[Artemisia] Heraldic question

[Dan S.]

Greetings,

If the College of Heralds were serious about respecting Sumptuary Laws they
wouldn't dress the head society herald up in an Imperial Margarine-height
CROWN that has no authorization in ANY Kingdom in the SCA.

Once upon a time landed groups passed badges that incorporated both the
crossed horns of the office of the college of heralds and the device of the
Shire/Barony/Principality/Kingdom. Usually it was something like an
abatement in the corner over the local group's device.

This was to draw a distinction between the (for instance) Crowns Device worn
by the King or Queen and Their Herald. This was a pretty subtle distinction
that was often perceived, and has widely morphed into, letting the
group-herald wear the device of the group, rather than the original intent
of reserving the device only for the brass hats in charge of said geographic
area.

[...I really do miss drunkenly arguing these points with Master Aldwin
:-(    ]

Wear your tabard with pride. If you went to the trouble to make it, who's to
say you don't have the right to wear it when you are heralding (assuming
heralding is really a word) there is never too much trappings of ceremony
(unless you are wearing said Imperial Margerine Crown as the Society Herald.
then you are just a pretentious git)

In Service,

Sir Daniel