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Arrows fesswise have their points to sinister by default, just as arrows palewise have their points to base. (Alain ap Dafydd, July, 1992, pg. 2)
Hares, rabbits and coneys are sejant by default ( Parker 306). (Donata Ivanovna Basistova, July, 1992, pg. 22)
In heraldry, a foot is a human foot by default. (Eoin Eardstapa, August, 1992, pg. 11)
An heraldic dolphin proper is vert with gules details. (Aodhan Doilfin, September, 1992, pg. 18)
[Sea-urchins] (= "fish-tailed demi-hedgehog") has been registered before, in the armory of Rufus the Short of Burgundy. In Society armory, "the sea-urchin should be assumed to be a heraldic sea-urchin unless otherwise specified." [AmCoE, 25 Jan 87] (Order of the Sea Urchin (Kingdom of Atlantia), September, 1992, pg. 18)
Elevated and addorsed is the default wing posture for winged monsters statant, passant or couchant. (Stanislav von Neuland, September, 1992, pg. 21)
Cotises follow the line of their central ordinary by default; thus a bend wavy cotised will have wavy cotises, parallel to the wavy bend (Custódia de Montemor, September, 1992, pg. 30)
Gyronny of ten is symmetric around the horizontal line, not the vertical line. (Iestyn ap Cadfael ap Ianto ap Danno ap Richard ap Owen ap Rhys o'r Cwm, September, 1992, pg. 33)
The lion of St. Mark is characterized by a halo, as well as wings; it is usually, but not invariably, also shown with a book. (Vinycombe, Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, with special reference to their use in British heraldry, 1906, pp.53-55.) (Anastasia dello Scudo Rosso, September, 1992, pg. 44)
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A leopard's head, by definition, is cabossed [blazon from Papworth] (Talan of Hastings, September, 1992, pg. 50)
Unicorns are rampant by default. [see also Theodora Delamore, September, 1993, pg. 21] (Davyd Wyndwarde, October, 1992, pg. 9)
Eagle's legs, unlike lions' legs, have their claws to base by default. (Shire of Blackhawk, January, 1993, pg. 30)
The heraldic swan is rousant by default. (Estrella de La Trinite, March, 1993, pg. 11)
Scythes have their blades to chief by default, judging by the emblazon of Sneyd (Foster 179). (Li Kung Lo, May, 1993, pg. 9)
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The blanking shears, like scissors, have their handles to base by default (Ian Cnulle, June, 1993, pg. 1)
Wyverns are statant (or sejant; for wyverns, the postures are the same) by default. See the examples in Parker , pp.122-123, and Franklyn & Tanner 354. (Gylis Kingston, August, 1993, pg. 5)
While the English default for panthers is guardant, the German default is not. As it's easier to specify guardant than not-guardant (facing forwards, whatever), the SCA has not adopted the English default. (Russell Jervis, September, 1993, pg. 4)
The default wing posture for courant, passant or statant winged beasts is elevated and addorsed. This, therefore, is superfluous in the blazon and can be omitted. (Kathleen O'Connor, September, 1993, pg. 24)
The illustration in the glossary section of Rietstap shows that he considered the harpy/frauenadler to be displayed by default. (Barony of Red Spears, September, 1993, pg. 25)
Note that in heraldry, the owl is guardant by default, even when the rest of the posture is blazoned. (Deborah of Gryphon's Lair, October, 1993, pg. 2)
Recall that falcons default to the close position, both mundanely and in the SCA. (Jamie Amalthea Rowan, October, 1993, pg. 4)
The jew's harp has its opening to chief by SCA default. (Rabah az-Zafir, October, 1993, pg. 4)
Crayfish, like lobsters and scorpions, are tergiant by default (Eckhardt zu Westfilde, October, 1993, pg. 6)
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