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''This page is about the heraldic charge '''Garb''', for information on clothing in the SCA see [[Clothing]]''. |
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One of the few requirements of attendance at an [[SCA]] event is that you ''attempt to wear pre-16th century [[clothing]]''. |
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If you're a [[newbie]] you can arrange for someone, such as the [[hospitaller]] to lend you garb for your first few [[events]] until you have your own garb. It could be something as simple a [[t-tunic]] or as elaborate as an [[Elizabethan]] [[farthingale]]. |
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In [[heraldry]] a '''garb''' is a wheatsheaf. It was a particularly common [[charge]] in period heraldry, but is used relatively infrequently in the [[SCA]].<br> |
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If you can't sew, you can always find plenty of people to help you. If you don't want to sew, you can always pay someone to make it for you, or offer whatever [[trade]] or skill you have in exchange for garb. |
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In [[England|English]] heraldry it has a particular place, as being the charge chosen by the '''Grosvenor''' family, when their claim to ''Azure, a bend or'' (otherwise the arms of '''Scrope''') was dismissed, and the king ordered them to change their arms altogether, rather than differencing them. Grosvenor chose ''Azure, a garb or''. |
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[[Category:device heraldry]] |
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Other really simple items of garb you can make are [[pants]], [[dress]] and [[skirt]]s! |
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''See also:'' |
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* [[Early Period Dress]] |
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* [[Late Period Dress]] |
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* [[Viking Garb]] |
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=== External Links === |
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* Links, links and more links - http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/clot.htm |
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* Irish clothing from legendary to [[Tudor]] - http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/ |
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* Scots, including the truth about the [[great-kilt]] - http://reconstructinghistory.com/scottish/ |
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* Japanese - http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/japanese/ |
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* Lots of stuff on middle eastern garb. Primarily Maghrabi and Andalusian - http://witch.drak.net/linah/courtyard.html |
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Latest revision as of 00:02, 2 February 2007
This page is about the heraldic charge Garb, for information on clothing in the SCA see Clothing.
In heraldry a garb is a wheatsheaf. It was a particularly common charge in period heraldry, but is used relatively infrequently in the SCA.
In English heraldry it has a particular place, as being the charge chosen by the Grosvenor family, when their claim to Azure, a bend or (otherwise the arms of Scrope) was dismissed, and the king ordered them to change their arms altogether, rather than differencing them. Grosvenor chose Azure, a garb or.
