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Top row: 'escallop' heraldic charges from coats of arms on medieval English rolls and ordinaries. Bottom row: the objects being represented by the image above. (a.): typical plain form of escallop; (b.): with scalloped edge, rays and 'eyes,' from Povey's Roll (College of Arms MS B.29, p.36); (c.): with horizontal cords across neck, from Jenyn's Ordinary (College of Arms MS 'Jenyn's Ordinary' f 19r); (d.): rare form, with sinuous diagonal cords, also from Jenyn's Ordinary (f 26v); (e.): modern Pecten scallop-shell; (f.): author's reproduction of a medieval Santiago scallop-shell pilgrim badge; (g.): badge in (f.) with leather suspension cord, wound horizontally; (g.): badge in (f.) with cord wound vertically across disk. Scale bars: 10mm. (b.), (c.), (d.), reproduced by permission of the Kings, Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms, London.
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... other armorial charges, which favored recognizability over accuracy, 35 early escallops were highly stylized, with narrow elongated necks, reduced "ears," acute or recurved shoulders, a smooth lower edge and no features on the disk (Figure 3a), resembling a saddler's knife or an Horizontal cords appeared on 23.6% of the escallops, despite cords being a later development. ...
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Metal detecting has become a vivid area of citizen science. In many countries where metal detecting is legal, the rapidly increasing number of finds submitted to authorities managing national archaeological databases has overwhelmed the capabilities of those maintaining the records. We propose an innovative approach for solving the problem by presenting a case study, the Finnish Archaeological Finds Recording Linked Open Database (SuALT) project. The idea is to engage the citizens more deeply in the process of maintaining the database in a mentally rewarding way by educating and helping citizens to make their find reports more accurately and as easily as possible, in place at the find location using a mobile device. SuALT provides a sustainable archaeological repository of Linked Data in Finland, interlinked with related international systems that shall continue to facilitate public engagements with cultural heritage, and research opportunities, long after the project has ended.
