Wreath

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Glossary of Terms:

1) Title - The Wreath Sovereign of Arms, who is a principal heraldic officer of the Society after the Laurel Principal Sovereign of Arms.

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2) Charge - A wreath is a circular charge, with its chiefmost ends nearly touching. Two sprigs (straight branches) crossed to form a "V" is not a wreath. See the illustration for a depiction of a laurel wreath. http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html

Illustrations:

Period source:

Siebmacher

"Wreath" in "An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch" - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/heraldry/siebmacher/wreath.html

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• Wreath

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)

Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)

December 2013 LoAR - properly drawn:

Giggleswick, Riding of. Branch name and device. Azure, a water wheel within a laurel wreath argent, a ford proper. Commenters discussed whether or not the laurel wreath was open too wide at the top. A similar discussion occurred in April 2008, at which point Laurel ruled:

• The laurel wreath in this case is well drawn, is circular in shape (not V-shaped), and is clearly identifiable as a wreath. In fact, it is closed more than the laurel wreath that appears on the SCA website. We are hereby overturning the previous precedents: laurel wreaths need to be circular but need not be nearly closed in order to be registerable. However, they still may not be drawn with anything other than a skinny charge between the tips of the wreath. [Sevenhills, Canton of, A-Atlantia, April 2008 LoAR]

http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2013/12/13-12lar.html#160

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

Identifiability:>

February 1995 - no laurel wreaths lying as if on a bordure:

Three Towers, Marche of. Name and device. Argent, three towers sable within a laurel wreath vert, a bordure embattled azure. No petitions of populace support were included with the forms, as required by the Administrative Handbook. As a consequence, both name and device must be returned for lack of evidence of support. While similar to the Shire of Silfren Mere (SCA) Argent, a tower sable, its base environed of a laurel wreath vert, all within a bordure embattled azure, there are CDs for the number of primary charges and for the position of the laurel wreath on the field. Unfortunately, however, wreaths "lying as on a bordure" have been returned in the past; wreaths should be nearly circular in shape -- when they are not, their identification as wreaths becomes problematical. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1995/02/lar.html

June 1994 LoAR - too complex to counterchange over an ordinary:

"By current precedent, a laurel wreath is considered too complex a charge to be counterchanged over an ordinary." June 1994 LoAR

Collected Precedents:

• 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - WREATH
• The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - WREATH]
• 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

In the Ordinary:

(includes chaplet, crown, garland, lei)

• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Argent
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Azure
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Fur
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Gules
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Multicolor
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Or
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Purpure
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Sable
• Wreath - Laurel - Sole primary - Vert
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Argent
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Azure
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Fur
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Gules
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Multicolor
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Or
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Purpure
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Sable
• Wreath - Laurel - Group primary - Vert
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Argent
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Azure
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Fur
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Gules
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Multicolor
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Or
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Purpure
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Sable
• Wreath - Laurel - Secondary - Vert
• Wreath - Laurel - Tertiary #wreathnotlaurel
• Wreath - Not laurel