Note for myself

[cormac]

Under consideration:

1. (Fieldless) an oak (or holly?) leaf (inverted?) Or.
2. (Fieldless) a wreath of oak (or holly?) Or.
3. (Fieldless) a skillet sable(?).
4. (Fieldless) a labyrinth Or.
5. (Fieldless) a Suffolk knot (inverted?) (tincture?).

ETA: Istvan suggests
6. (Fieldless) a swan in her piety argent.

Comments

[lady_songsmith]

What, MORE heraldry? Don't you have enough?

[cormac.livejournal.com]

I have a free resubmission from when my pelican-within-a-knight's-chain badge got returned. One slot left, so I'm trying to decide carefully what to submit.

[cayswann.livejournal.com]

Why would you have submitted a pelican-within-a-knight's-chain anyways? I'm not sure I get it.

[cormac.livejournal.com]

It'll be easier to just send you to the submission itself.

http://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=9914

[cayswann.livejournal.com]

Ah HA! Now I see what's up. Thank you for the link.

[dragonhearth.livejournal.com]

What's a Suffolk knot?

[cormac.livejournal.com]

It's an obscure knot that Bruce found. It looks like this:

[dragonhearth.livejournal.com]

OOh looks like a drunk pretzel. I like it. :D

[cormac.livejournal.com]

Most of the drunkenness comes from my hastily assembling the image in paint.

[aliskye.livejournal.com]

What of this list has some meaning for you? If you are just getting stuff to get stuff, that seems a bit silly.

[cormac.livejournal.com]

They all have meaning. This is the "best of the best" list, having weeded out things like Bruce's suggestion of "(fieldless) a demi-Moor proper." The Suffolk knot by itself has the least meaning of the group, but also has the some of the highest potential for display.

[aliskye.livejournal.com]

What's a swan in her piety? And isn't that likely to conflict with a pelican? Ditto a wreath of oak or holly?

[cormac.livejournal.com]

A swan in her piety is a swan in the typical "pelican in her piety" pose. And yes, it would probably conflict. Not so with the wreaths, though. There have been plenty of non-laurel wreaths registered by people over the years, including Caid for their "Children of Caidan Crescents" badge, which has a beautiful oak wreath on it.

It should be noted that the swan suggestion is a joke by Istvan, and not necessarily anything I'd submit.

[fosveny.livejournal.com]

The swan suggestion is most certainly a joke.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Oak wreaths/chaplets are rare but not unheard of: 9 individuals (and 5 branches) have registered armory containing one. There are also two holly wreaths. None of these conflict with a plain old Or wreath on fieldless... but I'm reasonably certain that current precedent says there isn't a CD between a wreath of oak and a wreath of laurel, to the O.L. badge itself might be a conflict at present.

Why am I not surprised that Istvan suggested the swan one as a joke? OTOH, a typical swan would probably try to vuln *you* first before vulning itself. *Especially* a mama swan.

[cormac.livejournal.com]

As late as August of 2002, Jessimond of Emerickeskepe had registered: "(Fieldless) An oak wreath fructed proper." So unless things have changed since then (I didn't find any precedent to counter it, and Jessimond's badge was registered without comment) I think I'm in the clear for either. But if it is a conflict, then I'll have conflicted with each of the three peerages' badges in my submission history. Gotta catch 'em all!