LoAR [dba]
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN REGISTERED:
AN TIR
Alan Fletcher. Name and device. Sable, on a pale between two arrows inverted argent a bow sable.
Avacal, Crown Principality of. Device. Quarterly argent and Or, a griffin rampant, on a point pointed gules a laurel wreath Or.
Bergdís Thorgrímsdóttir. Name.
Cold Keep, Shire of. Name.
Cymbric of the Isles. Name and device. Azure, a tricorporate sealion contourny Or, a chief rayonny erminois.
A few commenters noted the similarity between the submitter's legal given name (Cymbric) and the Welsh word for the Welsh (Cymri); the consensus among those who discussed it and those attending the Laurel meeting was that it was not sufficiently obtrusive to warrant return. The general guideline Laurel tries to use here and in similar cases is how obtrusive the name is to the average "SCAdian on the street", rather than the much higher standards of the College's onomastics experts.
Dillian MacPherson. Name and device. Sable, mullety argent, a turtle statant Or.
Esperanza Razzolini d'Asolo. Name.
Iain Dhugall Cameron. Name and badge for Clan Cameron of Ben Liath. Argent, on a headsman's axe, reverse issuant from base, sable a daffodil Or all within a bordure gules.
Household name submitted as Clan Cameron of Beinn Liath, we have modified the household name to return it to the fully English form as originally submitted.
Jamesina O'Shanahan. Name and device. Per fess indented vert and argent, three snowflakes counter-changed.
Richard Fergus Fitzalan. Name change from Fergus Fitzalan.
Tamlyn of Dragonmore. Badge. (Fieldless) Four lozenges in cross azure, overall a mascle argent.
ANSTEORRA
A.J. of Bonwicke. Holding name and device (name returned previously). Per pall inverted gules, Or and argent, a cedar tree vert stocked sable and a bordure sable semy of lozenges Or.
Submitted as Hashem abu Benjamin, which name was returned in the December 1993 LoAR.
Aaron Wolfe Gunnvarson. Name change from Aaron Wolfe.
Submitted as Aaron Wolfe Gunnvarsson, we have deleted the superfluous "s".
Ana Maria Maddelena Selvaggio. Name.
Submitted on the LoI as Ana Maria Madelina Selvaggio, we have modified the name to a documented form nearer to the name originally submitted.
André de Saint Michel. Name and device. Sable, a hart springing contourny guardant argent vulned on the shoulder gules on a chief rayonny Or two harps sable.
Ariella Christine d'Ailles. Name and device. Purpure, a lioness sejant guardant and on a bordure argent a vine of English ivy vert.
Submitted as Ariella Christine d'Aille, we have substituted a documentable form of the placename.
Brenna Graeme. Name and device. Per bend sinister gules and azure an open scroll fesswise and a natural seahorse argent.
Briana of Donegal Keep. Device. Vert, a fess enarched between three roses and a bordure Or.
Caitlin MacCaba MacCullough. Name and device. Per chevron pean and sable, a chevron throughout and in base a snowflake Or.
Submitted as Caitlín MacCaba MacCullough, we have removed fada to completely English the name.
Camille de Saint Michel. Name.
Catherine Harwell. Name change from Caíreach ni Rúadhágan.
Her currently registered name is converted to an alternate persona name.
Clare Margaret di Cuneo. Device. Purpure, a hare couchant between two lilies slipped and leaved and conjoined in base argent.
Damiana Clayborne. Name.
Deborah of the Wastelands. Name and device. Purpure, a goblet and in chief a crescent argent all within a double tressure Or.
Submitted as Ceridwen Culloch Dunocatus.
Deidra of Bonwicke. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per saltire purpure and sable, a cat sejant guardant contourny between three roses argent.
Submitted as Deirdre the Distracted.
Dylan Bond MacLeod. Name.
Edward William Morgan. Name and device. Sable, a unicorn rampant and on a chief Or three fleurs-de-lis sable.
Nice armory!
Elric Storm Crow. Name change from Adelric the Hawk.
Elysandre Gernier. Name and device. Pean, a hawk stooping, wings elevated and addorsed argent, a demi-sun issuant from base Or.
Eowyn of Blackwell. Name and device. Argent, on a pale azure between two weaver's shuttles palewise vert a mullet of eight points elongated to chief and to base argent.
Erik Aethelwulf of Grimsby. Name.
Falcon Hardin. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Gareth Tremaine. Device. Argent, on a bend sinister between two closed books palewise gules a quill pen argent.
Gregory Clayborne. Device. Quarterly gules and sable, a Latin cross bottony and on a bordure Or three roses gules barbed and seeded sable.
Gytha O'Comhraidhe. Device. Argent ermined azure, on a hurt a bear rampant Or maintaining a scythe argent, all within a bordure azure.
It was the consensus among many of the commenters and those at the Laurel meeting that the scythe is not a significant enough charge to count for difference or to be blazoned as sustained. As a consequence this does not violate RfS XI.4.
Heafoc Egle. Name.
Henri Garther. Device. Pean, two bendlets between a hawk displayed and a fleur-de-lis Or.
Inman MacMoore. Name change from Charles Inman MacMoore.
Ionia Niall. Name.
Submitted as Iona Niall, we have substituted the documented form. While the College has allowed the feminization of Latin names by adding an -a, this is not true for Greek names.
Ivar Burlufótr. Name.
James Francis Navarre. Name.
Janos Arminius of Wallachia. Name.
Jean Phelippe Gaston. Name.
Joscelyn Jentyl. Name.
Katherine Arminius of Wallachia. Name.
Keelin Kinnat O'Brennan. Name.
Kenric de la Lance. Name.
Konstantin Pavlovich Izyaslavov. Name.
Lance de Courcy. Name and device. Azure, a chevron erminois and overall a stag's skull argent.
Please ask him to draw the chevron wider.
Michael of the Loch. Name and device. Vert, semy of roses Or an octopus argent.
Regina Gunnvor Morningstar. Badge for House Longtooth. [Fieldless] On an arrowhead inverted Or a staple gules.
Rhiannon Átha na nDraighean. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as Rhiannon Ath na Draeighan, we have modified to correct the grammar and place it in the genitive.
Sapphira of Rose Hall. Name.
Sarah Rumoldestohter. Name change from Sarah Rumoltstochter.
Submitted as Sarah Rumoldstohter, it is characteristic of German usage that the genitive is n -es rather than -s. We have corrected the patronymic accordingly.
Siegfried von Siegen. Name only (see PENDING for device).
Suleyman Khayam. Badge. [Fieldless] An anchor sable surmounted by two Kris knives inverted in saltire argent hilted sable.
Tadhg Liath. Release of badge. [Fieldless] On an escallop inverted gules a Celtic cross crosslet Or.
Tadhg Liath. Release of badge. Barry wavy argent and azure, three bezants.
Tadhg Liath. Release of badge. [Fieldless] An abacus sable.
Tadhg Liath. Release of name and device. Sable, a Celtic cross throughout and a chief Or.
Thomas Brandon. Name only (see RETURNS for badge).
Thomas of Eynsham Abbey. Name.
Thor Hakonsson. Name and device. Argent, three pithons erect contourny vert.
Submitted as Thor Hakonson, we have modified the name to correct the grammar.
Uther Lodbrok. Device. Azure, a valknut inverted Or between two lightning bolts in pile argent.
ATLANTIA
Alwin of Nottinghill Coill. Name and device. Argent, a sinister gauntlet aversant azure and on a chief gules three crosses of ermine spots argent.
Æthelflæd of Cynete. Name.
Beornheard of Wearmouth. Device change. Vert, a triquetra Or.
His currently registered device, Vert, a triquetra within a bordure Or, is retained as a badge.
Catríona Macraith. Name.
Geneviève Saint Jacques d'Avignon. Name and device. Azure, a lion rampant argent a bordure embattled argent semy-de-lys purpure.
Hadassah bat Aaron ha-Karai. Name and device. Argent, a garb vert between three stars of David and on a chief azure three increscents argent.
Hrothgar Thorgrimsson. Name.
Kilian Baillie. Name.
Kormack O'Kelly. Name change from Kelly the Reaver only (see RETURNS for badge).
Submitted as Kormack ua Kelly, we have fully anglicized the patronymic.
Philip Aleksandrovitch. Name.
Roswitha of Isenfir. Name and device. Argent, a willow tree proper, on a chief vert three roses Or.
CAID
Caid, Kingdom of. Title for Montcerf Herald.
Catriona Stewart of the Glens. Name.
Charles the Bull. Name and device. Gules, a bend sinister between two bull's heads cabossed, a bordure argent.
As the LoI noted, the submitter needs to draw both the bend and the bordure wider.
Claire de Vaux of Barnbarrach. Name.
Colm Cile of Lochalsh. Device. Per fess sable and azure, a comet bendwise sinister inverted and in chief three suns Or.
Several commenters felt that this design violated the ban on using two different but heraldically identical charges (the "sword/dagger" rule). As we generally give a CD between suns and comets, there is not that problem here.
Friedrich von Rabenstein. Device. Argent, a sun, in chief a sword fesswise sable.
Clear of Ian of Nightsgate (SCA), Argent, a sun between a fret of four swords sable, with CDs for both number and orientation of the sword(s).
Guillaume de Saint Michel. Name and device. Azure, a armored foi in chevron issuant from the flanks, on a chief embattled argent three roses proper.
Ismay Othe of Glendalough. Name.
Kageyama Kimiko. Name only (see RETURNS for device)
Martin Castillo de Mayorga. Name and device. Sable, on a lion rampant maintaining a sword between in fess two garden rosebuds slipped and leaved argent, a Maltese cross azure.
Red William Beazliegh. Name.
Robert of Watford. Name.
Western Seas, Barony of. Badge. Or, a clarion sable and a bordure engrailed azure.
CALONTIR
Angus Murdoch Stewart. Device. Argent, a cow rampant purpure within a bordure gules.
Arianwen ferch Gareth. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Bartholomew Samuelson of Brente. Name and device. Azure, a chalice and on a chief wavy argent three anchors azure.
Golden Sea, Shire of. Device. Or, an anchor within a laurel wreath, on a chief wavy azure three garbs Or.
Nice armory.
Halldórr Hálfdanarson. Name and device. Azure, on a pile dovetailed Or between two swords in pile argent a falcon close sable.
James Maclachlan. Name.
Muirenn Dubh. Name and device. Argent, a Scottish deerhound courant contourny sable between three thistles purpure.
Naitan de Yerdeburc. Name.
EAST
Adèle de Lyon. Name.
Agilina of Avon. Name and device. Vert, three horses rampant argent within a bordure embattled Or.
Albreda Aylese. Device. Vert, a winged frog salient Or.
Unlike, say, unicorn's horns, there appears to be period precedent for adding wings to beasts which did not normally have them.
Alienor Llanfair. Name and device. Azure, a chevron inverted ermine between three mullets of eight points, one and two, argent.
Submitted as Alienor Llanfaer, we have modified the name to match the documented form of the place name. Clear of Brewster (Papworth, p. 418), Azure, a chevron ermine between three estoiles argent. It was the consensus among many of the commenters and those at the Laurel meeting that X.2 should apply between chevrons and chevrons inverted.
Arianna Maria di Marchesi. Name and device. Azure, on a billet Or a rose gules, barbed and seeded proper, a bordure argent.
Submitted as Arianna Maria di Marchési, we have modified the name to remove the accent, which is only a pronunciation guide and not a part of the name.
See the discussion in the accompanying cover letter regarding registration of this name and that of Lucia Visconti, below.
Arnolt Brekeswerd. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Aurelia Stellari. Device. Argent, on a compass star azure, a phoenix Or and on a chief azure three mascles Or.
Ælfwynn Holm. Name and device. Per pale argent and vert, two trees counterchanged issuant from a base embattled gules.
Barnabas O'Phelan. Name and device. Argent, on a bend sinister gules between two swords bendwise sinister sable, three compass-stars palewise Or.
Catriona nic Pharlain. Device. Per chevron throughout azure and gules, a chevron throughout and in base a garden rose slipped and leaved argent.
Conor MacKaine. Name.
Dale Wyn of Anglesey. Name and device. Quarterly argent and gules, a dragon segreant within a bordure rayonny counterchanged.
Daukyn of Hammerfest. Name.
Elise ferch Morgan ap Owen. Name and device. Per chevron rayonny erminois and vert, an arrowhead inverted Or and a bordure sable.
Ellisif Bjarnardottir. Name and device. Paly gules and Or, a reremouse sable charged on the breast with a Thor's hammer argent, and on a chief sable a sword argent.
Submitted as Ellisif Bjarnarsdottir, the patronymic contained a "double" genitive. We have corrected the grammar.
Emilia Mazzo de Novella. Device. Per chevron azure and argent, two coneys courant respectant and an escarbuncle counterchanged.
Jehane le Duv. Name and device. Per chevron inverted gules estencelé argent and purpure estencelé argent, a Celtic cross throughout between in chief two doves volant contourny, wings addorsed, argent.
Jehanne du Lac. Alternate persona name for Jean-Baptiste du Lac.
Klaus Morgenroth. Name.
Lorenzo di Castellammare. Name.
Maol Anna de Chassant. Name and device. Per fess sable and gules, a dragonfly Or.
Submitted as Maol Ana de Chassant, we have modified the name to a documentable form. (Another alternative would have been Maol Annan de Chassant.)
Rhiannon y Ddraig. Name.
Submitted as Rhiannon O'r Ddraig, we have modified the article as recommended by both Harpy and Palimpsest to match the closest meaning to what the submitter desired (which also happened to be the form originally submitted).
Robert de Rostok. Name and device. Azure, a tower argent and in chief three crosses bottony within a bordure embattled Or.
Sean of Bergental. Holding name and badge (see RETURNS for name and device). (Fieldless) A tuft of three cattails slipped and leaved argent
Submitted as Beowulf tha Foesten-Stapa.
Sofia Staritskaia. Device. Per pale vert and sable, Saint George mounted and passant contourny, spear piercing a dragon in base within a bordure Or.
This was pended from the January 1994 Laurel meeting.
Tamara de Bretagne. Name and device. Per pale purpure and vert, two sprigs Or and a chief triangular erminois.
Uilliam MacMathgamna of Monaghan. Name and device. Sable, on a cross nowy Or a sun in splendor sable, in sinister chief an estoile Or.
Several commenters felt that this design violated the ban on using two different but heraldically identical charges (the "sword/dagger" rule). As suns and estoiles appear to have been considered separate charges in period, and as we generally give a CD between them, there is not that problem here.
MERIDIES
Allan of Moffat. Device. Or, a pall inverted between three trefoils azure.
Brigid O'Farrell of Beckery. Name.
Catherine Barrett de Berry. Name.
Daniel of Raven's Nest. Name.
Edgar Finn. Name.
Isabelle de Sancerre. Name change from Isabelle Claramonde de Sancerre only (see RETURNS for device change).
Jehanne du May. Name.
Karl von Morgenstern. Name and device. Sable, on a flame argent a sword sable, a bordure embattled argent.
Submitted as Karl von der Morganstern, we have corrected the spelling of the byname and dropped the article to match a documentable form.
Mary Rachel de Marmoutier. Name and device. Per bend wavy gules and Or, a torch Or and a quill pen bendwise sable.
Matthias Wilhelm Tschudi. Name.
Michael Addaf de Lessay. Name.
Petr Grigorii von Turheim. Name.
Siobhan nic Eoin. Name.
Tancard Toutcoeur. Name.
Submitted as Tancar Tout Coeur, Yonge is not a reliable source for many names. We have made a minor change to the given match a documentable form. The byname would seem to be better constructed, even with a modern spelling, as here, as a single word.
William de Marmoutier. Name.
William of Brighthelmstone. Name.
Willim Kyme. Name.
Submitted as Willum Kyme, we have modified the name to match a documented form.
MIDDLE
[ÈÇ 99 items of stuff in submission, 99 things in submission. Open a file, think for a while, 98 items of stuff in submission. ÇÈ J]
Acelin Ewinge. Name.
Adrian Flechyr. Device. Per chevron gules and sable, a demi-sun issuant from the line of division and a tower Or.
Afraig nighean Phadraig mhic Eoghainn. Name and device. Per bend sinister Or and gules, issuant from a maunch counter-ermine, a hand proper maintaining a heart gules.
Aislinn Celine de Richemont. Name.
Al-Ishtiaq Khaalid bin al-Kaazim. Device. Gules, on bezant invected, a wingless boar-headed demon statant affronty, facing to sinister and brandishing a sword and an axe sable.
Alayne the Nedlere. Name and device. Sable, a winged seahorse argent within a bordure argent semy of increscents gules.
Albrecht Stampfer. Name and device. Per bend sinister embattled gules and Argent, two cocks rising, wings elevated and addorsed, counterchanged.
Alessandra Gabriele Rossetti. Name.
Ali al-Shîrâzî ibn al-Rashid. Name.
Allan Grayson of Eaglescliff. Device. Per pale and per chevron azure and Or, a double headed eagle counterchanged.
Amba Ædhi. Name and device. Per pale purpure and gules, on a pale argent a cornflower slipped and leaved sable.
Although several commenters noted the absence of a mini-emblazon from the LoI, a correction letter with a mini-emblazon was sent out sufficiently early to allow this to be properly researched.
Ambrosia of Avallon. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Anne de la Tourette. Name.
Antartus Valentior. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Antoinette du Vallon. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Arabella Ravenscroft. Device. Azure, three bells and a chief argent.
Nice armory!
Arianna Llwyd. Name.
Arlindis von Metten. Name.
Arwyn of Leicester. Name.
Audrey Fletcher. Name.
Austin Chadwyck of Normandy. Name change from Austin Chadyoyck of Normandy.
Barbara atte Dragon. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Blackhawk, Shire of. Badge. Argent, semy of swords gules, in bend two hawk's legs couped a la quise bendwise sinister sable.
Bogdanko Podkova. Name.
Brian Goodheart. Name and device. Vert, an escutcheon and on a chief Or a cross patonce between two feathers gules.
Cáeltigern ingen Éogain. Name.
Caer Frig, Shire of. Name.
Submitted as Caer Brig, the second element should lenite following in this construction. We have corrected it here.
Caitríona de Cliontún. Name.
Caius Severius Sabinus. Device. Sable, on a chevron between three sheathed gladii inverted argent, an eagle rising contourny wings displayed gules.
Castel Rouge, Barony of. Name and badge for L'Ordre du Flocon de Neige. [Fieldless] On a tower gules a snowflake argent.
Submitted as Ordre du Flocon de Neige, we have added the necessary article.
Cerdic O'Cuilleamhain. Device. Argent, two panthers rampant addorsed regardant tails entwined sable incensed gules within a bordure embattled sable platy.
Please ask the submitter to draw the bordure with fewer plates.
Christophe le Vite. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as Christophe Le Vite, we have corrected the orthography.
Cowan MacConaill. Name and device. Vert, on a fess between three eagle's heads erased contourny Or, three fleurs-de-lys sable.
The primary charges were submitted as griffin's heads, but they lack the large ears which distinguishes the griffin's head from the eagle's.
Daibheid MacQuarrie. Device. Or, on a chevron gules between three bears statant purpure three locks Or.
The bears in the large emblazon were much more "ursine" than those in the mini-emblazon.
Damian Charles of Evotstarn. Device. Per chevron throughout sable and argent, two pheons inverted and an owl counterchanged.
Dearbhorgaill ní Fhearghail. Name.
Dervin Norwood of Hedgeley Moor. Name and device. Azure, an increscent and on a base argent a demi-sun issuant from base vert.
Elaine Wroth. Device. Vert, in pale a lozenge argent conjoined to another Or.
Eleanora Noel. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Elena Anatolievna Pavlova. Device. Per chevron inverted vert and sable, on a chevron inverted between a standing balance and three roundels Or two daggers inverted sable.
This was pended from the January 1994 Laurel meeting.
Ellyn Clyfton. Name.
Elspeth nic Turloch the Free. Name.
Erik of Grenloch. Device. Quarterly azure and sable a lute bendwise sinister between three mullets and a decrescent argent.
This is about as unbalanced as a legal device can get.
Etienne de Clermont. Name and device. Or, a dragon salient contourny playing a recorder within a bordure purpure.
Fáelán Ruadán Mac Tigernáin. Name and device. Per saltire argent and vert, a wolf rampant gules between four torteaux in saltire.
Submitted as Fáolan Ruádhán MacTighearnáin, we have spelled the name as authentically as possible for his late-11th Century persona, in accordance with his wishes.
Falco of Blackmore. Name and device. Per bend sinister vert and sable, a falcon striking contourny and a clenched glove argent.
Faolan Beag. Name and device. Per chevron Or and vert, a chevron between two pine trees couped and a Lacy knot all counterchanged.
Gabriela Scarpuzzi. Badge. Per pale argent and sable two swords in pile counterchanged.
Gabriela Scarpuzzi. Name and device. Per fess sable and argent, a crescent argent and a cinquefoil pierced azure.
Geraint Graeme de Menteith. Name only (see RETURNS for device).
Giuliana Fornaciari. Name.
Grey Hope, Shire of. Badge. Azure, a greyhound's head erased contourny within a mascle argent.
Guenhwyvar MacEwen. Badge. [Fieldless] Issuant from a trimount couped vert, a demi ferret erect argent.
Guillermo Diego Andrés Alcazar del Halcón. Name and device. Gules, a falcon rising contourny, wings displayed, hooded, belled, and jessed Or within a bordure Or semy of roses azure.
Gwendolyn Dunham. Name and device. Vert, a salamander argent enflamed proper holding in its mouth a candle argent lit proper.
Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr. Device. Ermine, a winged panther rampant regardant sable bezanty incensed proper.
Harold Lacklander. Device. Per pale gules and sable, on a pale between two battleaxes addorsed argent a raven striking sable.
Hugh Prescott. Device change. Checky gules and argent, a compass sable and on a chief argent a cross sable.
The client wishes to release his current device, Checky gules and argent, a pair of compasses sable and on a chief Or, a cross sable, upon registration of this one.
Hugh Prescott. Name and badge for House Prescott. Per fess argent and azure, two Maltese crosses sable and a dove argent.
Isabeau Pferdebändiger. Name.
Submitted as Isabeau Pferdebaniger we have corrected the byname to match the documentation. The byname means "horse tamer".
Isabeau Pferdebaniger. Name for Maison du Cheval Rouge.
Submitted as Maison de Cheval Rouge, we have modified the name to add the necessary article.
Jacobus Greene. Name change from holding name of Jack of Dragonsmark.
Jean Baylard. Name and device. Per pale sable and gules, a swan naiant contourny and in base three bars wavy argent.
Submitted as Jean Baylard Silverswan, we have dropped the problematic element. The examples given in the LoI do not adequately support the construction of Silverswan, nor were any of the commenters able to adequately justify it.
Joe of Rivenstar. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Vert, semy of oak leaves argent, on a tower argent a cross of Jerusalem vert.
Submitted as Josef Keeper of Tor Wulfhaven.
Joe of Rivenstar. Holding name and badge (see RETURNS for name). [Fieldless] On a tower argent a cross of Jerusalem vert.
Submitted as Josef Keeper of Tor Wulfhaven.
Johannes von Narrenstein. Name change from Johannes von Nürenstein and device change. Ermine, a Bohemian love knot azure within a bordure gules.
Upon registration of this proposed device, the client wishes to release his current device, Ermine, a Bohemian love knot azure within a bordure engrailed gules.
Johannes von Narrenstein. Badge. [Fieldless] A Bohemian love knot azure.
Joyce of Dragonsmark. Holding name and device. Or, a peacock pavonated to base and a gore azure.
Submitted as ?liyah bint Leyl@.
Kagami Soujirou Doukyou. Name.
Karsten von Meissen. Device. Per bend azure and sable, a sunburst, clouded argent and rayed Or, and a thunderbolt argent.
Khalid ibn al-Hayy@ni. Name.
Lucia Visconti. Name.
See the discussion in the accompanying cover letter regarding registration of this name and that of Arianna Maria di Marchesi, above.
Ludovica de Turre Eburnea. Device. Per chevron azure and argent, in chief two angels statant respectant hands conjoined argent.
Margaret of Galashiels. Device. Per bend sinister nebuly argent and azure, a three-headed thistle proper and a lymphad argent.
Middle, Kingdom of the. Name for Order of the Royal Vanguard.
Middle, Kingdom of the. Name and badge for Award of the Grove. Per pale Or and argent, a hurst purpure.
Musashi Shigenotsuke. Name and device. Quarterly wavy Or and azure, a sun in his splendor argent between four escallops inverted counterchanged.
Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester. Name.
Norman Hawthorne of Hope. Name.
Owen Fitz Raven. Name.
Philippa Farrour. Name.
Richard of Bewcastle. Device. Gules, a wolf salient to sinister argent, on a chief Or three thistles proper.
Robert Emil de Beauvais. Name.
Robert of Ben Dunfirth. Device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, a sun within a snake involved, head to base Or.
Rockwall, Shire of. Name.
Roisin Rhys. Name.
Rosalynd of Thornabe on Tees. Badge. Per fess argent and azure, two birds respectant and a crescent counterchanged.
Rosalynd of Thornabe on Tees. Name and device. Argent, a pall arrondy between three forget-me-nots azure.
Sabina de Almería. Name.
Seanán Ó Dáire. Name.
Teresa of Dragon's Vale. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Azure, a hawk's head erased in chief three roses argent, within a bordure ermine.
Submitted as Teresa of Winterhawke.
Thora Ragnarsdottir. Device. Or, an escallop inverted azure.
Valentine Christian Warner. Device. Vert, three long conical caps Or, turned up within a bordure ermine.
The bordure would be better with something like 1/4 to 1/3 the number of ermine tails.
Wilhelm of Ben Dunfirth. Name and device. Gules, a fox courant contourny and on a chief embattled argent three ravens displayed sable.
OUTLANDS
Cecilia Corr Mháire. Name change from Cecilia Cormary and device. Per saltire vert and azure, in cross four bowen knots crosswise argent.
Ceindrych Costaine. Name.
Nasr ibn 'Isa. Name and device. Argent, on a fess vert between in chief a sword proper sheathed and hilted, and in base on a cup throughout azure two cups Or, the Arabic words "al-masira wa al-sarfiya" argent.
Torlough MacTormagh. Badge. Checky argent and sable, a boar passant gules and a bordure vert semi penannular brooches Or.
Torlough MacTormagh. Name and device. Quarterly argent and azure, a penannular brooch, open to chief between in bend two boars passant gules within a bordure counterchanged.
While Laurel, and indeed, many on Laurel staff, have a great deal of respect for the expertise it took to create the emblazon in color on the submissions forms for this item (and the badge, just below) on the computer, the Administrative Handbook, General Procedures for Submissions, C.1.d., requires that "The emblazon of any armory msut be depicted in a size adequate for complete rednition of details of the armory and for equitable application of the "across the field test". In general, this means that the field for an escutcheon should be approximately six inches in height and five inches wide at its wides point...." The emblazons on the forms submitted were considerably smaller that this, though large enough that it was not felt that this alone was sufficient reason for return in this case. Having now reminded everyone of the necessity for adequately sized emblazons, however, we will expect that such forms in the future will adhere to the guidelines set forth in the Administrative Handbook.
Yi Mong-ju. Name and device. Per chevron rayonny sable and argent, two anchors and an antelope rampant counterchanged.
WEST
Africa nic Shíomha nic Ghill'onfhaidh. Name change from Meghan nic Ghillónfhaidh.
Submitted as Africa nic Shíomha nic Gill'onfhaidh we have modified the name to correct the grammar.
Ceara MacDonald. Name.
Charlet of Brackenwood. Name and device. Argent, a horse courant to sinister, in canton a roundel vert.
Elspeth of Oakwood Court. Name.
Hrólfr bláskegg Rgnvaldzson. Name and device. Per pale sable and gules, a Norse Jelling beast argent within a bordure Or.
For better or worse, the currently defined, already-registered Norse beasts continue to be acceptable. As the Jelling beast is one of those, we did not feel that we could reasonably deny it here.
Marina la Perdue. Name change from holding name Marique of the West.
Morvran ap Rhys. Name and device. Vert, three apples Or and a chief ermine.
Versus Harding (Papworth, p. 888), Vert, three acorns Or, and Jepine (Papworth, p. 889), Vert, three pineapples Or, there are CDs for type of primary charge and addition of the chief. One commenter noted that Papworth put pineapples and apples together, but Parker (p. 462) makes it clear that "pineapples" are what we generally call "pine cones", which are not only visually different enough for a CD, but mundane default puts them stem to base, adding to the visual differences.
Sorcha Careman. Device. Or, semy of acorns gules, an oak leaf bendwise sinister sable
Sumitted on the LoI as Sorcha Caramon, the above is the form registered in the September 1993 LoAR.
Wolfgang von Heimbach. Device. Or, a fess wavy azure, overall a tree blasted and eradicated within a bordure embattled sable.
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:
AN TIR
Die Schwartzlände, Canton of. Name.
The grammar is not entirely correct. The correct form for "The Blacklands" would appear to be Schwartzländer". However, as the submitters allowed no changes whatsoever to be made, we are forced to return this.
Wilhelm the Red Hawk of Brandenburg. Name.
The Red Hawk does not appear to be a reasonable English byname, particularly in conjunction with the German form of the given name. The example of Albert the Bear of Brandenburg does not sufficiently support the form for the [color + animal] of Brandenburg.
ANSTEORRA
André de Saint Michel. Name for alternate persona of Andrew Scarhart.
No forms for the alternate persona name were included in the Laurel packet, as a consequence, even had there been no other problems this would have had to have been returned. One example of a byname formed in a verb plus noun pattern does not adequately support any and all combinations of verbs plus nouns. Most of the commenters found the byname extremely unlikely, especially given the very late date for this meaning of "scar". Bynames of this nature date from much earlier than the 1555 citation for scar.
Bonwicke, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Western Cross of Bonwicke. [Fieldless] A Norse sun cross per pale indented Or and gules.
Conflict with Shimazu (Hawley's Mon, p. 65), A Norse sun cross. There is only the fieldless CD. Additionally, as noted by Couronne Rouge, precedent still disallows armory consisting of a single letter or abstract symbol.
Ceridwen Culloch Dunocatus. Name.
The construction of the name is very confusing and the documentation submitted unhelpful. Ceridwen is a name which has been declare SCA-compatible. Culloch could possibly be interpreted as an Englishing of a Scottish Gaelic epithet cullach ('boar'), but there doesn't appear to have been a given name Culloch. Dunocatus is a name (not epithet) which is apparently an early (6th Century) Celtic form of Irish Donnchad. The name does not follow the name construction practices for any of the languages from which it derives, but appears to follow a "Chinese menu" (one from column A, one from column B) approach. Without a better idea of what is important to the submitter, or what it is she desires, we are unable to recommend improvements.
The armory was registered under the holding name of Deborah of the Wastelands.
Deirdre the Distracted. Name.
While the LoI documented the word "distract" to very late period, no evidence was presented, nor could any of the commenters find any, to demonstrate that epithetical nicknames were constructed in this way from a fairly abstract past participle. Without such evidence, we are unable to register this.
The armory was registered under the holding name Deidra of Bonwicke.
Falcon Hardin. Device. Argent, on a bend sinister vert three falcons close palewise argent.
Conflict with Nicholas of Blackheath (SCA), Argent, on a bend sinister vert a compass rose palewise argent. There is but one CD, for the multiple changes to the tertiaries.
Gemma of the Firth. Device. Sable, a two-snaked rod of Aesculapius and overall two arrows in saltire Or.
The discussion of the restriction of medical symbols such as the rod of Aesculapius was reopened in the cover letter of March 9th, 1994. As a consequence, for now these may only be registered to those with the proper medical credentials.
Ginevra Rodney. Device. Vert, on a lozenge argent a ginger flower purpure seeded Or slipped vert.
Conflict with Amber Lang (SCA, reg. 3/94), Vert, on a lozenge argent a cat sejant guardant sable. There is only one CD, for the changes to the tertiary.
Rhiannon Átha na nDraighean. Device. Vert, a chevron fracted and in chief three bowen knots Or all within a bordure counterchanged.
The bowen knots are not very recognizable as such. The loops at the corners should be much larger to improve identifiability. As with a different submission returned recently, we need documentation of bordures counterchanged over charges.
Simon Rodberhting. Device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a lotus blossom in profile and a moose statant contourny counterchanged.
To quote the prior return in the September 1992 LoAR, page 42, "there is a CD for type of primary charges, but because both armories contain a cup-shape flower in dexter chief, we cannot grant sufficient difference of charge per rule X.2" (emphasis added). While there is certainly a CD between the two types of flower, there is not "substantial difference", which is what the application of X.2. requires. As a consequence, the prior conflict must stand, because the type of all of the group of charges is "substantially changed".
Tempio, Shire of. Device. Azure, a Doric colonnaded portico within a laurel wreath argent.
Conflict with Casanova (Woodward, p. 363), Azure, a house argent, and a number of others, Azure, a (temple, church, etc.) argent. In each case there is only once CD for the addition of the laurel wreath. As several commenters if we do not give a CD between even radically different types of ships, we should not do so among various types of buildings. Further, the type of Casanova's "house" is completely unspecified. As we do not grant a CD between a generic bird and any other specific bird, we cannot see granting difference between a generic house (building) and any other type of house (building).
Thomas Brandon. Badge. [Fieldless] A Catherine wheel azure.
Conflict with Akimoto (Hawley's Mon, p. 68), A wheel, and with Miyaki, Kano, and Tsugaru (Hawley's Mon, p. 96), Dark, a wheel light. In each case there is a CD for fieldlessness, but nothing for the tincture of the wheels.
ATLANTIA
Eórann Maguire. Device. Gules, a bend sinister wavy argent between two quatrefoils Or.
Conflict with Lauterbach (Combo II, citing Woodward), Gules, a river flowing in bend sinister. As Palimpsest noted, these are essentially "Gules, a bend sinister wavy argent". Thus there is but a single CD, for the addition of the secondaries.
Kormack O'Kelly. Badge. [Fieldless] A cloudless natural rainbow in the shape of a crescent inverted and overall a phoenix head of flames, proper.
While the grandfather clause (RfS VII.8.) applies to originally registered elements and motifs, it does not then allow registration of different charges similarly treated. In this case, a phoenix of flames is grandfathered to the submitter, but not a phoenix' head, which is considered an entirely different charge. Additionally, the overall charge is not identifiable as a phoenix' head, and it should probably be reblazoned as an "eagle's head of flames". There was also some question as to whether this arrangement would fall afoul of the ban on overall charges in fieldless badges instituted by Baron Bruce. I believe it would; neither charge is "long and skinny" and the intersection cannot really be characterized as "small".
CAID
Alexandria Elizabeth Vallandigham of Cambria. Device. Argent, on a mullet of seven points vert a griffin couchant Or, a bordure compony purpure and Or.
Conflict with Duncan Vitrarius (SCA), Argent, a sun vert, eclipsed Or. There is a CD for the addition of the bordure, but by the Rules nothing for either the type of primary or type only of the tertiary.
Elspeth nic Léighinn. Name.
The byname does not appear to be properly constructed. Léighinn is the genitive singular of léigheann, and is defined as 'reading, learning; a lesson, a branch of studies'. While mac léighinn is defined as 'a scholar, a student', it isn't a patronymic name and one may not then simply substitute the feminine nic for mac.
Kageyama Kimiko. Device. Per chevron gules and sable, in chief two dragonflies and in base a lily of the valley Or within an annulet argent.
Technically this violates RfS XIII.1.a by having three different types of charge in what is considered to be a standard type of arrangement.
Kathryn of Wolf's Glen. Name.
The byname does not appear to be constructed in a manner following period exemplars, and no documentation supporting it was presented in either the LoI or the Submission forms. As the submitter allowed no changes whatsoever we were unable to modify it to match the suggestions of Palimpsest or Crescent.
Riordan Robert MacGregor. Badge. [Fieldless] On a flame of fire proper a thistle flower purpure slipped vert.
This is drawn as a flame Or fimbriated gules which has been disallowed for quite some time.
CALONTIR
Arianwen ferch Gareth. Device. Azure, a German panther rampant contourny argent.
Conflict with Jatskow (Combo II, from Woodward), Azure, a panther rampant argent, crowned Or. There is but one CD, for the orientation of the monster.
EAST
Arnolt Brekeswerd. Device. Sable masoned, on a pile argent masoned sable between two hawks' heads erased respectant argent, a hawk striking to sinister gules.
The device lacks the symmetry and balance of period style heraldry. which lack the counterchanging of the field treatment over the primary charge only serves to reinforce. In fact, it reminded more than one commenter (and most of those at the Laurel meeting) of "a bird caught against the wall by a searchlight". A number of commenters questioned the propriety of counterchanging a field treatment over a charge in this manner. Certainly no one was able to find any period exemplars of such, bringing into question the propriety of such a counterchange.
Beowulf tha Foesten-Stapa. Name and device. Azure, a bogbeast rampant, within a bordure embattled argent, semy of clusters of berries sable.
The byname appears to be an attempt to assemble a byname from bits and pieces from the poem Beowulf. However, the form seems to be incorrect, and as no documentation was included in the Laurel packet, we are unable to fully determine exactly what the submitter was trying for here.
As was noted in the January 1993 LoI, the bogbeast is grandfathered to Nikolai Andreeov. At that time Laurel noted that he was not inclined to register it to anyone else. I concur.
Deborah von Schwarzwald. Device. Argent, three trees couped sable and a bordure counter-compony argent and sable.
Conflict with Geale (Papworth, p. 1118), Argent, three stalks of trees couped and eradicated sable, sprouting anew. There is only one CD for the addition of the bordure.
Kendrick of the Saxon Shore. Name.
Kendrick is acceptable in this spelling only as a late period given name. The phrase "Saxon Shore" comes from a 5th Century document called the Notitia Dignitatem, which includes a list of stations under the command of an officer called comes litoris Saxonici ("Count of the Saxon Shore"). This title (not name element) dates from the late 3rd Century at the earliest, and not evidence of its use appears after the breakdown of Roman authority in Britain (late 5th Century). It does not appear to have been used in any other way (say, as a placename). The combination of an extremely unlikely placename, "lingua franca" or not, which would only have been used (if at all) in early period with a late period given name exceeds the "Rule of Two Weirdnesses", iterated by Baron Bruce in his May 8, 1993 Cover Letter: "If the elements of a submitted name are dated too far apart, then any other anomaly in the name may combine to force it to be returned. ... [H]enceforth, excessive temporal mismatch may contribute to a name's unacceptability; another problem with the name may cause it to be returned." (Cover Letter, May 8, 1993, p. 4)
Kynda of Hollyoak. Name and device. Per bend azure and sable, on a bend wavy between two oak-leaves argent three holly-leaves azure.
The derivation of the given name is a further stretch of conjectural elements then we are willing to go. Each single element of conjecture is not too unreasonable in itself, but the cumulative effect of all of the conjectural elements in the chain is just too much. Palimpsest noted that the number of conjectural steps to get Kynda from documented examples is about three. The College has long been willing to accept reasonable variances from documented examples, but to accept a series of three conjectural steps is more than we are willing to go. The byname does not appear to be a reasonable interpolation from Holy Oakes (there are almost no examples of "holy" becoming "holly" in this type of name), nor could any of the commenters find any other exemplars of (type of tree) + (other type of tree) names.
Prior Laurel precedent (December 1993 LoAR, p. 12) does not grant a CD between oak leaves and holly leaves. As a consequence this is being returned for the use of two different but heraldically similar charges on a single device. Additionally the bend is drawn halfway between wavy and wavy bretessed. It needs to be redrawn with a proper wavy.
Tara of Montrose. Name and device. Or, on a mountain purpure a rose Or.
As noted in the return of Tara ni Connmhaigh in the January 1994 LoAR, "The prior registration of Tara as a given name hinged on the statement 'If the given name and the place name [Temair] are identical in Irish, and Tara is a valid anglicization of the latter, then it should be acceptable as an anglicization of the former.' The problem is that Tara is not an acceptable Anglicization of Temair; only of the genitive case of the name: Temra (pronounced approximately 'tev-ra). Tara is not an Anglicization of Temair but rather an English name for the place derived specifically from the context in which it appears as a place name (e.g., "hill of Tara"). (A similar case occurs with Erin, as a poetic English name for Ireland is based on the genitive case (Éireann) of the Irish name Éire.) Since the given name Temair would not normally be found in the genitive, it is unlikely that it would be taken into English in the genitive form."
As noted in the LoAR of September 1993, p. 10, "mountains, as variants of mounts, should be emblazoned to occupy no more than the lower portion of the field". As in the emblazon here the mountain is sufficiently high so as to immediately be thought of as a per chevron field by most of the commenters and everyone at the Laurel meeting, there are multiple conflicts with "[Field], a rose Or". This needs at the very least to be redrawn so it is identifiable as a mountain rather than a field division.
MERIDIES
Isabelle de Sancerre. Device change. Per pale sable and argent, a fret counterchanged.
Conflict with Raginheid (SCA 7/90), Per pale sable and argent, two double-bitted axes in saltire, fretted with a mascle counterchanged. There is only one CD for the changes to the group of primary charges.
MIDDLE
Ælfgar the Irrepressible. Device. Checky argent and sable, a chief engrailed gules.
Conflict with Brock (Papworth, p. 371), Checky argent and sable. A chief is not a primary charge and so X.1 can not be invoked here, as a consequence there is only once CD for the addition for the peripheral charge.
?liyah bint Leyl@. Name.
The Arabs do not seem to have used matronymic formations (which this is) in their names, either in period or since. Of only two instances in history which Laurel has found in his researches, one was 'Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus the son of Mary), which was clearly a special case.
The armory has been registered under the holding name of Joyce of Dragonsmark.
Ambrosia of Avallon. Device. Or, a slip and on a chief vert three gouttes Or.
Blazoned on the LoI as "an olive slip", there was nothing even on the large emblazon to denote that this was an olive slip as opposed to any other kind (even a sprig of laurel would have been an adequate blazon). As a consequence, this conflicts with Nazar Druzhinin (SCA), Or, a sprig of three linden leaves and on a chief vert a cavendish knot Or There is CD for the multiple changes to the tertiaries, but we cannot in good conscience see another for the change to number of leaves on the sprig.
Antartus Valentior. Device. Plumetty argent and vert, a sledgehammer and overall a single horned anvil reversed sable.
The plumetty field treatment here does not appear to be a valid period variant.
Antoinette du Vallon. Device. Argent, a cat sejant regardant sable within seven pawprints in annulo purpure.
Conflict with Meggison (Papworth, p. 69), Argent, a lion sejant sable. There one CD for the addition of the pawprints, but nothing for either the type of cat or its head position change.
Arnthora Eyulfsdottir. Device. Bendy sinister sable and gules, a double-headed eagle displayed Or clutching in its talons a Thor's hammer argent.
The fact that the field violates the ban on fields multiply divided
of two colors (RfS VIII.2.b.iv.) allows Laurel to duck completely
bypass the (probably necessary) reblazoning of the "Thor's hammer"
as "an anchor" or some such. Whatever it may be, it is not a
standard Thor's hammer, which lacks the crossbar of the charge here.
Barbara atte Dragon. Device. Argent, a dragon's head cabossed vert, in base a pansy purpure a chief embattled sable.
The identifiability of the dragon's head is problematical. This, combined with the use of three different types of charges in three different tinctures, puts the device beyond the limits of generally acceptable style.
Birgitte Sidony. Name.
Withycombe, p. 269, contradicts Hanks and Hodges, p. 302, saying that "no early example of the name has been found"; her earliest example is dated to 1793. We need better documentation for the byname before we can register this.
Christophe le Vite. Device. Argent, a domino mask of leaves vert within a bordure vert semy of mullets argent.
The primary charge is not really recognizable nor have we seen period exemplars of items such as this constructed of leaves.
Eleanora Noel. Device. Quarterly argent and Or, a wreath of flowers azure between in bend two dice gules.
A generic wreath of flowers is too close to the reserved wreath of roses.
Gaerwen of Trafford. Device. Lozengy vert and argent, a crane in its vigilance within a bordure Or.
Conflict with Ælfgar the Pure (SCA), Azure, a heron within a bordure Or. There is only one CD, for the changes to the field.
Geraint Graeme de Menteith. Device. Or, a chevron inverted gules overall a sheaf of four arrows sable.
Conflict with the County Borough of Newport (Public Heraldry, Combo I), Or, a chevron reversed gules. As British blazon practice uses "reversed" where SCA blazon uses "inverted", there is only one CD here, for the addition of the overall charge.
Hauk Thorn the Wayfarer. Device. Azure, on a fess Or between three caltraps argent a brown feather proper.
The consensus of the commentary was that a "brown feather proper" is not an appropriate use of a non-heraldic tincture for a charge. Laurel precedent concurs. "The wing was blazoned on the letter of intent and the forms as proper and is in fact brown so it cannot be reblazoned in any heraldic tincture. If there had been any method of determining what sort of wing this was intended to be, we would have pended this for appropriate commentary and conflict-checking. However, the depiction of the wing is such that ... it was exceedingly unclear what type of wing this should be." (Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane, LoAR 31 December 1989, p. 25) We believe this to be equally true of feathers.
Josef Keeper of Tor Wulfhaven. Name.
The locative is not constructed in a documentable manner, nor is it very likely. We would have modified it to a documentable construction - of Tor Wolveshaven - but the submitter permitted no changes to spelling or grammar.
The armory was registered under the holding name Joe of Rivenstar.
Teresa of Winterhawke. Name and device. Azure, a hawk's head erased in chief three roses argent, within a bordure ermine.
None of the cited examples justifies this combination in the byname (Wynterskale and Wintretune both obviously refer to places ("hut" and "town", respectively) that are used in winter). No one was able to document any kind of "winter + bird" or "winter + animal" names at all. As a descriptive surname, Winterhawke is unlikely in the extreme; as a place name, it is impossible.
The device was registered under the holding name Teresa of Dragon's Vale.
OUTLANDS
Bréannainn O'Coinghiolláin. Badge. [Fieldless] On a scroll fesswise argent, the Greek words "Pneuma To Teuto" sable, overall a maiden statant affronty hands upraised proper, vested azure, conjoined to the roots and branches of a tree proper.
This exceeds the complexity limits of RfS XIII.1.a, with a complexity count of eleven (argent, sable, flesh proper, blue [dress], Or [hair], vert, brown; a scroll, letters, a maiden, and a tree). This alone is sufficient grounds for return. Other problems noted by the commenters, however, include the fact that the blazon doesn't really reproduce the emblazon; the best suggestion for fixing this was to reblazon the tree/maiden combination as Daphne, but this may not adequately reproduce the emblazon either. There were questions about the "motto", both as to its accuracy of translation (Palimpsest believes that to tauto may be an error for teuto, itself a contraction of to auto. Pneuma tauto seems to say something like "breath (or spirit) is the same"; no one else was able to make sense of the phrase) and as to its acceptability for registration ("we don't register mottoes"). There was some discussion of the acceptability of the overall style of the badge, though Palimpsest notes that a number of late-period Italian imprese are even more complex than this proposal. The problem with the complexity limits of VIII.1.a., however, makes resolution of the other questions moot.
Taliesin ab Iago. Device. Azure, a rose argent, barbed vert and seeded gules, within a stag's attires argent.
Conflict with Royal Burgh of Inverbervie (Lyon II, p. 358), Azure a rose argent barbed and seeded proper. There is only one CD for the addition of the attire. A number of other similar conflicts were noted by the commenters.
WEST
Hrólfr bláskegg Rgnvaldzson. Badge. [Fieldless] A cross gurgity reversed, interlaced with an annulet argent.
The style of the badge, with its interlaced charges, appears modern rather than period in style. There is also a conflict with the Company of Turners (Papworth, p. 421), Azure, a Catherine wheel argent. There is a CD for fieldlessness, but the difference to only the number of "arms" of the "wheel" is insufficient for the necessary second.
Sapphire of Silverthorne. Name.
No evidence that Sapphire is a variant of the Biblical Sapphira has been presented, nor could any of the commenters find any. (Sapphire itself is a post-period given name.)
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE JULY 1994 LAUREL MEETING:
ANSTEORRA
Siegfried von Siegen. Device. Chevronelly vert and argent, a lion rampant queue forchy Or, on a chief sable three mullets of four points Or.
The blazon in the LoI had dropped a tincture, leading everyone to believe that the lion was sable. It is Or.