[antir-heralds] More Questions on Order Documentation

[Rafe Neuton]

More questions:

I did some more research, and learned that seven years ago our Barony 
did try to register some of the orders, but had them returned. "No 
documentation was submitted for the order name, and the college did not 
provide any documentation either."
http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2000/12/00-12lar.html

Is it too late to send in documentation?

How do you document an order name?


IS,
HL Rafe Neuton

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Rafe Neuton wrote:

I recently learned that in our barony none of our awards have been 
passed through laurel (oooops!)

So I've been doing some preliminary work, compiling the details. I've 
been referring to Project Ordensnamen By Meradudd Cethin 
(http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/order) for period construction 
of order names. I'm not a herald, just know enough to get myself into 
trouble. Would you guys mind taking a look at what I've done so far? 
I've been conflict checking, and found some of our awards definitely 
conflict. So I've offered suggestions for plausible changes.

Also, I'm not completely understanding the precedents for awards and 
orders. For example, what makes a clear difference between the "Order of 
the Pearl" and "Order of the White Pearl?" Does color make that much 
difference? What about adding a place name. Is it a valid difference 
(Order of the Pearl of Terra Pomaria), or would we need both a color and 
place name to be significantly different? Also, is argent significantly 
different from white or silver? The precedents seem to indicate one way 
of doing things, while orders and awards in the O & A seem to contradict 
the rules.