AN TIR

Ædric Duquesne. Name.

Anderwyn na Sionain. Name and device. Gules, a squirrel sejant erect to sinister argent within an orle of acorns Or.

Blaise de la Loire. Name.

Daria Baird de Navarre. Name and device. Purpure, semy of escallops inverted argent, a lion couchant, upon a chief Or two frogs sejant respectant vert.

Submitted as Daria Baird du la Navarré, we have corrected the grammar of the locative as the submitter's forms allowed.

Submitted as Roxane á la Lionesse Blanche, we have corrected the grammar of the byname as the submitter's forms allowed to give the desired meaning.

Arnolda Kolfinna O'Comhraidhe of Inis Celtra. Device. Argent, on a pale endorsed between two alk slipps fructed azure, an eagle's head erased and facing sinister argent.

This had been pended until the December 1990 Laurel meeting but had been accidentally left out of the LoAR for that meeting.

Allwyn ap Gwilliam Caernarvon. Name and device. Gules, on a chevron between three double-bitted axes Or, three compass stars gules.

Submitted as Allwyn ap Lliam o Caernarron, Lliam is not a valid variant of the Gaelic Liam, which (Liam) should not be used with a Welsh patronymic. We have therefore substituted the documented Gwilliam. Caernarvon was spelled correctly on the forms (without the double "r" on the LoI), but addition of the particle "o" causes mutation. We have dropped the particle as the submitter's forms allowed to maintain the sound of the name.

John Richard de Holloway. Device. Or, a bend potenty azure between two eagles displayed, wings inverted, sable.

Melanie of Atenveldt. Holding name and device. Gules, a bend sinister raguly between a winged hedgehog rampant, wings elevated and addorsed, and a lyre Or.

Submitted as Svenlana Gunnardsdottir.

ATLANTIA

Alesia de Trenwyth. Name.

Adenwald the Hazardous. Device. Per chevron azure and plumetty azure and argent, a hawk displayed, wings inverted, all within a bordure Or.

Allen of Dunwich. Device. Per pale argent and purpure, a jester's hat counterchanged.

Amber Roriksdochtor. Name and device. Per fess engrailed azure and argent, a mermaid in her vanity proper within a bordure embattled counterchanged.

Submitted as Amber Roriksdottir, we have corrected the grammar as the submitter's forms allowed so that the patronymic particle matches in language the patronym.

Morlet has both the protheme An- and the deuterotheme -born, making the given quite reasonable.

Annys Reynard. Name.

Antonio de Armado. Name and device. Argent, an anvil sable, on a chief azure, two hammers, heads to center, argent.

Berenger Nachtwulf von Mainz der Spieler. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Berenice Tamar of Armida. Release of device. Gules, on a pale between four strawberries argent another gules.

Bran Canutesson. Badge. [Fieldless] On a mullet of four points argent, a chevron gules.

Clear of Elena des Nachts (SCA), Purpure, on a mullet of four points elongated to base argent, a sword inverted gules, with a CVD for fieldlessness and another (per X.4.j.ii) for changing the type of tertiary.

Briana ni Oda. Name.

Catriona the Lame. Name.

Cecily de Catton. Name.

Conrad Martin von Kassel. Name and device. Per chevron inverted Or and azure, a sexfoil vert and a castle argent.

Dealla Cohen. Name and device. Vert, a pall inverted between two sheaves of arrows and a unicorn's head couped Or.

Clear of Geoffrey d'Ayr of Montalban (SCA), Vert, a pall inverted between two corsses of Cleves Or and a sword proper, with a CVD for changing the type of the secondaries and another for changing the tincture (from mostly argent to Or) of the defined 1/2 of a group of three charges (bottommost of three).

Endor on the Deep, Canton of. Name.

Eowyn Feemaister. Name and device. Or, two calygreyhounds combattant guardant sable.

Evan Llewellyn Dermot. Name.

Gerard FitzGerald. Name.

While Laurel has some qualms about this versus the already registered Gerald FitzGerald, the majority of commenters felt it passed the "Auda-'Ali test" by changing the "l" to and "r" and accenting the second syllable of the given.

The principal difference between a mantyger and a manticore (as the primary was blazoned on the LoI) is the manticore has a scorpion's sting for a tail. It is doubtful that there is a CVD for the difference, but it is a blazonable distinction.

Harald Brandarm Olafssen. Name change from Harold Brandarm Olafssen.

Hassaan 'abd-al-Baseer. Name.

Iain Monlach. Device. Argent, a roundel engrailed gules within a bordure engrailed sable.

Lord Laurel seems to be in a definite minority in believing that a roundel engrailed is visually similar to a sun. Thus this is clear of Delahay (Papworth, p. 1100), Argent the sun in splendour gules, with a CVD for the bordure and another for the type of primary charge.

Janina Krakowska. Device change. Sable, in fess the Jara rune and a mullet of six points elongated to base, all within a bordure argent.

Her currently registered device, Sable, in fess a bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) close to sinister and a mullet of six points elongated to base, all within a bordure argent, becomes a badge.

Katharine Wulfesege. Name.

Kenwrec FitzRaymund. Name.

Lynette the Lost. Name.

Madoch di Messina. Name and device. Per pale azure and gules, a camel couchant to sinister between three goblets Or.

Please ask the submitter to draw all of the charges larger.

Muirgheal McLelland. Name.

Nygell Tallis. Name.

Orendil Aelfwine. Name.

Reyner de Wikhambroke. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, a sun in splendor counterchanged within a bordure per pale Or and azure ermined counterchanged.

Rhiannon ferch Rhys ap Emrys. Device. Per chevron Or and vert, two escallops inverted azure and an oak tree argent.

Robin MacMorran. Name.

Rory Blackhand. Name.

Saviya degli Zingari. Name.

Submitted as Saviya dur Zingari, no documentation was given for the article "dur". The proper Italian appears to be "degli", so we have substituted this as the submitter's forms allowed.

This name was registered at the Laurel meeting in August 1990.

Serena Roese of Stonehaven. Name and device. Azure, a castle triple-towered, on a chief Or, three decrescents azure.

Sigurd Thorólf. Device. Azure, on a pale argent between two snakes involved in annulo respectant Or, a bow gules.

Sorcha Kilcullen. Name and device. Sable, two winged unicorns combattant argent and in base a three towered castle Or.

Clear of Towers (Papworth, p. 366), Sable, a castle triple-towered Or, because the visual reality of this device is that the unicorns are clearly the primary charges here, with a diminutive castle in base.

Tamsin Longshanks. Name.

Thomas Kennington of Hidden Mountain. Name and device. Sable, an octopus between three suns Or.

Thorfinnr Gandalfsson. Name.

Given that Gandalfr is cited in Geirr Bassi as a name clearly given to a human in period, and that there are no other references to Gandalf the Gray, I can see no real bar to registering the name. It seems to me to be in the same class as the name Conan, which may have very strong associations for many people with one specific character, but which is none the less an acceptable Society name. If the submitter doesn't mind putting up with the inevitable references people will make, who are we to say him nay?

Victor von Zürich. Name.

Vidimer of An Tir. Name only (see PENDING for device).

Submitted on the LoI as Vidimir of An Tir, the above spelling was that on the submissions forms.

Wolfhild of Glyndebourne. Name.

Wilfred Morgan. Name.

Wystan Gilchrist. Name.

Wystan Roland Sacheverell. Name.

CAID

Andreas Linkshändser von Rosenfeld. Name and device. Sable, on a cross nowy Or a sinister gauntlet sable grasping a garden rosebud fesswise gules slipped and leaved proper.

Ascera of Kurgan. Name.

Beatrice Caterina Fontanella. Name and device. Purpure, semy of hawk's bells Or, a ferret passant argent.

Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme. Alternate persona name for Bruce Draconarius.

The submitter's registered badge, Azure, two trefoil knots braced Or and argent, on a chief argent a dragon couchant azure, winged sable, is transferred to this alternate persona name.

Fergus MacKillop of Skye. Name.

Francesco Schiavone. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Gar of Loch Carron. Name change from Garb of Loch Carron.

Hereward Bannerbane. Name.

Linnet of Liddington. Badge. [Fieldless] A linnet Or perched upon a sprig vert flowered of a garden rose gules and another argent.

Madelyn Alcott. Device. Per bend sinister sable and Or, a decrescent Or and three fir trees couped proper.

The arguments of the commenters both for registration and for return of this device versus Robear duBois (Per bend sinister azure and argent, a bear's head erased argent and three fir trees paleqise in bend sinister vert) were well-thought out and lucid. Laurel, however, agrees with the notion that defining "half a group" by line of division would tend to encourage poor style, and so is hesitant to do that. On the other hand, Rule X.4.j. grants a CVD for changes to type and tincture of tertiary charges. Here the decrescent certainly carries as much or more visual weight as a tertiary. As a consequence, we felt that this should be registered. We invite further discussion on "group theory" and differencing to see if there is some way we can grant sufficient difference without either penalizing balanced, period-style heraldry or rewarding non-period, unbalanced designs.

Sebastian of Kurgan. Name.

Timothy Okenbarrel. Name and device. Argent, a pall inverted gules between three barrels proper.

Tymothy John of Silver Oak. Badge. [Fieldless] A trefoil within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

CALONTIR

Adelin Katharine Tanner. Name.

Catriona de Brynton. Name and badge for House of the Pheasant Slayer. Gules, in annulo twelve feathers, quills to center, Or, marked sable.

Donatus Luxford. Name.

Fiachna MacLaisre. Name and device. Per pale sable and argent, a mullet of seven points within a bordure embattled counterchanged.

Please ask the submitter to draw the bordure wider.

Maureen O'Seachnasaigh. Name and device. Sable, a chevron rompu between a decrescent, an increscent, and a dragon couchant argent.

Táncos János. Name and device. Per bend gules and argent, three mullets bendwise in bendcounterchanged.

MERIDIES

Aine O'Seachnasaigh. Name and device. Per bend purpure and vert, a bend between a dove volant and a sun in his splendor Or.

Please ask the submitter to draw all of the charges larger.

Submitted as Briallyn Iorweth mhic Uilleim, we have modified the name to correct the grammar of the patronymic particle.

Though blazoned as manticores on the LoI, the secondaries here lack the scorpion's tail of a manticore. These are mantygers.

MIDDLE

Arnora Dunestan. Badge. [Fieldless] A horseshoe inverted argent entwined by a riband, ends pendant in base, charged between the heels with a rose gules.

Aquilon, Shire of. Name and device. Purpure, an owl, wings inverted and addorsed, argent maintaining a chalice all within a laurel wreath Or.

Avina Fionna Maeve Drakelawe. Name.

Cáelainn MacDhonnachaidh. Name and device. Per pall inverted vert, sable, and ermine, two Latin crosses formy nowy argent and a sprig of three holly leaves slipped vert fructed gules.

Cillín Éireann the Piper. Name.

Dugan MacLeod. Name.

Fernando Juan Carlos Remesal. Name.

Guenhwyvar MacEwen. Name.

Heoroweard of Lindcylene. Name and device. Vert, a column Or within a bordure embattled argent.

Johann Wolfgang von dem Goldenherz. Badge. Azure, three chevronelles braced and inverted within a bordure Or.

John Patrick of Islington. Device. Vair, a tyger rampant between three escallops inverted Or.

Please ask the submitter to draw the charges larger.

Nikolaos Demetriou ho Toxotes. Device. Azure, on a bend sinister argent between two crosses bottony Or three annulets azure.

This was pended from the January Laurel meeting.

Red Spears, Barony of the. Name for Order of the Boarsbane.

Richard Larmer. Name.

Siobhán Nic Bhloscaidh. Name and device. Per fess purpure and sable, a boar-headed horse with lion's forelegs rampant Or.

Versus Viryaven ca Tusnim, Sable, a boar rampant Or, there are CVDs for the field and for the type of beastie. We compared emblazons, but did not find a visual conflict.

William MacDonald of Balnagowan. Device. Argent, two abaci sable and a branch of juniper fesswise vert.

Yseult de Cherbourg. Device. Sable, on a pale between two frets couped argent three fleurs-de-lys sable.

Pretty armory!

Angus Montgomery the Forrester. Name and device. Per saltire azure and gules, an arrow palewise inverted Or and overall a hound passant ermine.

Though the hound was blazoned in the LoI as "at point", there is no real difference between that and the more common "passant".

Christof Gately. Name and device. Argent, on a bend azure between two escutcheons sable, a bendlet Or.

Daved Schmuel ben Rachon. Blazon appeal. Ermine, two scarpes vert, overall a golden eagle striking proper bearing in its beak a garden rose gules slipped and leaved vert.

The currently registered blazon has the eagle as "rising". The requested reblazon, with the eagle "stooping, wings elevated and displayed", does not accurately describe the bird's posture. The large emblazon clearly shows it to be in the position the SCA regularly blazons as "striking", so we have modified it thus.

Fionnuala nic Leoid. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Fionnuala ni Cleod, we have modified the name to correct the grammar (Cleod does not appear to have ever occurred as a name).

While this borders on being too modern in style, we felt it did not go over that line.

This was "in the pipeline" and so falls under the grace period for Laurel's ruling on style for fieldless badges.

Idunn Felinnoir. Device. Erminois, a lion couchant and on a chief sable three bezants.

Johan Blau. Name clarification.

When the submitter's device was registered, it was listed in the LoAR as John Blau. (One of these days I'm just going to have to learn how to type!)

Liobsynde Belhringere of Aelfhafen. Name correction from Liobsynde Behlringere of Aelfhafen.

(I told you I'm going to have to learn how to type!)

Medhbh O'Duibhdabhoireann of Clontarf. Name and device. Name and device. Vair, on a pale Or three reremice sable.

Meghan Ruadh nic Guinne. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Ottar de Scotia. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Siana of Castletown Bearhaven. Badge. [Fieldless] A chevron couped interlaced in base with a fret couped azure.

Siana of Castletown Bearhaven. Badge for Wyvern's Lair. [Fieldless] A demi-wyvern issuant from a chevron couped azure.

Sylvanus the Drummer. Name and device. Purpure, a fess raguly between in chief three dumbeks and in base a nude demi-maiden issuant from base maintaining in both hands a snake, all Or.

Takeuchi Hiroshi. Device. Sable, within and issuant from the corners of a Japanese well frame crosswise, four clusters of bamboo leaves argent.

Tristian of Hag's Head. Name only for House Hearts Abound (see RETURNS for badge).

Wilhelm von Rothenberg. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

TRIMARIS

Bertrand the Young. Name.

Gareth MacGunther of Gordon. Name and device. Argent, a pale sable between two crosses crosslet gules, on a bordure sable an orle of chain Or.

Given the citation from Forssner's Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England of Gunter, Gonther, and Gonter as given names, this usage with a Scot's patronymic form becomes much more reasonable.

Hadassah bat Josef. Device. Per fess gules and sable, a mullet of six points argent and two lit candles ensconced Or.

Krystyna Czartoryska. Device. Per bend rayonny argent and gules, a brown eagle's wing proper and a decrescent argent.

This was pended from the January Laurel meeting.

Submitted as Lars Knarrarsmiör, we have used a documentable transliteration for the "thorn".

Nakamura Yoshimitsu. Name.

Roland de Germaine. Name.

Signy Colfre Tryggvadóttir. Name.

Submitted as Colfre Signe Tryggvasdottir, Colfre was only documented as a surname, nor was the submitted spelling of Signy documented anywhere. We have therefore reversed the order of the first two name elements, and have corrected the grammar of the patronymic, as the submitter's forms allowed.

Ysabella Celestina Manrique de Palma. Name and device. Per pale argent and gules, goutty, four mascles in cross, a base two bars wavy, and a chief invected, all counterchanged.

Lord Laurel would like to thank all those commenters who did the documentation research that should have been included in the LoI and was included in the Laurel packet.

Aine Redman. Name and device. Sable, three talbots in pale courant to sinister Or.

Brigid of Ballyteegan. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and purpure, a bend sinister engrailed between a sun and a decrescent Or.

Catraoine ni Risteaird. Name.

Christopher of Wintreborne. Spelling correction to registered name from Christopher of Winterborne.

Harald Kalfson. Name.

Ian Gearr-Shealleach. Device. Per chevron vert and argent, a horse courant and a celtic cross counterchanged.

Jesse of Ramscrag. Name.

Joseph Lee Catchpole. Device. Azure, a pall Or between three mullets of six points elongated palewise argent, a bordure Or.

Submitted as Joseph Lee Catchpole of Starfyre, the above form is what was registered in January, 1991. Clear of Ludwig Dichter von Oldenberg, Azure, a chevron inverted and a chevron fretted Or, between three mullets of four points argent within a bordure Or, cited in the LoI, with CVDs for number of primaries, type of primary, and type of secondary (mullets of six points, even elongated palewise, have sufficiently different outlines from mullets of four points).

Kaitlyn O'Mallin. Name and device. Azure, a lion's head cabossed Or, maned argent, in chief three shamrocks Or.

Karl the Meek and Mild. Badge. [Fieldless] A maple leaf sable charged with a tankard argent.

Karl the Meek and Mild. Badge. Per chevron inverted argent and gules, in chief a golpe.

Kathleen of Thorne Rose. Name and device. Per bend indented purpure and argent, two roses counterchanged, barbed vert, seeded of hearts counterchanged.

Mark of Darkmoor. Name and device. Quarterly sable and gules, the whole semy of pheons, on a bend argent, three natural panther's heads erased sable.

Mercedes de la Zouche of Cartagena. Name and device. Per bend sable and purpure, a female centaur passant to sinister regardant, helmed, brandishing a sword and a shield argent.

Meredith of Cardican. Name.

Sigrid Ulfsdottir. Name.

Thelic of Darktide. Device. Quarterly Or and argent, a panther's head erased sable, incensed gules.

The weight of the commentary was clearly in favor of granting a CVD between an heraldic panther's head and a lion's head. Thus this is clear of the Queen's Escort of An Tir, Quarterly Or and argent, a lion's head erased sable crowned, environed of a wreath of hearts, points to center, alternating with roses gules, barbed and seeded proper, with a CVD for the change to the primary and another for removing the wreath.

AN TIR

Corwin Falcone. Device. Azure, in pale a mongoose passant reguardant Or, grasping with sinister forepaw a sword proper, and an increscent Or.

Conflict with Balswill (Papworth, p. 594), Azure, an increscent Or. There is one CVD for the addition of the mongoose.

The epithet does not make sense in any of the meanings given in period from the OED. Would the submitter consider "the Fretful"?

Lorin MacKai. Name.

Lorin is documentable as word, but not as a name. Of the three previous instances of the registration of the name Lorin in the SCA, one was the submitter's legal given name, one had no documentation at all, and the third stated only that "Lorin is a variant of Lawrence". We need documentation of its use as a name before it can be registered.

Conflict with Carnegie (Papworth, p. 301), Or, an eagle displayed azure. There is only one CVD for the addition of the chaplet in chief. It was felt that we could not in good conscience grant a CVD for the difference between a generic bird and an eagle.

Submission withdrawn by Lady Aten in her LoI of February 12.

No documentation was included for the name, and no one could find it in any of their sources.

Anne de Silva. Device. Vert, two chipmunks sejant respectant proper supporting between them an acorn Or.

The chipmunks, being mostly brown, have very poor contrast with the vert field (color on color).

The name is far too generic to register to a single group. The badge needs to be submitted on a roundel, not an escutcheon, as it is not a device.

The complex line of division of the primary is nearly impossible to identify on the multi-tinctured field. Would the submitter consider using a straight line of division on the bend sinister?

No submission form for this badge were included in the Laurel packet. Additionally, this violates the layer limits of VIII.1.c.ii (Layer Limit).

No forms were included for the name change, nor was there any documentation for this spelling variant of Seonaid. This variant does not appear valid on its face because of the radical change of pronunciation. The device was blazoned with a sable chief, but that on the emblazon form was vert. Since the one she wishes to change has a sable chief, and the blazon given on the emblazon form calls the chief sable, we are returning this so that the submitter can tell us what it is she wants.

The bordure is color on color.

Conflict with Herst (Papworth, p. 694), Argent, an eight-pointed estoile azure. There is one CVD for the addition of the bordure.

Francesco Schiavone. Device. Argent, a sword bendwise sinister sable between a winged lion statant to sinister guardant gules and a wyvern erect azure.

Because the sword does not visually dominate the field, this exceeds the complexity limits of VIII.1.a. in using three different types of charge in what is visually the same "group". In the case of the device of Marina Rhianydd of Wakefield, which had a tree between two other charges, the tree visually dominated the field: it was unquestionably the primary charge, with the others as a group of secondaries. Here the charges all hold nearly equal visual "weight", so that they have the appearance of a single group of primaries.

Conflict with Soren der Weiss (SCA), Per pale azure and argent, two griffins segreant addorsed counterchanged. The overwhelming similarities between the two types of "winged monsters", right down to their positions, were such that we do not feel that X.2 can be applied here.

None

LAUREL

SCA. Badge for Deaf Interpreters. Vert, in saltire a cubit arm, hand appaumy, and a trumpet Or.

It was suggested by a number of commenters that the badge registered to the Kingdom of Caid for interpreters for the deaf, Vert, in saltire two trumpets Or surmounted by a dexter hand appaumy all within a bordure embattled argent, was already available for use, and was a better looking design, to boot. We are currently awaiting a letter of permission to conflict from Caid, at which time we will register for Society-wide use "Vert, in saltire two trumpets Or surmounted by a dexter hand appaumy argent".

Hywel o Gwynedd. Change from holding name of Hywyn of Wyrmgeist.

Conflict with Hywel, King of Gwynedd.

All of the evidence is against Logan as a given name in period and does clearly show it as a surname. The submitter might consider one of the similar documented Gaelic given names: Lochan, Lohan, Ochene, Lochine, or Luachan.

Edelgard Erzsébet von Württemberg. Badge. [Fieldless] Between the peaks of a mountain of two peaks vert issuant from park pales gules a hurst of trees proper leaved gules.

While much of the discussion of this badge in the commentary centered on its style, it does appear to be an acceptable late-period style. However, its real problems are those of contrast and identifiability. The picket fence and the majority of the trees do not contrast well with the mountain, making identifiability a problem.

The combination of name and sheaf of three arrows is too evocative of Arrow-Odd, son of Grim Hairy-Cheek Troutsson, who had a sheaf of three magic arrows called Gusir's Gifts. That Arrow-Odd is usually referred to as "Odd Grimsson" only adds to the problem.

Adina del Alcázar. Name and device. Purpure, a crescent and on a chief argent a mullet between two Arabic horns vert.

No submissions forms were included in the Laurel packet for this submission.

Conflict with Bryan (Papworth, p. 1027), Argent, three piles vert. Addition of the overall charge is only one CVD (per X.4.c).

No submissions forms were included in the Laurel packet for this submission.

Conflict with Master of the Horse, registered to the Barony of Bhakail (only the "invisible" designator is changed), as well as Sea Horse Pursuivant (with only the removal of the adjective).

No blazon was included in the LoI for either the posture or tincture of the dragon, and no form was included in the Laurel packet.

(No form was included for the name appeal in the Laurel packet.) That the natural phenomenon of "a long drawn-out thunderclap" existed in period has never been an issue in previous returns of this name; the modern connotations of the name have been. The OED does not cite instances of "roll" with either drums or thunder until well after period (1688 and 1700, respectively). The name is not period style but is obtrusively modern. While removing the field from the previous badge submission removes the visual conflict with Kourost Bernard of the East Woods, Sable, a sun eclipsed Or, the stylistic problems for which it was previously returned remain. This is not an "annulet indented arrondi", it is a modern lightning flash ("shazam") in annulo. Lightning flashes have been disallowed for years now. Would the submitter consider a wheel charged with a period thunderbolt?

No evidence has been found that the name has been submitted or registered previously. Thus this cannot be a resubmission at the Laurel level, and needs to be made with a name submission and the appropriate submission fees.

Conflict with Muhrenah Vasilianovna Romanovich (SCA), Per pale ermine and counter-ermine, a barn owl (Tyto alba) striking affronty proper. There is a CVD for the field, but the owl in Muhrenah's device is substantially argent with some very light brown (tan) markings, and hence nearly indistinguishable from Evan's owl.

Bordures cannot be parted and fretted in this manner. (Picture doing it on a roundel, for example, one way of displaying a device. Where would the fretting be?)

Though blazoned on the LoI as a Maltese cross, the emblazon is that of a cross formy with triangular "notches" taken out of the ends of the arms. Conflict with Allen (Papworth, p. 621), Sable, a cross patty Or. There is one CVD for adding the charge in chief.

Conflict with Leopold Reinmar von Schonberg (SCA), Per bend sinister guels and sable, an hourglass Or. There is one CVD, for the changes to the field.

Conflict with Sian Myfanwy ferch Briana (SCA), Per chevron throughout vert and argent, two compass-stars and a pine tree eradicated counterchanged. There is one CVD for changing the type and tincture of the tertiary (or the basemost charge). By previous Laurel precedent, there is no difference between per chevron throughout and a pile inverted.

Kostbera appears to be an epithet, not a given name. Kveldulf is a unique name, applied to the grandfather of Egil Skallagrimsson, given to him because he came alive only at night and apparently had werewolf-like tendencies. As a unique name, its use in a patronymic form is a claim to relationship, which is disallowed by RfS V.5.

Conflict with a number of English coats (Papworth, pp. 459-461), [Field], a chevron between three mullets argent. There is only one CVD, for the change to the field.

The blazon on the LoI had the line of division as "Per chevron flory-counterflory", but the emblazon was as reblazoned above, and is not in a period style of which we are aware. If the submitter would care to resubmit with a true fleury-counterfleury line of division?

No forms were included in the Laurel packet for this submission.

No forms were included in the Laurel packet for this submission.

No forms were included in the Laurel packet for this submission.

Hourglasses with transparent parts have been disallowed since the LoAR of October 31, 1981.

The relative sizes of the quill pens and corbie do not give clear primacy to the quills, so this is in conflict with Corbet (Papworth, p. 295), Or, a raven sable. There is one CVD for the addition of the quill pens.

If the charge here is seen as consisting of eight hearts voided and interlaced, the voiding and interlacing is excessive (see RfS VIII.3). If seen as a unit, this is a closed loop of chain, reserved to members of the Chivalry.

Conflict with Bryan (Papworth, p. 1026), Argent, three piles azure. Addition of the overall charge is only one CVD (per X.4.c).

No documentation was included for Zoya, nor could any of the commenting heralds discover any.

Ragnar Longeye. Name.

The epithet here does not make sense. As Badger noted, "his range of vision may be long, but his eye is probably about the size of any other eye". We might suggest one of many documented period epithets: Haukeseye (Hawkseye), Fairey (fair eye), Woluisheys (wolf's eyes), or Wyseye (wise eye).

The epithet here is confusing as to meaning, and does not appear to be very plausible. Would the submitter consider the documented Makefer (make fire)?

Two arguments were presented in this appeal of a prior return. The first, that the badger's heads and the weapons form two groups of secondaries, and should thus count for two CVDs, is based on an incorrect assumption. Groups are defined by placement on the field, not by type. Four identical charges around a saltire are a single group. Three identical charges and a different charge placed around a saltire are still a single group. With only one CVD for the addition of the group of (non-identical) secondaries, this still conflicts with Bayleur (Papworth, p. 1059), Gules, a saltire vair.
The second argument, that there are only four types of charge (saltire, badgers heads, morning stars and sword) and four tinctures (gules, vair, proper and Or). In fact, "proper" is not a tincture -- it is heraldic shorthand. The badgers heads are argent, marked sable. That's two tinctures. While vair may be listed in glossary under tinctures, the fact that it is a neutral fur is because it consists of both a metal and a color. Its visual complexity is such that it looks like two tinctures. Thus we really have four types of charge and five tinctures (gules, argent, azure, sable, and Or), for a complexity "count" (by the rule of thumb) of nine.
As far at the statement in the LoI that 'As this gentle has been using this device for close to five years (and been trying to register it for the same amount of time), and has every intention of continuing to display the device no matter what the decision of the College is, I ask that this device be registered under the rule of Toyota', I can do no better than to quote Lady Dolphin. She said, "I find this statement exactly analogous to asking the Marshallate "As this gentle has been only taking very hard blows for close to five years (and has been trying to make the marshallate accept this very hard blow standard for the same amount of time), and has every intention of only taking very hard blows no matter what the deciions of the Earl Marshal is, I ask that this fighter be allowed by the Marshallate to only take very hard blows.' A fighter who rhinohides because he disagrees with the blow standards as set forth by the marshallate is considered unchivalrous and given no sympathy. A submitter who uses an illegal device because he disagrees with the armory standards as set forth by the heralds should be considered just as unchivalrous, and I certinly don't think we should do him any favors. Maybe if this analogy were pointed out to the submitter he might change his mind about displaying a returned device." Additionally, as Lord Batonvert has pointed out, if he would consider changing the saltire to "vairy Or and sable" will both remove the conflict and remedy the complexity problem. Please recommend this as a relatively simple solution to the difficulties with this device.

Caelinn nic Lochlainn. Name change from Caroline ó Cainnigh.

Conflict with the already registered Caitilin ni Lochlainn.

The appeal of the prior return of this badge was based on two arguments: that other badges of similar style to this one have been registered in the past year, and that the submitter was penalized by having his badge returned when it was the submission which prompted the re-evaluation or interpretation of the Rules.
To address the first: Of the nine badges registered which were noted in the LoI, two had all of the charges conjoined in some fashion, and four had a charge completely "framed" by another charge ("within a torse" for example, or within charges conjoined in annulo). Of the three left, two consisted of a charge within eight and five charges in annulo, respectively, which hold together much better visually than a charge between three other charges. (The remaining example cited in the LoI, I have to admit, is poor enough style that it probably should not have been registered.) This seriously weaken the case that this particular submission is acceptable style to the point of non-support.
The second issue, the "Ting MacPhee ruling", patently does not apply here. This submission did not "prompt a re-evaluation of the rules, or the interpretation of the rules". If the Ting MacPhee ruling were to be applied at all on this issue (I do not believe that it should: commentary in letters of comment had been calling for a tightening of style standards for fieldless badges for some months before we began applying stricter standards, and disjointedness contributed to the return of a number of badges in June, July and August 1990) it should be with the badge for the Equestrian Guild of the Outlands at the October Laurel meeting.

Rule II.3 states that "new name elements, whether invented by the submitter or borrowed from a literary source, may be used if they follow the rules for name formation from a linguistic tradition compatible with the domain of the Society and the name elements used." No one in the College could find anything closer than the Latin word "temparius" ("at the right time, seasonably").

ATLANTIA

Sean Killian MacTalbot. Device. Per chevron or and gules, a talbot rampant Or maintaining a claymore proper, and in chief two hearts gules each charged with a cross bottony Or.

The tincture of the talbot was accidentally left out of the LoI. This is pended to the July Laurel meeting so that it can be properly researched.

The LoI accidentally left out the tincture of the fish. This is pended to the July Laurel meeting so that it can be properly researched.

Lars Knarrarsmidr. Device. Gules, a rooster displayed argent maintaining in its claws a spear fesswise proper and a lion's pelt Or.

The tincture of the rooster (and to a lesser degree of the lion's pelt) were omitted from the blazon, which had all of the charges proper. This is pended until the July Laurel meeting so that it can be properly researched.

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