Crown
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Illustrations:
Period sources:
Siebmacher
| Siebmacher 1605, plate 67, crown and monk |
Modern:
Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):
- [Coronet]
#x--Sources:Sources:
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[1]] Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[2]] Laurel Armory Articles - [[3]] Period Armorials
#x--Precedents:Precedents:
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[4]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[5]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[6]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.
Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - [and CROWN]
From the April 2006 LoAR: "We wish to remind the College of Arms that being a territorial baroness alone does not allow one to register armory with a coronet."[2006 LoAR]
The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) -
From the May 2005 LoAR: 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.[2005 LoAR]
The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) -
From the December 2002 LoAR: "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."[2002 LoAR Cover Letter]
From the April 2002 LoAR: "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."[2002 LoAR]
From the October 2001 LoAR: "He is also a court baron and thus entitled to bear a coronet."[2001 LoAR]
The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) -
From the April 2000 LoAR: "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
The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) -
From the May 1999 LoAR: "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."[1999 LoAR]
The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -
From the November 1991 LoAR: '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." [1991 LoAR]
The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) -
From the November 1984 LoAR: "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."[1984 LoAR Cover Letter]
The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) -
Definition:
Registerability (Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP):
Conflict:
In the Ordinary:
(includes chess king, circlet, comital coronet, coronet, ducal coronet, hat)