[MR] Roll of Arms Competition at Spring Crown Tournament...

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                                      !!! ATLANTIAN ROLL OF ARMS 
COMPETITION !!!

Each Crown Tournament sees The  Atlantian Roll of Arms Competition as 
sponsored by the Triton Herald's Office  and this May is no exception!  What is a 
Roll of Arms, you ask?  Well,  the online Encyclopedia Brittannica defines 
a Roll of Arms as "(an) illuminated  manuscript describing (blazoning) and 
often illustrating (emblazoning) the arms  of persons present at a particular 
battle or tournament."

The rules for  the competition are simple. Using the registered heraldry 
for the combatants,  prepare a manuscript depicting the entrants to Their 
Majesties' Crown  Tournament, with the final pairing and the eventual Winner 
denoted. For example,  your page might contain 14 small escutcheons (shield 
shapes) of all the entrants  by rank, then 2 larger escutcheons of the 
finalists, with one even larger  escutcheon of the winner, listing the names under 
each depiction.   Illuminated poems or songs depicting the tourney 
progression are also  legitimate entries!

For visual examples, please see the following  links of historic Rolls of 
Arms as well as past winners of the Atlantian  Roll of Arms Competition:

_http://www.silverdragon.org/HERALDRY/ZurichRolls/zroadt2v.htm_ 
(http://www.silverdragon.org/HERALDRY/ZurichRolls/zroadt2v.htm) 

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hyghalmen_Roll_Late_1400s.jpg) 

_http://scribe.atlantia.sca.org/RollofArms.php_ 
(http://scribe.atlantia.sca.org/RollofArms.php) 

_http://www.flickr.com/photos/8407825@N02/525082139/_ 
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/8407825@N02/525082139/) 

_http://www.flickr.com/photos/8407825@N02/sets/72157605322242503/_ 
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/8407825@N02/sets/72157605322242503/) 


A  final list of entrants can be obtained on the day of Crown Tourney, and 
will  also be posted to the Merry Rose immediately following the event so 
you don't  have to attend Crown to participate in the competition.  Those 
interested  in entering the competition will have until June 1st to send Triton 
their  entries.  Entries should be prepared on appropriate 11"x14" scribal 
mediums  (suitable for inclusion in the official Atlantian Roll of Arms book).

The  winner receives a special prize from Triton and their entry is  
permanently placed in the official Roll of Arms Book of  Atlantia.  Second place 
entry is given to the victors of Crown  Tourney, Their Royal Highnesses.
 
All entries are to be mailed for arrival NLT June 1st.  Please,  send your 
entry to:
 
Scot Myers
3320-E Eastover Ridge Drive
Charlotte, NC 28211-1488
 
We have had some amazing entries in the past and I'm certain this Spring's  
Crown will be no exception!

Bran Trefonnen
Triton Principal Herald
House Corvus,  Atlantia