Castle

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Illustrations:

Period:

"Banners, Standards and Badges from a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms", Jane Seymour badge with castle and phoenix

Modern:

Pictorial Dictionary, 3rd edition:

• [[1]]
• [[2]]

Vector Graphics:

• Viking Answer Lady -[[3]]

Illustration/s from Brickbat's Armorial Stash -

• [[4]]:

Pennsic Traceable Art Project:

• [of 2 towers]
• [of 3 towers]

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[5]] Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[6]] Laurel Armory Articles - [[7]] Period Armorials

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[8]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[9]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[10]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

#x--Precedents:-Registerability:Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

#x--Precedents:-Conflict:Conflict:

May 2010 - beehive vs. tower:

#172Antonia di Lorenzo. Per pale gules and vert, a tower between three bees Or. As charges which had independent existence in period, there is at least significant difference between a beehive and a tower. Therefore, this device is clear of the device of Roland of Skep Glen, Vert, a beehive between three bees wings close Or. There is a CD for the field and a CD for the change of type of primary charge. As substantial difference is not needed to clear this conflict, we decline to rule at this time on the question of whether there is substantial difference between a tower and a beehive. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2010/05/10-05lar.html

August 2004 - tower vs castle:

[(Fieldless) A castle fracted palewise gules.] This badge conflicts with Edwin FitzLloyd: Ermine, chaussé raguly vert, a tower gules. There is a CD for the field, but nothing for type between a tower and a castle. This was originally blazoned as a single-arched bridge, but as drawn this is far closer to a castle than a bridge. [Olaf Wulfbrandt, LoAR 08/2004, Atlantia-R]

December 2001 - tower vs chess rook:

"There is substantial difference between a tower and a properly drawn chess rook" [2001 LoAR]

Collected Precedents:

Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - n/a The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - [and TOWER] The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - [Armory Precedents] The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - [Armory Precedents] The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - [Armory Precedents] The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - [HTML Document] The 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) - [precedents] The 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) - [Precedents] The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - [HTML Document] The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - [Precedents] The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - [Precedents] The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - [Precedents]

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In the Ordinary:

(includes citadel, building crane, fortress, lighthouse, minaret, tower)

• [- Sole primary - Argent]
• [- Sole primary - Azure]
• [- Sole primary - Fur]
• [- Sole primary - Gules]
• [- Sole primary - Multicolor]
• [- Sole primary - Or]
• [- Sole primary - Purpure]
• [- Sole primary - Sable]
• [- Sole primary - Vert]
• [- Group primary - Argent]
• [- Group primary - Azure]
• [- Group primary - Fur]
• [- Group primary - Gules]
• [- Group primary - Multicolor]
• [- Group primary - Or]
• [- Group primary - Purpure]
• [- Group primary - Sable]
• [- Group primary - Vert]
• [- Secondary - Argent]
• [- Secondary - Azure]
• [- Secondary - Fur]
• [- Secondary - Gules]
• [- Secondary - Multicolor]
• [- Secondary - Or]
• [- Secondary - Purpure]
• [- Secondary - Sable]
• [- Secondary - Vert]
• [- Tertiary]