July 1982 letter of Acceptances and Returns

ACCEPTANCES July 30, 1982 XVII A.S.

ATENVELDT

Aengus macEdwyn. Name change from Aengus MacEdwyn.

Anna of Newbroke. Name approval only.

Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Title for Parhelium Pursuivant.

Balthezar Rendflesh. Gules, a bend Or between a sword proper winged, wings elevated, and a lion rampant argent, all within a bordure Or.

Bjarg-njotr Olfassa. Name change; from Bjorg-njotr Olfassg.

Brendel of Lyons' Key. Name approval only.

Cassandra la Noire. Per fess argent and sable, a hawk stooping to sinister and a catamount's head affronty erased counterchanged.

In French, "the black" is "la Noire." "La Sable" would mean "the marten" (the animal otherwise known as a sable: Mertes zibellina) This is legal as a sobriquet, but it doesn't mean "the black." I have therefore used "la Noire." If you really want to be Cassandra the Marten, then let me know and I'll change it back.

Dexter MacBennett. Name approval only.

Dexter is his mundane given name.

Duneld Liam Haplin. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Ealasaid MacGhillielaidir. Name approval only.

Elbert Raoul. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Elidir o Morgannwg. Name approval only.

Eric Ward of Emerald Castle. Vert, a sword inverted enflamed proper, on a chief embattled gules fimbriated a crescent Or.

Erik MacRory. Argent, a two-headed wyvern displayed, its tail encircling widdershins a mullet of ten points sable, within a double tressure embattled gules.

Garwed of Cadbury. Argent, a fess wavy gules between two cauldrons and an anvil sable.

If you latinize one part of a name, then you must latinize the whole name. (The Saxon name for Cadbury was Cadanbyrig, so if you want a Saxon name, it would become Garwed Cadanbyrim.) The Latin form for Garwed would be Garwedus. The possible Latin forms for your surname are, in order of correctness, CadanbyTigus, Cadanbyrigicus, Cadanbyriganus, or Cadanbyrigensis I have used the English form for now. Let me know which alternative youprefer.

Gerald de Rapalje. Badge for Household Crystal Keep Per fess rayonny argent and azure, an escallop inverted gules and a lucy naiant argent.

Gunwaldt Gullbjorn. (name change; was formerly Gunwaldt der Ostermachen).

Heinrich der Jager. Name approval only.

Henry von Blud. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Ilana Amante. Name approval only.

Ishiyama Namban Tadashi. Argent, in chief a barrulet gemel beviled arrondi and issuant from base a wave reversed sable.

His old device becomes a badge. For your information, Japanese doesn't have a final "m". Thus, it should be Nanban, not Nambam. I am informed that the Japanese context of nanban is "scum of the earth, unfit for human company." You may wish to change your name to Ishiyama Tadashi, dropping the Namban.

John of Hazelmere. Per bend argent and gules, a squirrel counterchanged, on a chief gules three hazelnuts reversed proper.

Katerina Katya Leonovna Cherkasska. Name approval only.

The first name must be the formal given name. You can place a nickname after it. Leonovna is the correct form of the patronymic. Cherkasska is the correct translation of "the Circassian." I have therefore corrected the name.

Mathilda Helene Caitlin MacCraobh. Badge for Ard Dachaidh Thoir. Or, a sun throughout gules surmounted by a mount vert, overall a tower Or.

The directional words have special combined forms when used with prepositions. "In the east" is "thoir," not "an Ear" ("thoir" is pronounced "hoyer").

Megan of the Misty Isles. Name approval only.

Merewyn of Brittany. Per saltire argent and azure, a saltorel counterchanged between in pale a Latin cross flory and an axe reversed sable and in fess two suns Or.

Mirendil of Alardas. Name approval only.

Nehemiah ben Urijah. Name approval only.

Rhianwen o Enfys Disberod. Or, a Palmer passant, robed, hooded, and bearing a staff sable, atop a cloudless natural rainbow issuant from base proper.

Rosemary the Starseeker. Badge for Ellonde Household .Azure, a pair of wings and in chief a mullet argent.

By default a pair of wings are addorsed and elevated, so as to lie crescent-wise.

Rowan of Bercham. Name approval only.

Selene of Mightrinwood. Name approval only.

Sigmund Schwarzwald. Per pale argent and sable, two war hammers respectant, and on a chief two caltrops, all counterchanged.

Talina Orysa of Quizzisath. Purpure, a two-tailed comet bendwise Or, overall a snow leopard statant to sinister reguardant proper (Felis uncia)

You cannot have two place names in a name, so I have deleted Tara, which is not of Quizzisath.

Taras Stefan Karanczay. Name correction from Taras.

Nobody may have a single-word name. He would not have gotten just "Taras" in 1975. I will accept the alternative change of name.

Theodric ap Breken Beaken. Reblazon. Argent, on a mount sable a mullet argent and in chief two mullets azure.

Tiona du Papillion. Vert, a swallowtail butterfly and on a chief argent two butterflies vert.

"Y" was not substituted for "I" in Spanish. The Spanish name for Y is Ili griega," which means "the Greek I." It was used for words taken from Greek, I have used the correct form of Tiona.

Tir Ysgithr, Barony of. Name correction; formerly misspelled.

ATLANTIA

Adelicia of Cumbria. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for Badge).

Alaine the Novatrix. Name change from Alura the Twinn. Badge. A mullet of four points distilling a goutte.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Title for Conch Herald.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for Queen's Guard. A unicornate natural seahorse erect azure, finned argent, gorged of a chaplet of roses gules, barbed, seeded, and leaved proper.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Silver Needle. Azure, a needle fesswise reversed argent threaded in annulo, overall a pale or.

Belinda of Emeric. Argent, a lozenge azure between two serpents erect wavy respectant gules.

This does not look like a cadet branch of Bilnning.

Brunhilde Jorgesdottir. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Cadwan Galwiddoe of Redmarch. Gules, on a bend between two mullets of eight points argent a rams-headed scheitholt sable, armed, orbed, pegged, and fretted gules.

Cydllan Downs, Canton of. Per pale indented argent and gules, a castle counterchanged within a laurel wreath counterchanged vert and argent.

The proper Welsh combination of "cyd" (junction/common) and I'llan" (church/village) is Cydllan, not Cyddylane.

Giles of Griffin Hall. Badge. A griffin sejant erect coward affronté, wings and forelegs displayed.

Imran Yusuf le Scorpion. Name correction and badge Per saltire argent and Or, a scorpion tergiant erect between in fess two decrescents and in base a crescent sable.

NOTE: Draw the crescent and decrescents larger.

Jan van Haarlingen. Vert, a badger statant to sinister and on a chief Or a sun azure between two dolphins hauriant respectant gules.

Katrin of the Hidden Orchard. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Misty Windsprite. Badge. Two lozenges conjoined in fess argent and Or.

Robin of Mannefeld. Badge. On a lozenge argent a billet throughout sable charged with a mullet of four points throughout argent.

Strykar Geirhaldsson. Badge. Pean, a tyger rampant Or.

Thorvald Gundaarsson. Vert, a raccoon rampant proper. (Procyon lotor)

Draw the raccoon in a correct rampant position and use proper colors for the raccoon. Raccoons are more gray than brown and grey will show up better on green than brown will.

Tir-y-don, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Swan and Cygnet. Per fess vert and azure, atop a swan naiant to sinister reguardant a cygnet close to sinister argent.

Wilhelm Johannes Rieger. Sable, a griffin segreant to sinister and in base two bars dancetty Or.

Draw the bars larger.

CAID

Ainadea da Strada Dragonessa. Argent, semé of roses gules, barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved proper, a heart within a bordure sable.

Branwyn fer' Corran. Name approval only; device still conflicts with Stefan of Seawood.

Appeal accepted. Now that she states that Corran is a person's name, the use of fer' is correct. She has chosen to use the masculine ending for Branwyn, which is legal.

Brianna Aislynn of Blue Shadows. Pean, a mullet of four greater straight and four lesser wavy points Or surmounted by an eagle-winged wyvern passant to sinister azure.

Caid, Kingdom of. Badge for Sign Language Interpreters Vert, in saltire two trumpets Or surmounted by a dexter hand appaumé all within a bordure embattled argent.

If any other kingdom develops a Signers Guild, they should use this badge.

Ceinwen Haele Cynwyth. Quarterly vert and purpure, a cross parted and fretted with an annulet between two trefoils Or and two acorns argent.

Dēorwulf sē Deorc. Or, a wolf's head erased, on a chief sable, a stag's attire Or.

Erich the Dreamer. See REJECTIONS for Badge. Azure, mullety of six points argent, a sword inverted proper entwined of a rose argent, barbed, seeded and slipped proper, within a bordure argent.

Draw the rose larger.

Gregor of Camton. Argent, chapé sable, a dragon segreant to sinister, two swords inverted in saltire Or, and an old scholar statant affronté proper, vested azure.

Merric of Stormg. Azure, an owl between three mullets and on a chief triangular Or a candle azure, enflamed at both ends gules.

One does not have to be currently residing in an SCA branch in order to use the name of that branch as a place name in one's Society name SCA branch names are perfectly acceptable as place names.

Mistral de l'Isle sur Tarn. Per fess vert and azure, issuant from chief a mistral and from base four piles inverted wavy conjoined at the fess point argent.

Normally this name would not pass, but I'm being lenient during the grace period.

Renata Kestryl of Highwynds. Sable, upon a pile urdy between in fess two water-bougets argent a lion couchant sable.

Draw the water-bougets larger.

Robyn Crichton Thorndyke. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

You cannot have three surnames, so I deleted Lon.

Sieglinde von der Hohenwilste. Badge. A banded conical winged helm affronté argent.

Tymothy of Tallowcross. Azure, on a bend between a sword inverted and a sun or, an arrow sable.

Trevor Stewart of Renfrewshire. Checky Or and azure, a bend gules, overall a sea unicorn erect, the top half and fins argent, the lower half vert.

MERIDIES

Fuiltigherne ni Fhionn Ruadh. Name correction.

In Gaelic, after the word "ni," the initial letter of the following name is aspirated.

Seamus MacCryu MacHoo. Gules, two oxen horns conjoined at their bases Or, entwined of two cobras respectant proper, overall a sword argent. (Naja melanoleuca)

I have changed Mc to Mac, pending confirmation that Mc was used in period. Please send a photocopy of the relevant pages in your reference book. Scots did use multiple patronymics, as did the Irish and the Spanish.

WEST

Astrith of Swansvale. Per bend Or and vert, a bend vairy of one trait bendwise sinister or and vert, in sinister chief a borage flower azure, slipped and leaved vert.

Astrith of Swansvale. Badge. Or, a borage flower azure within a bordure vert.

Brendan Shimmeringstar. Argent, estoilly, a chevron sable surmounted by a mullet of six points elongated palewise Or.

Draw the estoiles and the chevron larger.

Brendan Shimmeringstar. Badge. Sable, chapé ployé argent mullety sable, a mullet of six points elongated to base Or.

Carl of Ravenshore. Quarterly azure and erminois, in dexter chief a goblet Or.

Cynagua, Principality of. Seal for the Sable Swan Herald. A pair of swan's wings, overall two straight trumpets in saltire, bells in chief.

Dirdrianna Elspeth of Mindanell. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Dyvin Ragnarsson. Azure, on a triangle Or, a double-bitted axehead gules, voided argent.

Eadlyne Blackmaene the Lacrimose. Badge. Ermine, a fess invected Or, wreathed and fimbriated with ivy vines vert.

Eoin of Fell Hold. Per bend argent and sable, a castle, the sinister tower broken, sable, enflamed to chief vert, and a boar courant Or.

Eoin is the proper Gaelic variant for Iain.

Garin de Gramercy. Or, a maunch gules, on a chief engrailed azure, three mullets pierced argent.

Ian MacAngus. Azure, a bend between a mullet of eight points and a tree eradicated argent.

Kevin Perigrynne. Augmentation of arms. On a canton argent a pile gules charged with an antique crown voided Or.

All members of the Order of the Silver Molet have the right to register the badge of the Order as an augmentation of arms. Earl Kevin is the third to choose to exercise this right. The form of the augmentation (canton or inescutcheon) is chosen by the member. Augmentations are a separate listing, thereby enabling the owner to display the arms with or without the augmentation. If the owner so chooses, the augmentation can be permanently added to the arms and its blazon is then added to the blazon of the arms (see Aelflaed of Duckford's augmented arms).

Mathias Sicco von Hagen. Per pall inverted vert, azure, and sable, a pall inverted and in dexter chief a unicorn salient argent, winged Or.

Mathias Sicco von Hagen. Badge. Per fess sable and vert, issuant from the line of division a demi-compass-star Or.

Mathias Sicco von Hagen. Badge. Argent, a pall voided sable.

Draw the pall much wider. It is an old SCA convention that an ordinary voided shows a complete edge, including the edges of the field The period form of voiding is obtained by using an ordinary of the field fimbriated. This way, an ordinary voided is different from an ordinary fimbriated.

Megan Kilkerran NicAlister. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Oertha, Region of. Name approval only.

Oertha, Region of. Title for Stellanordica Herald.

Pren Tal, Cantref of. Per chevron azure and ermine, in base a Coast redwood tree erased proper, its base environed of a laurel wreath vert.

Pren Tal, Cantref of. Badge. Per chevron azure and ermine, in base a Coast redwood tree erased proper.

Robert of Two Cliffs. Argent, on a pall gules a hare salient Or, a chief embattled azure.

Sharane de Kondrak. Argent, on a bend sinister sable a scarpe argent, ermined gules.

Sine ni Mharbhen. Name correction.

In Gaelic, after the word "ni," the initial letter of the following name is aspirated.

Stephen de Huyn. Name change from Douglas De Huyn of Glennammon.

Wolfscairn, Shire of. Or, masoned sable, on a pellet a wolf's head erased argent within a laurel wreath Or.

Wulf Sagan von Osten-See. Badge for Haushalt von Osten-See. Azure, four escallops in cross, fans outward, or.

REJECTIONS

ATENVELDT

Athelwulf Bolverkerson.

Name rejected. Athelwulf dropped out of the SCA 3+ years ago. Names and devices should only be resubmitted for people who are still active in the SCA. We should not fill the Armorial with names of non-active people.

Duneld Liam Haplin. Sable, a bend sinister Or, overall to dexter a salamander tergiant gules, enflamed argent.

Device rejected. Conflicts with Hermann Otto Koehlermann's badge: Sable, a bend sinister Or. You can't have a charge overall moved to one side like that; it is unbalanced. Center the salamander.

Elbert Raoul. Argent, a grey wolf statant to sinister proper, charged with a Latin cross Or, between two lightning flashes in pile voided sable.

Device rejected. This device lacks contrast. Voided lightning flashes are a bad idea. Grey, silver, and white are all argent, and thus the wolf is essentially argent on argent. Try a field Or, or a sable dog and flashes.

Evgeterina Andrayevna Karatyukova.

Name change to Yelisveta Katlin Selkovicha Savrasova rejected By your own documentation, the metronymic surname is out of period (17th century), and as a surname it should be Selkovichin anyway. What you need instead is a patronymic. The surname needs to have a feminine ending (add an -a).

Henry von Blud. Per bend sinister gules and vert, a bend sinister between in dexter chief in fess a ewer facing sinister and a goblet, and in sinister base a heart pierced with an arrow bendwise sinister, within a bordure, all Or.

Device rejected. Not counting the two gouttes, there are six different types of charge. This is too busy. Drop the cup, the arrow, and the gouttes.

Renarde la Cavaliere. Azure, two swords inverted in saltire surmounted by a unicorn rampant to sinister and in chief a compass star argent.

Name rejected. "La Cavalierell is Italian for "the knight" and, as you aren't a knight, you can't use that. The device seems acceptable.

Solidith Oregail. Vert, a sand dollar shell argent.

NOTE: Name rejected. Solidith is gibberish. It just doesn't look or sound like a period given name. The device seems acceptable.

Ta'horsen the Fierce. Sable, a flea rampant to sinister Or.

Name and device rejected. Thorsen is a surname, and thus not useable as a given name. Talhorsen, an unacceptable variant of Thorsen, is even less useable as a given name. Replace Thorsen with one of the many given names based on the Thor- root (Thorvald, Thorgrim, etc.). Magnifications of tiny insects for use as charges on arms is out of period.

Zoe Ellesabeth of Alexandria.

Name rejected. Zoe dropped out of the SCA years ago. Names should only be submitted for active participants.

ATLANTIA

Adelicia of Cumbria. Or, on an Anglian cross gules a mullet argent.

Badge rejected. This does not agree with your documentation, which has circular-holes and a center boss. Either draw the cross as it occurs in your documentation or else use a cross alisee.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for the Missile Infantry Corps of Atlantia. A unicornate natural seahorse's head erased maintaining in its mouth an arrow bendwise inverted.

Name rejected. This type of formation is out of period "Corps" didn't come into use as a military term until the late 17th century Try the Missiliers of Atlantia. The badge seems acceptable.

Bethany of Greentree.

Name rejected. Bethany is a place name in the Bible. It is not a period given name. Choose another given name.

Brunhilde Jorgesdottir. Azure, two cubit arms in chevron clasping a dagger proper.

Device rejected. A cubit arm is the whole arm, not just the forearm. This submission is not. period heraldic style. The badge of Clan McRae is a cubit arm embowed grasping a sword proper, so be careful of using a single cubit arm.

Jeanmaire du Domremy. Sable, vetu Or semé-de-lis sable, a wyvern sejant Or.

Name rejected. Joan of Arc was from Domremy and was also known as Jean or Jeanne, so she was also Jean du Domremy. Mary was one of the voices that spoke to Joan. The fleurs-de-lis on the arms complete the conflict with St, Joan. We have no record of Theresa du Domremy. The arms seems otherwise acceptable.

Katrin of the Hidden Orchard. Sable, issuant from a cup a compass star elongated to base between in fess two crosses bottony Or, voided azure, within a bordure Or.

Device rejected. This is complex, overly Christian in symbolism, and is not period style. It has four types of charge plus complex fimbriation as well as an elongated mullet issuant from the cup. The four charges are not in cross, which would be the period style. This device would be offensive to many non-Christians in the SCA. It's just too blatant, especially when combined with your Society name. (I am informed you even had a paten as well, in the beginning.)

Lokinvar Karlsson. Gules, on a bezant indented a bull's head cabossed sable, armed and ringed gules.

Name rejected. Lokinvar is a place in Scotland. Its use as a given name dates from Sir Walter Scott's poem, referring to a folk hero who was presumed to have lived from 1771 to 1832. It is thus out of period The device seems acceptable.

William de Montegilt. Badge. Sable, a sperm wavy erect Or.

Badge rejected. This is patently offensive. If you really want a serpent wavy erect, resubmit it, drawn properly. Submissions are judged according to the emblazon sent to Laurel, not how they should have been drawn If the drawing is wrong, have it redrawn before it is sent to Laurel.

CAID

Atar Bakhtar-Pteamud. Azure, in cross a decrescent between four scorpions, heads to center, argent.

Name rejected. Atar is acceptable. A professor of Classic Persian Literature didn't recognize Bakhtar-Pteamud. Document these and the transliteration. The device seems acceptable.

Caid, Kingdom of. Badge for office of Lists. Argent, three bendlets enhanced vert, sable and vert, in dexter a tilting lance palewise sable.

Badge rejected. This badge is non-period style. It is unbalanced Try a lance between two bendlets.

Ceridwen MacAoudhegain. Badge. Argent, a paramecium bendwise sinister vert.

Badge rejected. Protozoans were discovered in 1674. This is out of period and non-period usage. Magnifications of tiny creatures are not acceptable as charges in SCA heraldry.

Erich the Dreamer. Badge. Azure, mullety of six, a scroll bendwise argent capped and pierced by a lightning flash issuant from chief bendwise sinister Or.

Badge rejected. This looks too much like a lightning flash blasting the Torah, and as such was objected to by many members of the College Try having the scroll and lighting flash in saltire instead.

Rhiannon de I'Etoile. Azure, a catamount sejant, sinister paw upraised, and in base three compass stars argent.

Name conflicts with Countess Rhiannon of the Lost Star The device seems acceptable.

Rhiannon of the Wildflowers. Azure, a horse forcene argent, crined Or, orbed gules, within an orle of quatrefoils argent, pierced gules.

The goddess Rhiannon was the horse goddess and the white horse specifically was her symbol. Her words were transformed into Wildflowers Thus the name is unacceptable, especially in combination with the device While the device doesn't seem to conflict, you cannot have both Rhiannon and a white horse.

Robyn Crichton Thorndyke. Azure, a bend sinister Or between a cat couchant to sinister argent and a tun atop a barrel rest affronté proper.

Device rejected. The barrel has insufficient contrast Make it argent or Or.

WEST

Dirdrianna Elspeth of Mindanell. Argent, on a bend gules in chief an estoile argent, overall a peacock's tail feather palewise proper.

Device conflicts with Vans: Argent, on a bend gules in dexter chief a mullet argent (Lyon II, p. 27). I suggest you add a second estoile, so as to balance the arms and to remove the conflict.

John o' the Woods.

Name rejected. John o' the Woods is one of the names for the Green Man, the mythical fellow who "fathered" all of the children who resulted from the peasants' celebration of Beltane Eve. Thus it can't be used as a name in the SCA.

Megan Kilkerran NicAlistair. Azure, a pall between three compass stars argent.

Device conflicts with Collet: Azure, a pall argent (Rietstaap) Try using a line of division on the pall.

Tachibana Kage. Ermine, a sheathed sword inverted bendwise sinister sable, on a dexter point Or a rose gules.

Name rejected. Kage is a surname, not a given name Tachibana may not be used., In the Nara Period (in 708 A.D.), Emperor Shomu decreed that the name Tachibana be reserved for the exclusive use by the Imperial descendants of Emperor Bitatsu. The device seems acceptable (draw the ermine spots larger).

Master Wilhelm von Schlüssel

Laurel King of Arms

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