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

Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair donnchadh at cornelius.norman.ok.us
Wed Jun 1 13:05:06 PDT 2011


On 6/1/2011 2:15 PM, Jennifer Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM, doug bell<magnus77840 at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>> [August 1983 LoAR, R-Atenveldt] Gustav Athanasius von Hausenstadt. (badge).
>> Azure, upon a sun Or a Latin cross azure, in chief a bishop's mitre between two crosses couped Or.
>> NOTE: Badge unacceptable. The bishop's mitre is the heraldic symbol for a bishop and
>>   should only be borne by a bishop. As there are no bishops allowed in the SCA,
>> the bishop's mitre is hereby forbidden for use in the SCA.
> Thanks for finding that, Magnus.
>
> It is worth noting that that return, however, is 1983; and since then,
> bishop's crosiers (also a symbol reserved to cardinals, bishops,
> abbots and abbesses according to Wikipedia) have been registered
> without comment.
>
> We haven't registered (or returned that I can find) any arms with a
> pallium, but it has been given a CD from an ordinary pall (June 2002
> CL).
>
> -Emma
Is there a way to get a current ruling on the subject other than having 
the submitter wait for months for an actual submission to work its way 
through the process?

Thanks,
Donnchadh



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