SCA College of Arms on the Web

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Web Name: SCA College of Arms on the Web

WebSite: http://heraldry.sca.org

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Welcome to the website of the SCA College of Arms!Heralds in the Society for Creative Anachronism have many jobs. We arefondly called book heralds, helping to research period naming andarmorial practices for the registration of names and armory for thepopulace. We are voice heralds, calling announcements, proclaiming whois fighting upon the field, and acting as the voice of nobility incourt. We are protocol heralds, recording awards and honors bestowed,drafting ceremonies, and determining precedence and other period legalniceties in all sorts of situations. We also work closely with ourgood friends in the College of Scribes, whose art and artistry withpen and brush make what we do beautiful. Anyone can be a herald. Youcan be a herald!As this site is meant to serve heralds and non-heralds alike, we arein the midst of redoing some site organization. Currently, the site isbroken up into several sections with a menu at the top of each page. Abrief synopsis of these sections: FAQs Several articles and documents answering common questions and providing commonly needed forms and letters; Rules The documents that guide the College, such as the Administrative Handbook for submissions procedures and heraldic officers, and the Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory (SENA) for name and armory registration; Archives Links to several areas of accumulated data of concern to the operation of the College, such as the Letters of Acceptance and Return (LoARs), collected precedents set by past rulings, and the Ordinary and Armorial, a database of all registered names and armory; Articles Many articles on the topics of names, armory and voice heraldry, reproduced here by permission of the authors; Jobs A description of the various Society-level heraldic offices, as well as information for Principal Heralds, and information for heralds interesting in consulting or commenting; Links Contact information for the Society-level heraldic officers, links to the heraldic sites of the various Kingdoms, mailing lists and other links of heraldic interest; KWHSS The Known World Heraldic Symposium, an annual conference for SCA heralds the world over; OSCAR The Online System for Commentary And Response, a web-based application for heralds to review and comment on submissions of names and heraldry for registration; SCA Back to the Society for Creative Anachronism homepage.The present Laurel Queen of Arms is:Dame Juliana de Lunamka Julia SmithContact information for the other Sovereigns of Arms as well as other officers can be found in the Links area.

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