adrian-empire rules for heraldic registration, 2001 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Preface

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• I. The Rule of Tincture

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• A. Simple Ordinaries

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• B. Field Divisions

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• C. Vert Mounts

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• D. Furs

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• E. Augmentations

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• F. Small Details

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• G. Metal on Metal

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• H. Documenting Violations

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• I. Acceptable Tinctures

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• J. Restrictions

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• II. Struck

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• III. Armorial Style

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• A. Presentation

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• B. Modern Design

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• C. Animals, Plants, Trademarks, Etc

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• D. Offense, Presumption

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• E. Complexity

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• F. Layering, Counterchanging

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• G. Fimbriation, Voiding

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• H. QUESTionable Elements

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• IV. Fieldless Armory

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• V. Tinctureless Armory

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• VI. Marshalled Armory

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• VII. Restricted Charges

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• A. The Fleur-de-Lis

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• B. The Crown

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• C. The Tudor Rose

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• D. Registering Restricted Charges

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• VIII. Defined Charges

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• IX. Offensive and Presumptuous Armory

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• A. Offensive Armory

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• Vulgarisms

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• 2. Offensive Use of Religion

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• Stereotypes

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• 4. Offensive Political Themes

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• B. Presumption

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• 1. Restricted titles and charges

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• 2. Supernatural powers

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• Pretense

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• 4. Other presumption

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• X. Armory Outside the Empire

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• A. Persona

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• B. Other Medieval Re-Creation Societies

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• C. Outside of Adria

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• XI. Conflicting Armory

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• A. Addition of Primary Charges

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• B. Difference of Primary Charges

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• C. Significant Armorial Differences

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• 1. Field Difference

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• 2. Addition of Charges on the Field

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• 3. Addition of Charges Overall

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• 4. Tincture Changes

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• 5. Type Changes

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• 6. Number Changes

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• 7. Arrangement Changes

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• Posture Changes

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• Addition of Charges on Charges

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• 10. Changes to Charges on Charges

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• D. Visual Test

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• 1. Overwhelming Visual Resemblence

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• 2. Overall Effect

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• 3. Armory, Not Visual Description

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• XII. Structure of the College of Arms

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• A. Members

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• B. Local Colleges

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• C. Heralds

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• XIII. Duties of the Imperial Sovereign of Arms and Other Heralds

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• A. The Imperial Sovereign of Arms

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• B. Deputies to the Imperial Sovereign of Arms

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• C. Sovereigns of Arms serving Geographic Chartered Subdivisions

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• D. Heralds serving Estate Holders.

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• XIV. Registration Process

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• A. In Process vs. Official

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• B. Presentation

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• C. Local level

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• D. Imperial Level

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• XV. Court and Other Ceremonies

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• A. Voice of the Crown

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• B. Herald

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• C. Transcripts

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• D. Court Reports

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• XVI. Heraldic Authority

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• A. Ultimate Authority

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• B. Right to Remove From Display

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• C. Local Sovereigns of Arms

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• D. Imperial College of Arms

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• E. Appeals

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• XVII. Registration Limits

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• A. Individual and Estates

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• B. Geographic Chartered Subdivisions

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• XVIII. The Grandfather Clause

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• XIX. Documentation

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• A. Unnecessary Documentation

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• B. Questionable Elements or Style

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• C. List of Sources

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• D. Local Libraries

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• E. Documentable Elements

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• XX. Registration Forms

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• A. Forms Used

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• B. Shapes

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• C. Complete Forms

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• D. Colors

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• Glossary

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• Appendix A: Consolidation of Manuals

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