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Raven's Corner of Madness & Musings

Argent, a tower gules within a laurel wreath, on a chief sable three towers argent. Huh? Heraldry can often sound like a foreign language, but can be fun once you get the swing of things. I'll be posting name & device updates, research that I find interesting, helpful guides, and other fun bits that I come across. Want a name and device to call your very own? We can make that happen.

100 Royal Crowns from Around the World....

5/27/2015

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Mads Phikamphon contacted me in regards to an article that she wrote about royal crowns in history. I thought that you guys might be interested in it and wanted to share it for your viewing pleasure. She wrote up this lovely intro to her article for you guys:

When we think of royal crowns, most of us think of the kind of crowns that we see in movies. But crowns can actually look very different depending on when they were made and where they are from in the world. To help us recognize the difference between the many different crowns, Axentric.Com made this graphic with 100 of the most interesting royal crowns from the last 3,500 years.

The first crowns were used in ancient Egypt, but we can also find crowns from ancient cultures in South America and parts of Asia. These cultures had no contact with each other, so it probably says a lot about human nature that so many different cultures all choose to use crowns as symbols of royal status and authority.

One might think that it's only the crowns from centuries ago that look different depending on where they are from, but even today it's easy to tell if a crown isn't from one of the monarchies in Europe. The modern crowns from Africa look very different from the modern crowns from Europe and so does the modern crows from Asia.

It's also important to note that even though the tradition of royal crowns is thousands of years old, it shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. As you can see in the graphic on the site, the latest crown is only a few years old (2011).

~Mads Phikamphon

This is the link to the actual article with the amazing chart of crowns. The image itself is simply too amazing to fit onto this blog properly, so go check it out for yourself. Thanks for sharing your article with us, Mads. You did a great job with it.

http://www.axentric.com/en-uk/top-100-royal-crowns-and-crown-jewels-ever/


~ Maddelena 'Raven' de Ricci


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Gryfyn's Ten Commandments of Heraldry....

10/3/2014

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With the blessing of the author, Baron Gryfyn de Moyon, I present to you "Gryfyn's Ten Commandments of Heraldry".

1. Color shall not lie on another color.

2. And the second is like unto the first, metal shall not lie on another metal.

3. Counterchanging is thy friend.

4. "Someone told me..." shall not be considered sufficient evidence for or against something.

5. The submitter should be flexible if they want their device to pass.

6. Thou shalt strive to use period style.

7. Whilst thou family arms are exceedingly cool, they do not matter to the College.

8. There is no 'E' in contourny. (That one took me a LONG time to figure out.)

9. The rules are to be followed at all times and in all circumstances (except when they are not, (see SENA A.4)

10. And the greatest commandment of all, thou shalt love they consulting herald with all thy heart and with all thy might, verily I say unto you, ply them with chocolate.



~Maddelena 'Raven' de Ricci

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A neat thing happened in the Herald community....

7/17/2014

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The other day somebody posted in the SCA Heraldry Chat group about a found mug from a recent event.

It just so happened that the mug was sporting a device as the decoration. The call went out to the Herald community, and within minutes, the registered device was tracked tracked to the registered name associated with it. Once the SCA name was posted, somebody else on the group knew the person and tagged her in the post to retrieve her mug.

This was fantastic to witness and so very easy to track down if registered. It made my day and I wanted to share this cool story with you guys. See? Heraldry can be cool. :D


~Maddelena 'Raven' de Ricci
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The importance of heraldry on the field....

3/15/2014

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Perfect example of the importance of heraldry on the field.  The first event that I took Giovanna to (after having to practically drag her out of the car in her garb haha), we arrived after the day had been up and running for a while. Once we got within site of the field, I could easily spot Val's black anchor shield on the other side of the field and headed that way. After asking me how I saw him from so far away, I pointed out his shield and she immediately recognized his device.  Fighters, help us find you so that we can cheer you on....or know which way to head to funnel water down your gullets when you forget to take care of yourselves.


~Maddelena 'Raven' de Ricci

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Heraldry Toast....

2/25/2014

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Practice some heraldry with your breakfast. Stumbled across this and thought it was a cute way to show some device workings. So, how do you like your toast?


~Maddelena 'Raven' de Ricci

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    Hello!!! I'm Maddelena de Ricci, but you can call me Raven. I'm the groups local herald and still very much  'green', but am always trying to better my skills. Still trying to get my footing, but always up for questions. If I don't know the answer, I will hunt it down for you.

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