ACCEPTANCES May 24, 1982 XVII

KINGDOM OF ANSTEORRA

Bordermarch, Barony of. Name only.

KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT

Aethelwynn Thraedgyld. Name only.

Aislinn Rowena Clellan. Per bend sinister sable and argent, a bend sinister counterchanged Or and azure between a cat sejant guardant argent and a rose bendwise sinister gules, slipped, leaved, barbed and seeded proper.

Bogar Sólarari. Sable, four eagles' heads erased in cross, facing clockwise, necks outward, within an orle, Or.

Bohemund von Greifshafen. Badge for Household of the Warded Wald. Azure, an oak tree eradicated Or between in fess two gryphons passant addorsed argent.

Cherie Ruadh MhicRath of Shadowcat. Seal. A cat's eyes, nose and whiskers.

NOTE: This sort of thing is allowable for a maker's mark or seal, but may not be used as a heraldic badge. Tinctureless maker's marks and seals do not have to be entirely heraldic in style. As she is using this for a seal or mark, I have registered it as such. (Cherie withdrew her device.)

Christopher of Hoghton. Badge. Sable, four bars Or, overall on a bend argent a bumblebee statant close proper bestriding a spear sable.

Christopher of Hoghton. Badge. Per bend sinister sable and Or, two towers in bend counterchanged and in chief a label of three points argent.

NOTE: This was his old arms and is now a badge.

Christopher Thorne of Keystone. Gules, on a keystone issuant from chief azure fimbriated a griffin segreant argent and in base an estoile of eight points Or.

Constantine Peradan. Name only.

Cormac MacGuin. Sable, in bend a Cross of Jerusalem argent and a bend sinister bretessed gules fimbriated argent.

NOTE: There is no K in Gaelic, so I have changed Cormak to Cormac. Using a K in Gaelic is like using an Ø in English. In the SCA, a Cross of Jerusalem is a cross potent between four crossed couped.

Edric the Unsteady. Badge. Argent, an estoile gyronny of six gules and sable within a bordure sable.

Elizabeth the Unknown. Name only.

Hildr Úlfsdóttir. Argent, issuant from an annulet three Norse wolf's heads ululant, one and two,

facing clockwise, sable, delineated gules.

NOTE: The inside of the annulet is not edged in gules. I have used "delineated" instead of "fimbriated," as the details of the heads are also red.

Irving de Rosamonde MacChlurain. Name change from Irving de Rosamounde NicChlurain.

James Arthursson. Vert, a bend sinister sable fimbriated between a feather bendwise sinister and a hammer palewise Or.

NOTE: As drawn, the hammer looks like a geologist's rock hammer. Please draw a period hammer.

Kathryn of Iveragh. Change of device. Per bend sinister wavy sable and gules, in dexter chief three passion nails inverted bendwise in bend sinister gules enflamed Or.

Leiannka Zorya Zelolev. Argent, a lion rampant guardant vert grasping in its dexter forepaw an ankh gules, on a chief sable a rainbow proper.

NOTE: A rainbow proper arches between two argent clouds with four bands: Or, gules, vert and argent. Other colors must be blazoned.

Loch Salann, Barony of. Badge. Per bend argent and sable, six ermine spots per bend gemel counterchanged.

NOTE: The spots are in two bendwise rows of three palewise spots each.

Maleen MacCannach. Name only.

Marya of Zagamar, the Mad. Blazon correction. Argent, on a torteau in pale an estoile and a triskelion reversed argent, a base undy vert.

Melissa of Greenbranch. Name only.

Michael Gerard Curtememoire. Badge for Greystone Priory. Argent, masoned sable, on a cross gules a staff proper issuant therefrom in chief three lilies argent.

Mindrakken van der Zilver. Name change from Mondragon of Dragon's Keep.

Miréille la Colombe. Azure, a dove displayed Or between four garden roses in cross argent.

Owain de Lore. Gyronny from chief azure and Or, a patriarchal cross counterchanged.

NOTE: The patriarchal cross (often blazoned as a Cross Lorraine or an Archiepiscopal Cross) was usually used in ecclesiastical heraldry, but there are instances of its use in normal heraldry, such as Rorke (in Ireland) and Goodhart (in Kent).

Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes. Household badge. Semé of keys fesswise, a carriage.

NOTE: I do not feel that House Yclept Abysmal is proper medieval form. I have therefore rejected the name, but passed the badge. Try House Abysmal.

Simonetta Giuliana Polissena Ambrosini. Per pale gules and sable, an escallop inverted argent between in chief three bezants in chevron and in base a bezant.

Steffan yr Ysgolhaig. Name change from Steffan the Well Learned.

Frederick Tinamou the Untamed. Or, a saltire conjoined with a pale azure, overall a bald eagle displayed grasping in its talons two swords inverted in saltire proper, each entwined by a serpent Or. (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

NOTE: He is a mundane paramedic. He said he would accept the addition of Frederick if necessary. Given the uncertain correctness of using Tinamou as a given name, we decided that it was necessary to add Frederick.

William Petheram of Somerset. Quarterly Or ermined vert and vert ermined Or, a cross moline quarterly vert and Or.

KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA

Anthony Ishmael Achmid ibn Abdollah. Argent, a pall between three bull's heads caboshed, horns outwards, all within a bordure gules.

Antonius Ambrosius. Sable, on a cross gules fimbriated argent a dragon segreant Or.

NOTE: Draw the dragon smaller so it doesn't lie on the fimbriation.

Caprus ua'Seaghdhe. Gyronny of six sable and gules, a boar-faced goat's head erased to sinister Or, armed argent, within a bordure engrailed Or, semy of trefoils vert.

Erich von Kleinfeld. Quarterly, gules and sable, four catapults Or.

Fedora de Mara. Badge. On a bezant invected a pruning hook inverted bendwise sinister sable surmounted by a peony gules, seeded Or. (Officinalis coriacea)

Gunther Ironwoode. Vert, issuant to sinister from and enfiling widdershins a scarpe a slip, pendant therefrom a leaf argent.

Julian of Glenrood. Argent, an oak leaf palewise gules and on a chief vert an arrow reversed Or.

NOTE: Arrows point to base or to sinister, so this one is reversed, as it points to dexter.

Learen von Meissen. Badge. Sable, an ermine statant erect ermine maintaining and playing upon an alto shawm Or.

NOTE: The ermine's tail should end in a black tip.

Patruska Vozon d'Angoumois. Name only.

NOTE: For your information, the French forms of Petrushka are: Perette, Petrine, and Petronelle.

Reagan of the White Dawn. Per bend sinister azure and vert a songbird migrant bendwise maintaining in its beak a flute bendwise sinister Or.

Stierbach, Shire of. Per fess embattled argent and gules, in pale three bulls courant within in base a laurel wreath counterchanged.

Stierbach, Shire of. Badge. Per fess embattled argent and gules, in pale three bulls courant counterchanged.

Wandering Lands, Canton of the. Name only.

Wilhelm von Hochsitz und Schwyz. Per bend sinister gules and vert, a bend sinister and in canton a saltire couped argent.

NOTE: Draw the charges three times larger. Charges should fill the field.

KINGDOM OF MERIDIES

Aethelthryth of Acleah. Device. Gyronny sable and vert, a doe lodged guardant between four acorns in cross Or.

Anne Aldous of Camberton. Bendy barry bendy sinister argent and vert, on a chief embattled pean a label dovetailed gules.

NOTE: The proper Anglo-Saxon for "of the old house" would be "(of) Ealdhuse." The "of" is optional and the final E is necessary, as it is the dative case.

Marcail Steuert. Or, on a fess between a lion rampant and in saltire two thistles gules a horse

passant to sinister argent, crined Or.

Baldayne of Rovinghearth. Name only.

Caitlin MacDonnell. Counter-ermine, a bend engrailed Or surmounted by a seahorse erect vert.

Caroline of Mainwaring. Vert, on a pile wavy Or a natural rainbow proper, in base a fountain.

NOTE: Natural rainbows are heraldic rainbows in the natural spectrum order, with all the colors from gules in chief to purpure in base, and argent clouds. A rainbow without clouds is a rainbow couped.

Edward of Effingham. Badge. Argent, a fret crosswise within a bordure sable.

Erick Stormhawk. Name only.

Iaroslav of the Pripiet Marsh. Argent, a seadog rampant within a bordure embattled azure.

Katherine di Firenze. Badge for House Hidden Fire. Sable, a pair of hands fesswise couped conjoined Or, armed and cupping a flame gules.

NOTE: As I stated in August 1981, you cannot have two languages in a single word; therefore, the "Gildenvox" must continue to be omitted from the name.

Narval Dorado, Shire of. Name only.

Philippe d'Escargot. Name only.

Rosamund Aislinn Godwin of Wessex. Azure, a bend Or between a unicorn rampant and in bend three fleurs-de-lys argent, all within a bordure ermine.

NOTE: The picture sheet shows the unicorn and fleurs-de-lys as argent. If you wanted them Or, you should have made a NOTE on the emblazon sheet to that effect. Charges placed on a bend are bendwise by default; charges placed in bend are palewise by default. (This is a change from my previous rulings. See my cover letter.)

Solondra Carryl. Device. Or, three bendlets enhanced and in dexter base in bend three fountains.

Trimaris. Principality of. Azure, on a fess wavy between two triskeles azure a crown of five points, each point tipped with a mullet, argent, between overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.

Vanora of Dalriada. Badge for Household Moonrime. Pean, on a plate a thistle sable.

Vladimir of Arkhangelsk. Per bend sinister sable and vert, on a bend sinister argent between a vulture displayed and a broken sword Or three compass stars palewise azure.

NOTE: Draw the bend sinister wider. A broken sword is the hilt and stub of blade. A sword fracted is both pieces. An H was added to Arkhangelsk as a more accurate transliteration of pxa e BK.

KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE

Aedan ó Kincora. Vert, in saltire two spears between four annulets Or.

NOTE: The word "na" is wrong. It is the masculine plural and genitive singular feminine of the definite article. The correct usage is "ó," meaning "of/from."

Afon Araf, Canton of. Per fess argent and barry wavy azure and argent, in pale a swan naiant sable and a laurel wreath vert.

Alen Elegil. Name approval only.

Bairinn de Taahe. Azure, two wings in lure argent enflamed between in annulo six mullets of six points Or.

NOTE: Proper Gaelic spelling requires the addition of an I.

NOTE that Bairinn is pronounced exactly the same as Barinn, so the spelling correction will not change the sound.

Caitlin Stuart. Argent, two chevronels gules overall a dragon passant sable, gorged of a crown embattled, dependent therefrom a chain Or.

NOTE: As Caitlin is a countess, she is entitled to use a crown as a charge.

Charles d'Arnaud. Gules, mailed Or.

NOTE: The field is covered with interlaced annulets in a chainmail pattern. It is a new type of treatment of the field, so we named it for SCA usage.

Dubhrás, Canton of. Per chevron wavy azure and argent, surmounting a chevron counterchanged between two towers argent and a tree blasted eradicated sable, a laurel wreath vert.

NOTE: The accent is necessary to preserve the intended meaning.

Duncan MacThéarlaich. Per chevron sable and vert, in chevron enhanced three compass stars elongated to base and in base a wolf's head cabossed argent.

Eanor of Amberhall. Azure, in cross a rose argent, barbed and seeded, between four bees Or.

NOTE: Only the barbed Or saves it from conflicting with the Royal Burgh of Inverberwiewm: Azure, a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper.

Emellin ó Gwynedd. Argent, on a pale sable between in chief a decrescent and a crescent gules a sapling blasted couped argent.

NOTE: As Gwynedd is a place, "ap" (son of) is wrong, especially for a woman. The proper translation for "of Gwynedd" is ó Gwynedd."

Galen Ciallmhar of Connaught. Per bend sinister rayonny argent and sable, a gryphon statant to sinister sable and a gryphon statant Or.

Gottfried von Beringen. Or, a chevron azure between a key fesswise, a quill bendwise sinister, and a tower gules.

Kaffar Muiriath. Sable, in chief a catamount passant guardant argent, maintaining in each forepaw an arrow inverted and issuant from base a demi-sun Or.

Mordreth Llanelli Colwyn. Per chevron inverted vert and argent, a unicorn's head couped at the shoulder and a sprig of two daffodils Or, slipped and leaved vert.

Morgan Griffith of York. Quarterly purpure and ermine, a cross flory between in bend two griffins rampant counterchanged.

NOTE: The H in Morghen is very non-Welsh. They do that sort of thing in Gaelic, but not in Brythonic, as it were. As a member of the College of Arms, you should observe spelling accuracy. I have therefore changed it to Morgan.

Ragna Dzintara of Amberhall. Per fess wavy azure and argent, issuant from the line of division a lion rampant Or, in base three bars wavy azure.

NOTE: Ragna is the proper diminutive of Ragnhild. Ragni is a masculine form, and thus could not be a diminutive of a feminine name.

Rosalynn Dane de Forrest. Argent, a chevron Or, fimbriated vert, and in base a branch palewise couped proper flowered of three roses gules, barbed and seeded proper.

Septentria, Barony of. Gules, three chevronels braced surmounted by a laurel wreath proper, and in chief a bear passant Or.

Theodora von Igelheim. Vert, a hedgehog rampant proper grasping in dexter forepaw a sword Or, hilted sable, and in sinister forepaw a foaming beer stein Or, headed argent.

Theodora von Igelheim. Badge for Household of the Wayward Huskie. Argent, a black and white husky sejant guardant proper, winged vert.

NOTE: Freehold is an alternate title for Barony, so I have substituted Household.

Tocendra Godwina of Northumbria. Name approval only.

KINGDOM OF THE WEST

Yrjö Kirjawiisas. Badge. Per pale sable and Or, a vair bell throughout counterchanged.

NOTE: This was previously passed as a badge for the Library of the SCA. The Board of Directors has withdrawn permission for the name, so I have changed it to a personal badge.

REJECTIONS

KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT

Bartholomew of Wolfetwain. Badge. Gules, a triskelion arrondy Or.

NOTE: This badge conflicts with the infamous 27th S.S. Volunteer Division, "Langemark" (First Flemish): Sable, a triskelion arrondy argent. The outlines are identical, and thus it falls partly under the identical outline rule and partly under the offensive clause. The combination is too much.

Maleen MacCannach. Quarterly vert and argent, in bend a cross moline and two spanner wrenches in saltire Or.

NOTE: The word "spanner" is out of period (1794). The whole thing looks rather like quartered arms and the fourth quarter looks too much like the heralds' badge. Try a cross couped crescenty, which looks like two open-end wrenches in cross, instead of the wrenches in saltire. Or put your wrenches in cross and send us a copy of the page from the encyclopedia. Using the same charges in both quarters would be more of a period practice, and lessen the appearance of quartered arms.

Melissa of Greenbranch. Sable, entwined about a chalice Or a serpent gules, in chief three bezants one and two.

NOTE: Device rejected. Only a pharmacist can use a Bowl of Hygeia, which is a chalice encircled by a serpent. Is she a pharmacist? The serpent gules on a sable field lacks contrast.

Renarde la Cavaliere. Name rejected.

Cavalier is the accepted French translation for Knight in the SCA. Therefore, only knights can use it. I therefore suggest the other translation of horsewoman, écuyère. You would thus be Renarde la Écuyère

KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA

Courtland-on-Sedley, Canton of. Name rejected.

You may not use current mundane names for a branch name. Sedley is not a river, so Courtland-on-Sedley is not correct form. In common usage, the river name from such towns is often dropped. E.g., Stratford-on-Avon is often referred to as Stratford. Therefore, this branch could likely be referred to as just Courtland, which would be a worse conflict.

Fedora de Mara. Device. Or, two bunches of grapes gules, slipped, leaved, and pendant from a single stalk bendwise sinister vert, entwined about the stalk a serpent sable, all between five mullets in orle azure.

NOTE: Device rejected. The device is too complex. Drop the snake or the mullets.

Gnurlbond Gnurlbondson. Argent, seven roundels vert, voided Or, two, one, two, one and one.

NOTE: Name and device rejected. The name doesn't look like a real name. Pick another name or document it. The device is not heraldic. Use a standard heraldic arrangement.

Jason My-kull. Sable, a torch argent, and on a chief indented azure, fimbriated, semy of compass

stars argent.

NOTE: Name rejected. My-kull is not a period name form. Try Jason Michael. The device looks acceptable.

Les Gardiens de Politesse. Badge. Argent, a maunch azure charged on the sleeve with a sword fesswise proper and on the pouch with a brown human eye proper.

NOTE: Name and badge rejected. 1) Name: The name is offensive to too many people. The implication of the name plus the militancy shown in the description of the guild and the existence of a constabulary arm is that the guild exists to enforce censorship on SCA members in the name of promoting courtesy. This sort of activity will only cause resistance, leading to a loss of courtesy on both sides. Try adopting a more positive name, such as The Courtesy Guild. 2) Badge: The use of human eyes proper was very rare in period, if they were used at all. This combination of maunch, eye and sword is not period heraldic style. Try having a hand issuant from a maunch hold the sword and make the eye argent.

Patruska Vozon d'Angoumois. Device. Azure, a stag lodged to sinister Or.

NOTE: Device conflicts with Strachan: Azure, a stag trippant Or (Papworth, p. 59).

Susan of the Far Stars. Sable, a pegasus rampant to sinister argent, and a chief indented azure, fimbriated, semy of compass stars argent.

NOTE: Name rejected. Place names must be from earth. You cannot be an alien from another star or an interstellar traveler. The device looks acceptable.

KINGDOM OF CAID

Keradawc an Cai. Appeal denied.

There is no K in Welsh. English doesn't use W as a vowel. These are unshakable facts. The grace period is meant for those whose names are questionable as to being in period. Keradwc clearly is not period usage.

KINGDOM OF MERIDIES

Baldayne of Rovinghearth. Azure, in Dale a Catherine's wheel and a dolphin hauriant Or.

NOTE: Device conflicts with Belvoir: Azure, a Catherine's wheel Or (Papworth, p. 1121), which is also the attributed arms of St. Catherine of Alexandria.

Carlos Luis Lancero. Badge. Vair, a centaur passant to sinister guardant Or, accoutred of a saddle blanket argent bearing a chevron cotised, all within a bordurelet sable.

NOTE: This is too complex for a badge. You may not have a secondary charge (the blanket) that consists of a coat of arms. The centaur is in trian aspect (turned 45 from the sinister). We do not use bordurelets. The emblazon didn't have a bordurelet. Please turn the centaur on the device completely to sinister.

Cathal MacEdan ná Faeled. Badge. Gules, in saltire two keys Or, overall a fess checky argent and sable.

NOTE: The badge conflicts with Chamberlayn: Gules, two keys in saltire Or (Papworth, p. 958).

Erick Stormhawk. Per pale sable and argent, a hawk displayed between in chief two clouds, each pierced of a lightning flash, chevronwise, and in base two swords pilewise, all counterchanged.

NOTE: This is too complex. The mirror-imaging you use is not standard heraldry. There is no such charge as a thundercloud. Please simplify. Try two heraldic thunderbolts and a hawk (drop the swords).

Fuiltigherne ni Ruadh O'Finn. Vert, a chevron engrailed vair and in base an estoile Or.

NOTE: Name rejected. The name should be Fuiltigherne ni Fionn Ruadh. (In Gaelic, the adjective follows the noun.) The device looks acceptable.

Jed Silverstar. Badge. On a lozenge fesswise azure, a chevron argent.

NOTE: Conflicts with Allenson, et al.: Azure, a chevron argent. The shape of the field of one's arms is up to the owner when it is displayed. What Jed has is a flattened version of the female lozenge form of Allenson's arms. Even if it were a roundel or a cartouche or a billet, this would still conflict with Allenson.

Narval Dorado, Shire of. Device. Azure, issuant from a base wavy crested vert, fimbriated argent, a demi-sea-unicorn and in base a laurel wreath Or.

NOTE: Device rejected. We do not use wavy crested. Fimbriated bases are a bad idea. Try using Azure, a sea-unicorn within a laurel wreath Or, or some such variant. There is insufficient contrast between the azure and vert. You could change the base to barry wavy argent and vert.

Penwood, House of. Vert, on a cinquefoil argent a pen fesswise sable.

NOTE: Name rejected. All household badges must be registered to a person's SCA name. Resubmit with his SCA name. Submitting a household name without a person's Society name to register it to is a waste of the College's time. Be sure to include the blazon when you resubmit.

Philippe d'Escargot. Gules, two unicorn's heads addorsed conjoined with a rope fesswise couped and in chief a fleur-de-lys.

NOTE: Device rejected. You cannot use a crest as a charge. Drop the torque (rope).

Theodelinda of St. Milburga's. Countervair, on a cross cleché between four roundels gules a cross bottony argent, pierced gules.

NOTE: Rejected. There was no information sheet. I will not pass any submission without an information sheet. There should be another word in the name such as "of St. Milburga's Abbey," not just "of St. Milburga's," since the question is: St. Milburga's what?

KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE

Alen Elegil. Azure, a mullet of six points elongated to base argent.

NOTE: Arms rejected for conflict with Haggard: Azure, a mullet of six points argent (Papworth, p. 989). This is an exact conflict. Alen would not have gotten this passed eleven years ago either. Let it be clear to all that the rank of the submitter is not a factor in the College's consideration of submissions. I am sympathetic to Alen's difficulty, as the arms were first submitted eleven years ago, but we cannot register an exact conflict. While I understand Dragon's action in passing it, I do not condone it.

Myrgan Wood, Shire of. Argent, an elm tree eradicated proper, leaved gules, within a laurel wreath vert, and on a chief vert three maple leaves argent.

NOTE: Name rejected. The name is too close to Myrquewud. If the Barony of Merkwoode gives you permission, then you can have the name. The device looks acceptable.

Tocendra Godwina of Northumbria. Sable, on a plate a Latin cross fesswise azure within and conjoined to an annulet gules.

NOTE: Device rejected. This is not period style. It looks unbalanced. Change to a normal cross so it will be balanced.

Valmai Arcalien. Per fess argent and azure, an oak leaf bendwise and a goblet counterchanged

NOTE: You will have to document Valmai as a Welsh given name in order for us to allow it. In Quenya, "Valmai" is a combination of Valar and Maia, the archangels and angels of Middle Earth. Thus Valmai plus Arcalien (noble light) is not acceptable for SCA usage. If you can document Valmai as a Welsh given name, then you should use a Welsh surname or epithet, to avoid the connotations of Valar-Maia plus Arcalien. The device still seems acceptable.

Pray believe, my Lords and Ladies, that I remain your servant,

Wilhelm von Schüssel

Laurel King of Arms