JULY XXIV (1989)
THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE APPROVED:
KINGDOM OF ANSTEORRA
Gabriel de Glastonbury. Device. Gules, semy-de-lys Or, in fess an ostrich plume and an ostrich plume inverted argent.
Isabel Vyell McLeod. Device. Per chevron throughout sable and argent, two compass stars argent and a brown bull's head cabossed proper.
She has permission to conflict with Brenna of Storvik ("Per chevron sable and argent, two mullets of eight points argent and a snake coiled as to strike vert."
Karl Sturmfeuer. Name and device. Per bend azure and sable, a pegasus rampant argent within a bordure countercompony argent and sable.
Keira Gunnvorsdottir. Name and device. Argent, in saltire a drinking horn and a sword inverted per pale sable and gules, all within a bordure gules and sable.
Landric Athelwolfsson. Device. Per pale vert and erminois, a dolmen counterchanged.
Peregrine du Lac. Name only.
Richeard Foxtwychen. Name only.
Robert Erwyn Ryves of Randelston. Name and device. Azure, a bend sable, fimbriated, overall a label Or and an Afghan hound sejant argent.
The Society has for many years considered labels as charges in their own right as well as marks of primary cadency. However, several commentors pointed out that, since the label here appears very much as if it had been added to a preexisting device in a manner typical of cadency, it might be kind to mention to the submittor the possibility of his receiving a significant "son of a bitch" jokes when his armoury is displayed. (Of course, he may already be well aware of this. . .).
Steppes, Barony of the. Badge. Per bend vert and sable, a bend indented to chief Or.
Note that this squeaks clear of Knight ("Vert, a bend lozengy Or.", cited in Papworth, p. 198) and Witfelde ("Sable, a bend of five lozenges conjoined Or.", ibid., p. 197): there is a minor point for the low contrast field division and a minor point for the modification of the bend. Note that the strenght of the minor here is very much a judgement call: in this case, where there were no other design elements to detract from its force, we felt it was strong enought to carry this clear. (Had this been a device, however, this would have conflicted with both pieces of mundane armoury.).
KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT
Alistair Scot Greyleye of Rutlandshire. Name and device. Argent, a recorder palewise within an orle of thistles, slipped and leaved, all proper.
While Crescent and Silver Trumpet felt that this device was in conflict with that of a resident of Caid, Ameliana die Weisse of Siena ("Argent, a carnation gules, slipped and leaved vert, surmounted by a rosewood recorder proper."), a comparison of the two emblazons indicates that this is not indeed so: as the carnation is a primary charge, although undeniably somewhat obscured by the recorder, its removal should contribute at least a major point of difference, as should the addition of the extremely significant orle of thistles. Please ask the submittor to exercise somewhat greater care in drawing the foliage on his device: while the recorder was depicted with loving care, the thistles strongly resembled dandelions with purple heads!
Arik Alton. Badge for the Desert Falconers' Guild. A hawk's hood affronty argent.
Brynhilde Kristiana Emma von Kohlenfeld. Name and device. Or, on a pile raguly sable between in base two crosses patty vert, a panther rampant guardant Or, marked sable, maintaining a sword Or.
Christopher of Atenveldt. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Purpure, a wheel argent, between seven mullets, two, two, two, and one, on a chief indented Or, five mullets purpure.
The submission was made under the name Soren Nordjyllander. The mullets were blazoned as being "an orle", but they were not truly an orle since they were evenly spaced on the field and were evenly spaced in fess on the chief, but there was a gap on the lower part of the chief. In any case, had they truly been an orle, this would have been anomalous, as a number of commentors noted: orles do not overlie a chief.
Daibhidh mac a' Ghobhainn. Name and device. Argent, a sword bendwise sinister inverted between two harps sable, all within a bordure invected azure.
The name appeared on the letter of intent as Daibhidh mac a Ghobhainn, without the apostrophe, although the submittor's original forms had the proper punctuation shown above.
Daibhidh mac a' Ghobhainn. Badge. Argent, a harp sable within a bordure invected azure.
Dana of Elkhaven. Name only.
Dana is the submittor's mundane given name.
Deirdre d'Argenteuil. Name and device. Per saltire ermine and counter-ermine, in cross four leopard's faces jessant-de-lys counterchanged sable and argent.
The name was submitted as Deirdre D'Argenteuil. We have modified the orthography to the usual lower case for the preposition.
Edward Drakenfeld. Device. Per bend azure and gules, in bend sinister a blonde mermaid proper, tailed and maintaining a trident bendwise, and in bend three mahi-mahi fish naiant to sinister Or.
Eldrid Wolfsguard. Name and device. Erminois, a chevron embattled counter-embattled Or, overall a dragon passant vert.
The contrast between the dragon and the field is so poor that it diminishes the identifiability of the charge overall nearly to the point of unacceptability, but it is technically legal under the current rules.
Geoffrey the Procrastinator. Device. Per pale argent and gules, a wyvern passant to sinister within a bordure counterchanged.
Jaqueline of Atenveldt. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per pale sable and ermine, a winged lion sejant erect and haloed Or, its forelegs manacled with a broken chain argent, within a bordure argent and sable.
The submission was made under the name Jaqueline Etiennette Capistriti von Neumann. Note that since no group was specified on her forms, we had to use the Kingdom for designation in the holding name (the Laurel staff cannot make guesses based on home address!).
Kenelm Reimund of the Plains. Personal name and badge for House Plainsguard (see RETURNS for device). Argent, in pale a dolphin naiant and a dolphin naiant to sinister vert, spined and finned gules, within a bordure engrailed azure.
Leandra of Atenveldt. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Vert, two doves rising respectant, wings elevated and addorsed, conjoined at the breast argent, in chief a harp reversed Or.
The submission was made under the name Leandra Corey of Hassel. Note that since no group was specified on her forms, we had to use the Kingdom for designation in the holding name. While consulting with the submittor on her name, Aten would be kind to point out the anomaly of the "Siamese doves", which would certainly not have occurred in period, although the are technically legal here. Note as well that the submittor indicated on her forms her desire to allow her husband or daughter to have her device if she died or went inactive. If she plans to go inactive, she must file a transfer to a specific individual. If she wishes, she may file a copy of her "heraldic will" with the Aten Office and the Laurel Office to take effect in the event of her death, but the heir must be specified as a specific individual by name.
Malinda Angelanne Elkhaven. Change of name from Malinda Angelanne von Hohen Staffen.
Mark of Atenveldt. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per pale bendy azure and argent and gules, an eagle, wings displayed and inverted Or within a bordure counterchanged.
The submission was made under the name Mark von Neumann. Note that since no group was specified on her forms, we had to use the Kingdom for designation in the holding name. While the mini- emblazon on the letter of intent indicated that the bordure portion of the bendy was in fact bendy sinister, the emblazon sheet provided with the forms showed the bordure as blazoned (well, almost: the azure portion was to chief).
Morgan nic Gregor. Name and device. Purpure, crescenty argent, two catamounts sejant reguardant addorsed Or.
Sun, Princess of the. Device. Argent, a fireball sable, enflamed proper, within a chaplet of roses azure, the roses barbed and seeded Or.
Thomas the Diminutive. Name and device. Quarterly Or and sable, a bend sinister argent between two natural panthers heads couped sable.
Trelon of the Wood. Change of device. Or, a lion salient queue-forchy gules, gorged of a ducal coronet Or, within an orle of pine trees couped proper.
Trelon of the Wood. Augmented device. Or, a lion salient queue-forchy gules, gorged of a ducal coronet Or, maintaining in its sinister forepaw a baton sable, within an orle of pine trees couped proper.
Tristan Gryphonroke. Device. Per chevron azure and vert, a pall inverted of chain between two griffins combattant and a tower argent.
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA
Æthelflæda of Saint Hereswitha's Abbey. Name only (see RETURNS for device). The name was submitted as Æthelflæda of St. Hereswitha's.
As we do not document scribal abbreviations, we have restored the full form of the name (any scribe may use a period abbreviation for saint when doing scrolls, however). Although her documentation shows copious examples of places, particularly monasteries, abbeys and their domains, being named from saints, all the examples contain a noun which the possessive modifies. Since the submittor allowed changes to the name and appears to wish a monastic origin (from the examples given in documentation), we have added an appropriate substantive to pass the name.
Aislinn Grey. Name and device. Azure, three maple leaves in pall, slips conjoined, within a bordure dovetailed Or.
Amadeus von Koburg. Name and device. Per pale gules and Or, a double- headed eagle, wings inverted and displayed, counterchanged, a chief counter-ermine.
Note that the royal house from which Victoria's Prince Consort derived was that of "Saxe-Coburg"
Anne de Silva. Name only.
"Silva" is the proper form of the ablative case after the preposition (the convention which marks terminal long vowels in Latin is merely that, a convention, and was ignored through much of our period in day-to-day record-keeping).
Anastasia Volkova. Name and device. Per bend embattled argent and azure, an escallop and two arrows inverted in saltire counterchanged.
The name was submitted as Annastasia Volkov. We were unable to find any Russian form of the given name which duplicates the "n" so have modified this to the documented form. Note that epithetic Russian bynames such as this (="wolf") should agree with the gender of the individual to whom they are applied: hence the modification to the epithet.
Arianwen the Nimblefingered. Name and device. Per fess indented vert and Or, a unicorn rampant to sinister sable.
This does not conflict with the badge of Ferelith MacDonald, as cited by Brachet ("Argent, a unicorn rampant to sinister reguardant triple-tailed sable, armed crined and unguled Or."): there is a major point for the field and at least a minor for the cumulative changes to the beast. With regard to Jill Blackhorse ("Per bend sinister argent, mulletty voided, and azure, a horse salient to sinister sable, the hind leg argent."), there is a clear major point for the field and another minor for the cumulative changes to the beast. The issue is how much difference should be derived from a semy of charges added across only part of the field. Were this added to the entire field, a major point would be derive. Here only a minor can be derived, but the visual effect of that minor is very strong.
Artemidiore du Coeur Sincere. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
The name was submitted as Artemediore du Coeur Sincere. The submittor's own documentation, however, supports the spelling above.
Bebinn of Elvegast. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
The given name was extremely popular in early mediaeval Ireland, being used by mythological characters and notable historical ladies alike.
Bright Hills, Shire of. Device. Sable, a decrescent argent within a laurel wreath Or, a base indented of three points argent.
Brocc the Smith. Name only.
Buckston-on-Eno, Canton of. Badge. Vert, a stag's head, couped and sinister-facing, Or and a ford proper.
Caitlin Mairi nic Fhioghuin. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Catherine Adrienne de Steele. Device. Per pale argent and sable, in fess two mortars and pestles counterchanged, on a chief vert three aspen leaves argent.
Catherine Adrienne de Steele. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Per bend sinister rayonny vert and argent, a cinquefoil Or and a compass star sable.
Ceridwen ferch Owain. Device. Per pale gules and pean, a gryphon segreant argent, on a chief embattled counterchanged, three goblets argent.
There was some feeling that this "pushed the envelope" for low contrast field/charge combinations, but it is technically legal under the current rules.
Deirdre of Hope's Dale. Badge. Gules, a seahorse erect and sinister- facing within a bordure wavy Or.
Elspeth Joanna Michelle de Chateau Gaillard. Name and device. Argent, a unicorn couchant to sinister between in pale two fleurs-de-lys, all within a double tressure azure.
Gareth of Gutenberg. Name only.
Laeghaire ua'Laverty and Ysabeau Cameron. Badge for House Azami. Argent, in pall inverted three thistles, slipped and leaved, conjoined at the slips, all within a bordure sable.
The name of the household is "Thistle" in Japanese. [Irreverent comment from meeting: "Great Scot, mon!"].
Thorberg Tryggvason. Name and device. Per chevron purpure and Or, in chief an owl displayed between three mullets of four points, one and two, argent.
Thorhall Halftroll. Device. Purpure, a hammer between four single- horned anvils, two and two, argent.
Timothy of Nordheim. Device. Azure, upon a plate, a hawk rising, wings elevated and addorsed, gules, all within a bordure indented argent.
The submission appeared on the letter of intent under the name Timok of Nordheim, but the registered form of the name is used above.
Wulfbrand Lurkr. Badge. A chain of seven links palewise sable.
KINGDOM OF CAID
Achmed Shaban. Change of name from Babur ibn Yesugai and change of device. Or, a sinister gauntlet bendwise sinister sable, grasping a garden rose palewise gules, slipped and leaved vert, all within a bordure counter-compony argent and gules.
The name was submitted as Achmed al-Shaban. As Star has noted, the article "al" is inappropriate for use with a Persian noun like "Shaban". As Cresent indicates the submittor is willing to drop the article, we have done so. Note that the guantlet in the emblazon is most accurately described as bendwise sinister: the orientation of the cuff is almost perfectly bendwise and the first and second fingers lie along a line drawn bendwise sinister from the sinister chief corner. Please ask the submittor to draw the panels on the bordure properly.
Alexander Drake. Badge for House Ribbonwood. A tree eradicated azure, its trunk entwined by a wingless wyvern passant to base Or.
Alyce Renée of Montauban. Device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a frog rampant to sinister and a trapezoidal psaltery bendwise sinister counterchanged.
Angelique Tarin d'Arc. Name only.
Bjarni Thorvarsson of Hillstead. Name and device. Sable, a sword inverted proper, overall a serpent fesswise, body looped, heads on either end and addorsed, Or.
While this is rather similar to that of Uta von Mainz ("Sable, a sword inverted between the two halves of a chain fesswise abased argent."), there is the partial difference in the tincture of the sword in addition to the differences in the reptile.
Black Aislynn Straithbaern. Name only.
Caid, Kingdom of. Badge and change of name from Order of the Silver Arrow to Order of the Argent Arrow. Azure, an arrow between in fess two crescents argent.
This was perilously close to the badge of Sten av Norden ("Azure, an arrow, demi-barbed to sinister, argent."). However, as both pieces of armoury are badges this is clear.
Charissa of Andalusia. Name and device. Azure, two pallets Or, overall a phoenix argent, issuant from flames argent and sable, all within a bordure argent, mulletty azure.
She has permission to conflict with her lord, Christopher le Marchand ("Argent, two pallets sable, overall a phoenix azure, issuant from flames azure and Or, all within a bordure azure, mulletty argent.").
Christine Conner. Device. Argent, a horseshoe inverted sable and in chief three four-leafed clovers vert.
Daniel Ursel. Name and device. Or, a bear's pawprint and on a chief azure, two mullets of seven points Or.
Delon de la Rose Noire. Name and device. Per bend sinister barry sable and argent and argent, a bend sinister gules and in base a garden rose bendwise sinister slipped sable.
Delon is the submittor's mundane given name. Note that the rose is slipped only: there are no leaves.
Demetrius Gordianus Analindal. Name only.
Etaoin of Lough Gara. Name and device. Lozengy Or and azure, a sheep salient maintaining a drop spindle, threaded of its own wool, argent.
Fadl Swiftrunner. Badge. Quarterly argent and gules, four mullets of four points counterchanged.
Francesco Bocciardo di Romagna. Name only.
Frewin Finnbogason. Name only.
Garb of Loch Carron. Name and device. Vert, an aardvark rampant to sinister argent, maintaining an axe bendwise sinister Or.
The given name has been documented as a sixth-century Irish given name (O Corrain and Maguire, Gaelic Personal Names, p. 109).
Garfield af Kunningheim. Change of name from Garfield of Angar. His mundane given name is Garfield.
Geoffrey des Champignons. Name and device. Or, semy of mushrooms, a bordure sable.
Gregorii Ivan Vasilli Konstantinovich Paltin. Change of name from Gregorii Konstantinovich Paltin and device. Argent, three triskelions arrondy purpure within a bordure embattled vert.
Gunther Garr. Name only.
Gwynevere of Riesling. Name only.
The spelling of the given name is a bit of a reach since virtually all of the variants of Gwenhwyfar in English and French follow the Welsh in using an "a" or an "e" in the first syllable. However, since Reaney shows a spelling of "Juneuyr" from 1332 (p. 196) and there are a number of names which show a secondary shift from "u" to "i" or "y" in that later mediaeval period, we decided it was reasonable.
Isaiah ha Nah Vanod. Name only.
The byname would appear to be a valid transliteration of a term for a wanderer shown on a page from Alcalay's Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary (col. 40954096) which was provided by the submittor.
John Kirk Bayard. Name only.
Joseph of Silver Oak. Name and device. Per chevron inverted sable and chequy sable and argent, in chief a trefoil within and conjoined to an annulet argent.
Kathleen Lennox. Name and device. Per pale Or and sable, a needle palewise, eye to base, argent, threaded gules, between two roses counterchanged, barbed vert, all within a bordure counterchanged.
The name was submitted as Kathleen Lennox Stuart. As Green Anchor has noted, in period the Stewarts held the earldom of Lennox. Thus Stewart of Lennox would be analogous to Campbell of Argyll. At Crescent's suggestion we have therefore dropped the "Stuart" from the name.
Marie de la Rochelle. Device. Purpure, a chevron Or between two fleurs-de-lys and an escallop argent, all within a bordure Or.
Mathghamhain MacCionaith. Addition of designation of Ulfgård to previously registered badge. Azure, in pale a triumphal arch embattled to chief and a wolf's head, erased and sinister-facing, argent.
Mikhail of the Khazars. Badge for House Geborgenheit. Sable, a tower between in fess two crescents, all within a bordure embattled Or.
As the submittor gave the intended meaning of the household name as "House of Steadfast Shelter", he should probably be informed that "Geborgenheit" actually means "Security" in German. [Irreverent Comment from Laurel Staff: "House Security?"].
Miranda Blaney. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and sable. a griffin segreant Or and an open scroll bendwise sinister argent.
Linda of Dreiburgen. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per fess indented erminois and pean, a dance counterchanged sable and Or, in chief three frogs tergiant displayed vert.
The submission was made under the name of Mora Naturalist of Blackmarsh.
Patrick Levi Darkwrath. Name only.
Roark Wulfkynde the Peacock. Name only.
Richard of Black Iron. Badge. Argent, a single-horned anvil reversed sable, enflamed proper.
As Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy has noted, the anvil is reversed: the default for a single-horned anvil has the business end, i.e. the "pointier" end, to dexter as shown in the Draconarius/Akagawa Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry, p. 10. He has permission to conflict with the badge of Alaric Erskine ("On a flame proper, an ermine spot sable.").
Robindra of the Isles. Name and device. Gules, a lion queue-forchy statant erect guardant barry azure and argent, brandishing a sword and targe Or, all within a bordure embattled argent.
The submittor's mundane name is "Robindra Mukherjee".
al-Sahid, Canton of. Device. Per chevron rayonny azure and Or, two laurel wreaths argent and a scorpion sable.
Scannlach Faolscatha. Badge. A wolf's head couped and ululant within an annulet sable.
Sugino Ayumi. Name only.
Sven Eriksen. Name and device. Sable, a fess wreathed gules and Or between two bezants.
Uilliam of Riesling. Device. Per pale vert and sable, five chevronels braced and in chief an arrow fesswise, point to sinister, argent.
Wilhelm Krieger von den Blaurosen. Name and device. Sable, two gussets argent, each charged with a rose azure, barbed and seeded sable, in chief a wolf's pawprint argent.
In the best of all possible worlds, it would perhaps not be necessary to blazon the tincture of the barbing and seeding of the roses as heraldic artists would automatically assume that sable was the only reasonable tincture. In our world, if they are not specified most heraldic artists will assumed that they are barbed vert and seeded Or. Given the visual importance of the roses to this design, we suspect this would not be acceptable to the submittor.
William Silverwolf. Name only.
Wolfram van Westervelt. Name and device. Argent, on a fess wavy azure between two pairs of swords inverted in saltire sable, a Bengal tiger's head cabossed Or, marked sable, between two compass stars argent.
Please ask the submittor to draw the compass stars properly, with none of the rounding and irregularity shown on the emblazon sheet. The number of different charges and tinctures combine to make this rather busy. . .
Yvonne de la Rose d'Argent. Name only.
As the submittor specifically desires the byname to mean "of the rose of silver", this is the correct form. The form "de la Rose Argent", suggested by Kraken, would not necessarily mean that the rose was of silver: it could merely be silver in colour.
KINGDOM OF CALONTIR
Akitsuki Yoshimitsu. Change of name from Akizuki Yoshimitsu.
The submittor was appealing a modification of the family name to a documented from an undocumented form at the time his name was passed, largely on the grounds that the two transliterations for the element that means "moon" were equally valid. There was considerable feeling among those members of the College who were not Japanese experts that the difference was minor and the appeal should be allowed. Dolphin, however, argued cogently that the mutation of consonants in Japanese is not random and that the evidence from O'Neill did not seem to support the alternation in this environment. We would have been inclined to agree on the basis of other evidence included in the submittor's packet that the mutation was less likely in this context were it not for the inclusion of a citation from I.V.Gillis and Pai Ping-ch'i, (Japanese Surnames, p.3) that shows a transliteration of "Akitsuki" for the same kanji as were submitted with the original submission (and which O'Neill transliterates as "Akizuki" [Japanese Names, p. 91]).
Aletea Sile de la Vega. Name only.
Brice le Raton. Name and device. Lozengy sable and argent, a rat rampant gules.
There was some confusion as the letter of intent used the spelling above and the forms use the spelling "Bryce". As there is ample documentation for the use of "Brice" (with the "i") as a given name early in period, we have used that form. (If that is not actually what the submittor wishes and plans to use, a new submission should be made.) This submission does not conflict by exact outline with Edgar the Unsteady ("Gules, a mouse rampant argent."), as suggested by one commentor, because of the paning of the lozengy field.
Chendra Rudd ferch Arianwen. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
The name appeared on the letter of intent as Chendra Rhudd ferch Arianwen, but on the forms it appeared as spelled above. As Brachet has noted, "Rhudd" normally mutates in this position to the simple"r" so the submittor's spelling is correct and has been registered. Note that "Chendra" is her mundane name.
Chrystofer Kensor. Device. Azure, a wolf rampant to sinister argent, maintaining a pale argent, hafted Or, a base argent.
Onami Ryome. Device. Sable, a dragonfly palewise between two Japanese waves of five crests, conjoined at base, argent.
KINGDOM OF THE EAST
Aethelwulf of East Radnorshire. Name and device. Argent, in pale three lion's gambs in fess, erased and inverted, sable and a vol azure.
Amalric Blackhart. Name only.
Anthea Schönwalder. Name only.
Note that the addition of the suffix "-er" to a place or area name to form an adjective of origin is common in German and such adjectives became surnames rather early in period.
Aonghas mac Dhaibhidh. Device. Sable, semy of snowflakes, on a chevron inverted argent, an acorn vert, capped proper.
Note that an acorn proper is defined as brown by both mundane and Society convention.
Caitlyn of Hollesley. Name only.
Catrin o'r Rhyd For. Name only.
The name was submitted with a circumflex accent over the final "o": as we have been unable to find any period examples of such punctuation in Welsh (indeed none before the nineteenth century), we have returned the vowel to its simple state.
Ceara Eairluachra. Name only.
The byname is said to mean "lizard" in Irish. (The commoner spelling makes this two words "earc luachra", which appears to mean something like "heifer of the bulrushes"!).
David MacDougall. Device. Gules, on a demi-sun issuant from chief Or, a falcon stooping sable, a base embattled Or.
Elaine Courtenay. Badge. An open book within hearts sans nombre palewise in annulo argent.
Note that this could really be blazoned in period style as "semy of hearts", were it not for the submittor's obvious intent to have them in a ring. They cannot be in orle since an orle follows the edge of the field and there is no field here.
Freydis Thorunnsdatter. Name and badge. A falcon's leg fesswise, embowed and couped a la quise, argent maintaining an acorn proper.
This is differenced from Catherne Giselasdottir ("Sable, an eagle's leg erased at the thigh and in base a mullet argent.") by the orientation of the leg as well as by the presence of the secondary charge.
Gilbert du Monde. Name and device. Gules, three chevronels braced Or, in chief three fountains.
Under our current rules this is close to Munton ("Gules, three chevrons braced Or, a chief argent.", cited in Papworth, p. 551) and Bousfield ("Gules, three chevrons braced Or, in chief a lion's head erased argent.", ibid., p. 552), but clear.
Kate of Barren Sands. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Vert, a lamb passant reguardant argent, maintaining a banner bendwise, argent within a bordure argent, semy of roses gules, barbed vert.
The submission was made under the name Kate l'Englois. Note that the beast on the device is not a Paschal lamb, as that would require a halo. (Unfortunately, as the emblazon submitted by the lady does not include such a halo, this is not merely a case of mistake on the part of the artist who drew the miniature emblazon and so we cannot merely "assume its presence", as suggested by Brigantia. This is quite close to the device of Guenevere of Saint Kilda, cited by Brachet ("Vert, a sheep statant guardant argent, masked and limbed sable, within a bordure chequy argent and azure."). However, there is a major point for the tincture of the bordure, a minor for the addition of the roses and a minor for the cumulative changes to the sheep.
Kwellend-Njal Kolskeggson. Name only.
Brigantia has provided reasonable documentation for both the use of an Old English epithet with an Old Norse name and for the use of "kw" in English sources, although the two are rather anachronistic (the documentation states that "kw" is used in place of Old English "cw" from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries). However, given the fact that the Icelandic cognate for "cwellan" is "kwelja", the form may have actually existed in the Norse-speaking areas at an earlier period.
Llwyd ap Cadwaladr. Name and device. Per pale sable and argent, a bicorporate stag counterchanged.
Although the epithetic "Llwyd" (="grey") appears to have been a relatively rare usage as a given name, it does occur according to Morgan and Morgan, who document one "Lloid ap Kadymore" from 1352 as well as an undated reference to a gentleman who rejoiced in the designation "Lloyd ab Ieuan ap Eynon".
Miranda Flamekeeper. Name only.
Norric Warnock. Change of name from Norris Warnock.
Ottar Eriksson. Addition of designation of Ottarstead to previously registered badge. A rabbit sejant guardant, armed with a stag's attires, argent.
Philippe Attaignant. Badge. Or, on an chevron inverted gules, an increscent and a decrescent argent, overall an earwig tergiant palewise sable.
An earwig was registered after both the bans on "tiny insects" like fleas: the badge of Morberie of Tor Denly, registered in June, 1983, contains one used in much the same way it is used here ("Sable, on a pile raguly Or, an earwig gules."). It was our feeling that the famous "Rule of Toyota" applied here. . .
Phineas Ginn. Device. Azure, a pall inverted bretassy azure, overall a mascle sable.
By AR18a, the addition of the primary charge differences this from Loheac de Trevoasec ("Argent, a mascle sable."), cited by Green Anchor.
Roberto de Jerez. Name only.
Roswitha Scirwuda. Name and device. Azure, a birch tree argent, leaved Or, between in base two roses, all within a bordure argent.
The form of "Scirwudu" required here is actually a dative not a genitive as stated on the letter of intent, but in the case of this noun the two forms are identical. If the lady wishes an Old English name, the byname really should be "æt Scirwuda". Indeed, even after the Conquest in Norman sources it is regularly used with "de": the first exemplar without a preposition cited by Reaney (p. 317) dates from 1405.
Sean Gobha. Device. Argent, a stag rampant sable, on a chief embattled gules, a catamount passant to sinister Or.
Simon of Sherwood. Name only.
Theodore Barrister. Name and device. Vert, a hanging balance and a chief Or.
Ursula de Santiago y Galiciano. Name only.
Walter De Witte. Badge for House De Witte. Sable, a compass rose Or.
Yaakov HaMizrachi. Name only.
KINGDOM OF MERIDIES
Aldric von Baden. Name and device. Per fess azure and sable, in pale an owl and in fess three fir trees couped argent.
Fiona O'Maille ó Chuan Coille. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and vert, in fess three pine boughs palewise and in chief three bunches of two pinecones, all argent.
The name was submitted as Fiona O'Maille na Forais Didean with the note that the submittor wished to have the byname "of Woodhaven" in Irish. As the linguistic elements used do not seem to have the meaning which the submittor intended, we have translated the epithet back into Irish.
KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE
Anne Lovell. Name only.
Arwynn o Fynydd Ydris. Name only.
The name was submitted as Arwynn O'r Fynydd Ydris. As Brachet has noted, the form of the name with the article "insulates" the following noun from the mutating effect of the preposition. To preserve the submitted pronunciation as closely as possible, we have dropped the article at the same time as we placed the preposition in the more normal lower case.
Audelinde Isabella von Metten. Name and device. Per fess wavy gules and azure, in pale a demi otter, issuant from the line of division and maintaining in both paws an escallop inverted, and a linden leaf Or.
The name appeared on the letter of intent and the first line of the forms as Audelinde Isabella von Metton. However, elsewhere on the forms the documented German form of "Metten" was used and allusions to the abbey founded there in the eighth century make it clear that this was what the submittor actually intended. [Ed. Note: "Typos" are more than possible even in hand-written documents, as any palaeographer will assure you.]
Audrey Adelicia of Canterbury. Name and device. Per bend Or and vert, a cross of Canterbury and a falcon, perched to sinister and belled, counterchanged.
Aurora MacAlpin. Name and device. Gules, a bend sinister raguly, in dexter chief a mullet of four points Or.
Cnut Ragnarsson. Name only.
The name was submitted as Cnüt Ragnarson. As no evidence could be adduced by anyone for a form of the given name with an umlaut, the vowel has been modified. The form of the given name in the patronymic has been modified to the genitive form usual before the "son" in Old Norse.
Crisiant Angelus. Name and device. Lozengy purpure and argent, a fleur-de-lys and a fleur-de-lys inverted conjoined Or.
Donaldus Fletcher. Name only.
Ealasaid Mac a'Bhaird. Name and device. Per pale engrailed sable and argent, an eagle's head erased and a thistle, slipped and leaved, counterchanged.
Finan of Dungarvin. Name only.
Hallfridr Throndardottir. Badge (see RETURNS for device and change of name). Sable, in pale an ounce's head erased argent, marked sable, and two fir branches fructed argent.
Halldor Rauthbjorn. Name only.
Jacques de Paris. Name and device. Per pale gules and azure, a sword palewise between two falcons close respectant, inner wings displayed, argent.
While some Laurel staff had severe twitches about the use of the "Jacques" (as in "Jacques Bonhomme", the French equivalent of "Everyman") with Paris, the name is technically clear. It is true that Henri, Count of Paris, the pretender to the French throne has a son with the same given name, but he uses the title of "Duke d'Orleans" and is, in any case, the third son and so unlikely to inherit his father's pretensions to the throne (his eldest brother has a thriving family of heirs).
Leandra du Bois. Name only.
The given name seems a reasonable feminine form derived from the period masculine names "Leander", "Leandro", etc.
Mary Melissa Scolaíre. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
The name was submitted as Mary Melissa of Scolairi. As "Scolairi" is the nominative plural which was not really appropriate here, we have used the nominative singular form which means something like "Mary Melissa the Scholar".
Middle Kingdom. Title for Incunabula Pursuivant.
Padraig O Seachnasaigh. Name and device. Per pale argent and azure, a unicornate single-headed chess knight counterchanged.
The name was submitted as Padraig ui Seanchnasaigh. The spelling of the patronymic erred in two respects. Firstly, "ui" is the genitive form of the masculine singular and the nominative is required here. Secondly, a very typical scribal error (for those who do not speak the language) led to the extra "n" in "Seachnasaigh". As the submittor indicated that he allowed changes and wanted the proper Irish form for "Patrick O'Shaughnessy", we have modified the name.
Peredur ap Gwilym. Name only.
Ricardus Goldhavoc. Name and device. Sable, mulletty argent, on a bend Or, an arrow inverted sable.
Saeric Scirham. Device. Sable, on the head of a comet fesswise Or a torteau, a chief nebuly Or.
Seraphina Aglaia. Change of name from Fionnuala Amber Dunnachaidh and device. Per pale argent and gules, a pale dovetailed between two seraph's heads counterchanged.
Several commentors picked up on the statement in Withycombe that the given name was "occasionally used in the 19th century." However, this disregards the earlier comment that the name was that of an early saint (p. 266). Indeed, while the name was never really popular in England, it appears to have gained quite some popularity in Renaissance Italy. [Ed. Note: those interested in "feudal cadency" may not be surprised to hear that the lady comes from Dragon's home group. . .]
Sofia of Blackhawk. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Or, fretty sable, on a heart gules a Heneage knot Or, all within a bordure gules.
The submission was made under the name Sofia von Brandenburg.
THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE RETURNED:
KINGDOM OF ANSTEORRA
Barnabas Greycloak of Winterwood. Device. Argent, a red-winged blackbird close and sinister-facing proper, on a chief wavy sable, a mullet of eight points between a crescent inverted and a crescent argent (Agelaius phoenicus).
There was some disagreement in the College as to whether the three disparate charges on the chief were such a great solecism that the submission as a whole had to be returned. Ultimately, we decided that the lack of symmetry as well as the lack of identifiability involved here pushed this over the edge (we certainly would not allow the collocation of charges in fess on the field where they would be larger and presumably more identifiable). Here it is the spirit of the law which must prevail and that is clear from the theoretical portion of AR6c "There should not be a variety of tiny charges or details indistinuishable from a distance."
Setanta Derefold. Name only.
As the letter of intent notes, the given name appears in the Táin Bó Cualgne, an early cattle-raiding epic story (which was once described as "Ireland's Iliad). Unfortunately, the person who bears it is Cuchulainn and this "child name" which was given to his mother in a dream at the time of his "miraculous conception" seems to be unique to this hero. As a result the name has not been allowed for use in the Society for nearly a dozen years (the locus classicus being the return of the name submitted by the then king of the East, Setanta an Chasseur.
Steppes, Barony of the. Badge. Sable, a bend indented to chief Or.
Conflict with Witfelde ("Sable, a bend of five lozenges conjoined Or.", as cited in Papworth, p. 197).
Steppes, Barony of the. Badge. Vert, a bend indented to chief Or.
Conflict with Knight ("Vert, a bend lozengy Or.", cited in Papworth, p. 198).
KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT
Armand le Papillon. Device. Per bend sinister sable and vert, a bend sinister bevilled Or between two goblets argent, filled with flames Or.
The bend sinister here is not a true bend sinister bevilled as depicted in standard texts (one commentor reblazoned it as a "shazam throughout"). If it were, it would be perilously close to Sheelah Lockhart ("Per bend sinister azure and vert, a bend sinister bevilled between a cross crosslet and a harp Or.").
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Order of the Royal Officer Corp of Atenveldt.
We had to agree with Brachet that this was far too broad a name to restrict to one Kingdom. It was also extremely unclear why this was being considered an Order. By definition admission to an Order is permanent. Once one has been admitted to this group, does one remain a member, even if one departs from the Kingdom or becomes inactive? If not, then this is not an Order, properly so-called, but a sort of royally chartered fighter's guild. Note that Green Anchor is quite correct in noting that the submitted spelling of the name (using "Corp") does not have the meaning desired, since it is only used for a dead body.
Damien of Briarwood. Device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, on a sun Or, two lizards tergiant statant in annulo sable.
Conflict with Kourost Bernard of the East Woods ("Sable, a sun eclipsed Or."): there is a minor for the change in half the low contrast field and at most two minors for change in type and number of the things on the sun (and even this is pushing it in view of the annulet effect of the two lizards). This also conflicts with Dernley ("Sable, a sun in splendour Or.", cited in Papworth, p. 1100) and Sonnemaer ("Gules, a sun Or.", cited in Woodward, p. 306).
Erirk Arngeir. Name only.
"Erirk" is not a "reasonable" variant of "Eirikr". The final "r" may drop off, but we have been unable to find any period example of the two consonants switching places as was done here. While this sort of switch is not uncommon in English among modern dyslexics, it would not generally have occurred in period languages where the spelling was strongly phonetic and the primary consonant sound at the end of the name was the "k".
Jaqueline Etiennette Capistriti von Neumann. Name only.
While we have been able to document "Jaqueline" (which appears to be her mundane name in any case, although the forms use an abbreviation), "Etiennette" appears only as a diminutive form in the cited location in Yonge and is not clearly dated to period in any case. No documentation whatsoever was provided on the forms or letter of intent for "Capistriti" and none could be provided by the College. Finally, as several commentors noted with respect to the name of her husband, "Neumann" is not a place name and therefore cannot be used with "von". As she allowed no changes to her name, we could not register the allowable portions of the name (e.g., "Jaqueline Neumann").
Kamille Siobhan Moffat of Annadale. Name and device. Gules, on a bend engrailed argent, two lozenges azure, overall a wolf's head cabossed sable.
The submittor's handwritten forms showed the placename as "Annandale" which matches the documentation on the letter of intent; the typed name documentation forms used "Annadale" which appeared on the letter of intent. No documentation has been provided that French alternates "c" and "k" in this manner at the beginning of names such as "Camille" nor that other languages which do use such alternation (e.g., German) had adopted the Latin "Camilla" in this form. As the typed forms indicated that the submittor would allow no changes to the name, we could not register this as "Camille Siobhan Moffat of Annandale" as we would have liked to (Psigh. . .). Note that the letter of intent omitted the tincture of the field colour. However, there is no point in pending this submission for further comment, as suggested by several members of the College since the field is gules and the sable head is colour on colour.
Kenelm Reimund of the Plains. Device. Argent, a wolf rampant sable, in chief two dolphins naiant vert, spined and finned gules, and a bar engrailed on the upper edge azure.
What is shown on the emblazon sheet provided the Laurel Office is essentially "Argent, a wolf. . ., on a chief invected argent, fimbriated strait azure, two dolphins. . ." For a long time, we have banned fimbriated chiefs (particularly where the chief is the same tincture as the field!) and the reblazon of this visual effect to consider it a "bar enhanced", etc., does not ameliorate the visual effect. Were a fess engrailed of usual size placed at fess point with the wolf reduced in size and the fish enlarged and lowered, this effect would be ameliorated.
Leandra Corey of Hassel. Name only.
The place name in the name was documented on the letter of intent as "province of Germany". There is "Hesse" and there is "Kassel", but there is no "Hassel". The submittor's name forms originally indicated that the name could be changed, but this was crossed out to allow no changes, so we have to return the submission.
Mark von Neumann. Name only.
The documentation provided on the letter of intent and with the submission forms demonstrates that several placenames in German begin in "Neumann" ("Neumannsdorf", "Neumannsgrund", "Neumannshof", "Neumannsmühle", "Neumannsruh", etc.) and any one of these could be used with "von". It also appears to document a placename "Neimen" (although not clearly in period and of unknown meaning, certainly not cognate with "Neumann"). However, "Neumann" itself is in form an epithetic name and would not be used in period with "von". Therefore, the submittor could be "Mark von Neumannsdorf" or "Mark Neumann", but not "Mark von Neumann". As his mundane name is Mark Newman, we suspect that he would prefer "Mark Neumann" (which is adequately different from his mundane name under NR11). However, since the forms sent to the Laurel Office indicate that the no changes may be made to the name, we could not register that form.
Pierrine la Tapissier de la Fôret. Name only.
Unfortunately, the French form of "Tapissier" is "Tapissière", as the submittor's own documentation shows. As the forms submitted to the Laurel Office indicate that no changes may be made to the name, we are forced to return this. [Ed. Note: It is heartbreaking to have to return something on technical grammatical ground like this, when it could be fixed by adding an accent and a silent "e", simply because the forms forbid any changes. . .]
Soren Nordjyllander. Name only.
The submittor's only name documentation was a reference to Soren Kierkegaard and a statement that Northern Denmark = "Nordjylland". This is not adequate documentation for period usage and noone in the College could come up with any support for the latter part of the name.
Thomas de Bohun. Change of device. Or, a gauntletted fist palewise appaumy sable within two dragons, bodies tergiant in annulo, outer wings displayed, necks and tails crossed, heads respectant, gules within a bordure embattled sable.
The dragons are both in a truly non-heraldic posture and in trian aspect. This is not period style.
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA
Æthelflæda of Saint Hereswitha's Abbey. Device. Vert, a plate, overall a cross counterchanged argent and azure.
The arms of House ("Vert, a cross argent.") cannot be differenced merely by adding a roundel bearing the flag of Finland. In any case, the roundel is essentially an oddly tinctured counterchange and it is dubious whether it should be allowed more than a major point of difference under our rules.
Andrew Wigin MacAlister. Name and device. Gules, ermined Or, on a bend argent, a natural panther salient reguardant sable.
The name conflicts both with the registered Society name of Andrew MacAlistair and the name of Andrew Wiggin, the leading character in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. The device conflicts with Robyn of Mania ("Gules, on a bend argent, a raven displayed palewise, wings inverted, sable, grasping in its beak a rose, flower to sinister, gules, slipped and leaved vert.").
Artemidiore du Coeur Sincere. Device. Sable, a stag rampant between in chief an increscent and a decrescent and in base a fleur-de-lys argent, all within a bordure gules, enflamed Or.
There are several problems with the device. First of all, the name is a theophoric name derived from Artemis, the goddess of the moon and the hunt (and witchcraft) whose symbols are the stag, the crescents and (in her occult manifestations) fire. This is "Just Too Much". Secondly, the arrangements of the charges struck a number of commentors as coming perilously close to "slot-machine heraldry". Finally, the bordure, which was blazoned as "of flame" at the time of submission, now has a narrow gules bordure with a flamed mass of Or inside rather than properly drawn flames.
Bebinn of Elvegast. Device. Azure, three chevronels Or, in chief two lily flowers argent.
Conflict with Ashpoole ("Azure, three chevrons Or.", as cited in Papworth, p. 549) and Trent ("Azure, three chevrons Or, in chief two roses argent.", ibid., p. 552). It is also uncomfortably close to Meagan ferch Rhys of Glynebwy ("Azure, a chevron cotised Or between three wolves statant argent.").
Beornheard of Wearmouth. Device. Checky vert and Or, a triquetra gules.
Since no difference is granted for the field this conflicts with two fieldless badges: Charles Stewart O'Connor's ("A triquetra gules.") and that of Ceridwen MacAoudhegain ("A triquetra environed of a pair of hames tied at the top and bottom gules.").
Caitlin Mairi nic Fhioghuin. Device. Argent, vetu vert, overall a thistle, slipped and leaved, counterchanged, flowered purpure.
There was solid feeling in the College that placing a charge in such a way that it overlapped the "drapery" of the vetu was distinctly non-period style. Additionally, if the size of the thistle is reduced to a size allowing it to rest on the argent "lozenge", conflicts intervene (e.g., Webster "Argent, a thistle vert, flowered gules.", as cited in Papworth, p. 895).
Catherine Adrienne de Steele. Household name for Maison de Steele.
It was our feeling that this name was just too close to that of Maison de Stäel. As the salon of Madame de Stäel was of exceeding importance both in literary history and the political history of France on the eve of the Revolution, this seemed an unfortunate choice of household name.
Sean Baird. Device. Sable, a hawk volant to sinister and a base enarched and indented argent.
Conflict with Kieran Songsmith ("Sable, a hawk volant to sinister, maintaining in its talons a harp, in sinister chief a mullet argent."): in this case the "thing maintained" is not really significant enough to carry this clear.
Sean Baird. Badge. On a plate indented argent a falcon's head couped proper.
The submittor has appealed the previous return of this badge for conflict with Conroy der Rote ("Gules, on a sun argent, a falcon's leg couped a la quise proper.") on the grounds that complete difference of charge should automatically carry the two clear in view of the difference between the head and the leg. In point of fact, however, there is not complete difference of charge since the sun and the roundel indented, which are the primary charges and of greater importance, are nearly identical. The only real difference here is the type of tertiary, since this is a fieldless badge and the tinctures of a falcon's head and leg are essentially identical.
Thjora Arnkitelsdottir. Device. Sable, a bend vair.
Unfortunately, this is identical to Standon ("Sable, a bend vair.", cited in Papworth, p. 198).
KINGDOM OF CAID
Mora Naturalist of Blackmarsh. Name only.
The submittor documented the given name as that of a character in Mary Stewart's The Last Enchantment and Irish gives a number of similar given names: "Mór", "Máire" and its Anglicized form "Maura", "Mura", etc. and "Mara" exists in the Slavic world, but we could not find any documented instance of "Mora" as a given name in period. This is necessary under as "mora" is the common Latin and Italian noun for "delay" and is commonly used in Latin legal phrases and Italian musical phrases. Additionally, it is commonly used in Italian for a black woman. (In the latter usage it would be a fine byname.) As the submittor allowed no changes to her name, we could not substitute a close analogue, such as "Mór".
Rouland Carre. Badge. A passion cross azure, issuant from a stag's tires gules.
Conflict with the famous mediaeval insignia of St. Hubert, patron of hunters, alluding to his conversion after seeing a staf with a passion cross between its antlers. The allusions to the Jagermeister logo in several comment letters which used that as an example of the badge were somewhat misleading since that logo uses a full stag's head and the badge appears as commonly (or even more commonly) in period with oonly the attire. The insignia does not appear to have been tied to a specific tincture in period: while the hunter's badges probably were usually metallic for practical reasons, iconographic sources show it in a variety of tinctures. Note that this differs from such common insignia of saints as the escallop of St. James of Compostela and the wheel of St. Catherine which passed into common usage in heraldry in being a composite of two otherwise common charges.
KINGDOM OF CALONTIR
Chendra Rhudd ferch Arianwen. Device. Per pale Or and gules, two lions queue forchy, rampant and addorsed, within a bordure counterchanged.
Alas! The tinctures of the field and charges on this lovely device were reversed on the letter of intent so this is in conflict with Blayney ("Per pale Or and gules, two lions rampant addorsed counterchanged.", as cited in Papworth, p. 149): the minor differentiation in the tails is not enough to carry this clear, the more so since the primary difference here is the addition of a bordure, the standard mark of cadency in Scotland.
Chrystofer Kensor. Badge. Argent, three ogresses, in chief three billets in fess sable.
As noted by several commentors, this is visually a pawprint, albeit a highly stylized one. As such this is in conflict with the device of Igor Medved ("Argent, a bear's dexter pawprint azure.") and the badge of Rodrigo de los Lobos ("Argent, on a wolf's pawprint sable, a crescent argent."). We really do not count difference between variant types of animal pawprints so we cannot really count difference for the artistic stylization used here. . .
Liriel Correll of Tuatha Keep. Badge. On a table-cut gemstone vert, a ginkgo leaf Or.
As noted in the return of the device of Jacques d'Avignon in June, 1989: "While a number of gemstones were registered in the early days of the Society (indeed the blazon given above for the stone draws partially on one of these), this does not seem to meet our current standards for identifiability of charge. As has frequently been noted before, not all items documented in period are suitable for heraldic charges and this seems to fall into that category of exceptions. In effect, without the interior markings, this is a peculiar billet . . .and not really identifiable without the blazon as the gemstone [s]he desires."
KINGDOM OF THE EAST
Felecia de Miguelito. Name only.
As "Felecia" is stated to be her mundane name, the peculiar spelling of the given name might be considered acceptable, but the last name does not appear to be registerable under our current rules. Brigantia argues that even though standard patronymic forms in Spanish use the unmodified given name or add a suffix such as "-ez" to the name (e.g., "Miguel" or "Miguelez"), patronymics in "de" are known in French and Latin "and so should be acceptable in early Spanish". He also notes that forming patronymics from a diminutive is common in many languages. Unfortunately, as several commentors noted, no evidence has been presented that Spanish uses diminutives to form surnames or that "de" is actually used in patronymic forms. We would not allow the use of "cum" in place of "con" with a Spanish noun in forming a Spanish name and this would be a parallel usage. To this date the only occurrences of a surname in "de" we have been able to find in Spanish were unambiguously derived from place names (and many of those were relatively late). Moreover, we have not been able to find any examples of the diminutive form used to produce a surname in period Spanish, even where the structure of the name was otherwise documented (e.g., a form like "Miguelito" or "Miguelitez"). As the submittor allows no changes whatsoever to the name, we could not register any of the modified forms suggested by the College.
Geoffrey Soulspeeder. Device. Or, on a bend bretassy gules a hide argent.
There are two problems with this submission. There was a strong consensus among the members of the College that this fell under the heading of "road kill heraldry" and thus was in violation of both X19 and (at least to some) X6. Also, since the difference between raguly and bretassy is minor at the best of times and minimal in the context of a bend, this really seemed to be uncomfortably close to the US 32nd Armored Regiment ("Or, a bend raguly gules.") cited in the letter of intent. [Irreverent Comment from Laurel staff:"The service badge for the US 32nd Armored Regiment on the Yellowstone fire front. . ."].
Kate l'Engloise. Name only.
Under the current policy set by Master Baldwin in the case of Wladislaw Poleski, this name is indeed a conflict with that of the Katharines, Queen of England. While both components of the name are acceptable, their conjunction causes a problem. Brigantia's statement that "we do not feel the name is presumptuous" does not really address the issues involved in the current policy sufficiently. (The presence on the device of the red roses which were used for so long as a royal badge did not assist in allaying twitches in the College.) Note that the beast on the device is not a Paschal lamb, as that would require a halo. (Unfortunately, as the emblazon submitted by the lady does not include such a halo, this is not merely a case of mistake on the part of the artist who drew the miniature emblazon and so we cannot merely "assume its presence", as suggested by Brigantia.
KINGDOM OF MERIDIES
Brian MacBrand. Device. Per chevron inverted sable and gules, in pale a mullet of eight points, elongated to base, gules, fimbriated argent, and a crescent inverted sable, fimbriated argent, all within a bordure compony argent and sable.
This was appealed to Laurel from a return on stylistic grounds by Pennon. It was the consensus of the College that the combination of the stylistic solecisms was truly excessive. When the issue of the use of compony bordures was discussed in 1987, the consensus seemed to be against its use in this sort of context, despite supporting mundane precedents, and this consensus does not seem to have changed. Additionally, although the "grandfather clause" might be adduced in the case of the fimbriated star from his lady's device, it is less clear whether it could be applied in the case of a crescent based on that of an early fighting instructor (Cariadoc of the Bow) and there was strong feeling that the two together were excessive fimbriation. Finally, as drawn, the "field" is not truly per chevron inverted, but is really a wide pile. As such, it is not only colour upon colour, but should not have a crescent between its point and the base of the shield.
Christopher Morgan MacCathalain. Device. Per pale ermine and azure, ermined Or, a chevron counterchanged.
Conflict with Addington ("Per pale ermine and ermines, a chevron counterchanged.", as cited in Papworth, p. 376) and Blondell ("Per pale ermine and sable, a chevron counterchanged.", ibid.).
Iain MacNaught the Woundburner. Device. Per pale azure and vert, on a pale surmounted by a saltire argent, a goutte de sang.
After considerable discussion both in correspondence and at the Symposium, there was a distinct consensus that this submission was visually so suggestive of the standard EMT insignia using the "Star of Life" in white on a blue field that display of the submitted device could be generally interpreted by the populace as indicating the presence of an EMT station. It has long been accepted that the Society has an interest in preventing potentially dangerous situations by display of insignia which would indicate that medical aid was available when it was not (this is the rationale for banning use of the staff of Aesculapius by unqualified individuals). It was the feeling of the College that we had an equal interest in restricting any suggestion that an official medical aid station was present when it was not. Therefore, it seems appropriate to ban the use of the "star of Life" or "star cross" in any tinctures which would suggest an official EMT station. Our information at this time indicates that this would include the star in argent on azure and its counterchange of azure on argent, as well as a gules star cross on argent. Other tinctures may well have to be restricted: Laurel staff will consult with the National Chirgeon's office on this subject and a fuller list of restricted tinctures will be issued when our information is complete.
Iain MacNaught the Woundburner. Badge. Argent, a goutte de sang within a bordure azure.
At the time of the Symposium, concern was raised about the resemblance of this badge to that used by the waterbearers in some Kingdoms and to that officially registered to the Waterbearers of Caid ("Argent, a goutte de larme within another voided within a bordure azure."). At the time, we were inclined to see this as technically clear on the grounds that the tincture change and addition of the voided goutte carried it clear since the two are both badges. However, a comparison of the two emblazons upon Laurel's return to New York showed that the visual resemblance of the two designs was in fact much stronger than we had thought when it was discussed in Caid, since the goutte in the Waterbearer's badge is effectively a single design entity. While the two are still technically clear, the visual resemblance must be held to be just too great: a reasonable member of the populace, seeing this emblem, could easily misinterpret it to have a relation to the chirgeonate/waterbearers.
KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE
Bjorn Strongarm of Illiton. Device. Sable, a cross gurgity nowed and pierced of a lozenge argent, within each hook of the cross a plate.
Conflict with Follye ("Sable, a cross moline argent.", as cited in Papworth, p. 620). The basic nature of the design here requires that the "plates" be treated less as secondaries than as artistic adjuncts to the cross and thus it is impossible to get a full point of difference for their presence. The cross is not a standard cross gurgitee, but rather a cross moline with one "hook" of each arm amputated so that only a very weak minor difference, if any, can be derived from the modification of the cross. Note that, although the name appeared on the letter of intent as "Bjorn Strongarm", it was registered in the form above.
Hallfridr Throndardottir. Change of name to Hallfrithr Throndrsdottir and device. Argent, a pile azure charged with a natural leopard's head erased and affronty argent, marked sable, between two piles sable, each charged with a fir branch, coned, argent.
The letter of intent indicated that the submittor desired the use of the given name with "th" substituted for the "d". This is certainly a valid alternative transliteration for the radical Norse consonant. However, the usage suggested on the letter of intent, which adds an "s" to the radical Old Norse nominative form of the given name in the patronymic to form a genitive, is not copiously documented, as suggested by the letter. Indeed, the issue of the form of the nominative was never in question: only the proper form of the genitive is an issue and current documentation indicates that "Throndar" is the correct form contemporary with the Old Norse "dottir". Added to the confusion is the fact that the submittor's forms used the spelling "Throndarsdottir", which uses both common genitive suffixes which is definitely a solecism. The device has significant stylistic problems: the side piles do not issue from chief in the proper manner, there are three identical ordinaries in a moderately standard arrangement in two different tinctures and the ordinaries are themselves charged with different tertiaries. Finally, it conflicts with Downton ("Argent, three piles sable, on each a goat's head erased of the first, attired Or.", cited in Papworth, p. 1027). At most a minor point of difference can be derived from changing the tincture of one of a group of identical charges. A full point of difference cannot be derived from the partial change of tincture of the tertiaries (a negligible difference by our current rules per DoD clause D6) and the difference in type of the tertiaries.
Harland le Garlyckmonger. Name only.
The documentation provided by the submittor supports the use of "Harland" only as a surname derived from geographical sources. Perhaps the submittor would consider the similar-sounding but documented given name which appears in Reaney and various other sources as "Herluin", "Harlewyn", "Arluin", etc.
Kendrah Elwinstar. Name and device. Argent, chaussee purpure, in pale a swan naiant to sinister sable and a thistle, slipped and leaved, proper.
While "Kendra" has previously been considered "Society- compatible" and might be accepted here, the byname causes problems. The only meaning we could derive was something like "Elwin's star", which either requires and out-of-period idiomatic usage of "star" or is a claim to distinctly non-human status or origin. The device conflicts with Julian of the Purple Mist ("Purpure, on a pile argent, two sprigs of laurel proper.").
Mary Melissa Scolaíre. Device. Azure, a bend sinister between on a Latin cross argent, a heart gules, and a lion rampant Or.
We were compelled to agree with those who felt that the addition of the tiny tertiary charge to one of the group of secondaries was not really enough to carry this clear of Orien Wenderson ("Azure, a bend sinister argent between a dolphin embowed bendwise sinisterand a mace bendwise sinister Or."), Gwendwyn the Silent ("Azure, a bend sinister between a winged unicorn countersalient and a bat-winged manticore couchant argent."), etc..
Rufina ferch Rhys Penvroch o'r Caer Griffwn Bard. Name only.
As the submittor allowed only a change from "Penvroch" to "Penbroch" and there were some problems with the grammar of the name, we had to return it. As Brachet has noted, if the place from which the lady's father derived were a proper place name, the article would drop and "Caer" would mutate to "Gaer". More seriously, however, the use of the "edh" at the end of the name in both the letter of intent and the forms is a solecism as the letter was not used in Welsh any more than ç is used in standard English. The prepositional phrase therefore should be "o Gaer Griffwn Bardd".
Sofia von Brandenburg. Name only.
Unfortunately, the name "Sophia" in its various Germanized spellings was very common in the family of the Electors of Brandenburg, who later became the Kings of Prussia. In the early sixteenth century Joachim II had a daughter by this name as did his son John George. John George's heir, Joachim Frederick had a daughter named Barbara Sophia who married the Duke of Wurttemberg and Joachim's own heir John Sigismund had a daughter Anne Sophia. Perhaps the most famous of the Sophia's associated with the Brandenburg line, however, were the second and third wives of Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg and first King of Prussia, who both bore Sophia as their given name (they are differentiated from one another by their second names, Charlotte and Louise respectively).
Vilkas Gelezis Lietuvos. Name and device. Gules, a wolf's head erased, in chief a bar of two crosses argent.
While the submittor is correct in stating that the name would mean something like "Iron Wolf of Lithuania" (although there is some question as to the grammar), no evidence has been submitted to indicate that "Vilkas" (="wolf") was used as a given name in Lithuanian in period nor that Lithuanian names as a whole were formed in this manner. The device conflicts with Siegfried der Wachsame Kreuzfahrer ("Per pale vert and gules, a wolf's head erased close argent.").
THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE PENDED:
KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT
Alwyn von Breitscheid. Name only.
This name was submitted as Alwyn von Brietscheid and would have been passed in the form above (the place name is actually Breitscheid and the form on the letter of intent and the typed forms is actually a common typo for English speakers in rendering German names). However, there is some question as to the intent. The mundane name and address given for the submittor are identical to that for Alwyn Stewart, Mons Tonitrus Pursuivant and a commenting member of the College, yet neither Aten nore Baron Alwyn have indicated a desire for name change. Is this in fact the same person or is it a father/son/other relative at the same address? This submission is administratively pended until we receive clarification from Aten.
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Order of the Oleander.
As much of the College knows, this particular submission has been the subject of much "history" and some degree of dispute between subjects of the Kingdoms of Atenveldt and the Outlands. In February, 1989, the name was submitted in conjunction with a badge by two private citizens of the Outlands, a submission which was promptly (and hotly) disputed by Aten who demanded a retraction of the submission on the grounds that the name belonged to Atenveldt. Much discussion ensued before the name submission was returned in May, 1989, when the badge submission could not be registered because of conflict. Since that time, further commentary and controversy have ensued, raising the issue of the "property rights" in this name, with Aten's own account in his letter of intent muddying the waters as he associated the name with both Caid and Atenveldt from the beginning (thus raising the issue of whether any rights to the name must be given equally to Caid). Public and private correspondence to the Laurel Office over the past few months has included the following allegations, many of which are extremely contradictory: That the effort at registration from the Outlands was in response to "misuse" of the honour as originally intended by those who created it in recent courts at Estrella. That the request from Atenveldt is an attempt to guarantee that the award would be associated with the war "to the chagrin of many fighting ladies".
That it has always been given jointly by the Queens of Atenveldt and the Caid. That it has never been given by the Queens as Queens, but merely as representatives of the founders of the honour. That it has been given by the Queen of Atenveldt only with no "right" of input from the Queen of Caid. That it is an "order", as indicated by the name used in the submission from Atenveldt, albeit a non-armigerous Order. That it is not an order, but an award, as evidenced by the fact that records of the recipients are not maintained and it does not appear in any O.P. It has been suggested by some that the name of the Oleander has become too "contaminated" by the dispute to register to any one party (or Kingdom) lest it become a matter for scandal. That may indeed be the case, but there are wider issues raised here, such as what determines the valid creation of an Order and attendant "property rights" for a Kingdom; under what circumstances, if any, may something be considered to be "transferred" from one or more private citizens (heraldic "eminent domain"?); etc. It appears to us that these are broader issues than can legitimately be decided by the Laurel Office without input from the Board of Directors, particularly in view of the controversy which now involves three Kingdoms and threatens to envelope more.
Therefore, over the next few months the Laurel Office will be conducting intensive research into the issues involved here and specifically into the course of events involved with the Oleander itself. (This will hopefully include "depositions" from all those involved and commentary and information from any interested parties is solicited.) The issue will then be presented to the Board of Directors at the fourth quarter meeting in October for resolution. The submission is therefore pended until the Board has ruled on the issues involved.
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for Guild of Archers. An annulet argent surmounted by a bow fully drawn with an arrow proper.
Unfortunately, the emblazon sheet was untinctured. As it was the clear intent from blazon correction comments attached to the emblazon for the bow and arrow to be proper, which would have made the bow and arrow brown with sable barbing on the arrow, we felt justified in passing this. However, the fletching needs to be specified in tincture under our current conventions, even though it would not contribute difference, so we must pend this until we receive a confirmed indication of the fletching tincture and coloured emblazon sheet from Triton.
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