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Period of the Society—As a noun, this means the time before 1600 a.d.Peripheral Charge Group—A charge or group of charges that are placed on the field near the edge of apiece ofarmory without affecting the rest of the design. Chiefs and bordures are the most common peripheralcharges, but orles, tressures, or groups of separate charges used in the same area as a chief or bordure mayalso be peripheral charges. The design “Per chevron argent and sable, two roses and a fleur-de-lyscounterchanged, and on a chief purpure three hearts argent” uses the chief as a peripheral charge. Similarly,“Purpure, a cross between four eagles displayed argent within a laurel wreath Or” has the laurel wreath asthe peripheral charge.Persona—The identity an individual chooses to adopt for Society participation. A persona is not a recreation ofan actual individual, but created person who could have lived somewhere within the domain of the Society.Phrase—In names, a phrase is defined as a single word, like a given name or surname, or a collection of wordsthat are grammatically linked, like an article and its noun such as “the Smith,” a preposition and its objectsuch as “of York,” an adjective and the noun it modifies such as “Golden Mists,” or some combination ofthese such as “of the Red Rose.”Place Name—The name for a geographic area, such as the name of a town or region. In the Society, placenames are the names of shires, baronies, principalities, kingdoms, and other official branches.Posture—The pose in which a beast or other animate charge is placed, such as “rampant,” “trippant,”“dormant” and so forth.Precedent—A decision by Laurel on a specific submission that may be applied to other similar submissions.Presumptuous—Claiming more importance for oneself than one is due. A person who pretends to be entitled tospecial treatment or recognition because of status, rank, or abilities that the person does not hold or has notearned is presumptuous.Primary Charge Group—The most important group of charges in a piece of armory. The primary charge groupis usually mentioned first in the blazon. The primary charge is usually the central ordinary, if one is present.If there is no central ordinary, then the primary charge group is the set of charges of the same size that arelargest and visually dominate the center of the design. In the device “Gules, a pale between two mulletsargent,” the pale is the primary charge. The primary charge in “Or, a maunche between three roundelsazure” is the maunche. The design “Per chevron argent and sable, two roses and a fleur-de-lyscounterchanged and on a chief purpure three hearts argent” has the roses and fleur-de-lys as the primarycharge group, because they are all of about the same size and in a standard arrangement.Primary Persona—The identity under which College of Arms records, including device registrations and listsof awards on the Order of Precedence, are kept.Principal Herald—The chief heraldic office of a kingdom, and a Great Officer of State in that kingdom. ThePrincipal Herald is in charge of all heraldic activities within the kingdom.Proper—Used in blazon to specify that a charge appears in its natural colors. “A zebra proper” has the zebra’scharacteristic pattern of black and white stripes. “A tree proper” has a brown trunk and green leaves.Sometimes “proper” is used to indicate a standard set of tinctures for a standard heraldic charge, like a“sword proper,” which has an argent blade and Or hilt and quillons, or “a rose proper”, which is “a rosegules, barbed vert and seeded Or.” The term “proper” should only be used to indicate colorings that cannotbe described in the usual heraldic language. “A raven proper” is just “a raven sable.” “Proper” should alsoonly be used if a competent artist will be able to draw the animal without extensive research.Protected Armory—Armory with which new Society armory may not conflict. This includes armory that hasalready been registered in the Society, as well as various categories of armory from outside the Society thatare deemed important.Purpure—The heraldic tincture purple. Purpure is a color.Quartering*—A form of marshalling in which the field is divided quarterly with two or four different devicesoccupying the four quarters of the shield.Quarterly*—Divided by vertical and horizontal lines into four pieces.172 Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook2nd Edition - 2002
Registration—Acceptance by Laurel of a name or piece of armory for future protection. The College of Armswill only register items that it believes are compatible with period names and armory, are not offensive norpresumptuous, and that do not conflict with armory that is already protected. Registered items are protectedfrom conflict with other proposed names and armory to the best ability of College of Arms.Reguardant*—With the head turned in the opposite direction, looking over the shoulder.Required Charges—In a few cases, pieces of armory are required to incorporate a particular charge in thedesign. The Society requires at least one laurel wreath on the arms of every official branch, and a crown onthe arms of every kingdom.Reserved Charges—Some charges are specifically reserved in the Society for use by particular group orindividuals, for instance the Coronet with Strawberry leaves reserved to Dukes and Duchesses, the circle ofchain reserved to Knights, or the Laurel wreath reserved to Society branches. These charges are listed in anappendix to the Administrative Handbook.Respectant*—Describes two animals which are facing each other in postures other than rampant/combattant.Restricted Charges—Some charges are so closely associated with royal families or specific honors outside theSociety that they may not be used in Society armory at all. Some examples of these include: Azure semé-delys,used by France, a Chinese dragon with five toes, used only by Chinese Emperors, or a Tudor Rose.These charges are listed in an appendix to the Administrative Handbook.Reversed*—Upside down or turned around.RfS*—Rules for Submission; usually used in conjunction with the number of a specific rule, e.g., “RfS X.4.a.”Roundel*—A disk or circle.Rule of “Toyota”*—See “Toyota,” Rule of.Rule of Two “Weirdnesses”*—See “Weirdnesses,” Rule of Two.Sable—The heraldic tincture black. Sable is a color.Salient*—Leaping, with both forepaws raised and the hind feet on the ground.Saltire*—An ordinary, a cross in the shape of an ‘X.’Secondary Charge Group—A group of charges placed on the field around the primary charge group. In thedevice, Gules, a pale between two mullets argent, the mullets are the secondary charge group. Thesecondary charges in Or, a maunche between three roundels azure are the roundels.Seeded*—Describes the tincture of the seeds at the center of a flower.Semé—A verb meaning something strewn with identical charges. A field Azure semé-de-lys Or is blue with apattern of gold fleurs-de-lys on it. A bordure vert semé of rowels argent is green and is charged with eightwhite rowels, evenly spaced around it. The charges that are so used are called “strewn charges” in theserules.Sheaf*—A bundle of arrows or similar charges, tied together at the center.Sinister*—The right side of the shield as seen by the viewer, which is the left side of the person carrying theshield.Slipped*—Describes a flower which has the stem attached.Society, the—The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.Society Name—The name a person chooses to use within the Society. This is the personal name one registerswith the College of Arms.Star*—See Estoille and Mullet.Static—In a design context, this means all the elements appear fixed and unmoving. Heraldic postures usuallyplace the weight of the best firmly over its feet, for instance, and the body is posed unnaturally in a stiffposition. Designs are balanced around the center of the shield so that the whole design also looks rigid. Theopposite of this term is “dynamic.”Strewn Charges—See Semé.Style—The way elements are put together to form a complete submission.Submission—A name or piece of armory that is given to the College of Arms for registration.Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook 1732nd Edition - 2002
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Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook
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INTRODUCTION.......................
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Saracens: Early to Mid-Medieval Mus
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IntroductionOsric of FayrehopeWhat
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AcknowledgementsMistress Elena de V
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The Middle KingdomCollege of Herald
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Regional HeraldsConstellation Heral
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Pursuivant DutiesDuties of the Bran
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All submissions should be sent to t
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What to Report?First of all, your r
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simply too pervasive. Chilly weathe
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switched into the losers’ bracket
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prevent accusations of a rigged lis
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the green fabric), a larger spool o
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Precedence and CourtesyCourtly Beha
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Territorial Barons and Baronesses m
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c. Once all presentations appear to
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i. Oaths of Fealty and Acknowledgem
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herald is the voice of the Crown an
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Award of the Dragon's FlightOP Abbr
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Award of ArmsOP Abbreviation - AoAL
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Order of the Red CompanyOP Abbrevia
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Order of the WillowOP Abbreviation
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Order of the Gold MaceOP Abbreviati
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Master of ArmsOP Abbreviation - MSC
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Prince and Princess of NorthshieldO
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- The Consort of Northshield bears
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The Submission ProcessWorking with
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A good consultant will have these e
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submit it anyway (“I may be wrong
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Internal Letter Of Acceptance And R
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NamesOn Names and Name Documentatio
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Choosing a CultureJehan de la March
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Clothing: For the Slavic groups, pr
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Politics: The entire Islamic world
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Although in the earlier Middle Ages
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character in Household’s Arabesqu
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An Extremely Brief BibliographyWest
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ArmoryThe Philosophical Roots of He
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5. Peripheral secondary charges.6.
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Brisures (marks of cadency) and aug
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Still found in mundane blazons are
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Efficient Conflict ResearchKeridwen
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1. Is there a peripheral charge (a
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checking under the old rules, the s
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2. Yes, the peripheral is charged.
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Many authors state that dancetty is
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This page shows properly drawn exam
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Postures of Animals (cont’d)Posit
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Postures of BirdsPosition & Comment
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Postures of Fish and DolphinsPositi
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Barony of Caer Anterth MawrAzure, a
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Reference BooksThe Basic HeraldBron
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Bardsley, Charles Wareing. English
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Kaganoff, Benzion C. A Dictionary o
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Sims, Clifford Stanley. The Origin
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Moncreiffe, Iain, and Don Pottinger
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Page 177 and 178: Glossary of TermsThis glossary was
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