[antir-heralds] can you charge a quarter?

[Ursula Whitcher]

> I honestly think that short of proving a pattern of charged quarters
> not meaning augmentations and getting by using RfS VIII.6. you're not
> going to get it registered.

Documented exceptions only apply to other parts of Section VIII-- they 
can't be used to avoid rules about presumption, only rules about style.

I personally think that it would make sense to give the Documented 
Exception rule a wider play: for instance, it would be reasonable to 
allow a group to use the documented exception clause to register a 
branch device without a laurel wreath.  But I'm not in charge of the 
rules :)

The client in question found an example of a design in a period roll of 
arms which involves a charged canton/quarter (but not an augmentation), 
and prefers authenticity to registrability.

Ursula Georges.