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10. Find the charge.Check thoroughly under the field match. Scan the rest for the lack of other charge groups. Armory that hasmore than one group of charges will have the second CVD. Check the others carefully. (Remember torepeat this for other charges that will not be clearly different from your selected charged, e.g., moons androundels).End of search.11. There is only one group; the charges are not identical. Is there a charge that comprises at least half of thegroup?Yes: Go to 12.No: The armory is very badly designed. Go to 13.12. Find the charge.Check thoroughly under the field match. Scan the rest of the fields for the presence of other charges groups(as in 10). If there is another charge in the group that comprises half of the group, repeat the process for thatcharge.End of search.13. There is only one group with no charge comprising half of the group.The armory is probably illegal as “slot machine” heraldry. If you still want to research it pick one of thecharges. Check thoroughly under the field match. Scan the rest for the presence of one or more of the othercharges in the group. Pick another charge and repeat the process until you have checked for all the chargetypes.End of search.14. There are neither peripheral charges nor ordinaries, but there is more than one group of charges. Does oneof the group have identical charges?Yes: Go to 15.No: Go to 19.15. Find the charge.Check thoroughly under the field match. Scan the rest looking for predominant charge(s) of the othercharge group.Go to 16.16. Is there another group of with identical charges?Yes: Go to 17.No: Go to 18.17. Find the charge.Check under the field match.End of search.18. Proceed as in 11, but check only under the field match.End of search.19. A piece of armory that has two groups of non-identical charges needs to be evaluated very carefully for badstyle.Proceed as in 11, but instead of checking for the presence of other charge groups, check for the presence ofother charge that appear in the proposed armory. Repeat for a second charge group.End of search. (And wouldn’t it have been easier to talk the submitter out of the design in the first place?)Note that in most cases only two categories will need to be checked in the Ordinary, and that one of themgenerally only needs to be checked for a field match. This will greatly reduce research time. As with conflict82 Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook2nd Edition - 2002
checking under the old rules, the secret to efficiency is knowing what you don’t have to check, and being able toscan for key words without having to read the blazons fully.Now let’s walk a few real examples through the process. I will use the examples from the “User’s Guide tothe New Ordinary” so that you can compare the process.Example A:Per pale Or and purpure, a chevron between three mullets of four points counterchanged.We start at:1. No, there is no peripheral charge—go to:7. Yes, there is an ordinary—substituting “ordinary” for “peripheral charge,” go back to:2. The ordinary is uncharged, therefore we will look only at uncharged categories. We continue to:3. Yes, the ordinary has a plain line—go to:4. Ordinaries don’t have “color” categories so we go straight to “Chevron.” Look at the field match: “per paleOr and purpure.” There are none as of this writing. Therefore you know that if a potential conflict has anuncharged, plain-line chevron, you have a CVD for the field. To be a conflict, it must have a chevron perpale purpure and Or and three mullets of four points (or something not considered different from them)with the same peculiar color pattern. Now, you and I know that this is very unlikely on a field divided perpale, but we can’t assume that (stranger things have been registered). But check all the per pale fielddivisions under chevron carefully.Go to 5.5. You can now either scan in chevron for “mullet of four” or scan in mullet of four for “chevron.” Althoughmullets tend to have large categories they have been broken down further to help out. The clincher for meis that the word “chevron” should come early in the blazon (right after the field if the item is well-blazoned)which makes it easy to scan for. So look up “mullets of three, four points.” You’ll find two categories“one” and “two or more.” Now, you know you already have one CVD for either the field or some aspect ofthe chevron. And “one” is significantly different from “three” so you only have to look in “two or more.”Check the field match—if you had “per pale Or and purpure, an X between three mullets etc.” you wouldonly have one CVD for an X versus a chevron (There are not currently any entries for “per pale Or andpurpure” in this category). Scan the rest of the category for chevrons. Check out any you find. And you’redone!Now, you’ll notice that we didn’t even look at “field division—per pale.” The flow chart doesn’t evenmention looking at field division categories. Are they obsolete? Of course not. In fact, any item underconsideration that has a field division should be checked under that category first. It isn’t part of the flow chartbecause it duplicates work that you have to do anyway in other categories, but it is often the fastest way to finda conflict. (Just don’t neglect the rest of the process if it’s clear.) Especially with counterchanged designs, ifthere is a conflict it will probably have the field division—probably, but not always.Example B:Per bend embattled azure and ermine, a lion rampant Or and a cross fleury sable.Now we come to Group Theory. (Remember I told you it was coming?) One of the questions still underdebate as of this writing is whether a design like this (and it’s a very popular design among submitters) has onegroup of charges or two. It’s not a trivial question. If there are two groups, then changing the tinctures of bothcharges is two independent CVDs. If there is only one group, then however much you change the tinctures ofthe charges it only gives you one CVD. Consider your opinion on the matter. Would that opinion change if thedesign had two lions or two crosses instead of one of each? Would that opinion change if there were a bendbetween the charges? Now do you see why heralds spend so much time arguing with each other? For now I willavoid the question entirely by considering the process under both views. For up-to-the-minute news aboutinterpretation in this area, ask someone involved in the College of Arms correspondence.[The College of Arms currently treats non-identical charges as forming a single group if they are of similarsize and are arranged in a pattern which would clearly be a group if the charges were identical. It doesn’tmatter whether the charges are separated by a field division or an ordinary, since identical charges may bearranged in a similar manner.]Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook 832nd 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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esponsibility now. It wouldn’t hu
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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
Page 43 and 44: Award of the Dragon's FlightOP Abbr
Page 45 and 46: Award of ArmsOP Abbreviation - AoAL
Page 47 and 48: Order of the Red CompanyOP Abbrevia
Page 49 and 50: Order of the WillowOP Abbreviation
Page 51 and 52: Order of the Gold MaceOP Abbreviati
Page 53 and 54: Master of ArmsOP Abbreviation - MSC
Page 55 and 56: Prince and Princess of NorthshieldO
Page 57 and 58: - The Consort of Northshield bears
Page 59 and 60: The Submission ProcessWorking with
Page 61 and 62: A good consultant will have these e
Page 63 and 64: submit it anyway (“I may be wrong
Page 65 and 66: Internal Letter Of Acceptance And R
Page 67 and 68: NamesOn Names and Name Documentatio
Page 69 and 70: Choosing a CultureJehan de la March
Page 71 and 72: Clothing: For the Slavic groups, pr
Page 73 and 74: Politics: The entire Islamic world
Page 75 and 76: Although in the earlier Middle Ages
Page 77 and 78: character in Household’s Arabesqu
Page 79 and 80: An Extremely Brief BibliographyWest
Page 81 and 82: ArmoryThe Philosophical Roots of He
Page 83 and 84: Even if your natural instinct for a
Page 85 and 86: 5. Peripheral secondary charges.6.
Page 87 and 88: Brisures (marks of cadency) and aug
Page 89 and 90: Still found in mundane blazons are
Page 91 and 92: Efficient Conflict ResearchKeridwen
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Page 99 and 100: Many authors state that dancetty is
Page 101 and 102: Charges may be placed on either sid
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Page 105 and 106: This page shows properly drawn exam
Page 107 and 108: This page shows a number of common
Page 109 and 110: Postures of Animals (cont’d)Posit
Page 111 and 112: Postures of BirdsPosition & Comment
Page 113 and 114: Postures of Fish and DolphinsPositi
Page 115 and 116: Barony of Caer Anterth MawrAzure, a
Page 117 and 118: Barony of the North WoodsAzure, a w
Page 119 and 120: Shire of AfonlynAzure, on a bend ar
Page 121 and 122: Shire of Rivenwood TowerErmine, on
Page 123 and 124: Reference BooksThe Basic HeraldBron
Page 125 and 126: Bardsley, Charles Wareing. English
Page 127 and 128: Kaganoff, Benzion C. A Dictionary o
Page 129 and 130: Sims, Clifford Stanley. The Origin
Page 131 and 132: Moncreiffe, Iain, and Don Pottinger
Page 133 and 134: Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme and
Page 135 and 136: Rules and RegulationsRules for Subm
Page 137 and 138: Although China, Random and Starhawk
Page 139 and 140: iii. Heraldic Titles - Heraldic tit
Page 141 and 142: ii. Number of Name Phrases - A pers
Page 143 and 144: PART VII - COMPATIBLE ARMORIAL CONT
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i. A metal and a color;ii. An eleme
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PART IX - OFFENSIVE ARMORYOffensive
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ii. Field-Primary Armory - If neith
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j. Changes to Charges on Charges -
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3. Marshalling. - Armory that appea
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directly by individuals, but may be
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the Laurel Office from the registra
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charge or augmentation is transferr
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so that ð is alphabetized as dh,
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1. Failure to Comment. Failure to c
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B. Content of Letters of Acceptance
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1. Principal Heralds - The Principa
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1. Financial Reports - Financial re
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Appendix B - Standard Designations
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Appendix D - Suggested Standard For
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Appendix G - Role of the Deputy Sov
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Glossary of TermsThis glossary was
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Complement, In Her*—Describes the
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Fur—Some furs, like Vair, Potent
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Mon—Japanese armorial insignia†
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Registration—Acceptance by Laurel
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AppendicesSources for Heraldic Publ
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• Send the four copies in and kee
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“Major” or “minor” changes?
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See the General section at the begi
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