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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Like if a lion = royalty in heraldry then using a lion would make it obvious that you were kings or something. (Intentionally bad example.)
Obviously not something people could answer in detail as it would 'give away the game' so to speak. But then, I don't know the rules either.
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There is probably some truth to this. I suspect that the most important thing to many of the designers was the symbolism rather then "rules," though many arms encompass both. Like I've said before, too, in American symbolism in general, one often sees a certain "freedom" from the rules.
And for what it's worth, it's
very rare that a particular symbol always stands for a particular meaning (like lion = royalty). While royal arms often use lions, so do many other arms.
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Originally Posted by Miriverite
We have a rather simplistic CoA =)
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From the standpoint of good heraldic design, simpler is almost always better because it's easier to "read" and identify.
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The sad thing is that our beloved lyre is not represented on the AXO CoA at all =(
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As others have said, the lyrebird is there.
