King John
King of Talossa
Posts: 2,415
Talossan Since: 5-7-2005
Knight Since: 11-30-2005
Motto: COR UNUM
King Since: 3-14-2007
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Post by King John on Aug 17, 2006 14:21:50 GMT -6
The BONACON (also called Bonasus) is a heraldic monster, described by Pliny the Elder in the 1st century (Natural History, Book 8, 16): The bonasus is found in Paeonia. It has the mane of a horse but otherwise resembles a bull. It has horns that curve back so they are useless for fighting; when attacked, it runs away, while releasing a trail of dung that can cover three furlongs. Contact with the dung burns pursuers as though they had touched fire. A nice line drawing:  From the Aberdeen bestiary (around 1200 AD), a bonacon hunt:  I especially like the looks on the faces of this (15th-century) bonacon and its victim. This bonacon is having fun!  So, who's going to be the first Talossan to use a Bonacon on his arms? (Some RUMPist, one presumes.) — Blanc Wolf Herald |
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Hooligan
Squirrel King of Arms; Cunstaval to Maricopa
Posts: 7,325
Talossan Since: 7-12-2005
Motto: PRIMA CAPIAM POCULA
Baron Since: 11-20-2005
Count Since: 9-8-2012
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Post by Hooligan on Aug 17, 2006 22:55:09 GMT -6
Blanc Wolf -- A tremendous find. Might I enquire as to the proper blazoning of the tinctures of these heraldic bonacons (below). I can understand "langued" and "membered" and "armed" and "orbed" and "beaked" and "maned" and "unguled" and all sorts of other words to describe a part of the beast to be coloured differently. But, uh, how is the, uh, dung blazoned? "Vulned"  ?  Hooligan, the OAF |
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Hooligan
Squirrel King of Arms; Cunstaval to Maricopa
Posts: 7,325
Talossan Since: 7-12-2005
Motto: PRIMA CAPIAM POCULA
Baron Since: 11-20-2005
Count Since: 9-8-2012
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Post by Hooligan on Aug 17, 2006 23:19:55 GMT -6
Okay, I couldn't resist researching until I answered my own question.
The guy in the upper left would be blazoned "a bonacon passant regardant sable langued, armed, unguled, and incended at the rear gules."
Hooligan, hoping he is never personally incended at the rear
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Post by Hans-Jürgen von Knappe on Aug 18, 2006 9:05:12 GMT -6
Please find a complementary information about the Bonacon.
1560 - First apparition in heraldry as a crest and granted to Richard Chandelor.
His meaning : The watchful one who give the warning in times of danger.
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Post by Iustì Carlüs Canun on May 21, 2009 1:35:28 GMT -6
Man, I wish I'd seen this before I designed my Arms!
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Post by Owen Edwards on May 21, 2009 20:37:14 GMT -6
See where I got my idea from, eh?
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Flip Molinar
Talossan since 1-1-2008
Proud Talossan
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Post by Flip Molinar on Feb 16, 2010 16:03:13 GMT -6
Awesome!!!!!
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