Office of the Cynnabar Herald

Barony of Cynnabar Cynnabar Herald Rebbah Chaya-Simcha bat Yonah herald.AT.cynnabar.DOT.org

Welcome!

Herald Night!

The Cynnabar Heraldic meetings are held on First Mondays of each month from 6:30-9:00(ish) p.m. at Rebbah Chaya-Simcha's home (510 Ideal St in Milan, MI).

Directions to Rebbah Chaya-Simcha's home:
Take your best route to US-23 South. Take exit 27 - Carpenter Rd. Turn right off the ramp. About a mile down (after the speed limit goes down to 25mph), there will be The Little Store (a party store) on your right - this is IDEAL ST. Turn LEFT. Chaya-Simcha's house is the second on the right after the stop sign. There is a telephone pole just out front. If you get to the dead-end of the street, turn around! It's a grey house with a white porch. The light should be on and a Cynnabar banner will be hanging.

Functions of the Office

The office of the Herald has many different areas of specialty. They are, in no particular order:

Field Heraldry

This is the person who makes official announcements at events and announces the names of fighters at a tournament. We are always looking for people to assist in this arena. If you will be attending an upcoming event and would like to help out, please contact Lady Chaya Simcha at herald.AT.cynnabar.DOT.org.

Book Heraldry

This includes the study of period names and devices (“coats of arms” and badges) and the SCA requirements regarding submission, registration and use of such.

Court Heraldry

Along with Field Heraldry, this is the most visible aspect of the Herald’s Office. The court herald is the person who plans the agenda for court and acts as the “master of ceremonies” during it – calling people forward, reading scrolls and proclamations, etc.

Courtesy and Precedence

The Herald’s Office is the go-to place for etiquette and assistance with recognition of different nobles and awards.

The Order of Precedence for the Barony of Cynnabar is maintained by the Office of the Herald. (Coming soon!)

Help with Submissions

If you have (or don’t have) an idea that you’d like to develop into a full-fledged, registerable SCA name or device (or even if you just need help with the paperwork – the higher-ups can be retentively bureaucratic!), contact the Herald and set up a meeting! Many questions can be answered by email or phone, but sometimes sitting down with a few books can be more rewarding and infinitely more successful.

I am compiling a Cynnabar Roll of Arms, but I can't do it without you!

I request that members of the populace who have devices and badges registered please send me digital copies of said items along with their blazons (if known). I've included a disclaimer, below, if you don't want to write your own. You'll have to fill in your name, obviously. Also, please provide the current email address where you would like us to contact you, if it's different from the one getting the barony list-mail.

If you only have a paper copy of your submission, please bring it to me at a Monday Meeting (if at all possible) and I will take it home, scan it, and get it back to you in a timely fashion (like, normal people "timely" not SCA "timely"). Alternatively, if you can email me the blazon (or a description), I will reconstruct the device to the best of my ability. In this instance, I will still need the release quoted below.

Thank you, in advance, for your participation and assistance! I welcome any and all questions, comments or concerns about this project.

YIS-

Chaya Simcha

Standard Disclaimer: I, [Legal Name], known within the Society for Creative Anachronism as [Registered Name - so we can double-check our records], understand that by submitting my device and/or badge that I automatically give permission for the Society for Creative Anachronism to use my artwork and armory for any and all internal heraldic and scribal purposes.