[ANSTHRLD] Blazon and conflict help (Wolf head and mitre)

Joseph Percer jpercer at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 10:58:34 PDT 2011


Ignorance Fail!

Thank you to both Adelaide and Kaz for pointing that out. I didn't
think about that being an issue because it is not in the list of
Restricted or Reserved charges.

Egg-faced Andrewe

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Lisa Theriot
<lisatheriot at ravenboymusic.com> wrote:
> Andrewe wrote:
>
> [I looked in Beast-dog-head-group primary and Beast-dog-head-sole
> primary and saw no conflicts.]
>
> That is partly because a mitre is a prohibited charge.  Per PicDic, "Of
> religious headgear, the "mitre" is found as a charge in the arms of
> bishops and bishoprics; its use is thus not permitted in the SCA."
>
> Unless you can demonstrate a period usage of the mitre in armory that is
> not directly related to a bishop, it is disallowed as a claim to rank.
>
>
> Adelaide
>
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