[MR] Proposal for reducing the backlog of scrolls with helpfromBarons/esses and Heralds

[Anthony Bryant]

On Jun 19, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Vels inn Viggladi wrote:

>
> <much shortened>
>> Yes, your persona may come from a pre-heraldic or non-heraldic
>> society -- but Atlantia is NOT a non-heraldic society, and you are an
>> armiger of Atlantia, not of whathaveyou.
>>
>>
>> Effingham
>
>
> You do realize what you have effectively just said is that everyone  
> must
> adopt Fourteenth Century French/English elements into their  
> portrayal within
> the SCA, whether it is their study or not?
>
> If the CoA were not so rigid, using only 14th century French/ 
> English style
> heraldry, then more people would likely have registered arms.
>

You might want to look at the mon I passed years ago, then.

Requiring that something be *describable* in a specific context  
doesn't mean it has to be locked into a small box formed of that stuff.

And, for the record, "artistic style" is not registerable, so if you  
want a Viking-style depiction of a raven, GO FOR IT. All that matters  
is the position be blazonable; the actual style is up to you.

Effingham