LoAR
of the College of Arms
of the
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
May
1997
AN TIR
Alanus de Bunghea. Name.
Submitted as Alanus of Bunghea, we have, with the submitter's permission, changed the of
to de, which is more temporally consistent with the name.
Amice of Castleton. Badge. (Fieldless) A stemless four-leaved shamrock purpure
charged with a fleur-de-lys Or.
Briana von der Ostwache. Name and device. Gules, two natural seahorses
addorsed and on a chief argent three fleurs-de-lys sable.
Elspeth MacTaggart. Device. Quarterly vert and argent, in bend sinister two
falcons belled sable.
Guérin de Bourgogne. Name and device. Per chevron inverted argent and
gules, a pale counterchanged.
Jean de Montaigne. Device. Per bend azure and purpure, on a bend between
two natural dolphins naiant bendwise argent a natural dolphin naiant purpure.
Kira M'Dougall. Name.
Marina of Vinewood. Name and device. Per pall azure, argent and sable, a
sprig of grape vine argent and two dogs salient respectant counterchanged.
Please tell the submitter that Marina of Vinewode would be a fine
name c.1300.
Saint Giles, College of. Name and device. Azure, on a cross argent
between four laurel wreaths Or five martlets gules.
Saint Giles, College of. Badge. (Fieldless) A monk-fish naiant to sinister
argent.
The monk-fish above, could also be blazoned as a mer-monk vested naiant to
sinister argent. However, since the submitters have provided a picture from the
1491 edition of Hortus Sanitatis which states "a passing monk-fish steers a course
through busy sea traffic while scholars discourse." The 'monk-fish' is in the
company of a mermaid, a lobster and miscellaneous fish and a boat in this sea.
Furthermore, the submitted monk fish is drawn virtually identical to the one
from period. Therefore, we have opted for the period term, even though it could
lead to confusion in the future, should someone wish to register the natural fish
which is called a monkfish. If this is done, it would be blazoned as a natural
monk-fish.
Wealdsmere, Barony of. Name and badge for Order of the Golden
Osprey. Azure, in fess an osprey rising wings addorsed argent between an oak leaf inverted and
an oak leaf Or.
Wealdsmere, Barony of. Badge. Per fess wavy Or and barry wavy azure
and argent, a sea lion, tail reflexed over its head, sable.
Wealdsmere, Barony of. Name for Order of the Golden
Acorn.
ANSTEORRA
'Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim. Name and device. Sable, a chevron gules
fimbriated between three lions rampant argent.
Submitted as Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim, the first name is properly
transliterated as "'Abd". We have corrected this.
Alexander Ravenshaw. Name.
Allegrancia Signorelli. Name and device. Vert, in pale an escallop and an
escallop inverted argent.
Ansgar Schwartzburg. Device. Per chevron gules and sable, two crosses
potent and a dolphin haurient to sinister Or.
Polydore Pike. Name.
ATENVELDT
Arabella MacLeod. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Aurore de Flandres. Name (see PENDS for device).
Submitted as Aurore des Flanders, the correct French is de Flandres. We have
corrected the name accordingly.
Bergheim, Canton of. Name.
Good name!
Connor Alexander Maxwell. Name.
Damiana Fairandgrey. Name.
Submitted as Damiana Fairgrey, no documentation was provided for the
combination of the two descriptive names into one. However, Fause Losenge was
able to provide an example from Reaney and Wilson of Fayrandgode, from 1301,
which would justify the structure of Fairandgrey. Accordingly, we have
corrected the byname.
Damion Grey of Salisbury. Name.
Note: Damion is the submitter's mundane given name.
Dominique Delvaux d'Ardennes. Name and device. Argent, in saltire two
arrows inverted, on a chief urdy sable three annulets argent.
Submitted as Dominique Delvaux de Ardennes, the correct form is
d'Ardennes.
Hamall the Quiet. Name.
Please inform the submitter that a 12th c. Anglo-Scandinavian form would be
Hamel the Stille.
Isabel of Atenveldt. Holding name and device. Gules, a tiger rampant Or
marked sable maintaining in its dexter forepaw a trumpet palewise, on a chief Or three
fleurs-de-lys azure.
Submitted as Isabel d'Anjou Detruie-Noms, that name was returned 12/96.
Therefore, we have registered the armory under a holding name.
Jane Katherine Beaumont of Cottingham. Change of holding name from
Jane of Twin Moons (see RETURNS for device).
Katherine of Tir Ysgithr. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Per pale sable and gules, a thunderbolt and on a chief embattled Or a cat statant
contourny reguardant sable.
Submitted as Katherine the Manx of Nyne Tails.
Kiera Nighthawk. Device. Per chevron Or goutty de sang and gules, in
base a reremouse volant contourny Or.
Lothar le Coi. Name.
Owen Blakshepe. Change of name from Owen Blacksheep.
Seth Williamson of Exeter. Name and device. Lozengy purpure and Or, a
cross formy fitchy argent.
Against the Order of the Knights of Malta (important non-SCA armory) "Gules, a
Maltese cross argent" there are CDs for the field and for the type of cross.
More difficult is the possible conflict with Hauoc of House Bender "Per fess
sable and gules, a cross formy fitchy throughout argent." There is a CD for the
field, but none for Seth's cross being fitchy. The issue, is there a CD between a
cross formy vs. a cross formy throughout? In general there is a difference
between an ordinary throughout vs. an ordinary couped, but not between a
non-ordinary throughout vs. its non-throughout version. Most types of crosses
work more like non-ordinaries, but crosses formy are exceptional: in their
throughout form they in many ways act as ordinaries. In particular both crosses
and crosses formy are occasionally found overlying quartered arms, and crosses
formy having flat ends merge into the edge of the shield. This may not apply to
crosses in general, but in this instance there is the necessary second
CD.
ATLANTIA
Aislynn of Jarrow. Name change from Aislynn Fyralockar.
Her former name, Aislynn Fyralockar, is hereby released.
Antonio Tagliaferro. Name and device. Per pale dovetailed Or and azure,
a dragon and a ram combattant counterchanged.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Release of heraldic title Berger
Herald.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Release of heraldic title Shofar
Herald.
Eadwyn Inhold. Badge. (Fieldless) A beaver sejant erect maintaining two
oak leaves argent.
Ella de Lille. Name and device. Argent, a mask of comedy and a mask of
tragedy in fess, on a bordure sable semy of lilies argent.
Submitted as Ella du Lille, the proper preposition is de.
Emma Lawles. Ermine, four roses in cross and a bordure wavy sable.
Her former device, Per fess wavy ermine and azure, a sealion Or maintaining
a trident sable. is hereby released. Please instruct the submitter to draw
the wavy bolder.
Henri La Grave. Name.
Katryne of Bakestonden. Name (see PENDS for device).
Submitted on the LoI as Kateryn of Bakestonden, it had been submitted in kingdom
as Katryne of Bakestonden, and changed to Kateryn in kingdom to match a
documented form. Since documentation has been provided for Katryne as a period
form, we are restoring the submitter's original form.
Morgan Wainwright. Device. Quarterly argent and sable, a wheel
counterchanged.
Sign of Hindscroft. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name).
Per pale vert and argent, a turtle tergiant a bordure counterchanged.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the turtle larger. Submitted as Sign
Bjarnardóttir.
Tamsin Barker. Name.
DRACHENWALD
Alfonso Henriques de Montoya. Alternate name of Catherine de
Montmartin.
Anneke van Twente. Name and device. Per pale vert and Or, two dogs
rampant addorsed counterchanged.
Arngrim Björnsson. Device. Per pale sable and gules, an eagle's
foot bendwise sinister couped, a bordure argent.
Branwen of Aarnimetsä. Name and device. Per bend sinister sable
and vert, a bend sinister between two decrescents Or.
The submitter's original submission Brann Ethlin, was returned in Kingdom for
lack of documentation. Schwartzdrachen requested help from the College on
documenting the name, since that was her preferred name. We could fine close
forms, but not exactly what she wanted. Since the exact name could not be
documented, we did not change Branwen of Aarnimetsä to her preferred
form. Please inform the submitter that both Bran Ethelin and Brann
Eiltíne are both registerable names, though in both cases, the
Bran/Brann is a male name.
Ingrid von Eichenkamp. Name and device. Or, in bend two bobbins
bendwise sinister vert.
Nordmark, Principality of. Badge for Vita Portens Orden. (Fieldless) A
step-gabled arch ensigned with a Celtic cross argent and charged with three lion's heads erased
sable.
Nordmark, Principality of. Badge for Gyllene Bandets Orden. (Fieldless)
A ribbon fesswise Or.
While the ribbon as a heraldic charge has been ruled as unacceptable, the original
submission of the badge contained a ribbon, and even though it was 8 months after that
ruling, it was not mentioned in the original return. Therefore, we are reluctantly
registering this.
EAST
Amalie Künz. Name.
Submitted as Amalie Kühns, there was no documentation for the byname being
a period form. We have substituted the closest documentable period
form.
Angus Olyver. Name.
Aralyn Ermintrude of the Falling Waters. Change of device. Per pale
azure and sable, a frauenadler displayed within an orle of mullets argent.
Her previous armory, Per pale vert and sable, a stag trippant guardant and
a base rayonny Or., is hereby released.
Bedwyr Danwyn. Name and device. Argent, on a fess cotised sable, three
plates.
Charles le Serein. Name and device. Or, a wild man's head cabossed and on
a chief vert, three mallets Or.
Submitted as Charles le Serene, serene is English, not French. We
have substituted the French form.
Degan of Coventry. Name.
Hieronyma Holvoet van Dadizele. Name and device. Azure, on a chevron
Or three crosses couped vert.
Isenwulf Thorolfssone. Device. Argent, a saltire bretessed quarterly
gules and azure.
Ismay Ponde. Device. Argent, a peacock contourny azure, pavonated to
base vert, atop a claymore fesswise sable.
Jonathas Rinesch. Name.
Submitted as Jonathan Rienisch, the submitter wanted an Austrian name. Since we
did not have any detailed information on Austrian names, we have changed it to an
entirely documentable German form, which is closer to what was desired, and not
too different from what was submitted.
Karl Abstreiter von Bayern. Device. Sable, a cross formy, on a chief
argent four crosses formy sable.
Lídia dAlgarve. Name.
Submitted as Lídia da Algarve, it was not clear if the byname was put into a
correct form. We have changed it to a documented 14th century
form.
Lodin of Molde. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Please inform the submitter that Lodin av Molde would be a much more likely
period form.
Lodowick of Grays Inn. Badge. Paly sable and argent, a spider purpure.
Malcolm MacAngus of Kinross. Name and device. Sable, a fess Or between three
compass stars and a fox's mask argent.
Marcus Celtillus. Name.
Please inform the submitter that while his submitted name is certainly
registerable, the two forms mentioned herein might be closer to what he really
wants. Celticus `a Celt' is noted by Solin & Salomies as an attested
cognomen, as are Celticius and Celtus;
and they show the last, as well as Celtius and
Celtilius, as attested gentilicia. Marcus Celticus
would be naturally interpreted as `Marcus the Celt', and Marcus
Celtilius would be a straightforward two-element Roman name of the
form .
Michael Houlihan. Name and device. Vert, a cross clechy, on a bordure
Or an orle vert.
Michelle of Thescorre. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Azure, a castle and on a chief argent, three frogs sejant azure.
Submitted as Michelle de Chateaugrenouille.
Namara Agafonika. Device. Argent, two thistles proper and a whelk
shell gules conjoined in pall.
Odo of Shrewsbury. Name.
The forms Odo of Shrovesbury or Odo of Shrowsbury,
would be more temporally consistent.
Siban ingen Aengusa. Name and device. Or, an arrow gules within a
massacre vert.
Tarquin Turnbull. Name and device. Argent, a bull s head cabossed gules
and on a chief sable three grouse close Or.
Torcail Maonaigh. Device. Vert, a tree blasted issuant from base, on a
bordure Or three increscents vert.
William Edward Cavendish. Name and device. Quarterly gules and vert, a
griffin segreant and in chief three roundels Or.
William of Dragonship Haven. Holding name and device (see RETURNS
for name). Or semy-de-lys gules, a griffin segreant sable and on a chief counterermine a
fleur-de-lys Or.
Submitted as William de Clarence.
LOCHAC
Albrechtus Vagus. Name and device. Per pall arrondi sable, azure and
argent.
Please instruct the submitter to draw the arrondi more boldly. This is clear of
the flag of the Czech Republic (Important non-SCA flag) Per pall azure, gules and
argent., with one CD for changing the tincture of one of the three parts, and
another for changing the style of partition lines - from straight to
arrondi.
Heth McKay. Name and device. Argent, three Latin crosses crosslet
sable a bordure per saltire gules and counter-ermine.
Either the early form Heth mac Etha, or the late form Y
McKay, would be much better, as they would be temporally
consistent.
Jean Pierre de Sabre. Name.
Rhianwen ni Dhiarmada. Change of device. Sable, a demi-unicorn rampant
Or crined and horned argent.
Her previous device, Or, a demi unicorn rampant to sinister sable, crined
argent., is retained as a badge.
MERIDIES
Branwen Brynglas. Name.
Submitted as Branwen o Bryn-glas, the place name was incorrectly constructed.
We have corrected this.
Seleone, Shire of. Badge. (Fieldless) On an escallop Or a
fountain.
Seleone, Shire of. Badge. (Fieldless) On an escallop azure a sealion erect
contourney Or.
Vogelburg, Shire of. Name and device. Argent, a phoenix sable rising
from flames proper within a laurel wreath vert.
WEST
Magnus Blackthorne. Badge. (Fieldless) A branch of blackthorn
sable.
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:
AN TIR
An Tir, Kingdom of. Title for Caldera Herald.
This is being returned for an aural conflict with the Province of
Calderium.
Esperanza Razzolini d'Asolo. Badge for Honorine Maria Steenhouwer.
Sable, a trimount throughout Or each mount charged with a fleur-de-lys florency sable.
This is being returned for violation of RfS VII.7.a., which requires that "Elements
must be recognizable solely from their appearance." A trimount is equivalent to a
base enarched to chief, and by being throughout, it is unrecognizable. It was
mentioned, without any evidence being provided, that trimounts in this form are
seen in Italian armory. If period evidence is provided that this was, indeed done,
we would happily revisit this issue.
ANSTEORRA
None!
ATENVELDT
Aaron Whyteshade. Device. Vert, a panther's head cabossed argent
incensed between two roundels echancré Or.
These aren't roundels echancré, which are roundels with
three semi-circular `bites' taken out of them at equal intervals around the
circumference, but rather something that no-one was able to blazon. If they had
been drawn properly, we would have registered them, for while we have banned
roundels enchancré, the ban doesn't take effect until July 1997. However,
since these were not correctly drawn, this will have to be returned, and any
resubmission which contains roundels enchancré will have to be returned
since it will be after the ban takes place.
Alaric the Amazed. Name.
As was noted in the 4/94 return of Deirdre the Distracted
(Ansteorra), no evidence has been presented to show that fairly abstract past
participles like this were used as nicknames in period. Lacking such evidence, we
must return the name.
Arabella MacLeod. Device. Argent, vetu, a cross of Santiago purpure.
This conflicts with Maelen of Catcott, (SCA) Purpure, on a lozenge argent
a forget-me-not proper., since Arabella's could also be also be blazoned as
"Purpure, on a lozenge throughout argent a cross of Santiago purpure.", leaving
only one CD for change of type of tertiary.
Arik Alton. Household name for Hawk's Haven.
This conflicts with the registered name Shire of Hawk s Haven.
Davey Gray of Kirkcudbright. Name and device. Per bend sinister Or and
erminois, a bend sinister and in dexter chief a natural dolphin gules.
This is being returned for lack of paperwork; no paperwork was included in the
packet. Please inform the submitter that the given name Davey is not period, but
the forms Davy and Davie are acceptable.
Duncan MacKenny. Name.
No documentation was presented in the LoI for MacKenny, and in fact the spelling
MacKenny seems to be a post-period spelling. The forms M'Kinnie (1609) and
M'Kenye (1513) are both dated to within our period, and the form MacKinnie is a
justifiable version. However, depending on which name is chosen, and how it is
pronounced, there could be an aural conflict with Duncan MacKinnon, registered
3/96. Therefore, we are returning this to the submitter to decide which form he
wishes.
Freyja the Cunning. Name.
There is no documentation for the name Freya/Freyja being used for anyone but
the Goddess in our period. SCA given names must be given names used by Human
beings in our period. The byname is also problematic: on the 5/94 LoAR the name
Eirik the Wandering was returned because `[n]o one was able to
document an authentic English byname formed from the present participle of a
word'. Cunning, earlier cunnand, is in origin the
present participle of can `to know'. This is a borderline case, since
it seems to have acquired independent status as an adjective fairly early, but it at
least needs to be mentioned. (By the way, the LoI slightly misleads in appearing to
date cunning to 1382; the actual citation is for
kunnynge.) If she wants an attested English byname, she might try
Slei, Slegh, Sley, le Slege, Sly, etc. These citations,
all from the 13th c., are in Reaney & Wilson s.n. Slay and represent
the modern English sly, from ON sloegr `sly, cunning,
crafty'. Of course, if she returns with an ON forename, the ON byname would be
even better. Its feminine forms would be sloeg and, with the
definite article, in sloega. There are other possibilities if she
prefers another shade of meaning, e.g., gör `skilled,
accomplished' (or in göra `the accomplished'). Another
possibility, this one etymologically related to cunning, is
kunnandi `cunning, knowing, learned' (or in kunnandi).
Freygerðr in sloega (in göra, in kunnandi) would be a
perfectly acceptable ON feminine name.
Geoffrey Glassceld. Name.
A compound of Gaelic and Welsh glas with OE sceld is
unlikely to say the least. It's also against the rules unless evidence for period
use of such bilingual compound bynames can be produced. Modern
blue is borrowed from French bleu, but it was
apparently borrowed by the 13th c.; Blewsheld is a reasonable 13th c.
spelling. (If he really wants glas, Welsh ysgwyd las is
`blue shield' and is analogous to the ysgwyd hir `long shield'
mentioned by Harpy in her Compleat Anachronist pamphlet.)
Granite Mountain, Shire of. Device. Per fess indented vert and sable, a
laurel wreath Or.
This is being returned for several reasons. It needs to be redrawn. As drawn this
does not look like a per fess division but rather like field, a chief. However, that
is not registerable since it would have a vert chief on a sable field, as well as
having the laurel wreath lie on both the field and the chief, which is not
allowed. Another problem is that if this is a per fess field, this has a charge
overlying a complex line of division, when the field is divided into two pieces of
the same tincture class. This greatly reduces recognizability. Finally, this is
technically in conflict with the Shire of Wyndhame, Per pale embattled gules and
Or, in dexter chief a laurel wreath Or. There is a CD for the field. Wyndhame s
wreath could not be in the center of the shield, so by the standing interpretation
of RfS X.4.g. Arrangement Changes the move of the wreath is forced and not
eligible for a second CD.
Ieuan ab y Ddraig goch. Device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, in
dexter chief an escarbuncle of nine points Or charged with a torteau.
This is being returned for a couple of reasons. First, this conflicts with the
badge of Martyn ap Cadwalladr the Bold (SCA), On a sun Or a cross
crosslet fitchy gules. There is one CD for the field, but against a fieldless
badge there can be none for location on the field, and the underlying charge is
too complex for RfS X.4.j.ii to apply. More importantly, even if there was no a
conflict this would have to be returned for violating RfS VII.7.a., which requires
that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." The college
could not tell what this charge was; guesses ranged from nine dragon's
jambes Or issuant from a torteau, to a sun Or eclipsed gules.
Jane Katherine Beaumont of Cottingham. Device change. Azure, a fess
embattled Or between three Latin crosses formy and a rose argent within a bordure Or.
This was submtted as a blazon appeal. According to the LoI "Her device was
registered in 1/96 as 'Azure, a fess embattled Or between three crosses formy and
rose argent within a bordure Or.' However, the crosses are supposed to be Latin
crosses formy, but Laurel and the CoA felt the length of the lower arms were
not enough to be considered Latin. Careful measurement of the original forms
shows there IS a longer arm on the crosses. I have included new forms which make
the difference clearer yet." The original forms do not show a Latin cross. We
register the picture, not the words. If careful measurement is needed to show
that a cross is Latin, then it is not a Latin cross. If a Latin cross is desired by the
submitter, then it is a device change, and new forms and fees must be submitted.
Since no fees were paid for this, it will have to be returned.
Katherine the Manx of Nyne Tails. Name.
Under Manx, the OED had the following to say. It's a post-period
form of the adjective found as Maniske (i.e., Man-ish) in
the late 16th c. (This is the earliest available citation.) As a noun it is plural; the
earliest form given in the OED is Manks, though even this is first cited from 1688:
Randle Holme referred to the Manks or Manings. Ignoring for the
moment the question of what forms are period, it's still clear that the
Manx is very unlikely: depending on whether Manx is understood as the
adjective or the noun, the name is analogous either to Katherine the
Danish or to Katherine the Danes, neither of which makes
good sense. The 1688 quotation suggests that one of the Manks might have been a
Mank or Maning, but such an inference is at best shaky. First, 1688 is well past
even the Grey Area. Secondly, we can find no evidence that the singular form
Mank was used at all; the earliest singular form that we can find is
Manksman 1702. (We have found no other reference to anything like
Maning; it could even have been Holme's nonce construction.) In
short, it's not clear what an inhabitant of the Isle of Man would have been called
in period, though Mank(e)sman would undoubtedly at least have
been understood in the 16th c.; if we restrict ourselves to attested elements, the
only possible construction is Katherine Maniske, which is analogous
to Katherine English.
The locative byname doesn't really make a lot of sense. Its form makes
Nyne Tails a place-name, but I find it very hard to imagine even a
hamlet named for nine little plots of ground sticking out of larger, more regular
fields, especially when there seems to be no evidence for tail as an
English or Scottish place-name element. Perhaps an individual farm might have
come to be so known, because it included a field with nine tails, say, but that's
more than a little speculative, if only because nine seems an implausibly large
number; if we accept such a possibility, we certainly ought to give the rest of the
name as period a flavor as possible. The most common topographical prepositions
in OE were on and Æt; in later English usage
both could become simply a or a'. Granting (a) that
Nynetails is a plausible farm name and (b) that farm names are a
legitimate class of period locatives, Katherine Maniske a' Nynetails
would seem to be possible as a late-period name. We felt, however, that this was
too big a change to make without the submitter's consent. The armory was
registered under the holding name Katherine of Tir Ysgithr.
Lothar le Coi. Device. Vert, on a lozenge argent a crab tergiant sable.
This conflicts with Amber Lang (SCA), Vert, on a lozenge argent a cat
sejant gardant sable., there is one CD for the substantial change in type
of tertiary charge.
Phoinix of Pucklechurch. Name.
There are several problems with the given name. In the first place, the usual
Latin and English spelling (appropriate with the English form of the place name)
is "Phoenix" as the submitted documentation shows. (This form is
occasionally found in modern German sources.) In the second, though names from
classical epic were used in period, the names usually fall into a definable
category such as a hero from the medieval matter of Troy as was the case with
Hector. We cannot think of any example where the name of peripheral
characters like Phoenix son of Amyntas in the Iliad or divine/semi-divine hero like
Phoenix, the brother of Cadmus and Europa who gave his name to Phoenicia, being
used in the medieval period unless it had passed into the general name pool in
antiquity. That is definitely not the case with Phoenix. Moreover, the most
common meaning for "phoenix" in period was to denote the most definitely
non-human avian who symbolized the self-regeneration of the soul. While this
might make an appropriate byname, we feel that is inappropriate for a given name.
Windy Valley, Shire of. Name and device. Azure chaussé argent, in
pale a laurel wreath vert and an aeolus azure.
Unfortunately, this isn't formed like a period place-name. If the group wants a
name that refers to wind, they might wish to consider Windale or
Winden(e), the latter containing OE denu `valley'
rather than ON dalr `valley'. Since the name was returned, we are
forced to return the armory, since we do not create holding names for groups.
Yin Mei Li. Name.
There are two problems with this name. V.B.2.d clearly says "Summary of
Supporting Evidence - A summary of all supporting evidence provided for the
submission must be included on the letter of intent. Such evidence includes
documentation, permissions to conflict, proofs for entitlement, statements of
support for transferred items, evidence for support in the case of branch
submissions and, in the case of resubmissions or appeals, a history of previous
submissions to the College of Arms, including the dates and grounds for previous
returns. Where possible, the letter should include specific references (including
page numbers) to all supporting documentation." The summary provided was
inadequate for the College to judge the documentation. Furthermore, the
documentation was for the name Yin Mo Lei, with a handwritten note that says
"All instances of 'Mo" should be read as "Mei" and all instances of Mo definition
(Jasmine) should be read as Mei definition (Beautiful)." While there is a lot of
documentation for Yin being a period Chinese name, the documentation for Mo Lei
is, at best, scanty, and when the name becomes Mei Li, there is effectively none.
ATLANTIA
Karl Helweg. Badge. (Fieldless) A sea-sagittary erect reguardant Or.
This submission has several problems. First, the monster is not in a blazonable
position. If we consider it the position effectively erect, it conflicts with Colin
of Duntamknackan (SCA) (Tinctureless) A merman, bow in dexter and arrow
in sinister hand, tail raised to sinister., and with Vincent of Winterpeak
(SCA) Per pale vert and sable, a mermaid erect embowed drawing a bow
Or. If we consider the position effectively to sinister it conflict with
Mikhail Reubenovic Kopaczewski (SCA) (Fieldless) A mermaid sinister facing
Or., with one CD for fieldlessness, and nothing for the addition of the two
legs. While it is true that we give a difference for addition/removal of wings,
wings are large and occupy as much space as it least half the charge.
Kofryna the Goatherd. Name and device. Gules, a cow contourny and in
chief a decrescent argent, a bordure Or mullety azure.
The name is being returned for lack of documentation. While the LoI states that
the submitter consulted with a native speaker of Lithuanian who told her that
"Kofryna" is the English equivalent of "Katherine", no documentation was
presented for that, nor was any presented that it was a period equivalent, and no
one in the College could find any. The armory is being returned for a redraw, as
it was not clear, even on the large emblazon, whether the animal was a cow as
blazon, or a goat, what the submitter apparently wanted.
Signý Bjarnardóttir. Name.
This conflicts with the already registered Signy Bjanarsdottir (3/87E). The
armory was registered under the holding name Signý of Hindscroft.
Sine ní Dheaghaidh. Badge. [Fieldless] A honeybee Or.
This conflicts with Andre Lessard (SCA) (Fieldless) A legless bee displayed
barry sable and Or, winged Or. Andre's bee is at least 3/4's Or, giving no
difference for tincture, leaving the only countable difference the one for
fieldlessness.
DRACHENWALD
None!
EAST
Geoffrey FitzDavid. Device. Or, a chevron gules, in base three
chevronels sable.
This is being returned for using two different sizes of the same charge on the
field.
Lodin of Molde. Device. Quarterly gules and azure, a cross Or, overall a
dragon salient maintaining a burning sword argent, flamed vert.
This is being returned for a redraw. The sword appears to be drawn as on a
flame vert, a sword argent. This breaks tincture with the field, and is not
the style of enflaming which was used in period.
Maurya Etain Sableswan. Badge. Quarterly argent and sable, two winged
Bengal tigers rampant proper winged sable.
This is being returned for having orange tigers. In the cover letter of 3/97 Laurel
said "We are also no longer going to register Bengal tigers proper. They must be
in a standard, heraldic tincture (with or without markings). We have registered
as proper both gules and Or Bengal tigers, leaving them with no default
tincture."
Michelle de Chateaugrenouille. Name.
No documentation of the period usage of the form Chateau was
presented, and no one could provide any. The name Grenouille, by itself would be
an acceptable byname, but we felt that would be too big a change to make without
the submitter's consent. The armory was registered under the holding name
Michelle of Thescorre.
William de Clarence. Name.
This name conflicts with Duke William of Clarence, who later reigned over
England as William IV. The armory was registered under the name William of
Dragonship Haven.
LOCHAC
None!
MERIDIES
None!
WEST
None!
The following items are pended until the September 1997 meeting:
ATENVELDT
Aurore de Flandres. Device. Per bend vert and argent, a domestic cat
couchant guardant argent and three wooden drop spindles in bend proper threaded vert.
Submitted as Per bend sable and argent, a domestic cat couchant guardant
and three drop spindles in bend sable., this left out the tincture of the
cat, and gave the tincture of half the field and half the charges incorrectly.
Ja'mala al-Badawiyya. Device. Per bend sable and azure, a sword inverted
bendwise sinister between three compass stars elongated to base argent.
The LoI left out the tincture of the charges.
ATLANTIA
Katryne of Bakestonden. Name and device. Quarterly argent and vert,
three owls statant affronty counterchanged.
Blazoned on the LoI as quarterly vert and argent, etc, it is really quarterly
argent and vert.
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