TLANTIAN BACKLOG DATABASE
For Commission Only
2.11.3.11 To be eligible for assignment, an award must meet all of the following criteria:
2.11.3.11.1 The award must affect the Atlantian Order of Precedence.
2.11.3.11.2 If the award requires the display of Arms, the recipient must have registered both Name and Arms with the College of Arms.
2.11.3.11.3 At the time of assignment, the award must have been received during the current reign or the previous six reigns, or the recipient must have submitted a request to the Office of the Signet. The request must include the recipient's valid contact information and details of the award.
If your scroll is in this category it doesn't meet 2.11.3.11 (and the other two criteria are irrelevant.)
Here is the list of awards that fall into this category:
- Queen's Order of Courtesy
- Nonpareil
- King's Award of Excellence
- Undine
- Shark's Tooth
- Silver Nautilus
- Fountain
- Herring
- Sea Urchin
- Hippocampus
- Sea Tyger
- Alcyon
- Augmentation of Arms
- Supporters
- Territorial Baronage
- Viscount/Viscountess
Most of these awards do not affect the recipient's position in the Atlantian Order of Precedence (exceptions below).
Supporters and Augmentations are here because of their special heraldic requirements. (and there is some question of their bearing upon precedence)
Territorial Baronage is here because it's a temporary status - members of our Territorial Baronage always receive a Grant of Arms upon stepping up and usually receive a Court Baronage upon stepping down - those are both Eligible for Assignment or Request (depending on age). Assigning Territorial Baronage scrolls would be a lot like assigning King & Queen or Prince & Princess scrolls.
Vicount/Viscountess is here because there are no Principalities in Atlantia, so most likely these are out-kingdom awards. The focus of the Atlantian backlog is Atlantian awards.
This doesn't mean that you can't *have* a scroll for any of these, it just means that you'll have to take responsibility for arranging that scroll. Of course, Their Majesties may arrange for court scrolls for any of these awards if they desire.
I will continue to log all of these but I won't assign them or keep up with their assignment/commission/completion status. (I will mark them as complete if someone lets me know that.) The "For Commission Only" table will be for reference only - the recipient will be responsible for arranging a scroll and the recipient will be the only one who knows for sure the status of that scroll.
More information about Commissions:
From Signet policy:
2.11.3.9 Private commissions are permitted and encouraged. It is important that the Clerk is notified of the commission to prevent duplicate assignments. The Office of the Signet has no responsibility or authority to ensure that the commissioned scroll meets our guidelines.2.11.3.10 A private commission is defined as a scroll production agreement between a scribe and an award recipient; this agreement may include direct compensation or exchange of services for labor and/or materials.
Any scroll can be commissioned, some must be commissioned (see above).
A commission is originated by the recipient. The recipient asks a scribe to make a scroll, if the scribe agrees they work out the details between themselves (those details *may* include compensation). If the award is in the "For Commission Only" category then I don't even need to know about it. If the award is in one of the "Eligible" categories then I need to be informed of the commission to prevent duplicate work.
My office will be happy to facilitate commissions by providing a directory of scribes who would like to take on commissions, by providing texts and guidance for scribes and by helping to collect signatures.
Commissions are an ideal solution for recipients who don't intend to register heraldry.
Quality and accuracy of commissioned scrolls is between the scribe and the recipient.
See the Eligible for Assignment information page for more information.
