[ANSTHRLD] Squires, Achievements of Arms, and Ranks (Oh My!)

[BOWERMAN, MATTHEW S. (JSC-DV1) (USA)]

Another thought is that in period, a herald could look at an achievement and
tell what rank, birth status, and family the person displaying the arms was.
I think that within the SCA the belt identification serves it's purpose in
one regard, and our display of arms should also do this, however we rarely
find ourselves in need of displaying our full achievements, unless we are
writing a letter, and sealing it, or using our achievements on letterheads
for inner SCA business, etc.  We may display our Achievement on a banner,
but this seems to be a late period practice that my persona would not have
done.

Rodrigo


-----Original Message-----
From: Christie Ward [mailto:val_org at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 1:07 PM
To: heralds at ansteorra.org
Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Squires, Achievements of Arms, and Ranks (Oh My!)


Rodrigo asked:
>Ok, I asked you that question so I could ask you this one.  In period a
>squire would have the interior of his helm painted red on his achievement,
>and his visor must be closed, helm facing Dexter.  Do we require the same?

Since, in the SCA, "squire" is not a rank nor an award, but rather a type of
household relationship between one flavor of peers and their students, I
think it would be goofy to somehow routinely denote this non-rank in one's
achievement (oh, gack! can you see the apprentices and proteges painting the
insides of *theirs* green and gold?) The color-coded, completely unofficial
colored belt scheme is bad enough as is without further ramification.

::GUNNVOR::



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