Heraldry

[Deborah Sweet]

 Diarmuit wrote:
>> Perhaps only break things down into Scholastics (with area 
>> specialists) and Beadles (the Loud People who make announcements) 
>> and only grant the title of "Herald" to one who actually *does* 
>> both.  And then, only allow Heralds to do the Court thing...

Savian wrote:
>This lumps the "book herald" together with the heraldic artist, 
>essentially saying all good researchers are good artists and vice 
>versa. I know I keep harping on it, but I think the art aspect of 
>heraldry is very important.

No, I don't think that's what Diarmuit is saying. IMHO, he is lumping 
all the book heralds, name heralds, artist heralds, precedence heralds, 
and any others who don't *make*announcements* (ie, voice, court, field 
heralds) into the Scholastics, which will then have some kind of 
differentiation describing exactly what that person's specialty is. For 
example, Bob does name research, especially in French names, then he 
would be a Scholastic (French naming). If he also did artistic work, he 
could then add Scholastic (French naming, Artist). 

Personally, I really like Diarmuit's division. It seems reasonably 
simple and you can easily know what each person does. It might take 
some paperwork to keep track of who's what, but then almost any system 
would.

I think this would be advantageous in many situations, because some 
people are deathly afraid to make announcements or herald a court, 
while others don't care to do research into volumes and volumes of 
books. Each person would receive a job title that would only commit 
them to doing what they wanted to do in the first place.

Estrill Swet
Dancemonger 
Mooneschadoweshire
Stillwater, OK