ANST - Sumptuary laws (lots o' stuff)

Lord Larkin O'Kane larkin at webstar.net
Wed Sep 17 18:42:58 PDT 1997


On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:30:33 -0500, Dennis and/or Dory Grace
<amazing at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:

>
>Now *there* you've got a good point--and an excellent example of the traps
>and foolishness scattered throughout Corpora.  Following this particular
>clause, does not a blanket statement of "all previous versions are hereby
>superseded" rendered meaningless?
>
>Incidentally, I've received a private missive suggesting that the sumptuary
>laws, such as they are, may be found in the Herald's Handbook.  Where
>signed by the Sovereign, Consort, and Kingdom Seneschal (according to
>Ansteorran Kingdom Law) this handbook is supposed to be law.  
>
>So how 'bout it, heraldic and pursuivantish types, have any of the
>sumptuary laws in the Herald's Handbook been ratified?  If so, what 'xactly
>do they say?  Inquiring sartorial minds want to know.
>

What Herald's Handbook? You mean "The Book of the Herald" published in
1988?  Or do you mean the new handbook that Sir Kief has been working
on since he left as Star?

Larkin O'Kane

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