User manual ADRIAN EMPIRE RULES FOR HERALDIC REGISTRATION, 2001

[. . . ] The Adrian Empire, Inc. HERALDRY MANUAL: RULES FOR REGISTRATON and ADMINISTRATION As adopted October 1999 amended November 2001 © 2002 The Adrian Empire Inc. , all rights reserved. Anyone is welcome to point out any error or omission that they may find. Imperial Sovereign of Arms SoA@adrianempire. org Empress empress@adrianempire. org Emperor emperor@adrianempire. org Page 2 of 23 Heraldry Manual as adopted November 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rule of Tincture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Changes of posture or orientation of separate charge groups may be counted. A change of posture must affect the orientation of the charge, or significantly change its appearance. 9. 10. ADDITION OF CHARGES ON CHARGES Adding or removing any group of charges placed entirely on other charges is one (1) clear difference. CHANGES TO CHARGES ON CHARGES Changes to a group of charges placed entirely on other charges may create one (1) difference. No more than one (1) clear difference can be obtained from changes to the same group of charges on other charges. Making two (2) or more visually significant changes to the same group of charges placed entirely on other charges is one (1) clear difference. In simple cases, substantially changing the type of all of a group of identical charges placed entirely on other charges is one (1) clear difference. The word "charge" refers both to charged and to uncharged charges unless it is specifically qualified; a group of charges may contain one or more charges. A charge is suitable for the purposes of this rule if (a) it is simple enough in outline to be voided, and (b) it is correctly drawn with an interior substantial enough to display easily recognizable charges. Only the new presentation is required to be a simple case in order to benefit from the following clauses. Simple cases are defined by the following clauses: i. Armory that has a group of identical charges on an ordinary or other suitable charge alone on the field is a simple case. Page 14 of 25 ii. Heraldry Manual as adopted November 2001 Armory that has a group of identical charges on an ordinary or other suitable charge that is accompanied only by a single uncharged group of identical charges lying entirely on the field is a simple case. Armory that has an uncharged primary charge group and a peripheral ordinary charged with a group of identical charges is a simple case. Armory that has a group of identical charges on a peripheral ordinary alone on the field is a simple case. iii. OVERWHELMING VISUAL RESEMBLENCE If the tinctures, shapes, or arrangement of the charges in a presentation create an overwhelming visual resemblance to a piece of protected armory, the presentation will be held to conflict even if sufficient theoretical difference can be counted between them. 2. OVERALL EFFECT This rule may also be used in its converse: that even if sufficient theoretical difference cannot be counted between two (2) pieces of armory, the overall effect of the tinctures, shapes, or arrangement of the charges may be sufficient to clear a conflict. 3. ARMORY, NOT VISUAL DESCRIPTION A piece of armory is registered and protected, not the verbal description used to record that armory. The use of different terminology to describe two (2) designs that are visually similar does not affect any potential for conflict that may exist. Unusual cases may occur where contrast is weak and unusual arrangements of charges are employed, and in such circumstances the cumulative similarities between two pieces of armory may outweigh any specific differences. XII. MEMBERS The members of the Imperial College of Arms shall include: 1. The Imperial Sovereign of Arms (IsoA) shall be the head of the College. Any Deputies to the Imperial Sovereign of Arms. Note: The Bylaws state that the members of the College of Arms are exclusively the ISoA and the regional SoA's (Article VII. F. 4. a. ). The Bylaws also allow ministers to appoint deputies (Article VII. B. ). Any deputies to the ISoA are allowed, by extension, to be considered members of the Imperial College of Arms. [. . . ] Once only registered by kingdoms and duchies, these were variants of the estate's arms to mark whether one or both of its rulers are present at an event. For example, a kingdom may have had a separate presence banner for its king and another for its queen, especially if the monarchs attended different events. Such a banner would say "The King (or whatever) is here". Some presence banners still remain listed in the Armorial. [. . . ]