AN TIR

Alisdair MacEwan. Name.

Ameline Fitzgerald. Name and device. Per chevron vert and argent, two fleurs-de-lys argent and a rose purpure.

An Tir, Kingdom of. Title for Sanguinaris Herald.

Artemus de Montessori. Name and device. Per chevron argent semy-de-lys vert and azure, in base an escallop inverted argent.

Brand Faragar the Frank. Badge. Checky Or and sable, a horse passant with a rider armed cap-a-pie gules.

Conal MacClean. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, two fox's masks counterchanged.

Dragon's Mist, Shire of. Badge. (fieldless) A dragon's head issuant from a cloud argent.

Elspeth of Wyre Forest. Name and device. Gules, a falcon Or hooded and jessed sable, on a chief Or a bar of three fusils gules.

Eric Ward of Winchester. Device change. Per pale sable and azure, a pheon inverted between three lozenges Or.

Much improved! His previous device (Vert, a sword inverted enflamed proper, on a chief embattled gules fimbriated a crescent Or) is released.

Geoffrey Peregrine. Name.

Harold of Kenneydell. Name.

James o' Gordon. Name and device. Per saltire azure and Or, a rustre throughout counterchanged.

Please make sure the submitter understands that the byname is not a patronymic; it is a toponymic, "of Gordon", the latter being a place. This would be acceptable even without the apostrophe: the OED cites o as a period spelling of "of".

Leopold von Elchenwald. Badge. (fieldless) A cross potent quarterly Or and vert.

Mielikki Kantelensoittajatar. Device. Argent, on a nesselblatt azure a lion rampant contourny Or, foreleg armored and brandishing a sword argent.

A [charged] nesselblatt is not equivalent to a [charge] within an indented bordure. This would be more apparent if the armory were displayed on a rectangular banner: the nesselblatt would keep its triangular shape, where the bordure would follow the line of the field.

The device has three types of charge and six tinctures, which would normally exceed our rule of thumb for complexity. Two of the tinctures, however, belong to artistic details, worth no heraldic difference, and the design itself is symmetrical and balanced (with an honest heraldic rose!). Under the circumstances, the visual complexity is acceptable.

The byname was submitted as Ó Fearghaill. This is the masculine construction; to be the female descendant of Fearghal, the name must be changed as shown (ní substituted for Ó, and the father's name aspirated).
Note: The submitter's forms say she is the sister of Bridget O Fearghail (name registered Nov 86). It's unclear whether "SCA sister" or blood sister is meant. If Muirgheal is Bridget's actual sister, she may resubmit invoking the Grandfather clause, if she wishes.

Porte de l'Eau, Canton of. Device. Argent, on a pile wavy azure goutty d'eau a portcullis argent, overall a laurel wreath vert.

Tirzah Armieri. Name.

ANSTEORRA

Donatus Canute Hillebrand. Device. Azure, a dragon's head issuant from base Or, on a chief urdy argent a sword reversed gules.

This was pended from the Sept 92 meeting. Lady Elmet privately pointed out that it had not been dealt with in Jan 93, as scheduled. My profound apologies to the submitter for my untimeliness.

Basil der Drache. Name and device. Azure, a pall inverted between two basil leaves and a dragon segreant, a bordure argent.

The byname was submitted as von Drachen. The preposition von is used with a toponymic in this construction; "of Dragon" is as ungrammatical in German as it is in English. The submitter's forms suggest he wants to be "the Dragon;" we have substituted the correct German.

This was submitted under the name Sabrina MacPherson.
The device is clear of Sileas ní Chinaíd (May 1993), Purpure, a tree and in chief a roundel argent. In the latter, the tree is clearly the primary charge, with a secondary charge in chief. This submission has two primary charges. Since both the owl and the roundel are substantially different from the tree, it is technically clear by Rule X.2, for type (and number) of primary charges.
Please instruct the submitter on the correct depiction of a bird displayed: the legs should be seen against the field, on either side of the tail. The head should also be seen against the field, not the bird's shoulders. (In other words, don't draw it as stooping affronty. )
Note that in heraldry, the owl is guardant by default, even when the rest of the posture is blazoned.

The byname was submitted as Na Beinne liaith; we have changed it to the genitive case, as the grammar requires.

Jofreyr Maurisson. Name.

Mark of the Dark Woods. Name.

Meraud des Belles Feuilles. Name and device. Vert, a bend argent, in pale three oak leaves counterchanged.

The byname was submitted as de Belle Feuilles, but since feuilles ("leaves") is plural, the rest of the byname must be as well.

Xavier Grayson of Ashley. Name and device. Per bend sinister embattled vert and argent, a tower and three trees couped counterchanged.

Xavier is the submitter's mundane given name, which fact should have been noted on the LOI. Note that the embattling is much larger on the full size emblazon than on the miniature emblazons.

Alesia de Trenwyth. Device. Vert, a swan naiant, wings addorsed Or, a bordure wavy Or semy-de-lys sable.

Alexander ap Talhaearn. Name and device. Argent, in pale two wolves' heads cabossed and on a chief embattled sable three plates.

Alexandra of Clan Donald. Name.

Alric de la Bataille. Name and device. Gules, a griffin segreant to sinister queue-forchy, in base a rose Or, a chief dovetailed ermine.

Alyna Navarre. Name.

Arnbiørn Bassi Dansson. Badge for Clan Rowanwood (see RETURNS for device). (fieldless) A rowan tree eradicated proper estencelly argent.

The household name (Clan Rowanwood) was registered August 1993.

Submitted as Acadamie, we have corrected the spelling.

Without an actual statement in the blazon to suggest otherwise, we must assume that the feathers in the arms of Brobrach (Papworth 699), Argent, three feathers in pale each bending from the other in the tops, gules, shafts (or quills) Or, are in the default position of 2 & 1. This is therefore clear, with CD's for field and placement.

Charles Cartmell of Storvik. Name and device. Purpure, a gull displayed argent, a bordure checky sable and argent.

Delizia de Champs. Name and device. Argent, a heart between two scarpes purpure between two ivy vines bendwise sinister vert.

Donovan Morgan. Name and device. Sable, a sea-dog rampant between three ships, sails furled, on a chief argent a rapier reversed sable.

Eórann Maguire. Name.

Fiona Arthur. Name.

Galen the Traveller. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a bull's head cabossed and on a chief sable, three fleurs-de-lys argent.

Gavin Hawkins. Name and device. Per chevron embattled argent and vert, three hawks volant, wings addorsed counterchanged.

Howard of Bright Hills. Holding name (see RETURNS) and device. Per bend gules and sable, a basilisk and on a chief Or, an arrow reversed sable.

This was submitted under the name Havelward of Bourne.

John MacArthur helped found the Australian wool industry and inspired the Rum Rebellion against Governor William Bligh. Iain MacArthur is clear of John MacArthur, however, since Iain and John are different enough in sound to bring this clear, per Rule V.4.

The byname was submitted on the LOI as du Longlac. If Longlac is considered a placename, the grammatically correct form should be de Longlac. However, the submitter originally requested du Lac Long on her forms, which is correct French for "of the long lake." We have therefore restored the submitter's spelling.

Recall that falcons default to the close position, both mundanely and in the SCA.

The name was submitted as Johann von Trapp. Trapp does not seem to be a placename, and therefore should not be used with von; we have deleted the preposition. N.B.: The father's name in The Sound of Music was Georg, not Johann.

Ketsu Toichi. Name change (from Ketsu Tochi).

Michael Batcok. Name and device. Barry of four vert and argent, a dunghill cock and a bordure gules.

Mordeyrn Rhiannon. Device change. Or, a dragon sejant contourny, wings displayed azure, a demi-sun issuant from base sable, a chief embattled checky argent and sable.

Her previous device (Argent, a dragon sejant contourny wings displayed azure, a demi-sun issuant from base sable) is released.

The byname was submitted as Zvezdochyotov. We have substituted the feminized form.

The jew's harp has its opening to chief by SCA default; this one is therefore inverted.
The Arabic name Rabah is indeed cited as a period masculine given name in "Arabic Naming Practices" by Da'ud ibn Auda, West Kingdom Known World Symposium Proceedings, 1987, p.47. (It's translated as "gain".) Lord Clarion's comment on this submission suggests that the entry may have been a typo, but it certainly isn't the result of over-photocopying, or a mistake on the submitter's part. I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt here. (If it is a typo, it will have to be formally corrected.)

Róisín of Rowanwood. Device. Per saltire Or and argent, a rose between four rowan trees eradicated proper.

Rowan ferch Rhys. Name.

Sieglinde Achtermann. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Tamar of Rowanwood. Name and device. Gules, a unicorn rampant and in base a rose argent, a chief wavy erminois.

Please tell her to draw the waves larger.

The patronymic was spelled Haroldsson on the LOI, but Heraldsson on the submitter's forms and in Geirr Bassi's Old Norse Name. We've restored the submitter's spelling.

Zacharius Ferntykylle. Name and device. Argent, a card pique within a chaplet of thorns sable.

CAID

Davy Gunn of Scotland. Badge reblazon. Sable, a demi-sun of five rays throughout, eclipsed sable, the center ray a Ken blade, issuant within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

The badge was originally blazoned Sable, issuant from base a rising sun of five rays argent eclipsed sable, the center ray a ken blade all within and conjoined to an annulet argent when it was registered August 1985 (when the submitter was known as Akayama Yoshitatsu). The use of "issuant from base" was misleading in this context; we've clarified the blazon.

Arthur Bromere. Device. Per fess sable and gules, a lion passant guardant Or maintaining a heart, in chief three broad arrows inverted argent.

Isabeau le Fer de Saint Claude. Release of name and device. Or, an hourglass gules, within a bordure dovetailed sable.

We have received a letter from the client releasing her names and armory.

We have received a letter from the client releasing her names and armory.

When registered on the LoAR of Dec 87, the tincture of the pile was omitted from the blazon, and the tertiary charge was termed a mullet of seven points elongated to base. The former omission has now been corrected. Lady Saker proposed that the latter error be remedied by blazoning the charge a mullet of seven points elongated to base wavy. However, an examination of the submitter's forms, and of the Calontir LOI of Sept 87, shows that the submitter had intended the charge to be a comet. Since the depiction is well within the permitted variation of comets in the SCA, we will adopt the simpler blazon.

Reimond of Ipstones. Name and device. Sable, a phoenix and a chief embattled Or.

EAST

Ælfwynn of Chester. Name and device. Vert, a dolphin haurient and in chief a mullet of eight points argent.

Alain du Val. Name and badge. Vert, in pale a crescent Or and a wolf passant reguardant to sinister argent.

Amador Ximenes el Zurdo. Name change (from Amador Ximenes el Surdo).

Antonio Vela de Lugo y Payan. Name.

Bertram Eisenbolz. Name.

Bertran of Edwinstowe. Name change (from Bertran Gair).

Borhe Olafs. Name change (from Burlu-Olafr) and device. Sable, a Bowen knot braced with an annulet Or.

The documentation for the byname seemed inconclusive, in and of itself. Lacking any direct evidence to the contrary, we will assume that the genitive form of the father's name, with no suffixes or particles, is as acceptable here as it would be in English (e.g. Stevens).

Brynhildr Bryhteye. Name.

Calum Friseal. Name and device. Gules, a horse rampant barry Or and sable, a bordure embattled Or.

The name on the Letter of Intent was spelled Frisale, but the forms (and the documentation included with the submission) show the spelling as we've registered it.

Cynthia Wren. Name (see RETURNS for device).

While the LoI had the surname spelled Wrenn, the forms spelled it with only one "n."

The byname was submitted as DeFelice. The documentation does not support the coalesced form; we have corrected the spelling.

A similar wing posture is found in the arms of the English College of Arms: Argent, a cross gules between four doves, each with the dexter wing displayed and inverted azure. (Oxford Guide to Heraldry, plate 4)

Crayfish, like lobsters and scorpions, are tergiant by default.

When registered Aug 73 (!), this was blazoned Sable, a wolf's head reversed issuant from dexter base and a chevron encimee [sic] and enhanced argent. Upon examination of the emblazon, the chevron proved not to be écimé (with the point truncated) at all; instead, it was cut in two by the top of the shield.

Francesca di Monopoli. Device. Or, three martlets in pale vert within a bordure compony vert and argent.

Gavin Gamelson. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Godelieve Davyson of Salisbury. Name and device. Gules, on a chevron between three torches Or, a cross of Jerusalem gules.

Gregor Wilhelm. Name.

Gwydion of Fennbrycg. Name and device. Sable, in pale five annulets braced in saltire and a square anvil argent.

Havre de Glace, Shire of. Name.

Juliana d'Avignon. Name change (from Cheryl of Ravenhill).

Ian MacLochlainn. Name.

This does not conflict with the TV commentator John MacLoughlin. The translation of John to Ian changes the pronunciation enough to bring this clear per Rule V.4.b. (John and Sean, on the other hand, still sound too similar.)

The placename was submitted as Nürnburg. We've changed the spelling to match that of the city, which seems to have been the submitter's intent. Nice armory!

Merewyn Harding. Name.

Nakamura Yuki. Name (see RETURNS for badge).

Piers Campbell. Name.

Ragnar Ketilsson. Name and device. Quarterly sable and vert, on a Latin cross swallowtailed Or a spear sable.

Ragnar the Wolf. Device. Per chevron azure and argent, a chevron counterchanged between two wolves rampant contourny argent and a raven displayed contourny sable.

Rowan Ashbrooke. Name and device. Argent, a rowan branch bendwise sinister fructed proper, on a chief azure a demi-sun issuant from the line of the chief Or.

If the submitter is not aware that Rowan was a masculine name in period, she should be told.

Siobhán Níg Eochadha. Name and device. Azure, a domestic cat sejant reguardant and on a chief argent three escallops inverted azure.

Siobhan cannot be Mag Eochadha ("the son of Eochadha"), so we have made her his daughter (adding an accent to Siobhan in the process).

Submitted as ... de Lande ... we have added the article to match the submitter's intended meaning.

Victoire Ferdenande d'Avignon. Device. Gules, on a cross flory within a bordure engrailed Or, in pale three keys fesswise gules.

The keys clear this submission from mundane conflict; they should therefore be drawn bigger (and the cross fatter to accommodate them). Please instruct the submitter.

Brantestone, Shire of. Name and device. Quarterly argent and sable, an oak tree within a laurel wreath Or.

Catherine MacAlpin. Name.

Corin Morgan. Name and device. Vert, on a bend between two goblets argent, three clusters of grapes palewise vert.

Etheldred NicEoghainn. Device. Per chevron azure and sable, a chevron checky argent and sable between two mullets and a fox's mask argent.

Gareth Gwynedd. Name change (from Gareth Cunedda).

This is a correction to the Armorial and Ordinary. The gentle registered the name Gareth Cunedda on the LoAR of Sept 91. The name Gareth Gwynedd was then registered to the same gentle on the LoAR of Dec 91. The second submission should have been considered a name change, not a new submission. As it now stands, the client has two entries in the A&O, where he should have only one. We are therefore correcting the most recent acceptance, to make it clear this is a name change; the previous name, Gareth Cunedda, should be released.

Miranda Jourdaine MacDowel. Name and device. Per saltire azure and purpure, four birds volant to base argent, a chief ermine.

Miranda has been registered often enough to be considered compatible with period usage. Shakespeare appears to have made up the name for the character in The Tempest (1611) using principles dating from period. At any rate, I see nothing to be gained from banning it now.

The LOI said Trienal, but the registered form is Treinal (Dec 91).

Alianora MacIntosh. Device. Per pale azure and sable, three crescents conjoined in pall inverted, horns outward within an orle argent.

Aleid van Deursen. Name.

Ammyra of House Mouse. Name and device. Azure, a hamster sejant erect atop a mount Or.

Hamsters were known in period: the OED cites the use of the term in 1602, well within our 50-year "grey area" of documentation.

Since Mouse (Mowse, le Mous) is a registerable surname (Reaney DBS II 245), we must accept House Mouse as a valid household name. Please have the submitter draw the mice with feet.

The epithet was submitted as Wormbane. Given the examples of wolfsbane and hensbane, as well as the submitter's own Old Norse parallel, we added an 's' to the first byname.
The definition of the term enfile has changed over the years. Boutell (English Heraldry, 1902) equates it with "pierce": a sword passing through a crown would enfile the crown. Brooke-Little (An Heraldic Alphabet, 1975) equates it with "encircle": a sword passing through a crown would be enfiled by the crown. The confusion is sufficient reason to avoid the use of the term, but sometimes (as with this submission) it's hard to avoid. Friar (Dictionary of Heraldry, 1987, p.137) agrees with Boutell's definition; and that definition does follow more naturally from the etymology of the word (from French fil, "thread": beads are threaded on a string, crowns are enfiled on [by] a sword). That is the definition used here.

Simple armory.

Briana Fiske. Name.

Brendan of Millersvale. Name and device. Per saltire azure and vert, a saltire argent between four millrinds Or.

Nice canting device!

Catherine Dupré. Name and device. Per chevron argent semy-de-lys azure and azure, in base a dog couchant argent.

Conrad Swarzolf. Name and device. Per pale sable and argent, two wolves combattant counterchanged, enflamed proper, in base an anvil reversed counterchanged.

Duncan Ghlasthuagh. Name correction (see RETURNS for badge).

The LoAR of Feb 92 erroneously spelled the surname as Ghlasthugah; this corrects that error.

Clear from Laudar of Winepark (Lyon Ordinary I, #3015), Gules, a griffin salient within on a bordure argent, four hearts ensigned with Imperial crowns proper and four crescents gules. There's a CD for the field, and per Rule X.4.j.ii, a CD for the tertiaries on the bordure.

Please have the submitter draw all of the charges larger.

Giovanni Fontananera. Device. Purpure, a mullet erminois between five fountains in annulo.

Giovanni Fontananera. Household name and badge for Teulu Ffynnon Ddu. (fieldless) A chess rook barry wavy argent and sable.

Lady Harpy has noted that the use of teulu ("family") with a toponymic household name does not fit Welsh name structure. However, teulu also means "warband" which makes the name more plausible.

Nice! Note that the semy are very clearly estoiles on the full size emblazon.

Hilaire NicPherson. Name and device. Sable, a sea-horse Or, a bordure Or semy of roses sable.

Hrothgar Hrolfsson. Badge. (fieldless) On a wolf's head cabossed sable, a compass star argent.

Isabella Grey. Name.

Justin ap Steffan. Name.

Katerina Christiana Cole of Cornwall. Name.

Michael Drache. Name and device. Sable, a dragon dormant between five mullets in annulo argent.

This is clear of Var of the Ivory Dungeon (SCA), Sable, a dragon dormant to sinister regardant, the tail curved to sinister around the body, the dexter wing lowered to cover the body, the head peeking out to dexter base from beneath the dexter wing argent, spined gules. There are CDs for posture and addition of the secondary group.

Mynydd Seren, Shire of. Badge. (fieldless) Seven mullets conjoined in chevron Or.

This would not be acceptable were it not for the fact that their device (registered July 1983) has seven mullets in chevron (i.e. the mullets are Grandfathered).

Please tell him to draw his per pall with the lines issuant from the corners of the shield.

Rudivale, Shire of. Name and device. Per fess wavy Or and barry wavy gules and Or, a laurel wreath vert and a bordure per pale vert and gules.

Theodric von Rostock. Badge. Per bend sinister nebuly gules and sable, a cross moline and an increscent argent.

Note that the complex line of partition on this badge is between black and red, which have perhaps the best contrast of any two colors, and that nothing obscures the line of partition.

Thorgrim Otrigson. Device. Vert, a chevron and in base a battleaxe, on a chief Or two pairs of battleaxes crossed in saltire sable.

Treise Fiske. Name.

OUTLANDS

Aurora Gillybary. Device. Per pale sable mullety of eight points argent and purpure, a moon in her complement argent.

Isabeau Celeste de la Vallière. Name (see RETURNS for device).

The locative was submitted as du Vallière; as vallière is feminine, it requires de la (which the submitter documented as a valid form).

Richenda Arabella Letellier de Trémont. Name and device. Per bend ermine and argent, a bend beviled azure between a cross of four lozenges purpure and three columbines vert.

The toponymic was submitted as du Tremont. Tremont does not seem to require an article; we've therefore changed du, "of the", to simply de, "of." Note that columbines are dependent by default. Have the submitter draw larger and fewer ermine spots.

His previous device (Argent, a tower azure enflamed proper, and on a chief sable three wolves' heads cabossed argent) is released.

The byname literally means "star-starer." If she wants a meaning closer to "astrologer", stjärntydare (literally "star interpreter") would be better; you might suggest it to her.
There was some question about the cultural compatibility of the name: the LOI documented Sylvia as an Italian given name. For the record, Hanks and Hodges give Silvia as the name of a 6th century saint, and Sylvia is noted as a Scandinavian form. However, Swedish-Italian interaction is documented in the Saga of Harald the Ruthless, the story of a Viking's expedition to Sicily: "Actually, King Harald the Ruthless didn't do so well in southern Italy because he met up with compatriots, tribal brothers. Normans from Normandy had moved down there ... even threatening Byzantine properties." (The Norsemen by Count Eric Oxenstierna, p. 279). Swedes, of course, formed the original Verangian guard in Byzantium, and from there they sailed the Mediterranean. The Italian historian Liudprand (ca. 922-972) wrote in Byzantium, "There is a race living in the north whom the Greeks, because of a peculiarity [he is referring to their red-blond coloring] call Rusii, whereas we call them Normans, according to the location of their homeland. " (quotes in original text, ibid., p. 107). An Italian-Scandinavian name would therefore be acceptable.

TRIMARIS

Adsiltia filia Honorii. Name.

The patronymic was submitted as Filia Honorii. Normal scribal practice would not capitalize the patronymic particle.

Basilla la Mercière. Device. Azure, a swan within a bordure argent, overall on a chief nebuly Or, three leaves vert.

The byname was submitted as la Merciére. We've used the correct accent (grave, not ague).
"The chief does not, as a rule, surmount other chargers, and consequently, such have often to be debased... when associated with a bordure (unless there is direct statement to the contrary) the bordure would be turned and continued beneath the base line of the chief." (Parker 112) The term overall in the blazon above is the "direct statement to the contrary" needed here.

We have corrected the grammar of the submitted na Coill-mhor, putting it into the genitive case.

The submitted de Calabrisi is said to mean "of Calabria." Correct Italian would be either de Calabria or just Calabresi. We have used the latter as making the least change to the submitted name.

Cerdic of Dorchester. Device. Azure, three chevronels braced, on a chief embattled Or three annulets azure.

Darius the Elder. Device. Azure, a chevron between two swords in chevron, tips crossed, and a unicorn's head couped, a bordure embattled argent.

Diarmait mac Alasdair Chaomhanaigh. Device. Per chevron inverted argent, and argent semy of thistles proper, a chevron inverted and in chief two hounds salient respectant azure.

Please tell him not to draw the chevron as coming from the corners (no enhancements possible...)

We have added the accent on Fine, to match the documentation. Note that the modern spelling of Fíne would be Fíona, which turns out to be much more period-compatible than originally thought! (O Corrain and Maguire, p.99)

Please tell the submitter to draw the annulets thicker.

Logan Mersc Macjenkyne. Name.

Jenkin is cited by Reaney as an English given name, and the i to y change is possible, but we found no instances with a terminal e. However, this in itself does not appear to be sufficient to return the name. Note that we have in the past allowed the use of Mac with English given names.

Meaghan ferch Rhys. Name.

The patronymic was submiatted as ferch Rys. The change from rh to r is not done whimsically in Welsh; we've substituted the standard spelling.

The patronymic name was submitted as Cathair. The particle ní causes aspiration in the following phrase; we've corrected the spelling.

The byname was submitted as v Novogorode, "in Novgorod". We've amended it to "of Novgorod", as the submitter requested.

The LOI spelled the given name as Samhairle, but the forms (and documentation) spell it as above. We've substituted the spelling used on the forms.

(The household name was registered Dec 91.) Tell the submitter to draw the bordure wider.

Arielle d'Arc. Device change. Per pale sable and argent, a sun in splendour throughout counterchanged, a bordure gules.

Her previous device (Sable, on a bend wavy between two garden rosebuds bendwise, slipped and leaved Or, a rosebud gules, slipped and leaved vert) is retained as a badge.

Ceridwen d'Arci of Stag Oakes. Name and device. Gules, on a chevron between two acorns inverted slipped and leaved and a stag rampant Or, a chevron embattled vert.

Charles of the Park. Device. Pean, on a pale Or a sinister cubit arm gules.

Nice, simple armory!

Francis Bull of Kent. Name.

Gabriella di Ravenna. Name.

Halima de la Lucha. Name change (from Halima de la Luz).

Juliana de Beverly. Name and device. Azure, on a bend between two Latin crosses argent, a sword azure.

Please have her draw the bend wider.

Leila of the Meadows. Device reblazon. Sable, a Bowen knot crosswise fretted with a bendlet and a scarpe Or.

The original blazon (Sable, a Bowen knot in cross fretted Or, registered June 76) did not do this justice.

Marion the Weaver of the Wilde Wode. Name change (from Cynthia Mairin of the Wilde Wood).

Michael de Fecamp. Name.

Morbran Two Tigers. Name and device. Sable, two Bengal tigers combattant Or marked sable, in chief an estoile, all within a bordure rayonny Or.

Morgan the Falconer. Device. Azure, a falcon displayed, belled and jessed, on a chief embattled argent three roses purpure.

Peyre de Barat. Device. Gules, a lit candle between in chief two delfs Or.

Rhianwen ni Dhiarmada. Device. Or, a demi-unicorn rampant to sinister sable, crined argent.

Vallum Vespertinum, Canton of. Name and device. Sable, a chevron inverted cotised and in chief a laurel wreath Or.

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNED:

AN TIR

Arlys of Gordon. Name resubmission.

The previous submission, Arlyss o Gordon, was returned on the LoAR of July 86 for using a surname as a given name, and for the appearance of an incorrect patronymic. The submitter has solved the second problem by substituting of for o -- though we note that o and o' are valid period forms of of and would now be acceptable. (See the registration of James o' Gordon, elsewhere on this LoAR.) The first problem, however, remains. The argument in the LoI does not support deriving Arlys from Arlindis. The case is not parallel to the derivation of Alice from Adalheidis. In the name Arlindis, -lind- is a complete theme; you cannot simply eliminate part of that theme. Arlindis is more likely to have evolved into Ariza or Arys, dropping the them altogether. Given that Arlys, Arliss is documented as a surname, we need better justification before it can be registered as a given name. Lord Palimpsest has shown that Arliza would be a valid given name, but such a change would exceed the submitter's permitted alternatives. You might see if she'll accept Arliza.

Mikhail the Varangian. Device resubmission. Per bend potenty Or and argent, a Russian Orthodox cross botonny sable and a boot reversed gules within a bordure potenty sable.

The complex line of division is indistinguishable from any distance. As in the case of Landric Daegmaer (LoAR of Aug 92), a complex line of division between two metals or two colors may be returnable for unidentifiability, per Rule VIII.3, regardless of whether the line is obscured by a charge. It only matters that the field portions have so little contrast that the complex line cannot readily be identified from a distance. That appears to be the case here. Have him resubmit without a complex line of partition.

Sabrina is not a period given name. It is not a variant of Sabina (which is a valid given name), as stated in the LOI, but is rather the Latin name for the river Severn, or possibly for the Celtic river goddess for whom the Severn was named. Either way, Sabrina has been repeatedly disallowed for SCA use, the most recent instance being on the May 93 LoAR (Sabrina la Rose). We suggest the client resubmit with the name Sabina.
The armory has been registered under the holding name Deborah of Gryphon's Lair.

Shannon is not a period given name, but turns out to be the submitter's mundane given name (a fact which should have been in the LoI, but wasn't). It would therefore be registerable, if the rest of the name were acceptable. However, as Shannon is the name of both the river in Ireland and the goddess associated with that river, this is in conflict with that goddess, and must be returned for that reason.

Arnbiørn Bassi Dansson. Device. Per fess azure and vert, a bear statant erect affronty, sinister forepaw upraised Or.

This conflicts with the Barony of Adiantum's badge for the Collar and Chain Award (SCA), Gules, a two-headed bear statant erect affronty, forelegs raised, heads addorsed Or collared and chained sable. There's a CD for the field, but nothing for the number of heads, the "maintained" chain, or the slight difference in posture.

We have no documentation for the use of Havelward as a given name. We need evidence of the transition from the documented Haylwardus to the submitted Havelward before we can accept the name as given. The armory is registered under the holding name Howard of Bright Hills.

Per Rule III.1.b, order names must include "a designation that identifies the group". Coin of the Sea is not, by itself, an acceptable order name; we need to add Order of, Award of, etc. We'd also like to see documentation for this pattern of order names in period.

The centaur is in trian aspect, which is not permitted; and the argent arrows cannot be seen unless held against the centaur's flank, which is not a blazonable detail. This must be returned for redrawing at the very least. If he resubmits a similar design, the arrows should be of some tincture other than argent.

Though blazoned on the LoI as couped, the hands are actually issuant from the edge. This is not permissible on a fieldless badge. Please have him resubmit with genuinely couped charges.
Claddagh rings (also called fede rings or friendship rings) are found in period in a variety of forms. (David Hinton, Medieval Jewellery, plates 13, 14) The motif is quite period. The claddagh ring normally used today shows the heart conjoined to a crown; so even were it a protected design, this submission would be clear of it.

This conflicts with Karina of the Far West (SCA), Azure, a wivern statant argent. There's a CD for the chief, but none for dragon vs. wyvern, nor for statant vs. passant.

The chevron écimé does not appear to be a period charge. The single registration in the SCA of the term was in 1973 (Eiolf Eriksson); and that wasn't even a correct blazon for the device (which has been reblazoned elsewhere in this LoAR). The current submission would thus be the defining instance of the charge, and we need to see evidence of its use in period before allowing its registration. We will defer any discussion of its difference versus an ordinary chevron until its validity as a period charge has been demonstrated.

Tokugawa Basha. Badge. Sable, five hollyhock leaves within and slips conjoined to a five-lobed melon enclosure argent.

(The name was returned on the LoAR of May 1993). The badge conflicts with Oda Nobunaga, Dark, a cherry blossom within a five-lobed melon enclosure light; and with Oda Hidenobu, Miya et al., Oda, Iida, and Magabuchi, Dark, within a five-lobed melon enclosure light. (Hawley and Chappelear, pp. 18-19). The five hollyhock leaves arranged in this manner do not provide sufficient visual difference from the cited armories. (Historical note: Oda Nobunaga, while not actually Shogun, did rule Japan in the late 1500's. His assassination sparked Tokugawa Iyeyasu's drive towards the Shogunate.)
In future resubmissions, the client should avoid potential visual conflicts with a white rose.

Alistrina de Mann. Device. Pean, a wolf sejant erect guardant within a bordure engrailed argent.

Device returned for two reasons. First, the engrailing is drawn far too shallowly to be seen at a distance. Second, the device conflicts with Pourton (Papworth 114), Sable, a greyhound rampant within a bordure engrailed argent, with only one CD for the field. We grant no difference between sejant erect and rampant.

This conflicts with the Herne Bay Urban District Council (Public Heraldry, p.64): Barry wavy of six argent and azure, on a chief azure, a heron Or between two crosses formy fitchee argent. There is only one CD for the changes to the tertiaries. We grant no difference between argent, three bars wavy azure and barry wavy argent and azure.
Also, if we consider argent, three bars wavy azure to be interchangeable with barry wavy azure and argent, the device conflicts with Weeks (Papworth 568), Paly of eight Or and gules, on a chief azure three eagles displayed double-headed of the first, with one CD for the change to the "field". There is nothing for the changes to the tertiaries.

Device returned for two reasons. First, no emblazon form was provided. Second, it conflicts with the US Arctic Test Center (Military Ordinary #1195), Azure, a snowflake points in pale argent, with only a CD for the addition of the border.

This conflicts with the device of the Stronghold of Klakavirki (SCA): Per pale gules and argent, in pale a drakkar and a laurel wreath counterchanged. There's a single CD for deleting the laurel wreath. It also conflicts with Aoki (Hawley 68): Dark, a ship light. There's a single CD, for tincturelessness.

There is no defined "proper" coloration for a griffin. Please have the client resubmit using an honest heraldic tincture for the griffin's head.

The name conflicts with Leandra du Bois (SCA). Addition of an adjective, coalesced or not, is not sufficient difference, per Rule V.2. (If the submitter truly desires to be "of the green wood", that would be du Bois Vert in French. Please pass that on.)

Conflicts with Wakisaka Yasuharu (Hawley 85), Dark, two annulets linked in fess light. There's a CD for tincture (tincturelessness), including tincture divisions; but against tinctureless armory, the divisions of field or charges cannot be counted twice.

No emblazon forms were included. This is being returned without consideration of the possible conflict with Margaret Rose O'Malley (SCA), Vert, on an escallop inverted Or, a garden rose gules slipped and leaved vert. Any resubmission should address this problem.

The name was already registered to this gentle, on the LoAR of Oct 91.

A complex charge such as a laurel wreath cannot be counterchanged over an ordinary. This was last reaffirmed with the submission of the Shire of Blackmoor Keep (LoAR of Oct 92).
Further, the gateway was ruled unacceptable for use in SCA armory (on the LoAR of Sept 93). We would probably have allowed a "grace period" for this submission, had the problems of counterchanging not caused it to be returned; but such a grace period will have expired by the time they resubmit. Please have them use a door, portcullis, gate, or other more standard heraldic charge.

The name has several problems, each enough for return. First, the construction is not grammatical; according to Lady Harpy, the correct modern grammar would be y tir yma, and the correct medieval grammar would be y tir hwn. Second, the intended meaning, "the canton of this place here" makes no sense, any more than "the shire of that field over there" would. Third, it conflicts with the Kingdom of An Tir, with only the addition of a modifier; the designator (Kingdom, Canton) and article (An, Y) are worth no difference.

Bran na Fé. Device. Sable, a natural tiger rampant argent marked sable, an orle Or.

The device has multiple conflicts, such as the arms of Verdon (Chesshyre and Woodcock 138), Sable, a lion argent, and Wasteneys (Chesshyre and Woodcock 179), Sable, a lion queue-forchy argent. In each case, there's a CD for the addition of the orle, but no heraldic difference between big cats, nor for the artistic markings.

This conflicts with Cerelia de Lacy of Sherborne (SCA), Purpure, an escarbuncle argent. There is only the CD for adding the bordure.

Conflicts with the badge of Eleanor Leonard (SCA), (tinctureless) A mullet of four points distilling a gout, and the seal of James IV of Scotland (Fox-Davies' Heraldic Badges), (tinctureless) A mullet. There is only the CD, for fieldlessness; we grant no difference for number of points on the mullet in this case.

Alberic Kentigern. Device. Per pale vert and argent, a torteau charged with five rays issuant from base throughout argent.

Returned for stylistic problems. While it is true that roundels may be charged with rayed objects in the SCA, those rayed objects are not normally issuant from the inner edge of a roundel. To have charges issuant from the edge of a roundel is to give the roundel the appearance of an inescutcheon of pretense. This appearance is heightened by the use of five tertiaries on the roundel. This is therefore returned for appearance of marshalling. Furthermore, the argent rays blend with the argent portion of the field, further hampering the identifiability. We suggest he resubmit with a single charge (we suggest a sunburst) entirely on the roundel, not issuant from it.

Device conflicts with Faolan of Dundalk (SCA), Vert masoned Or, three wolves rampant, each maintaining a sword bendwise sinister argent. There's a single CD, for the field.

Badge conflicts with Thorkil ap Llwyd (SCA), (fieldless) A dragon's jamb couped gules, with only one CD for the tincture. (Thorkil's dragon's jamb is perfectly erect and essentially symmetrical, so the change in toe posture does not yield another CD.)

Device conflicts with Lowde (Papworth 103), Argent, a lion rampant sable, a chief lozengy Or and gules, with one CD for the addition of the roses. It also conflicts with Pierpont (Papworth 130), Argent, a lion rampant sable within an orle of roses gules, and with the related arms of Perpound (Papworth 131), Argent, a lion rampant sable between six cinquefoils gules. In each case there's a CD for the addition of the chief. In the case of of Pierpont, there's no difference for number of roses; in the case of Perpound, no difference for type of flowers. In both cases, moving the flowers from in orle or 3, 2, 1 to in annulo requires moving only two flowers. As that's less than half the group, the change yields no difference.

(This was intended as a badge for the Order of the Pisces, whose name is already registered.) First, the seaweed is not identifiable as such; nor is there a "standard" seaweed, so there seems little chance of rendering seaweed identifiably. Second, conjoining what are essentially plant stems into a complex geometric arrangement is basically non-heraldic style; the awkwardness of any possible blazon (an estoile!? an escarbuncle?) illustrates the nonheraldic nature of this design. We suggest that any resubmission forego any use of seaweed.

Conflicts with Lorraine Marcus (SCA), Quarterly vert and Or, a cross of Lorraine sable; and the mundane arms of Marcel (Woodward), Argent, a cross of Lorraine sable. In each case, there's a CD for fieldlessness; there's no difference for the fimbriation, or for the purely artistic variation between doube-cross and cross of Lorraine (or even patriarchal cross).

Per fess invected of two colors overlain by a charge is not allowed, per Rule VIII.3. We suggest using a plain field division.

Caerthe, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the Sable Lion of Caerthe. (fieldless) Two rapiers crossed in saltire gules surmounted by a lion's head erased sable.

Returned for being heraldically identical with the already registered badge of the Order, registered August 1991: (fieldless) Two swords crossed in saltire gules surmounted by a lion's head erased sable. The rapiers are swords; the designs are identical for all practical purposes. The current badge can be drawn in this form if they please, using a specific style of sword (rapiers, shamshirs, or whatever), but the distinction cannot be registered. (Note: they can submit something that's at least a CD away from this as an additional badge for the order, however. There's nothing to prevent an Order from having more than one badge; the Order of the Garter has multiple badges, and so does the SCA's Order of the Rose.)

Device conflicts with Aron Caomhanach (SCA), Per bend sinister gules and purpure, a Bengal tiger rampant Or, marked sable, within an orle Or, as there is no heraldic difference between a lion and a Bengal tiger, and no difference for the markings on the tiger.

Device conflicts with Wayd (Papworth 240), Azure, on a bend Or, two roses gules, stalked and leaved vert, and Challenge (Papworth 241), Azure, on a bend Or three 5-foils of the first. There is only one CD for the addition of the secondaries, and nothing for the changes to the tertiaries.

Conflicts with the mundane arms of Rietheim (Siebmacher, plate 30), Argent, a mule rampant Or. There is no difference given for horses versus mules, and the feet are too small to count for difference here.

This conflicts with several famous Robert Stewarts, of which the most important are the Stewart kings of Scotland, specifically Robert II and Robert III.

Device returned for multiple conflicts, of which the following are typical: Arnott (Papworth 459), Azure, a chevron between three mullets argent; Allenson (Papworth 373), Azure, a chevron argent; Gardner (Papworth 452), Azure, a chevron between three bugle horns argent; M'Beath (Papworth 458), Azure, a chevron between in chief two mullets and in base a crescent argent; Angela of the Stoney Oak Forest (SCA), Azure, a chevron between two acorns and an oak leaf argent; and Beorn Collenferth (SCA), Azure, a chevron between a harp, an axe reversed and a sabertooth tiger statant argent. In each case, the change to, or addition of, secondary charges is worth a single CD.

Caradoc Cadwgan Douglas. Device. Sable, a staff bendwise sinister between a falcon rising contourny, wings addorsed and a fish haurient argent.

The three charges are of roughly equal visual weight, making this a single group of three dissimilar charges (so called "slot-machine heraldry"). This is not permitted, per Rule VIII.1.a. He might try deleting the staff, and rearranging the remaining charges in a more heraldic placement.

Returned for excessive length and grammatical problems. The LoI spelled the patronymic without the first G, which however is on the forms and does match that of her husband, Galen O'Loingsigh, (name reg. Aug 92). By the Grandfather Clause, she may use O'Loingsigh, though it appears to be ungrammatical; but it must still be used in a valid construction. One such construction would be to add the particle bean, "lady of", before her husband's surname O'Loingsigh. (She could also replace O' with a feminine patronymic particle, although that would make her Galen's sister.) The current construction, however, has not been shown to be valid. Added to the unorthodox length of the name (we suggest she drop one of the interior names), the whole name has too many problems to allow its registration. We are returning it for consultation.
There was some question of Gaelic-Italian interaction in period, but note that St. Columbanus of Ireland (b. Leinster, 543 AD) founded his last monastery in Bobbio, in the foothills of the Apennine mountains of Italy, bringing Christianity to the heathens living there. See the cover letter for a discussion of married names.

First, the submitted "stars of David" are actually solid charges, and not voided at all. Second, even considered as mullets, the semy is drawn so small as to be unrecognizable. Third, we grant no difference between mullets of six points and compass stars, nor between compass stars and suns, so all three are considered as variations on the same charge. Using them all in a single device is not acceptable style.

Returned for complexity. Note that the miniature emblazon on the LOI sent to Laurel, and the full size emblazon, differ from the miniature emblazon on the LOI sent to the College! The former show garden roses; the latter shows heraldic roses. The complexity count is at our limit -- four tinctures, four types of charge -- and the weirdness added by the garden roses causes it to fall over the edge into unacceptability.

The full-size emblazon showed the pile drawn correctly. However, the device still conflicts with Betton (Papworth 1021), Gules, a pile argent, and Delap (Papworth 1023), Gules, on a pile argent an eagle displayed of the field, with only one CD for the addition or change of the tertiary charge.

The length of the name plus the manner of combining the Spanish and English elements cause this to be returned. She may use her husband's surname, even though there are some questions of its possible use in period: see the discussion of Macjenkyne under the registration of Logan Mersc Macjenkyne, elsewhere on this LoAR. But she must still do so in a valid manner, and we have no evidence that this long, awkward construction meets that requirement.
The custom of a Spanish woman changing her name upon marriage only took root within the last hundred years, which is out of period. Compound surnames of the form X de Y may be seen, but the second element is always a non-patronymic. (Note that Spanish-English cultural interaction is easily attested via various Tudor marriages; Philip of Spain and Bloody Mary spring to mind.) We suggest she drop the de, and perhaps one of the interior names. See the cover letter for a discussion of married names.

The device uses two artistic variants of the same charge, which isn't acceptable style. Almost-but-not-quite identical charges cause visual confusion, where the whole purpose of heraldry is visual recognition. We suggest substituting another charge for the ram. (The name was returned May 93 for lack of documentation.)

Returned for unidentifiability of the hoofprint as drawn (guesses included wings, hawk's bell, crescent, etc...) While we do, grudgingly, permit pawprints as charges, they must still be identifiable as drawn. We'd suggest resubmitting with another charge in base.

Krista al Kamil. Name.

No name forms were included, so it is being returned without consideration of the merits of the name.

Transfer returned. There were no forms included for the action. (We need at least new submission forms with the name and device of the new owners of each piece of armory on them. Note that a transfer is really two actions, an offer and an acceptance. Both are needed to effect the transfer.) Even had there been forms, this action is fraught with problems. The LoI's commentary on the transaction between Llyn Arian and Mordenvale said in one place that it was an "exchange" of devices, and in another that the two groups were merging; these cannot both be true. For this reason, even had there been forms, this would have been pended to allow Vesper and the people of the (new) Shire of Mordenvale to decide what they want done with their current armory.
The problem, as we see it, is this: if Llyn Arian is merging with Mordenvale (the new group so formed to still be called Mordenvale), then the Shire of Llyn Arian as an independent entity ceases to exist. It therefore cannot have any armory. The old Mordenvale armory cannot be retained as a badge, because only devices may contain laurel wreaths. It cannot be retained as a device, because only one device may be registered to any primary name. No matter how this is resolved, both of these devices cannot continue to exist as they are. Please consult with the submitters and determine what they really want before resubmitting.

Transfer returned. (See previous submission for commentary.)

Transfer returned. There were no forms included for the action. (We need at least new submission forms with the name and device of the new owners of each piece of armory on them. Note that a transfer is really two actions, an offer and an acceptance. Both are needed to effect the transfer.) Even had there been forms, this action is fraught with problems. The LoI's commentary on the transaction between Llyn Arian and Mordenvale said in one place that it was an "exchange" of devices, and in another that the two groups were merging; these cannot both be true. For this reason, even had there been forms, this would have been pended to allow Vesper and the people of the (new) Shire of Mordenvale to decide what they want done with their current armory.
The problem, as we see it, is this: if Llyn Arian is merging with Mordenvale (the new group so formed to still be called Mordenvale), then the Shire of Llyn Arian as an independent entity ceases to exist. It therefore cannot have any armory. The old Mordenvale armory cannot be retained as a badge, because only devices may contain laurel wreaths. It cannot be retained as a device, because only one device may be registered to any primary name. No matter how this is resolved, both of these devices cannot continue to exist as they are. Please consult with the submitters and determine what they really want before resubmitting.

Transfer returned. (See previous submission for commentary.)

MERIDIES

Joanna of Cotshall. Device. Azure, a chevron argent between three suns Or, on a chief argent three crescents azure.

Of the two sets of forms received, one has the chevron and chief argent, the other has them Or. This is pended to the Feb 94 meeting, to permit the Meridien College to clarify what's intended here, and to provide the Laurel office with a complete set of correct forms.

Cú Lúaráin Cáelán. Device resubmission. Azure, two swords inverted and two arrows fesswise fretted in cross, a bordure argent.

The original submission had the four primary charges pointing to the four cardinal points -- that is, one sword was point up, one sword was point down, one arrow pointed to dexter, and one arrow pointed to sinister -- and was returned Dec 91 for being unblazonable and non-period style. The miniature emblazon in this resubmission showed the charges in the same unblazonable orientations; however, the full-size emblazon shows both swords point down, and both arrows with points to sinister. Thus, the listed problems are removed, but this needs to be checked for conflict under the correct blazon. This is pended to the Feb 94 meeting to allow for such checking.

The tincture of the rose branch was blazoned Or on the LOI, but the submission forms had all the charges argent. This is pended to the Feb 94 meeting, to allow for commentary under the correct blazon.