Crown

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Examples:

Period sources:

File:Siebmacher plate067 monkcrown.jpg

Siebmacher 1605, plate 67, crown and monk

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• Crown; Coronet

Annotated 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

A Scots treatise which discusses different types of crowns awarded for specific deeds in war - Harley 6149 (ff 124r-126r), "Þe vii deidis of honour and of þair vii crownnys and of quhat materis þai ar maid of ande for quhat caus þai ar giffin; " -- (L. A. J. R. Houwen wrote a paper in 1993: "The Seven Deeds of Honour and Their Crowns: Lydgate and a Late Fifteenth-Century Scots Chivalric Treatise"). http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_6149_f029r

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Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.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

===May 2005 - default coronet, some others allowed===: Precedent says, "While it has been true that the default coronet is a simple coronet of three points, we have for a while now been allowing the blazon coronet to be used with any period depiction of a coronet that is not otherwise reserved". No documentation was provided showing that a coronet with single central point at the front is a period depiction of a coronet.May 2005 LoAR

April 2000 - pearled coronets period

"Clarion has given evidence that pearled coronets existed in 16th century Scotland, although they were not associated with barons. Therefore we are allowing the use of pearled coronets; however, if the type of coronet is blazoned at all, it will be blazoned as pearled not baronial." April 2000 LoAR

November 1991 LoAR - no standard viscomital coronet

There is no 'standard' viscomital coronet, either as a physical entity or an heraldic convention.' Viscounts and Viscountesses may use the default heraldic coronet (a crown indented of three points) if they so choose." November 1991 LoAR

Registerability (Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP):

April 2006 - no coronet for territorial baron/ess

"We wish to remind the College of Arms that being a territorial baroness alone does not allow one to register armory with a coronet." April 2006 LoAR

May 2005 - default coronet, some others allowed

Precedent says, "While it has been true that the default coronet is a simple coronet of three points, we have for a while now been allowing the blazon coronet to be used with any period depiction of a coronet that is not otherwise reserved". No documentation was provided showing that a coronet with single central point at the front is a period depiction of a coronet.May 2005 LoAR

October 2001 - court baron can have coronet

"He is also a court baron and thus entitled to bear a coronet." October 2001 LoAR

April 2000 - pearled coronets period

"Clarion has given evidence that pearled coronets existed in 16th century Scotland, although they were not associated with barons. Therefore we are allowing the use of pearled coronets; however, if the type of coronet is blazoned at all, it will be blazoned as pearled not baronial." April 2000 LoAR

May 1999 - coronets okay for court baron/ess

"This hereby overturns the ban on people of baronial rank using coronets in their arms. Henceforth, in addition to royal peers, court barons/esses may use coronets in their arms. Note: this does not include territorial barons/esses, since that is not a permanent rank. Just as a sitting king/queen/prince/princess cannot put a coronet on their arms until after they have attained the rank of count/ess or viscount/ess, since, while it is rare, there have been cases of royalty who have not completed their reign, neither can a territorial baron/ess, unless they are already a court baron/ess, use a coronet, since they have not attained a permanent baronial rank." May 1999 LoAR

November 1984 LoAR - crowns not for baronies

"Baronies are not permitted to have crowns in their arms (they are not considered sovereign), so it would be inappropriate for a territorial baron to do so." November 1984 LoAR Cover Letter

Conflict:

December 2002 - no difference for adding a crown to a head

"Without period evidence to the contrary, and because of the contrast problems inherent in the design of a crown on an animal's head, it does not seem appropriate to give difference for adding a crown to a charge consisting only of an animal's head."December 2002 LoAR Cover Letter

Identifiability:

April 2002 - gorged of a coronet like tertiary charge

"A beast's head gorged of a coronet or collar is treated by the SCA as having a tertiary charge." "A tertiary charge needs to have good contrast with the underlying charge." April 2002 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) - CORONET and CROWN
• 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 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 chess king, circlet, comital coronet, coronet, ducal coronet, hat)

• Crown - see also Jewelry and Wreath] and Torse