APPROVALS 1 24 November XIX (1984)

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE APPROVED:

Kingdom of Ansteorra

Corwin de Starte. (reblazon). Per pale azure and sable, a pale Or, in dexter a single­headed chess knight facing sinister argent.

DISCUSSION: "A chess knight, of course, by heraldic convention has two heads set back­to­back on an ornamental base." (HB, 20 Sep 71, p.3; in Prec I 11).

Istvan din Brasov. Name correction (from Istran din Brasov).

Kingdom of An Tir

Lowri Amarawd o'r Maes. Name correction (from Lowri Amarawd o'r Faes).

NOTE: According to Batonvert, on whose advice the spelling of this name was originally altered, "It is true that any noun mutates after the preposition o. However, it turns out that only a feminine singular noun mutates after o'r, since the definite article is between the preposition and the noun. Maes [is] masculine." Our apologies for the mistake.

Kingdom of Atenveldt

AElflaed of Duckford. Device (reblazon). Vert, a duck rampant argent, billed and membered Or, above a ford proper.

AElflaed of Duckford. Augmentation (reblazon). On an escutcheon azure, in pale a sun and a key fesswise within a bordure Or.

Aithne Lassarina Anderson of Shadowskeep. Name and device. Gyronny azure and ermine, two sea­lions erect regardant addorsed within an orle Or.

Aneirin ap Corwyn o'r Ynis Witrin. Device. Per fess wavy azure and vert, a

hippopotamus rampant to sinister argent, in chief a trident fesswise Or.

Anlieplic Dun, Shire of. Badge for the Privy Council of Anlieplic Dun (transfer from Julia of the Forest, and addition of designation). Per chevron sable and argent semy of swords sable, in chief a crescent argent.

DISCUSSION: This badge was originally submitted under Mistress Julia's name. It appears from the definition in the O.E.D. that a privy council is not necessarily a state entity; individuals may have such councils as well. Nor do I find it inconsistent with past practice for Frypan de Tuckerbag to register a badge for the Lutenists' Guild of the Barony of the Great Pismire, if he is the guildmaster; so the designation "of Branch­name" is not reserved. But the privy council of an SCA branch would by rights be a governmental entity of that branch, and it is inappropriate for such a body to be regarded as the property of an individual. Aten Herald has indicated that the badge may be registered to the branch, so we have done so.

Atenveldt, Crown Princess of. Device (reblazon). Azure, a sun in his splendour Or within a chaplet of four roses argent, barbed and seeded proper, leaved argent.

Atenveldt, King of. Device (reblazon). Azure, a sun in his splendour Or within a laurel wreath argent and in chief a crown of three greater and two lesser points Or.

Atenveldt, Prince of. Device (reblazon). Azure, a sun in his splendour Or within a laurel wreath argent.

Atenveldt, Queen of. Device (reblazon). Azure, a sun in his splendour Or within a wreath of roses argent, barbed and seed proper, and in chief a crown of three greater and two lesser points Or.

Keturah Alansdätter of Sondre Lindelin. Name only.

Knut the Inflammable. Name and device. Per bend sinister sable and Or, a fig leaf counterchanged, in base two bars wavy sable.

NOTE: The fig leaf appears to incorrectly drawn. Please correct the emblazon. DISCUSSION: Although the earliest citation for this sense of inflammable ("excitable, hasty­tempered, passionate") is out of period, the word itself is not, and the OED gives examples of inflame ("to set on fire with passion, strong feeling, or desire") as early as 1340. I am willing to stretch a point and allow him the figurative usage in his name.

Lambert de Sur. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Normon Wyrmwood. Name and device. Sable, a raven close standing upon a skull affronty argent and bearing in its beak an annulet Or, all within a bordure Or, goutté de sang.

DISCUSSION: While the device is unquestionably morbid, it does not appear to be excessively or offensively so. "A single skull would be acceptable, but not a skull cloven by an axe or an animal impaled of multiple weapons or dismembered and bleeding." (WvS, 19 Aug 83, p. 6).

Sorcha of Sherwood. Name only.

Kingdom of Caid

Adelicia Marie di Rienzi. Name and device. Gules, a viol and a viol bow in saltire and on a chief argent a quill fesswise reversed gules.

Alberic Reed. Device. Argent, a chess king within a bordure rayonny gules.

DISCUSSION: The comments I received on this submission seemed for the most part to support my initial judgment that a chess king is an integral unit (as long as it is all of one tincture), and that the crown thereon is not a symbol of rank. Several people pointed out, however, that the shape of a chess piece is subject to a great deal of variation (which is something I hadn't thought of). There seem to be two alternatives: to define an SCA­standard chess king, or to disallow the charge altogether.

The problem with new definitions is that they don't seem to stick. The original drawing gets mislaid, the decision forgotten; and five or ten years later, a new ruling is made that contradicts the old one. On the other hand, by refusing to establish new conventions, we forgo the opportunity to learn by using our knowledge to create.

It is clear than an arbitrary choice of designs has already been made in the case of the heraldic chess rook, pictures of which can be found in many heraldry books. Woodward also mentions instances of a chess knight and a chess king, although I have been unable to find heraldic descriptions of either. The SCA chess knight was defined in 1971. I will therefore complete the set (so to speak) by defining the SCA chess king as that which you will find in the accompanying drawing ­ and I will leave the question of its permanence to the test of time.

Albra Katerine Marie Isabelle Bautiste. Name change (from Albra­Katerine Isabelle du Serpent).

Andrew Drexler (submitted as Andrew von Drexler). Name change (from Andrew Lejon of the Shadowed Mountain).

NOTE: Drexler appears to be an anglicization of German Drechsler 'turner (of wood)'. The preposition von 'from (a place)' is therefore incorrect, and has been deleted. The German form of the name is apparently Andreas (der) Drechsler.

Angels, Barony of the. Change of device. Or, on a pale gules an angel statant affronty, with hands conjoined and elevated on the breast, wings inverted argent, haloed Or, within a laurel wreath overall counterchanged.

NOTE: What is drawn here is only barely recognizable as a laurel wreath. Please correct the emblazon.

Angels, Barony of the. Badge. Gules, a standing seraph affronty proper, winged Or.

NOTE: These are the old arms of the barony, minus the laurel wreath. Laurel wreaths may be used only in the arms of an SCA branch.

Basil von Köln. Name and device. Barry gules and Or, three eagles in pall displayed, wings inverted, heads to center, all within a bordure embattled sable.

NOTE: This is somewhat busy.

Brandolf Erland. Name and device. Per pale sable and gules, a chevron counterchanged, fimbriated, between three phoenixes Or, rising from flames proper, all within a bordure rayonny Or.

NOTE: This is rather busy.

Caid, Kingdom of. Badge for College of Scribes (reblazon). Or, a seal sejant gules, maintaining in its mouth a quill pen fesswise argent, fimbriated, veined, and dripping three gouts sable, all within a bordure embattled ermine. (Zalophus californianus).

Ceinwen Haele Cynwyth. Change of badge. Vert, a falcon displayed Or, charged upon the breast with a trefoil vert, within a bordure engrailed argent.

NOTE: Her old badge (with an acorn in base instead of the bordure) is released.

Cephius de Valletta. Name and device. Per chevron inverted embattled Or and azure, three suns, one and two, counterchanged.

DISCUSSION: Several of the persons commenting on this submission noted that Cepheus was a character in Greek mythology, and said that the name should not be allowed "unless evidence of actual period usage of the name by people other than the legendary Cepheus is given." According to the Rules for Submissions, "Society names may not conflict with ... important names in the mundane world, past or present, or in myth or fiction." (VI.4) This rule is generally invoked when the name and device both allude to a famous character, or when the name contains more than one allusion, although the commentary provides special treatment for the names of deities or of "some truly famous and unique names." I do not believe this is one of those cases. The mythological Cepheus was a mortal, and there are no additional allusions to the character in the device.

Ceridwen Dafydd. Badge. Vert, a Celtic cross potent Or within a bordure embattled argent.

DISCUSSION: A Celtic cross potent is sufficiently different from a Coptic cross to bring this clear of STEPHEN OF BELLAMY.

Dennis the Liberator. Name and device. Or, on a chevron gules between a broad axe fesswise, a broad axe fesswise reversed, and a drakkar azure, two spears conjoined at the points Or.

Dietrich von Vogelsang. Name change (from Reinhardt Dietlieb von Vogelsang) and device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, two crosses paty counterchanged.

NOTE: Very nice!

Eileen Rahel do Pico. Badge. Azure, two candles in saltire argent, enflamed proper, within a bordure embattled Or.

Eldwin Stirling Constantine. Name and device. Pean, a saltire gules between four unicorn's heads couped argent, armed Or, the saltire surmounted by a fleur de lis Or, all within a bordure gules.

NOTE: This is somewhat complex.

Eric Etheridge. Name and device. Per chevron gules and Or, a sword and a spear in saltire Or and a drakkar, sails furled, gules, all within a bordure counterchanged.

Evah de Yuste. Name and device. Barry wavy of eight vert and argent, counterchanged per pale, two towers and on a point pointed Or a cluster of grapes purpure, slipped and leaved vert.

Leila Dusterwinkle of Huntingtonwoods. Name and device. Purpure, a luna moth proper within cinquefoils in annulo argent. (Actias luna).

Llewellyn Sheridan. Name and device. Per pale pean, and gules ermined Or, a wavy sword proper between two demi­dragons combattant argent, the dexter one bellied and spined gules and the sinister one bellied and spined sable.

Magen of the Golden Unicorn. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Ogatie of Castle North. Name change (from Gerard of Western Seas).

Rodney Joseph Klahs. Name and device. Per pale argent and azure, three bars counterchanged surmounted by a goblet and on a chief Or three roses azure.

NOTE: Very nice.

Sinead Lauren Aithne Armagh. Name and device. Argent, a swan naiant sable and on a chief embattled azure, three pink dogwood blossoms proper. (Cornus florids).

Thomasina MacGregor of Tay. Badge. Per pale azure and argent, a thistle counterchanged.

NOTE: Very nice.

Toline Rosalinde of Arundel. Name change (from Rosalinde Toline of Arundel).

Victoria of the Wooded Lake. Name and device. Argent, on a chevron invected between three hearts gules a lion dormant Or.

NOTE: Very pretty.

Wulfnoth macFinn O'Domhnaill (submitted as Wulfnoth MacFionn O'Domhnaill). Name and device. Vert, three bendlets enhanced and in base a wolf statant erect Or, playing leather bagpipes proper.

NOTE: Mac takes the genitive form of the given name, which in this case is Finn.

Kingdom of the East

The following three name approvals were inadvertently omitted from the LoAR of 10/31/84 (the device in each case was returned):

Cassandra ffowlke. Name only.

Dafydd Sean ap Hywel. Name only.

Marian Greenleaf. Name only.

Kingdom of the Middle

Aldric Greystone. Name and device. Azure, a cross of annulets braced throughout Or.

Ann of Conisborough. Name and device. Per bend sable and ermine, a bend cottised Or, and in sinister chief a fleur­de­lys argent.

Aretius Bellini. Name only.

Cairistiona MacRorie of Loch Sterness (submitted as Jondalara Cairistiona MacRorie of Loch Sterness). Name and device. Per fess wavy purpure and azure, a sea­unicorn naiant, and in chief a decrescent and an estoile argent.

NOTE: We have been unable to substantiate Jondalara, and are reluctant to pass it without some indication of its provenance. I have omitted it in order to register the device. An estoile has six wavy rays. Please correct the emblazon. DISCUSSION: Parker (p. 524) blazons a sea­horse in this position as naiant.

Corwin of Lincoln. Device. Sable, a bend sinister Or cottised argent, and in dexter chief a compass star argent within an annulet Or.

Enid nic Eoin. Badge. Azure, three natural sea­horses erect, one and two, argent.

DISCUSSION: In French blazon, the charges would be said to be mal­ordonné (literally, 'badly ordered') rather than "one and two."

Flaming Gryphon, Barony of the. Order of the Flaming Brand (name only; see RETURNS for badge).

Flaming Gryphon, Barony of the. Order of the Gryphon's Plume (name only; see RETURNS for badge).

Gwyneth Gof. Name only.

Gwyneth Banfhidhleir. Device. Per fess rayonny argent and azure, in pale a butterfly volant en arriere and another inverted counterchanged.

Isolde de la Ramée. Device. Or, three dandelion leaves conjoined, one palewise and two in fess, vert, the center leaf charged with a dandelion stalked Or, all within a bordure embattled vert, semy of dandelion blossoms Or.*

DISCUSSION: The device is complex and not particularly heraldic, but this fact was not pointed out when the original submission was returned, and it would be unfair to the applicant to make an issue of it now.

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* We were tempted to blazon the bordure as dandylioncelly.

Llewelyn Gof (submitted as Llew Gof). Name and device. Argent, a shakefork bretessed gules between three tortoises tergiant purpure.

NOTE: The only instance of Llew of which we are aware is the demigod Llew Llaw Gyffes. Gruffudd lists the name as a form of Llywelyn, but gives no examples, and a modern baby­name book is unlikely to make the distinction we do between modern and medieval practice. We have substituted the longer form Llewelyn in order to register the device. DISCUSSION: The term bretessé or bretessed indicates that the crenels are opposite each other, in contrast to embattled counter­embattled, where the crenels on one side oppose the merlons on the other. (Parker 223).

Margery Greystone. Name only.

Maria of Oxenford. Name and device. Lozengy azure and argent, in pale three horses salient Or.

Meadhbh ni Bhriain (submitted as Meadhbh nic Bryan). Name and device. Tierced in pairle vert, argent, and Or, in chief a decrescent argent, and in base two cinquefoils vert.

NOTE: Nic becomes ni before a consonant, and the name following is in the genitive case and aspirated. DISCUSSION: According to J. P. Brooke­Little, tierced in pairle is used in English armory to blazon a field divided per pall. (An Heraldic Alphabet, pages 204­205).

M'fanwy of Ceredigion. Device. Argent, two cups in fess, and on a chief triangular azure, a sun Or eclipsed sable.

Saradwen Ariandalen. Device. Azure, a triquetra within a bordure embattled argent.

Sebastian of Maidenhead. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

NOTE: Maidenhead is a borough in England.

Torin of Hyrcania. Name change (from Torin of Arcania).

Ulric Grimmheld (submitted as Ulric Grimmheld the Grim). Name and device. Per saltire Or and sable, in pale two hammers, hafts to center, and in fess two dragons displayed, heads respectant, counterchanged.

NOTE: The combination of Grimmheld 'grim hero' and the Grim does not appear to be correct, and judging from the forms, this is not what the applicant had in mind. He intended that the Grim be substituted for Grimmheld if the latter proved unacceptable.

School of the Zenith for Pages. Badge. Vert, a pair of hands couped apaumy inverted argent, cuffed sable, within a bordure argent.

DISCUSSION: The potential conflict (by rotation) with GEOF WEAKARM, cited by Vesper, does not count. Rule XII.7 states that the rotation must be exact. "The addition of a single minor point ... removes the conflict by rotation." Geof's device contains a sword, which provides the needed extra difference.

Kingdom of the West

Aindreas Pol MacAoidh. Name and device. Sable, three stag's heads cabossed Or, on a chief argent three mullets azure.

Asclin Thorne. Name and device. Vert, three wolf's teeth issuant from sinister, in dexter chief a pheon Or.

Brian of Hollingsgate. Name change (from Yvain of Hollingsgate).

Charissa de la Sierra. Name and device. Sable, a broadsword surmounted by two scimitars in saltire between in fess two compass stars, issuant from base a demi­sun, all Or.

NOTE: This is rather busy.

Frederik Ludovicus van der Meer. Name change (from Aelflock Athro).

Guillena of Curbarcroft. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and vert, a rose argent barbed and seeded proper, and a cubit arm bendwise sinister couped Or, vested argent.

Kristopher Kelson. Device. Sable, two scarpes between as many martlets argent.

Liùsadh ni Nheill. Device. Purpure, two papillons in pale Or.

DISCUSSION: Papillon is another name (the French, in fact) for a butterfly. The definition is readily accessible, and we already have several on record. "Apt alliteration's artful aid."

Marc of Esfenn (submitted as Marc du Chaineau). Name and device. Sable, in pale three comets fesswise argent.

NOTE: "A member's Society name may not be identical to his/her mundane name." (Rules VII.3) The applicant's mundane name is Mark Duchaineau. We have substituted the name of his local branch in order to register the device (which is very striking). [Du Chéneau (same pronunciation) means 'of the gutter' in French. (Dubois I 126)].

Marie von Zacher. Name and device. Gules, a mortar with pestle argent.*

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* The vessel with the pestle!

Melangel o'r Glyn. Name correction (from Melangel o'r Lyn).

NOTE: According to Batonvert, "It turns out that only a feminine singular noun mutates after o'r, since the definite article is between the preposition." Glyn is masculine, so we were incorrect in amending the spelling of this name. We apologize for the error.

Robert of Vinhold (submitted as Robert of Thorsheim). Name and device. Sable, on a bend sinister cotised between two fleurs­de­lys Or, another palewise gules.

NOTE: Thorsheim appears to be cognate with Thor's Heim (Thor's Home), which is an unlikely dwelling place for a mere human. He might consider Thoreby, a variant of the English place­name Thurlby. (Bardsley 748) We have substituted his branch name in order to register the device.

Robyn MacArtair. Device (reblazon). Argent, a fox rampant guardant gules and on a chief sable a single­headed chess knight between two chess rooks argent.

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE RETURNED:

Kingdom of Atenveldt

Allanna O'Brian of the Emerald Lake. Device (reblazon). Per chevron Or and purpure, a ford argent and vert.

NOTE: A ford proper is a base (wavy) barry wavy argent and azure (on a color field) or azure and argent (on a metal field). The term is a specialized one, intended primarily for canting; its tinctures are part of the definition, as with a fountain or a plate. While one could conceivably speak of a ford of two specified tinctures (as Master Wilhelm did with the device of MORWYNNA OF THE STORMY SEAS), and be understood, I do not feel this use is consistent with the purpose of the term.

Kathryn of Iveragh. Device (reblazon). Per bend sinister wavy sable and gules, in dexter chief three passion nails inverted bendwise in bend sinister gules enflamed Or and as an augmentation in sinister base an inescutcheon of azure, a demi­sun issuant from base Or within a bordure argent.

NOTE: The emblazon in the files clearly shows a face on the demi­sun, which makes it a sun in glory. If Baroness Kathryn wishes to alter this, we will need a new drawing.

Lambert de Sur. Device. Barry of ten azure and Or, on a bend gules a comet argent.

NOTE: This infringes upon ELY, "Barry of ten azure and argent, a bend gules," and GAUNT, "Barry of eight Or and azure, a bend gules," among others. (Papworth 188) In the first case, there is a minor point for difference in tincture of half the field, and a second minor for the addition of the tertiary charge. In the second case, there is a minor for the tertiary and at best another minor for the changes to the field. (The difference in number of partitions is by definition negligible.).

Wilhelm von dem Bajwarischen Berg (submitted as Wilhelm von der Bajwarisch Haufen). Name and device. Azure, a chevron, in chief a plumed helm between two pairs of spears crossed in saltire, and in base a plumed helm Or.

NOTE: Von requires the dative case, so der becomes dem and Bawarisch acquires the ending -en. The German word for 'mountain' is Berg; Haufen means 'heap, pile'. (The amended name should be run by the College of Arms a second time, to make sure I haven't introduced any new errors.) As Vesper and Brachet have pointed out, a "plumed helm," in heraldry, would be something along the lines of a great helm with a whacking big feather for a crest. It is clear from the submitter's documentation that he has a specific kind of Roman helmet in mind; it would help us to know its name. The submission conflicts with RODERICK AP CENYDD, "Azure, a chevron between a label and a stag's head Or." (SCA) There is difference in both type and number of a group of secondary charges, yielding one­and­a­half points.

Kingdom of Caid

Magen of the Golden Unicorn. Device. Purpure, a wolf's head erased to sinister argent, and on a chief Or three compass stars gules.

NOTE: This conflicts with REATHA CARMINOUI, "Purpure, a mermaid in her vanity argent and on a chief Or three lions rampant guardant gules.".

Tezar de Aeolus. Name and device. Azure, a winged lion passant to sinister, coward, wings elevated and addorsed, Or and in chief a mullet of eight alternating straight and wavy rays argent.

NOTE: De Aeolus is a patronymic construction, which makes us mighty nervous; Aeolus was the Greek god of the winds. The device infringes upon LEONESSA DES BELLES FLEURES, "Azure, a winged lion sejant Or, beneath the forepaws two garden roses argent, stalked and leaved proper." (SCA) DISCUSSION: "On a case­by­case basis, we will allow made­up names that sound OK but which cannot be demonstrated to be consistent with period naming practices in a specific language, country or culture, so long as they are not shown to be clearly inconsistent with period naming practices." (WvS, 22 Apr 84, p. 4) I am willing to approve the given name Tezar on these grounds. (I cannot do so now because I have had to disallow the byname, which is required by Rule VII.1, and Rule VII.8 provides for the construction of a holding name only if there is a device or badge to be registered. Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.).

Kingdom of the Middle

Alyson Ariana Allyn ferch Rhys. Device. Sable, on a (pile) argent an Atlantic puffin statant reguardant proper, and in base a compass star argent. (Festicula arctics).

NOTE: 1) A pile should go 'most or all the way to the base; properly drawn, there would not be enough space between the pile and the base to accommodate a compass star. I would suggest she replace the "pile" with a chief triangular. 2) The belly of the puffin (which is white) vanishes against the argent background. 3) If the wedge is treated as a pile, this is technically too close to the BARONY OF MADRONE, "Sable, on a pile argent a madrone tree proper, in base a laurel wreath Or," and NEFRATIRI ANI, "Sable, on a pile between in base a decrescent and an increscent argent, a horse's head couped at the shoulder sable." (SCA) The charge in base doesn't quite rate treatment as a significant secondary, and the change in tertiary charge is only a minor point of difference. 4) If the wedge is treated as a chief triangular, the device conflicts with RHYANCE AP LLEWELLYN, "Sable, a bat­winged lion sejant affronty, wings displayed, on a chief triangular argent a Celtic cross sable." (SCA) There is a point for difference in type of primary­charge, and a minor for the tertiary.

Dragolen Silverhelm. Name and device. Per pale vert and gules, a dragon rampant Or, maintaining in both forepaws a helm argent.

NOTE: 1) Dragolen does not appear to be a correctly formed Anglo­Saxon name; according to Batonvert, the vowel o would not have intruded between the protheme drag­ and the deuterotheme -lin. She suggests Draglin, Draglind as likely feminine forms of the name, and Dragland or the common monothematic name Drogo for a male. 2) One of the dragon's hind legs should be raised; as drawn, it is more statant erect than rampant. This infringes upon the BARONY OF RHYDDERIC HAEL, "Per pale vert and sable, a dragon rampant within a laurel wreath Or." (SCA) There is a minor point for change in tincture of half a divided field, and a point for the absence of the laurel wreath. The helm is not worth an additional minor point.

Flaming Gryphon, Barony of the. Badge for the Order of the Flaming Brand. Ermine, a gryphon segreant maintaining a sword Or, all enflamed proper.

NOTE: The gryphon and sword, as drawn, are not enflamed, but instead somewhat perversely fimbriated. After some discussion, we concluded that one could not successfully enflame a gold gryphon on an ermine field. "Flames proper" on ermine are red on the outside and gold on the inside. The gold part of the flames will merge with the gryphon, leaving nothing but an uneven red line to insulate the charge from the field. A gryphon is considered too complex a charge to fimbriate, so this is thin­line heraldry, which is not acceptable by SCA standards. The badge also conflicts with MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD, "A griffin segreant Or." (Military Ordinary #945).

Flaming Gryphon, Barony of the. Badge for the Order of the Gryphon's Plume. Ermine, a gryphon passant to sinister Or enflamed proper, maintaining a plume purpure.

NOTE: This has the same contrast problem as the badge for the Order of the Flaming Brand.

Sebastian of Maidenhead. Device. Ermine, a pale purpure and overall a lion statant erect Or, maintaining in his forepaws a fountain.

NOTE: "When a charge is placed overall or surmounting another charge, the Rule of Tincture applies primarily between that charge and the field, not between that charge and the charge/s it lies on top of." (WvS, 17 Jun 83, p. 3) This ruling was upheld in the 22 Apr 84 cover letter. The argent part of the fountain also blends with the argent part of the field. This submission has poor contrast, and is in technical violation of the rule of tincture. DISCUSSION: Salient means 'springing'; an animal in this position has its forepaws together and its body inclined. We have reblazoned the lion in the submission as statant erect.

Sebastian of Maidenhead. Badge for Gareth Sebastian. In bend two roses argent slipped and leaved and in bend sinister two thistles slipped and leaved proper, the four conjoined in saltire at the roots.

NOTE: Although the Rules for Submissions do not prohibit the registration of a fieldless badge for an alternate persona, neither do they specifically allow it, and this appears to be the first time anyone has tried to do so. After some reflection, I have concluded that this is inconsistent with established practice, and that it would not be desirable for us to permit it at this time.

The Rules for Submissions permit a person to register only one device. For the last several years, however, we have allowed someone to register a badge, together with a designation (the name of an alternate persona), with the assumption that this "badge" would function as the alternate persona's "device." A fieldless badge, however, is intended to serve as a mark of ownership. Although the charges are primarily color or metal, the rules of contrast are less strict for a fieldless badge than they are for a device. If we register a fieldless badge for the use of an alternate persona, we are effectively registering a device that is not bound by the rule of tincture.

The present submission is a case in point. It cannot be displayed on any simple field without either the stems and thistle blossoms (color) or the rose blossoms (metal) violating the rule of tincture. This is something we would not allow in a device or a regular badge. I do not see how we can permit it in the badge for an alternate persona.

Kingdom of the West

Everything passed!

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSION IS PENDING:

Kingdom of the West

Gregory of North Winds. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and gules, a snake glissant in bend and a bordure Or.

NOTE: We did not receive any forms for this submission.

The following chess pieces have been approved for use as charges in SCA heraldry:

chess king chess rook chess knight

These illustrations show the general form of each piece. The outline and proportions in a specific instance may vary.