RE: reserved regalia (was Cap of maintenance? (was Pelican Cloaks)

["Mohajerin, Leila" <mohaj001@onyx.dcri.duke.edu>]

Poster: "Mohajerin, Leila" <mohaj001@onyx.dcri.duke.edu>

I am curious about this and other "reserved regalia" and can not find it
mentioned in any of the Corporate or Kingdom Bylaws.  Could anyone
direct me to where to find a listing of such things? 

> ----------
> From: 	Michael Houghton[SMTP:herveus@radix.net]
> Reply To: 	Michael Houghton
> Sent: 	Wednesday, March 10, 1999 11:49 AM
> To: 	nancyad@mindspring.com
> Cc: 	atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: 	Re: Cap of maintenance? (was Pelican Cloaks)
> 
> 
> Poster: Michael Houghton <herveus@Radix.Net>
> 
> Howdy!
> 
> Ysolt inquired:
> > 
> > Herveus wrote:
> > 
> > >Another piece of regalia you might see is a cap of maintenance.
> Tres spiff
> > >and period, too. 
> > 
> > And what, pray tell, is that? 
> > 
> A "cap of maintenance" is a scarlet cap with ermine lining. It is worn
> with the edge turned up so you can see the ermine. The brim is
> relatively
> high in the front, tapering to a point at the back on each side, 
> reminiscent of a "robin hood" hat. 
> 
> Note also that this is reserved as regalia to Pelicans. Note also
> that,
> in period, a cap of maintenance was officially reserved to certain
> high
> nobles. For example, at one point in England (in the 1300's I think),
> the
> privilege of wearing one was extended to dukes, having previously been
> limited to princes (if I recall the post on SCAHRLDS correctly).
> 
> yours,
> Herveus
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