ÆTHELMEARC
Áednat ingen Áeda. Name and device. Argent, two bendlets wavy azure between a phoenix gules and an oak tree eradicated vert, a base engrailed azure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Ælin Kolari. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Aífe inghean uí Locháin. Name and device. Purpure, a hind at gaze argent between three bees Or marked sable. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Aleyn Pyatt. Name and device. Per fess indented sable and vert, a wolf's head erased ululant and a hare statant argent. 
Nice English name for c. 1300!
There is a step from period practice for the use of the ululant head posture.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Angelo da Calabria. Device. Sable, a ribboned staff Or and a ford proper, a chief enarched argent. 
Artist's note: Please depict the ribbons bolder to facilitate identification.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Beatrix Ghijs. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Bryndis in kyrra. Name and device. Per fess enarched rayonny argent and azure, three pairs of scissors with points to dexter and a stag trippant counterchanged. 
Bryndis is a constructed Old Norse name using the elements Bryn- and -dís. The Letter of Intent included two examples of names beginning with the element Bryn-: Bryngerðr and Brynhildr. Commenters at the Pelican decision meeting supplied a third example: Brynjólfr. The Letter of Intent also supplied three examples of female names ending in -dís: Ásdís, Eydís and Valdís. Based on all of these examples, this is a properly constructed name under PN1B2b2 of SENA.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Caterine de Troyes. Name. 
Nice 15th century French name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Eleanore Godwin. Badge. (Fieldless) A wyvern passant gules maintaining beneath its upraised leg a rose Or barbed and seeded vert. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Elen Woderose. Alternate name Drauma-Ellisif. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Fenna Riout. Name and device. Purpure, a drawn bow reversed Or nocked with a key reversed argent. 
This name combines a Dutch given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 11 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Frideric Meier. Name and device. Per bend azure and vert, a bend between two dragons Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 12 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Gardner of Elyg. Name and device. Argent, a skeleton statant affronty sable playing a hurdy-gurdy azure. 
Artist's note: Please make the crank of the hurdy-gurdy thicker and more prominent to more clearly differentiate it from a rebec or other similarly-shaped instruments.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 13 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Grainne Ruadh. Name change from Miklós Magdolna. 
This name does not conflict with the registered Graidhne ni Ruaidh. As ni is a patronymic marker, not an article or preposition, its removal is sufficient to bring the names clear of conflict under PN3C2. [Catherine de Mailly, May 2016 LoAR, A-West].
The submitter's previous name, Miklós Magdolna, is released.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 14 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Hallveig knarrarbringa. Household name Haus zu der Kra. 
This decision was made by Brunissende Wreath because Alys Pelican was listed as the consulting herald (the submission pre-dated her appointment as Pelican).
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 15 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Jean Philippe dit la Barbe Rousse. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 16 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Kolfinna Jódísardóttir. Name and device. Vert, a wool-comb Or. 
Nice device!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 17 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Maggie Bakestre. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 18 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Malleen Fenella Menzies. Name and device. Or, a sea-horse contourny vert and on a chief sable three escallops Or. 
Submitted as Malleen Fenela Menzies, the submitter requested the spelling Fenella if it could be documented. Although we could not find a specific example of Fenella, this spelling follows the pattern of -lla and -la being used interchangeably in Early Modern English names. For example, we find multiple examples of Isabela and Isabella. We also find double and single ls used interchangeably in names such as Mabel and Mabell. Therefore, the requested spelling Fenella is a reasonable extrapolation from period spellings. We have changed the name accordingly to meet the submitter's request.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 19 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Meg MacNeil. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
This name does not conflict with the registered Meg O'Neill. O' and Mac are particles, not prepositions. By precedent, a change to a particle can count as a substantial change in spelling and appearance of one syllable under PN3C2 of SENA. [Catherine de Mailly, May 2016 LoAR, A-West]. Therefore, the change from O' to Mac clears these names of conflict.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 20 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Meg MacNeil. Device. Per bend sinister azure and vert, a bend sinister and in dexter chief a sea-mew volant to sinister argent. 
This must be returned for violating SENA A2C2, "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The sea-mew is neither fesswise nor bendwise sinister, but is instead an unblazonable in-between orientation, which is grounds for return.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 20 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Owain Gwenenydd. Name and device. Vert, a bee proper, on a chief argent three turnips slipped and leaved sable. 
Submitted as Owain Gwenynwr, the byname was based on the modern Welsh word for "beekeeper." However, there is no evidence that this word was known in our period. Instead, the period word for "beekeeper," dating to the 15th century, was gwenenydd. We have changed the name to use the period form of the occupational byname.
Owain Gwenenydd does not presume upon the name of Owain Gwynedd, the twelfth century king of Gwynedd, often referred to as "Owain the Great." Under PN3C2 of SENA, the two names are clear because Gwenenydd as one more syllable than Gwynedd.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 21 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Petra in rauða refr. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 22 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Petra in rauða refr. Device. Gules, a fox dormant within an orle of vine flowered of chamomiles argent. 
This must be returned for violating SENA A2C2, "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Quadrupeds in dormant postures are notoriously difficult to recognize, and recent precedents have given guidance to aid in recognizability. Generally, the body of the quadruped should be arranged as couchant, and the head should be lowered but still fesswise, rather than down with the snout overlapping or hidden behind one of the forelimbs. In this depiction, the fox has its head facing down, its ears parallel with and touching the forepaws splayed in front of the body, giving a confusing silhouette which is difficult to read at any distance. It must therefore be returned.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 22 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Romey Feurhertts. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 23 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Simonetta d'Alfassi. Device. Argent, a coney rampant contourny maintaining a wooden longbow proper nocked with an arrow sable, a chief invected azure. 
Artist's note: Please draw the arrow more clearly fesswise.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 24 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
S{o,}lveig Þrándardóttir. Release of device. Argent fretty sable, a sun azure eclipsed argent. 
The submitter's device, Argent fretty sable, a sun azure eclipsed argent, is released.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 25 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
S{o,}lveig Þrándardóttir. Badge for Sugawara Miyuki. (Fieldless) An umebachi argent. 
This is the defining instance of an umebachi in SCA heraldry. An umebachi is a small roundel surrounded closely in annulo by five large roundels one, two, and two. An IAP was provided successfully demonstrating that the umebachi, which either represents marsh grass or a plum in Japanese mon, is a single charge that appears in Japanese heraldry in the late 16th century. Without this documentation, this combination of roundels could not be used as a fieldless badge, as the roundels do not touch one another, nor could it be used as a fielded badge, as the multiple sizes of roundel would run afoul of the "sword-and-dagger" rule. However, the documentation was sufficient to allow this charge under SENA A4A. Subsequent uses of this charge will likewise require an IAP for use; we decline at this time to allow this motif under core heraldry rules with a step from period practice, because it is not "describable in standard SCA heraldic terms" as that rule requires.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 25 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Susannah De Hart. Name and device. Quarterly argent and sable, a heart gyronny azure and Or. 
This name does not conflict with the registered Susanna Herst under PN3C1 because there are changes in the sound and appearance of two syllables: the addition of De and the difference between Hart and Herst.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 26 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Symphoriaen de Tapytwever. Name and device. Sable, a pale of four frets couped and conjoined Or. 
Submitted as Symphoriaen de Tapijtenwever, we were unable to find any evidence that Tapijtenwever was a spelling used in period. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the byname to de Tapytwever, a spelling dated to the 15th century.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 27 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Tamura thugater Sarakou. Name change from Claudia Prisca and device change. Gules, a ram's head cabossed Or within an orle of bezants. 
The submitter requested authenticity for "Greek/Scytho-Sarmatian." This name meets that request, as it is an authentic classical Greek name with Scytho-Sarmatian etymology.
The submitter's previous name, Claudia Prisca, is released.
Submitter's previous device, Per bend sinister wavy argent and vert, an anchor sable and a dolphin haurient argent finned Or, is released.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 28 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Thalia Papillon. Name and device. Per pale Or and argent, a butterfly and on a chief azure three comedy masks each per pale argent and Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 29 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Tychon Herakleous. Name and device. Argent, a tree couped vert and in chief an arrow and a feather in saltire sable. 
Submiitted as Tychon Heracleous, the name as submitted uses an incorrect transliteration of the father's name. The correct transliteration is Herakleous. We have made this change for registration.
Artist's note: Please draw the charges in chief larger to aid in identifiability.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 30 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]
Tyrfingr Katrínarson. Name change from holding name John of Nithgaard. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 31 on the AEthelmearc letter of February 27, 2017.]

AN TIR
Bledyn Drwg de Caerdydd. Device. Argent, a wolf rampant sable and in base a laurel branch embowed to base vert. 
A single laurel branch embowed does not create the appearance of a laurel wreath nor is it a claim to be a member of the Order of the Laurel. Thus, it is registerable to any submitter.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Cillian Fitzwilliam. Name and device. Quarterly sable and Or, two domestic cats rampant Or and a bordure gules. 
This name was submitted as a combination of a borrowed German given name and an English surname. However, after the close of commentary, Alisoun Metron Ariston found the given name Cillian in the FamilySearch Historical Records, dated to 1588 in Lincolnshire, England. In the same source, she also found Fitzwilliam as a surname in Lincolnshire dated to 1589, making this an excellent late 16th century English name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Cillian Fitzwilliam. Badge. (Fieldless) A domestic cat rampant Or maintaining a G-clef sable. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Decimus Varius Felix. Name and device. Gules, in saltire two lightning bolts between in fess two boars passant respectant Or. 
Nice Imperial-era Roman name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of lightning bolts outside of the context of a thunderbolt.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lodovica Dominica Bianchi. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Madelena Vieri. Device. Gules, on a bend cotised Or three sea-lions gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Músa-Þóra. Badge. (Fieldless) A cedar tree within and conjoined to a mascle azure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Nicolin Bray. Name change from Ysoria de Brai. 
The submitter's previous name, Ysoria de Brai, is retained as an alternate name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Nivine Coulter. Name and device. Argent, on a bend sinister vert between two ravens contourny sable, three triquetras palewise each braced with an annulet argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Quillemette de Calemoutier. Device. Gules, an emmet and in chief a key fesswise Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Rhieinwylydd verch Einion Llanaelhaearn. Alternate name Cornelia Festa. 
Nice Imperial-era Roman name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 11 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Symphoriaan Quickeborne. Name change from Gwenllian verch Watkin. 
The submitter's previous name, Gwenllian verch Watkin, is retained as an alternate name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 12 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Per bend sinister Or and checky sable and Or, a bend sinister gules and in dexter chief an eagle sable. 
Nice late 16th century German name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 13 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer. Badge. (Fieldless) In pale a bull passant argent armed Or standing atop a feather fesswise gules, overall an arrow Or. 
This badge is returned for redraw because of the partial overlap of the bull's hooves and the feather. "Standing atop" (or "standing upon" as was submitted) would have the bull standing on the top edge of the feather, a simple conjoining. Here, the charges are not simply conjoined as the hooves of the bull significantly overlap the feather. The bull is also not really overlapping the feather, as most of the charge lies on the field. This sort of overlap for conjoined charges has long been cause for return, as the relationship between the charges is not blazonable.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 14 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2017.]

ARTEMISIA
Alexandru Morarul. Name (see RETURNS for device and badge). 
Submitted as Alexandru Morar_, the documentation provided in the Letter of Intent was English. The submitter, however, was seeking a Wallachian name, with a surname meaning "miller." Commenters helpfully documented Alexandru Morarul as an entirely Moldavian or Wallachian name. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name accordingly.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Artemisia letter of February 27, 2017.]
Alexandru Morarul. Device. Barry wavy argent and gules, a rat rampant Or irradiated sable. 
This badge is returned for a redraw. A proper depiction of irradiated has alternating points and rays issuant perpendicular from the edge of a charge. Many period charges that were irradiated were round, and so it appeared as if they were placed on a sun (hence "en soleil"), but non-round charges were also irradiated.
Given the complex silhouette of most animate charges, care must be taken in the resubmission to maintain identifiability and consistency of the rays and points. If the irradiation is unable to be depicted large enough, not only would it be returned for a redraw, but there would also be a conflict with William Colquitt: Vert, a rat rampant, tail sufflexed, Or, with one DC for change to the field.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Artemisia letter of February 27, 2017.]
Alexandru Morarul. Alternate name Edward Shortshanks. 
Nice late 14th century English name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Artemisia letter of February 27, 2017.]
Alexandru Morarul. Badge. (Fieldless) A rat rampant Or irradiated sable. 
This device is returned for a redraw. A proper depiction of irradiated has alternating points and rays issuant perpendicular from the edge of a charge. Many period charges that were irradiated were round, and so it appeared as if they were placed on a sun (hence "en soleil"), but non-round charges were also irradiated.
Given the complex silhouette of most animate charges, care must be taken in the resubmission to maintain identifiability and consistency of the rays and points. If the irradiation is unable to be depicted large enough, not only would it be returned for a redraw, but there would also be a conflict with William Colquitt: Vert, a rat rampant, tail sufflexed, Or, with one DC for change to the field.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Artemisia letter of February 27, 2017.]
Jeremias Xenophon. Device. Argent, a frog couchant affronty vert and on a chief gules three bees fesswise contourny Or. 
This device must be returned for lack of documentation of the posture of the frog. The majority of frogs in period armory were tergiant; there were rare examples of frogs sejant (e.g. the crest of von Loss, 1605 [Siebmacher plate 152]). We have no examples of frogs sejant affronty, but the posture is currently permitted in Society armory: forelegs in front, hind legs to either side of the body, all below the head. We have no examples of frogs couchant, and certainly no examples of frogs couchant affronty, with the hind legs higher than the head. It is, in effect, two steps removed from any documented heraldic posture for frogs. Pending documentation, per SENA A2B1 we will not register frogs couchant affronty.
Upon resubmission, please make the tertiary charges larger for ease in recognition.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Artemisia letter of February 27, 2017.]
Ophelia La Porreta. Name. 
By precedent, Ophelia is a registerable late 16th century English name. [Ophelia le Fayre, June 2014 LoAR, A-Atenveldt].
This name combines an English given name with an Occitan French byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Artemisia letter of February 27, 2017.]
Violetta Veneziana. Device. Purpure, a hippopotamus statant contourny and on a chief nebuly argent four violets purpure. 
There is a step from period practice for the use of a hippopotamus.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Artemisia letter of February 27, 2017.]

ATLANTIA
Æsa gylðir. Badge. (Fieldless) An arrrow argent, overall a hart courant azure attired argent. 
Artist's note: Please draw the arrow larger, and the hart's legs more splayed horizontally to be more clearly courant.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Alexios Chrysoloras. Name and device. Purpure, a cross between in bend a chi-rho and a Russian Orthodox cross Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Artemisia Caterina da Corlione. Name and device. Argent, a vol purpure within an orle of raspberry vine vert fructed gules and flowered argent. 
Submitted as Caterina Artemisia Corleone, during and after commentary, the submitter requested that the name be changed to Artemisia Caterina da Corlione. By precedent, the byname da Corlione is registerable as an extrapolated spelling based on multiple attested period forms, including Corilione (1182) and Geraldus de Corelione (1286), found in Caracausi, Dizionario Onomastico della Sicilia, and Corliono (1351), found in Shlomo Simonsohn, Jews in Sicily. [Giovanna da Corlione, 9/2009 LoAR, A-Gleann Abhann].
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Cairistiona de Coueran. Badge. Per fess embattled Or and gules, an antelope rampant contourny Or. 
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Atlantia's Award of Arielle, (Fieldless) An antelope rampant contourny Or.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Dorothea Manuela Ponçe. Device change. Per bend sinister Or and vert, a gillyflower gules slipped and leaved vert and a tower Or. 
Submitter's previous device, Per pale sable and vert, on an artist's palette Or marked of various tinctures two paintbrushes in saltire sable, is released.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Konrad Godes. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Rúnfríðr Hofmansdóttir. Badge. Azure, a raven argent within a bordure Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Takeda Aya. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Vlfbeorn Ælfweardes sunu. Device. Per pall inverted azure, argent and gules, in chief a mullet of eight points argent and a Celtic cross gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Xavier da Corlione. Name and device. Argent, on a Latin cross flory azure a lion's head cabossed Or, a bordure embattled azure. 
Submitted as Xavier Corleone, after the close of commentary, the submitter requested that the name be changed to Xavier da Corlione. By precedent, the byname da Corlione is registerable as an extrapolated spelling based on multiple attested period forms, including Corilione (1182) and Geraldus de Corelione (1286), found in Caracausi, Dizionario Onomastico della Sicilia, and Corliono (1351), found in Shlomo Simonsohn, Jews in Sicily. [Giovanna da Corlione, 9/2009 LoAR, A-Gleann Abhann].
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Xavier da Corlione. Household name Casa de li Corlioni. 
Submitted as Casa de li Corleone, an Italian household name in this pattern must use the plural form of the family name. In addition, the submitter requested that the spelling of the household name match the spellings of his registered surname as closely as possible. Therefore, we have changed this household name to Casa de li Corlioni for registration.
The Italian town of Corleone is not important enough to protect from presumption. No significant historical events took place there.
Commenters also questioned whether this name is obtrusively modern due to the use of the family name Corleone in The Godfather movies and books. PN2E of SENA states:
No name will be registered that either in whole or in part is obtrusively modern. Something is said to be obtrusively modern when it makes a modern joke or reference that destroys medieval ambience and drags the average person mentally back to the present day. Obtrusiveness can be either in the written form or when spoken. A period name that has a modern referent will not generally be considered obtrusively modern. Only extreme examples will be returned. (emphasis added)
As SENA clearly states, the fact that this household name has a modern allusion is not reason to bar its registration. The household name does not specifically refer to any of the characters from The Godfather. Nothing like "Casa de li Corlione" is mentioned in the book or the film. This household name was not constructed in order to make a modern joke -- Corleone in its various spellings is an attested medieval Italian surname as well as the name of a place known within our period. Therefore, this household name is not such an extreme example of a modern allusion that it cannot be registered.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 11 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]
Yenega Velasconi de Santurtzi. Device change. Purpure, a wolf sejant ululant and in chief two increscents argent. 
This device was withdrawn by the submitter.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 12 on the Atlantia letter of February 28, 2017.]

AVACAL
Armida Fiore delli Solari. Name and device. Argent, in pale a demi-sun gules issuant from an open book between three triquetras inverted sable. 
Armida is an Italian literary name, found in the 1581 work Gierusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso. As she is a human character, rather than a goddess or supernatural figure, her name can be used under PN1B2d of SENA.
The name was submitted as Armida Fiore della Solari. However, the byname as submitted was not properly constructed. Solari is a family name, probably derived from the place name Solaro. As a result, a byname derived from that family name should either be unmarked (i.e., just Solari) or take the form delli/degli Solari. As a change to delli Solari is the smallest change, we have made that change for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for "late 15th, early 16th century." Although this name is registerable, it is not authentic because we have no evidence of a real person's actually using Armida as a given name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Arnbjorn Tiernanson. Name and device. Sable, eight coxcombs in annulo fronts to center Or. 
This name must be returned because the byname is not properly constructed. Tiernanson does not follow any of the patterns for Anglicized Irish patronymics. Anglicized Irish marked its patronymics with mac or sometimes fitz. We cannot construct the byname because Tiernan is found only in Anglicized Irish, not in English. Therefore, we cannot simply append the English -son because doing so would violate PN1B1 of SENA by combining two languages in the same name phrase.
The given name Arnbiorn is Old English, dated to 1086. Marked Anglicized Irish forms such as  M'Tiernane (which would be expanded to MacTiernane for registration) and O Tiernan are plausibly within 500 years of Arnbiorn, permitting them to be combined under PN2C2a of SENA. The submitter may wish to consider Arnbiorn Mac Tiernan as a possible resubmission.
The submitter requested that the given name be spelled Arnbjorn if possible. Unfortunately, this spelling is not plausible for Old English because the letter j does not exist in that language. Arnbjorn is a valid transliteration in Old Norse, but Old Norse cannot be combined with the late period Anglicized Irish Tiernan or Mac Tiernan under Appendix C.
This device must be returned for conflict with the badge of Catriona de Brynton, Gules, in annulo twelve feathers, quills to center, Or, marked sable. There is one DC for the field, but no DC for the number of charges between 8 and 12. While coxcombs and feathers normally have at least a DC between them, the oriention of the coxcombs combined with their size and number creates the impression of feathers with their quills to center. Thus, there is not a DC for type or orientation between these devices; other orientations of coxcombs will be judged on a case by case basis.
There is a step from period practice for charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Artherus Heronimus. Device change. Per fess argent and sable, three rapiers azure and a tower argent. 
Submitter's previous device, Per fess argent and sable, three rapiers purpure and a tower argent, is released.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Bóthildr Sigurðardóttir. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
Submitted as Bóthil{d/}r Siguröardóttir, the Letter of Intent improperly rendered certain letters in the name. We have changed the name to Bóthildr Sigurðardóttir to fix the improperly-rendered characters.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Bóthildr Sigurðardóttir. Device. Per saltire arrondi sable and gules, a demi-boar issuant from base and on a chief Or a spoon gules. 
This device is returned for violating SENA A2C2c, "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable," and for violation of SENA Appendix H: "In many cases, a charge overlying a low-contrast complex line of division will render the line of division unidentifiable. Thus, divided fields with low-contrast tinctures with complex lines of division will be registered with a charge overlying the line division only if the line of division remains readily identifiable." The field division is so obscured by the primary charge that it was not correctly identified by many commenters.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Catherine of the Rowan Tree. Device. Per bend indented argent and vert, a Catherine's wheel sable and a rowan sprig Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Coryn of the Wode. Badge. (Fieldless) On a pine tree couped Or, a lozenge gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Dante Machiavelli and Galiana Machiavelli. Joint household name House of Machiavelli (see RETURNS for joint badge). 
Questions were raised in commentary whether this household name was presumptuous, due to the fame of Niccolo Machiavelli, the 16th century author most famous for his political tract, The Prince. Although one member of the Machiavelli family is famous, that fact alone does not make the name presumptuous.
In March 2014, we ruled that the household name Housse Descartes was not presumptuous, explaining:
Commenters questioned whether this household name was either presumptuous due to the association with the name of René Descartes, or overtly modern due to a possible translation of "House of Cards". Descartes is a relatively common French family name. As this name does not incorporate anything more than the surname, this household name is not presumptuous. As many period surnames have literal translations to common phrases, and this was submitted in the original language following a period pattern, this name is not overtly modern. Therefore, this name can be registered. [Brusi Anderson of the Shetlands, 3/2014 LoAR, A-Lochac]
The Housse Descartes precedent applies here. Machiavelli was a fairly common Italian family name. For example, Juliana Siren identified multiple instances of the surname Machiavelli in official records from the 13th and 14th centuries, well before Niccolo's birth and writings. The Machiavelli family was not a ruling family; its only famous member was Niccolo. As the household name does not claim to be the household of Niccolo himself, but simply of the family, it is not presumptuous and can be registered.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Dante Machiavelli and Galiana Machiavelli. Joint badge. Gules, a capital letter M Or and overall a death's head argent. 
This device is returned for violating SENA A3F3: "A design that makes an overt reference to modern insignia or designs may be considered obtrusively modern." The choice of tinctures, the letter itself, and the curve of the uncial form all combine to give the appearance of the golden arches of the McDonalds logo. Changing tinctures or choosing a more angular scribal hand should aid greatly in separating the design from the modern logo.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Eðla Þunnkárr. Name and device. Purpure, an arrow bendwise sinister inverted argent and on a chief Or two roses purpure. 
Submitted as Eðla Þunnkàrr, the documentation shows the byname as Þunnkárr. We have changed the marking to match the documentation.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Faust Reinhart. Name and device. Argent, in pale an increscent azure and on a pine tree proper a tragedy mask Or. 
Faust was documented on the Letter of Intent as a German surname. However, we currently have no evidence of German surnames being used as given names.
Fortunately, at the Pelican decision meeting, Seraphina Ragged Staff found evidence of Faust as an English surname dated to 1648 in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Faust thus can be used as an English given name and borrowed into German pursuant to the February 2015 Cover Letter, making this name registerable as submitted.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Helene Charesse. Name and device. Per bend sinister purpure and gules, a drawn bow bendwise sinister with arrow nocked and a dragonfly bendwise, on a chief argent three swallows volant bendwise sinister sable. 
This name is returned for lack of documentation. The source for the byname Charesse in the Letter of Intent was a notary index that used modern spellings for the names. We have been unable to find any other evidence of Charesse as an unmarked surname within our period. As the submitter allows no changes, we are forced to return the name.
This device is returned for violating SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation, which states "The charges within a charge group should be in either identical postures/orientations or an arrangement that includes posture/orientation" The charges here are not in a unified arrangement, as their orientations must be blazoned independently, with the bow and arrow being bendwise sinister and the dragonfly bendwise.
In addition, the swallows are neither fesswise nor bendwise sinister, but instead an unblazonable in-between orientation, which is also grounds for return.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 11 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Inga in hraustliga. Device. Per pale gules and vert, on a chief indented Or, a talbot passant sable collared argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 12 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Iris Bower. Name and device. Argent, three bars purpure, overall an owl displayed azure. 
There is a step from period practice for a bird other than an eagle in a displayed posture.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 13 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lorette de Chateauneuf. Name. 
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th-15th century French. This name is registerable, but it is not authentic for that time period because we were unable to document the spelling Chateauneuf to that era. The earliest evidence of that spelling is from 1634.
The submitter may be interested to know that, based on additional research done at the Pelican decision meeting, the spelling Lorette de Chasteauneuf is authentic for the 16th century. If the submitter would prefer that form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 14 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Magda of the Isles. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
The given name Magda was documented on the Letter of Intent based on Magda., which was found in an English record in the FamilySearch Historical Records. However, Magda. is an abbreviation rather than a full name. In the same record, her father's name is listed with the abbreviation Laur. rather than as Laurence. Heralds are cautioned to read FamilySearch records carefully and to make sure that the entry reflects a full name rather than an abbreviation.
Fortunately, Juliana Siren was able to document Magda as a Hungarian given name. The byname of the Isles is based on the registered name of an SCA branch, and thus can be combined with a Hungarian given name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 15 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Magda of the Isles. Device. Per fess argent and purpure, a phoenix gules issuant from flames argent. 
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Magnus bj{o,}rnkarl, Potenty azure and Or, a phoenix gules rising from flames argent, with only one DC for changes to the field.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 15 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Morris Kendrick. Name and device. Sable, a hand sling loaded argent. 
Nice English name for the 1570s!
This is the defining instance of a hand sling in SCA armory. The hand sling is a period charge, appearing in de Bara's Blason des Armoiries (1581) in the attributed arms of King David.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 16 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Munisa bint Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Masih. Name and device. Azure, on a pale invected endorsed plain Or a peacock proper between two crosses potent azure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 17 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Raffaello della Rosa. Name. 
This name does not conflict with the registered Raphael de la Rosa under PN3C2 because Raffaello adds an additional syllable. Even if the names did conflict, the submitter has a letter of permission to conflict from Raphael.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 18 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Tala of Circle Hill. Name and device. Quarterly purpure and vert, a triskelion of spirals and a point pointed argent. 
There is a step from period practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 19 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Tala of Circle Hill. Badge. Per pale vert and purpure, a triquetra inverted and a triskelion of spirals, on a chief argent three foxes passant proper. 
There is a step from period practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 20 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Wernar Ivarson. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
Wernar is an interpolated spelling, based on attested German spelling variants such as Casper and Caspar or Peter and Petar.
This name mixes a German given name with a Scandinavian byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 21 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]
Wernar Ivarson. Device. Gules, a wingless amphisbaena erect, an orle of chain Or. 
This must be returned for violating SENA A2C2, "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The central charge is not identifiable as an amphisbaena, which is a two-headed dragon with both heads upright, but instead appears to be the letter S terminating in vaguely canine heads with two-toed paws issuant from the center of the body. The submitter is encouraged to look at registered forms of amphisbaenas before resubmitting.
The submitter is a knight and is entitled to use of a closed loop of chain.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 21 on the Avacal letter of February 28, 2017.]

CALONTIR
Adrian Makclowden. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Aleyn Crawley. Device. Per chevron gules and Or, two axes in chevron and on a chief Or an arrow gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Alis of Inishowen. Name and device. Per pale purpure and Or, in pale two seeblätter counterchanged. 
The byname of Inishowen uses the lingua Anglica form of the Gaelic place name Inis Eoghain (found in Annals of the Four Masters) and the c.1627 English or Anglicized Irish Inis Owen or Inis-Owen (found in Annals of Clonmacnoise).
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Felix Feyrer. Name. 
Excellent German name for 1497!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Grete Traurnicht. Name. 
Submitted as Grete Trauernicht, the spelling of the byname was based on an undated header form in Bahlow. The headers in Bahlow are not registerable unless the header spelling is also dated in the text. In commentary, Juliana Siren dated the spelling Traurnicht to 1585. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the byname to that spelling.
Nice late 16th century German name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Mathurin Kerbusso. Badge. Argent, on a billet azure a broken sword proper. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Rashid ibn Ahmad al-Ra'is. Name and device. Gules, on a fess between two lozenges Or, a chalice gules. 
Questions were raised in commentary whether the byname al-Ra'is is presumptuous. It is not. As used in period, al-Ra'is had meanings as various as "chief of something," "head of a committee," or "captain." It was not a byname associated with landedness or rank. Therefore, its use does not make an improper claim and it is not presumptuous.
Nice Islamic device!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Viktoria Berenike Paulini in rothe Nelke zu Memmingen. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
This complicated name pattern is not found in Appendix A. However, both the Letter of Intent and Ælfwynn Leoflaede dohtor provided evidence showing that this pattern is consistent with documentary (rather than spoken) forms of later-period German names.
At the Pelican decision meeting, Berenike was found by Seraphina Ragged Staff as a Polish given name in "Polish Given Names in Nazwiska Polaków" by Walraven van Nijmegen and Arval Benicoeur (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/walraven/polish/) . The rest of the name is German. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]
Viktoria Berenike Paulini in rothe Nelke zu Memmingen. Device. Per pale sable and gules, a winged bear segreant argent mulletty of four points azure pierced argent, vested of trunkhosen argent slashed gules and boots Or, maintaining a pole-cannon argent enflamed proper. 
This device is returned for violating SENA A2C2c, "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The identifiability of the main charge as a bear is hindered by the quantity of modifications to the creature (wings, strewn tertiary charges which obscure the muzzle, multiple garments including a pair of pants which cover the backside and make it difficult to find the tail). Commenters also found it difficult to note the piercings on the mullets, due to their size on already-small strewn tertiaries. The mullets themselves terminate, in some cases, at points of internal detailing within the silhouette of the charge.
Commentary was raised about the complexity count of this device. Without taking the trunkhosen and boots into account, this device has a complexity count of eight with five tinctures and three types of charge. Devices with clothed beasts are relatively rare in the Society, and until now there has not been a need to consider whether garments should be considered separate charges for purposes of complexity consideration. However, SENA A3E2 specifically states that charges worn by animal or person are not counted towards complexity; this device, as it exists, falls within SENA's complexity rules.
That said, however: modifications to "standard" animate heraldic charges, including the addition of wings, garments, strewn tertiary charges, etc. make that charge more difficult to recognize at a glance. Most modified charges in period had one or two additions, because each modification made the design that much more difficult to recognize. This primary charge of this device has wings and separate garments, both of which affect the creature's silhouette, and tertiary charges strewn in "cut from cloth" fashion, with the charges terminating at the edges, further affecting the silhouette and blurring the internal detailing of the charge. This many modifications to a single charge which obscure the silhouette and internal detailing will require further documentation for registration.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Calontir letter of February 28, 2017.]

DRACHENWALD
Ailitha de Ainwyk. Device. Or, a bear's jambe couped appaumy and a chief embattled gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Cornelia vom Distelfeld. Badge. Gules semy of thistles argent. 
Nice badge!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Cornelia vom Distelfeld. Badge. Or, three chevronels braced and a chief gules. 
Nice badge!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Emelina of Corofin. Device. Vert, a bend sinister Or and a chief invected argent. 
Nice device!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Fenja of Styringheim. Device. Per saltire argent and sable, a poodle rampant and a canton gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Ilkka ór Finnm{o,}rk. Name. 
Ilkka is the submitter's legal given name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lia de Thornegge. Badge. Per pale indented sable semy of seeblätter inverted argent and vert mullety argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lucia la Rossa. Name and device. Gules, a G-clef and a double tressure Or. 
This name combines an Italian given name with a Catalan or Provençal byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lucia la Rossa. Alternate name Sigþrúðr in rauða. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Mór inghean Bhriain. Badge. (Fieldless) A trefoil gules each lobe charged with a bezant. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]
Piritta Pekantytär. Name and device. Per fess wavy azure and argent, three quatrefoils pierced counterchanged,. 
Nice device!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 11 on the Drachenwald letter of February 28, 2017.]

EALDORMERE
Alicia Marie de Flers. Device. Argent, a demi-harp gules issuant from a base wavy barry wavy vert and argent, on a chief gules three suns in splendor argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Dafydd ap Owen ap Cole. Name. 
Originally submitted as Dafydd ap Owen ap Cole, the final byname was changed by Kingdom to ap Coyl for reasons that were not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that simply stating that the submitter gave permission for a change is not enough; both the reason for the change and the form the submitter prefers need to be summarized on the Letter of Intent as well.
In this instance, the original ap Cole is registerable and temporally consistent with the remainder of the name. With the submitter's permission, we therefore have restored the name to its original form.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Dietrich von Sachsen. Alternate name Akashi Matatarou Terumoto. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Elsa Mikkelsdottir. Name. 
Nice 15th century Swedish name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Erick Brewer. Badge. (Fieldless) A fox's tail couped tip to chief Or mullety gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Mi'namoto Natsume. Name (see PENDS for device). 
Submitted as Mi'namoto Natsumi, the given name was not properly constructed. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the given name to Natsume to use an attested Japanese feminine ending.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Mi'namoto Natsume. Device. Sable, a cinquefoil bush and a bordure argent. 
This device is pended for discussion on what difference, if any, to grant between a tree and a bush, as well as what defining traits should be present for the charge to be recognizable a bush. If there is no difference between a tree and a bush, there are several conflicts.
[PENDED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Mori Shiome. Name and device. Azure, three dragonflies in pall conjoined at the tails Or. 
Submitted as Mori Shiomi, the given name was not properly constructed. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the given name to Shiome to use an attested Japanese feminine ending.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Mori Shiome. Badge. (Fieldless) Three dragonflies in pall conjoined at the tails Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Rachael Catherine McLellan. Augmentation of arms. Gules, three escallops argent each charged with a pellet, and for augmentation, between the escallops a mullet of four greater and eight lesser points Or. 
This augmentation must be returned for lack of documentation of this depiction of a mullet. Mullets of equal greater and lesser points are considered a step from period practice; this depiction of a mullet of four greater and eight lesser points takes it beyond even that questionable practice. Absent evidence of their use in period heraldry, mullets of greater or lesser points must strictly alternate greater and lesser points.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 9 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Ragnheiðr Hróaldsdóttir. Device. Argent, on a fess wavy azure two eyes argent irised gules and in chief three forget-me-nots azure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Shimazu Kojirou Nobuhisa. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 11 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Tanegashima Masako. Name and device. Argent, in fess two leaves and a bordure gules. 
Nice device!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 12 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Tanegashima Matagorou Hiromoto. Name and device. Argent, in saltire two arrow fletchings within an orle, a bordure sable. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 13 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Thyri the Spinner. Badge. (Fieldless) A fox's tail couped tip to chief argent mullety purpure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 14 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Yamagata Yukiko. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 15 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]
Yamagata Yukiko. Device. Vert, in pale a dragonfly fesswise contourny and a dragonfly fesswise Or. 
This device was withdrawn by the submitter.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 15 on the Ealdormere letter of February 25, 2017.]

EAST
Anneke Valmarsdotter. Name and badge. (Fieldless) A pinecone with stem to chief azure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Christiana Crane. Badge. (Fieldless) Six caltrops conjoined in annulo points to center argent. 
This badge must be returned for visual conflict via SENA A5D2 with the badge of Clovia Lumi: Sable, a snowflake argent, and with the device of Thorbjorn Wulfgrimmssøn, Per fess azure and Or masoned sable, in chief a snowflake argent. The arrangement of the caltrops left a distinct impression of a snowflake for most commenters, and when considered as a snowflake, there is only one DC from each piece of registered armory for removing the field.
Additionally, this must be returned for lack of identifiability. The overlapping tips of the caltrops caused visual confusion which made the charges themselves difficult to identify, which further led to the assumption by most submitters that the design is a snowflake.
Snowflakes have not been allowed as heraldic charges since August 1994, with subsequent registrations falling under allowances found in SENA A2B3 and similar rules in RfS.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 2 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Jean Oste de Murat. Badge. (Fieldless) A prawn Or. 
The question was raised in commentary about whether a prawn would conflict with a crab, which would bring this badge into conflict with the device of Mór Ruadh: Gules, a crab Or. Crabs and lobsters have been demonstrated to be interchangeable in period, and we do not grant a DC between the two crustaceans. Some commentary suggested that charges that look like lobsters might have been described in cants as prawns, though evidence for that has not yet been provided.
However, the submitter has received permission to conflict from Mór. We therefore decline at this time to rule whether a prawn has a DC from a lobster. We also decline to rule on the precise relationship between prawns and crabs, prawns and lobsters, and crabs and lobsters so far as difference is concerned.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Jean Oste de Murat. Badge. Per bend argent and azure, a hop cone slipped and leaved Or. 
This does not conflict with the device of Turold of Normandy, Purpure, a New World pineapple Or leaved vert. The substantial leaves of a New World pineapple sufficiently separate it visually from a hop cone for there to be DC between them.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lijsbet van Catwiic. Badge. (Fieldless) A mortar and pestle sable charged with an elderflower argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lijsbet van Catwiic. Badge. (Fieldless) An escallop purpure winged Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Ravensdale, Stronghold of. Branch name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 11 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Ruantallan, Barony of. Badge for Populace. (Fieldless) On a dolphin haurient argent a tenterhook azure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Ruantallan, Barony of. Badge for Populace. (Fieldless) On a dolphin haurient contourny argent a tenterhook reversed azure. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Ryan Mac Whyte. Heraldic title Skunk Herald. 
Skunk is the lingua Anglica form of the Early Modern English term Squuncke, the plural form of which is found in the OED s.v. skunk dated to 1634.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Samuel Peter Bump. Badge. (Fieldless) A fess wavy within and conjoined to a mascle sable. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Thomas de Marr. Badge. (Fieldless) On a barrel sable a dragon passant Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 12 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Thomas de Marr. Badge. (Fieldless) In fess a dunghill cock Or conjoined at their tails with a bull rampant contourny gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 13 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Thomas de Marr. Badge. Per chevron inverted gules and azure, in chief a cockatrice Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 14 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Vígþorn Vetsson. Name. 
Submitted as Vígþorn Vetsson, the patronymic does not use the correct genitive (possessive) form of the father's name. The proper construction is Vetrarson or Vetarson . We would change the name for registration, but the submitter does not allow any changes.
On resubmission, the submitter should be prepared to demonstrate that the name Vetr was used by real people. The only use of Vetr as a personal name in Cleasby-Vigfusson is for a mythological giant who was the son of Vindsvalr or Vindlóni in the Eddas. Without evidence of usage by real people, a name claiming to be the son of a giant is likely to be prohibited by PN4C of SENA as improperly claiming powers.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 15 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Whyt Whey, Canton of. Device change. Argent, an apple gules slipped and leaved within a laurel wreath vert and an orle sable. 
Nice device change!
Canton's previous device, Sable, a cockroach tergiant within a laurel wreath and on a chief embattled argent, a pomme, is retained as ancient arms.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 16 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Whyt Whey, Canton of. Badge for Populace. Argent, an apple gules slipped and leaved vert within an orle sable. 
Nice badge!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 17 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Zoya the Orphan. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
The byname the Orphan is the lingua Anglica form of the Russian byname Sirot or Sirota, both of which are found in Paul Wickenden of Thanet's "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names" (http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/).
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 18 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]
Zoya the Orphan. Device. Purpure, three Arabian lamps argent. 
This device is returned for conflict with Celestinus MacCriomthainn: Vert, three pitchers flammant at the mouths argent. There is a DC for changing the field, but none for enflaming the pitchers. We don't grant difference between pitchers, ewers, laverpots, and other spouted, handled vessels; the Arabian lamp, not being a period charge, doesn't get the allowance for period differencing.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 18 on the East letter of February 28, 2017.]

GLEANN ABHANN
Balthasar Schabel. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
Schabel is the submitter's legal surname. However, he need not rely on the legal name allowance, because Schabel is also a gray-period German surname found in the FamilySearch Historical Records.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 28, 2017.]
Balthasar Schabel. Device. Per bend sinister bevilled gules and sable, in dexter chief a natural leopard passant guardant argent spotted sable. 
This device must be returned for a redraw. As Batonvert notes: "Unfortunately, this is not a correctly drawn Per bend sinister bevilled. The period examples of a bevilled line show the jog going to chief, not fesswise as here; and this form, deemed two steps from documented practice, has been disallowed. Cf. the Cover Letter of Aug 1992 for a fuller discussion, complete with illustrations: http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1992/08/cl.html"
There is a step from period practice for a charged field with a bevilled field division.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 28, 2017.]
Gunnulf hvitskeggr. Device. Quarterly vert and sable, four anchors fouled of their cables, on a chief argent a bar engrailed to chief and invected to base azure. 
This device is returned administratively. The color device has modified the shape of the escutcheon, which is grounds for return. Submissions should appear inside the escutcheons, lozenges, or delfs as they appear on the device or badge forms, respectively.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 1, 2017.]
Jamys Chapman. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
Excellent 16th century English name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 28, 2017.]
Jamys Chapman. Device. Vert, a pale sable fimbriated, in canton an hourglass Or. 
This device must be returned administratively. The forms used are old forms that were replaced in 2013/2014. Also, the escutcheon on both the color and line drawings has been replaced with the submitter's own artwork. Both of these issues are independent grounds for return. Submissions should appear inside the escutcheons, lozenges, or delfs as they appear on the device or badge forms, respectively.
Additionally, the device was recolored after the internal letter was considered, and no evidence was presented that this was done with the submitter's consent.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lorccán hua Conchobair. Device change. Vert, in pale two serpents nowed argent between in fess two spears Or, a bordure argent. 
The submitter's previous device, Vert, a plate between two pallets couped Or and a bordure argent, is retained as a badge.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 1, 2017.]
Marsha Byarde Reuel. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 1, 2017.]
Sárán mac Sáráin. Device change. Quarterly gules and argent, a fess checky argent and gules. 
This device must be returned administratively. The forms used are old forms that were replaced in 2013/2014. Use of old forms is grounds for return.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 28, 2017.]
Sigveig Snæbjarnardóttir. Name change from Sarra Mary Heryngton. 
Submitted as Sigveig Snæbiarnardóttir, the submitter requested that the byname be spelled Snæbjarnardóttir if possible. As Snæbjarnardóttir is a valid transliteration of Old Norse under Appendix D of SENA, we have made the submitter's requested change.
The submitter's previous name, Sarra Mary Heryngton, is retained as an alternate name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 1, 2017.]

LOCHAC
Eawyn Bridie. Name and device. Azure estencelly Or, a winged ounce dormant wings elevated and addorsed argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Lochac letter of February 28, 2017.]
Euphemia di Niccolo Ziani. Badge. Argent, a dragon in annulo vorant of its tail within an annulet of mullets azure. 
Please advise the submitter to add some internal details so the central charge is easier to identify.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Lochac letter of February 28, 2017.]
Knútr Trésmiðr. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Lochac letter of February 28, 2017.]
Knútr Trésmiðr. Device. Quarterly gules and Or, a cross sable and overall a wolf's head palewise couped argent. 
This device is returned for having a "barely overall" charge. SENA Appendix I, Charge Group Theory, in defining overall charges states "An overall charge must overlie a primary charge (...) An overall charge must have a significant portion on the field; a design with a charge that has only a little bit sticking over the edges of an underlying charge is known as "barely overall" and is not registerable." To be really overall, the wolf's head should project more past the edges of the cross so that identifying features like the ears and snout lie on the field.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as "ululant", because only a section of the neck is visible and no curvature indicative of the ululant posture is visible, we have reblazoned the posture as palewise.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Lochac letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lochac, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Powder Horn Herald. 
This heraldic title follows the pattern of creating titles from heraldic charges. A powder horn is a period artifact and a plausible heraldic charge. The spelling powder horn is a lingua Anglica form of the Early Modern English spelling powdir horn.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Lochac letter of February 28, 2017.]
Mirabel Gellatley. Device. Per bend gules and vert, on a bend bretessed argent a triskele palewise vert between two triskeles palewise gules, in sinister chief a sheaf of arrows argent. 
Please advise the submitter to draw the arrows with a thicker shaft so they are easier to distinguish.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Lochac letter of February 28, 2017.]
Serena Rigaletti. Device. Per pale engrailed argent and gules papellony argent, in dexter a dragon contourny sable. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Lochac letter of February 28, 2017.]

MERIDIES
Bernhardt von Eschenbach. Badge. (Fieldless) An elephant maintaining on its back a tower, all within and conjoined to an annulet vert. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Bronach Vaughn. Name and device. Per chevron purpure and sable, a chevron cotised between two crosses fleury and a horse salient argent. 
Vaughn is the submitter's legal middle name. As it is a surname by type (both in period and in modern usage), it can be used as the submitter's registered surname.
Because the submitter is using his legal surname, that element is treated as neutral in language and time under PN2C2 of SENA, allowing it to be combined with the sixth century Gaelic given name Bronach.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Cianán Carmichael. Name and device. Per chevron checky Or and azure and Or, a chevron and in base a wolf's head erased sable. 
This name combines a Gaelic saint's name with a Scots surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Eirný Einarsdóttir. Device. Per bend argent and azure, in bend sinister a popinjay and a domestic cat sejant respectant counterchanged. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Jane Wolfden. Device. Sable, on an open book Or a wolf dormant sable. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Jóhann Refskegg Frostason. Name and device. Per saltire sable and gules, a winged fox rampant contourny argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Kikuchi Kazumitsu. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Lykaina of Stone Hill Keep. Name change from Henry of Stone Hill Keep. 
The submitter provided evidence of Lykaina as a valid transliteration of a Greek personal name found in the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names. This source contains only the name of humans, not names of places or mythological figures. The byname of Stone Hill Keep is already registered to the submitter and does not need to be re-documented. In addition, because Stone Hill Keep is already registered to this submitter, that element is treated as neutral in language and time under PN2C2 of SENA, allowing it to be combined with the Classical Greek given name Lykaina.
The submitter's previous name, Henry of Stone Hill Keep, is retained as an alternate name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Meridies, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Argent Rapier. Argent, on a pale bretessed sable a rapier inverted argent. 
This device is returned for violating SENA A2C1 which requires that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms and in a period armorial style." The hilt of this rapier appears to be a hand-bell design not unlike a modern saber. The quillons and knucklebow which define the rapier as a heraldic charge are absent. No evidence was presented, and none was found in commentary, demonstrating that this guard is period either as a heraldic charge or an artifact. Absent such evidence, the design is returned for a redraw.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 9 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]
Obioma of Phoenix Glade. Device. Purpure, a natural sea-tortoise argent between three cornucopias Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the Meridies letter of February 28, 2017.]

MIDDLE
Aturdokht of Dark River. Badge. (Fieldless) A wyvern erect vert breathing fire proper charged on the haunch with a pawprint argent. 
There is a step from period practice for use of a pawprint.
Artist's note: Please draw the tongues of flame conjoined and not free-floating. A flame proper has alternating tongues of red and yellow flame; these should all issue from the wyvern's mouth.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Bj{o,}rn inn viðf{o,}rli. Device. Azure, a drakkar per pale argent and Or, in chief a sun Or and an increscent argent. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Brigit ingen Nialláin. Device. Per chevron azure and vert, two sheaves of arrows and an owl Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Einarr Ginnfastsson. Device. Per saltire argent and gules, two Thor's hammers, hafts to center gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Emma Foxe. Device. Per pale argent and purpure, in bend sinister an escarbuncle Or between two violets counterchanged, an orle of ivy vert. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Gwydion Glyndour. Name. 
This name was submitted as Gwydion Glyndwr. However, precedent states that Glyndwr is not a period spelling, [Llywelyn Glyndyverdwy, 3/2010 LoAR, A-Middle], and no evidence was presented to justify overturning that precedent. All of the instances of Glyndwr cited in commentary referred to modern spellings of the name. For registration, we have changed the byname to Glyndour, an early 15th century spelling found by Juliana Siren during commentary.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Hakon Hrafnsson. Badge. Per pall inverted Or, sable, and paly argent and vert. 
Artist's note: Please draw the point where the lines of the field division meet a bit higher on the field to more equally divide the shield into three portions.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Hanß Leiland Adelbrecht. Device. Per chevron inverted argent and azure, an enfield rampant to sinister gules and two crescents Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Katarzina of Foxvale. Holding name and device. Azure, three chevronels braced argent and in chief three trilliums two and one Or. 
There is a step from period practice for use of New World trilliums.
Submitted under the name Katarzina Celjska, that name was pended on the December 2016 LoAR.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Lil Lith of Shadowed Stars. Name and device. Per bend azure and argent, a willow tree eradicated counterchanged. 
The submitter may be interested to know that the spelling Lileth was documented in commentary as a gray-period English name. If she prefers Lileth of Shadowed Stars to the registered form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 11 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Máirghréad inghean Ruadháin. Name. 
Submitted as Mairghread inghean Rúadáin, Gaelic names must use markings consistently throughout the name. As the submitter specifically requested the "accented version" of the byname, the given name needs to be registered as Máirghréad with all markings.
In addition, the byname was originally submitted at Kingdom as inghean Rúadhán, but Kingdom commentary correctly pointed out that the byname needed to use the genitive (possessive) form of the father's name, Rúadháin. The submitter consented to that change. For some reason, the heading in the Letter of Intent did not include that change (although the summary did). In addition, the name Ruadhán does not have an accent mark on the u. Accordingly, we have put the byname into the correct spelling of inghean Ruadháin for registration.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 12 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Marushka Stanislawowiczowa. Name. 
This name combines a Russian given name with a Polish byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 13 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Milisandia MacGreghere. Name and device. Per chevron argent and vert, a chevron sable and in base a squirrel Or. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 14 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Roana Aldinoch. Household name Gylden Broc Hus. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]
Toth Bálint. Badge. (Fieldless) A loop of rope with ends crossed in chief gules. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 15 on the Middle letter of January 30, 2017.]

NORTHSHIELD
Adriana Karafantoni. Name. 
Submitted as Adriana Karafantoni, Kingdom changed the surname to Carafantoni on the belief that this change was required by the Italian language. However, Karafantoni is precisely the spelling that appears in a 16th century Italian roll of arms. Therefore, it is a registerable documentary form. We have returned the surname to the originally submitted form.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Æsileif Gylfisdottir. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Ashildr Snorradottir. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Astriðr spakona. Name. 
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Cailin Dubh mac Eoin. Alternate name Lazar Eemii Nankovitz and badge. (Fieldless) A fox sejant contourny maintaining beneath its forepaw a grenade bendwise sinister proper. 
Submitted as Lazar Eemii Nankowitz, the surname is an incorrect transliteration of the original Russian. The correct transliteration is Nankovitz. We have made this change for registration.
The submitter may be interested to know that a more authentic transliteration of the same name is Lazar' Eemii Nankovich. If he prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 5 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Faolan Bacach MacMillan. Name. 
This name combines a Gaelic given name and descriptive byname with a Scots surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 6 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
James Griffin the Red. Name. 
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 7 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Jehanne de la Berge. Device. Azure, in bend three increscents argent. 
Nice device!
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 8 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Johannes Dery. Name. 
Submitted as Johanne_ Dery, Johanne is not the nominative (base) form of the name; this spelling is the dative or ablative form of Johannes. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Johannes for registration.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 9 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]
Keviliock MacKinley. Name and device. Per bend sinister sable and counter-ermine, a bend sinister Or and in dexter chief a compass rose argent. 
Submitted as Keviliock McKinley, Mc is a scribal abbreviation for Mac. By precedent, "both Mc and M' will be expanded to Mac for registration purposes. Individuals with names expanded to Mac should of course feel free to use abbreviated forms like Mc and M' as documentary forms of their name." [September 2013 Cover Letter] We therefore have expanded the byname to MacKinley for registration.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 10 on the Northshield letter of February 28, 2017.]

OUTLANDS
Alditha de la Tye. Exchange of primary and alternate name Ádísa íkorni. 
Alditha de la Tye is now the submitter's primary name; Ádísa íkorni is now an alternate name.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 1 on the Outlands letter of February 23, 2017.]
Alditha de la Tye. Exchange of device and badge. Azure, a quatrefoil Or between four crescents conjoined in saltire at the points argent. 
Her previous device, Argent, an algiz rune sable between two squirrels statant respectant gules, is retained as a badge. Her previous badge, Azure, a quatrefoil Or between four crescents conjoined in saltire at the points argent, becomes her device.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 2 on the Outlands letter of February 23, 2017.]
Muirenn ingen Uí Thaidc. Device. Azure, a chevron inverted between a cat's face and two sprigs of catmint in pile argent. 
This device must be returned for violating SENA A3D2c, Unity of Orientation. This device has secondary charges that are not arranged in a standard formation. Instead, it has the sprigs in base arranged in pile, or in chevron inverted. Their orientation must be blazoned separately from the cat's face, which is grounds for return.
If the sprigs were drawn upright, this device would be returned for conflict with Ealasaid MacDonald, Azure, a chevron inverted between three crescents one and two argent, with one DC for the type of secondaries.
[RETURNED May 2017. This was item 3 on the Outlands letter of February 23, 2017.]
Yasu Yukiko. Name and device. Sable, six folding fans in annulo, handles to center argent. 
There is a step from period practice for charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
[ACCEPTED May 2017. This was item 4 on the Outlands letter of February 23, 2017.]