LoAR Cover Letter

of the College of Arms
of the
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.

February 1997




SCA - College of Arms
600 Cedar Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012
(202) 726-4396
jaelle@access.digex.net
February 22, 1997









Unto the members of the College of Arms and all others who may read this missive do Mistress Jaelle of Armida, Laurel Queen of Arms, and Mistress Sionyn Muirgen n¡ Dhomnall, Pelican Queen of Arms, send Greetings!

The February 1997 Laurel meeting was held on Sunday, February 9, 1997 and considered the following letters of intent: Ansteorra (August 11), Ansteorra (September 30), Drachenwald (October 1), Middle (October 1), Outlands (October 3), An Tir (October 18), Caid (October 20), Atlantia (October 25), Calontir (October 26), Atenveldt (October 27) Trimaris (October 28), East (October 29), Meridies (October 30), and West (October 30).

The March 1997 Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, 1997 and will consider the following letters of intent: Drachenwald (November 7), Drachenwald (November 8), Atlantia (November 9), An Tir (November 13), Ansteorra (November 15), Caid (November 18), Meridies (November 20), Middle (November 23), Meridies (November 24), East (November 26), West (November 26), Ansteorra (November 27). Original commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later than January 31, 1997. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than February 28, 1997.

The April 1997 Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, 1997 and will consider the following letters of intent: Trimaris (December 12), Drachenwald (December 13), Atlantia (December 14), Ansteorra (December 14), Caid (December 16), An Tir (December 18), West (December 21), Calontir (originally dated November 23, redated to December 23), East (dated December 24), Meridies (dated December 26), Outlands (dated December 27), Middle (dated December 28), and Caid (dated December 29). Original commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later than February 28, 1997. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than March 31, 1997.

The May 1997 Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 1997. Lochac (December 31, 1996), Atlantia (January 4) Atenveldt (originally dated October 21, 1996, redated to January 5, 1997.), Drachenwald (January 5), Ansteorra (January 8), An Tir (January 12), Meridies (January 25), West (January 26), and East (January 27). Original commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later than March 31, 1997. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than April 30, 1997.

The June 1997 Laurel meeting is tentative scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 1997 with a roadshow meeting at the Known World Symposium on Sunday, June 22, 1997.

Not all Letters of Intent may be considered when they are originally scheduled on this Cover Letter. Date of mailing of the LoI, date of receipt of the Laurel packet, or other factors may delay consideration of certain Letters of Intent. Additionally, not all Letters of Intent received have been scheduled because the administrative requirements (receipt of the forms packet, receipt of the necessary fees, etc.) have not yet been met.

Changes to the Roster

Ansteorra

The Star Principal Herald has changed. Please remove Tosig Logiosophia and replace him on your rosters and mailing lists with Donal O'Dochartaigh,(Lee Cavett) 11402B Whitewing, Austin, TX 78753-2739 (512)873-8407, meadhbh@io.com. He was the previous Asterisk Herald.

Asterisk Herald (replacing Donal) is Gwenllian ferch Maredudd (Wendy Erisman) 8100 N. Mopac, Apt. 282, Austin, TX 78759-8880 (512)346-630, werisman@mail.utexas.edu. Please add her to the Roster only.

Bordure Herald is Daniel de Lincoln (Tim McDaniel) 11701 Metric Blvd., Apt. 1123, Austin, TX 78758-3209, (512)836-4451, tmcd@crl.com. Please add him to the Roster and Mailing List.

Eclipse Herald, Archibald Wynterbourne, has stepped down. Please remove him from the Roster.

Obelisk. Herald, Katherine Constancia de Feltre, is to be added to the Roster only.

Solstice Herald,. Françis la Flamme, is to be added him to the Roster only.

Meridies

The Beacon Principal Herald of Meridies has changed. Please remove William FitzJohn from the roster and mailing list, and replace him with Ilya the Wanderer (Quin Rosenblath) 272 Irvine, Mobile, AL 36603-2333 (334) 478-8325.

Reminder :

Letters of intent must be mailed to the entire college by the last day of the month in order to be considered for that month. Letters postmarked the month after the date of the letter will be redated to the month of the postmark.

LoAR Subscriptions and Roster changes :

Send roster changes, additions, subtractions, subscriptions to the LoAR and address changes to: Mistress Sionyn Muirgen níDhomnall, Pelican Queen of Arms, Jackie Watkins, 3532 Winding Wind Cove, Bartlett, TN, 38135-3044. Please make all checks or money orders payable to "SCA Inc. - College of Arms". The cost is currently $25.00 a year.

Also, remember all administrative issues (requests for warrants, quarterly reports, etc.) need to be sent to Pelican.

Known World 1997

Let me remind everyone about this year's Known World Heralds and Scribes Symposium, June 21-22, 1997 in the Barony of Thescorre. I urge everyone to attend.

Known World 1998

For the benefit of those who are interested in putting on a Known World Symposium, I am enclosing an article on by Clarion on how to go about doing so.

Certified mail.

I cannot accept certified mail at home. If you need to send me mail return receipt requested, contact me privately, and I will send you my work address.

Book of Note :

Barnes and Noble is offering James Johnson's Place Name of England and Wales, for $7.95 each (plus shipping). While not as good as Ekwall's book on the subject, it is well worth the money, giving variant forms and dates. Their toll free number, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is 1-800-THE BOOK (1-800-843-2665).

Miscellany :

A summary of information translated from Pastoureau by Fause Losenge:

It's rarer than green, and in some regions (Germany, Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia) it wasn't used until the 18th c. Some writers have held that it's not found in any authentically old arms, but this is an error. The arms of the kingdom of Leon were blazoned in the mid-13th c. by Matthew Paris as 'Campus ... albus, leo de purpurea', and the tincture is found in several French and English armorials of the second half of the 13th c., e.g., 'Henry de Lacy ... porte d'or ou ung leoun rampaund de purpure' (Falkirk Roll) and 'Sir Nicolas Malmains port d'argent ou la bend de purpure' (Nativity Roll). The tincture is also found in numerous armories of the Knights of the Round Table in the 14th and 15th c.
The tincture has existed from an early date, but it wasn't always the modern violet or purple. Until the beginning of the 15th c. it was most often represented by a color intermediate between grey and brown. This was later mistaken for oxidized argent or gules that had 'turned'. The Prinsault treatise (2nd half of the 15th c.) describes 'pourpre' as a color obtained by 'taking equal portions of the four other colors and mixing them together'. The Argentaye Tract agrees. This would have given a more or less grey tincture, which is described in some early literary sources (e.g., Chrestien de Troyes) as 'bis'. This term disappears from the heraldic vocabulary c.1260-70 just as 'pourpre' appears. The change in meaning of this term (from 'grey' to 'purple') exhibited in the armory of the 15th and 16th c. is probably to be explained as the result of a rediscovery of the Latin etymology of the word and consequent restoration of the Latin sense.

Until next month, pray believe that I am, and remain,

Your faithful servant,

Jaelle of Armida
Laurel Queen of Arms

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