FW: [MR] Coronation Curia - New Orders?

[Robert J Welenc]

At 09:49 PM 9/18/01 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 09/18/2001 7:07:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>dukelogan at directvinternet.com writes: 
> 
> 
>interesting as i tried to use it in place of the nonpareil (for the
same 
>reason) and was told that we could not as the manatee is a new world
>animal  

Who told you this, Logan?  Don't just ask a random herald -- contact
a senior Herald who is closely involved with submissions and hence
familiar with what is and is not possible.  The entry for the order
name on the August Atlantian Letter of Intent reads thusly:

Order of the Manatee 
Manatee  — Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary dates the word to
1555.  Etymology: Spanish manat{i'}

> 
>  The manatee was one of the first critters that folks mentioned
when
>talking about the discovery of the New World. Since there was a
>western European presence here from 1492 onward, I'd saw that's
>pretty darned documentable. 
> 
>Hrothgar 

New world creatures -- and hence their names -- are allowable in SCA
heraldry, as a single step away from period practice.  If you can
cast your mind back a couple of years, you might remember that the
original badge for the Non-Pariel was a manatee between three hearts.

Alanna
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