ANST - Vague Laws

[John Ruble]

Sir Alrek said:


>         2.Engrailed coronets. They may have no more than six "points" 
or
> projections, which may be surmounted by spherical projections of no
> more than 1/2
>           inch diameter, and must have a smoothly concave outline
> between each "point", so as to clearly distinguish them from County
> coronets.
>
> In part 2. what does surmounted mean?

In this case, I believe it means "topped".  Early period coronets show 
"pearls on a stick" for some coronets.    The pearls are stuck on the 
points.  The kingdom sumptuary laws are more concerned with the 
silhouette than anything else, so this makes sense.  Of course, you could 
always decorate it with pearls.

The problem is their were no sumptuary laws recorded until late in 
period.  The rule of thumb was to not make a coronet that was more 
impressive than those worn by higher ranking nobles.  Check out 
Fox-Davies for a good discussion.

Ulf
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