displayed Or , including:
Aethelhelm Hafoc (SCA), Bendy sinister wavy sable and
argent, a hawk displayed, belled Or, jessed vert.;
David Evan McKuenn (SCA) Per fess rayonny sable and
gules, an eagle displayed Or breathing flames proper.;
Napoleon I (Important mundane armory) Azure, an eagle
displayed contourny grasping in both claws a
thunderbolt Or.; and several others. In each case there
is 1 CD for the field, but that is all.
Additionally, this could easily be blazoned as Or, a
pile inverted azure, overall a hawk displayed
counterchanged., and in fact was the blazon originally
on the submissions forms. We don't allow
counterchanging of animate objects over ordinaries.
The submitter should be careful when resubmitting to
make it clearly per chevron to avoid this problem i.e.
the eagle should clearly be half Or and half azure.
Shane McNeil de la Forest. Device. Azure, a
man's head cabossed
crined and bearded of leaves within an orle Or.
This is being returned for non-reproducability. If the
submitter had drawn what was blazoned we would consider
registering it. However, the blazon does not adequately
describe the emblazon. While the head could be
described as bearded of leaves, we could come up with
no heraldic way to describe the hair - crined of leaves
does not describe it.
ATENVELDT
Johann von Salzbrunnen am der Weg. Name.
This is being returned for incorrect construction.
First, am is a contraction of an dem and therefore
already contains the definite article. The second
definite article, der, is superfluous. (It also has
the wrong form. After the preposition the noun, which
is masculine, is in the dative case; the masculine
dative singular form of the definite article is dem,
not der.) Johann von Salzbrunnen am Weg would make him
from a place named Salzbrunnen am Weg `saline spring by
the road'. The LoI indicates, however, that he
actually intended the byname to be topographical rather
than toponymic. If he really wants to be `John at the
saline spring by the road', he should correct the
byname to zum Salzbrunnen am Weg.
Madelina of Mountain Pass. Name.
This name is being returned for non period style.
Mountain Pass is both modern in style and widlly
improbably. OE geat `gate' was used in the sense of
`pass'; it can appear as yat(e) in ME. Madelina in the
Yat would be quite good.
Owen Blakshepe. Name change from Owen
Blacksheep.
While Laurel would have dearly loved to register this
name change, no forms were included, so Laurel was
unable to do so.
Ulric de Dalyhel. Device. Or, a lion rampant
gules within a
bordure lozengy sable and Or.
This is being returned for conflict with Hapsburg
(important mundane arms) Or, a lion rampant gules
crowned azure. As no difference is given for the
crown there is only one CD for the addition of the
bordure.
ATLANTIA
Adina von der Heide. Device change.
Per bend azure and paly
bendy purpure and argent, in sinister chief a salamander Or
enflamed proper.
This is being returned for conflict with Ardis
Bluemantle (SCA) (Fieldless) A lizard tergiant Or.
There is one CD for the difference in fields. Since
Ardis' badge is fieldless there is nothing for
position. Therefore, the only possible difference
could come from the flames. The submitter has drawn
the salamander properly with small goutes of flame
coming off it. Unfortunately, of the eight goutes of
flame, five were solid gules, and three were solid Or.
Therefore, if the goutes are significant enough to
count for difference, this would have to be returned
for breaking tincture. If the submitter resubmits with
argent flames, we would consider granting a
difference.
Conall Ruáh mag Fhionnain. Device.
Argent, a snake erect
contourny gules and in dexter chief a martlet sable.
This is being returned for conflict against Robert de
la Tor-Fraisse (SCA) Argent, a sea-serpent haurient
reguardant gules. There is one CD for the addition of
the martlet.
CAID
Arthur of Anchoridge
We could come up with no sound justification for this
form. With the meaning "the cell or retreat of an
anchorite", the forms Arthur atte ancre huse, or the
like. The OE ancorsetl "hermitage" could possible
result in Ankersettle. And, a modern Anchorhouse from
the earlier Ankerhouse would also be reasonable.
Furthermore, since there exists the river Ander, and
an early Anker hrycg could certainly have become a
late-period Ankeridge.
Francine de Ruen. Device. Argent, on a fess
between four ermine
spots sable, three and one, a lion passant guardant brandishing
a sword argent.
After much thought we have decided that this is in
conflict with the arms of Randall of Hightower (SCA),
Ermine, on a fess gules a lion passant guardant Or.
There is one CD for the difference in tincture between
the two fesses. The second CD must come from the
difference in field. Technically, there are two CD's
between ermine and argent charged with four ermine
spots. However, ermine can be drawn with only a few
spots. Furthermore, if the spots were drawn large and
in the form three, two and one, and a fess was put over
the field, you could get a drawing that looked like
this. In fact, Randall's device only has six ermine
spots on it.
DRACHENWALD
Dargon Aarwald. Name.
This is being returned because Dargon can only be
documented as a surname in period.
Eckhardt zu Westfilde. Badge. Per fess gules and
argent, an eagle
facing to sinister argent and a compass star azure, and a chief
embattled argent.
This is being returned for a redraw. The chief is too
small and resembles a very thin label.
Gotvik, Shire of. Device. Azure, a dolphin
urinant and in canton
a laurel wreath argent.
This is being returned for conflict with the badge of
the Order of the Dolphin of Caid, Azure, a dolphin
embowed uriant to sinister argent. The only difference
between urinant and urinant to sinister is the head
position, which we do not count for difference. Thus
there is only one CD, for addition of the Laurel
wreath.
Maire ingen I Cathasaigh. Device. Purpure, a
pale ermine, overall
a antelope rampant within a bordure potenty Or.
This is being returned for a redraw. The bordure is way
too small.
Martin Andreas of Windsor. Device. Azure, a
mandrake argent
between three goblets Or.
This is being returned for a redraw. The mandrake is
halfway drawn halfway between the heraldic plant and
the natural plant.
Roterde, Kanton. Badge. (Fieldless) On a
tankard Or, banded and
foaming argent, a laurel wreath sable.
This is being returned because of the use of the Laurel
wreath on the tankard. Only official group arms may use
a laurel wreath. When resubmitting, if they wish to
use a tankard, they should be aware of: Daniel de
Tankard (1/74) Gules, a tankard of beer Or headed
argent; Peter Mihailopoulos (5/91) [Fieldless] On a
tankard reversed Or a Stafford knot inverted sable; and
William of Woodland (10/81) Vert, on a tankard Or a
cross crosslet fitchy vert.
EAST
Colin Tyndall de ffrayser Device. Gules, a
phoenix within a
double tressure Or.
This is being returned for a redraw. The tressure is
far too thin, too thin for an instruction to the
submitter to redraw the tressure. A possible conflict
was called with Bogdan Borodets (SCA), Gules, a
Russian firebird displayed Or, crested and its six
tail-feathers each charged with a heart, all azure.
Since this was returned for a redraw, that issue was
not addressed.
Deirdre de la Fleur. Badge. (Fieldless) A
gillyflower quarterly
gules and azure.
This is being returned for conflict against the Emperor
of Japan (Important mundane armory), Dark, a
sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum light. After comparing
the picture submitted and the picture in Laurel's books
on Japanese mon, we felt that we could not grant a
difference.
Dulcia Sabine. Name and device. Per bend azure
and argent, a bear
sejant erect and a bow and arrow in saltire counterchanged.
This is being returned for slot machine. It uses three
different charges in one charge group.
Ian Campbell of Glenlyon. Name.
Glenlyon is one of the seats of the Campbells. Current
precedent states: "The Society considers the use of a
clan name (Guinne, Gunn) with the seat of the clan
(Kilernan) to be presumptuous; the only examples we've
found of such usage are by clan chiefs and their
immediate families." (Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme,
LoAR January 1993, p. 24) Therefore, this name is
presumptuous. We have registered this name under the
holding name Ian Campbell of Saint Swithin's Bog.
Jacqueline Aurielle de Limousin. Name.
No documentation for the name Aurielle could be found;
only the forms Aureille, a southern variant of oreille
"ear", or Aurelle, a place-name. The latter will sound
more like Aurielle. As for Limousin, the idiomatic
expression in modern French is le Limousin, so the
byname should be du Limousin "of the Limousin." Since
the submitter would not allow changes, we are forced to
return the name.
Karana Yabokchi. Device. Azure, a hummingbird
rising argent.
This is being returned for conflict with Francesca of
Bright Angel (SCA), Azure, a dove displayed head
elevated argent. There is one CD for position, but
nothing for type.
Kiara O Slevin of the White Hands. Name and
device. Vert, a
natural dolphin haurient embowed, a chief wavy argent.
The name is being returned for incorrect construction.
The byname is completely out of place: you would not
find a late-period Englishing of an Irish name combined
with a bad translation of a medieval French literary
epithet?! The French versions of the romance precede
the English ones, and The Arthurian Encyclopedia, s.n.
Isolde of the White Hands, seems to indicate that the
name is a translation of Iseut (or Yseut) aux Blanches
Mains, a French form consonant with such attested
period examples as Aales aux Grosses treices 1292
Alice with the large braids (Lebel, 68). When such
bynames were actually still in use, the natural English
translation would have been withe Whithand (Wytehand,
etc., or possibly in the plural, with handes, hands,
honden, etc.). Before long the preposition and article
would have fallen by the wayside, as in the extant
examples noted in the LoI. At no time would of the
White Hands have been even a modern spelling of a
plausible ME version of the French byname. The
submitter forbade dropping any elements in order to
register the name, so we are forced to return this.
The device is being returned for conflict with
Lassarina Kieren (SCA), Vert, a dolphin haurient and in
chief a mullet of eight points argent. Based on Master
Bruce's research, which indicated that the amount of
embowing appeared to be an artistic variant in period,
we are granting no difference between a haurient and
haruient embowed.
Tyrack of Trinlyr. Name and device. Per fess
sable and vert, a
winged elephant affronty with wings displayed argent.
The name is being returned for incorrect construction.
Most names constructed from ill-attested "themes" given
by Searle don't work. The evidence for Tir- is
especially unimpressive: five instances of Tirweald (if
he hasn t normalized the actual citation), two of them
moneyers and therefore quite likely to be foreign, and
one of Tirwulf. However, there is some evidence that
there were a few rare OE names with this prototheme:
Selté shows ME descendants of both of the names
noted by Searle (e.g., Christina Terrewald 1283, Ric.
Tirewald 1283; Hugo f. Tirolf 1153-68). Searle doesn t
list -ac as a deuterotheme; rather, he lists it as a
spelling variant of -heah, to which the reader is
referred. This is a genuine OE deuterotheme, but
Searle gives no cross-references to names containing
it; fortunately, Selté (II:192) lists
æfheah and Wulfheah. In his article on the
latter he cites inter alia Wulfac de Felterton 1209;
for the former he has only Rogerus Alfey 1327, to which
Feilitzen adds Alfac and Elfac (among many others).
From this we may conjecture an OE Tirheah, which might
have appeared in ME as Tirac. Furthermore, four of
Selté s five citations for ME reflexes of
Tirweald have e instead of i in the first syllable,
indicating that the original long i had been first
shortened and then lowered to e before the liquid r.
Thus, the evidence actually supports Terac a bit better
than it does Tirac in the first place. We would be
quite willing to register Tirac as a hypothetical early
ME reflex of a hypothetical OE Tirheah; We'd prefer not
to stretch all the way to Tyrac, and the final k is out
of the question.
Reaney & Wilson note a few ME topographical bynames like
Hiller "dweller on a hill", Denner "dweller in the valley"
(from OE dene "valley"), Fielder (Geoffrey le Felder 1327),
etc. S.n. Trendall they cite Ernald Trendel 1177, the
byname being OE trendel, used of "woods, wells, hills,
earthworks, etc. of circular shape". Smith glosses the OE
word "a circle, a ring" and notes that it also occurs as
trindel and tryndel. It's a bit hypothetical, but on this
evidence we'd be willing to allow the possibility that
someone living near a trendel in the 12th c. might have been
called tryndeler. Tirac Tryndeler is pretty hypothetical
from start to finish, but we would consider registereing
it.
The armory is being returned for a redraw. As drawn it
is difficult to figure out what the submitted charge
is.
MERIDIES
Stephen Wolfe. Badge. [Fieldless] A wolf's head
erased within and
conjoined to an annulet argent.
This is being returned for a redraw. The ears, nose
and part of the neck of this head overlap the annulet
and the head is barely overall. The parts of the head
should not overlap the annulet.
MIDDLE
Conal óhAirt. Device. Gyronny arrondi of
six argent and
gules, in dexter chief a hart sable.
This is being returned for a redraw. As Master Bruce
as Laurel said in his 3/93 cover letter "Parker, p.301,
states that gyronny of six should be symmetric around
the horizontal axis, not the vertical axis; and this is
borne out by such period examples as I've been able to
uncover. "
Deirdre Mac Morcat. Name.
This is being returned for incorrect construction. It s
not clear that there was a personal name that was a
diminutive of catt "cat", and if there was, it wasn't
constructed by adding an adjective meaning "little";
rather, it was formed by adding a standard diminutive
suffix. The underlying Irish, in modern spelling, would
be Deirdre inghean Chait Mh&0acute;ir Deirdre daughter
of Big Catt . At an earlier date more compatible with
the only available instance of Catt this would have
been Derdriu ingen Chait M&0acuteir.
Duncan Nobeard. Name.
This is being returned for non period style. The
submitted documentation does not support the form No-X
where X is a physical attribute, and no commenter could
provide any.
Genevieve Chastisse de Vaucresson. Device. Vair
en pointe, on a
bend between two garden lilies Or a peacock close proper.
This is being returned for a redraw. The flower is not
recognizably any known type of period flower.
John O Gara. Household badge. Argent, on a pile
inverted
throughout vert between two trees proper, a sword and a boar s
head erased close argent.
This could also be blazoned as "Per chevron throughout
argent and vert, in chief two trees proper and in base
in pale a sword and a boar's head argent." Blazoned
that way, it would be slot machine. The badge also has
the problem that the boar's head is somewhere between
couped and erased. When the submitter resubmits,
please instruct him to draw as clearly one or the
other.
Klaus Hartel von Ulm. Device. Pily bendy
sinister gules and
argent, in sinister chief a mullet of eight points argent.
This is being returned for conflict against the badge
of the Chronicler of the Kingdom of Ansteorra:
(Tinctureless) A mullet of five greater and five lesser
points distilling gouttes. There is a CD for
fieldlessness/tinctureless, but nothing for the
difference between two mullets of eight points or more,
nothing for the gouttes, and nothing for position or
tincture against a fieldless/tinctureless badge.
Melchor Stoneteeth. Device. Argent masoned
sable, goutty de sang,
a bull rampant guardant sable and on a chief embattled azure a
sword reversed argent.
This is being returned for a redraw. On the full size
emblazon, the horns of the bull overlap the chief.
Additionally, we have some doubts about the combination
of the gouttes and the masoning.
Romula Rethe of the Cleftlands. Badge.
(Fieldless) A sword sable
surmounted by a feather fesswise, fracted in chevron, argent.
This submission depends on careful drawing as to not
violate our rules on fieldless style. An average
heraldic artist would not be able to reproduce this
picture in a way that would not violate our rules.
Rosalyn MacGregor. Device. Argent, a rose
purpure slipped and
leaved vert, a bordure engrailed purpure.
This is being returned for conflict with the badge of
Alyanora of Vinca (SCA 2/75), Argent, a periwinkle
(Vince minor) proper. There is only one CD for the
addition of a bordure, but nothing to for the addition
of the slipped and leaving. The tincture of the
periwinkle in Alyanora's badge is somewhere between
blue in purple, and therefore both azure and purpure
flowers could potentially conflict with it.
William Taylor the Pure. Device. Per pale
purpure and vert, a
bear s leg issuant from base, maintaining a clay pot, Or.
This is being returned for unidentifiability. The clay
pot, since it is of the same tincture of the bear's
paw, makes the entire charge look like some sort of
strange tower from a distance. If the pot was a
different tincture from the bear's leg, we would
consider registering it.
OUTLANDS
Caerthe, Barony of. Badge. Per bend Or and vert,
an aspen leaf
and a goblet counterchanged.
This is being returned for lack of form.
Collette Ewartburgh. Device. Or, three estoiles,
two and one,
azure and a lamb statant sable, between flaunches indented
vert.
This is being returned for a redraw. The indented
flaunches need to have the indents drawn larger and
with fewer of them. When drawing complex lines of
division, the "bumpity" parts should be drawn big and
bold.
Isabeau Noellet d'Avignon. Device. Argent, a
wyvern rampant vert
and a chief fleury-counter fleury purpure.
This is being returned for conflict with Minimoto
Akataro (SCA) Argent, a dragon rampant vert holding in
the dexter forepaw a latin cross trefly Or. And with
the device of Erik of Flamewood (SCA) Argent, a wyvern
erect vert maintaining an oak leaf and a fireball
gules. In each case there is only one CD, for addition
of the chief.
Marcus Silverthorne. Device. Sable, in pale a
scythe reversed
argent and a fret throughout Or.
This is being returned for conflict with Leila of the
Meadows, Sable, a bowen knot crosswise fretted with a
bendlet and a scarpe Or., with one CD for the addition
of the scythe. Additionally, the placement of the fret
raised a number of doubts among the commenters
WEST
Bruinneach nic Thighearnain. Device. Per bend
sinister gules and
sable, a Latin cross flory argent.
This is being returned for conflict against the badge
of Stephen de Huyn [Fieldless] A cross of Santiago
argent., registered on this letter. There is one CD
for change in field, but nothing for the difference
between a cross of Santiago and a Latin cross flory.
Since both submissions were from the same month, we
followed the strictures from the Board which meant that
we had to determine the membership status of the two
submitters, since if one was a member and one was not,
the member would get priority. As it turned out, both
submitters were current members of the SCA. Therefore,
the date of the letter of intent became the determining
factor. Since the Caid letter was dated before the
Western letter, Stephen's submission was registered and
Bruinneach's was returned.
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