Alanus of Bunghea.
Device. Per chevron azure and Or, two leatherworker's knives blades
to center Or and a flame gules.
Aodh Deoradhán. Name.
Submitted on the letter of intent as
Aed Deoradháin, it was changed in kingdom from Aodh
an Deoradhán. That form was not correct; we have changed
the name to a correct form which is extremely close to what was
originally submitted.
Arontius of Bikeleswade. Change of name from Irenaeus of Bikeleswade and device. Sable, a winged serpent embowed Or maintaining with its tail a quill pen bendwise sinister argent, on a base Or a winged cat sejant affronty sable.
His former name Irenaeus of Bikeleswade,
is hereby released.
Branuenn Goch.
Name.
Christophe de Lascaux.
Name.
Ciaran Cluana Ferta.
Badge. (Fieldless) A boot azure.
Cold Keep, Shire of. Device. Per chevron sable mulletty Or and azure, a tower argent and in base a laurel wreath Or.
Please instruct the group to draw the
tower larger.
Cragmere, Shire of.
Name and device. Argent, on a chevron gules three swans naiant
argent, in base a laurel wreath sable.
Edmund Middleton of York. Name and device. Azure, a chevron between three estoiles Or.
My thanks to the college for deducing
the correct blazon from the permission to conflict mentioned in
the LoI. Note: he has a letter of permission to conflict with
Eric of Bhakail (SCA) Azure, a chevron throughout between three
mallets fesswise Or.
Esperanza Razzolini d'Asolo.
Badge. (Fieldless) On a cross flory azure a cross flory between
four fleursdelys bases to center Or.
Gavin Flandre. Name and device. Gules, a griffin segreant checky argent and azure.
Nice armory! Note: he has a letter of
permission to conflict with Morgan ap Siarl (SCA) Gules, a
griffin segreant ermine maintaining in its dexter foreclaw a cross
of four lozenges Or.
Gisla Rodumna.
Name.
Kateryn Garnett. Name and device. Gules, two Catherine wheels in pale between flaunches argent each charged with a stepcut gemstone fesswise gules.
Please instruct the submitter on how
to correctly draw flaunches.
Laurencia de Saint Germain.
Device. Per pale purpure and argent, a horse's head couped and
a harp reversed and on a chief an arrow all counterchanged.
ANSTEORRA
Abigail Grace Le Grey. Name and device. Per pale embattled sable and argent, a rapier and a needle counterchanged.
Please commend the submitter for her
drawing of the needle, and ask her to draw the rapier larger.
Albrecht of Catsprey. Name.
The given names Albrict or Ailbricht
would be closer to period usage.
Angus MacNokard.
Name.
Arlie Markeson.
Device. Paly of six Or and azure, a bend sinister counterchanged
and a bordure gules.
Diego Miguel Munoz de Castilla. Device. Argent, on a bend sable three escallops palewise argent.
This was pending from the June 1997
Laurel meeting in order for the Ansteorra submissions herald to
obtain written permission for this device to conflict with George
of Berwick (SCA), Argent, on a bend sable, three double roses
argent, barbed vert. We have received the written permission
and the change to the type of tertiaries provide the required
one CD.
Manfred Wolf. Name and device. Argent, a wolf's head sable between in saltire four roses gules, a bordure embattled sable.
Please instruct the submitter to draw
the bordure thicker, and with fewer embattlements.
Muriel FitzLloyd. Name change from Muireall de Bretagne and device. Vert, two peacocks close pavonated to base addorsed reguardant tails crossed in saltire argent on a chief invected Or three elm leaves inverted vert.
Her former name Muireall de Bretagne
is hereby released.
Sigen Fridreksdottir.
Device. Per chevron sable and azure, a hedgehog Or between three
Thor's hammers argent.
ATENVELDT
Adrian La Moyne.
Name and device. Azure, on a bend vert fimbriated Or, between
two increscents argent, a catamount passant Or.
Albrecht von Siebeneich. Name and device. Per pale sable and vert, an eagle displayed ermine, a point pointed ployé argent.
Submitted as Albrecht von Siebenecke,
no documentation was presented for the byname, and none could
be found for that spelling . We have changed it to an attested
spelling.
Alexander Demetrius.
Name and device. Per pale argent and gules, a jester's cap and
in base a pair of dice counterchanged.
Alfric von Hallenburg.
Name (see RETURNS for device).
Alyna Isabel de Clare.
Name and device. Purpure, a seaunicorn erect argent, and
a chief engrailed ermine.
Andrew the Executioner.
Name and device. Argent, a doublebladed axe sable, hafted
proper, within an orle of gouttes azure, on a chief sable two
open books argent.
Anne of Sweetheart Abbey.
Name.
Antonio Tolumello da Sicilia. Name and device. Paly bendy argent and sable, a demigreyhound passant azure.
Submitted on the LoI as Antonio Tulemello
da Silicia, the locative was misspelt. We have corrected the
spelling to the correct form, which is what was originally submitted.
No documentation was presented, and none could be found for the
spelling Tulemello. We have replaced it with the closest
documentable form.
Arielle ní Sheanáin.
Device. Argent, a bend counterermine between a domestic
cat sejant guardant and a falcon close gules.
Balin Michael Guiscard.
Name and device. Ermine, an escarbuncle gules a bordure embattled
sable.
Bran of Silver Keep. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per chevron azure and argent, two demiwolves rampant addorsed issuant from the line of division argent, and a dog statant reguardant sable.
The question was raised in commentary
as to whether this violated our sword and dagger rule,
which prohibits two (or more) form of the same charge in the same
piece of armory. For instances a rose and a rose bud, two different
varieties of fish, a mullet of seven points and a mullet of 8
points, etc. This happens when the two items are not a CD apart.
We in fact give a CD between an animal and the same animal when
it is a demianimal. This change is a type change,
not a posture change. Therefore, since there is a CD between the
demiwolves and the dog, while poor style, this does not
violate our ban on having two different charges in the same submission
which are less than a CD apart. The armory was submitted under
the name Bran MacTreanMor.
Brenda Lynne of Clan Neil. Name change from Brenda Lynne and device. Gules, two chevronels between three thistles argent.
Submitted as Brenda Lynne of the Clan
MacNeil, the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been
used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest
Anglicized form. Her previous name Brenda Lynne is hereby
released.
Brian Brock.
Name.
Brian of Saint Michaels Mount.
Name and device. Or, on a bend invected vert between six mullets
sable, a sword argent.
Cassian Falkenar.
Name.
Corinne of Grenvelt. Name and device. Vert, nine roundels arranged as a lozenge, on a chief Or, six roundels in fess gules.
Submitted as Corrine of Grenvelt,
the LoI typoed the submitted name, which was Corinne. We have
restored it to the submitted form.
Damon Hawke.
Badge. (Fieldless) A triangle voided Or.
Daniel Stuart.
Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, two wyverns erect
addorsed, tails nowed in a Wake knot, counterchanged.
Danielle d'Avignon.
Name.
Deborah Inis Glas. Name and device. Vert, a camelopard statant contourny Or spotted sable a bordure Or.
Submitted as Deborah Uaine Oileán,
this name combines English and Gaelic orthography in the same
name. Since the submitter wants to be Deborah of the Green Island,
we have changed the Gaelic Uaine Oileán, to an Anglicized
form which means of the Green island. Note: while the LoI stated
that Deborah was the submitter's mundane given name, no proof
was provided, and without such proof the mundane name allowance
cannot be invoked.
Deirdre of Kerry. Name and device. Vert, a lion rampant Or, a bordure Or semy of shamrocks vert.
Submitted as Deirdre Ailesh of Ciarrage,
this mixed English and Gaelic orthography in the same name. We
have changed it to an acceptable form that was on the list of
changes that the submitter preferred.
Duncan Arthur Ross the Black.
Name (see RETURNS for device).
Ealasaid nan Oighean.
Device. Argent, three bars gules between a gauntlet aversant fesswise
reversed and a sinister gauntlet fesswise sable.
Eamon MacAindriu. Name and (see PENDS for device).
Submitted as Eamon MacAndrew, this name
combined Gaelic and English orthography in the same name. We have
changed it to an all Gaelic form. A possible conflict was called
with the famous modern BBC journalist Eamon Andrews most noted
for hosting the program "This is Your Life" for over
25 years. Laurel had never heard of him, which is not surprising
since Laurel doesn't watch any TV. Trying not to let her
cultural deficiencies blind her to a possible problem, Laurel
looked in her standard sources for the closest American equivalents.
Since neither of her biographical dictionaries, nor her Encyclopedia
Britannica had Chet Huntley or David Brinkley listed, it was decided
that he was not important enough to protect.
Edward Drakenfeld.
Badge. Per pale gules and azure, in pale three mahimahi
fish naiant to sinister Or.
Einarr atgørvima r.
Name.
Elenora Lindsay.
Name.
Elizabeth Anne DeRaet. Name and device. Per bend argent and purpure, a hummingbird rising vert and a honeysuckle blossom affronty argent.
Submitted as Elizabeth Anne DeRaet
the Seamstress, the byname Seamstress was shown to be outofperiod
on the 1/96 LoAR. We have dropped the questionable element instead
of changing it, since the submitter included a list of preferred
changes.
Elizabetta of Artemisia. Holding name and badge (see RETURNS for name and device). (Fieldless) Two falcons rising respectant conjoined at the talons Or.
The badge was submitted under the name
Elizabetta Sforza.
Elspeth von Bremen. Name change from Elspeth Anne of Starwood and device change. Per chevron throughout vert and sable, a chevron throughout between two mullets and a fleam Or.
Her original name Elspeth Anne of
Starwood, is hereby released. Her previous device, Per
pale Or and vert, to trees eradicated, each charged with a mullet,
within a bordure all counterchanged., is to be retained as
a badge.
Erica Gealbogha. Name and device. Vert, a bow argent, strung Or.
Submitted as Erica BoghaGeal,
it had the construction of the byname reversed. We have corrected
the problem.
Gerolt ap Edward. Name and device. Gules, two pallets Or, overall a spear and an oar in saltire argent.
Please instruct the submitter to draw
the charges thicker and more overall.
Giles Librarius.
Name (see RETURNS for device).
Gráinne Gelleo.
Name.
Gregory of Bec. Name and device. Per bend sinister Or and azure, in pale three annulets counterchanged.
Gwenddwyn Hardd. Name and device. Argent, a griffin passant gules maintaining a sheaf of needles sable, on a chief gules three caravels argent.
Submitted as Gwenddwyn y Hardd,
Welsh does not normally use an article with simple adjectival
nicknames. We have deleted the inappropriate article.
Hester Katherine de Courtenay.
Name.
Isolde de Lisieux.
Device. Sable, a bend of chain argent, overall a camelopard statant
to sinister Or.
Jaime the Scot of Clan Neil. Name and device. Per bend azure and argent, a unicorn rampant to sinister, a bordure engrailed counterchanged.
Submitted as Jaime the Scot of the
Clan MacNeil, the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have
been used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the
closest Anglicized form. Jaime is the submitter's mundane name.
Jane Kynesman of Northamptonshire.
Name.
Jason Thorne of Antioch.
Name and device. Quarterly azure and sable, a cross couped between
in bend sinister a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy argent.
Jessica Marten. Name (see RETURNS for device).
The Rules for Submission state "New
name elements, whether invented by the submitter or borrowed from
a literary source, may be used if they follow the rules for name
formation from a linguistic tradition compatible with the domain
of the Society and the name elements used." (Rule II.3, Invented
Names) Elizabethan English qualifies as a linguistic tradition
compatible with the domain of the SCA. Shakespeare qualifies as
a period author and the Merchant of Venice just fits into
our time period (ignoring the "gray" period from 1601
to 1650). The character in the play is human. Jessica may be "modern"
according to Withycombe, but it is an acceptable SCA given name
according to our rules.
John Rodrick of Clan Neil. Name change from John Rodrick (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as John Rodrick of the Clan
MacNeil the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used,
not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest
Anglicized form. His previous name, John Rodrick is hereby
released.
John of Flanders.
Name and device. Sable, two arms couped counterembowed and interlaced
proper.
Kara of Clan Neil. Name and device. Per pale purpure and azure, three unicorns couchant argent.
Submitted as Kara of Clan McNeil the
form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not the
two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized
form. Please instruct her to draw the unicorns larger, and further
down the shield.
Katerina Elizabeth de Clisson.
Device. Vert, a fess checky sable and Or between a sun in splendor
Or and a decrescent moon argent.
Kian hrafn af Dyrnesi.
Badge. Azure, a lion rampant Or, tail nowed, dexter forearm armored
argent, maintaining a seax proper a bordure embattled argent.
Knut Storm le Carter. Name and device. Sable, two lightning bolts throughout in saltire argent, in pale two towers Or.
Submitted as Knut Storm Kartr,
Knut is found on p. 268 of Reaney and Wilson under Knott with
the citation Radulfus filius Knut dated to 1203, which shows its
use as a given name. Storm is found in Reaney and Wilson dated
to 1206. Under Cart as shown on p. 85 of Reaney and Wilson is
Robert le Carter dated to 1240. Given that Storm is an epithet
and Cart is a metonym for a carter, we have combined the name
into a valid Middle English form.
Kytte Anna atte Rose.
Badge. Sable, on a lozenge gules fimbriated a threepronged
vajhra Or.
Laetitia of Blackthorn.
Device. Sable, two scarpes gules, fimbriated Or.
Leonard Carage de Berry. Name and device. Azure chapé, three roses, one and two argent barbed vert.
Submitted as Leonard Cartage DeBerry
no evidence was presented, and none could be found for Cartage
as a period name. We have substituted the closest period form.
We have changed the final surname into a true locative form.
Maria Sophia da Firenze. Name.
Please inform the submitter that Sofia
would be the correct Italian form.
Marie of Clan Neil. Name (see PENDS for device).
Submitted as of Marie of the Clan MacNeil,
the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not
the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized
form.
Mary Constance Macbain.
Name.
Meg ny Devlin. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as Meig O Dobhailen,
no evidence was presented, and none could be found for Meig
as a period name. We have changed it to the closest period form,
Meg, which is an English name. Therefore, we have Anglicized the
surname.
Michal of Michelstadt.
Name and device. Vert, two swans rousant respectant argent.
Miranda the Seamstress.
Badge. (Fieldless) On a heart gules three needles in pile points
conjoined argent.
Moire Ross of Haddirvyk.
Name and device. Purpure, a Celtic cross and in base a cloud,
on a chief argent three thistles proper.
Owain Norgard of Greenbriar.
Device. Per chevron indented azure and Or, two harps addorsed
Or and a dragon passant contourny vert maintaining in its dexter
forepaw a sheaf of arrows inverted sable, an orle of bay leaves
conjoined counterchanged.
Owen Blakshepe. Name change from Owen Blacksheep.
This change was registered by Laurel
5/97.
Peregrine Uriona de Navarre.
Name.
Petronilla of Argyll. Device change. Purpure, three thistles in bend Or, a chief checky purpure and Or.
Her previous device, Purpure, three
mullets in bend Or, a chief checky purpure and Or., is hereby
released
Robert de Cynnabar. Device. Purpure, a bend ermine cotised argent between two fleursdelys, on a bordure Or an orle sable.
Though this has a technical count of
9, the device is balanced enough to be registerable.
Rowena Caer Llyn.
Device. Argent, a bend sinister wavy azure between a pine tree
eradicated proper and a tower purpure.
Russell of Clan Neil. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as Russell of the Clan
MacNeil the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been
used, not the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest
Anglicized form.
Sanche O'Connor. Name and device. Per chevron vert and azure, in base a hummingbird rising, wings addorsed, argent.
Submitted as Sanchia O'Connor,
this combined Spanish and Irish into one name. We have changed
Sanchia to the closest English form.
Sebastiana Gerynot Fanelli. Name.
Please inform the submitter that Sebastiana
is probably a female name. If he wishes an all Italian male
form of his name, Sebastiano Guerinotto Fanelli would be
the closest to the submitted form. If he resubmits in that form
within a year of this LoAR we are willing to treat it as a free
change.
Simon Aaron of Windermere. Name.
Submitted as Simon Aaron of Windamere,
no documentation was provided, and none could be found for the
submitted spelling of Windamere. We have substituted the closest
attested form.
Sylvana Evelune de Aneslea. Name and device. Azure, a sword proper, winged argent enfiling an annulet Or, in chief two fleursdelys argent.
Submitted as Sylvana Evangeline of
Ansley Keep, no evidence was presented and none could be found
for Evangeline as a period name. We have substituted the closest
period form. There is no evidence for keep in period placenames;
we have changed the place name to the closest period form.
Theresa of Clan Neil. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a tree eradicated counterchanged.
Submitted as Theresa of the Clan MacNeil
the form Clan Neil or MacNeil would have been used, not
the two in combination. We have changed it to the closest Anglicized
form.
Tiernagh O'Mally. Name (see PENDS for the device).
Submitted as Tierney O'Malley,
the given name was derived from the surname Ó Tighearnaigh
that is pronounced something like (O) Tierney, the final
gh being nearly silent; the forename Tigernach (modern
Tighearnach or Tiarnach) itself ends in the sound
of the ch of loch. Period Anglicizations are generally
fairly phonetic (when they don't simply substitute completely
unrelated names). A reasonable lateperiod Anglicization
would be Tiernach or Tiernagh. Woulfe has O Mallie
and O Mally among his late 16th or early 17th c. Anglicizations
of Ó Máille. We have registered this as Tiernagh
O'Mally; the gh should elicit a pronunciation closer
to the one she uses than the ch would.
Uggedei Minghan Nidun. Name (see RETURNS for badge).
The byname is Mongolian for Thousand
Eyes, which is also the name of the submitter's Barony. Normally
we do not register translations of SCA group names. However, the
submitter has provided documentation that this follows period
Mongolian practice; there was a Mongol chieftain in the court
of Kubla Khan whose byname was Hundred Eyes. Since the
byname follows documented Mongolian practice it is acceptable.
William Alexander MacAvoy. Name and device. Per chevron inverted gules and azure, a natural winged tiger segreant argent, striped sable.
Submitted as Uilliam Alexander MacAvoy,
this name combined Gaelic and English orthography. We have made
the name entirely English.
William MacAndro. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as Liam MhicAindru, our best evidence suggests that Liam, is a postperiod diminutive. Since Liam cannot be registered, we have substituted William, per the submitter's wishes. That makes the name a mixture of Gaelic and English orthography, so we have Anglicized the byname.
William Wilde.
Name and device. Sable semydelys, an owl displayed
head affronty argent.
Winifred Ashleigh of Northmount.
Name.
ATLANTIA
Atlantia, Kingdom of.
Badge for the Order of the Nonpareil. Argent, a manatee hauriant
azure between three hearts gules.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator for Royal Brewer.
This is to be associated with the badge
Azure, on a pale between two mugs argent, a unicornate natural
seahorse azure., and the designator Brewmeister is hereby
released.
Ceara níc Fhionnghalaigh.
Name.
Christoffer Hunte.
Name.
Ellyn Grey.
Name.
Gerdr Úlfsdóttir.
Name and device. Sable, a turtle tergiant and on a chief argent
three crescents gules.
Gwenhwyvar Ywein. Device. Azure, a lymphad and on a chief argent three loaves of brown bread proper.
Several issues were raised in this submission. Does bread come naturally in brown, does our policy on brown animals/objects proper would cover bread, and is brown bread a metal or a color.
The submitting herald has provided documentation that brown bread is period, although bread in period did come in other colors. He has also shown a long standing SCA pattern of registering brown objects proper that could be found as brown in the middle ages (and frequently to this day). These include: many different animals; objects made from leather including shoes, boots, saddles, and book bindings, objects made from wood including harps, oars, and wooden drakkar prows, assorted plants including trees, flowers with stems, and cloves, and a baked food item, a pretzel proper.
Finally, while it is true that brown
bread can come out of the oven in a tincture ranging from a light
"golden" brown to almost black, the brown used on the
forms were a deep brown, and we have no reason to believe that
this submitter would not continue to use a real brown for the
bread.
Lorenzo il Confuso. Name.
Submitted on the LoI as Lorenzo Confuso,
it was changed at kingdom from Lorenzo il Confuso. The
submitter has provided evidence to show that his desired form
is registerable, though we do not find it likely, so we have restored
it his desired form.
Lucia Bellini.
Name.
Quenthryth of Laure.
Name and device. Quarterly sable and purpure, a bend wavy between
two winged cats passant, wings elevated and addorsed, argent.
Stephan of Churchton.
Name.
Stierbach, Shire of. Device change. Per fess embattled argent and gules, three bulls courant counterchanged, that in base within a laurel wreath argent.
Their former device, Per fess embattled
argent and gules, three bulls statant counterchanged, that in
base within a laurel wreath argent., is hereby released.
Thomas Merriman. Name.
TiryDon, Barony of.
Badge (see RETURNS for Order name.). (Fieldless) A phoenix sable
rising from flames proper atop a tower argent.
DRACHENWALD
Isabella d'Hiver. Device. Azure, a unicorn's head couped argent collared gules.
This is clear of Verena Marre (SCA), Azure, a unicorn's head couped argent armed and crined Or between two bars wavy ermine., with one CD for the addition of the bars, and Saerlaith nic Uilliam O'Ceallaigh (SCA), Per bend paly argent and azure and azure, in dexter base a unicorn's head couped argent., with one CD for the change in the field. In both cases, the necessary second CD comes from the addition of the collar, which is treated effectively as a tertiary.
Several commenters questioned the policy
of granting a CD for gorging when we are dealing with a submission
that consists only of a gorged head. Therefore, I am calling
for commentary on this issue; see the cover letter for details.
Kerttu Katariinantytär Roisko. Device. Or, a tricorporate ladybug gules, marked sable.
Laurel has changed the blazon from proper to gules, marked sable. She is not sure that she needs to; five years ago when one of Golden Dolphin's sons was five, he found a ladybug sable, marked gules, and called to his father, "Look daddy, look! A ladybug counterchanged!" If a fiveyearold could know the default for a ladybug, it seems that most people would. However, in the interests of clarity we are changing the blazon.
While not good style, there are period
exemplars of different tricorporate animals including a tricorporate
fish; therefore, this is only one step from period practice.
Lindorm Eriksson. Permission to conflict with his device.
He has submitted a general permission to conflict, as follows:
I hereby permit everyone to use names, heraldic devices or anything else within or without the SCA in any way (including, but not limited to, registration with the College of Arms and/or Laurel Sovereign of Arms) no matter how similar (or identical) they may be to any name or device or anything else that I ever have used in any way (including, but not limited to, the name and heraldic device I currently have registered with the College of Arms and/or Laurel Sovereign of Arms). February 5, 1997
After much thought and reading of the commentary we are willing to give his arms an automatic CD against anything anyone wishes to register that conflicts with his arms Or, a wingless wyvern statant gules. Even with permission to conflict we do not allow to submissions to be heraldicly identical when they are owned by different people/groups. If he registers any other armory, and wants to give them similar permissions, such permissions will have to be sent out on a letter of intent and judged on a casebycase basis. We are not willing to give a blanket permission to conflict with his name, since this could impact our record keeping.
To make everyone aware of this permission,
information about this blanket CD will be placed in the armorial
and ordinary by Morselus. Additionally, we are instructing anyone
who consults with a client who is interested in submitting something
that is one CD away from Lindorm, and is aware of this permission,
to let the client know, in case they don't want to register something
that is one CD away from an already registered item.
Malcolm Rorie Rowntree.
Device. Argent, a pentaskelion of peacock feathers proper within
a bordure wavy purpure.
Martin Andreas of Windsor.
Device. Azure, a mandrake argent between three goblets Or.
EAST
Agravaine Rhiwallon.
Device. Per bend sinister azure and sable, a wolf rampant argent
maintaining between his paws a sun argent eclipsed sable, in chief
three lozenges argent.
Ailith of Shrewsbury.
Device. Or, on a pile inverted throughout between two fleursdelys
gules, a rose Or barbed vert.
Aislinn Chas. Name.
Submitted as Aislinn Cas, we
have added the necessary lenition.
Alaric von Königsburg.
Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Purpure, a Maltese Latin
cross Or surmounted by a lion's head erased argent.
Andreas Kalisiensis. Name.
Submitted as Andreas of Kalisz,
the submitter has agreed to an entirely Polish form.
Avram ben Yakov haYansuf of Stonemarche. Change of name from David haYansuf ben Nathan and change of device. Argent, an owl's head cabossed azure.
His former name David haYansuf
ben Nathan, and his former device Argent, an owl's head
caboshed between three mullets of six points azure., are hereby
released.
Balaan Espie. Device (see RETURNS for name change). Sable crusily fitchy Or, a serpent glissant palewise argent and a chief embattled Or.
The armory was submitted under the name
Orlando Sforza.
Beornwulf the Belligerent.
Device. Sable, a beorc rune within a serpent involved head to
base argent.
Blackstone Mountain, Barony of.
Badge (see RETURNS order name). (Fieldless) A rose proper atop
an anvil sable.
Blackstone Mountain, Barony of.
Badge for the Order of the Sable Bear. (Fieldless) A bear rampant
contourny sable.
Bridget McPhie.
Device. Vert, a natural seahorse erect and on a chief wavy Or,
three escallops purpure.
Brión mag Fhloinn. Household name for Clann Damháin Dhuibh and badge. Argent, a stag rampant sable.
Submitted as Clann Damháin
Dubh, the household name needed to have the modifying adjective
agree and the appropriate lenition for an adjective after a genitive
masculine noun.
Edward Glass.
Name (see RETURNS for device).
Emmanuelle de Chenonceaux. Name and device. Ermine, a lizard tergiant azure.
Submitted as Emmanuele de Chenonceaux,
the submitter stated that she desired a historically authentic
name for 14001500 in the Loire valley. The common way to
feminize the name by that period would be with a doubled ll, so
we have done so.
Fabrisse ter Brugghe.
Name and device. Purpure, a spiderweb and a chief argent.
Fiona Arthur.
Device. Per fess wavy azure and barry wavy argent and azure, in
chief two doves volant respectant argent.
Henri of Carolingia. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for device). Sable, on a bend sinister between a lion's head cabossed and a wolf's head cabossed argent three hands azure.
The armory was submitted under the name
Henri de León.
Jehanne de Wodeford. Name.
Submitted as Jehanne de Woodford,
no documentation was provided, and none could be found, for combining
the spelling Woodford with de. We have changed the
name to the closest documentable form.
Karl of the East. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for device). Azure, on a cross formy throughout Or in chief an eagle displayed sable, overall two boarspears in saltire argent.
The armory was submitted under the name
Karl der Jäger.
Kate of An Dubhaigeainn.
Name.
Katherine O'Mally. Name and device. Vert, in pale three candles fesswise argent enflamed at both ends Or.
Submitted as Katherine O'Malley,
no documentation was presented, and none could be found, to show
that the spelling of the byname was a period spelling. We have
substituted the closest period form.
Kiera Loch Beldragon. Name and device. Gules, a griffin segreant maintaining a harp Or, a chief urdy erminois.
Submitted as Kiera Loch Bel Dracon,
the name combined Gaelic and English orthography in the same name.
We have Anglicized the placename.
Leandra de León. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, two fleursdelys counterchanged.
Nice armory!
Màiri inghean mhic an Toisich. Name and device. Vert, on a roundel between five trillium flowers argent a wyvern volant contourny sable.
Since the wyvern is a winged monster
with two legs, there is no reason why it cannot be blazoned volant.
Marared Llangarron.
Name and device. Per bend sable and argent, a crane volant wings
addorsed counterchanged.
Margarita Kofinopoia. Name and device. Azure mullety argent, a bend sinister wavy Or between two increscents argent.
Please instruct the submitter to draw
the mullets larger.
Martin Lewis.
Device. Per pale azure and gules, an eagle displayed and in chief
two cat's eyes Or, irised sable.
Moira Hawthorn.
Device. Per bend sinister purpure and vert ermined argent, a bend
sinister ermine and in dexter chief a cat's pawprint argent.
Nathan Hawke.
Name.
Pawl Lludd.
Name and device. Sable, a cobra erect affronty argent within a
bordure argent semy of roses sable.
Publius Cornelius Nauta.
Name and device. Or, a pale sable between a hurt and a torteau.
Sabine Berard.
Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a dragon
segreant counterchanged maintaining in its sinister claw a bezant.
Sigismund von Alsenz.
Name.
Stevyn le Reven.
Name and device. Per bend argent and gules, two mullets of eight
points counterchanged sable and argent.
Susan of Foxmeadow. Name (see RETURNS for device).
While registerable, the best version
of the name that doesn't involve changing the forename or reducing
meadow (in some form) to mead (in some form) is
Susan of Foxmedwe; the elements, the spellings, and the
form of the name are all compatible with a 13th c. date. Stretching
a point for the forename, Susan of Foxmedowe would certainly
be registerable. Meadow seems to appear in the 16th c.,
by which time the prepositional locative construction seems quite
out of place. In lateperiod it would be Susan Foxmeadow.
Tatjana vom Hülst.
Device. Argent, a bear rampant guardant azure wearing a jester's
cap Or belled, all within an orle of hawk's bells azure.
Theoderick Orbus. Change of device. Or, in pale a lion statant contourny gules and a rose azure all within an orle of thistles proper.
His former device, Or, in pale a
lion statant to sinister gules and a thistle slipped and leaved
proper within an orle of roses azure., is hereby released.
Ulf Thoreson. Name.
Submitted as Ulf Thorsen, no
documentation was provided, not could anyone provide any, for
the name Thor being used in Scandinavia in period for human
beings. We have therefore, changed it to a similar, documentable
AngloScandinavian form.
Ulrich of Acre.
Name.
Vika Grigina z Prahy. Name.
Submitted as Vika Griga z Prahe,
a woman would not have borne a masculine diminutive as an asyndetic
(unmarked) patronymic. Therefore we have changed it to a feminine
patronymic constructed in a standard way from Griga. The
proper form of the locative should be z Prahy.
William Atwode. Change of name from Guiliem Wodehouse (see RETURNS for device change).
His previous name Guiliem Wodehouse
is hereby released.
Wulfstan the Wise. Name.
While Wulfstan the Wise is registerable,
Wulfstan is a classic OE spelling that would go fine with
a classic OE byname: Wulfstan se Wisa. It's unusual to
find that spelling much after the 11th c.; there are a few examples,
but Wlston, Wlstan, and Wlfstan would all
go better with the Wise.
LOCHAC
Jock Mactavish.
Name and device. Sable, an eagle stooping and on a chief invected
argent a lightning bolt fesswise sable.
Raven Whitelock.
Device. Per chevron argent and Or ermined gules, in chief two
roses gules slipped vert.
Sigmund Spelmann.
Name.
Sybille la Chatte.
Name.
Timotheos Vlastaris. Name and device. Azure fretty and crusilly clechy Or.
Two issues were raised with this submission. First, whether in period fretty was combined with semy. Papworth, pg. 886 has a 1620 grant to Perbo of Vert semydelis and fretty or and a chief ermine. On p.97 of the Oxford Guide to Heraldry there is an illustration of a 1508 grant to Sir Hugh Vaughn which uses as supporters griffins which are fretty and semy of roundels, and there is a roundel in every lozenge' formed by the fretty. And in Foster's Dictionary of Heraldry under The Heraldic Atchievement [sic] of Francis Richard Grenville, 5th Earl of Warwick and Brooke", there is a quartering of fretty with fleursdelys in every lozenge'.
The second issue involved the placement
of the crosses on the field, since there was not one placed in
every "lozenge" formed by the fretty. While placing
them that way would be preferable, if there was no fretty on the
field we would blazon the crosses as semy, so we see no reason
not to do so in this instance.
MERIDIES
Khurrem of Manisa.
Name and device. Or vetu ployé vert ermined Or, a cat sejant
to sinister vert.
Sigmund of Meridies. Holding name and device. Azure, a bend embattled counterembattled Or between a doubleheaded eagle displayed and a cross formy argent.
Submitted under the name Sigmund von
Welf, the name was returned on the 6/97 LoAR.
MIDDLE
Annabella MacClure. Device. Purpure, a viol between in chief a thistle bendwise and a thistle bendwise sinister Or.
Though the LoI left out the tinctures
of the charges, Shield/Escutcheon was able to give the College
the correct information for Rouge Scarpe, and enough commenters
were able to check this for conflict that we did not have to pend
this submission.
Clare Agatha MacLeod. Name and device. Or, three dolphins haurient gules, a bordure nebuly sable.
Please instruct the submitter to draw
the dolphins larger.
Conall Fael. Name.
Submitted on the LoI as Conall Fáelán,
it had been changed at kingdom from Conall Fael to the
form the submitter requested. To the best of our knowledge, Irish
does not use unmarked patronyms or given names as bynames, changing
the ordinary noun Fáel to the given name Fáelán
makes the name less plausible, not more. However, there
are a couple of examples of fáel as a personal byname,
e.g., in the genitive in mac Laignich Failad (i.e, son
of Laignech Fáel), so we are restoring the originally
submitted form.
Elaine de Beauchamp.
Name.
Rhodri ap Rhydderch.
Name and device. Sable, a boar's head erased on a chief argent
three escallops gules.
Sian verch Gruffydd. Name and device. Or, on a bend sable between two griffins passant vert, three escallops palewise Or.
Submitted on the LoI as Sian ferch
Gruffydd, it had been changed at kingdom from Sian verch
Gruffydd. Since verch is a welldocumented period
form, we are restoring the name to the originally submitted form.
Talonval, Shire of. Name and device. Per chevron inverted Or and vert, an eagle's leg erased sable and a laurel wreath argent.
Submitted on the letter of intent as
Talanvale, Shire of, it was originally submitted as Talonvale,
Shire of, and changed in kingdom. There is a Continental Germanic
(CG) prototheme Dal, Tal that occurs
in a handful of dithematic names; these would be expected to have
the pet form Dal(l)o, Tal(l)o, and sure enough,
Morlet (I:64b) cites Tallo 741. Morlet (III:280a) shows
that this name gave rise to several French placenames; Dallon
(Dalon 1153) and Dallonville (Dalumpvilla
1358) are two of them. Ibid. (III:336a) shows the combination
of a similar CG pet form, Gribo, with Latin vallis
`valley': modern Griboval, recorded as Grebonivallum
1072 and Grebonval 1518. The extra internal n in
these placenames shows that the personal name was used in
the oblique case, respectively Tallon and Gribon.
(In this context the oblique case functions like a possessive:
`Tallo's villa', `Gribo's valley'. Clearly Tallonval
would be a justifiable analogue of Gribonval, and the 1153
spelling Dalon offers some support for Talonval
as a medieval form of a French placename. Since they allow
minor changes and since Talonval is closer to what they
originally submitted, we have changed it to the justifiable period
form.
Thorbjorn Osiss Brandsson
Badge. Per pale sable and argent, a rose and a wolf's head caboshed
a chief embattled, all counterchanged.
White Waters, Shire of.
Badge. Azure semy of arrows Or, a chief wavy argent.
White Waters, Shire of.
Badge. Azure, a mullet of four points Or, a chief wavy argent.
OUTLANDS
Outlands, Kingdom of the.
Order name for the Order of the Iron Hart of the Outlands (see
RETURNS for the badge).
Outlands, Kingdom of the.
Order name for Order of the Stag of the Outlands (see RETURNS
for badge).
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED
FOR FURTHER WORK:
AN TIR
None!
ANSTEORRA
Euphemia Acropolites. Device. Per bend sinister vert and sable, an owl maintaining a branch Or.
This conflicts with Lorraine von Eulennest
(SCA), Per saltire vert and purpure, a great horned owl affronty
Or., with one CD for the change to the field.
ATENVELDT
Alfric von Hallenburg. Device. Per bend sinister vairy gules and Or and sable, an antelope rampant argent.
This is in conflict with Athena Catarina
of Windcrest (SCA) Azure, an antelope rampant argent.,
with only one CD for changes to the field.
Angelica Loreé of Seaforth. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and sable, a stag's head cabossed Or and a unicorn's couchant reguardant contourny argent, armed and collared Or.
The name is being returned for two reasons.
First, no evidence was presented, and none could be found for
the use of Angelica as a personal name in period. While the name
does appear in Withycombe, Withycombe says that Angelica
has been occasionally used in England, France and Germany since
the 18th century. That is not evidence that is was used
prior to 1600. Loreé again was not documented, although
the name Lore is documentable. The form Lore Angelica of Seaforth,
which uses Angelica as a Latin epithet, should be registerable,
however we felt that was too big of a change to make. The armory
is being returned for a redraw. The unicorn as draw is unidentifiable
from even a short distance. If the unicorn was not reguardant
it would be easier to identify.
Armando de la Rama de Mil Ojos. Change of holding name from Armando of One Thousand Eyes.
In 10/95 his submission of Armando
de la Rama Caida was returned by the then Laurel, who said
"Most of those who commented on the byname, which means `of
the fallen branch', found it implausible, and in fact it departs
from available models of period Spanish bynames in both form and
meaning. . . ." This submission of Armando de la Rama
de Mil Ojos, does nothing to correct the problems of the 10/95
return, and in fact introduces another problem, since it translates
the name of his group into Spanish. Names of registered extant
SCA groups are only automatically registerable in the language
in which they are actually registered.
Bran MacTreanMor. Name.
The form of the byname is documented
only from the genealogy of Finn MacCumaill who is generally accepted
now to be an aspect of the Celtic God Vindos. Therefore,
it is a unique name, and not usable in the SCA. The armory was
registered under the holding name Bran of Silver Keep.
Bran MacTreanMor. Badge. Lozengy vert and argent, on a sun Or a wolf's head cabossed sable.
This conflicts with Kourost Bernard of the East Woods (SCA), Sable, a sun eclipsed Or., Stefan of Seawood (SCA), Azure, upon a sun Or, an eagle displayed sable., Aodhan Ite an Fhithich (SCA), Plummety sable and argent, on a sun of eight rays Or, a feather bendwise sinister sable., Gillian Elphinstone (SCA), (Fieldless) On a sun Or, a shamrock sable., and Seth the Seeker (SCA), Gules, on a compass star throughout Or a unicorn's head couped at the shoulders sable armed and crined gules., with one CD in each case for change to the field.
Connor Michael Maoll Donas. Name.
There are several problems with this
name. The first is the fact that the Gaelicspeaking cultures
do not seem to have used double given names. Another is the mixture
of Gaelic and nonGaelic orthographic systems: Connor
is an English form of Conchobhar, and Ó Corráin
& Maguire give the Irish borrowing of Michael as Míchél
(early) and Mícheál (late), while the byname
is clearly intended to be Gaelic. A less obvious problem is that
the byname is improperly constructed. We have not seen any evidence
that would lead us to think that a construction such as Mac
Donas or Maoll Donas would have been used as a byname
in period. The Maoll X names are confined to use with given
names (presumably of saints) or words for other positive religious
figures (e.g., God). And while there is a subset of given names
formed from Mac+<abstract concept> the construction
of these is not well enough understood to project hypothetical
additions. While the form Connor Michael, is registerable,
it is too far from what was submitted to register it without the
submitter's approval.
Corwin de Harfleur. Badge. Azure, five annulets interlaced in saltire argent.
This conflicts with Bowen (important
nonSCA badge) (Tinctureless) a Bowen knot., with
one CD for the change to the field.
Derek Drake Brennan. Name and device. Sable, a chevron Or surmounted by a lion rampant argent, in chief two flames Or, each charged with a hand gules.
This name does not follows models: he
needs to lose a surname. As an English surname Brennan
is from Brenhand `burn hand', probably in reference to
a judicial punishment. Bardsley s.n. Brennan gives an incorrect
etymology, but he has Brennand 1379; We are willing to
believe that by 1600 this could have lost its final d.
The forename is a 15th c. borrowing from the Low Countries; the
available period forms have i or y in the second
syllable, e.g., Deryk. Deryk Drake would be excellent,
and Deryk Brennan would certainly be registerable. But
there seems to be no way to accommodate all three elements in
a single period name. We felt that dropping that decision as to
which element to drop should be made by the submitter, and not
Laurel. The armory suffers from two problems. The flames charged
with a red hand falls afoul of our ban on a hand of glory. Furthermore,
while blazoned as sable, the field is not black, but pencil gray,
which has been grounds for return in the past. Please make sure
that any resubmission fixes that problem.
Duncan Arthur Ross the Black. Device. Or, on a pile sable a claymore inverted Or.
This conflicts with Roger von Allenstein
(SCA), Gules, on a pile sable fimbriated argent the sword of
Damocles pendant Or., with one CD for the color of the field,
but nothing for the fimbriation, and nothing for type between
two swords.
Eleanora Jane of Canterbury. Device. Per chevron purpure and Or, estoiles in demiorle Or and a unicorn rampant contourny sable.
This is being returned for nonperiod
style. There is no period arrangement of charges in demiorle.
Elizabetta Sforza. Name and device. Azure, a bend sinister between a cross patonce and a falcon rising Or.
The surname Sforza is one of
those names such as Hohenstaufen which are so closely associated
with a single sovereign royal family as to be presumptuous in
their use. Indeed, in times past it was one of those that were
used as an exemplar for that category of restricted names. (The
name of the dynasty was derived from the nickname of its founder
and in period was associated closely with the immediate family
of the sovereign Dukes of Milan.) The use of the Sforza surname
is tantamount to a claim to being from the immediate family of
the sovereign Dukes of Milan and is not allowed under RFS VI.1.
The device conflicts with Blair Dubois, (SCA) Azure, a bend
sinister between a cat sejant guardant and a dove close Or.,
with only one CD for changes of type of the secondaries. The badge
was registered under the holding name Elizabetta of Artemisia
Giles Librarius. Device. Per bend sinister azure and vert, a quill pen bendwise sinister argent and a chess bishop Or.
This is being returned for using a nonperiod
chess bishop. The Aurum Pursuivant of Caid, who can be reached
c/o The Crescent Principal Herald: Eirikr Mjoksiglandi Sigurdson
(Mark Wroth); 1915 Danube Way, Upland, CA, has found several period
forms, contact her for further details.
Grimulf Thyrmodh. Household name for Brotherhood of the Black Unicorn.
The name the Household of the
Black Unicorn would be registerable based on period inn signs
such as Blue Boar, Gray Horse, White Bull,
White Hart, White Horse, etc. However, no documentation
was presented, and none could be found for knightly order, guild
companies, or period confraternities that followed this model.
Since the submitter would take no changes, this name had to be
returned.
Grimulf Thyrmodh. Device. Per chevron argent and sable, a wolf salient and in base a lightning bolt palewise counterchanged.
This is once again being returned for
a redraw. This was returned 7/96 for a redraw because the line
of division made the submission somewhere between per chevron
and a point pointed. Please instruct the submitter on how
to properly draw a per chevron field. While blazoned on the LoI
as courant, the wolf is closer to salient and has been reblazoned
as such. If the submitter truly wants a courant wolf, it will
have to be redrawn in a standard courant form. We want to remind
everyone that FoxDavies was a Victorian author, and
a lot of his heraldic work does not reflect medieval practice.
Jessica Marten. Name (see RETURNS for device). Per pale argent and sable, a reremouse displayed gules.
This conflicts with Rinaldo of Blackhaven
(SCA), Gyronny azure and argent, a bat displayed maintaining
a fasces gules, wearing a barrel helm sable., with one CD
for the change to the field.
John Rodrick of Clan Neil. Device. Gules, two chevronels between two Celtic crosses and a lion passant argent.
This conflicts with Brenda Lynne of
Clan Neil (SCA), Gules, two chevronels between three thistles
argent., whose arms were registered earlier in this letter.
While we assume that they are related based on their SCA name
and mundane names and addresses, we need a written permission
to conflict. Please also let them know that if they are a married
couple this heraldry doesn't display the relationship they probably
have in mind.
LarsEllen Laurearsi MacAvoy. Name and device. Pily bendy sable and argent, a pair of scissors gules.
The given name, with the capital "E"
in the middle of the word and the mixture of elements make this
name unacceptable, even under the mundane name allowance bringing
this up to the "Moon Unit" range. No period documentation
was provided for Laurearsi; with the closest documentable
form being Laureata which means literally "one who
has been laureled" and is a claim to membership in the Order
of the Laurel. The armory is being returned for a redraw; the
scissors do not match the ones in the PicDic, nor do they match
any period scissors that Laurel is aware of. Since there is no
documentation that these are period, the armory must be returned
for a redraw or documentation of this form.
Meg ny Devlin. Device. Argent, a seeblatt vert, a chief doublearched azure.
This conflicts with the arms of Salina
zü der Bach (registered 2/97), Argent, a seeblatt vert
within a bordure potenty azure., with one CD for changing
the bordure to a chief.
Morwenna atte Fenix. Name.
This is being returned for lack of paperwork.
Russell of Clan Neil. Device. Gules, a dragon segreant, a chief rayonny argent.
This conflicts with Alexander Graylorn
(SCA), Sable, a dragon segreant incensed of icy breath and
a chief rayonny argent., with one CD for change to the field.
This also needs to be redraw. The rayonny is far to deep.
Sabrina Morna. Badge. Or, a wingless wyvern statant, tail ending in a cinquefoil purpure, charged upon the tail with a cinquefoil Or.
This is being returned for a redraw. It is not a wingless wyvern; it is not clear what it is. The best guess was a dinosaur which is not a registerable charge in the SCA. While the submitter did provide documentation for monsters such as this in period illuminated manuscripts, called drolleries, the Rules VII.7.b say: Reconstruction Requirement Elements must be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a competent blazon.
Any element used in Society armory must be describable in standard heraldic terms so that a competent heraldic artist can reproduce the armory solely from the blazon. Elements that cannot be described in such a way that the depiction of the armory will remain consistent may not be used, even if they are identifiable design motifs that were used before 1600. For example, the Tree of Life occurs as a decorative element in period and is readily identifiable as such, but it may not be used in armory since it cannot be defined in a manner that guarantees its consistent depiction.
The monster, as drawn, is not reconstructible
from the blazon.
Sean Donald. Name and device. Azure, a bear statant guardant argent, antlered Or.
This name combines English and Gaelic
orthography in the same name, and therefore needs to be changed.
However, the submitter does not allow changes, so it must be returned.
When making resubmitting please inform the submitter that this
conflicts with Sean MacDonald since the Britannica shows
two John MacDonalds as worthy of their own articles; a
Sir John Alexander MacDonald who was first premier of the
Dominion of Canada, and a John Sandfield MacDonald who
was a Canadian statesman. Given the period pronunciation of Sean we
would hesitate to call Shane MacDonald and John MacDonald
audibly clear. Since creating a holding name would be a change,
we must obey the submitter's wishes as refrain from doing so,
which means that the armory must be returned as well. Since there
is no way to register this armory, we are explicitly not
ruling on the issue as to whether or not adding the antlers to
the bear adds the necessary CD to clear conflict.
Trey Chiché. Name and device. Argent, a cuphilted rapier gules surmounted by a skunk statant sable, marked argent.
This name is being returned for several reasons. First, Trey is not the submitter's legal name, but what he uses, something very different. The rules, under part II.4 state: Legal Names Elements of the submitter's legal name may be used as the corresponding part of a Society name, if such elements are not excessively obtrusive and do not violate other sections of these rules.
This allows individuals to register elements of their legal name that cannot be documented from period sources. The allowance is only made for the actual legal name, not any variants. Someone whose legal given name is Ruby may register Ruby as a Society given name, but not Rubie, Rubyat, or Rube. Corresponding elements are defined by their type, not solely their position in the name. This means a person with the legal name Andrew Jackson could use Jackson as a surname in his Society name in any position where a surname is appropriate, such as Raymond Jackson Turner or Raymond Jackson of London, not just as his last name element.
Furthermore, even if Trey were
registerable, combined with Chiché, it becomes a
obtrusively modern, and therefore not registerable. While we did
not find any obvious problems with the armory, without an acceptable
name to register the device to, we cannot register the armory.
Since all the paperwork was clear on the fact that Trey
was his use name, not legal name, we could not use
Trey to form a holding name. There was no clear evidence
to what his legal name is, so we are forced to return the armory
as well. Additionally, the skunk while blazoned as sable, was
actually grey. Please ensure when this is resubmitted that a real
sable is used.
Twin Moons, Barony of. Order name l'Ordre du Coeur d'Or.
This conflicts with the College of
Cour d'Or.
Uggedei Mighan Nidun. Badge. (Fieldless) An oriental phoenix rising, wings displayed and tail pavonated, maintaining in its talons a sprig of basil, gules.
This badge had several problems. While
blazoned as an oriental phoenix, it is quite similar to a Russian
Firebird, and we would have no problem with reblazoning it as
one. However, the bird was not in any blazonable position. Please
advise the submitter when resubmitting to be avoid conflicting
with John Milton (important nonSCA arms) Argent a doubleheaded
eagle displayed gules., and Brandenberg, Argent, an eagle
displayed gules, crowned Or.
Ulric de Dalyhel. Device. Or, a lion rampant sable, a bordure lozengy Or and sable.
This conflicts with Flanders (important
nonSCA) Or, a lion rampant sable., Buchanan of that
Ilk (important nonSCA) Or, a lion rampant sable.,
and the badge of Thorin Njalsson (SCA) Or, a lion rampant guardant
sable, maintaining a claymore proper. Also, the submitter's
previous submission of a gules lion on an Or field
was returned for conflict. Please advice him that on an Or
field an azure lion is also unavailable: Percy, Earl of
Northumberland, Or, a lion rampant azure is also protected.
On an argent field sable, gules, and purpure
are taken. Note: there may be other combinations that are protected;
these are just the most obvious.
Viviana Eucheria l'Indòmabile. Device. Argent, a butterfly sable.
This conflicts with Constance von Messer
(SCA), Argent, a butterfly azure marked proper., and with
Lessa of the Wierde Beasties, Argent, a monarch butterfly (monarchus
monarchus) displayed proper., with one CD in each case for
the color of the butterfly.
William MacAndro. Device. Azure, a claymore inverted, on a chief argent four decrescents vert.
This conflicts with Patrick Cei MacBrian
(SCA), Azure, a sword palewise inverted, and on a chief enarched
argent, three trefoils slipped azure., with one CD for the
change to the tertiaries and nothing for the enarching which was
considered an artistic variant in period.
William the Bashful. Device. Gules, three piles inverted conjoined in point Or, in chief a cloud argent.
This is being returned for nonperiod style. To quote from Baldwin of Erebor as Laurel:
"A medieval pile is approximately onethird the width of the chief, and is always throughout it resembles a tapered pale more than anything else. ... A pile inverted does the same thing from the bottom up." [Baldwin of Erebor, Cover Letter, 10 October 1984, p. 2] "A pile should extend most if not all the way to the base; properly drawn, there would not be enough room for a charge ... to fit between the pile and the base." [Baldwin of Erebor, LoAR 16 December 1984, p. 18]
The piles here fall afoul of this longstanding
precedent.
ATLANTIA
Angharad Melys. Device. Per bend azure and vert, on a bend argent an acorn per bend vert and azure.
This conflicts with Jenovefa z Jablonne
v Podjestedi (SCA) Per bend azure and vert, on a bend argent
three apples palewise gules., with one CD for changes to the
tertiaries.
Lorraine Bach. Name.
This is being returned for lack of a
given name. During our period, Lorrain is locative, meaning
`of or from Lorraine', and not a given name.
TiryDon, Barony of. Order name for Order of the Sea Phoenix.
The order name is being returned for
nonperiod style. While the LoI is correct that some period
order names followed the patter of Order of the [mythical object],
a seaphoenix is not a mythical object or beast, and the
combination is too unlikely to be registerable.
DRACHENWALD
None!
EAST
Alaric von Königsburg. Household name for Brotherhood of the Lions of the Cross.
No documentation was provided, and noone
could come up with any, for period confraternities, guilds or
knightly orders with names of this styles. Barring such evidence,
we are forced to return this name.
Blackstone Mountain, Barony of. Order name for Order of the Anvil and the Rose.
The name is being returned for conflict with the Order of the Rose (SCA peerage order). RfS VI.4 Other Presumptuous Names states:
Some names not otherwise forbidden by these rules are nevertheless too evocative of widely known and revered protected items to be registered.
Such items include the peerage orders of the Society and such wellknown items outside the Society as the Order of the Garter. The House of the Rose and Laurel does not conflict with the Order of the Rose or the Order of the Laurel, but it is too evocative of both to be registered. Similarly, the Award of the Blue Garter is too evocative of the Order of the Garter, whose badge is a blue garter.
The rules specifically say the Order
of the Rose and the Laurel is too evocative of both names
to be registered.
Edward Glass. Device. Or, a robin displayed proper perched atop eyeglasses sable lensed argent, a bordure azure.
This is being returned for a redraw.
While blazoned as displayed, from the head position it is clear
that it is not displayed, and no one could come up with
an appropriate blazon. Furthermore, the armory had a complexity
count of nine which is greater than our rule of thumb.
El he bint Mazdak. Change from holding name of Norma of Settmour Swamp.
This name combines an undated given
name (which means Goddess, and is quite likely only modern)
, the Arabic patronymic particle, and a preIslamic Persian
name for the byname (which itself may be a unique name). Any one
of these problems is conceivably grounds for return; the combination
certainly is.
Henri de León. Name
This conflicts with Henry the Lion,
leader of the Guelphs in the time of Frederick Barbarossa who
spent time in exile in England during the reign of Henry II of
England and married Henry's daughter Matilda. Old French used
lion and leon almost equally for "lion"
(see the exemplars for the various lion listings in Brault's Early
Blazon). Henry is definitely important enough to protect as
he played a leading part in imperial politics and appears in most
of our standard historical reference materials. The period French/Norman
form of the name would be Henri le Leon which differs from
the submitted form by only one letter in a secondary grammatical
element. The armory was registered under the holding name Henri
of Carolingia.
Henry of Longhouse. Badge. (Fieldless) A hardy sable.
While there are many things that will
fit in the hardy hole of an anvil, and thus might be called "hardies",
not one of them would have a stake shaped like this. This shape
of stake, due to the concave outline, would not hold the upper
surface of the hardy stable. This appears to be a simple square
anvil together with the stake needed to fix it firmly in a stump.
The submitter has shown that it is a period artifact, but has
failed to give us any indication that such artifact was called
a hardy or that this is its "standard or typical
form". Without documentation to prove, at the very least,
that the submitted shape was known as a hardy in period, we are
forced to return this submission.
Karl der Jäger. Name.
This conflicts with the already registered
Karl Jager. The armory was registered under the holding name Karl
of the East.
Orlando Sforza. Name change from Balaan Espie.
The surname Sforza is one of
those names such as Hohenstaufen which are so closely associated
with a single sovereign royal family as to be presumptuous in
their use. Indeed, in times past it was one of those that were
used as an exemplar for that category of restricted names. (The
name of the dynasty was derived from the nickname of its founder
and in period was associated closely with the immediate family
of the sovereign Dukes of Milan.) The use of the Sforza surname
is tantamount to a claim to being from the immediate family of
the sovereign Dukes of Milan and is not be allowed under RFS VI.1.
The armory was registered under the name Balaan Espie.
Susan of Foxmeadow. Device. Argent, a fox's mask proper, on a chief triangular azure three daisies Or seeded sable.
This is being returned for a redraw,
as the chief is far too deep, going almost to fess line.
William Atwode. Change of device. Gules, a demigriffin erased reguardant Or.
This is being returned for a redraw.
While blazoned on the LoI as a demigriffin, it was not identifiable
as a demigriffin, but looked more like a eagle in a nonblazonable
position.
LOCHAC
Tomas de Valle de Bravo. Device. Per saltire vert and argent, a gurges counterchanged a bordure Or.
This is being returned for excessive
counterchanging and unidentifiability. The counterchanging removes
the identifiability (such as it is in the first place) of the
gurges. Furthermore this submission runs afoul of RfS VIII.4.d,
Modern Style, since it resembles an opart designs. Please
instruct the submitter when resubmitting to draw any future bordures
wider.
MERIDIES
Johanna 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.
Kriegen von Welf. Name.
This is being returned for two reasons.
First, 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. Secondly, the
name Kriegen is a byname not a given name. The citation of Krieg
from Socin is of a byname, not a given name (Henricus dictus
Krieg ... 1290), as are all the other spelling variants of
the name listed there. The Bahlow listings for Krage and
Kreher are for surnames. The Bahlow examples of Krischan
and Krispien are Latinorigin names and not relevant
to potential modifications to German roots. Kriegen is
the German verb meaning "to fight, make war". There
are a number of period bynames derived from this root that
he could use Brechenmacher notes the headings Krieg,
Krieger, Kriegelein, Kriegler, Kriegmann,
Kriegsheim(er), Kriegsmann. But it isn't a given
name and we could find no documentable German given name similar
to it.
MIDDLE
Bubba Godgodsson. Name.
This is being returned for an incorrect
construction. Godgodsson simply isn't an AngloSaxon
patronymic. The OE patronymic from Godgod would be Godgodes
sunu. A very late Old English form would be Godgodes sune
or Godgodes sone. Rarely the elements are run together:
Tengvik (156) has Algar Godingessone 1066. Indeed, on the
same page there is Algar Godebrannesson 1066, which could
justify Godgodesson (though the form is quite uncharacteristic
and clearly verges on Middle English). Also we have some doubts
as to whether a name Godgod actually existed. Reduplication
of this sort is almost unheard of in Germanic naming, and it seems
likelier that this is simply a scribal error, an instance of dittography,
as when one inadvertently writes `on the the table'. However,
since the submitted form is not registerable, and the submitter
would not allow any changes, we are forced to return the name.
Cecil the Silent. Device. Sable semy of swords inverted, a quill pen bendwise argent.
This is being returned for a redraw.
As drawn we could not tell if the charges were swords, daggers,
crosses or a counterermine field. While Laurel cannot commit
to registration, it is likely that if this were redrawn with 8
to 10 swords, which were significantly bigger then this
would be registerable.
OUTLANDS
Outlands, Kingdom of the. Order name for the Order of the Desert Flower of the Outlands and badge. (Fieldless) Two stags combatant sable sustaining between them a Mamluk rosette gules.
The name is being returned for nonperiod style. While the LoI claimed that the order name follows the period example of the Order of the Golden Fleece, it does not. The mundane order name is a straightforward Classical allusion; the present submission, even without the locative, is not. Another problem is that the OED has no example of this kind of attributive use of desert earlier than 1750. Without evidence for the period use of desert as a modifier meaning `found in or associated with the desert' the name must be returned.
The armory is being returned for violating our rules on fieldless style. Fieldless badges must have the elements conjoined; this badge, as drawn does not fulfill that requirement. Even if it had fulfilled that requirement, it would have had to be returned for administrative reasons, since only one colored copy of the emblazon was sent, not two.
After the November 1997 Laurel meeting,
we will no longer register Mamluk rosettes. They are an artistic
motif which is not all that common even in period Mamluk art,
never mind Mamluk heraldry.
Outlands, Kingdom of the. Badge for the Order of the Iron Hart of the Outlands. (fieldless) Two stags combatant sable sustaining between them a doubleheaded axe Or.
This is being returned for violating
our rules on fieldless style. Fieldless badges must have the elements
conjoined; this badge, as drawn does not fulfill that requirement.
Even if it had fulfilled that requirement, it would have had to
be returned for administrative reasons, since only one
colored copy of the emblazon was sent, not two.
Outlands, Kingdom of the. Badge for the Order of the Stag of the Outlands. (fieldless) Two stags combatant sable sustaining between them a column argent.
This is being returned for violating
our rules on fieldless style. Fieldless badges must have the elements
conjoined; this badge, as drawn does not fulfill that requirement.
Even if it had fulfilled that requirement, it would have had to
be returned for administrative reasons, since only one
colored copy of the emblazon was sent, not two.
The following items are pended until
the November 1997 meeting for additional research:
ATENVELDT
Eamon MacAindriu. Device. Argent, a grenade sable, enflamed proper, a canton vert.
This was blazoned on the LoI with a
sable field.
Marie of Clan Neil. Device. Purpure, a chevron between two roses and a harp argent.
This was blazoned on the LoI with purpure
charges on a purpure field.
Phoinix of Pucklechurch. Device. Per bend gules and sable, a phoenix rising from flames and a praying mantis statant Or.
Submitted on the LoI as Per bend gules and sable, a phoenix rising from flames gules and a praying mantis statant Or., which made the phoenix gules on gules.
Note: from Laurel, since the name was
returned on the 5/97 LoAR, if the device is registered, it will
be under the holding name Harold of Pucklechurch.
Tiernagh O'Mally. Device. Ermine, a trefoil between flaunches, purpure charged with a decrescent and an increscent, within the horns of each a mullet argent.
This was blazoned on the LoI with argent
charges on the ermine field.