ACCEPTANCES May 24, 1982 XVII
KINGDOM OF ANSTEORRA
Bordermarch, Barony of. Name only
KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT
Aethelwynn Thraedgyld. Name only.
Aislinn Rowena Clellan. Per bend sinister sable
and argent, a bend sinister counterchanged Or and azure between a cat sejant
guardant argent and a rose bendwise sinister gules, slipped, leaved, barbed
and seeded proper.
Bogar Sólarari. Sable, four eagles' heads erased
in cross, facing clockwise, necks outward, within an orle, Or.
Bohemund von Greifshafen. Badge for Household of
the Warded Wald. Azure, an oak tree eradicated Or between in fess two gryphons
passant addorsed argent.
Cherie Ruadh MhicRath of Shadowcat. Seal. A cat's
eyes, nose and whiskers.
NOTE: This sort of thing is allowable for a maker's mark
or seal, but may not be used as a heraldic badge. Tinctureless maker's marks
and seals do not have to be entirely heraldic in style. As she is using this
for a seal or mark, I have registered it as such. (Cherie withdrew her device.)
Christopher of Hoghton. Badge. Sable, four bars
Or, overall on a bend argent a bumblebee statant close proper bestriding a
spear sable.
Christopher of Hoghton. Badge. Per bend sinister
sable and Or, two towers in bend counterchanged and in chief a label of three
points argent.
NOTE: This was his old arms and is now a badge.
Christopher Thorne of Keystone. Gules, on a keystone
issuant from chief azure fimbriated a griffin segreant argent and in base
an estoile of eight points Or.
Constantine Peradan. Name only.
Cormac MacGuin. Sable, in bend a Cross of Jerusalem
argent and a bend sinister bretessed gules fimbriated argent.
NOTE: There is no K in Gaelic, so I have changed Cormak
to Cormac. Using a K in Gaelic is like using an Ø in English. In the SCA,
a Cross of Jerusalem is a cross potent between four crossed couped.
Edric the Unsteady. Badge. Argent, an estoile
gyronny of six gules and sable within a bordure sable.
Elizabeth the Unknown. Name only.
Hildr Úlfsdóttir. Argent, issuant from an annulet
three Norse wolf's heads ululant, one and two, facing clockwise, sable,
delineated gules.
NOTE: The inside of the annulet is not edged in gules
I have used "delineated" instead of "fimbriated," as the details of the heads
are also red.
Irving de Rosamonde MacChlurain. Name change from
Irving de Rosamounde NicChlurain.
James Arthursson. Vert, a bend sinister sable
fimbriated between a feather bendwise sinister and a hammer palewise Or.
NOTE: As drawn, the hammer looks like a geologist's rock
hammer. Please draw a period hammer.
Kathryn of Iveragh. Change of device. Per bend
sinister wavy sable and gules, in dexter chief three passion nails inverted
bendwise in bend sinister gules enflamed Or.
Leiannka Zorya Zelolev. Argent, a lion rampant
guardant vert grasping in its dexter forepaw an ankh gules, on a chief sable
a rainbow proper.
NOTE: A rainbow proper arches between two argent clouds
with four bands: Or, gules, vert and argent. Other colors must be blazoned.
Loch Salann, Barony of. Badge. Per bend argent
and sable, six ermine spots per bend gemel counterchanged.
NOTE: The spots are in two bendwise rows of three palewise
spots each.
Maleen MacCannach. Name only.
Marya of Zagamar, the Mad. Blazon correction.
Argent, on a torteau in pale an estoile and a triskelion reversed argent,
a base undy vert.
Melissa of Greenbranch. Name only.
Michael Gerard Curtememoire. Badge for Greystone
Priory. Argent, masoned sable, on a cross gules a staff proper issuant
therefrom in chief three lilies argent.
Mindrakken van der Zilver. Name change from Mondragon
of Dragon's Keep.
Miréille la Colombe. Azure, a dove displayed
Or between four garden roses in cross argent.
Owain de Lore. Gyronny from chief azure and Or,
a patriarchal cross counterchanged.
NOTE: The patriarchal cross (often blazoned as a Cross
Lorraine or an Archiepiscopal Cross) was usually used in ecclesiastical heraldry,
but there are instances of its use in normal heraldry, such as Rorke (in Ireland)
and Goodhart (in Kent).
Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes. Household badge. Semé
of keys fesswise, a carriage.
NOTE: I do not feel that House Yclept Abysmal is proper
medieval form. I have therefore rejected the name, but passed the badge. Try
House Abysmal.
Simonetta Giuliana Polissena Ambrosini. Per pale
gules and sable, an escallop inverted argent between in chief three bezants
in chevron and in base a bezant.
Steffan yr Ysgolhaig. Name change from Steffan the
Well Learned.
Frederick Tinamou the Untamed. Or, a saltire
conjoined with a pale azure, overall a bald eagle displayed grasping in its
talons two swords inverted in saltire proper, each entwined by a serpent Or
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
NOTE: He is a mundane paramedic. He said he would accept
the addition of Frederick if necessary. Given the uncertain correctness of
using Tinamou as a given name, we decided that it was necessary to add Frederick.
William Petheram of Somerset. Quarterly Or ermined
vert and vert ermined Or, a cross moline quarterly vert and Or.
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA
Anthony Ishmael Achmid ibn Abdollah. Argent,
a pall between three bull's heads caboshed, horns outwards, all within a bordure
gules.
Antonius Ambrosius. Sable, on a cross gules fimbriated
argent a dragon segreant Or.
NOTE: Draw the dragon smaller so it doesn't lie on the
fimbriation.
Caprus ua'Seaghdhe. Gyronny of six sable and
gules, a boar-faced goat's head erased to sinister Or, armed argent, within
a bordure engrailed Or, semy of trefoils vert.
Erich von Kleinfeld. Quarterly, gules and sable,
four catapults Or.
Fedora de Mara. Badge. On a bezant invected a
pruning hook inverted bendwise sinister sable surmounted by a peony gules,
seeded Or. (Officinalis coriacea)
Gunther Ironwoode. Vert, issuant to sinister
from and enfiling widdershins a scarpe a slip, pendant therefrom a leaf argent.
Julian of Glenrood. Argent, an oak leaf palewise
gules and on a chief vert an arrow reversed Or.
NOTE: Arrows point to base or to sinister, so this one
is reversed, as it points to dexter.
Learen von Meissen. Badge. Sable, an ermine statant
erect ermine maintaining and playing upon an alto shawm Or.
NOTE: The ermine's tail should end in a black tip.
Patruska Vozon d'Angoumois. Name only.
NOTE: For your information, the French forms of Petrushka
are: Perette, Petrine, and Petronelle.
Reagan of the White Dawn. Per bend sinister azure
and vert a songbird migrant bendwise maintaining in its beak a flute bendwise
sinister Or.
Stierbach, Shire of. Per fess embattled argent
and gules, in pale three bulls courant within in base a laurel wreath counterchanged.
Stierbach, Shire of. Badge. Per fess embattled
argent and gules, in pale three bulls courant counterchanged.
Wandering Lands, Canton of the. Name only.
Wilhelm von Hochsitz und Schwyz. Per bend sinister
gules and vert, a bend sinister and in canton a saltire couped argent.
NOTE: Draw the charges three times larger. Charges should
fill the field.
KINGDOM OF MERIDIES
Aethelthryth of Acleah. Device. Gyronny sable
and vert, a doe lodged guardant between four acorns in cross Or.
Anne Aldous of Camberton. Bendy barry bendy sinister
argent and vert, on a chief embattled pean a label dovetailed gules.
NOTE: The proper Anglo-Saxon for "of the old house" would
be "(of) Ealdhuse." The "of" is optional and the final E is necessary, as
it is the dative case.
Marcail Steuert. Or, on a fess between a lion
rampant and in saltire two thistles gules a horse passant to sinister
argent, crined Or.
Baldayne of Rovinghearth. Name only.
Caitlin MacDonnell. Counter-ermine, a bend engrailed
Or surmounted by a seahorse erect vert.
Caroline of Mainwaring. Vert, on a pile wavy
Or a natural rainbow proper, in base a fountain.
NOTE: Natural rainbows are heraldic rainbows in the natural
spectrum order, with all the colors from gules in chief to purpure in base,
and argent clouds. A rainbow without clouds is a rainbow couped.
Edward of Effingham. Badge. Argent, a fret crosswise
within a bordure sable.
Erick Stormhawk. Name only.
Iaroslav of the Pripiet Marsh. Argent, a seadog
rampant within a bordure embattled azure.
Katherine di Firenze. Badge for House Hidden Fire
Sable, a pair of hands fesswise couped conjoined Or, armed and cupping
a flame gules.
NOTE: As I stated in August 1981, you cannot have two languages
in a single word; therefore, the "Gildenvox" must continue to be omitted
from the name.
Narval Dorado, Shire of. Name only.
Philippe d'Escargot. Name only.
Rosamund Aislinn Godwin of Wessex. Azure, a bend
Or between a unicorn rampant and in bend three fleurs-de-lys argent, all
within a bordure ermine.
NOTE: The picture sheet shows the unicorn and fleurs-de-lys
as argent. If you wanted them Or, you should have made a NOTE on the emblazon
sheet to that effect. Charges placed on a bend are bendwise by default; charges
placed in bend are palewise by default. (This is a change from my previous
rulings. See my cover letter.)
Solondra Carryl. Device. Or, three bendlets enhanced
and in dexter base in bend three fountains.
Trimaris. Principality of. Azure, on a fess wavy
between two triskeles azure a crown of five points, each point tipped with
a mullet, argent, between overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.
Vanora of Dalriada. Badge for Household Moonrime
Pean, on a plate a thistle sable.
Vladimir of Arkhangelsk. Per bend sinister sable
and vert, on a bend sinister argent between a vulture displayed and a broken
sword Or three compass stars palewise azure.
NOTE: Draw the bend sinister wider. A broken sword is the
hilt and stub of blade. A sword fracted is both pieces. An H was added to
Arkhangelsk as a more accurate transliteration of
ΑpxaΗΓe
ΠBK.
KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE
Aedan ó Kincora. Vert, in saltire two spears
between four annulets Or.
NOTE: The word "na" is wrong. It is the masculine plural
and genitive singular feminine of the definite article. The correct usage
is "ó," meaning "of/from."
Afon Araf, Canton of. Per fess argent and barry
wavy azure and argent, in pale a swan naiant sable and a laurel wreath vert.
Alen Elegil. Name approval only.
Bairinn de Taahe. Azure, two wings in lure argent
enflamed between in annulo six mullets of six points Or.
NOTE: Proper Gaelic spelling requires the addition of an
I.
NOTE that Bairinn is pronounced exactly the same as Barinn,
so the spelling correction will not change the sound.
Caitlin Stuart. Argent, two chevronels gules
overall a dragon passant sable, gorged of a crown embattled, dependent therefrom
a chain Or.
NOTE: As Caitlin is a countess, she is entitled to use
a crown as a charge.
Charles d'Arnaud. Gules, mailed Or.
NOTE: The field is covered with interlaced annulets in
a chainmail pattern. It is a new type of treatment of the field, so we named
it for SCA usage.
Dubhrás, Canton of. Per chevron wavy azure and
argent, surmounting a chevron counterchanged between two towers argent and
a tree blasted eradicated sable, a laurel wreath vert.
NOTE: The accent is necessary to preserve the intended
meaning.
Duncan MacThéarlaich. Per chevron sable and vert,
in chevron enhanced three compass stars elongated to base and in base a wolf's
head cabossed argent.
Eanor of Amberhall. Azure, in cross a rose argent,
barbed and seeded, between four bees Or.
NOTE: Only the barbed Or saves it from conflicting with
the Royal Burgh of Inverberwiewm: Azure, a rose argent, barbed and seeded
proper.
Emellin ó Gwynedd. Argent, on a pale sable between
in chief a decrescent and a crescent gules a sapling blasted couped argent.
NOTE: As Gwynedd is a place, "ap" (son of) is wrong, especially
for a woman. The proper translation for "of Gwynedd" is ó Gwynedd."
Galen Ciallmhar of Connaught. Per bend sinister
rayonny argent and sable, a gryphon statant to sinister sable and a gryphon
statant Or.
Gottfried von Beringen. Or, a chevron azure between
a key fesswise, a quill bendwise sinister, and a tower gules.
Kaffar Muiriath. Sable, in chief a catamount
passant guardant argent, maintaining in each forepaw an arrow inverted and
issuant from base a demi-sun Or.
Mordreth Llanelli Colwyn. Per chevron inverted
vert and argent, a unicorn's head couped at the shoulder and a sprig of two
daffodils Or, slipped and leaved vert.
Morgan Griffith of York. Quarterly purpure and
ermine, a cross flory between in bend two griffins rampant counterchanged.
NOTE: The H in Morghen is very non-Welsh. They do that
sort of thing in Gaelic, but not in Brythonic, as it were. As a member of
the College of Arms, you should observe spelling accuracy. I have therefore
changed it to Morgan.
Ragna Dzintara of Amberhall. Per fess wavy azure
and argent, issuant from the line of division a lion rampant Or, in base three
bars wavy azure.
NOTE: Ragna is the proper diminutive of Ragnhild. Ragni
is a masculine form, and thus could not be a diminutive of a feminine name.
Rosalynn Dane de Forrest. Argent, a chevron Or,
fimbriated vert, and in base a branch palewise couped proper flowered of
three roses gules, barbed and seeded proper.
Septentria, Barony of. Gules, three chevronels
braced surmounted by a laurel wreath proper, and in chief a bear passant Or.
Theodora von Igelheim. Vert, a hedgehog rampant
proper grasping in dexter forepaw a sword Or, hilted sable, and in sinister
forepaw a foaming beer stein Or, headed argent.
Theodora von Igelheim. Badge for Household of the
Wayward Huskie. Argent, a black and white husky sejant guardant proper,
winged vert.
NOTE: Freehold is an alternate title for Barony, so I have
substituted Household.
Tocendra Godwina of Northumbria. Name approval only.
KINGDOM OF THE WEST
Yrjö Kirjawiisas. Badge. Per pale sable and Or,
a vair bell throughout counterchanged.
NOTE: This was previously passed as a badge for the Library
of the SCA. The Board of Directors has withdrawn permission for the name,
so I have changed it to a personal badge.
REJECTIONS May 24, 1982 XVII
KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT
Bartholomew of Wolfetwain. Badge. Gules, a triskelion
arrondy Or.
NOTE: This badge conflicts with the infamous 27th S.S
Volunteer Division, "Langemark" (First Flemish): Sable, a triskelion arrondy
argent. The outlines are identical, and thus it falls partly under the
identical outline rule and partly under the offensive clause. The combination
is too much.
Maleen MacCannach. Quarterly vert and argent,
in bend a cross moline and two spanner wrenches in saltire Or.
NOTE: The word "spanner" is out of period (1794). The whole
thing looks rather like quartered arms and the fourth quarter looks too much
like the heralds' badge. Try a cross couped crescenty, which looks like two
open-end wrenches in cross, instead of the wrenches in saltire. Or put your
wrenches in cross and send us a copy of the page from the encyclopedia. Using
the same charges in both quarters would be more of a period practice, and
lessen the appearance of quartered arms.
Melissa of Greenbranch. Sable, entwined about
a chalice Or a serpent gules, in chief three bezants one and two.
NOTE: Device rejected. Only a pharmacist can use a Bowl
of Hygeia, which is a chalice encircled by a serpent. Is she a pharmacist?
The serpent gules on a sable field lacks contrast.
Renarde la Cavaliere. Name rejected.
Cavalier is the accepted French translation for
Knight in the SCA. Therefore, only knights can use it. I therefore suggest
the other translation of horsewoman, écuyère. You would thus be Renarde la
Écuyère
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA
Courtland-on-Sedley, Canton of. Name rejected.
You may not use current mundane names for a branch name
Sedley is not a river, so Courtland-on-Sedley is not correct form. In common
usage, the river name from such towns is often dropped. E.g., Stratford-on-Avon
is often referred to as Stratford. Therefore, this branch could likely be
referred to as just Courtland, which would be a worse conflict.
Fedora de Mara. Device. Or, two bunches of grapes
gules, slipped, leaved, and pendant from a single stalk bendwise sinister
vert, entwined about the stalk a serpent sable, all between five mullets in
orle azure.
NOTE: Device rejected. The device is too complex. Drop
the snake or the mullets.
Gnurlbond Gnurlbondson. Argent, seven roundels
vert, voided Or, two, one, two, one and one.
NOTE: Name and device rejected. The name doesn't look like
a real name. Pick another name or document it. The device is not heraldic
Use a standard heraldic arrangement.
Jason My-kull. Sable, a torch argent, and on
a chief indented azure, fimbriated, semy of compass stars argent.
NOTE: Name rejected. My-kull is not a period name form
Try Jason Michael. The device looks acceptable.
Les Gardiens de Politesse. Badge. Argent, a maunch
azure charged on the sleeve with a sword fesswise proper and on the pouch
with a brown human eye proper.
NOTE: Name and badge rejected. 1) Name: The name is offensive
to too many people. The implication of the name plus the militancy shown in
the description of the guild and the existence of a constabulary arm is that
the guild exists to enforce censorship on SCA members in the name of promoting
courtesy. This sort of activity will only cause resistance, leading to a
loss of courtesy on both sides. Try adopting a more positive name, such as
The Courtesy Guild. 2) Badge: The use of human eyes proper was very rare in
period, if they were used at all. This combination of maunch, eye and sword
is not period heraldic style. Try having a hand issuant from a maunch hold
the sword and make the eye argent.
Patruska Vozon d'Angoumois. Device. Azure, a
stag lodged to sinister Or.
NOTE: Device conflicts with Strachan: Azure, a stag
trippant Or (Papworth, p. 59).
Susan of the Far Stars. Sable, a pegasus rampant
to sinister argent, and a chief indented azure, fimbriated, semy of compass
stars argent.
NOTE: Name rejected. Place names must be from earth. You
cannot be an alien from another star or an interstellar traveler. The device
looks acceptable.
KINGDOM OF CAID
Keradawc an Cai. Appeal denied.
There is no K in Welsh. English doesn't use W as a vowel
These are unshakable facts. The grace period is meant for those whose names
are questionable as to being in period. Keradwc clearly is not period
usage.
KINGDOM OF MERIDIES
Baldayne of Rovinghearth. Azure, in pale a Catherine's
wheel and a dolphin hauriant Or.
NOTE: Device conflicts with Belvoir: Azure, a Catherine's
wheel Or (Papworth, p. 1121), which is also the attributed arms of St
Catherine of Alexandria.
Carlos Luis Lancero. Badge. Vair, a centaur passant
to sinister guardant Or, accoutred of a saddle blanket argent bearing a chevron
cotised, all within a bordurelet sable.
NOTE: This is too complex for a badge. You may not have
a secondary charge (the blanket) that consists of a coat of arms. The centaur
is in trian aspect (turned 45° from the sinister)
We do not use bordurelets. The emblazon didn't have a bordurelet. Please turn
the centaur on the device completely to sinister.
Cathal MacEdan ná Faeled. Badge. Gules, in saltire
two keys Or, overall a fess checky argent and sable.
NOTE: The badge conflicts with Chamberlayn: Gules, two
keys in saltire Or (Papworth, p. 958).
Erick Stormhawk. Per pale sable and argent, a
hawk displayed between in chief two clouds, each pierced of a lightning flash,
chevronwise, and in base two swords pilewise, all counterchanged.
NOTE: This is too complex. The mirror-imaging you use is
not standard heraldry. There is no such charge as a thundercloud. Please simplify
Try two heraldic thunderbolts and a hawk (drop the swords).
Fuiltigherne ni Ruadh O'Finn. Vert, a chevron
engrailed vair and in base an estoile Or.
NOTE: Name rejected. The name should be Fuiltigherne ni
Fionn Ruadh. (In Gaelic, the adjective follows the noun.) The device looks
acceptable.
Jed Silverstar. Badge. On a lozenge fesswise
azure, a chevron argent.
NOTE: Conflicts with Allenson, et al.: Azure, a chevron
argent. The shape of the field of one's arms is up to the owner when it
is displayed. What Jed has is a flattened version of the female lozenge form
of Allenson's arms. Even if it were a roundel or a cartouche or a billet,
this would still conflict with Allenson.
Narval Dorado, Shire of. Device. Azure, issuant
from a base wavy crested vert, fimbriated argent, a demi-sea-unicorn and in
base a laurel wreath Or.
NOTE: Device rejected. We do not use wavy crested. Fimbriated
bases are a bad idea. Try using Azure, a sea-unicorn within a laurel wreath
Or, or some such variant. There is insufficient contrast between the azure
and vert. You could change the base to barry wavy argent and vert.
Penwood, House of. Vert, on a cinquefoil argent
a pen fesswise sable.
NOTE: Name rejected. All household badges must be registered
to a person's SCA name. Resubmit with his SCA name. Submitting a household
name without a person's Society name to register it to is a waste of the College's
time. Be sure to include the blazon when you resubmit.
Philippe d'Escargot. Gules, two unicorn's heads
addorsed conjoined with a rope fesswise couped and in chief a fleur-de-lys.
NOTE: Device rejected. You cannot use a crest as a charge
Drop the torque (rope).
Theodelinda of St. Milburga's. Countervair, on
a cross cleché between four roundels gules a cross bottony argent, pierced
gules.
NOTE: Rejected. There was no information sheet. I will
not pass any submission without an information sheet. There should be another
word in the name such as "of St. Milburga's Abbey," not just "of St. Milburga's,"
since the question is: St. Milburga's what?
KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE
Alen Elegil. Azure, a mullet of six points elongated
to base argent.
NOTE: Arms rejected for conflict with Haggard: Azure,
a mullet of six points argent (Papworth, p. 989). This is an exact conflict
Alen would not have gotten this passed eleven years ago either. Let it be
clear to all that the rank of the submitter is not a factor in the College's
consideration of submissions. I am sympathetic to Alen's difficulty, as the
arms were first submitted eleven years ago, but we cannot register an exact
conflict. While I understand Dragon's action in passing it, I do not condone
it.
Myrgan Wood, Shire of. Argent, an elm tree eradicated
proper, leaved gules, within a laurel wreath vert, and on a chief vert three
maple leaves argent.
NOTE: Name rejected. The name is too close to Myrquewud
If the Barony of Merkwoode gives you permission, then you can have the name
The device looks acceptable.
Tocendra Godwina of Northumbria. Sable, on a
plate a Latin cross fesswise azure within and conjoined to an annulet gules.
NOTE: Device rejected. This is not period style. It looks
unbalanced. Change to a normal cross so it will be balanced.
Valmai Arcalien. Per fess argent and azure, an
oak leaf bendwise and a goblet counterchanged
NOTE: You will have to document Valmai as a Welsh given
name in order for us to allow it. In Quenya, "Valmai" is a combination of
Valar and Maia, the archangels and angels of Middle Earth. Thus Valmai plus
Arcalien (noble light) is not acceptable for SCA usage. If you can document
Valmai as a Welsh given name, then you should use a Welsh surname or epithet,
to avoid the connotations of Valar-Maia plus Arcalien. The device still seems
acceptable.
Pray believe, my Lords and Ladies, that I remain your servant,
Wilhelm von Schüssel
Laurel King of Arms
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