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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">His Majesty has an idea: he wants people with Awards and Grants of Arms [to] be able to put initials indicating as much after their names, and commands us to devise some. We suggest either A.A. and G.A., or preferably Arm. A. and Arm. G. [Irreverent footnote: Actually, we prefer neither one and think it's a terrible idea, but we will announce these and that should satisfy him. It isn't as if anyone is going to use them.] (KFW, 15 Jul 73 [42], p. 3)</span> | <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">His Majesty has an idea: he wants people with Awards and Grants of Arms [to] be able to put initials indicating as much after their names, and commands us to devise some. We suggest either A.A. and G.A., or preferably Arm. A. and Arm. G. [Irreverent footnote: Actually, we prefer neither one and think it's a terrible idea, but we will announce these and that should satisfy him. It isn't as if anyone is going to use them.] (KFW, 15 Jul 73 [42], p. 3)</span> | ||
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SCA Abbreviations:[edit | edit source]
CL - Cover Letter (of a Letter of Acceptances and Returns) IAP - Individually Attested Pattern LoAR - Letter of Acceptances and Returns LoI - Letter of Intent (iLoI = internal LoI, eLoI = external LoI) LoP - Letter of Pends OOP - out of period, Order of Precedence OP - Order of Precedence (listing of award recipients, maintained kingdom by kingdom) RfS - Rules for Submission (old rules) SENA, S.E.N.A. - Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory (new rules) SFPP - Step from Period Practice, formerly known as a wierdness
German Tinctures:[edit | edit source]
- "r" is Rote, gules;
- "g" is Gelbe, Or;
- "s" is Schwarze, sable
- "x" is for argent (since "s" is already taken for Schwarze)
- "b" is Blau, azure;
- "p" is Purpur, purpure;
- ? is Grun, vert.
Sources:[edit | edit source]
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[1]] Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/
Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/
IGI Searches, batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - http://familysearch.org
Precedents:[edit | edit source]
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[2]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[3]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - ABBREVIATION His Majesty has an idea: he wants people with Awards and Grants of Arms [to] be able to put initials indicating as much after their names, and commands us to devise some. We suggest either A.A. and G.A., or preferably Arm. A. and Arm. G. [Irreverent footnote: Actually, we prefer neither one and think it's a terrible idea, but we will announce these and that should satisfy him. It isn't as if anyone is going to use them.] (KFW, 15 Jul 73 [42], p. 3) http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/early/atoc.html#abbreviation