ANST - Belts (was Barcoding)

[Richard L. Rohde]

This is how I learned it.

Only the white belt or white baldric is reserved.  By tradition a red 
belt is for squires.  A somewhat recent import from other kingdoms is a 
green belt for apprentices and I think a yellow belt for "thorns" 
(uncommon term for Pelican's apprentices).  A recently seen innovation 
is a red baldric for students to a Master at Arms.  The white and red 
colors are also used in similar fashion for Rapier Fighters to 
designate Dons and Cadets.  To the best of my knowledge, only the white 
scarf is "reserved", and then only for kingdoms which recognize the 
treaty that establishes Rapier fighting outside Ansteorra (I believe 
the only kingdoms not part of the treaty are Meridies and Calontir). 
 The white belt or baldric, however, is proscribed throughout the SCA, 
as it is a recognized insignia of a peerage order established by the 
SCA in general, not by individual kingdoms.

Again, only a completely white belt or baldric is reserved.  White with 
another color is not, though I would recommend not running the white 
unbroken horizontally or it might appear all white at a distance.

Talen
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Centurion Talen Gustaf von Marienburg, Kriegsherr von Nordsteorra
Ritterlichkeit und Ehre ---- Chivalry and Honour
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-----Original Message-----
From:	E.Preston III & Shelly K. Walker [SMTP:wf3 at icok.net]
Sent:	Monday, August 04, 1997 3:36 PM
To:	ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
Subject:	ANST - Belts (was Barcoding)

Timothy A. McDaniel wrote:

  Four of the common
> belt colors are more or less taken.

Question: before I went out and bought a blue belt at Gulf Wars, I
specifically asked if it was designated to any particular group of
people. I was told that other than while for knights, and red for
squires, any color was generic, at least in this kingdom. Anyone know
differently?
Britta the Red
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this is a dark ride
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