[ANSTHRLD] Heralds Digest, Vol 12, Issue 5

[Jennifer Smith]

Robin wrote:
> > They want to add the Ansteorran star to the "slash" but I am hoping
> > I can get them to hold off on anything else until this gets 
> ironed out.
> 
> Careful.  Several of the augmentations of arms for members of 
> this kingdom 
> are simply an Ansteorra star added to somebody's arms.  I 
> suspect that the 
> addition of the star would add the appearance of an 
> augmentation, and make 
> an already shaky submission appear much worse.

While it might make an appearance of an augmentation to some eyes, the
"Ansteorran star" is not a protected charge, and so there is actually no
presumption involved as far as the SCA College of Arms is concerned.

Those fighting surcoats are quite spiffy looking as-is; if only they were a
touch more heraldically historically accurate...

-Emma