[ANSTHRLD] Heraldic Regalia
Etienne de St. Amaranth
star at ansteorra.org
Thu Feb 5 10:08:10 PST 2004
At 08:36 AM 2/5/2004, you wrote:
>I'm not sure if each GoOf has a badge for their office, but I would
>think that you would not use the black star on group officer's
>medallions, simply to avoid confusing them with Kingdom Officers. Also,
>what would you do about officer's in between groups and kingdom, such as
>regionals, or in a heraldic example, Pursuivant's/Herald's at large?
I have a seal of office but not a collar or official insignia. I am
working on a tabard to remain with the office. The principal herald wears
the kingdom arms (when I wear a tabard) because that job is always as the
herald of the Crown as steward of Their Majesties' College of Heralds, not
just during court.
Use of a kingdom badge element would make some logical sense for kingdom
offices. Local group badges would be logically appropriate for local group
offices. Regional heralds are lesser officers of state to the kingdom, per
kingdom law. Use of the arms of the group are restricted to the nobility
of the group and that nobility's herald, so don't put the arms of the shire
on collars for all of the officers; use a group badge or an element from
the arms or a badge. I am still re-reading the latest post on collars to
see what has turned up but remember that (for a period perspective) we need
examples of heralds with collars, not just office holders in general,
because heralds were different than mayors, chancellors, bishops, etc. and
were treated differently. The Lord Mayor, Lord Chancellor, Lord Bishop,
etc. did not equate to Lord Herald for all heralds (although there were
certainly some where it did) as a universal maxim.
Pusuivants/Heralds at large are not an office, they are an honor or ranking
system. Collars of office need an associated office to be relevant.
Etienne
Star
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