[ANSTHRLD] Augmentation forms
Tim McDaniel
tmcd at jump.net
Tue Aug 7 21:28:56 PDT 2001
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Ray Smith <rayasmith at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm fairly certain that there's a separate form for [augmentations]
Nope. An augmentation (note, Asterisk and Bordure) is treated as two
separate actions:
- registration of the base coat
- registration of the augmentation
"though they may appear on the same letter".
If he's just augmenting his existing arms, then the first one is taken
care of: no action, no forms, no fees. The augmentation is blazoned
"[base arms], as an augmentation [blazon of augmentation part]".
The augmentation part itself must be free of conflict in some cases.
This is from the June 2001 LoAR Cover Letter:
VIII.7. Augmentations of Honor - An augmentation of honor must be
compatible with period armorial style.
An augmentation is an honor bestowed by the crown, taking the form
of an addition or alteration to the honoree's device. While the
right to an augmentation is bestowed by the crown, its form is
subject to the normal registration process. The augmentation must
itself follow the armory rules; if it has the appearance of being
independent armory, for example a charged escutcheon or canton,
then it is independently subject to the normal rules of armorial
conflict. The augmentation may, however, on a case by case basis
break the rules in relation to the original armory. For example,
Sable, on a chief argent a lion passant maintaining, in
augmentation, an escutcheon gules charged with a cross throughout
argent is acceptable even though it breaks RfS VIII.1.c.ii., Layer
Limit. Gules, a lion argent, and in augmentation a canton argent
charged with a tower Or is not acceptable, as the augmentation
internally breaks RfS VIII.2., Armorial Contrast. Since an
augmentation is an earned honor, it may in some cases violate RfS
XI.3. Marshaling or RfS XI.4. Arms of Pretense and Augmentations
of Honor. Arms in their augmented form are subject to the normal
rules of conflict.
Daniel de Lincolia
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