DICKSNR@qucdn.queensu.ca ("Ross M. Dickson") (05/20/91)
Archive-name: rec/sca/armorial/1991-05-18
Archive: meadow.stanford.edu:/pub/*armor* [36.64.0.20]
Original-posting-by: DICKSNR@qucdn.queensu.ca ("Ross M. Dickson")
Original-subject: Armorial online. Heraldry project.
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)
Bob Lyle <Z4610816@sfaustin.bitnet>, aka Lyelf the Lame, has not
received a copy of the Armorial & Ordinary . . .
> . . . Right now this is an incon-
> venience, since H.L. Serena, the Star Signet herald allows us to use her
> library. She is leaving this summer and taking her A&O, Papworth's, and
> naming books. THIS WILL LEAVE OUR SHIRE DESTITUTE.
Perhaps this would be a good time to mention that the armorial is
available in machine (and human) readable form, and can be ftp'd from
the 'pub' directory of meadow.stanford.edu (36.64.0.20).
This is not *quite* as useful as having the devices pre-sorted by
element, as in the Ordinary, but it beats nothing.
Speaking of which, how's that heraldic software project going?
Has anyone considered writing a parser for blazons that at least
recognizes "Argent, a fess sable" in "Argent, a fess and two
swords fessways sable", but knows it's *not* in "Argent, a
fess gules and two swords fessways sable" ? I haven't figured
how to get 'awk' to do this yet, :-), and I'm too busy writing
a thesis this summer to code it up myself.
Angus Mackintosh, Greyfells | Ross M. Dickson, Queen's Univ.,
Barony Skraeling Althing | Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Ealdormere, Midrealm | dicksnr@qucdn.queensu.ca OR qucdn.bitnet
-- comp.archives file verification
meadow.stanford.edu
-rw-r--r-- 1 goldschm wheel 644011 Apr 2 11:24 /pub/armorial.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 goldschm wheel 1855066 Apr 2 11:23 /pub/armorial.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 goldschm wheel 253 Apr 2 11:23 /pub/armorial.ver
found armorial ok
meadow.stanford.edu:/pub/*armor*