[MR] Re: heraldry

[Towey, Brian]

> The change is an effort to allow a lasting archive of heraldy that 
> reflects the original intent of the submitter. 

Ahh.  Now I've got it.  The way it was announced in various fora, I had the
impression that the rule change was for the immediate approval process, not
for long-term archival purposes.

In other words, this change is about retaining our annals, not about being
anal retentive. <G>

Thanks to all who wrote to set me straight.

-Charles Fleming
mka Brian Towey
"Miror Otium Negotium 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lord Gryffri Newmarch [SMTP:gryffri at newmarch.org]
> Sent:	Monday, June 04, 2001 10:27 AM
> To:	atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject:	[MR] Re: why the heraldic change
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> Over the past year or so, submissions sent to the Laurel College 
> of Arms have had a number of ink jet originals that the colors have 
> changed on.  It appears that non thermal ink jet colors tend to oxidize 
> when coming into contact with the acids in the papers.  The most 
> common results are faded Gules that appears to be "flamigo pink" 
> faded or modified Azure that in some fashion resembles "royal Purpure" 
> A Vert that becomes a nasty shade of "sea sick green" and an Or 
> that becomes transparent Argent.
> 
> Since the original sunbmissions are used by the Laurel review heralds 
> to compare for visual conflict, it is important to use a coloration 
> medium that retains the true intent of the submitter.  It has been 
> found that Crayon and Crayola Markers have this attribute.  While 
> I have personally not reviewed any thermal color copies with this 
> fading problem, others have and it is not possible to tell if the 
> color "copy" was produced thermally or by ink jet.
> 
> The change is an effort to allow a lasting archive of heraldy that 
> reflects the original intent of the submitter.  So, I guess we have 
> found that the old fashioned illumination method of "colorization 
> by hand" is the best.  It proves that the middle ages scholars were 
> not technologically ignorant, only archivaly correct.  And so it 
> might also have the result of simplifying the design of devices if 
> they have to be hand colored as well, and in my opinion the simpler 
> the heraldy, the more likely it is to be reproduced and used by the 
> submitter in various forms.  Feast boxes, chair covers, banners, 
> bed spreads, archery bracers, shield covers, belt tokens, table tops,
> and any other number of creative heraldic identification uses.  
> Look at your registered device as a crime prevention tool.  Everything 
> you have marked with your device.
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> Lord Gryffri de Newmarch
> http://newmarch.org
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> Badge: Azure, a cross moline Argent and a bordure embattled Aregnt.
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> Arms: Per fess embattled Argent and Azure, a griffon segreant sable 
> and a cross moline argent.
> 
> Arms: Gules, on a plate a heraldic rose double proper. A bordure Or.
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