AN TIR

Delia Rose of Thorncastel. Device. Per pale gules and purpure, on a heart sable fimbriated a rose Or.

Delia Rose of Thorncastel. Badge. Sable, a rose within an orle Or.

Jean-Phillipe Lours. Name change from Hansel von Drachenwald and device change. Argent, a cross vert between four bears statant sable.

His previous name Hansel von Drachenwald and device Per saltire argent and lozengy gules and argent, in pale two boars statant azure., are hereby released.

Mikill Óláfr Bjarnarson. Name.

Rachael du Bois le Basque. Device. Azure, two unicorns' heads erased respectant, the dexter argent, the sinister Or.

Robert MacKay of Dingwall. Name.

Sven Gunnarson. Name.

ATLANTIA

Áed Fáid. Name.

Submitted as Áed Fàidh, this used Irish and Scotch Gaelic in the same name. Since the submitter wanted the name to be all Irish Gaelic, we have modified the byname. Fáid means seer or prophet. Some doubts were raised in commentary about the appropriateness of such a byname. However, The Dictionary of the Irish Language glosses it in the same fashion as Druid. Since we would register [Name] the Druid, [Name] the seer or prophet is also acceptable.

Alys Montgomerie. Name and device. Per pale sable and Or, a goblet sustained between two talbots combattant counterchanged, on a chief gules three bees volant en arriere Or.

Anastasia Ivanovna Rostislava. Name and device. Vert, on a bend argent between a decrescent and three garbs Or four mullets bendwise sinister azure.

Arielle the Golden. Device change. Gules, an antelope rampant contourny, on a chief embattled Or three crescents sable.

Her previous device Sable, a gazelle statant and on a chief Or a wolf rampant sable between two crescents gules., is hereby released. Please instruct the submitter on how to draw a proper rampant.

Balian of Boxgrove Hall. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Barbara Giomaria di Roberto. Augmentation of arms. Argent, a chevron inverted azure, in chief a brown hen rising wings elevated and addorsed proper, for augmentation in base on an escutcheon sable an increscent and a mountain of three peaks couped argent.

Conna M’Kennane. Badge. (Fieldless) A chess rook per fess sable and argent.

Deirdre Fletcher. Badge. Gules, a sheaf of three arrows argent, fletched Or, a bordure counter compony sable and argent.

Devora bat Shimshon. Device. Argent, a cauldron and on a chief vert three increscents argent.

Emelyn Pacok. Name change from Aoibheal de la Belle Ame.

Her former name, Aoibheal de la Belle Ame, is hereby released.

Fionnuala the Bewildered. Badge for alternate name of Cordelia Baskerville. Argent, on a pile engrailed between two hearts azure a talbot sejant ululant argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the hearts larger.

Ginevra de’ Rossi. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Gregor Dow McGregor. Name change from Carl Ælfhelm (see RETURNS for device).

His previous name Carl Ælfhelm, is hereby released.

Hawkin Sinclair. Name.

Submitted as Hawkins Sinclair, Hawkins is a surname, not a given name. We have dropped the terminal s to make it a given name.

Heledd ferch Bleddyn. Name.

Isabella Benalcázar. Badge. (Fieldless) A cross of Santiago azure.

Isolde Corby. Name and device. Checky azure and argent, five corbys displayed in saltire, heads to sinister sable.

Julia Windsor. Release of badge. Ermine, a pale and bordure checky gules and Or.

Julien de Montfort. Name and device. Pean, three wine amphorae, a chief urdy argent.

Julien de Montfort. Badge. (Fieldless) A wine amphora argent.

Kari Kyst. Device. Per bend sinister azure and gules, two greyhounds salient contourny Or.

Labhaiose inghean uí Raghailligh. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Labaiose inghean Ragaillag it was incorrectly put into the genitive. We have corrected this.

Lucia Bellini. Device. Sable, a catamount rampant, in chief three martlets argent, a bordure Or.

Máire inghean uí Dhonnabháin. Name and device. Purpure, a bend gules fimbriated, in chief an increscent, a chief Or.

Submitted as Máire inghean ui Donnabháin it was incorrectly put into the genitive. We have corrected this.

Maukolum of Chelbroc. Name.

Meadhbh inghean uí Dhonnabháin. Name and device. Per bend enarched purpure and sable, a bend enarched between two lozenges argent.

Submitted as Meadhbh inghean ui Donnabháin it was incorrectly put into the genitive. We have corrected this.

Morgan Catriona Bruce. Badge. (Fieldless) An open penannular brooch bendwise argent.

The question was raised in commentary as to the suitability of registering this badge, since some commenters felt it would restrict the use of a penannular brooch by anyone else. While it is true that the registration of the SCA peerage badges were registrations of not only their use as a badge, but also as regalia, very few of our registrations are as regalia. And, in fact, individuals cannot register regalia. We allow registration as badges of pieces of clothing, caps, maunches, etc. without restricting who can wear those pieces of clothing. They are not restricted charges. Therefore, we see no problem with registering this as a badge, and in people using a penannular brooch.

Morina Felix. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and purpure, two cats sejant counterchanged sable and argent.

Submitted as Morina Felicita, Felicita is NOT the Latin for "merry". The noun form for merriness or happiness is felicitas (genitive form felicitatis). The proper adjective and byname is actually felix (which is a fairly common cognomen in the late classical and medieval period). We have made the appropriate change.

Nest verch Madoc. Name and device. Azure, on a pale argent a candle azure, on a chief argent three quill pens bendwise sinister azure.

Pedro de Alcazar. Device change. Argent, a tower purpure between three bunches of grapes proper.

His former device, Or, six castles vert, a bordure gules bezanty., is hereby released.

Rodrigo Hernandez de Toledo. Name and device. Per fess azure and sable, on a fess between two wolves’ heads couped argent a torch palewise sable enflamed proper.

Rodrigo Hernandez de Toledo. Household name for Casa Hernandez (see RETURNS for badge).

Submitted as Familia de Hernandez, since Hernandez already indicates origin, the preposition is intrusive, and we have dropped it. The correct Spanish for house is casa, so we have changed the designator.

Signy Feilan Bjarnardóttir. Change of holding name Signý of Hindscroft.

Siobhan Eliot. Device. Argent, on a cross between four needles gules, a catamount rampant argent.

Sveva la Lucciola. Device. Azure, a dragonfly volant en arriere, a demi-sun issuant from base argent.

Thorgerd Gunnarsdottir. Name.

Una of Aire Faucon. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Yvon de Sable. Name and device. Vair, on a pall sable fimbriated, four fleurs-de-lys palewise Or.

Zita Dominguez. Name and device. Sable, on a bend between six fish haurient Or, three arrows inverted, head enflamed, gules.

CAID

Aline le Fey. Name and device. Purpure, a unicorn courant between six roses, three and three, argent, barbed and seeded proper.

Anne Cathryn of Wicken Bonhunt. Name.

Submitted in kingdom as Anne Cathryn of Wicken Bonhunt, Cathryn was changed to Katheryne, a form that they could document. Since Metron Ariston Herald has provided evidence for the original spelling we have restored it to the submitter's desired form.

Cadwallon ap Gruffydd. Name.

Submitted as Cadwollen ap Gruffydd, no documentation was presented for the spelling Cadwollen, and none could be found. We have substituted the closest documentable spelling.

Elizabeth de Avenbury. Name and device. Purpure, three fleurs-de-lys in pall, bases to center, Or.

Emer ingen Chiaráin. Name.

Havelok MacClellan. Name.

Ian Gilchrist. Name and device. Per chevron dovetailed gules and sable, three crosses bottony, one and two, and a lion rampant guardant Or.

Luighseach nic Lochlainn. Device. Vert semy of fish naiant Or, two domestic cats sejant respectant argent marked sable.

Lynn of Loch Carron. Name.

Note: Lynn is the submitter's legal name.

Mariola Bucci degli Fiori. Device. Argent, a tyger rampant and in chief a fleur-de-lys between two spiral hunting horns purpure.

Nicolette von Zweiberge. Device. Or, two chevronels vert, in base a Tau cross, a bordure indented sable.

Oriana Sutherland of Inverness. Name and device. Azure, on a demi-sun issuant from base Or a dolphin contourny sable, on a chief argent three Thor's hammers sable.

Seónaid inghean Sheathain. Name (see RETURNS for device).

DRACHENWALD

Brian de Bracy. Name and device. Per bend sinister gules and sable, a lizard tergiant bendwise sinister and a double-bitted axe Or.

Celestinus Mac Criomhthainn. Badge, Vert, three pitchers flammant at the mouth argent.

Franziskus von Bachheim. Device. Or, two bendlets sinister gules, overall a lion contourny sable maintaining a brown earthenware jug proper.

John Peregrine of Restormel. Device. Azure, on a bend sable fimbriated three mullets bendwise sinister Or.

LOCHAC

Cecily de Montsalvy. Name.

MERIDIES

AElfgifu Haraldsdottir. Name change from Shawntel Haraldsdottir (see RETURNS for badge).

Her former name Shawntel Haraldsdottir, is hereby released.

Catherine Lacy de la Roche. Badge. (Fieldless) A ram's head erased argent armed Or collared gules.

She has a letter of permission to conflict with John the Pursuwer. (Fieldless) A ram's head erased argent armed Or collared sable., also on this letter. Note: the administrative handbook, simply requires non-identity. Given the blazon for Catherine's badge, one would never draw John's badge and vice-versa.

Catrin Skynith of Mam Cymru. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Edward de Maccuswell. Name and device. Per saltire argent and sable, in pale two double-headed eagles displayed sable.

Edward of Yarborough. Device. Per bend sinister gules and sable, a bend sinister ermine between a dog's head couped and a portcullis Or.

Please inform the submitter that, first, ermine spots on a bend usually follow the line of the bend, and second, he could safely reduce the number of ermine spots by two-thirds and thereby allow him enough room to make them recognizable.

Elisabetta of Sicily. Name and device. Sable, on a tankard Or two scourges in saltire sable, a bordure compony gules and Or.

John the Pursuwer. Badge. (Fieldless) A double-headed eagle per pale azure and argent within and conjoined to an annulet per pale argent and azure.

John the Pursuwer. Badge. (Fieldless) A ram's head erased argent armed Or collared sable.

He a letter of permission to conflict with Catherine Lacy de la Roche. (Fieldless) A ram's head erased argent armed Or collared gules., also on this letter. Note: The administrative handbook, simply requires non-identity. Given the blazon for John's badge, one would never draw Catherine's badge and vice-versa.

Khadijah bint Abd al-Rahman al-Andalusiyyah. Name.

Submitted as Khadijah Mariyah bint Abd al-Rahman al-Andalus the submitter's name had multiple problems according to al-Jamal who wrote:

The name as submitted contains a double given name, something that does not occur in Arabic naming practices in period. "Submitted as Triq Yazd, both elements of this name are ism's, or given names. Period Arabic cultures did not do this, and the usage has been grounds for return in the past (Nasr Hasan ibn Muhammad Abdullaziz, Calontir, 11/93 LoAR). We have added ibn, making him the son of Yazîd: Târiq ibn Yazîd." (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR February 1997, p. 16) "Unfortunately, none of the Arabic-speaking peoples seems to have used double given names, and this practice has been grounds for return in the past (Nasr Hasan ibn Muhammad Abdullaziz, Calontir, 11/93 LoAR)." (Talan Gwynek, LoAR October 1995, p. 18) Unfortunately, we cannot simply add "bint" between the two ibn's here, as that would create a matronymic, another practice not used in Arabic name construction except in the most extremely rare circumstances. "Unfortunately, Rabi'ah is feminine, and the use of metronymics does not appear to be part of Arabic naming practice. Neither does the use of two given names; both practices have been grounds for return in the past (Aliyah bint Leyla, Middle, 4/94 LoAR; Nasr Hasan ibn Muhammad Abdullaziz, Calontir, 11/93 LoAR). We recommend that she drop one of the given names and replace Rabi'ah with a masculine name." (Talan Gwynek, LoAR August 1995, p. 19) The difficulty with the locative byname is one that I have pointed out a number of times in recent years. Specifically, as formed, she is not claiming to be from Iberia, she is claiming to be Iberia (al-Andalus). An Arabic woman from Andalucia would be al-Andalusiyya(h) (where the final "h" is optional, though because it is being used in both Khadijah and Mariyah, I would recommend retaining it in the locative). As a consequence, I could support the name as Khadijah bint Abd al-Rahman al-Andalusiyyah, but not the submitted form for the reasons given above.

The submissions herald contacted the submitter (well done Pennon), and she agreed to the necessary changes.

Niam inghean Dhuibhshithe. Name and device. Azure, a pile between two crosses crosslet argent.

Submitted as Niam Mahaffy, this mixes Gaelic and English in the same name. We have made the name entirely Gaelic.

Phelan of Arran. Device. Per saltire azure and Or, in pale an equal-armed Celtic cross couped and a sword Or.

Rami ibn Asad men Damashk. Household name for Bayt al-Rami.

Sheamus Selvayn. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Taya de Montgomery. Name.

William Marchant. Name and device. Azure, three covered tankards argent a bordure argent semy of pheons gules.

MIDDLE

Gabriel of Vest Yorvik. Device. Quarterly Or and azure, a pegasus courant argent within a bordure counterchanged.

This was pended from the August 1997 Laurel meeting.

OUTLANDS

Aedan MacAlastair. Name.

Alatheia McCullaugh. Name and device. Azure, a pall Or between a mullet and two nautilus shells argent.

As originally blazoned, the mullet was blazoned as a starfish. Starfish have been reblazoned as mullets in the past:

The starfish is not, to the best of our knowledge, a period heraldic charge; it seems to have started use in Victorian heraldry (Elvin, plate 32)." [reblazoned as mullets, leaving internal markings as artistic license] (Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, LoAR October 1992, p. 18).

Anne Aliz de Bâle. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Brennan MacFie. Name and device. Vert, a saltire and in chief a hare rampant argent.

Bryan Morrison. Badge. (Fieldless) A melusine per pale argent and azure.

Christiana Ann Steen. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Darius of Jaxartes. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Gules, issuant from a wall embattled argent portalled sable, issuant from base, a natural demi-tiger rampant argent marked sable maintaining a pole and pennon argent, a chief counter-compony sable and argent.

Dubheasa Eachinse. Name.

Submitted as Dubheasa Aughinish, this name combines Gaelic and English in the same name, since Aughinish is clearly an Anglicized form of the name. We have replaced the byname with the wholly Gaelic form.

Emma of Essex. Name and device. Per saltire gules and azure, a pair of scissors in saltire throughout, points to base, between four fleur-de-lys Or.

Note: three or more fleurs-de-lys Or are not permitted on azure fields. To do so constitutes a claim to connection to French royalty, prohibited under Rule XI.1.

Gabrielle Lux. Sable, on a tree eradicated between two demi-suns issuant from the dexter and sinister chief corners argent, a crescent vert.

Johannes Linkehant. Device. Azure, on a bend sinister Or between two sinister hands aversant argent, a strung bow proper.

John Wolf. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Judah ben Issachar. Name.

Laszlo Rozsa. Device. Per fess azure and gules, a wheel Or.

Mariana de Santillana. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Michael Frebairne. Name.

Michallet du Dauphiné. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Patrick of Clan Lamont. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Samuel Leiesverd. Device. Per pale vert and sable, on a pile inverted Or a dragon sejant to sinister gules.

Wulfgar of al-Barran. Name and device. Per chevron sable and gules, in chief a crescent argent.

Please show the submitter how to properly draw a per chevron line of division.

Zachariah de Kane. Name and device. Checky gules and argent, a bear rampant in chief two paw prints sable.

Submitted as Zachariah Sword-of-the-Lord de Kane, this name combined extremely rare practices, making it unregisterable as submitted. The spectacular religious-phrase name is rare, as are double given names. To the best of our knowledge those practices were never combined. And, Sword-of-the-Lord is not an attested form, but rather a constructed form. Since his forms said that he would drop the Sword-of-the-Lord, we dropped the problematical element in order to register the name and device.

TRIMARIS

Alix de Lyon. Device. Or, a horse rampant between three fleurs de lis sable.

Atalaya la Sanadora. Badge. (Fieldless) On a broadarrow inverted and a broadarrow conjoined in pale argent, a rose barbed and seeded proper.

Elric Wyvill. Name and device. Per bend sinister gules and azure a sword between two harps in fess addorsed Or.

Fintan MacAldin. Name and device. Purpure, a bowed psaltery and on a chief raguly Or, a turtle tergiant contourny fesswise vert and a scorpion tergiant fesswise sable.

It appears that Fintan could be an English representation of the Gaelic name Fintan; so this name does not combine English and Gaelic. Some doubts were raised as to whether the byname is actually period; the citation from MacLysaght is not clear. We have decided to give the submission the benefit of the doubt.

Moira MacDermott. Name and device. Argent, a swallow rising purpure, maintaining in its beak a shamrock vert.

Mwynwen Ysginidd. Name.

WEST

Gruffydd of Rivenoak. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per bend sinister azure and vert, a bend sinister between two hands appaumy argent.

The armory was submitted under the name Gruffydd ap Gwineth.

Iliana Donatova. Name and device. Vert, on a chevron Or, an increscent purpure, and on a chief Or, three increscents purpure.

Richard Johns of Griffinwood. Device. Vert, on a saltire argent five griffin’s heads palewise erased contourny sable.

Robert Valentine. Name.

Sarah Elizabeth. Name and device. Purpure, a cross between four hearts argent.

Sláine inghean Bhloscaidh uí Chatháin. Name and device. Argent, three hound’s heads erased vert.

Sofonisba Alberti. New Device. Bendy and per pale sable and argent.

Yllaria Gyngyvere. Name and device. Purpure, three suns in their splendor and on a chief argent, three frets azure.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

AN TIR

Caversgate, Shire of. Name and device. Sable, a gate within and conjoined to a stone archway all within a laurel wreath Or.

This is being returned for lack of a petition. Submissions for a group name and/or group arms must be accompanied by a petition showing support for the submission.

Caversgate, Shire of. Badge Sable, a gate within and conjoined to a stone archway Or.

Since we do not form holding names for groups, this must be returned. However, even if the group name had been registered, this would have to be returned for conflict with William of Hoghton (SCA) Sable, two towers joined by a bridge Or., and Arenvald Kief af Kiersted (SCA) Sable, a Thor's hammer pendant from the lintel of a dolmen Or. In both cases there is a CD for type of architecture, but only a CD. This is in accordance with standing precedent that in many cases, "architecture is architecture":

[Returning Azure, a Doric colonnaded portico within a laurel wreath argent.] "Conflict with ... Azure, a house argent, and a number of others, Azure, a (temple, church, etc.) argent. In each case there is only once CD for the addition of the laurel wreath. As several commenters said if we do not give a CD between even radically different types of ships, we should not do so among various types of buildings. Further, the type of [the] 'house' is completely unspecified. As we do not grant a CD between a generic bird and any other specific bird, we cannot see granting difference between a generic house (building) and any other type of house (building). "(Da'ud ibn Auda, LoAR April 1994).

The Summits, Principality of. Device for the Consort. Azure, a griffin passant, on a mountain issuant from base argent a goblet azure environed by two barberry sprays vert fructed azure.

While there was a petition enclosed with this submission, it was signed by less than 30 people, and less than two third's of the officers, and if any of the relevant royalty signed the petition, it was not noted. The Administrative Handbook says:

Evidence of Support – Submissions involving the name or arms of an active branch must include evidence of support for the action on the part of a majority of the active members of the branch. In the case of branches with no ruling noble, this support may be demonstrated by a petition of a majority of the populace and officers or by a petition of the seneschal and at least three-quarters of the other local officers. In the case of branches with ruling nobles, such petitions must also include a statement of support from the ruling noble. If a submission would result in the registration or modification of the Branch Name or Branch Arms of a kingdom, principality or equivalent branch, support must be demonstrated by the results of a poll conducted in the relevant official newsletter and certified by the seneschal of the appropriate branch.

Additionally, some questions were raised as to whether the Barberry plant was known in period. If the sprigs are used in future resubmission, please include such evidence.

ATLANTIA

Aron Nied wied . Device. Argent, four scarpes gules, overall a bear rampant sable.

This is being returned for two reasons. First, for violating the rule of tincture as drawn. As drawn significantly more than 1/2 of the sable (color) bear is on the gules (color) scarpes instead of the argent (metal) field. Second, after much thought we have decided that with that many scarpes on the field, that there is no effective difference between that and a bendy sinister field. It was not unusual for barry or paly fields in period to be drawn with an odd number of traits (which we'd blazon as bars or palets); see, for example, the arms of Mouton (Multon, Moleton) found both as Barry argent and gules. and Argent, three bars gules. (Dictionary of British Arms, Volume 1, pp 59, 88; Foster, p.145) and the arms of von Rosenberg, whose Per fess field has in base either three bends or bendy depending upon the artist's whim (Siebmacher, p. 8; Neubecker and Rentzmann, p. 290). Even when the distinction is worth blazoning, it's worth no difference. Therefore, this conflict with City of Berlin Argent, a bear rampant sable., and Morven of Carrick (SCA) Checky gules and Or, a bear statant erect sable., in each case there is just a single CD for changing the field.

Balian of Boxgrove Hall. Device. Quarterly gules and azure, a cross flory argent.

This conflicts with Stephen de Huyn (Fieldless) A cross of Santiago argent., with the only CD for fieldlessness.

Cristopharus filius Phillippi. Device. Quarterly gules and bendy sinister vert and Or, on a lozenge azure fimbriated argent a chalice Or.

This is being returned for breaking the rule of contrast. While the lozenge is blazoned as fimbriated, the fimbriation of the lozenge is so narrow to be almost invisible. Since it is not clear, we are forced to returned this for color-on-color.

Ginevra de’ Rossi. Device. Azure, on a fess wavy between three escallops inverted argent a dolphin naiant between two barrulets wavy vert.

This is being returned for two reasons. First, as drawn the wavy is not sufficiently pronounced to be a proper wavy. Second, it would be extremely difficult to visually distinguish this armory from the noted similar theoretical armory Azure on a fess wavy cotised between three scallops inverted argent a dolphin naiant vert." The space between the cotises" and the fess" is very small and blue and green are similar enough that we doubt the difference will be perceived. As a general rule, heraldic practices which blur the distinctions between standard heraldic practices are not registered (in this case, the standard practices are cotising vs. tertiary charges). Therefore, we will not allow this type of depiction. Additionally, barring period evidence of using two distinct charge groups as tertiaries on a single underlying primary charge will be considered a weirdness.

Gregor Dow McGregor. Device. Sable, on a pale between two roses slipped and leaved argent a rapier sable.

This conflicts with a badge for Meridies' Order of the Sable Sword, Sable, on a pale between two escutcheons argent a sword sable., with one CD for change of type of the secondaries.

Labhaiose inghean uí Raghailligh. Device. Or, an inkpot sable between three hummingbirds purpure.

No documentation was presented to show that the inkpot as drawn was a period item and no one could produce any such evidence. Barring such evidence, we have no option but to return this submission.

Rodrigo Hernandez de Toledo. Badge. Sable, a wolf courant argent.

This is being returned for two reasons. First, this needs a redraw. As drawn we can't tell what type of animal is it; guessing ranged all over the place include a badger. However, assuming the charge is a wolf, this conflict with Dorcas Dorcadas (SCA) Sable, a three-headed hound rampant, one head reguardant, argent, langued gules. Change in posture is one CD, but the change from one head to three heads is not sufficient for another CD.

Una of Aire Faucon. Device. Gules, a wolf rampant contourny ermine, a bordure argent crusily couped gules.

The Glossary of Terms, Table 2, Restricted Charges, notes that the "Red cross on white" may not be used in SCA heraldry because it is the symbol of the International Red Cross which is protected by international treaty. The bordure, white semy of crosses couped gules, is in violation of this restriction. Therefore, we must return this submission.

CAID

Seónaid inghean Sheathain. Device. Per chevron vert and azure, a chevron between two pine trees couped and a mascle knot Or.

Unfortunately the mascle knot is no longer a registrable charge: From the March, 1996 LoAR (pg. 12):

The mascle knot is an SCA invention, with only two registrations, and is unattested anywhere else. As such, it is not sufficiently well-known or defined (outside of the Pictorial Dictionary) to retain as a registrable charge, nor does there appear to be sufficient interest to continue to register it in the future.

This precedent was reaffirmed in the January, 1997 LoAR.

DRACHENWALD

Peter Schneck. Badge. Argent, a sun purpure eclipsed argent.

This is being returned for multiple conflicts which include: Duncan Vitrarius (SCA) Argent, a sun vert, eclipsed Or., Thomas Britton (SCA) (Fieldless) On a compass star purpure a lion’s head erased argent., Drstha Maida of the Lowara (SCA) Argent, upon a sun gules a dexter hand apaumy couped argent., Lorimer MacAltin of Garioch (SCA) Argent, on a compass star azure a thistle couped argent., and Tiriel Benn Loring (SCA) Argent, a mullet of seven points purpure. The first gets one CD for tincture of the sun but nothing for tincture only of the tertiary, the second for fieldlessness but nothing for type only of the tertiary, the third and fourth get a CD for tincture of the sun [or equivalent] but nothing for type only of the tertiary on the complex charge, and the last gets just one CD for adding the tertiary.

LOCHAC

None!

MERIDIES

AElfgifu Haraldsdottir. Badge. (Fieldless) A dolphin haurient head to chief azure, maintaining in it's mouth an acorn proper.

This conflicts with the arms of Dauphin, Prince of France Or, a dolphin haurient azure finned gules., with the only CD for fieldlessness.

Catrin Skynith of Mam Cymru. Device. Sable, a unicorn's head erased to sinister, a chief embattled argent.

This conflicts with Lindret of Bryn Myrddin (SCA) Quarterly azure and gules, a unicorn's head couped to sinister and a chief dovetailed argent., with one CD for changes to the field, and with Kathryn Fitzroy of Bath (SCA) Sable, a unicorn’s head couped reversed argent, entwined about the alicorne a serpent, head to sinister, gules., with one CD for the addition of the chief, but nothing for the serpent which is effectively a maintained charge.

Elspeth Fitzwilliam. Device. Azure, four demi-fleurs-de-lys argent issuant from the edge and conjoined in saltire.

This motif is certainly registerable. The Art of Heraldry by A. Fox-Davies (New York: Arno Press, 1976), plate LXXIII, figure 8 is of a manuscript dating back at least to the 16th century. The actual arms have the lilies in cross, not in saltire, but, aside from the tincture change, that is only one (not unreasonable) change from the documented form. The (Victorian) blazon given on pg. 407 for these arms is Gules, four lilies argent, issuing from the edge of the shield and conjoined at the center, forming a cross. Unfortunately, this submission conflicts with the badge of Scotland (important non-SCA flag) Azure, a saltire argent. What is shown is clearly a saltire by complex line, in keeping with Fox-Davies description of the cross-like arrangement as a cross. This also conflicts with Alienor Beatrice Lucrezia (SCA) Azure, four fleurs-de-lys in cross bases to center argent., with one CD for arrangement, but nothing for the difference between the demi fleurs-de-lys and the complete fleurs-de-lys as drawn.

Elspeth Necaedan. Device. Or, a Celtic cross gules within an orle of ivy leaves vert issuant from a bordure azure.

This is not an "orle of ... leaves" but rather a new, undocumented complex line of division, akin to a bordure fleury or a bordure trefly. And while it is possible, though not likely, that a "bordure ivy-leafy" might be considered but an extension of period practice, making the leafy parts of the line of division a different tincture from the bordure is too removed from period practice to be registered without documentation.

Sheamus Selvayn. Device. Per chevron sable and argent, a chevron counterchanged between an increscent argent and an oak leaf vert.

This is being returned for a redraw. The per chevron line of division is far too low, the chevron is too thin, and the oak leaf needs to be redrawn to look like an oak leaf.

OUTLANDS

Anne Aliz de Bâle. Device. Sable, a swan naiant argent and a bordure engrailed, fleury at the points Or.

The bordure uses two different complex lines of division: engrailed and fleury. Such has been disallowed in the past:

[A chief triangular embattled] "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);

We see no reason, barring period evidence to overturn this precedent.

Christiana Ann Steen. Device. Quarterly azure and counterermine, a tyger rampant reguardant Or.

This conflicts with Gareth of Moore (SCA) Ermine, a tyger rampant Or langued, orbed and armed gules grasping in both forepaws a sword in scabbard inverted vert hilted belted and chaped gules. There is one CD for the fields, but nothing for the maintained sword or for turning the head on the tyger.

Darius of Jaxartes. Device. Per pale sable and argent, a pale counter-compony sable and argent fimbriated, in sinister chief a bull's head cabossed gules.

As drawn, the bull's head is identical to the trademarked emblem of the Chicago Bulls (a NBA Basketball team), including using the exact shade of red that they use, as best we can tell. This creates two problems. First, is the use of a trademarked symbol. In a recent survey of trademarked symbols known throughout the world, the emblem of the Chicago Bull was in the top five. Second, because of the use of this emblem, to many people, this submissions is obtrusively modern. If the bull's head was redrawn is a more standard heraldic manner, and not like this copywritten emblem, this problem would be solved.

Darius of Jaxartes. Household name for Bengalisher Brüderschaft.

The LoI documented the term Bengali to the 19th century. Unless documentation can be produced showing the term was used prior to 1650 (our grey area), it cannot be used.

John Wolf. Device. Azure, a wolf rampant maintaining a mullet argent.

This conflicts with Robert Strongbow (SCA) Vert, a wolf rampant argent grasping in its erect sinister forepaw a bow gules held fesswise and in its dexter forepaw a sheaf of three clothyard shafts Or armed and flighted argent., with one CD for the tincture of the field but nothing for the maintained charges. Robina Wyeclif (SCA) Azure, a wolf rampant argent maintaining a spear Or flying to sinister a pennoncelle gules fimbriated all within a bordure Or., with one CD for the addition of the bordure but none for the maintained charges. And Jonathan Crusadene Whitewolfe (SCA) Gules ermined argent, a wolf rampant argent., with one CD for the difference in the fields.

Kolfinna Fraser. Device. Per bend vert and sable, an equal-armed Celtic cross formy argent.

There is no record of the name having been registered or even submitted. Since no name forms or money were received for the name, we must return the device.

Mariana de Santillana. Device. Argent, a bend bevelled azure between a stick shuttle proper threaded gules and a spider inverted sable dependent from the shuttles' thread.

This submission has several problems. It has a complexity count of nine, surpassing our rule of thumb limit of eight. While we have registered submissions with a count of nine in the past, those were balanced and consistent with period style. This design lacks such balance. Furthermore, the picture submitted is dependant upon exact and unblazonable design considerations.

Michallet du Dauphiné. Device. Purpure, a winged female centaur contourny brandishing in her sinister hand a rapier and maintaining in her dexter hand a shield sable.

While we allow maintained charges to break tincture, as drawn the sable rapier is too thin to be seen on the purpure field. If the rapier was drawn larger and entirely argent it should solve this problem.

Patrick of Clan Lamont. Name and device. Azure, on a plate a phoenix rising from flames proper.

As colored the phoenix is not clearly any one color. It is closest to Or, which breaks tincture. The phoenix needs to be clearly a heraldic tincture. When resubmitting, please try to use deeper colors; the field as tinctured is not clearly blue.

Roderick Connall MacLeod. Device. Quarterly sable and azure, a mullet of five greater and five lesser points and a bordure rayonny Or.

This is being returned for a redraw. The bordure is not rayonny, but the out of period wavy crested. Additionally, the rayonny needed to be bolder and with fewer indentations.

TRIMARIS

Helmut von Württemburg. Device. Quarterly azure and gules, a pair of scales Or between in bend two trident heads and in bend sinister two doves close maintaining in their beaks an olive branch argent.

This violates our rules on slot machine, with three different types of charges in the same charge group. While the scales were blazoned as overall, they were the same size as the other charges, making this one charge group. Additionally, this conflicts with Rees of Northwoods (SCA) Quarterly azure and gules, four arrowheads inverted argent. There is a CD for changing the type of the single group of charges, but nothing for four vs. five, nothing for the tincture of one of five charges, and with three charge types on this submission RFS X.2 does not apply.

WEST

Gruffydd ap Gwineth. Name.

By existing precedent, this name conflicts with Gruffudd, King of Gwynedd to 1137. We give no difference between of and ap. The precedents say:

this[<name> de Navarre] "We have historically registered ' 'name' of 'Kingdom' ' so long as the given name was not identical to that of one of the rulers of 'Kingdom'. The only exception Laurel remembers offhand to this is the name Hohenstaufen which name was only used by the ruling family." (LoAR, Da'ud ibn Auda, 5/91 p.2).

and:

"Submitted as <name> Griffith of Gwynedd, we have dropped the problematic locative. As submitted the name appears to be a claim of descent from Gruffudd, King of Gwynedd to 1137. Rule V.5 disallows any such claim." (LoAR, Da'ud ibn Auda, 7/91 p.15).

The armory was registered under the name Gruffydd of Rivenoak.

Zahra Safiya. Name.

While both elements of this name are registerable on their own, the combination has problems, best explained by al-Jamal.

Both [names] (in all the sources) are feminine ism's, or given names. Now, if she wants "Zahra daughter of Safiya", in Arabic that would be Zahra bint Safiya. The difficulty with this, of course, is that Safiya is a feminine name, and matronymics are so vanishingly rare in Arabic as to be considered unregisterable.

"Unfortunately, Rabi'ah is feminine, and the use of metronymics does not appear to be part of Arabic naming practice. Neither does the use of two given names; both practices have been grounds for return in the past (Aliyah bint Leyla, Middle, 4/94 LoAR; Nasr Hasan ibn Muhammad Abdullaziz, Calontir, 11/93 LoAR). We recommend that she drop one of the given names and replace Rabi'ah with a masculine name." (Talan Gwynek, LoAR August 1995, p. 19)

The name as submitted, however, also has other difficulties. Arabic appears never to have used double given names. "Submitted as Triq Yazd, both elements of this name are ism's, or given names. Period Arabic cultures did not do this, and the usage has been grounds for return in the past (Nasr Hasan ibn Muhammad Abdullaziz, Calontir, 11/93 LoAR). We have added ibn, making him the son of Yazîd; Târiq ibn Yazîd." (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR February 1997, p. 16)

"Unfortunately, none of the Arabic-speaking peoples seems to have used double given names, and this practice has been grounds for return in the past (Nasr Hasan ibn Muhammad Abdullaziz, Calontir, 11/93 LoAR)." (Talan Gwynek, LoAR October 1995, p. 18)

Given that "the language and sound" are "considered most important" by the submitter, and that the form and construction are entirely inconsistent with period practice for Arabic names, I am at a loss to make meaningful recommendations. I do not find a period given masculine name which comes close to Safiya in sound, nor do I believe we can simply "masculinize" Safiya to create a patronymic; this would leave us with Safi, the first element in one of the titles of the Prophet Muhammad, Safi Ullah. The initial element alone does not appear to have been used as a given name on its own.


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