ANSTEORRA

Abdullah bin Omar. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

"Bin" is a reasonable spelling variant of "ben", and is often found abbreviated as "b.".

Athena Mawrcan Derwen Ddu. Name and device. Or, semy of compass stars, a falcon migrant to base sable.

Christian Clare. Device. Per fess azure and argent, a plate charged with a water bouget gules and a natural panther rampant sable platy.

David ben Reuben. Name and device. Per chevron gules and sable, a Star of David and in base a lamp Or.

Eirik Vilhelmsson. Name change from William of the Highwoods.

Eliberio Antolinez Sancho del Mar. Device. Gules, on a sun Or a seahorse vert all within a bordure potenty Or.

Felix of Seawinds. Name.

Gillian Blackbow. Name change from Donna of Harper's Meadow and device. Azure, in pale a horse's head erased Or and two swords inverted in saltire argent.

Gillian Grai. Name and device. Per bend sinister vert and gules, on a bend sinister invected Or three harps palewise vert.

Isabella del Bosque. Device. Vert, a lioness dormant guardant and on a chief doubly enarched Or three crosses fleury vert.

Pretty armory!

John of Severn. Name.

Kieran o Chonnacht. Device. Purpure, a tower argent between three equal-armed Celtic crosses Or.

Ralf of Oak Lawn the Oxhandler. Name.

"The Oxhandler" appears a little unlikely as a period epithet, but is not entirely implausible. However, Oxeman, Oxhirde, and Oxdrover are all documented period bynames which would serve the client better.

Robert Pery Paxton. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Tómas Ashe Buchanan. Name.

William of Monmouth. Device change. Per bend wavy azure and gules, a bend wavy argent between a demi-sun issuant from sinister chief and a mullet of eight greater and lesser points Or.

The client's currently registered device, Per bend vert and purpure, a bend argent between a demi-sun issuant from sinister chief and a compass star Or is released.

Adam of Erin. Device. Vert, a celtic cross and on a chief argent three quatrefoils vert.

Nice armory!

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Title for Partan Herald.

Azelina of Exanceaster. Name and device. Per fess argent and sable, a panther guardant gules incensed proper between three ermine spots counterchanged.

Barrett the Map Maker. Device. Sable, a tower Or enflamed proper and a chief Or, semy of sparks gules.

Black Diamond, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Fettered Crane. [Fieldless] A crane Or, fettered, throated and crested, upon its shoulder a lozenge sable.

Brigit O' Néill. Name and device. Vert, a bend erminois and in chief a cross bottony fitchy argent.

Éadaoin Chuain na Greine. Name and device. Vert, on a bend sinister cotissed Or, three goutes de sang palewise.

Submitted as Éadaoin Cuan na Greine, we have modified the name to correct the grammar.

This name was registered at the December 1990 Laurel meeting.

Elspeth nic Chormaic. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Endor on the Deep, Canton of. Device. Azure, an arched door Or within a laurel wreath argent.

Eoin Mac an Báird. Name and device. Per fess wavy vert and Or, a unicorn salient and a sword in saltire argent and a wolf's head erased gules.

The style of this proposal is marginal. The unicorn is almost forceny (and is almost a unicornate horse), and the wolf's head is not easily recognizable as such. As several commenters noted, having the unicorn and sword in saltire is not good style.

Please tell the client that the fess should have at least three embrasures, as opposed to the two on the emblazon.

Jesmaine of Yolchevo Lesa. Name and device. Vert, semy of hearts argent, a chief checky sable and argent.

Submitted as Jesmaine of Yolkovij Les, we have modified the name to correct the grammar to match later documentation supplied by Lady Triton.

Submitted as Diego Santiago del Viaje Largo.

Lukas von Reaumer. Device. Sable, a unicorn's head couped between three mullets of seven points argent.

Lynette the Lost. Device. Argent, three lozenges in bend azure, each charged with a pretzel Or.

Maelgwn ap Gruffyd. Name appeal.

Melisant of Volchevo Lesa. Name and device. Gules, two seahorses respectant argent, finned Or.

Submitted as Melisant of Volkovij Les, we have modified the name to correct the grammar to match later documentation supplied by Lady Triton.

Pretty device.

Morina Magrath. Name change from Lorna MacMorna.

Olaf Stammkopf. Name and device. Sable, a stump Or and in chief two mullets of six points argent.

Please draw the stump a little larger.

Nice name!

Robyyan Torr d'Elandris. Badge. [Fieldless] Two comets conjoined in annulo Or, heads in fess gules.

Roderick O' Rinne. Name and device. Gyronny azure ermined argent and argent, three acorns proper.

Roderick O' Shannon. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Sabine la Peureuse. Device. Argent, a fox salient sable, on a chief indented purpure five lozenges argent.

Submitted as Sabine la Peureux, the above form was registered in November 1991.

Signy Dimmridaela. Badge. [Fieldless] A spray of three campion flowers gules, slipped and leaved vert.

Simkin Colfox. Name.

Submitted as Simkin Colfax, we have modified the name to correct a typo on the LoI. The client's forms have the registered form.

Please tell the client to draw the bordure much larger. The bordure on the large emblazon looked like fimbriation.

Tovah Scofeld. Name and device. Gules, on a pall inverted between three cats couchant guardant Or, a needle palewise inverted and threaded gules.

Tristan von Rothenburg. Name.

Turstin Fíngin. Name.

Yelena Duvelle. Name and device. Argent, semy of hearts gules within a bordure azure.

CALONTIR

Alan Smyth of Darkdale. Badge. [Fieldless] A flaming brazier Or, overall a pair of open tongs sable.

Branwen Gwenyth Anrias. Name and device. Vert, a chevron between two flutes chevronwise and a dragon segreant argent.

Anrias, though not documented in the LoI as such, is a clan name.

Gustav Jamesson. Name.

Hengest of Stamford Bridge. Name.

Ian Maxwell of Dumfries. Name and device. Per chevron throughout gules and argent, two daggers inverted and a lion rampant counterchanged.

Isabeau le Fer de Saint Claude. Name and badge for Maison de la Belle Rivière. Vert, in pale an apple Or and two barrulets wavy argent.

Submitted as Maison de Belle Riviere, we have modified the name to correct the grammar.

Submitted as Isabeau le Sage, we have modified the name to match the gender of the article with the gender of the given name, following period exemples.

Lycurgus de Loch. Name and device. Or, semy-de-lys, on a pale sable a sheaf of three lightning bolts Or.

The citation in Dauzat for "Loch" by itself lends credence to the use of Loch with the article "de".

Thomas Foxmoor. Name and device. Or, a stag's head cabossed vert between three oak leaves sable.

Wyvern Cliffe, Shire of. Device. Checky azure and argent, a wyvern erect gules within a laurel wreath in orle Or.

EAST

Aelfwin Telfer of the Wolves. Name.

Aelfwyn Marie von Augsburg. Name.

Aethelmearc, Principality of. Transfer of name from East Kingdom, change in designation to the Order of the Silver Buccle.

Albrecht von Halstern. Badge. [Fieldless] On a mullet of four points argent a peregrine falcon's head erased proper.

Alterkaemper Feld, Shire of. Release of name.

Amber Stormwolfe. Name and device. Per chevron inverted raguly purpure and argent semy of double roses purpure and argent, in chief a wolf's head cabossed argent.

Andreas der Eisfalke. Name and badge for Haus Blutwache. Per pale sable and gules, a Maltese cross between four mullets of eight points all within a bordure argent.

Ansitruda Helgasdottir. Badge. [Fieldless] A demi-stag issuant from a goblet argent.

Arianna of Wynthrope. Device correction. Per saltire Or and vert, a mascle counterchanged within a bordure sable.

This was corrected in the Errata Letter of 16 July 1991, p. 3.

Additional evidence for the deutorotheme -far was found in Searle, lending more support for the construction Balfar.

Battista del Cascabel. Name and device. Quarterly purpure and sable, a mushroom Or.

Bianca the Inquisitive. Name and device. Vert, on a bend wavy between two fleurs-de-lys Or an arrow inverted vert.

Please tell the client to draw the bend a little wider.

Devin Adair Bartholomy. Name.

Donna of Brewerskeep. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per chevron throughout argent and azure, two sprigs of forget-me-not azure slipped and leaved vert and a horse's head erased affronty argent, all within a bordure counter-compony azure and argent.

Submitted as Brynna nic Adam.

East, Kingdom of the. Badge for the Royal Eastern College of Bards. [Fieldless] A clarion purpure.

Galleron de Cressy. Device. Azure, three hourglasses Or.

Gareth Gordon MacGunter. Name change from Gareth MacGunther of Gordon and badge. [Fieldless] A cross croslet gules surmounted by an apple Or.

Name submitted as Gareth Gordon MacGunther, we have modified the name to match the correction sent by both Lord Brigantia and Lord Silver Buccle.

Geoffrey Fitz Galen. Device change. Ermine, on a saltire raguly gules five griffin's heads erased Or collared sable.

His current device, Ermine, on a saltire raguly between two sheaves of three arrows gules, five griffin's heads erased Or collared sable, is released.

Hassan abdul Raschid al-Turki. Name and device. Per chevron sable and vert, three horned and jawless skulls argent.

Jan Friederich van Schaack. Device. Per pale argent ermined gules and gules ermined argent, an orle within a bordure counterchanged gules and argent.

Joan of Brookside. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and sable, a heart purpure and a goutte d'eau.

John of Black Rose. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per bend sinister Or and sable, a pair of swords in saltire and a tower all within a bordure embattled counterchanged.

Submitted as Colin MacInnis.

Kieran MacCrimmin. Name.

Lucia Francesca de Valencia. Name.

Luna Athanwulf. Name and device. Purpure, within the horns of a decrescent a wolf's head erased contourny argent.

The LoI established "a strong pattern of use of a class of words [in this case the names of Roman deities] as given names" (see RfS II.3.b). Based on this pattern we believe Luna to be acceptable. While the use of the decrescent with the given name is allusive, we do not believe that the name and charge combination is so excessively allusive as to require return.

Marc Doyle du Marécage. Name.

Submitted as Marc Doyle de Marécage, we have modified the name to correct the grammar.

Submitted as Matilda Bosvyle de Bella Acqua, this name was returned at the November 1991 Laurel meeting.

Nemoralias Noctua, Shire of. Release of name.

Nikolas de Mont Nord. Name.

Nordenhalle, Shire of. Device. Argent, a tree eradicated and in chief three laurel wreaths sable.

Olaf Beduson Bloodaxe. Name and device. Sable, on a pale invected between two lightning bolts argent, a fir tree couped proper.

Radegund von Feuchtenstadt. Name and device. Argent, a three-tiered fountain vert spouting and a chief embattled azure.

Ragnar Arason of Vinland. Name.

Raimar of Ferndale. Name and device. Per bend argent and Or, two swans displayed, wings inverted, gules each armed and maintaining a scimitar counterchanged within a bordure rayonny gules.

Rebecca bat Reuven. Device. Argent, two suns and a hedgehog statant within a bordure engrailed purpure.

Richard Stanley Greybeard. Name.

Riobard o Suillebhain. Device. Per saltire azure and argent crusilly pointed azure, two ferrets couchant, that to chief contourny, argent.

Rolf Schwartz. Name and device. Or, two bull's heads cabossed in fess sable within a bordure compony gules and argent.

Rose the Riotous. Device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a garden rose bendwise sinister, slipped and leaved, azure and a goutte d'eau.

Pended from the September 1991 Laurel meeting.

Shamus O'Carolan. Transfer from Ulrich von Adlerberg of name for Haus der Kameraden and badge. Or, a cross formy sable surmounted by a rose gules barbed and seeded vert all within a bordure gules.

Thomas de Winterwade. Name and device. Vert, on a chevron between three bears rampant argent, seven Latin crosses vert.

Thorolf Egillsen. Name.

Ulrich von Adlerberg. Transfer of name to Shamus O'Carolan for Haus der Kameraden and badge. Or, a cross formy sable surmounted by a rose gules barbed and seeded vert all within a bordure gules.

Um Rashid Kathira. Device. Or chapé ployé counter-ermine, a fountain.

Vladimir Akila Ivanovitch. Name.

Warin Sørenssen Smith. Name.

Zacharias Flamebeard of Eastmark. Name and device. Per chevron argent and purpure, two natural panthers passant respectant reguardant sable and a dexter gauntlet argent grasping a tongue of flame fesswise proper.

[Irreverent comment from the Laurel meeting: "Let's just reblazon it as a gauntlet clenched incensed."]

LAUREL

S.C.A. Title for Brickbat Herald.

MERIDIES

Borimir Dimitrian. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

While acceptable in this form (with a second given name as a byname), the name would be better formed with a patronymic: Dimitrianovich.

Francis Canny. Badge. Vert, a four-leaved shamrock within a bordure embattled argent.

Versus Rowan Perigrynne, Vert, a cinquefoil within a bordure argent, there is a CD for the type of primary and a second for the complex line of the bordure.

Gabrielle of Worsted. Name and device. Per pale rayonny sable and gules, in fess a chamfrom between two drinking horns, the sinister inverted, Or.

This would be ever so much better if the drinking horn to sinister were not inverted. The line of division is not so obscured by the primary as to be difficult to recognize, and is thus permissible here.

Ivarr Hammarskjöld. Name change from Alvarro the Vigilant.

Kathryn of Lindsey. Device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, a decrescent and a tower argent.

Knikolos Major of Salem-by-the-Sea. Badge. [Fieldless] A manatee erect embowed contourny argent.

Loren of Blackthorn. Badge. [Fieldless] On a compass star elongated to base argent a garden rosebud azure, slipped and leaved vert.

Nikolai Falassievich Osetrov. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Otto von der Nordsee. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Otto von Nordsee, we have modified the name to correct the grammar.

Teague ap Cynan. Name and badge for Bardo Salvatore Corvi. [Fieldless] An annulet Or, overall a corbie sable.

Although the LoI accidentally left out the tincture of the bird, most of the commenters assumed correctly that it is sable.

The identifiability of the spurs conjoined in this manner is marginal.

MIDDLE

Ælfwine of Dunwode. Name.

Alan Fairfax Aluricson. Name.

Alisaundre Juliana de Sentís. Name.

Alwynne of Rivenstar. Name.

Anna Maria Taubenschmied. Name.

Baldwyn Gaufrid. Name.

Clarissa Volontè. Name.

Dougal MacFinlay. Name.

Elspeth Grizel of Dunfort. Name and device. Quarterly vert and purpure, a sea-horse contourny argent.

Erick der Rotnacken. Name.

Ferdorcha Davys. Name.

Gwenhyfar Stuart. Name.

Illaria of Narwhale Keep. Device. Azure, goutty d'eau, a narwhale hauriant contourny and a unicorn salient, horns crossed in saltire, within a bordure embattled Or.

Isabeau de Foirbeis. Name.

Ivarr Tregr. Name.

James of Colby Green. Name.

Jennet Irelande. Name.

John Skinner of Rivenstar. Name.

Katrín Edhvardhardóttir. Name.

Malcolm MacNiven. Name.

Micheal Mac a'bhaird. Name.

Middle, Kingdom of the. Title for Green Mantle Pursuivant.

Middle, Kingdom of the. Title for White Mantle Pursuivant.

Miskolci Erzsébet. Name.

Raymond d'Anjou. Name.

Sorcha Meadhbh Lassair O'Branagain. Device. Per pall inverted sable, vert, and argent, two lozenges Or and a corbie's head erased contourny sable.

Swithin von dem Rhein. Name and device. Argent, a lizard salient contourny within a bordure gules.

Thorhalla Carlsdottir Bröberg. Badge. [Fieldless] A valknut Or.

Thorkel berserkr Gormsson. Name and device. Or, a thunderbolt and on a chief gules three squirrels each holding in its forepaws a nut, Or.

Tobias Alan MacKenzie. Name and badge for House Hasenpfeffer. [Fieldless] A three-eared coney rampant azure holding a stick palewise proper ensigned with a reremouse displayed sable.

The "bat-kabob" is a serious "weirdness", which the three-eared bunny almost pushes over the edge of acceptability. [Irreverent comment from Laurel meeting: "Better living through biotechnology!"]

Torquil MacForsyth. Name.

OUTLANDS

Asha of the Outlands. Name and device. Pean, three annulets in bend sinister Or.

Adella de Tourlaville. Name and badge. Per fess azure and argent, a single-headed chess knight and a tower counterchanged.

Nice armory!

Bréannainn O Coinghiolláin. Name and device. Sable, an owl displayed guardant Or maintaining a chain fracted argent within a bordure compony argent and vert.

Corbin de Heather. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Citations in Reaney (Dictionary of British Surnames) of de Brome, de Birches, and de Ayssh, all lend credence to this byname.

Duncan macAllister. Name.

Elena Catalina Santangelo y Fernandez. Name and device. Purpure, three horses rampant argent.

Submitted as Elena Catalina Sant'angelo y Fernandez, we have modified the name to follow what would appear to be Spanish practice in the byname on the example of Santiago. Classic armory!

Submitted as Javier de los Santos, the above form is what was registered in October 1990.

Noel Goddard. Name.

Thomas of Warwickshire. Name.

Triaria d'Orléans. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Tryffin mac Ualraig. Name and device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, two thistles Or.

Please tell the client to use yellow or gold for the thistles. The tincture used on the color emblazon was not easy to distinguish from gules.

While prior Laurel precedent has returned the form "{Name} the {Nationality}", we do not find this presumptuous of the ruler of the country in the same way or to the same degree that, say, "{Name} of {Nation}" would. Hence, we do not find that this name conflicts with Vaisvilkas, King of Lithuania (1264-1267). As for the device, versus Lupus, Earl of Chester (Papworth, p. 912), Gules, crusilly Or, a wolf's head erased argent, langued gules, we see CDs for tincture (argent vs. Or) and for number (three vs. semy) of the secondary charges. This is sufficient even without having to determine if there is a CD between these Lithuanian crosses and crosses crosslet.

Âc Scrîn, Shire of. Name and device. Quarterly gules and argent, a tree erased proper within an annulet counterchanged, all environed of a laurel wreath vert.

The primary meaning of Scrîn is "ark, coffer, chest", not "shrine". However, Shire of Oak Chest is not a problem.

Araldo Antonio Maiella. Name and device. Per pale sable and azure, in pale a sea-gull volant and two quills pens conjoined in chevron inverted argent.

Despite the impression given in the LoI, the client's legal given name is Harold not Araldo. Thus this is not in conflict with his legal name.

Bres O'Seachnasaigh. Name and device. Per pale purpure and vert, a sword inverted Or between two maunches addorsed erminois.

Though O'Corráine and Maguire note that Bres "is always borne by mythological or legendary characters in Irish literature", Dauzat cites it as a popular form of St. Brictius.

Dafydd ap Bleiddudd. Change from holding name of David of Trimaris.

Derek MacTaggart. Name and device. Argent, a saltire couped within eight mullets in annulo azure.

Dirk of Storm. Device. Pean, a wolf rampant maintaining in its dexter forepaw a book argent bound gules, in its sinister forepaw a dagger, within a bordure Or.

Submitted as Dirk d'Arsenal, this proposal was registered at the November Laurel meeting under the above holding name. It had been pended from the August Laurel meeting. It is poor practice for the submissions herald(s) of a kingdom to anticipate Laurel decisions before those decisions are made and published. Generally, when there is a problem with a blazon in a LoI, that submission is pended by Laurel, not returned.

Her previous device, Argent, three dolphins haurient, conjoined in pall inverted, tails outwards, sable within a bordure azure, fretty argent is released.

Lady Harpy presented evidence of several period names formed in this manner. However, a more common and possibly more correct form would be Elisabeth gwraic Daffydd.

This proposal was registered at the November Laurel meeting. It had been pended from the August Laurel meeting. It is poor practice for the submissions herald(s) of a kingdom to anticipate Laurel decisions before those decisions are made and published. Generally, when there is a problem with a blazon in a LoI, that submission is pended by Laurel, not returned.

Kenneth Albright. Name.

Lisabetta Maria da Firenze. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Roselynd Aelfricsdottir. Name.

Ruthann of An Crosaire. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per fess Or and ermine, a garden rose gules slipped vert issuant from base, a bordure azure.

Submitted as Carmenette Rosiá Diez de Rodriguéz.

Thomas du Lac. Name for House of the Open Door.

Thurwulf Ragnarsson. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Healers Lamp.

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Quiver.

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Argent Trefoil of Trimaris.

Submitted as Order of the Trefoil Argent Trimaris, we have modifed the name to correct the grammar.

WEST

Aldric of Wolfden. Device. Sable, a wolf's head contourny erased within a bordure indented argent.

Alexandra di Campaldino. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Ariadne di Ferrara. Name.

Catherine of Faulconridge. Name and device. Per bend Or and gules, two
falcons displayed counterchanged and a chief dovetailed gules.

Make the chief bigger.

Christy Buchanan. Name and device. Argent, an escallop inverted azure, and a bordure azure semy of escallops inverted argent.

Colin MacKay of Dornadilla Broch. Name.

Connor Graham of Drakeswood. Badge. [Fieldless] A dragon passant vert upon an oak branch fesswise proper.

Crisiant Dreigben. Name.

David di Ferrara. Name.

Diana di Ferrara. Name.

Gareth Greystone. Badge. [Fieldless] An hourglass argent, framed of wood proper.

Gasparo Ballister. Name and device. Or, a dragon passant vert within a bordure embattled azure.

Submitted as Gasparo Ballister the Stonewise, we have modified the name to drop the questionable byname. No documentation was presented for either this epithet or for a pattern of similar epithets.
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Gerhard der Taschenkrebs. Name and device. Azure, a crab and a chief invected Or.

Nice, simple armory!

Liduina de Kasteelen van Valkenburg. Name.

Llwyd Tentor. Device. Vert, on a bend sinister between two arrows bendwise sinister argent, a sword vert.

Luke Breen of Lough Finne. Name.

Margaret di Ferrara. Name.

Mélisande la Timide. Name.

Nicholas of Thistletorr. Name and device. Sable, a dragon displayed, head facing sinister, between three roses argent.

Norinna O'Shaughnessy. Name and device. Per bend argent and azure, two mullets counterchanged, on a chief dovetailed vert three lozenges argent.

Please ask the client to draw the chief bigger.

Renee of Blackstar. Device. Per fess azure and argent, on a pale bretessed counterchanged in chief a mullet sable, all within a bordure counter-compony sable and Or.

Though just within the guidelines of the rule of thumb for complexity, this is awfully busy.

Nice, simple armory!

William of Ashby de la Zouche. Name and device. Quarterly gules and sable, a cross clechy and on a chief argent, five ermine spots sable.

Wolfgang of Transylvania. Change from holding name of Wolfgang of Aneala.

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNED:

ANSTEORRA

Abdullah bin Omar. Device. Argent, a bear dormant azure.

The primary charge is unidentifiable in this position as an animal, much less as a bear, and is thus in violation of RfS VIII.3., Armorial Identifiability.

Barring documentation for a place named "the Mist", this byname is not a reasonable locative. As the client will not allow any changes of any kind to the name, we are having to return this instead of simply adding a final "s", making the byname an acceptable "of the Mists".

Conflict with Alexandria Sylverhawke, Gules, two hawks heads erased respectant argent. There is one CD only, for the changes to the field.

Contrary to opinion expressed in the LoI, this is indeed slot machine heraldry, in violation of RFS VIII.1.a. It contains three disparate charges in a standard heraldic arrangement.

Angela di Firenze. Device. Azure, two rainbows in pale proper.

Conflict with Pfull (Woodward, p. 114), Azure, three rainbows in pale proper. There is one CD for the change to the number of the charges.

The name mixes languages in a single phrase, and no evidence was presented that it is possible to mix English and Scottish Gaelic in this way. The easiest and smallest fix would be Caisteal Dhaibhidh. The device conflicts with the Shire of Politarchopolis, Argent, on a pale gules a griffin segreant argent, overall a laurel wreath counterchanged. There is at best one CD for the change of type of the tertiary.

The given mixes a feminine prototheme with a masculine deuterotheme. Such a construction is impossible by the rules by which Old English names were constructed.

While the client has in good faith added a given name, correcting one of the problems for which this was originally returned, the return from Laurel also noted that the byname was presumptious as well. Lady Triton's request that this be treated as a hardship case is a difficult decision here. Certainly, if the client was not given all of the reasons for return by the kingdom herald(s), there is a problem. However, the full reasons for return were given in the LoAR by Laurel, and I am hesitant to begin granting hardship allowances where the information passed on to the client was incomplete (as opposed to more serious kinds of misfeasance). I have seen many instances of a client stating that he or she was not given all of the reasons for a return, and Laurel has no way of double-checking to determine the accuracy of the client's, or the herald's, sometimes selective memory. To allow registration of a only partial fix of the reasons for return leaves Laurel (and the College) open to far too many opportunities for registering items in violation of our Rules for Submissions and the standards we have set for names and armory for the reason that "I wasn't told that [X] was a problem".
I would like to remind the submissions heralds (or those designated to inform clients of Laurel's decisions on their proposal(s)) that it is their duty to inform the client of the complete reason(s) for any changes or returns which Laurel makes to their submissions. Sometimes problems with a submission are mentioned "in passing", especially when there is a clear conflict or Rules violation, but these problems are as much a part of the "reasons for return" as the obvious calls. Our clients deserve to be fully informed of these "minor" problems, too.

Submitted as Duibheasa Méabh of Strikkenwoode, the above form was registered at the July 1990 Laurel meeting. The counterchanging of the primary and secondary charges is excessive, and reduces their identifiability to an unacceptable degree.

Given that this proposal may also be blazoned "Gules, on a lozenge throughout a bear sejant affronty sable", this conflicts with Brocke (Papworth, p. 966), Gules, on a lozenge Or a chevron azure. There is one CD for the changes to the tertiary charge.

Conflict with Aullier (Papworth, p. 882), Argent, fretty azure. There is one CD for the addition of the overall charges.

Conflict with Carroll (Papworth, p. 1104), Sable, a sword erect argent between two lions rampant combattant Or. There is one CD for changing the type of the secondaries, but there is not a second for enflaming the blade of the sword.

Isabeau la Sage. Device. Azure, a horse statant argent within a bordure dovetailed ermine.

Conflict with British 26th Engineering Group (Military Ordinary, No. 121), Azure, a horse statant in adumbration argent. There is one CD for the addition of the bordure.

The style of this badge is very unbalanced and obtrusively modern in design, in violation of RfS VIII.4.d.

Conflict with Mountain Confederation. By prior Laurel precedent, addition of the adjective Blackstone is insufficient to clear the conflict.

The evidence for Brynna is extremely weak. No evidence was adduced that this follows standard naming practices. If the Camden citation for Brynnae or if a Latin form Brynnus can be found, then this name should be acceptable. Until such time, however, we are forced to return it.

Withdrawn by the client.

Conflict with Colin MacInnes, noted English novelist (1914-1976), found on page 635 of Webster's New Biographical Dictionary.

None of the commenters found the "ampulla" or "bottle" to be recognizable as such. (It is similar to but different from the "ampulla" given in the PicDic.) As a consequence it does not meet the reconstruction requirement of RfS VII.7.b.

While "Sea" is a reasonable byname element, there is nothing given in the LoI to indicate that "Seawalker" is reasonable or formed in a Period manner. Would the client consider the byname "Gobythesea", formed in the manner of Period exemplars found in Reaney's Origins, p. 289?

The primary charge is not identifiable as a slug (a number of commenters thought it was a slipper until reading the blazon), nor was any evidence presented that a slug is compatible with Period style. (There was some question as to how it would be possible for a slug to be "passant".)

This is not a blazon correction, but a device change, for which we must receive the appropriate fee. Additionally, to show the (color on color) red hourglass marking, the spider must be blazoned as displayed.

Conflict with Kine, et al. (Hawley's Mon, p. 67), (Dark), four pestles, handles to center and conjoined in saltire, all within and conjoined to an annulet (light). There is one CD for fieldlessness, but the outlines of the four pestles is almost exactly identical to this saltire, so no other Differences can be found here.

This action is withdrawn at the request of the Principal Herald.

This is being returned under RfS I.2., Offense. This general principle states that "no submission will be registered that is detrimental to the educational purposes or good name of the Society, or the enjoyment of its participants because of offense that may be caused, intentionally or unintentionally, by its use." Given the universally negative reaction of the commentors to this semy charge, it is believed that a significant percentage of the populace of the SCA will find this device so offensive as to reduce their enjoyment of and participation in SCA activities.

Adallindis aus Anderbach. Name and device. Ermine, between two flaunches sable a double-headed griffin segreant gules.

Conflict with Grantham (Papworth, p. 981), Ermine, a griffin segreant gules. There is one CD for the (improperly drawn) flaunches.

Conflict with Grantham (Papworth, p. 981), Ermine, a griffin segreant gules. Also conflict with Grib (Woodward, p. 1011), Or, a griffin gules. In each case there is one CD for fieldless vs. fielded.

Conflict with Moyle (Papworth, p. 115), Gules, a mule statant within a bordure argent. There is one CD for the change to the field. Conflict also with Hirano, et al. (Hawley's Mon, p. 57), (Dark), a horse statant (light). There is a CD for the addition of the bordure.

Löwenstein and Löwenthal do not appear to be sufficient precedent for allowing Löwenstahl. "Lion-rock" and "Lion-valley" are clearly toponymics; "Lion-steel" is not. The badge has too many layers. The Rules for Submission do not allow quaternary charges, which the lion's head here is.

Conflict with Giede (Woodwards Ordinary, p. 69), Azure, a pike in bend argent. There is one CD for the addition of the bordure. There is no Difference for the change from a pike to a sturgeon.

Conflict with Dolks (Woodward's Ordinary, p. 68), Argent, a dolphin sable crowned Or, its tail curved in the air disporting itself above the base of the shield barry of four azure and argent. There is one CD for the change to Or from argent, but the position of the dolphin is the same (the default for a dolphin in mundane heraldry is naiant) and the visual resemblance of the lower half of the shield is overwhelming.

None.

OUTLANDS

Corbin de Heather. Device. Argent, a saltire embattled gyronny azure and sable between two roses in pale azure and two ravens close respectant sable.

The saltire may not be gyronny of two colors (see RfS VIII.2.b.iii and iv).

Conflict with Colin Mac Chlurain, Per chevron throughout sable and Or, a sword inverted sable between in chief two drinking horns addorsed Or. There is one CD for the type of the charges in chief. If the client would consider changing the type of charge in base significantly, that should clear this conflict.

Conflict with Theodora di Lupita, Purpure a touch-me-not flower slipped and leaved Or. There is a CD for type of flower, but after comparison of the emblazons we did not feel that we could in good faith apply X.2.

Conflict with Robert de Termes (Renesse, Volume 3, p. 357), Azure, a coeur Or. There is one CD for the addition of the secondaries.

André Jean Faucon. Device. Sable, a falcon close, in chief a comet fesswise, in base two barrulets engrailed and invected Or.

There are two problems with the device. First, it conflicts with Artus (Papworth, p. 304), Sable, an eagle close Or, and with Anne Gaverel d'Avesor, Sable, a peregrine falcon close, belled and jessed Or, orbed gules, maintaining in dexter foot a fountain. In each case there is only one CD for the addition of the secondaries. Second, given that all of the charges have what amounts to the same visual "weight", this is effectively "slot machine heraldry", with three different types of charge in a standard heraldic arrangement.

The device is right at the very limits of the rule of thumb for complexity with four tinctures and four types of charge. That, in combination with the nonstandard posture of any of the charges (with the sole exception of the bend), pushes it over the edge of acceptability.

There were a number of issues regarding the name which we could not settle at the Laurel meeting. No evidence was presented to demonstrate that Carmenette is a Portugese name (the client's forms claim that the name is Portuguese, not Spanish). The LoI added two accents which the client's forms do not have and deleted one which they do. No evidence was given for the construction of the byname (indeed the only documentation presented were the client's statements regarding the name. No photocopies of any kind were included in the Laurel packet). We are returning this for rework and/or additional documentation by the client for the individual elements and the overall construction of the name.

Submitted on the LoI as "wavy bretessy", a better blazon would be "wavy counter-wavy". However, neither really describes this non-Period treatment of a bend nor has such a treatment been previously found to be compatible with Period practice (see RfS VII.2 and VII.6).

The fretting of two different kinds of charge in four different directions is not Period style (see RfS VIII.4.d).

The Welsh experts of the College had several questions about this name, so we are going to offer their suggestions to the client and let him decide which course he wishes to take. "Amddiffynfa is not a likely placename in Welsh, "caer" is much more likely. "Caddug" has a primary meaning of darkness, and as a masculine noun has no reason to mutate after the definite article. The most likely form of the household name would be "Caer Gaddug". Another strong possibility "Caer yng Nghaddug" or "Amddiffynfa yng Nghaddug" (if the client insists on "amddiffynfa"). A "smallest change" suggestion is "Amddiffynfa mewn Caddug".

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

The sea-serpent ondoyant-emergent has been returned in the past for non-Period style (see, for example, the LoAR for November 1990, page 16, and the LoAR for June 1990, page 13).

The placement of the flowers on a single portion of the gyronny field is very unusual and not Period style (see RfS VIII.4.d).

First, this is a device change and not a resubmission. Without the necessary fee, this cannot be considered. Secondly, this is indeed four layers. As Parker notes on page 607, "voiding involves a larger aperture, and one following the outline of the charge." That makes the cross here a quaternary charge, disallowed in SCA armory. This is also right at the very limit of the rule of thumb for complexity with five types of charge and three tinctures.

This is not Period style and is too close to slot machine heraldry, having three different types of charge in what could be considered a standard heraldic arrangement on a per pall field. The "estoile in soleil" is not something I think we wish to encourage, nor is the mirror symmetry of the entire device.

Alexandra di Campaldino. Device. Sable, a thunderbolt argent.

Conflict with Blix (Woodward, p. 311), Azure, a thunderbolt argent. There is only one CD for the change to the field.

Conflict with Phillip of Ghent, Per chevron argent and vert, two fir trees eradicated and a hawk stooping counterchanged. There is one CD for changing the type of the basemost charge. No evidence was presented that a sai is a period artifact, and it is likely that it is a post-period artifact.

There is no defined volant posture for quadrupeds. Furthermore, the problems which the commentors had in blazoning their posture at all is indicative of the non-heraldic nature of that posture. The arrangement of the dragons, nose to tail "in annulo", reduces their identifiability to an unacceptable level. If the client would use a standard heraldic posture....

No forms were included for the submission.

No forms were included for the submission.

WEST

Phaedria d'Aurillac. Device. Vert, on a pile inverted bendwise argent, a seahorse contourny vert.

Blazoned as argent on the LoI, the seahorse is actually vert.

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