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'    V  TheAugustmeetingswereheldSaturday,August11,2001(withaPennsicPelicanroadshowforMeridieson V  August16,2001),andconsideredthefollowinglettersofintent:Atenveldt(April1),Caid(April4),Lochac(April ]  8),Drachenwald(April9),Middle(April11),Ansteorra(April20),West(April20),Atlantia(April21),AnTir %  (April27),Trimaris(April28),andMeridies(April30).   [vTheSeptembermeetingswereheldonSaturday,September15,2001(Pelican)andSaturday,September22,2001 [ (Wreath),andconsideredthefollowinglettersofintent:Atenveldt(May1),Middle(May5),Ansteorra(May10), # Caid(May11),thelmearc(May15),Caid(May15),Lochac(May16),Calontir(May25),andAnTir(May30).  YtTheOctobermeetingswereheldSaturday,October13,2001,andconsideredthefollowinglettersofintent: Y Drachenwald(May14)andAtlantia(May20)(bothdelayedduetolatereceiptofpaperwork),Atenveldt(June1), ! thelmearc(labelledatthetop January27,redatedtoJune10),Ansteorra(June14),Artemisia(June14),  Drachenwald(June14),Middle(June14),Atlantia(June16),Lochac(June17),Outlands(June21),AnTir(June r 27),Trimaris(June28),andMeridies(June30). :y   ATheNovembermeetingsarescheduledforSaturday,November10,2001(Pelican),andSunday,November11,  2001(Wreath),andwillconsidertheseLettersofIntentdatedinJuly2001:Atenveldt(July1),Caid(July7), p Trimaris(July7),Middle(July7),Artemisia(July7),Aethelmearc(July15),Lochac(July16),Calontir(July18), 8w Ansteorra(July18),AnTir(July27),West(July29),Outlands(July30),andMeridies(July31).For ? administrativereasons,East(July13),Atlantia(July17),andDrachenwald(July19)arenotyetscheduled.   OriginalcommentaryontheseLoIsmusthavebeenintheCollege'shandsnolaterthanSeptember30,2001.  ResponsesandrebuttalstocommentarymustbeintheCollege'shandsnolaterthanOctober30,2001. X   _ TheDecembermeetingsarescheduledforSaturday,December15,2001(Pelican),andSaturday,December8,   2001(Wreath),andwillconsidertheseLettersofIntentdatedinAugust2001:Atenveldt(August1),Middle !  (August5),East(August15),Lochac(August18),Artemisia(August28),AnTir(August29),Meridies(August V"! 31),andEaldormere(August).Foradministrativereasons,Caid(August9),thethreeAtlantialetters(August16, #]" 25,and27),Ansteorra(August25),andDrachenwald(August26)arenotyetscheduled. Originalcommentaryon #% # theseLoIsmustbeintheCollege'shandsnolaterthanOctober31,2001.Responsesandrebuttalsto $ $ commentarymustbeintheCollege'shandsnolaterthanSATURDAY,24NOVEMBER,2001. v%!% &##>&}" TheJanuarymeetingsarescheduledforSaturday,January19,2002(tentativeforPelican,firmforWreath),and &##& willconsidertheLettersofIntentdatedinSeptember2001. OriginalcommentaryontheseLoIsmustbeinthe '#' College'shandsnolaterthanNovember30,2001.Responsesandrebuttalstocommentarymustbeinthe t($( College'shandsnolaterthanDecember31,2001. <){%) *&*C& TheFebruarymeetingsaretentativelyscheduledforSaturday,February9,andwillconsidertheLettersofIntent *&*  datedinOctober2001. r+'+ gNotalllettersofintentmaybeconsideredwhentheyareoriginallyscheduledonthiscoverletter.Thedateof g  mailingoftheLoI,dateofreceiptoftheLaurelpacket,orotherfactorsmaydelayconsiderationofcertainletters /n ofintent.Additionally,somelettersofintentreceivedmaynothavebeenscheduledbecausetheadministrative 6 requirements(receiptoftheformspacket,receiptofthenecessaryfees,etc.)havenotyetbeenmet.  -lREMINDER:Untilalladministrativerequirementsaremet,thelettermaynotbescheduled. -l  4 FROMLAURELPRINCIPALKINGOFARMS    Hc  Lookingbackoverthehistoryofthisoffice,Iamimpressedbythededicationmypredecessorspossessed.Any  H officethatisrunwellappearstobeaneasythingtomaintain,butitisthededicationoftheofficeholderandstaff   thatmakesitappearso.DameElsbethAnneRothandMasterPietariPentipoikaalongwiththeirstaffdeserveour   admirationandthanks.Theytrulyshowedwhatdedicationmeans.Thankyou. a     )h ThetransitionoftheLaurelofficeisnowcomplete!Thefileshavebeenmoved,andtheprocessingofthe   submissionsandthecreationoftheLoARisbeingdonebyus.MystaffandIhavetakenuptheburdenofthe   Laurelofficewithabitofastumblebutwearequicklygainingourfeet.Evenwiththedevotedhelpofour _  predecessors,itisn'teasytofitwhatisusuallyafourmonthtransitionprocessintotwomonths!Iapologizetothe 'f  submittersandheraldswithdecisionsinthisletterforleavingyouinsuspenseforthisextendedtime.Itmaytake . anothermonthortwotogetcompletelybackonschedule,butwewillbetheresoon.    %d (Non)SchedulingofLettersofIntentWithoutPayment %d , Inthelastfewmonths,theverificationofpaymentfortheLoIbeforeitwillbescheduledhasbeenrelaxed.Thatis  nolongerthecase.Paymentisoneoftherequireditemsforapackettobescheduled.Inordertoallowforthe [ occasionalproblemwithgettingthecheckcut,Iwillallowakingdomtobebehindonemonthandstillschedule #b theletter.Nootherlettersfromthatkingdomwillbescheduledwhiletheyarebehindinpayment,onanyletter.If * afterthreemonthsthepaymentisstillnotcaughtup,allitemsontheunscheduledletterswillbereturnedforlack  ofpaperwork.IwillbecontactingthesubmissionsheraldandtheprincipalheraldwhenthefirstLoIisscheduled { withoutpayment.Thesecondmonth,Iwillincludethekingdomexchequeronthenotice.Thethirdmonth,Iwill C alsoincludetheroyaltyonthenoticeexplainingtheactionbeingtaken.  J   yLettersofIntentfromoutsidetheUnitedStatescontinuetheiralternatearrangementsforsendingfees,asmonthly y paymentsareunusuallyburdensome. A  HNOTE:Commentaryonunscheduledlettersmustbeastimelyasiftheletterswerescheduled.Theadministrative  requirementsareoftenmetwithlittleornonotice,socommentersmaynothaveanotherchancetocomment.In w anyevent,itisextremelyrareforLaureltoreturnentireletters,socommentarywillalmostcertainlybeneeded ? ~ someday. !F u"!(Whileonthesubject:whensendingachecktotheLaurelOffice,pleasewriteonitthedatesoftheLoI(s)for u" whichitapplies.) =#|    $ $D  KnowneWorldHeraldicandScribalArtsSymposium2002 $ ! &X"s%! Iampleasedtoannouncethatthe2002KnowneWorldHeraldicandScribalArtsSymposiumwillbeJune2123, &X"" hostedbythekingdomofTrimarisattheRamadaInninKissimmee,Florida. & ## O($'# GoodIntent O($$ )%)V% EnclosedisaLaurelLetterofIntentfor WreathSovereignofArms,thetitleforusebyDameZenobiaNaphtali, )%% whoismakingtherulingsonarmorysubmissions.ThetitlereferstotheprimarychargeontheSCAarms. *&& Pendingtheruling,wewillneverthelessusethetitlesoastoavoidtherecentcircumlocutionssuchas Nameless M+'' or 'Armory'.(ThereistheprecedentofMistressJaelleofArmida,whoreferredtoMistressSionynas Pelican ,T(( beforeregisteringthetitleinJanuary1997.) ,)) g FromWreathQueenofArms:INABROWNSTUDY g /n Thismonth'ssubmissionforednofWindhavenhasbroughtupsomequestionsconsideringproperchargesthat  arebrown.Thesequestionshavefrequentlybeenreferencedincommentaryoverthepastfewyears.     JeOneisatinctureconflictquestion:whenaproperitemisbrownincolor,andwhenitisdrawncorrectlyasaclear  J woodbrown,shouldthatproperitembegivenatinctureCDfromanyheraldictincture?Orshoulditbeconsidered  tohavenodifferencefromsomeparticulartinctures,suchassable?Wedonotseentohaveaclearprecedenton   thistopic,althoughtheregistrationhistoryshowsthatweseemtohaveconsistentlygivendifferencebetween c  correctlydrawnbrownandaheraldictincture. + j   2Theotherquestioniswhetherourcurrentpolicyconcerningproperbrownanimalsiscorrect.Ourcurrentpolicy   hasremainedlargelyunchangedsincethecoverletterwiththeOctober1995LoAR.Thiscoverlettersummarized a  theresearchonthequestionthathadbeenperformedasofthattime,andresultedinthefollowingruling: )h     0 <( ` hp x X<PRECEDENT:Henceforward,andmoreinlinewithperiodheraldicpractice,animalswhichare   normallybrownmayberegisteredsimplyasan{X}proper(e.g.,boarproper,hareproper). _  Animalswhicharefrequentlyfoundasbrownbutalsocommonlyappearinothertincturesinthe 'f  naturalworldmayberegisteredasabrown{X}proper(e.g.,brownhoundproper,brownhorse . proper).  %dThisprecedentdoesnot,however,loosenthebanon Linnaeanproper(CoverLetter,May13, %d 1991);propertincturesforfloraandfaunawhichrequiretheLinnaeangenusandspeciestoknow , howtocolorthem.Forexample,afalconproperwillbeconsideredtobeallbrown,notbrown  head,wingsandback,buffbreastwithdarkerspots,andatailstripedwithblack;ahareproper } willbeconsideredtobeallbrown,notbrownwithwhiteunderbellyandtailandpinkears.This E alsoappearstobemoreinkeepingwithperiodheraldicpractice.  L {?+ ` hp x X?ThetenorofthecommentaryimpliesthatanumberofcommentersarefrustratedbythecurrentCollegepolicyon { oneorbothofthequestionsabove.Thus,Iamcallingforresearchonthesequestions.Pleasehaveyourresearch, C andyourdiscussionsaboutwhatyoubelievetheproperpoliciesshouldbe,readyfortheMarch2002Laurel  J meeting.    AInordertoassist,mystaffandIwereabletoassemblethefollowinginformationduringthetwoweeksafterthe A armorymeeting.(Thepressofotherbusinessdidnotallowmetopursuethematterfurther,butthenagain,thatsort  H ofresearchisexactlywhattheCollegeofArmsisfor.:)Itissomewhatslantedtowardsresearchonboars,and  researchontheconflictquestion,sincethosewerethepertinentquestionsforedn'ssubmission.    !Fa ThereisanSCAprecedentthatdisallowsachargefrombeingblazonedasproperifitcanbefoundeitherasbrown !F orblackinnature.Thisprecedentcanbeinterpretedasimplyingthattherefore,brownandblackarenotartistic ! variantsofeachother,ortherewouldn'tbeaproblem. "  $D _#<( ` hp x X<[asunflowerOrseededproper]Thereisnodefaultcolorfortheseedsofsunflowers:sometimes $D ! theyareblack,sometimesbrown.Therefore,wecannotregisterasunflowerproper.[Cassandra $ !" vonSchwabing,November2000,Drachenwald] %!# 'B#]&"?+ ` hp x X?Still,twoitemsmayneedtobeblazoneddistinctlywithoutgettingaCDforthedifferencebetweenthem(suchas 'B#$ rampantandrampantguardant)sothisprecedentdoesnotcompletelyaddressthebrownversusblackquestion. ' $%   9)x%($Preliminaryresearchindicatesthereisnoparticularreasontobelievethatbrownisinterchangeablewithblackin 9)x%& periodarmory.Ininstanceswherewehavetheblazonofawoodenorleatheritemproper,thedepictionsare *@&' consistentlynotblack,andsimilarly,thedepictionsofitemsblazonedasblackareconsistentlynotbrown. *'(   7,v(+'Muchofourinformationaboutbrownproper,andparticularlybrownanimalsproper,isderivedfromSiebmacher's 7,v() 1605Wappenbuch,whichhasmanyperiodcoatsofarmsoveralargegeographicalarea,andwhichcontainsafair ,>)* amountofapparentusesofbrownanimals.Siebmacherhascoloredemblazons,butnoblazons.Insomecases,  blazonscanbeobtainedfromRietstap'sArmorialGeneral,bylookingupthefamilynameandfindingsimilar  lookingarmory.Theseblazonsarepostperiodandanydiscrepanciesmayreflectchangesinthearmoryovertime, Q soitisnotalwaysclearwhetherdiscrepant(orcoincident)blazonsreflectperiodpractices.Still,Rietstapprovides X valuableclues.   OOnepossiblecasewherebrownmightbeavariantdepictionofblackhasbeenfoundinSiebmacher'sdepictionof O thearmsofthecity(andCanton)ofBern,whichcanbeblazonedasSable,onabendargentabearpassant(dark  V brown).TheusualblazonofBernisGules,onabendOrabearpassantsable,ascanbeseenina1557pieceof   stainedglassonp.266ofNeubecker'sHeraldry:Sources,SymbolsandMeaningandinJiriLouda'sEuropean   CivicCoatsofArms,p.105.ItisnotclearherewhetherweshouldseeSiebmacher'sdepictionasanexampleof o   somethingusuallyblazonedsabledrawnasbrown(thebear),orifweshouldseethisasanerrorindepictionofthe 7 v  entirecoatofarms.Sincethisiscivicarmory,weareatleastsparedthequestionofwhetherthetincturechangeis  >  duetocadency.AnotherpossiblecaseisinthearmsofGuldenbockonf.184ofSiebmacher,whichare    emblazonedasOr,inpaletwowolvescourantproperbutwhichareinRietstapasOr,twowolvescourantsable.   < W FurtherinvestigationinSiebmacheronthematterofproper,andboarsinparticular,isinteresting.Siebmacher <  definitelyincludesarmorythatusesanimalswhicharedrawnasbrown,andwhichareblazonedinRietstapas   proper.Theseincludeasdiversecreaturesasaquail(Wachtel,Perpaleargentandazure,aquailproper),a   marten(Muggenthal/Muckenthal,Or,amartenproper),acarp(Karras,Gules,acarpbendwiseproper),awolf U (Winterfeld,Azure,awolframpantpropertowardsagarbOr),andabeaver(Beverforde,Or,abeaverrampant \ proper).(NotethatsomeofthesearegivensmalldetailsinRietstapthataren'tpresentorvisibleintheSiebmacher $ emblazon,likethecrownsontheheadsofthebeaversinBeverforde/Bevervoorde.)Thebrownisdistinctlybrown,  andfoundonawidevarietyoffields. u "=|However,SiebmacheralsocontainsarmorythatappearstouseabrownanimalwhichisblazonedinRietstapusing " aheraldictincture.TheseincludeGuldenbock,mentionedabove,Landesberg(emblazonedinSiebmacherasPer  fessargentandargentfrettygules,inchiefabrownfoxcourantproper,butblazonedinRietstapwiththefox s gules),andHasen(emblazonedinSiebmacherasAzure,aharerampantproperbutblazonedinRietstapwiththe ;z hareOr). B q Ontheparticularquestionofboars,18coatsofarmsfeaturingboarsortheirheadsinasolidtincturewerefoundin q Siebmacher.Counterchangedchargeswerenotincludedinthiscount,beingirrelevanttothisissue.Ofthese18 9x coats,15useboarsorboar'sheadswhicharesable,twouseboarsorboar'sheadswhicharegules,andoneonfirst @ glanceatleastappearstouseabrownboar.Thislastcaseisthearmoryofv.Schweinichen,whichappeartobe  Gules,aboarrampantproper(brown),butwhichareinRietstapasGules,aboarrampantargent.Acarefullook  atSiebmacherindicatesthatonsomepages(includingthisoneandnearbypages)sometimesabrownish washis Y  usedwhendepictingargent,andthismaywellbethecasehere.Oftheotherboar'sheadarmorymentioned,only ! `! fourofthemareblazonedinRietstapandinallthesecasestheyareblazonedastheyareemblazonedin  (" Siebmacher.Thesearev.Danewitz,Argentinpaleaboar'sheadsableandanarmembowedfesswisegules, !# Reishach,Argentaboar'sheadcoupedsable,Nonstedt,Argentaboar'sheadgules,andHardenberg,Argenta y"$ boar'sheadsable. A#%   $ $H ItishardertofindexamplesofproperitemsinEnglishsources.Staffhasbeenunabletofindaboarproperora $ & boar'sheadproperinEnglisharmorybefore1650,althoughPapworthgivessomeundatedexamples. w%!' &$#?&~"Torepeat:pleasehaveyourresearch,andyourdiscussionsaboutwhatyoubelievetheproperpoliciesshouldbe, &$#( readyfortheMarch2002Laurelmeeting. '#)   )Z%u($ FromWreathQueenofArms:WHEREHAVEALLTHEDETAILSGONE? )Z%* *&)"& Overthelastmonths,wehaveseenanincreasingnumberofsubmissionswhereacomplexcharge(suchasan *&+ animal)isdrawnwithoutanyinternaldetails.ThemembersoftheCollegehavebeenquicktopointoutthatthis Q+',  canleadtodifficultiesinidentifyingthecharge.Theyare,ofcourse,correct,anditisprobablyforthisreasonthat ,X(- mostperioddepictionsofcomplexchargeshavesomeinternaldetails.However,notallperiodheraldicarthas  internaldetails,andsuch silhouettedepictionsareacceptableintheSCAaslongasidentifiabilityispreserved.     6QThemostidentifiableposturesforanimalsarethosewhicharecommonlyusedfortheanimalbeingdepicted,and 6 whichshowthedistinguishingaspectsoftheanimaltotheirbestadvantage.Arampantlionhastheprofileofthe  head,allfourlimbs,andthetailalllayingdirectlyonthefield.Adisplayedeaglehastheprofileofthehead,both  wings,bothlegs,andthetailalllyingdirectlyonthefield.Becauseweareaccustomedtoseeingrampant O quadrupedsanddisplayedeagles,andbecausealmosteverypartoftheseanimalsisoutlinedagainstthefield,these  V animalscangenerallybeidentifiedwithlittleornointernaldetails.   M  Anyposturethatobscuressomelimbs(suchassejant),orwhichdoesnotshowtheprofileofthehead(suchas M  guardant)shouldgenerallybedrawnwithsomeinternaldetails.Soshouldanychargeinanuncommonor  T  confusingposture,likealionsejanterectaffronty,oranescallopfesswise.Anychargewhoseoutline    identifiabilityiscompromisedbysomeotherportionofthedesign,suchasapartiallylowcontrastfieldoran   overallcharge,willbenefitfromsomeinternaldetails. m     5t Whileonthistopic,Iwouldalsoliketoremindpeoplethatachargecanalsosufferfromtoomanyinternaldetails.   Insomecases,wereceiveartworkthatisbasedonaphotoenlargementofaheavilyshadedorcrosshatchedblack   andwhiteoriginal.Inthesecases,theblackdetailscanalmostoverpowertherealtinctureofthecharge.Inother k  cases,wehaveachargewithacomplicatedtincture(suchasermineorchecky),orwhichischargedwithatertiary 3r charge.Inthesecases,theinternaldetailscaninterferewiththeidentifiabilityofthecomplicatedtinctureor : tertiary,andshouldbeusedwithrestraint.  1p FromtheLaurelClerk:ONESETOFDOCSPERFORM,andPetitionsAreDocs 1p 8 TheLaurelofficerequiresthateachcopyofasubmissionformhaveitsownseparatecopyofthedocumentation  thatgoeswithit. Aform+itsassociateddocumentationisanindivisibleset.Foraname,that'sthelong g standingpractice:theLaurelofficereceivesonenameformandonesetofdocumentation.Anarmorysubmission /n hastwocoloredcopiesofthesubmissionform,soifitrequiresanydocumentation,wewillrequiretwocopiesof 6 thedocumentationaswell.(OnecopywillstayintheLaurelfiles,andtheothercopycanbesenttoDameZenobia  Wreath.)    4OForexample,ifaclientissubmittingarmorywithachargethathasnotbeenregisteredbefore,sendtwocopiesof 4 therequireddocumentationtogowiththetwoarmorysubmissionsforms.Similarly,sendtwocopiesof  documentationforProofofEntitlementforuseofarestrictedcharge,LetterofPermissiontoConflict,Supportfor  Transfer,etcetera. M TInparticular,inSCAbranchsubmissionswhichrequirepetitions,pleaseincludeonecopyofthepetitionforeach  nameorarmoryformsenttoLaurel.(So,forabranchnameanddevice,that'sthreecopiesofthepetition).This   ensuresthatthere'saformforeachdecisionmakingsovereignofarms,andforthefiles,whilebeingasimplerule K!  toremember. 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