The Foundational Register
Foundational Register
The Foundational Register records the first five hundred Guardian positions attributed during the Foundational Era of the Maison. Each position is identified by its original Guardian number.
Upon inscription of position 500, the Register was sealed. No additional Foundational positions may be created, while the custodial and continuity record attached to each existing position remains maintained by the Maison.
Five hundred recorded positions
Each of the five hundred positions was attributed to a Foundational Guardian during the first era of the Maison. Together, they form its original custodial body across private individuals, families and institutions in multiple territories.
The sealing fixed the number and identity of those positions in time. It did not close the historical record, documentation or custodial continuity maintained beneath each Guardian number.
A fixed number with a continuing record
Historical Number
The original Guardian number remains fixed within the sealed body of five hundred positions.
Custodial Record
Compositions and archival records attributed to the Guardian are maintained as a continuing corpus under that number.
Recorded Relation
Where applicable, a recognised Continuity Guardian may be recorded beneath the existing Guardian number.
Foundational Continuity Record
A Foundational Guardian may identify and recommend a family member or another person connected to the continuity of their position. Where recognised by the Office, that person may be recorded as a Continuity Guardian beneath the existing Guardian number.
Following confirmation, the Foundational Guardian may authorise appropriate access to the continuity record attached to that number. The recognised relation remains part of the existing position and its custodial line.
Such recognition preserves continuity of the existing position. It does not open an additional position within the sealed Foundational Register or transfer the historical identity of the original Guardian.
The form, extent and confirmation of continuity access remain private and are maintained under the authority of the Maison.
A confidential historical instrument
The Register is held as a confidential physical record and maintained in duplicate. Its function is to preserve traceability of attribution, the corpus attached to each position and recognised continuity across family, succession or institutional circumstances.
Historical body and present register
Sealed at five hundred
The first historical body remains fixed. Its existing custodial and continuity records continue to be maintained.
The present register
Subsequent register positions and present attributions proceed within the distinct contemporary structure of the Maison.
Foundational correspondence
Matters concerning an existing Foundational position are received through established Guardian correspondence or recognised family authority. Receipt of correspondence does not provide access to a position or its confidential record.
Private Correspondence