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Collected Precedents of the SCA: Branch/Group Names: http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/BranchGroupNames.html
==Collected Precedents of the SCA: Branch/Group Names ==
http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/BranchGroupNames.html


Collected Precedents of the SCA: Order/Award Names: http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/OrderAwardNames.html
==Collected Precedents of the SCA: Order/Award Names ==
http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/OrderAwardNames.html


Collected Precedents of the SCA: Designations: http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Designations.html
==Collected Precedents of the SCA: Designations==
 
http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Designations.html
==January 2023 Cover Letter: Terms Used in Non-Personal Names==
This month we registered the non-personal name Order of the Schlachtschwärdt. We wish to provide a reminder that as of the August 2022 Cover Letter, whether or not we would use a term in blazon does not matter for purposes of registering a non-personal name. A schlachtschwärdt is a German two-handed sword. As this is a period artifact, an order may be named after it regardless of whether Wreath would blazon it as a schlachtschwärdt should someone submit one on a piece of armory. We would like to remind commenters that there are only two questions about an object that should be considered when looking at non-personal names using patterns containing artifacts, flora and fauna: 1) Is the item in question known to people during our period? and 2) Is the submitted spelling for this item found during our period? Any other considerations about the item are irrelevant for the registration of period artifacts, flora and fauna in non-personal names.
https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/01/23-01cl.html#4
 
==December 2022: Non-Personal Name Restrictions==
This month, we considered the submission of the Order of Durga, an order name based on a non-European deity. Order names based on deities and saints are well-established [Order of Artemis, East, Kingdom of, 06/2013, A-East]. Durga is a Hindu goddess who was known to people in India as early as the 6th or 7th century C.E., but likely not known to Europeans until the Portuguese presence in India in the 15th century.
 
Prior precedent held that order names could only be created in languages from places that actually had orders in period. [April 2011 Cover Letter]. However, "orders" as such appear to be unique to Europe (although research on this is ongoing). Given the changes to the Society's mission statement, limiting order names to only elements from European cultures is overly restrictive and inconsistent with our treatment of other names. Therefore, effective as of the date of this letter, we will allow order names to be created using the names of '''deities, personal names, or heraldic charges''' that can be documented to the SCA's period in places other than Europe.
 
In the coming months, we will be releasing a Rules Letter to consider how we will be evaluating all non-personal names going forward as we become a more inclusive society for all cultures pre-1600.
 
https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2022/12/22-12cl.html#3


==August 2022 CL - Abstract Qualities and Order Names==
==August 2022 CL - Abstract Qualities and Order Names==
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