[MR] Response to proposed symbols of rank law

[Marie Stewart]

Well Spoke
And well argued.

This, for me,  is the most salient point of argument.  As I always like to
see the SCA move to 'more authenticity', I can not with good conscience
support a law which impedes that goal.


>  *This proposed law is unjust to the citizens of Atlantia*: It  <snip>

 limit(s) their choice and style of court coronet to
> something so heavily regulated as to be non-medieval <snip>.

The law *mandates* a post-17th century heraldic rank structure. In a survey
> we did of
> 20 surviving medieval coronets, 17 have fleurons (“tri-lobed motifs”), 2
> had
> no projections of any sort and only one would have been suitable for an SCA
> rank below ducal. Essentially the proposed law prevents anyone below the
> SCA
> rank of duke from wearing a medieval-looking coronet.
>
>
Thank you both for doing this research.   I hope my edits to your missive
still accurately reflect your views, while shortening it to reflect my
primary concern.   And, as an aside,  may I ask which coronets you looked
at?  I'm always eager to learn more.   And n=20  just begs for me to go look
at more.

Pax.
Bridgette MacLean,  OL