:
- BORDURE
- CHIEF
- STAR (includes mullets and compass stars)
- PPALE (fields divided "per pale")
- PBS (fields divided "per bend sinister")
Here are some typical features:
- 1
- 2 or more
- argent (charges with that coloration; divided fields in which the most honorable part is "argent")
- complex line (ordinaries and field divisions that are engrailed, embattled, etc.)
- multicolor (charges equally divided of several colorations)
- sole primary (the only primary charge in the design)
- uncharged (charges bearing no tertiary charges)
Here are some examples of reasonable armory descriptions:
- BIRD:displayed:sable:1
- BORDURE:plain line:purpure
- PBS:embattled
- WAGON
You can also find examples of valid descriptions by enabling the "Armory descriptions" option on the Blazon Pattern Search Form and doing a search.