[antir-heralds] Interesting precedent on branch arm use

Teceangl tierna.britt at gmail.com
Sat Jul 12 22:18:37 PDT 2008


> Interesting. I know that mundane heraldry says one may impale one's personal
> arms with the arms belonging to certain offices. Does the SCA permit this?
> If so, how frequently is it done?

Ecclesiastical arms only in period, so no. To do so indicates,
literally, that you're married to the other entity and in the case of
bishops, that also implies sovereignty.  In the SCA we specifically
forbid the combining of personal and territorial arms in any way for
just that reason.

- Teceangl
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Heraldry is designed to be easily reproduced by anyone who sees the arms. -
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