ANSTEORRA

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Badge (see RETURNS for name). (Fieldless) On a horse's head couped Or, crined, a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable.

Diego de Valor. Name.

Diego Miguel Munoz de Castilla. Name (see PENDS for device).

Egan MacFergus. Device. Sable, a wolf salient contourny between in bend two mullets Or.

This submission generated a lot of discussion in the college as to the blazon of the wolf. It was submitted as contourny, based on a drawing in Arthur Charles Fox­Davies (revised by J. P. Brooke­Little), A Complete Guide to Heraldry, which blazons a wolf in a similar position as contourny. Fox­Davies, while a widely available source, is a Victorian heraldry book, and not always a useful guide for medieval heraldry. It was the opinion of most of the College who commented on this submission that the position of the wolf was closer to salient than anything else. After examining drawings of animals courant and salient in Siedmacher, Bosewell's Works of Armory, and De Bara's Le Blason des Armoiries, it appeared that period armory would have blazoned it as salient, so we have registered it as salient. Please instruct the submitter to put a more bendwise angle on the backbone. If he really wants it courant, and he resubmits with a properly redrawn courant within the next year, he may resubmit for free. (Thanks to Electrum for mentioning the free resubmission.)

Geneviève the Gypsy. Name and device. Quarterly vert and azure, in saltire a flute Or and a quill pen argent.

Lete Bithespring. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Seamus Gilleasbuig. Name and device. Argent, a bend sinister between six Celtic crosses formy vert.

Uilleam MacDhomhnuill. Device. Argent, a lymphad and on a chief azure three eagle's heads Or.

ATLANTIA

Aodhán Doilfín. Alternate name and badge for Marc Dolfin. (Fieldless) A Ukrainian trident head azure.

Arielle the Golden. Device. Sable, a gazelle statant and on a chief Or, a wolf rampant sable between two crescents gules.

Caitilín ní Dhuinn. Name.

Submitted as Caitilín ní Duinn, the patronymic had to be aspirated. We have corrected this.

Devora bat Shimshon. Name.

Genevieve d'Aquitaine. Name and device. Argent, two foxes sejant erect gules and on a chief vert three thistles argent.

Submitted as Geneviève d'Aquitaine, we have removed the out­of­period accent.

Geoffrey Hawkwood. Name.

Gisele l'Orpheline. Name.

Submitted as Gisèle l'Orpheline, we have dropped the out­of­period accent.

Isabel d'Avignon. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Joscelyn of Ivybridge. Device. Per pale Or and sable, a chief dovetailed counterchanged.

Reinhardt von Güttersbach. Name and device. Argent, two chevrons inverted gules and in chief an eagle displayed sable.

Rose McDermott. Name.

CAID

Áine inghean Olibhéir uí Cheallaigh. Badge. (Fieldless) a triquetra vert.

Alexander of Darach. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Sable platy, a bend argent in sinister chief a lion salient ermine. The name was submitted as Alexander Kallikanzaros.

Annalia Dragotta. Name.

It is not clear that Annalia is a period formation, but we have given the submitter the benefit of the doubt.

Bjorn Blodøx Thorgrimson. Change from holding name of Sam of Dreiburgen.

Submitted on the letter of intent as Bjrn Blóðøx Thorgrímsson, it was submitted in kingdom as Bjorn Blodax Thorgrimson. We have changed it to a form closer to what the submitter originally submitted.

Caitríona of Dreiburgen. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per bend argent and azure, a wolf sejant erect reguardant contourny sable and a lion sejant erect reguardant argent. The name was submitted as Caitríona nighean Fhearghuis.

Caterine Barre de Venoix. Name.

Thanks to Hund and Black Dove for providing additional documentation for de Venoix.

Colin Vargus O'Connor. Name and device. Sable, in pale a trefoil within and conjoined in base to an annulet argent and a lion contourny Or on a chief argent three increscents gules.

We have registered this name, but the submitter should be informed that it doesn't seem to fit any period milieu. O'Connor is of Irish provenance, albeit here in Anglicized form. Colin is generally a pet form of Nicholas, though in Scotland it can apparently be an Anglicizing of Gaelic Cailean; Black s.n. Colin cites Colin filius Gilglas 1284­90. And Vargus is an undated variant Anglicization of Fearghus, a Gaelic name found in both Scotland and Ireland. The name is certainly from the British Isles and can only be considered culturally Gaelic or English. Unfortunately, while O'Connor and Vargus can only come from a Gaelic milieu, probably Ireland, the double given name can only be English. Colin O'Connor would be fine. Vargus O'Connor would be hypothetical but probably registerable. The armory, while technically exceeding the complexity count, is simple enough to be registered. However, it would be much better style if the single primary charge, the lion, was between three of the trefoil/annulet combinations in a standard arrangement, or if the trefoil/annulet charge was strewn across the field as a semy with the lion being the sole primary charge.

Constance O'Keeley. Device. Purpure, a sword inverted surmounted by a heart a bordure argent.

Damien von Baden. Badge for Company of St. Oswald. Or, a sword inverted, on a chief gules a straight trumpet Or.

Donal O'Brien. Device. Per pale argent and vert, a chevron counterchanged on a chief Or three annulets sable.

Emrys FitzRainold de Venoix. Name.

Eoin MacFhearghuis. Name.

Submitted on the letter of intent as Eóin MacFhearghuis, it was submitted in kingdom as Eoin MacFhearghuis. Since the fada is not required, we have restored the name to the original form. Please inform the submitter that if he wants an Irish name, he might prefer one of the forms of the patronymic given by Woulfe: mac Fearghusa and Mac Fhearghusa.

Gwendolen of Cairnryan. Device. Per chevron vert and Or, two triquetrae inverted Or and a falcon's head erased sable hooded vert.

Gyða galin Kaladóttir. Name and device. Argent goutty de sang, a winged panther segreant sable incensed and a chief nebuly gules.

Submitted as Gyða Galinn Kaladóttir, the byname was in the masculine rather than the feminine form. We have corrected that.

Ivan the Illustrated. Household name for House Thunderhall.

Johannes vom Turm. Name.

Katherine Morgan Galbraith. Device. Argent, on a bend sinister dovetailed between two fleurs­de­lys azure three oak slips fructed palewise Or, a bordure dovetailed azure.

Kilian Bruce. Device. Per pale sable and argent, two scimitars in saltire and in chief a Latin cross counterchanged.

Leximus Taurus. Device. Per fess sable and argent, a chevron throughout embattled counter­embattled between three columns counterchanged.

Magnús Gráhetta Bjarnarson. Name and device. Gules, a monk's hood and a bordure argent.

Melchior Erasmi von Frankfurt. Device. Argent, a bend sinister between two crosses crosslet fitchy sable.

Nice armory!

Mons Draconis, Canton of. Name and device. Or, two wyverns combattant vert in base a tower gules within a laurel wreath vert.

This submission included a proposal from Crescent to extend RfS X.3, Required Charges Transparent, because the issue of this submission violating our rules on "slot machine" was mentioned when this device, under a different name, was returned for lack of a name to register the armory to. This rule states that "two pieces of official Society armory that share required charges may consider their Difference of Primary Charges as if the required charges were not there." The commentary for this rule begins: "This is to avoid penalizing the slight increase in complexity caused when official armory includes required charges like the laurel wreath or crown." The problem with this submission violating the "slot machine" guideline is eliminated if the laurel wreath, whose presence is required, is considered invisible. Unfortunately, adoption of this proposal would have unexpected consequences. For example, it would permit registration of Argent, in pale an eagle, a lion, and a laurel wreath gules, which is slot­machine armory by any reasonable standard. Therefore, we are not extending this rule.

However, in the specific case of this submission, it has been returned by the Laurel office twice; first under the name Dragon's Citadel, Canton of, and then under the name Drachenfels. In the first return, the then Laurel said "No problems were found with the device, but as we are unable to create a holding for a group, the armory must be returned with the name." The issue of slot machine was brought up with the second return, by the present Laurel.

While we still think it is slot machine, since this is an interpretation of the rules, and not a clear cut violation of them, and since in the original return the then Laurel said "No problems were found with the device", we feel that we should register this. However, this does not mean that a similar motif in the future will be registered.

Morgan Torry of Cavan. Name change from holding name Morgan of Dreiburgen.

Ragnall Ó Ciaragáin. Device. Per bend sinister azure and sable, a Norse sun cross and a wolf's pawprint bendwise sinister argent.

Seosaidh MacFaoilchéire. Household name for Dùncreige.

Submitted as Dúncreige, the accent was put going in the wrong direction. We have corrected this. While normally household names require a designator such as house, clan, brotherhood, company, etc., the rules state "if the authorized form was used that way in period, like the English word shire, which appears as a part of the one­word name Worcestershire". Since Dùncreige contains a designator, we have registered it without it.

Sigtryggr inn Tryggvi. Device. Sable, a lion's face between three roundels Or, a bordure argent.

Please instruct the submitter on how to properly draw a lion's face.

Síthmaith ingen Uidir. Name and device. Gules, a squirrel statant erect argent sustaining an arrow inverted and a bordure rayonny Or.

Submitted as Síthmaith ingen Uidhir, the correct form of the patronymic with the older form of ingen should be Uidir.

CALONTIR

Annys de Vernun of Kettering. Household name for House de Vernun and badge. (Fieldless) A torse wreathed Or and gules.

Nice badge!

Anlon MacMatha. Badge. (Fieldless) On an equal­armed Celtic cross couped plain vert a mullet Or.

Brynhildr uppsaling Grimkelsdottir. Name.

Submitted as Brynhildr uppsalingr Grimkelsdottir, uppsalingr was in the masculine form. We have corrected it to the proper feminine form.

Gwylon ap Owen. Name.

Klara Tschudi. Device. Per fess embattled vert semy of bees Or, and Or, a beehive vert.

Lothar von Marbach. Name.

Lydia O'Shannan. Name and device. Azure, a garb argent and a gore sinister argent papellony gules.

Submitted as Lydia Shannon in the letter of intent, it was submitted in kingdom as Lydia O'Shannon. Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames has O Shenane, O Shanan, and O Shennan. O Shanan and O Shennan justify O Shannan, and apostrophe can be found in citations of about the same date, so we have restored the name to as close as possible to what was originally submitted.

Máirgrég ingen mic Gillebrath. Name.

Submitted as Máiréad nic Ghille­brath, Máiréad is a modern form, and therefore not acceptable for use in the SCA. We have substituted a period form acceptable to the submitter, and corrected the aspiration in the patronymic.

Richard MacFarland. Name and device. Per fess azure and argent, a zephyr and a lymphad counterchanged.

Thjothrekr Eiriksson. Name and device. Argent, on a fess wavy gules between three Thor's hammers sable a shark naiant argent.

Submitted as Thjothrik Eiriksson, Thjothrik was an incorrectly Anglicized form of the Old Norse. We have put into the correct form. Thanks to Hund and Fause Losenge for their research.

DRACHENWALD

Aarnimetsä, Barony of. Badge. Sable, a chevron throughout raguly on the upper edge, in base a wolf's head caboshed argent.

Against Owain Llwyd (SCA), Sable a chevron dovetailed between three wolf's heads cabossed argent., there is one CD for the difference of number of tertiaries, and one for the difference between a chevron raguly on the top, and one dovetailed on the top and the bottom.

Godwin Olafson. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Godwin Olafsson, we have changed it to Godwin Olafson, which is a more authentic Anglo­Scandinavian form.

Melchior Talvenpoika. Name and device. Azure, three mullets of eight points ermine.

Please instruct the submitter to draw fewer and larger ermine spots.

LOCHAC

Armandie, Canton of. Name.

Bryony Beehyrd. Name change from Bryony of the Bees.

Submitted as Bryony Beekeeper, no­one could document the term beekeeper as being a period term. We have substituted a period term that the submitter agreed to accept.

Ciaran Bran. Name and device. Per bend argent and sable, a raven close sable and a bordure counterchanged.

Nice raven!

Jean Pierre de Sabre. Device. Or, a flying fish volant sable.

Tomas del Valle de Bravo. Name.

Submitted as Tomas de Valle de Bravo, the first particle needs del, not de.

Ulf Lowis. Name and device. Sable, on a bend sinister engrailed between two wolves heads caboshed argent, an arrow inverted sable.

MERIDIES

Antonio Monteaguto. Name.

Eiríkr Tryggvason. Badge. (Fieldless) Within and conjoined to a decrescent argent a mullet of seven points sable.

Elspeth Necaedan. Name.

Submitted as Elspeth nic Aedan of Dalriada, the submitter decided to take the temporally consistent Elspeth Necaedan.

Gabrielle de Gunton. Device. Per chevron gules and vert, a chevron between three round buckles one and two and a leopard's face Or.

Guy of Osprey. Name and device. Per chevron inverted azure and vert, within a massacre a mullet argent.

Olaf Ulfson. Name.

Submitted as Ölaf Ulfson, the umlauts over the initial O were unnecessary. While this form is registerable, the usual form of the byname would be Ulfsson.

Osprey, Barony of the. Order of the Osprey's Jess (see RETURNS for badge).

Osprey, Barony of the. Order of the Osprey's Talon and badge. (Fieldless) An osprey rising, wings elevated and addorsed, perched upon a sword fesswise argent.

Osprey, Barony of the. Order of the Sable Athanor and badge. (Fieldless) Atop an athanor enflamed a retort sable.

Osprey, Barony of the. Order of the Sable Pillar and badge. (Fieldless) A pillar sable.

Stephen M'Owlache. Name.

Susan Landbeorht. Name.

Submitted as Susan de Landbeorht, since Landbeorht isn't a place­name, it doesn't take a de or of.

MIDDLE

Alastair Calum Montgomery. Name.

Submitted on the letter of intent as Alasdair Calum Montgomerie, it was originally submitted as Alasdair Calum Montgomery. Unfortunately, no matter how Montgomery is spelled, the name mixes English and Gaelic orthographies. Therefore, we have Anglicized the spelling of Alasdair to Alistair, and we have also restored the originally submitted spelling of Montgomery. Please inform the submitter that the use of two given names was rare in England and, since it was not part of the Gaelic tradition, seems to have been virtually unheard of in Scotland and Ireland. An English Alexander Colin Montgomery is just imaginable, though very unlikely; an Anglo­Scottish Alastair Calum Montgomery really isn't likely.

Alric of Flaming Gryphon. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Quarterly azure and gules, a lion rampant guardant a bordure Or. The armory was submitted under the name Alric Morgan.

Arwenna of Kelsley. Blazon change of badge. Gules, fretty argent, a falcon striking maintaining in its talons a lure sable.

Genevieve de Belleval. Name.

Dauzat cites the spelling of Genevieve, without an accent to 1292.

Giannetta da Firenze. Device. Gules, a dolphin haurient, a bordure engrailed Or.

Giulia Isabella da Venezia. Name.

Submitted as Giulia Isabella di Venezia, place­names in Italian take the article da, not di, which is used for patronymics. Accordingly, we have corrected this.

Helena O Shea. Device. Purpure, a church bell, a bordure dovetailed argent.

This is clear of the Barony of Dragonship Haven's Order of the Hawk's Bell, Azure, a hawk's bell within a bordure embattled argent., with one CD for difference in field, and one CD for difference in type of the bells.

John O Gara. Badge. (Fieldless) A sword inverted gules surmounted by a boar's head couped argent.

Kateryne Dod. Name.

Konrad Josef Urbanowicz. Device. Gules, two lances in saltire surmounted by a third inverted, a bordure Or.

Moira MacVey. Name.

No evidence has been presented that Moira is a period name. However, given its usage in the SCA we are ruling it SCA compatible.

TRIMARIS

Anessa de Vymont. Name.

Submitted as Anessa DeVymont, we have corrected the byname to match the documentation.

Angharad Clog Llwyd ferch Madog ap Maredudd. Device. Vert, a hooded cloak argent lined sable, on a chief embattled argent, three increscents sable.

The submitter provided ample documentation to show that the hooded cloak was not only a period artifact, but a common one.

Cassandra Alys of Dorset. Name.

Cullen McPetir McGregur. Name.

Submitted as Cullen mac Peter MacGregor, the bynames were corrected to a period form.

Curteis Svartsælingr. Badge. Sable, a bear sejant erect contourny sustaining a double­bitted axe Or.

Elizabeth of Devon. Name change from holding name Jan of Devon.

Gerhart Bill. Name.

Submitted as Gerhart Billes, no documentation was presented for Billes as a period name, and none could be found. We have substituted a close form, which is also the submitter's mundane last name.

Griffin Pollard le Bere. Name and device. Per saltire azure and sable, a paw print argent.

Submitted as Griffin Pollard the Bear, the spelling of Bear is documented to the 17th century. With the submitter's consent we have substituted a 12th century form.

Helmut von Württemberg. Name.

Submitted on the LoI as Helmut von Württenberg, that was a typographical error for Württemberg. We have corrected the error.

Maria Isabella Rodriquez. Name and device. Sable, a donkey passant and in chief three roses Or.

Martin Lochner. Name and device. Sable, a lion's head contourny and on a chief Or three crosses bottony gules.

Olaf Jarnhond. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Olaf Járnhönd, we have substituted the correct form.

Roderic Falco. Name and device. Gules, a falcon's head erased between three double roses argent.

A possible conflict was called against Frederick Tinamou the Untamed (SCA) Gules a bald eagle's head and shoulders issuant from base argent holding in its beak a sword inverted bendwise sable. There is one CD for the secondaries, and one for the sword, which is effectively an overall charge.

Tatheg O'Brian. Name.

Submitted as Tatheg O'Briain, this name mixed Gaelic and English spellings. Therefore, we have replaced the Gaelic O'Briain with the Anglicized form.

Thorvald Greybeard. Name and device. Azure, two double­bitted battle axes in saltire and in chief three unicorn heads couped argent.

Toiréasa ní Thighearnaigh. Device. Sable, a catamount's head and a chief embattled argent.

A possible conflict was called with Grik Alfriksson: Sable, a natural panther's head couped between three compass stars argent. There is one CD for type of secondary charge; changing the chief to a compass star. There is another for change in number; one chief to three compass stars.

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Badge. (Fieldless) A joscelyn wreathed azure and argent, belled argent.

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Mermaids' Pearl of Trimaris. Argent, a handmirror azure silvered argent.

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Badge. Per saltire argent and azure, in fess a Danish axe and a dagger argent.

Tymm Colbert le Gard. Name.

Submitted as Tymm Gard Colbert, this name had a severe problem. When in a medieval English name a patronymic and an occupational byname are found together, the patronymic invariably comes first. It's actually questionable whether the occupational byname is really part of the name or merely an indication of the bureaucracy's need to identify individuals unambiguously, since it is generally set off either by a comma or by the definite article. We have correct the name to the period form.

WEST

Byran Ciúinchalaidh. Device. Azure, on a saltire argent a unicorn head's couped gules, a bordure argent.

Lín Qing­líang. Name.

Please inform the submitter that this may be a male name.

Merlin James MacIntyre. Name and device. Per chevron purpure and sable, a chevron throughout Or and in base a wolf's head erased contourny argent.

Note: Merlin is the submitter's mundane given name.

Michael McLaurin of Cockburnspath. Name change from Ivan Nikolaevich Kozorezov.

The former name Ivan Nikolaevich Kozorezov is hereby released.

Quenild Comyn. Name change from Ekaterina Ilichna Sukurakova.

The former name Ekaterina Ilichna Sukurakova is hereby released.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

ANSTEORRA

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Name for Equitatus Ansteorrae.

Unfortunately, in Latin, Equitatus is not merely an equestrian order, but the equestrian order. This is frequently translated into English simply as "the knights". Since this guild is not restricted to members of the chivalry only, it must be returned for presumption.

Lete Bithespring. Device. Vert, a phoenix and in chief a sun Or.

This submission raised the question whether, in period, a change between a secondary charge and a "peripheral" was or was not used to indicate cadency. This was relevant to the acceptance or return of this submission, since the proposed armory was, under current rules, one CD from Julienne Dubarry (SCA), Vert, a phoenix within an orle Or., as cited in the LoI with one CD for changing the secondary charge from a sun to an orle. Some members of the College felt that the two coats given would be perceived as being more than one degree of cadency from each other, although they felt that each was only one degree from Vert, a phoenix Or.

Current SCA practice is that "a peripheral charge group is, in fact, a group of secondary charges; the phrase simply denotes a special class of secondaries, a class that can never be primaries, and that are automatically separate from any other secondary group in the same armory." Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, 24 July, 1993 Cover Letter (June, 1993 LoAR).

Period practice shows that charges in both peripheral and non­peripheral positions were used as differencing marks. For divers and varying reasons these marks sufficed to mark difference at the time; but one of the concepts behind the SCA's rules is that a change between things that were used for differencing in period is generally worth one CD.

Heraldic Cadency, by Robert Gayre of Gayre and Nigg, pages 112 ­ 113, says "Next we find Upton, who was born about 1400, and who wrote De Studio, lays down a system which is easily perceived from the following diagram:" [I will give the blazons of the devices since it is easier than reproducing the diagram]: X(1) "Field, a fess; X(2) ­ 1st son of the 1st "Field, a fess and in chief a crescent"; X(3) ­ 2nd son of the first "Field, a fess and in chief a label"; X(4) ­ 1st son of the second "Field, a fess in chief a label and in base a crescent"; X(5) ­ 2nd son of the second "Field, a fess in chief a label a bordure"; X(6) ­ 3rd son of the second "Field, a fess in chief a label a bordure". He notes that the two bordures are in different tinctures.

So, in the instance above, when we get to the third generation, we swap a charge in base, for a bordure. The Boke of St. Albans, by Dame Juliana Berners, second edition, printed in 1496, offers much the same scheme, having brothers swap a label for a bordure.

However, these are just theoretical texts. Were there actually cases in period where what we currently call a secondary or secondaries were exchanged for what we would consider a peripheral?

A European Armorial, which is an armorial of knights of the Golden Fleece and 15th century Europe from a contemporary manuscript, edited by Rosemary Pinches and Anthony Wood, shows, on page 89 the following French arms in this order: the King of France, "Azure, 3 fleurs­de­lys Or (France Modern), the Dauphin, "Quarterly, France modern, and Or, a dolphin gules", the Duke of Orleans, "France modern and a label argent", the Duke of Anjou, "France modern and a bordure gules" and the Duke of Berry "France modern and a bordure engrailed gules".

Lines of Succession, by Ji í Louda and Michael MacLagan show on Table 3 (England) the arms of the Prince of Wales (Edward, the Black Prince) "Quarterly France ancient and England, a label argent", followed by the arms of three of his brothers who all bear suitably differenced labels. The last brother, Thomas of Woodstock who bears "Quarterly France ancient and England, a bordure argent".

In the same book, table 110 (Lorraine) shows the arms of Lorraine "Or, on a bend gules three eagles displayed argent". Claude I, who was the second son of René II, Duke of Lorraine, became Duke of Guise and bore Lorraine with a label. He had six sons. The eldest, Francis I, also Duke of Guise, bore Lorraine with a label, while the youngest became Master of Elboeuf, and bore Lorraine with a bordure.

In conclusion, it is obvious that substituting a peripheral for a non­peripheral secondary charge was certainly a period way to change the same base coat to show that two individuals are brothers. We consider that changing from one to the other is equivalent to adding either in terms of visual impact. Therefore, on the grounds period practice, SCA usage and visual impact we are returning this for conflict with Julienne Dubarry because only one CD exists for changing the type of secondary charge.

ATLANTIA

Isabel d'Avignon. Device. Per bend wavy azure and counter-ermine, a sun proper and a decrescent argent.

This is being returned for unidentifiability. From any distance, the wavy line separating the azure and counter­ermine cannot be seen. This submission was ruled on at the roadshow meeting at the 1997 Known World Heraldic Symposium, and the people sitting in the second row could not tell what the line of division was. This return is in line with current CoA precedent. In the January 1993 return of Elspeth of Oxfordshire, Master Bruce as Laurel said:

"[Per chevron embattled azure mullety of six points Or, and sable, in base a <charge> argent] The low contrast between azure and sable renders the embattled line indistinguishable from any distance. As with the recent case of Per pale embattled purpure and sable (LoAR of Aug 92, p.25), I must return this for lack of identifiability, per Rule VIII.3.

CAID

Alexander Kallikanzaros. Name.

This is being returned for violating RfS VI.2. Names Claiming Powers.

"Names containing elements that allude to powers that the submitter does not possess are considered presumptuous.

Society names may not claim divine descent, superhuman abilities, or other powers that the submitter does not actually possess. Such claims include divine patronymics, like Vulcanson; epithets peculiarly associated with divinities or superhuman beings, such as of the Valkyrie; given names that were never used by humans, like the names of some Giants or Dwarves in Norse mythology; or descriptive epithets like Worldblaster."

According to the submitter's own documentation, "the Callicantzari were originally not demons but men­­men who either voluntarily or under the compulsion of a kind of madness chose or were forced to assume the shape and the character of beasts." A functional equivalent to this would be Alexander the Werewolf. Assuming the shape or character of a beast is not a power (we hope) that the submitter possesses. The armory was registered under the name of Alexander of Darach.

Caitríona nighean Fhearghuis. Name

Unfortunately this conflicts with the already registered Catriona Fergusson. The rules say under V.1.a:

"Difference of Name Phrases - Two name phrases are considered significantly different if they differ significantly in sound and appearance. Name phrases that are not significantly different are said to be equivalent.

Variant spellings of the same word or name, no matter how radical, are not considered significantly different unless there is also a significant difference in pronunciation. Low German Flaschenträger could be spelled vlaschendreyger in 1430, but the pronunciation was essentially the same, so vlaschendreyger and Flaschenträger are equivalent. Such variant spellings may be registered where appropriate but do not make the name different. Examples and further restrictions for different types of name phrase are given below. [Emphasis mine].

However, section ii.a goes on to say:

"Bynames of Relationship ­ Two bynames of relationship are significantly different if the natures of the relationships or the objects of the relationships are significantly different.

Smythwyf is significantly different from Smithson because the nature of the relationship is significantly changed; it is significantly different from Tomwyf because the object of the relationship has been changed (from Smith to Tom). Mac Thorcuill `son of Thorcull' is equivalent to Nic Thorcuill `daughter of Thorcull', and Richards is equivalent to Richard and to Richardson; in each case the sound is insufficiently different. Hobson is significantly different from Robertson, however, because Hob and Robert differ significantly in sound and appearance and are not being used in given names.

Therefore, since the nature of the relationship and the names are not significantly different, this name must be returned. The armory was registered under the holding name of Caitríona of Dreiburgen.

Garmon Woodworth. Badge. (Fieldless) A caltrap azure.

This is being returned for visual conflict with the badge of Tomman Dallas Sare, (SCA) Checky argent and sable, a mullet of four points azure., and the badge of Eleanor Leonard (SCA) [tinctureless] A mullet of four points distilling a goute. Both of these visually conflict with the caltrap. X.4.e says "Types of charges considered to be separate in period, for example a lion and an heraldic tyger, will be considered different. A charge not used in period armory will be considered different in type if its shape in normal depiction is significantly different change of type". Since a mullet of four points is not a period charge, and since the normal depiction of a caltrap is not significantly different from a mullet of four points, these two charges conflict.

CALONTIR

Ancelin Tighearnan de Briquessart. Name and device. Per chevron gules and azure, a chevron between two swords inverted and a wolf's head erased contourny Or.

The name is being returned for mixing Gaelic and non­Gaelic in the same name. Moreover, it's very hard to imagine any period context in which any forms of the three elements would have coexisted. Any two of the three elements could probably be combined, though some pairs work better than others. Woulfe gives for Ó Tighearnáin the late 16th or early 17th Englishings O Ternane and O Tiernan (Woulfe s.n. Ó Tighearnáin), and Ewen (129) has examples showing the style of Anglications in 1295. Given Ewen's examples, Ancelin OTernane or the like would be possible in 13th c. Ireland, but in that setting the French locative seems out of place. A late­period Ansell Tiernan is also possible: there are a few examples of Irish surnames losing the Ó when being Anglicized, and Bardsley s.n. Ancell cites Ansell Bonyam 1545. But an Ansell Tiernan wouldn't be de Briquessart. Finally, we can imagine a de Briquessart in Ireland `going native' and giving his son the Irish name Tighearnán. It's not clear just how the resulting combination would have appeared in any contemporary scribal tradition, but we might register Tiernan de Briquessart. The armory is being returned for a redraw. Before seeing the blazon of the device, a number members of the CoA and the majority of the people at the Laurel meeting thought it was some kind of bird.

Evyenios Athanasiou. Name and device. Gules, a Coptic cross throughout Or between four natural dolphins in annulo argent a bordure Or.

Evyenios was stated in the letter of intent to be "a phonetic transcription of the name from the Greek not a transliteration". Given that there was a very strong tradition of how one rendered Greek words into the Roman alphabet in period, it is not reasonable to register something that does not fall within that tradition. Even today, Greek gamma is rendered in ordinary use as "g", in spite of the pronunciation. In a medieval context the likeliest possibilities would seem to be writing the name in Greek, which we would normally represent by a transliteration, or Latinizing it to Eugenius filius Athanasii or the like. This is a larger change than we feel comfortable making without the submitter's approval, so we are returning the name. The armory is being returned for several reasons. While it was blazoned on the letter of intent as having a gules field, the field was an unidentifiable color somewhere between purple and brown. Furthermore, the bordure and the cross were far too thin; the bordure returnably so. Note: while we have no objection to the use of color printers, as was done in this case, if the printer cannot produce identifiable colors, it should not be used.

Nathan Rubenszoon Adelaer. Device. Argent chapé ploye engrailed azure, a rose gules barbed and seeded proper.

This is being returned for style and conflict. This uses a doubly­complex line of division which is not acceptable. The relevant precedent is "With very rare exceptions (e.g. in combination with enarched lines), the use of two or more complex lines on the same charge is confusing, and unattested in period armory. (Wavy raguly? Embattled rayonny? I think not.) In this case, the chief could be either embattled or triangular ­­­ but not both." (Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, LoAR December 1992, p. 20). While Bruce was discussing a "chief triangular embattled", the principle he outlined there applies here. We have a chapé which is both ployé and engrailed. And while it may be reasonably argued that this is only one step from period practice, a chief triangular embattled is also only one step from period practice. Both, however, are an extremely big step from period practice. While it is true that lines could be enarched and also embattled, engrailed, etc., the enarching was basically to show the curvature of the shield. We do not believe that such is the case of a chapé ployé. Furthermore, this conflicts with the badge of the House of Lancaster (important mundane armory), A rose gules.

DRACHENWALD

Godwin Olafson. Device. Vert, a tower Or masoned vert.

Since "... masoning is an artistic detail worth no difference." and "We might grant the addition of masoning as worth a CD, for any charge except a stonework edifice." Bruce of Draconarius (Zacharia of Westlake) Aug 92, p. 31, this is being returned for multiple conflicts including: Eleazar ha Levi (SCA), Vert, a tower Or and a ford proper., with one CD for the peripheral ford; Kaitlin Caslean an Bharraigh (SCA), Vert, a tower Or and in chief an Irish harp argent., with one CD for the harp; Robert Greenheart (SCA), Vert, on a tower Or, a heart in chief vert., with CD for the tertiary; Castile (Important non-SCA arms), Gules a castle triple-towered Or., with one CD for the change in the field; Brusten de Bearsul (SCA), Per fess embattled azure and vert, a tower Or., with one CD for the change in the field; and with Ellen of Neglamer (SCA), Sable, a conical roofed tower Or, ajouree in the upper sinister part., with one CD for the changes to the field.

LOCHAC

None!

MERIDIES

Lindulf Alanson. Name.

The correct form of this name would be Lindulf Alan. However, to make that change we would have to delete the final three letters of the name. The submitter only permitted "minor" changes, such as removing a letter. Since removing three letters is not within the parameters of what the submitter allows, we are forced to return this submission.

Osprey, Barony of the. Badge. (Fieldless) An osprey's leg couped ala quisse, belled and jessed argent.

This conflicts with Damianus Petrolino (SCA), (Fieldless) A dragon's jambe erased inverted clutching a roundel argent., with the only difference the automatic one for fieldlessness.

Sigmund von Welf. Name.

This is being returned for violating RfS VI.1 ­ Presumptuous Names. Welf is the Middle High German form of the name more familiar to English­speakers as Guelph. This is, as noted in the OED and many historical sources, the name associated with the princely family who were the primary opponents of the Hohenstaufens for control of the Holy Roman Empire and the ancestors of inter alia the current British royal family. Therefore this name violates RFS VI.1 on presumptuous names just as much as Hohenstaufen which is specifically mentioned as an exemplar in the current edition of the RFS. The use of Welf as a surname is presumptuous with any name.

Sigmund von Welf. Household name for Haus Welf and household badge. Azure, a fess embattled Or between three crosses formy in fess and a double­headed eagle displayed argent.

The household name is being returned for violating RfS VI.1 ­ Presumptuous Names. Welf is the Middle High German form of the name more familiar to English­speakers as Guelph. This is, as noted in the OED and many historical sources, the name associated with the princely family who were the primary opponents of the Hohenstaufens for control of the Holy Roman Empire and the ancestors of inter alia the current British royal family. Therefore this name violates RFS VI.1 on presumptuous names just as much as Hohenstaufen which is specifically mentioned as an exemplar in the current edition of the RFS. The use of Welf as a surname is presumptuous with any name. The armory is being returned for a redraw; the fess needs to be drawn a lot larger.

MIDDLE

Alric Morgan. Name.

This name is being returned for conflict with Alaric Morgan, the main character in Katherine Kurtz's first Deryni trilogy (Deryni Rising, High Deryni, Deryni Checkmate), and an important, but not main character in the Kelson triology. The armory was register under the name Alric of Flaming Gryphon.

Geoffrey de la Brugge. Device. Sable, a chevron between two fleurs­de­lys and a unicorn rampant argent.

This conflicts with the badge of Zenobia Blake (SCA) Sable, a chevron between three broadarrows inverted argent. There is only one CD, for change of type of the secondary charges

TRIMARIS

Olaf Jarnhond. Device. Quarterly azure and Or, a mullet of twelve points a bordure gules.

This conflicts with Mitchell MacBain, Gyronny sable and argent, a compass star within a bordure gules., with one CD for the field.

Somhairle Ó Laidhigh. Badge for Clann an Chullaich Bhain. Purpure, a boar's head erased contourny argent.

This is in conflict with the badge of Catharina Dietrich von Villach, Per pale sable and gules, a boar's head erased to sinister argent. There is only one CD, for the differences in the fields.

Trimaris, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Fletcher. Azure, a feather fesswise between three pheons inverted one and two argent.

This is in conflict with the badge of the Barony of An Dubhaigeainn, Azure a feather fesswise argent. There is only one CD, for the addition of the pheons.

Zoltán the Magnificent. Name.

This is being returned for violating VI.1 ­ Names Claiming Rank: Names containing titles, territorial claims, or allusions to rank are considered presumptuous. This combines a name meaning sultan with an epithet which was most often applied to individuals of extremely high status. Here, two individuals come almost immediately to mind: Lorenzo de' Medici, called Lorenzo the Magnificent, and the Turkish sultan Suleyman, called by his own people "the Lawgiver", but almost universally elsewhere, Suleiman the Magnificent. While documentation showing Zoltán to be a period name was provided, in combination with "the Magnificent" (effectively, Sultan the Magnificent) takes it beyond the bounds of acceptability.

WEST

None!

The following item is pended until the July 1997 meeting:

Ansteorra

Diego Miguel Munoz de Castilla. Device. Argent, on a bend sable three escallops palewise argent.

This conflicts with George of Berwick (SCA), Argent, on a bend sable, three double roses argent, barbed vert., with only one CD for the change to type of the tertiaries. However, the submissions herald has received a verbal permission to conflict from George of Berwick and is in the middle of getting written permission to conflict (the only acceptable form). Therefore, at the request of the submissions herald, we are pending this for one month to give him time to get the necessary paperwork.