ANSTEORRA

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Heraldic title for Arbalest Pursuivant.

The title was registered Nov 90; this reaffirms the registration for the Armorial and Ordinary.

This title was on the list of Herald's Titles in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

This title was on the list of Herald's Titles in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

This title was on the list of Herald's Titles in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

This title was on the list of Herald's Titles in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

The title was registered Sept 90; this reaffirms the registration for the Armorial and Ordinary.

This title was on the list of Herald's Titles in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

This title was on the list of Herald's Titles in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

The title was registered Nov 90; this reaffirms the registration for the Armorial and Ordinary.

This award was on the list of Awards and Orders in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

This award was on the list of Awards and Orders in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

This award was registered May 85; this reaffirms the registration for the Armorial and Ordinary.

This award was on the list of Awards and Orders in the 1987 edition of the Armorial and Ordinary. Those titles are considered fully registered, per the LoAR cover letter of 31 July 90. We have no objection to reaffirming the registration here.

David van den Storm. Device. Per chevron sable and gules, two chevronels counterchanged, fimbriated Or.

The counterchanging is visually confusing; this would have been far better had the field not been divided parallel to the ordinaries. (E.g. Per pale ... two chevronels counterchanged... would have been visually clearer.) It does meet the guidelines for simplicity outlined in similar past registrations, however (v. Nesta Gwilt, LoAR of June 92), and is thus acceptable by current standards.

An Tir, Kingdom of. Release of title of Summits Pursuivant.

The name of Summits is being transferred to the new Crown Principality of the Summits, below. This had been pended from the August meeting, to allow An Tir to forward a petition of support from the new Principality (so that the heraldic title could be safely released). That petition has now been received.

The full-sized emblazon shows a winged unicorn, not a unicornate pegasus. The latter is disallowed, as a 20th Century fantasy representation of the former.

Brigit ingen Fergusa Ua Liatháin. Name.

Bronwen Elgar. Name.

Christian de la Vine. Name.

Colin Douglas of Greysmarch. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Darbie of Ironmaid. Name.

The OED confirms maied as a variant form of mead, "meadow"; ironmaied would be a field where iron could be found (a meteorite fall, or an outcropping of iron ore). The toponymic, though strongly reminiscent of the Iron Maiden, does appear to be a valid construction; and if the submitter can live with the inevitable jokes, so can we.

They have letters of permission for the name from the Province of the Mists and the Principality of the Mists.

Elgar of Stonehaven. Name (see RETURNS for device and household name).

Eona verth Evan. Name.

Apparently, verth is a rare but acceptable variant of the Welsh patronymic particle verch (ferch). However, it is in effect a period misspelling; and the submitter's own documentation gives verth Jevan as the consistent form of this byname. You might suggest that spelling, or the more standard verch Evan, to the submitter.

Gargan Garnet. Device. Gules ermined, a fleur-de-lis and in chief a crescent argent.

Gerald the Unforgiven. Name.

John of Myrtleholt. Name.

Karl von der Ostwache. Device. Sable, on a pale engrailed between two horses rampant addorsed argent, a pallet gules.

Kendrick Gordon. Name and device. Or, on a pale vert between two thistles sable, a sword inverted argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the thistles larger, to fill the available space.

Loch Dorr, Shire of. Name and device. Azure, a wingless wyvern passant Or maintaining two keys argent and Or, all within a laurel wreath, a mount Or.

The name was submitted as Loch d'Or, which combines Scots Gaelic and French within a single phrase. The submitters tried to justify the combination with period Scots placenames; but the majority of these (e.g. Loch Guinart) seem to be anglicizations (Normanizations?) of Scots words, not actual mixtures of Scots and French. We've substituted the Gaelic dorr, "rough, rugged", which the submitters indicated they would accept.

Michael Phelan. Device. Or, two wolves combattant and on a chief sable, three roses Or.

Nicodemus the Wise. Name.

Randal the Redowtable. Name.

Robert MacCarthy of Dublin. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Summits, Crown Principality of the. Name.

This had been pended from the August meeting, awaiting receipt of a petition of support from the populace. That has now been received.

Possible conflict was cited against the arms of Gollut. The emblazon shown in Rolland (the roll of arms of Rietstap) seems to show it simply displayed, as is the swan in this submission. However, Rietstap himself blazons Gollut as D'argent à un pélican de sable, avec sa piété de gueles (Argent, a pelican sable, with its piety [i.e. the blood from its breast] gules). The discussion in Rietstap's glossary makes clear that the pelican is in its nest, feeding its young, by default. Given the discrepancy between Rolland's depiction and Rietstap's description, I'm inclined to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt. There's thus a CD for the bordure, and CD for the nestful of pelican-kinder.
Against the other possible conflicts cited (Argent, [some type of bird] displayed sable, etc.), I'd grant a CD between a swan and the birds in question.

Tamlyn of Dragonmore. Name.

Please advise the submitter (if she doesn't already know) that Tamlyn is a man's name.

Ulf the Confused. Name and device. Per fess sable and azure, two axes in saltire and a sea lion argent.

Valeria bat Adama ha'Khazari. Name and device. Argent, on a pile vert between two bunches of grapes purpure, a star of David Or.

William Cristofore of Devonshire. Name and device. Per pall argent, vert, and gules, on a chief wavy azure the masks of comedy and tragedy argent.

ATLANTIA

Azurmont, Canton of. Name.

Cassius of Bath. Name and badge. (fieldless) A fish urinant, overall two spears in saltire gules.

Claire Guilbeau. Name.

Clarissa's Peak, Canton of. Name.

Daniel Charpentier. Name.

Erik Norton of Helsfjord. Name and device. Ermine, a moose's head cabossed proper, a gore sinister counter-ermine.

The adult male moose is darker in coloration than most cervids; its coat is almost black, and its antlers dark brown. (Harper & Row's Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife, plate 63) The latter thus have sufficient contrast with this field.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the gore correctly: issuant from the corner of the shield.

Mistylla of the Misty Isle. Name and device. Argent, a pegasus passant pean, on a chief gules two winged cats sejant affronty, wings displayed Or.

Oddr Sygnski. Name.

Osric Logan. Name (see RETURNS for badge).

Otto von Schwyz. Name and device. Azure ermined argent, a panther rampant guardant contourny between flaunches argent.

Owain ap Tegwared. Device. Checky gules and Or, a falcon displayed and a chief ermine.

Ponte Alto, Barony of. Name change (from Ponte Alto, Canton of).

Ponte Alto, Barony of. Name for the Order of the Garland (see RETURNS for badge).

Rebecca des Trois Tours. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Rhys ap Trahaearn. Device. Argent, on a pale between four pairs of arrows inverted crossed in saltire sable, a wolf's head cabossed between two pairs of arrows inverted crossed in saltire argent.

Wrattingham, Canton of. Name and device. Lozengy argent and gules, a rat rampant to sinister playing a flageolet within a laurel wreath sable.

CAID

Ailerán Amargein. Name and device. Per chevron vert and argent, a sword fesswise proper and a musical note sable.

Beatrice Celestine of Normandy. Name.

Charles of the Painted Glen. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Farquhar Gilanders. Name.

Fiona Gilanders. Name and device. Or ermined gules, a unicorn salient to sinister azure, on a chief gules a spoon reversed Or.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the unicorn larger henceforth.

Khasar of the Keshik. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Kimberly Donegal of Westmeath. Name change (from Katherine Dún na nGall of Westmeath).

Kimberly is the submitter's mundane given name.

The name was submitted as Krysa Wanda Kazimir, combining a masculine Czech diminutive, a feminine Polish given name, and a masculine Russian given name (derived from Polish) used as a surname. This presented several problems of consistency, not least of which was gender consistency. In general, the College permits mixed-gender names, following period examples from France and England. Some cultures, however, were stricter in their naming practices, and more care must be taken in those cases.
Kazimir would not be used as a surname, in Russian or Polish; a surname might derive from Kazimir, but its exact form would vary with the gender of the given name(s), which are mixed in this case. The submitter evidently desires the same surname as her husband, Mikhail Vojaka Kazimirov; we've used the feminine form of his surname. Moreover, since it's the sound of the name that's important to her, we've removed the problem of gender consistency by substituting a feminine given name with roughly the same sound. Krzysia is a diminutive of the Polish feminine given name Krystyna, according to the Kosciuszko Foundation Polish-English Dictionary, p. 203.

Philippe de Tournay. Name.

Richard de Montcornet. Name.

The byname was submitted as du Mont Cor Vert, "of the Mountain Green Horn", which is incorrect for French toponymics. We have substituted the documented Montcornet, which seems to be close to the submitter's intended meaning.

Siobhán Chantoiseau de Longpont sur Orges. Name and device. Gules, three stalks of barley in pile Or, on a chief argent a bridge of two arches purpure.

The byname was submitted as de Long Pont sur Orge, which didn't seem to follow French placename practice. There are French towns named Longpont and Orges, however, and with that minor correction the construction is quite plausible.
There should be a CD between three stalks of barley and a garb. This is therefore clear of M'Ewen (Lyon Ordinary #1), Gules, a garb Or, on a chief argent a lion's head erased gules, and similar armories.

Ursula de Faymonville. Name and device. Argent, a chevron rompu azure between three brown bears statant proper.

The byname was submitted as von Faymonville, combining a German preposition with a French toponymic. We've substituted the French preposition de.

Abaigeal Fairchild. Device. Per chevron vert and gules, a mullet of eight points voided within a bordure Or.

This device had been returned for excessive voiding on the LoAR of April 92. The submitter had appealed the return, noting that a similar motif was used by her mother, Regula Alicia la Placida (from whom she's received permission to conflict), so the Grandfather Clause should apply; and that the motif is equally blazonable as on a mullet of eight points Or, another of the field, so it's not excessive.
Both arguments are valid. I agree that the Grandfather Clause applies in this case; and I agree that, since it can be reblazoned as a charged mullet, a mullet voided is acceptable. See the cover letter for a broader discussion of the latter issue.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the bordure narrower henceforth.

Derek Logan. Badge. (fieldless) A sheaf of three lightning bolts Or, overall a unicorn's head couped sable.

Hugo Blackthorne. Name.

Luther Stahlkrieger. Device. Per fess embattled ermine and gules, a three-peaked mountain couped gules and a wyvern erect contourny argent.

Regula Alicia la Placida. Badge. (fieldless) On a mullet of eight points Or, another quarterly vert and gules.

Rhiannon Saint Chamberlayne. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Vatavia, Barony of. Badge for the Baronial Guard. Azure, a dragonfly between two daggers inverted in pile Or, a bordure countercompony azure and Or.

Vatavia, Barony of. Badge for the Baronial Archer Guard. Azure, a dragonfly between two arrows in pile Or, a bordure compony argent and gules.

EAST

Adelheid von Baden. Name.

Adhemar de Bonne Foy. Name.

Adriana Rose Sanford. Device. Purpure, a swan naiant and in chief a garden rose argent.

This is clear of Adrienne du Val des Roses, Purpure, a rose argent, barbed vert, within a bordure nebuly argent (SCA), by Rule X.2, Difference of Primary Charge. (Adriana's rose is a secondary charge in chief. Had it been a primary charge, X.2 would not have applied.)

Angharad of the Sleeping Lion. Household name for House Lion's Tower.

She has permission to conflict with the Lion's Tower Fighters, registered to Raimond of the Strait.
While I suspect this household name was intended to be the designation for the submitter's badge (On a tower argent a lion rampant azure, registered Feb 92), neither the submission forms nor the LOI actually said so. If the submitter wishes this name to be associated in the A&O with her badge, she'll have to let us know.

Augustine Jacomus. Name.

Berold of East Fens. Name.

Branwyn Mwrheyd. Name and device. Per saltire Or and vert, a Maltese cross counterchanged.

This was submitted as Branwyn Mwrheyd of Lochop. However, none of the commenters could document the latter as a place, and the submitter provided no evidence for it. We've deleted it, pending such evidence.
The submitter should be made aware that Branwyn is a masculine name.

The byname was justified as an epithet for one whose bow was decorated with flames of fire (analogous to Longsword). Most of the commenters found that argument implausible. However, fire also appears to be a variant spelling of OE fere, "bold, fierce, proud", and Proudbow is a much less implausible construction.

The patronymic was spelled Månsdotter on the forms, and Mansdotter on the LOI. Either spelling seems correct: the documentation gave Mans as a 1479 variant of Måns, a Swedish form of Magnus. Since we're not sure the character å is period -- and in the interests of orthographic simplicity -- we've used the LOI's spelling.

Cynthia of Oakenwode. Name.

The toponymic was spelled Oakenwoode on the LOI, but the forms showed the above spelling. Either spelling being acceptable, we've restored the submitter's.

Eileen O'Cronan. Name (see RETURNS for device).

The byname was submitted as O'Croinan, which evidently mixes elements from two separate Irish surnames. We've substituted the closest documented form.

Fferyl ap Llywelyn. Name and device. Azure, two bears rampant addorsed within a bordure embattled argent.

Finnebair Heron. Name.

Fiorindo de San Benedetto del Tronto. Name and device. Per fess argent and azure, a roundel between two dolphins naiant and counter-naiant counterchanged.

De Felice's Dizionario dei Nomi Italiani, p.172-173, cites Fiorindo as a diminutive of the period Italian given name Florio (Florino, Florius, &c).
Please instruct the submitter to draw the roundel larger.

Gille MacDhonuill. Name and device. Azure, a stag's massacre and on a chief triangular Or, three oak leaves inverted gules.

Guy ap Cadwallon. Name.

Iseault Blaecstan. Name change (from Iseult de Londres).

Jacqueline Lisette van Brielle. Name and device. Per chevron sable semy of hawk's bells argent, and gules, in base a rose Or.

Kenrick atte Kyte. Name (see RETURNS for device).

It has long been one of the axioms of the Society's re-creation that our players' SCA names should differ from their mundane names. The purpose of the rule is to distance the SCA and mundane worlds, and it's considered almost as fundamental as the requirement for period garb at events. The rule is currently found in the Administrative Handbook, Protected Items -- I: Any name or armory used by the submitter outside the Society.
Until the current Rules, the ban on mundane names was narrowly defined: anything that changed the spelling and pronunciation was sufficient difference from the mundane name. "The minimum change (the one regarded as a loophole by liberals and conservatives alike) is probably the addition or removal of a single syllable (e.g. John Smith to John the Smith)." [BoE, 14 April 85, p.16] However, under the current Rules, the same standard of conflict was applied to the mundane name as to any other protected name. This is a much broader ban, and requires a greater change from the mundane name.
Given the fundamental reason for the mundane name ban, I believe that our current standard is too strict. The Rules say that "no item will be registered to a submitter if it is identical to an item used by the submitter ... outside the Society." (emphasis mine). This suggests that non-identity should suffice to distinguish the Society persona from the mundane. The situation isn't quite the same as for the other names we protect: the concept of "conflict" isn't apropos, there being no infringement involved, and in any case the submitter could always grant himself permission.
Henceforth, I shall apply the previous standard of non-identity: a significant change in spelling and pronunciation will clear a submitted name from the mundane name. In the present case, the addition of the preposition atte suffices to bring the name clear of the submitter's mundane name, Kenric Kite.

The byname was submitted as Kolosvári, a locative construction. The city from which it's derived, however, is spelled Kolozsvár, which does change the pronunciation; we've substituted the documented spelling.

Marion Cavendish. Name.

Michael de Calais. Name and device. Per pale gules and argent, a horse rampant and in base three horseshoes one and two counterchanged.

Michael of the Amethyst. Name and device. Per saltire argent and purpure, in pale two decrescents purpure.

Please tell the submitter to draw the crescents correctly.

Morganna of Griffin's Tower. Device change. Per pale argent and purpure, a griffin segreant per pale gules and Or within a bordure embattled counterchanged.

Her previous device (Per pale purpure and argent, a griffin segreant within a bordure embattled per pale Or and gules) is released.

Paul the Pleasant. Name.

Peregrine Baldewin. Name and device. Gules ermined, a falcon displayed and sinister-facing and a chief embattled Or.

Rhiannon Dhubh. Name and device. Azure, a wolf statant guardant ermine, in chief a plate.

The byname was submitted as Dubh, which should aspirate following a feminine name. We've corrected the spelling.

Roberto de Jerez. Badge. (fieldless) On an escallop argent, a chess rook azure.

Possible conflict was cited against the Mon of Ando (Hawley 65): Dark, on a choban (Japanese gong) light, a water-wheel. I consider the choban to be distinct from an escallop, certainly enough to be worth a CD of difference. This is clear of Ando.

Rose Thorne. Name.

Under our standards for protecting comic-book characters (v. the LoAR cover letter of 5 Dec 92), this does not conflict with Rose Thorn, the secret identity of one of DC's superheroines. The character is minor even by DC's standards, never having had her own book.

Sebastian of Darkwood Isle. Name.

Sigfrid Hake. Name.

Tara of Seaborough. Name.

O Corráin and Maguire (Irish Names) cite Tara as an anglicization of the period given name Temair, Teamhair. Tara has been submitted by others before, but returned for several reasons: Tara is also the name of the ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland, and it didn't seem to be a valid rendering of Temair. ("TAH-wair" would be closer to the latter's pronunciation.) The assumption in previous submissions was that Tara is a modern given name, based on the Irish toponymic (or the mansion in Gone with the Wind), and its association with Temair a back-formation; the historical and magical connotations of the Hill of Tara made it unsuitable for a given name.
However, the Irish name for the Hill of Tara (Teamhair) is identical to the documented given name (Columbia Lippincott Gazetter, p.1877; Room's Dictionary of Irish Place Names, p.118). (O Corráin and Maguire note that the Hill was, in fact, named after a Temair of Irish myth.) If the given name and the placename are identical in Irish, and Tara is a valid anglicization of the latter, then it should be acceptable as an anglicization of the former. A similar argument, using surnames instead of placenames, was accepted in the registration of Brayden, on the LoAR of July 92; I see no reason not to accept it here.

This badge was first registered to Fridrikr Tomasson av Knusslig Hamn (known at the time as Friederich vander Delft), with the blazon Per fess indented purpure and argent, in pale a snowy owl in winter phase descending proper and a bard's harp purpure. The badge was transferred to Thescorre in Feb 85, without changing the blazon. Evidently, the submitters weren't told that the transfer was successful, for it was again transferred in Feb 91 -- again without changing the blazon. The Barony has asked that the blazon be corrected and simplified, and the Linnaean "proper" removed .... a request with which I'm happy to comply.

Tigranes of Bezabde. Name (see RETURNS for badge).

Torbjorn Dawidsson Staalklinga. Name.

The byname was spelled Stalklinga on the LOI, but Stålklinga on the submitter's forms. The letter å seems to have been introduced into Swedish during its orthographic reforms at the turn of the century, replacing the older aa; we've substituted the older spelling. (Note that the noun klinga specifically refers to a saw blade.)

Tristen Sexwulf. Name.

Black gives examples (Surnames of Scotland, p.221) of the given name Drostan, Drosten; it's not unreasonable to apply the same spelling variation to the related name Tristan. The byname sounds provocative, but it's simply a variant of the OE Seaxwulf.

Valerian of Salisbury. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Vanna Edwinsdochter Dawburn. Name.

Wlfric of Derneford. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Per chevron vert and azure, a chevron embattled between three ships Or.

Wolfgang Adolphus Jäger. Device. Per pale sable and gules, a dragon segreant between in chief two ermine spots Or.

MIDDLE

Alan Fairfax Aluricson. Device. Paly vert and Or, an ox of St. Luke rampant sable haloed argent.

Aldeyn von Lütringen. Badge. (fieldless) A thunderbolt azure winged Or.

Alberic of Knaresborough. Name.

Aleksej Voronikhin. Name and device. Quarterly sable and gules, two lions rampant addorsed regardant within a bordure Or.

The byname was submitted as Voronichin, following the spelling conventions in Unbegaun's Russian Surnames. It should be remembered that Unbegaun originally wrote in German; his transliterations from Cyrillic use the German pronunciation of vowels and consonants. This isn't normally a problem, when the Russian pronunciation is unambiguous; but in this case, given that Russian has a tch letter, Unbegaun's spelling of Voronichin would be incorrectly pronounced by English-speakers. We've substituted a transliteration more likely to be pronounced correctly.

Annabel Carnegie. Name.

Ansel Clayborne. Name.

Antonio Franco di Milano. Household name for Villa Verde.

Ariel of Rivenstar. Name.

Arioch the Quick. Name.

Bjorn Magnusson. Name and device. Sable, a sword proper surmounted by two double-bitted axes in saltire argent, a bordure Or.

Bran Cuilean mac Muirchiu ua Neill. Device change. Sable, a wolf rampant argent brandishing two swords between three Celtic crosses Or, a bordure argent.

His previous device (which we hereby reblazon Gules, two wolves rampant and on a sun Or, a raven migrant to sinister chief sable, a bordure Or) is retained as a badge.

Brigid ní Ghrádaigh. Name and device. Per pale gules and Or, in pale three arrows fesswise, the center one reversed, counterchanged.

Caitlin MacAlpin Wood. Name.

Cerian Cantwr. Name and device. Azure, a windmill bendwise Or within a bordure argent semy of harps gules.

Clarissa Wykeham. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Connor Fiddes Wood. Name.

Connor Mac Cormaic. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, two arrows inverted in saltire Or and an anvil sable.

Connor MacTavish. Name and device. Lozengy azure and argent, a wolf rampant contourny queue-fourchy Or.

Czcibor the Bearslayer. Name.

Dafydd McOwin. Device. Per pall inverted gules, Or, and purpure, a trefoil knot inverted argent.

Désirée Gabriel de Laval. Name.

Deryk the Mouse. Name.

Devora bat Ishaq. Name.

The given name was submitted as D'vora, but the client's own documentation supported the use of e instead of an apostrophe. We've made the appropriate changes.
Though submitted as a new name, this was in fact a resubmission. Her previous name submission (Dvora bat Yitzhak ha Levi) was returned, along with a device, on the LoAR of Aug 87.

Dirk van der Kruis. Name.

Domhnall Ó Ceallaigh. Name.

Dubheasa ní Chonchobhair. Name.

Dubricius Wolfhunt. Name.

Dyrnnewylle, College of. Name and device. Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a covered well and on a chief argent, three laurel wreaths sable.

Dyryke Raleigh. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Eirik Estridsson. Name.

Ephraim Ya'acov ben Shlomo. Device change. Per pale azure and vert, three lions couchant Or.

His previous device (Per fess azure and vert, a fess argent, overall a lion statant erect Or maintaining a wooden ladder palewise proper, in dexter chief a sun in splendour bendwise Or) is released. This is a splendid improvement.

Gobbán Ó Maolaoidh. Name and device. Vert, a griffin segreant contourny Or, on a chief indented argent a dragon couchant gules.

Grimwulf the Hairy. Badge. Vert, a fer-a-loup argent enflamed on the upper edge proper.

Gwenfrewi ferch Cadfael Caernarfon. Name.

Isabeau Gower. Name.

James Erik of York. Name and device. Gules, a sword Or between flaunches wavy argent, each charged with a rose gules.

Jean Claude Marcel. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Johannes von Nürenstein. Badge. (fieldless) A quill pen argent, tip surmounted by a wooden plow proper.

This was submitted under the name Johannes aus Nierenfels on the LOI; however, the submitter's forms gave his name as above. The submitter is correct: his name change was registered on the LoAR of 3 Feb 85.

Kathryn Fletcher of Shrewsbury. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, a pile inverted throughout between two towers counterchanged.

Katriona Ní Chonaráin. Name change (from Katriona of Ponte Alto).

Kharisa Ilichna Kirova. Name.

Kyrstyan of Saint Joan. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and sable, two lozenges counterchanged.

Nice, simple armory.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the fimbriation wider.

Luanmaise nic Ailithir. Name and device. Vert, a decrescent argent within an arch stooped Or, between three mullets argent.

As drawn here, the decrescent is the primary charge, just as it would be were it encircled by a wreath or an annulet.

Madeline MacLachlan. Name and device. Per pall inverted vert, purpure, and argent, two unicorns rampant addorsed argent and a thistle purpure.

Mærwynn the Lucky. Name.

Malcolm Donnelly. Name.

Micaela Isabella Botticelli. Name and device. Vert, a mermaid and on a chief triangular argent, a crescent azure.

Morgan Ni Mhaille. Name and device. Vert, three stag's heads cabossed argent, on a chief Or a wolf courant gules.

Nan Astrid of York. Name.

Neptunalis Frederich Wilhelm von Metten. Device. Argent billety sable, a chevron wavy gules, semy of escallops argent, between three lobsters gules.

Philippe Miguel Roberto de Navarra. Name and device. Sable, a fleur-de-lys argent within a bordure embattled argent semy-de-lys azure.

Rebekah MacTiernan. Name and device. Per pale purpure and sable, a swan naiant and on a chief triangular argent, three holly sprigs vert, fructed gules.

Rhys ap Einion. Name.

Richard dubh MacCrimmon. Badge. Per bend gules and argent, a thistle blossom counterchanged.

The charge is a thistle blossom, not an entire thistle with slip and leaves.

Roberta Rose of Illiton. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Shane of Silver Lake. Name.

Tarquin the Red. Name and device. Vert, on a mountain of three peaks argent, three arrows inverted in pile gules, in chief three gouts argent.

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNED:

ANSTEORRA

None!

AN TIR

Alaric von Rottweil. Device. Gyronny of six gules and argent, a triskelion gammadion in annulo counterchanged.

The triskelion gammadion in annulo was one of the symbols of the Nazi SS, and is currently used in the logo of the pro-apartheid Afrikaaner Weerstandsbeweging. Its symbolism caused it to be disallowed on the LoAR of Sept 92, p.39.

The use of a single group of three dissimilar charges is not permitted, per Rule VIII.1.a. The exact arrangement of the three charges within the group (whether 2&1, a sheaf, or whatever) does not change this.

While SCA-variant charges are often considered acceptable ("period-compatible", as it were), we draw the line at variants of SCA-variants. This submission is a case in point: the star-cross is a Society invention, unattested in medieval armory. While it's still acceptable for SCA use, variations of it are two steps removed from medieval armory, which is an unacceptably broad leap of faith. Without evidence of period compatibility, the Maltese star-cross is unacceptable.
Moreover, this conflicts with Guillaume au Sarpente d'Or (SCA), Argent, on a pile sable a serpent Or orbed gules; and with the arms of Laurie (Papworth 1024), Argent, on a pile sable a cup of the first, issuant therefrom two branches of laurel proper. We grant no difference between a charged pile and a chaussé field; there is at most a CD for the change of tertiary charges.

This conflicts with the Shire of Stonehaven, in Calontir.

Conflicts with the Barony of Aneala, in Lochac. The designator (Clann, Barony) is transparent, counting for no difference per Rule V.4.d; and both names are derived from the Irish for "of the swans".

The device has numerous conflicts, all stemming from the fact that, for designs with dissimilar secondaries (as here), Rule X.4.j.ii does not grant a CD for type alone of the tertiaries. The closest conflict is the mundane arms of Causton (Papworth 234): Argent, on a bend azure three crosses crosslet fitchy of the first. There's a CD for adding the secondaries, but not for change of type of the tertiaries.

The device had been returned for non-heraldic depiction of the anvil, on the LoAR of Aug 91: "The charge in base on the device does not match any heraldic anvil of which we are aware." The submitter has appealed the return, documenting the use of anvils in period (from an engraving of armorers at work, c.1502) and this particular form of anvil in heraldry (Clark's Introduction to Heraldry, 1899).
Unfortunately, neither piece of documentation addresses the reason for the previous return. The use of anvils in period (as artifacts or in heraldry) was never in doubt; what was needed was evidence that the anvil as drawn here is a period form. (It's not obvious that the charge is an anvil; as drawn, it looks more like the handle of a corkscrew. Artistic variants should either be recognizable, or documented.)
The citation from a 19th Century heraldry text does not necessarily show the anvil drawn here to be period; this form of anvil matches neither the artifact in the 1502 engraving nor the period heraldic anvil (shown in Bossewell's Armory of 1572, fo.124, which matches the illustration in Parker, p.13). Nor is this the blacksmith's anvil that has become the SCA default.
Pending evidence that this form of anvil was used either in period heraldry or as a period artifact, it must again be returned.

Osric Logan. Badge. Per bend sinister argent and sable, a skull gules within a bordure counterchanged.

The badge's charges are not drawn in a medieval style: the bordure is too narrow, and the skull is drawn as Australopithicine. (Compare this to the A. boisei skull shown in Leakey's Origins, p.106.) We might excuse emblazonry problems with a note to the artist; but when all the charges of a submission must be redrawn, we have no compunction about returning it.

Conflict with the badge of Jonathon Blackshaft (SCA): (fieldless) A garter sable inscribed with "N A G S" Or. A comparison of the emblazons showed that the lettering on Jonathon's garter is as heraldically insignificant as the castle-shaped aiglet on Ponte Alto's garter. There is a single CD, for fieldlessness.

The wavy line is indistinguishable as drawn; indeed, from any distance it's impossible to tell there is a wavy line. This must be returned for redrawing.

Tomoe are comma-shaped figures, used in Japanese Mon to represent a whirlpool. Mon designs may have one, two, or (most usually) three tomoe in annulo. They have no equivalent in European armory. (Hawley & Chappelear, Mon: the Japanese Family Crest, p.76)
In general, Mon-like designs are acceptable in Society armory only if they can be blazoned in European heraldic terms -- as though a period Japanese, visiting Europe, were attempting to register his Mon with one of the kings of arms. Tomoe cannot be blazoned in European terms, and so cannot be considered compatible with European heraldry. This submission, though a splendid Japanese design, may not be registered in the Society.

As noted with the submitter's device, tomoe cannot be blazoned in European terms. Armory with tomoe is therefore not compatible with European heraldry, upon which the Society bases its own.

Charles of the Painted Glen. Device. Azure, a chevron inverted debased argent, surmounted by a winged lion rampant to sinister Or, winged argent, and in chief two compass stars Or.

The submission suffers from several anomalies. The chevron inverted is definitely debased, so much that the fact must be blazoned; but no evidence has been presented chevrons (inverted or not) were blazoned or drawn "debased" in period. The lion seems to be drawn in art deco style -- most particularly the wings -- and as noted in the LOI, it's not particularly leonine in appearance. The design as a whole doesn't appear to be medieval.

The lack of contrast between the gore and the bordure causes them to blend together, reducing the identifiability of both. It's true, as Lord Crescent notes, that since contrast of each charge is measured against the field, they cannot have good contrast with one another. But, if anything, that argues against any use of a gore with a bordure whatsoever.
This case might have been acceptable had the bordure been, say, Or; there would still have been enough contrast to allow its distinction from the gore. But the contrast between argent and ermine is exactly the same as between argent and argent goutty sable: nonexistent. We cannot concede that the two charges will be distinguished from any distance. This must therefore be returned, per Rule VIII.3.

While the addition of the bordure has removed the conflict of her previous submission, the firebird is now drawn in a non-heraldic posture. The above blazon was the most accurate we could devise, and it isn't all that accurate. We permit the use of motifs from non-armorial art only if they are rendered (and blazonable) heraldically; this firebird is not. This must be returned for redrawing -- with the caveat that, if the firebird were drawn in an heraldic posture, there might be new conflicts introduced.

The maintained book is effectively argent on argent. While the rule of contrast is not ironclad for maintained charges, they still may not be the same tincture as the field.

The household name is not grammatically correct; at best, it means "seal hammer", which does not appear to be a valid household name. Nor could we correct the grammar for the submitter's intended meaning -- since his forms do not state his intended meaning.
Clubbing baby seals is repugnant; making jokes about clubbing baby seals is merely in poor taste. However, as several commenters noted, this name seems expressly calculated to offend any listeners, which makes it an affront to courtesy. (Translating it into German does not remove the offense, any more than would translating [redacted] into German.)

Conflicts with the Mon of Omura (Hawley 69): Dark, a sun light. There is a single CD, for tincturelessness; the barry division of Robindra's sun is part of its tincture, and per Rule X.4.d cannot be counted for difference against tinctureless armory.

The three charges are of equal visual weight, making this a group of three dissimilar charges (colloquially known as "slot-machine heraldry"). This must be returned, per Rule VIII.1.a.
The design of the badge does not appear to be offensive. Lord Crescent is probably correct in thinking that the submission of Haus Robbenschlage, earlier on the LOI, sensitized the College to any suggestion of seal-clubbing. But given the constant heraldic use of weapons (maces, swords, axes, etc.) with animals, this design by itself is unremarkable.

Rhiannon Saint Chamberlayne. Device. Argent, a phoenix gules within a bordure azure semy-de-lys Or.

The use of azure semy-de-lys Or has been prohibited in Society armory for many years; it is too strongly suggestive of a claim to a French royal connection. The prohibition was reaffirmed on the LoAR of July 92, p.23. The bordure azure semy-de-lys Or has been specifically disallowed: "A bordure of France (ancient or modern) may not be used in SCA heraldry." [LoAR of 20 Oct 85]

The use of paly bendy azure and argent has been prohibited in Society armory since 1984; it is too strongly suggestive of a claim to a connection to the rulers of Bavaria. The prohibition was reaffirmed on the LoAR cover letter of 18 Sept 92, p.3. In this case, the problem is particularly acute: the bordure is drawn so wide that this might be blazoned more accurately as Bavaria with an inescutcheon per pale Or and gules, thereon a castle counterchanged. This makes the problem of presumption more obvious, but either way, the use of the Bavarian field is unacceptable.

Aethelwine Aethelredson. Device. Sable, six locusts volant affronty Or.

Though blazoned on the LOI as displayed, the locusts are in fact volant affronty, which was deemed unacceptably non-heraldic on the LoAR of Oct 92.
Even were they displayed, this would conflict with Sceleros (Woodward 284); Gules, semy of bees volant Or. There's a CD for the field, but not for number or type of insects.
It also conflicts with the badge of the Emperor Napoleon: Azure, semy of bees Or. The badge was used on his coronation robes, and granted by him as an augmentation to Grand Dignitaries of the Empire. (von Volborth's Little Manual of Heraldry, p.59) There's again a single CD, for the field.

The name lacks a designator (such as House, Guild, or Company), as required by Rule III.1.b. I don't believe Swarm can be used to refer to a group of humans. (If Swarm were considered the group designator, this would conflict with the Golden Horde.)
Though blazoned on the LOI as displayed, the locust is in fact volant affronty, which was deemed unacceptably non-heraldic on the LoAR of Oct 92. Even were it displayed, this would conflict with Freppel (Woodward 284): Azure, a bee Or. There's a CD for fieldlessness, but not for type of insect.

Conflicts with Sceleros (Woodward 284): Gules, semy of bees volant Or. There's a single CD, for the field.
It also conflicts with the badge of the Emperor Napoleon: Azure, semy of bees Or. The badge was used on his coronation robes, and granted by him as an augmentation to Grand Dignitaries of the Empire. (von Volborth's Little Manual of Heraldry, p.59) There's again a single CD, for the field.

This conflicts with the Ansteorran Chronicler's seal (SCA): A mullet of five greater and five lesser points distilling gouts. While the five lesser points are "lesser", they are still points; Ansteorra's mullet is technically of ten points, from which we grant no difference from a mullet of eight points. As Ansteorra's seal is tinctureless, there is a single CD for all the changes of tincture -- including lines of partition.
The name for this submission was stated to be on the East Kingdom LOI of 22 June 1992. It was not; nor have we received forms, documentation, or payment for it. We cannot accept the device without a registerable name.

The previous submission had the flame Or, outlined gules; the argent scissors thus had no contrast with the (mostly Or) flame. This resubmission now has the flame gules, outlined Or, providing sufficient contrast -- but introducing conflicts. This conflicts with Grimm the Hele-bourne (SCA), Sable, on a flame gules fimbriated Or, a skull argent; and with Reginleif the Unruly (SCA), Sable, on a flame gules fimbriated Or a rough-legged draught horse forceny argent. In each case, there's a CD for fieldlessness, but change of tertiary type alone isn't enough for the second CD.

This could equally well be blazoned On a mullet of four points argent, another vert, and conflict must be considered under that blazon as well. This therefore conflicts with the badge of Astra Christiana Benedict (SCA), (tinctureless) On a mullet a cross crosslet. There's a CD for fieldlessness (tincturelessness), but not for the number of points on the mullet; and per Rule X.4.j.ii, no difference for type alone of tertiary.
It also conflicts with Yerek the Inert (SCA), Sable, a mullet of four points voided argent. As with this submission, Yerek's armory can equally well be blazoned Sable, on a mullet of four points argent, another sable; there's a CD for fieldlessness, but nothing for what is effectively the tincture of the tertiary charge.

This conflicts with Ragareu (Dictionnaire Heraldique): Vert, a fess wavy argent. There's a single CD for adding the charge in chief.
Against the badge of Eric Silverhart (Vert, in pale a sea-dragon naiant and a bar wavy argent), a check of the emblazon showed that a more accurate blazon would have been Vert, a sea-dragon naiant and in base a bar wavy argent; we readily apply Rule X.2 between it and the current submission.

The device has multiple conflicts. It conflicts with Berthorpe (Dictionary of British Arms, p.360), Gules, a bend wavy Or, with a CD for adding the tertiaries. It also conflicts with Denis de Rioncay (Dictionnaire Heraldique), Gules, on a bend Or three roses gules, with a CD for the line of the bend. Finally, it conflicts with Glagge (Papworth 242), Gules, on a bend Or three cinquefoils of the first, with a CD for the line of the bend but no difference for type of tertiaries.

The use of the quarterly field with two different charges in opposite quarters gives a strong appearance of marshalled armory, and is disallowed per Rule XI.3.a.

The name Davanree, derived from the Irish Damh an Ríogh "ox of the king", was registered on the LoAR of Jan 92. The submitters have appealed this spelling, preferring Devanree, and citing the anglicization of the Irish placename Daimhinis as "Devenish" in evidence.
Unfortunately, in the example of Daimhinis, the word for "ox" is in the genitive case ("of the ox"), not the nominative. (A similarly anglicized surname, Ó Daimhín "O'Devine", likewise uses the genitive case in the Irish.) The value of the vowel changes between nominative and genitive -- indeed, in speech, it's almost the only way one can distinguish between the cases. Given the submitters' desired meaning, the word for "ox" (damh) is far more likely to be pronounced "dahv" -- anglicized dav-, or possibly dov-, but not dev-. Without evidence that the nominative (not genitive) case of the noun is anglicized dev, we cannot accept Devanree as a valid form of the name.

This had been pended from the August meeting, to allow for receipt of permission to conflict with Anna Herold von Ossenheim. We've received neither a letter of permission nor a heraldic will from the latter; this must be returned for conflict.

No forms were received for this submission.

The indentations on the bend are much too small; they would be invisible from any distance. Medieval indented lines were drawn boldly -- indeed, in period, indented was synonymous with fusilly, which gives a good idea of how boldly the line was drawn. This must be returned for redrawing.

This conflicts with Kourost Bernard of East Woods (SCA), Sable, a sun ecliped Or; and Stefan of Seawood (SCA), Azure, on a sun Or an eagle displayed sable. In each case, there's a CD for fieldlessness, but change to type of tertiary charge is not worth a second CD here.

This conflicts with Barnhouse (Papworth 1123), Sable, a pair of wings inverted and not conjoined but endorsed argent; and with Wyngefeld (Papworth 1122), Gules, two wings conjoined in lure argent. In each case there's a single CD, for the field.
Normally, this would have been pended, as the device was misblazoned on the LOI. However, the cited conflicts cause return regardless of the field.

The name has not been documented adequately; in particular, the examples of Swedish placenames ending in -tuna, "town", all seem to begin with personal names (e.g. Ultuna, "Ulf's tuna"). Ed- was not intended to be a personal name, but an Old Norse verb -- but no documentation was provided for the assertion, and none of the commenters could provide any. Failing evidence that either (1) Ed- is a Swedish personal name, or that (2) Ed- is a valid ON verb, and that -tuna can be used with such verb forms, this must be returned.

Clarissa Wykeham. Device. Or, on a chevron azure between three hearts gules, two daggers conjoined at their points argent.

This conflicts with Bladt (Rietstap): D'or au chevron d'azur, accompagné de trois coeurs de gueles (Or, a chevron azure between three hearts gules). There's one CD, for the addition of the tertiaries. If she resubmits with a similar design, please have her draw the daggers larger.

The embattled line of division will not be visible from any distance: it's not drawn very boldly, the field's colors have poor contrast, and the line is partially overlaid by the primary charge. (Indeed, it requires careful placement of the primary, and [to use Lord Fause Lozenge's phrase] "a careful choice of pigments", to see the line at all.) The combination of the three problems is reason enough to return this for redrawing.

Between the fimbriation and the overall charge, the cross ceases to be identifiable. The LOI's citation of a previous registration (Annyse Lionstone, June 91) doesn't support this: Annyse's device used a sable cross fimbriated on a gules field, which has better visibility than azure and purpure; and only one limb of Annyse's cross was overlaid, as opposed to the entire cross here. We have precedents (LoAR of 9 March 86) disallowing fimbriated ordinaries to be debruised by overall charges; that applies as strongly here. This must be returned for lack of identifiability.
Against the arms of Melton (Papworth 608), Azure, a cross patonce voided argent, we can certainly see granting a CD between a cross moline and a cross patonce. That, with the CD for the rose, brings this clear.

The placement of so much of the horse on the chevron severely impairs its identifiability. If the horse were in a posture where its legs were on the field, instead of the chevron, this might be acceptable style.

It has been repeatedly ruled that the use of multiple gold fleurs-de-lys on blue backgrounds is unacceptable in SCA armory; it is simply too suggestive of a claim to connection to French royalty. In the present case, we have a specific precedent disallowing the orle of fleurs-de-lys: "The use of the fleurs-de-lis in orle here on the azure field creates precisely the appearance of a field azure, semy-de-lis Or, upon which the [charge] has been placed. As this field is not permitted in the Society due to its close association with the royalty of France, the submission must be returned." [AmCoE, LoAR of 30 April 89, p.17]
Against the arms of Morland (Papworth 981), Azure semy of leopard's heads jessant-de-lys, a griffin segreant Or, there's a CD for the posture of the griffin and a CD for type of charge in the semy -- though I agree it's close.

Conflicts with Anderson (Papworth 1076): Azure, a saltire between three mullets and in base a crescent argent. There's a CD for the tertiaries, but not for changing one of a group of four charges.

This conflicts with the Legion of Courtesy, registered to the Kingdom of Caid; the designator is transparent, and per Rule V.2 the addition of the modifier isn't sufficient difference.

Conflicts with Gardin (Rietstap): De sinople à un arbre arraché d'or (Vert, a tree eradicated Or). There's a single CD, for the charge in chief.

Unfortunately, the thistle was drawn with leaves, but without stem, making it look like a bulbous mustache; with the best will in the world, this couldn't be identified as a thistle. This must be returned for redrawing.

The byname seems to go beyond the normal practice of animal epithets. Such epithets claim the attributes of a particular animal; for instance, the surname Deere may derive from "[swift as a] deer". Wildeorcynn means literally that she is of the same species as a deer; it is not a metaphor. Without documentation that such literal animal epithets were used in period, this must be returned.