[Steppes] Speaking of Heraldry ...

Gerita hpockets at verizon.net
Thu Apr 24 12:04:08 PDT 2003


Whoops.  Sorry.  Thanks for setting me straight.

Gerita

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hanson, Bryan" <Bryan.Hanson at mbna.com>
To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 1:54 PM
Subject: RE: [Steppes] Speaking of Heraldry ...


> It may be a nit (and I am not picking on you, but hoping to increase
general
> knowledge.) but in Ansteorra a court barony has a lower precedence than a
> peerage.  His highest title would therefore be Master.  When he was
Steppes,
> he was landed and thus had a higher precedence than a peer.  He would then
> have been properly called Baron.  Just a tiny point.
>
> Alasdair
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerita [mailto:hpockets at verizon.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 1:45 PM
> To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Steppes] Speaking of Heraldry ...
>
>
> Referring to Amy Vanderbilt as my source (tongue firmly in cheek), you use
> the title that is either  a) highest, or b) preferred by the individual
thus
> named or c) the one that has most bearing on the topic of your article
> (purely an SCA addition).  So someone like Baron Robin could be listed as
> "Baron Robin of Gilwell" on a listing of Officers, unless he prefers one
of
> his other titles.  In an article on Bardic filking, he'd be "Master
Robin",
> etc.  I can't find anything in the SCA Heraldic stuff to say otherwise.
And
> it is rather difficult when you 'get to' present someone with fifty-eleven
> titles!  One thing that is certain: it's not dignified to use the entire
> string in a formal setting.  Try rolling on your tongue your own name,
with
> the addition of a County, a Laurel, a Pelican, a Lion, and what else am i
> forgetting? It's almost comical, anyway;  not quite the impression you'd
> want to have made.  But always fun to attempt.
>
> Gerita
> (with thanks to His Excellency, Baron Robin, for putting up with the
> unauthorized use of his name in this post)
>
>
>
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