[ANSTHRLD] for his Majesty

[Darius and Monica]

if we can justify calling it a vine Staff or A Baculus on the Blazon
that'd be great!

Darius

doug bell wrote:

> The vine staff was carried by centurions during
> the imperial era.  A baculus was a staff of authority
> carried by officials down through the middle ages.
>
> Bishop Odo is shown carrying one in the Bayeux Tapestry.
> http://www.ucok.edu/law/FirstHauberkEnlarged.htm
>
> Order of the Vine Staff
>
> The only staff names registered are for heralds.
> It should be possible to register a period object
> like this as an order and it has been done in
> the past in SCA.  Most historical order names I
> have found involve saints.
>
> Did his Majesty wish the vine staff depicted on the
> badge rather than a plain club?  I knew he had
> considered this award for quite some time.
>
> Magnus von Lubeck
>
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