[Steppes] Latest heraldic acceptances and returns

[Alasdair MacEogan]

Greetings.  

The Letter of Acceptances and Returns for the January 2010 Laurel meeting has been published.  There is one item of local interest on the letter and unfortunately it is a return.

Robin of Gilwell. Augmentation. Ermine, on a chief double-arched to base gules, a moustache Or, for augmentation in chief on a double rose sable and Or a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable.

This augmentation is returned because the charges forming the augmentation are not recognizable. The mullet on the rose is indistinguishable from any distance. This is a violation of section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability." One of the listed things that may render charges unidentifiable is "significant reduction in size." Sadly, that is the case here.

The problem is exacerbated by the fact that, in trying to make it clear that the rose is an augmentation, it has been drawn very small and shoved to chief on the design. The terms honour point, nombril point, etc, are post-period inventions not used in the SCA, but without them, it becomes impossible to blazon the fact that the central charge on the field, the rose, is not a primary charge that fills the entire field.


Elfsea did fair a touch better with the following acceptances:

Cathal Finn Ó Briain. Device. Argent semy of lozenges, a bordure sable.

Fronicka von Bayren. Name.


Cheers,
Alasdair