The [[The Royalty & Nobility Committee]] of The Augustan Society, Inc., is responsible for advising the [[Board|Board of Directors]] of The Augustan Society, Inc., on recognition of''' ''fontes honorum'''.'' Members are advised than not all who claim such status are legitimate. While the status of such ''fontes'' in the European tradition are generally well established, questions are being raised with increasing frequency from Asia, Africa, and other regions, some of which are difficult to parse through a strictly European lens.
Note: The Augustan Society does not claim to be a definitive authority on the legitimacy of ''fontes honorum''. The recognition of such are matters of internal protocol and for the use of the Society in reviewing decisions to recognize noble titles, untitled nobility, and orders of chivalry.