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BSB 279 Insignia Neapolitanorum, 1550-55, Chief of allegiance. Red on blue. Nebuly tierce?	Insignia Anglica, BSB 291, 1500s, three charges on a chief with different charge in middle.

Chiefs of Allegiance per Mistress Gunnfor silfrahar: There are really two chiefs of allegiance we see: the Guelphs supported the Pope and used a chief of allegiance of the Kingdom of Naples (azure fleury Or a label gules), the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor and used a chief of allegiance of the Empire (gules, an eagle sable). To further signal loyalties, the Guelphs used square crenellations on their architecture, while the Ghibellines used swallowtail crenelations. ANY Italian armory is likely to have these chiefs of allegiance. You will find LOTS in the Insignia series. Oh, and it's perfectly possible to find a chief of Naples on arms with a blue field, just as it is possible to find a chief of Empire on a gold field. i.e., zero contrast. The chief of allegiance isn't really part of the arms, it's a plea "don;t kill me, I'm your ally!" See http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Rolls_of_Arms.html

Modern Sources:

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

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Pennsic Traceable Art Project

Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/

Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi

Laurel Armory Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/armory_articles.html

Period Armorials

Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html

Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)

Restatement Wiki - http://yehudaheraldry.com/restatement/index.php?title=Main_Page (restatements of Precedents)

Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

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Registerability (Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP):

From the January 2008 LoAR:

"The most common depiction of a chief and a bordure has the chief overlying the bordure; however, precedent indicates that there are some examples of bordures overlying chiefs (v. Ambrosius MacDaibhidh, December 1995). Prior precedent states:

Please note that the design of counterchanging a bordure over a pile is considered "a weirdness" in the SCA - a single step from period practice (per the LoAR of July 2001). One such step in armory is acceptable, but more than one such step is considered too far from period practice and reason for return. [Clef of Cividale, 03/03, R-Calontir]

Similarly, barring period evidence of such counterchanging, counterchanging a bordure over a chief is also a step from period practice." [January 2008 LoAR]

Conflict:

Collected Precedents:

Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - [CHIEF]
The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - [CHIEF]
The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - Collected Armory Precedents
The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - Single HTML Document
2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -
- the 1st part (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and
- the 2nd part (July 1994 - June 1996)
The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - Collected precedents
1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -
- the 1st year (June 1990 - June 1991) and
- the 2nd year (July 1991 - June 1992)
The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - Collected Precedents
The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - Single HTML Document
The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - Collected Precedents
The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - Collected Precedents
The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - Collected Precedents

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