[ANSTHRLD] Squires, Achievements of Arms, and Ranks (Oh My!)
Blaise de Cormeilles
blaise at scadian.net
Thu Feb 27 12:26:06 PST 2003
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:02:55PM -0600, Herndon, Darin wrote:
> Timothy wrote:
> "Please remember we can change nothing here. Just as neither the
> College of Arms or the College of Heralds had any say over the creation
> of these symbols, likewise they would have no say over changing such.
> It is more a discussion of symbolism, which is very germain to this
> list."
>
> Thank you for that note Timothy. These are traditions which arose
> outside of the heraldic college. It should however be noted that the
> College of Arms does have some jurisdiction here. Within the last year,
> if I am not mistaken as to timing, a gentleman from Atlantia registered
> a red belt as his badge. There is always the possibility that something
> will get registered which creates a problem for the tradition; though
> the tradition itself is not registered.
While it is true that (fieldless) A belt gules was registered as a badge,
that does not impact the wearing of a red belt. (The symbol is not the
thing symbolized...)
Blaise
Member of the as-yet-unformalized Confraternity of the Red Belt and
*not* a squire
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