3 Las Palomas
Orinda, CA 94563
19 April X (1976)
Karina of the Far West, Laurel Queen of
Arms,
to the Heralds of the four Kingdoms,
Greetings.
I regret that I was unable to send an acceptance
letter in March. My schedule was interrupted by a period of jury
duty.
Acceptances have also been delayed by the
problem of collating what written records we have on why a given
application was accepted or rejected; Lord Locksley's files were
very sketchy in this respect, but Lord Breakstone has been able
to assist me. Once this is done, I will send one or more copies
to each Kingdom.
EAST
AElfwine Denedom.
Change of name from "AElfwine of Clan Creacainn". Quarterly
vert and sable, a fourpointed star throughout argent. (Registered
28 February 1975).
Ariana of the Golden Dagger.
Counterermine, a dagger inverted Or debruising a lightning
flash in bend sinister gules, fimbriated argent.
Barnabas of Avonel. Azure, three sealions sejant reguardant Or, on a sinister canton sable fimbriated Or, an increscent argent.
These sealions are lions with fish tails,
not pinnepeds with ears.
Eliose of R/oed. Argent, a wool wheel, alighting on the head a crow proper.
PICTURE HERE
Etienne Gerard Laudonniere.
Per pale argent goutte' de sang and sable goutte' d'eau, upon
the line of division three gouttes d'or in pale.
Laeghaire O'Laverty of the Silver Merlin.
Vert, a tyger's head erased sable fimbriated Or.
Melicent de Belvoir.
Badge. Argent, a chalice Or, upon the dexter lip a honeybee proper.
Moses benEldad.
Per bend: Or, a maple vert; and azure, an open bookscroll
argent.
Robin of Mannefold. Sable mulletty, in a cucurbit inverted in chief argent, a rose purpure, barbed and seeded proper.
Curcurbit: 1, vessel or retort, originally
gourdshaped... 2, a cuppingglass. Cf. drawing. PICTURE
HERE
Sheltered Rose, House of.
Badge for the. Within a curcurbit inverted argent fimbriated sable,
a rose purpure, barbed and seeded proper.
Ursus Arkuda. Vert, three bears counterpassant in bend Or.
Beautiful!
Yseult of Orkney.
Per pale azure and sable, a pegasus volant argent and in base
two crescents Or.
WEST
Adiantum, Shire.
Sable, within a laurel wreath argent, a doubleheaded bear
erect affront', forelegs upraised, heads displayed, Or, armed
argent, langued and orbed gules.
Alewaülfe the Red.
Per chevron reversed vert and azure, a chevron reversed argent
between a hippogriff courant and two unicorns salient addorsed,
all Or.
Alys von Markheim.
Argent, a cross engrailed sable between four pairs of keys in
saltire vert.
Andrew of Riga.
Badge. A spider rampantpassant. PICTURE HERE
Ardis ben Sholom of York.
Quarterly azure and argent, in canton a Mogen David argent and
Or, a bordure quarterly argent and sable.
Beryl of the Valley of the Moon. Vert, on a bend argent a winged lion rampant to sinister sable fimbriated argent, winged erect argent fimbriated sable.
This is the local name for the Sonoma Valley.
Boncueur.
Badge. Or, a fess wavy ermine between three roundels gules.
Boncueur.
Badge. Argent, a fess wavy ermine between three roundels sable.
Catherine Ravn.
Sable, two sprays of Rosa chinensis mutabilis proper, crossed
through a finger ring Or.
Catherine Ravn. Badge. An adder (Vipera berus) proper, its tail nowed, entwined in a gate Or.
Rosa chinensis mutabilis'
flowers change color as they develop, from a mediumred bud
through orange to a light peachyellow in full bloom. It
is known since at least the 13th century.
Diana of the Isles.
Azure, three sinister gauntlets in triquetra argent, within and
grasping a ring of chain Or.
Eyana batDavid
Vert, between two bars Or, a lion rampant countourne' or, charged
upon the shoulder with a Mogen David vert.
Gwenafara the Dragon Maker. Badge for House Duntamknacken. A Great Horned Owl stooping on a mouse sejant tergiant, argent.
"Sejant tergiant" is my best attempt
to describe a mouse seated on its haunches, its back turned to
the viewer. If anyone can think of a better term I will be delighted
to revise the blazon.
Harold the Grim.
Or, two axes in saltire within an orle of ravens sable.
Ian MacAlister of Lancaster.
Argent, on a pall azure three daggers proper, points meeting at
fess point.
Katrina of Dresden.
Vert, on a bend sinister argent, between a white rose spray proper
and another inverted, a frog springing vert, all bendsinisterwise.
Lorin sur la Roche.
Vert, in saltire a warhammer and a sword, in base on a mount a
tower, all argent.
Lorissa du Griffin.
Azure, between the front paws of a lioness Panthera leo
a lion cub, both statant proper; on a chief argent three cats'
heads cabossed gules.
Neal Gyrfalcon.
Change of arms and name (formerly Neal of Gyr). Purpure, upon
the pommel of a sword inverted proper a gyrfalcon countourne argent.
Roderick of the Hunt.
Azure, a dagger palewise argent, on a chief Or a lion couchant
guardant sable.
Vladimir von Livland.
Or, a lymphad in full sail sable; on a chief undy sable three
open books argent.
EAST
Andros ap Anlawdd. Gules, a baton and in dexter chief a heptacle Or.
This figure is like a pentacle, a thinlined
interlaced star polygon but having seven rather than five points.
Star polygons "were studied by the Pythagoreans and subsequently
engaged the attention of many geometersBoethius, Athelard
of Bath, Thomas Bradwardine, archbishop of Canterbury, Johannes
Kepler, and others. Mystical properties were assigned to them
at an early date." (Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th
Ed., vol XXII, p. 25). We do not use magical figures.
Anne of Hatfield. Azure, a fillet pall inverted between a mortar and pestle, a unicorn's head couped, and a rose argent debruised by another gules.
This is too complicated, and the Tudor rose
must be removed. (It is a Tudor rose, though a counterchange of
the usual variety; Boutell, ed. of 1966, says that red on white
or vice versa is Tudor.) Start over.
Merlinia the Faye. Per fess abased and invected: sable, a semee of stars au naturel, a tower issuant and in dexter chief a gull countervolant argent; and azure.
The whole thing reeks of magic (and besides,
it's a landscape). Start over.
WEST
Arthur of Pretense
His device (Potent, a cock rising) is all
right, but his name is not; it sounds like pretence to a throne.
Let him find another way of saying he has theatrical interests.
Spelling it ce or se is regional variation, not influencing
the meaning.
Agmund Hido:lfson Gules, in base four barrulets wavy Or, overall a longship sable sailed argent.
This conflicts with Finnvarr de Taahe. I
suggest making the longship Or and putting it in the upper part.
I would have liked to make more marginal
comments, but other College matters have divided my attention.
I remain at your service,
Karina of the Far West
O.L., Pel., Baroness
Laurel Queen of Arms
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