[Namron] Devices and AoAs?

el2iot2 at mail.com el2iot2 at mail.com
Tue Jun 7 04:28:47 PDT 2005


where would we go to find a listing of devices, and to whom they belong?  Is there a list, or is it just learn on the field?  Inquiring minds want to know.


joy
Radei
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Herron" <fitzbubba at gmail.com>
To: "Barony of Namron" <namron at ansteorra.org>, ulfie at cox.net
Subject: Re: [Namron] Devices and AoAs?
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 03:27:51 -0400

> 
> > An "achievement" is the arms with certain other things, like supporters,
> > a helm, mantling, crest, motto, etc.  These things depend on rank in the
> > SCA.  For example, Master FitzBubba is a peer.  He can have a helm, a
> > crest, and a motto, and the helm's mantling can include a fur. (See
> > http://heraldry.ansteorra.org/achievements/ for full description)
> 
> Sidebar:  Ulf, did that ever get done?  Last time I looked, the online
> Achievement armorial was still dated 6/10/02.
> 
> > As for arms... You can paint anything (tasteful) on your shield,
> > provided it conforms to that ideal of an "attempt at medieval" that we
> > shoot for in the SCA.  But if you paint something on your shield that
> > someone else is using on theirs AND theirs is registered with the
> > College of Arms, they have grounds to ask you to remove it. (side note -
> > The Ansteorran College of Heralds has a militant branch made up of
> > several knights.  Don't buck the system... *grin*)
> 
> And it's not just on the battlefield.  Once you get good at it, you
> can walk into a feast hall, look up at the banners hung on the wall,
> and say, okay, Gwyneth's here, Ulf's here, Their Majesties are here,
> and so on.
> 
> Care,
> Bubba
> 
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joy


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