Re: Please translate Heraldese...

[henderson@infodata.com (Henderson, Sharon)]

Poster: henderson@infodata.com (Henderson, Sharon)

jtrigg@softworkscc.com wrote:

> Per bend sinister azure and Or semy of fleams azure, a dumbeg Or.

> Unfortunately, I can't remember what fleams are.

I might be wrong, but aren't fleams those "upside-down numeral 2" things that
are the badge for chirurgeons?  I think I remember reading somewhere that a
fleam was a period blood-letting device, similar to a scalpel?

Possibly way off,
Meli ferch Iasper

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