[ANSTHRLD] Possible new award

doug bell magnus77840 at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 28 15:23:34 PDT 2001


The full text relating to orders and households is quoted
here for any who wish to get the boots and wade through
it.  The reference to signs under bynames follows and the
Admin on orders.

Even though it is available and registerable I would not
recommend Blauen Esel for an order name.  And who said the
Germans have no sense of humor.

Magnus von Lubeck

Rules for submissions

RfS III.2.b.ii. Names of Orders and Awards - Names of orders and awards must
follow the patterns of the names of period orders and awards. These are
often the names of saints; others are similar to sign names (see RfS
III.2.a.iii). Some examples are: the Order of Saint Michael, the Order of
Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, the Brethren of the Sword, the Order of the
Garter, La Toison d'Or (the Order of the Golden Fleece), the Order of the
Golden Rose, the Order of the Star, the Order of the Swan, La Orden de la
Jara (the Knights of the Tankard), the Order of Lilies.

RfS III.2.b.iv. Household Names - Household names must follow the patterns
of period names of organized groups of people. Possible models include
Scottish clans (Clan Stewart), ruling dynasties (House of Anjou),
professional guilds (Baker's Guild of Augsburg, Worshipful Company of
Coopers), military units (The White Company), and inns (House of the White
Hart).

RfS III.2.a.iii. A byname may be locative, a byname of origin or of
residence: Hubert of York, Jack London, Heinrich von Hamburg, William atte
Wode, Robert Undertheclyf, Matthias de Flandre; Alphonse le Picard, Dirk der
Brabanter, Adam (le) Flemyng, Wautier Alleman, Herman Munstermann. Names of
residence include sign names taken from signs on buildings: atte Belle `at
the [sign of the] Bell', zur Krone `at the [sign of the] crown', zum blauen
Esel `at the blue Ass'. These are extremely rare in English but not uncommon
in German.

Administrative handbook (less important in our case)

II.b.2. Order Name - The name of a recognized Society honor, order or award.
By Corpora such names may only be registered to kingdoms, principalities,
baronies or equivalent branches. Order Names may be registered alone or may
be associated with armory. Records for both name and armory will be retained
under the Branch Name of the branch for which the items are registered.



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