ACCEPTANCES

ÆTHELMEARC

Anna Malakina. Name change from Anwen ferch Morgraunt and badge. (Fieldless) Three torteaux conjoined one and two.

Her former name is released.

Brandubh Ó Donnghaile. Device. Per pale argent and sable chapé ployé counterchanged.

Caitlin Ruadh. Device change. Purpure, on a bend argent three decrescents palewise gules.

Her former device, Sable, on a bend sinister engrailed argent, three crescents gules, is released.

Catherine O'Herlihy. Device. Per fess wavy azure and vert, an otter passant and a reed pen bendwise sinister argent.

Ceara McMillan. Name.

Submitted on the LoI as Ciar McMillan, the given name was changed in Kingdom. However, the originally submitted Ceara is dated to late period in ó Corráin and Maguire, Irish Names. We have therefore changed the name back to the originally submitted form.

Cétach Fitzgibbon. Name and device. Per bend sinister Or and purpure, a ferret sejant contourny and a triquetra inverted counterchanged.

Christofano Vecchione. Badge. Or, a pear vert.

This is clear of Hector aus Pier, Per chevron throughout azure and Or, in base a pear vert, with a CD for the change in the field and a second CD for moving the primary charge from in base to the center. The badge is also clear of the badge for Morgillian of Greenbough, Or, a pinecone inverted vert; there is substantial difference between a pear and a pinecone, making them clear by RfS X.2 Difference of Primary Charge.

Christopher of York. Device. Counterermine, a natural tiger’s head cabossed Or marked sable, a bordure ermine.

Clement of Morocco. Device. Pean, on a bend sinister Or a hurst of three trees palewise sable.

Cordelia Colton. Name.

Corwyn Montgomery. Device. Sable, a sword sustained by a gloved cubit arm fesswise, on a chief argent three roundels sable.

Corwyn Montgomery. Badge. Sable, a tankard sustained by a gloved cubit arm fesswise, a bordure argent.

Daniel del Cavallo. Badge. (Fieldless) A demi-horse rampant Or maintaining a sun in its splendor gules.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the horse so that its body is more vertical.

Daniel O Rian the Fletcher. Name and device. Sable, on a bend sinister argent between two arrows bendwise sinister Or three estoiles of eight rays purpure.

Submitted on the LoI as Daniel O'Ryan the Fletcher, the byname was originally submitted as O'Rian and changed in kingdom. However, Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames, mentions O Rian as a late-period Anglicized form. We have therefore registered that form, as being the closest to the originally submitted one.

Dennis of Greenway. Device (see RETURNS for name change). Argent, a saltire gules, on a chief wavy vert a sword entwined of a serpent Or.

Dewi de la Brooke. Device. Gules, a chamfron argent, on a chief Or three fleurs-de-lys azure.

Diolach Macaree. Device. Argent, a python glissant palewise wings displayed vert vorant of a rose azure slipped and leaved vert.

This is clear of Minimoto Akataro, Argent, a dragon segreant vert maintaining a Latin cross bottony Or. There is a CD for the posture and a CD for difference in type between a python and a dragon. While there are areas where dragons and wyverns were artistic variants of one another, and there are areas where wyverns and pythons were artistic variants of each other, there are no areas where pythons are artistic variants of four legged dragons. Because of this, and because there is a distinct visual difference between them, we can grant a significant, although not substantial difference between a dragon and a python.

Doireann the Wanderer. Name and device. Azure, a water lily in profile and on a chief argent three feathers bendwise sinister sable.

Dominic Morland. Name and device. Vert, a lion rampant contourny sustaining a garb Or.

Submitted as Dominic McMorland, the only documentation for that form of the byname was from a web site titled Hall of Names by Camelot International, at URL:http://www.camelotintl.com/. Unfortunately, there is no way for us to verify the quality of the research involved in compiling the web site, and the names mentioned there appear to be modern forms. As the earliest date for any spelling of Macmorland that the College could find is 1684, we have dropped Mc from the byname.

Emilia O'Madigan. Name and device. Quarterly argent and azure, in saltire five crosses fleury counterchanged.

Submitted as Emilia O'Madagáin, the byname mixed Anglicized and Gaelic spellings in a single name element. We have changed it to an entirely Anglicized form.

Eva Goch. Name and device. Vert semy of comets, on a fess argent a closed book vert.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the fess more centered on the shield.

Fergus MacInnes. Name and device. Argent, on a pale vert between in chief two wolves combattant sable three mullets Or.

Filippo de Sancto Martino. Name.

Florian Dupommier. Badge. (Fieldless) A demi-dragon segreant sable issuant from flames proper.

Geoffrey FitzDavid. Device. Per chevron gules and chevronelly Or and sable.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the per chevron line steeper and starting lower on the shield.

Gilles de Beauchamps. Device. Per pale sable and Or, a panther passant guardant semy of roundels counterchanged incensed gules and maintaining a herald’s staff Or.

Gillian Llywelyn. Device. Argent, a sewing needle bendwise sable threaded vert, an orle of hearts gules.

Giovanni Albanese. Device. Gules, on a chevron inverted argent four annulets sable, in base three spear heads inverted argent.

Hartstone, Shire of. Branch name and device. Argent, on a pall sable between three maple leaves vert a laurel wreath Or.

Hilderun Hügelmann. Badge. (Fieldless) A crampon sable.

Nice badge!

Ian Campbell of Glen Mor. Name change from holding name Ian Campbell of Saint Swithin's Bog.

Submitted on the LoI as Ian Campbell of Glen Mòr, we have removed the accent that was apparently added in Kingdom by mistake. This is also in line with his request for an authentic Scots name, as it makes the name Anglicised throughout.

Katerina de la Marne. Device. Azure, in bend four horseshoes between two four-leaf shamrocks slipped, a bordure Or.

Kieran MacRae. Device change. Per chevron throughout purpure and argent, three equal-armed Celtic crosses counterchanged argent and sable.

His former device, Argent, on a triangle throughout purpure between three Celtic crosses sable, a natural panther rampant argent, is released.

Lara Sukhadrev. Name.

Note that Lara is a masculine name in period Russian.

Pleasance de Coignieres. Name and device. Argent, an owl affronty and on a chief sable three mice couchant contourny tails erect argent.

Sorcha of the Lake. Name.

Uther of Southold. Name.

Submitted on the LoI as Uther of Southolt, the byname was changed to that form in kingdom. While that spelling is more likely, members of the College were able to document the occasional use of -hold in period spelling. We have therefore changed the name back to the originally submitted form.

Verica filia Virnini. Name.

AN TIR

Appoline d’Avignon. Name.

Ciar inghean uí Fhothaidh. Name.

Esclarmonde de Porcairages. Name.

Grimon de Beaujolais. Name change from Grímr inn svarti and device. Sable, a chevron Or, overall a fleur de lys argent.

His former name is retained as an alternate name.

Guido Dono da Bologna. Name.

Jórunn steinnabrjótr. Name and device. Vert, an armorer’s hammer and on a chief Or three cinquefoils purpure ermined Or.

Morgaine Somerset. Name.

Morgaine is her legal name.

Robin of Thornwood. Name.

ARTEMISIA

Angelique la Noire. Name.

Ismay le Dragon. Name.

Katherine de l’Eau. Name and device. Vair, on a lozenge sable an otter sejant contourny guardant argent.

ATENVELDT

Caiterina of Ballyhooly. Name.

Geneviève de Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. Name (see RETURNS for device).

James of Leslie. Name and device. Purpure, a lymphad argent between three compass stars Or, on a chief argent a cross moline purpure.

Katheline van Weye. Name and device. Quarterly vert and purpure, a tulip slipped and leaved Or.

The device is clear of Uta Boucht, Azure, a water-lily plant eradicated argent, flowered Or. There is one CD for changing the field. An examination of Uta's device shows that the primary charge is a primarily argent plant with a small Or flower. Therefore, there are additional CDs for changing the type and tincture of the primary charge.

Kiara Wrynn of the Bells. Device. Argent, a chevron rompú throughout between two hawk’s bells and a cross of four mascles pometty vert.

The question was raised in commentary if crosses of mascles were found in period; if not, using a cross of mascles would be a weirdness. Making the cross pommety could be a second weirdness, which would be cause for return. However, as the first issue was not mentioned in the previous Laurel return, this device is registerable.

ATLANTIA

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for the L’Academie Atlantienne de la Danse. Azure, a dance argent, overall a unicornate natural seahorse Or.

The overall charge is grandfathered to the kingdom.

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Rastrillo Herald.

Bohemond Guiscard. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Caer Mear, Barony of. Order name Umbonis Ferrei Ordo.

No documentation was provided by the submitter to support the construction of the name. However, the College was able to provide such documentation so we can register it.

Charles Fleming. Name.

Duncan MacLaren. Name and device. Or, a lion’s head erased and a chief embattled sable.

Eleanor Percy. Name.

Eoghan Òg Mac Labhrainn. Reblazon of badge. Or, a yew tree eradicated, on a chief vert a Jew’s harp fesswise Or.

Faílenn inghean Mheanmain. Name.

Submitted as Faílenn inghean Mheanmain of Ulster, the name had two weirdnesses: combining an Anglicised locative byname with Gaelic elements, and a temporal difference of several centuries between the given name and the patronymic. We have corrected the former by dropping the locative. Note that evidence suggests that Irish locative bynames were normally adjectives — that is, one would be called the Ulsterwoman instead of of Ulster.

Giolla Míchél ua Gilla Aindriasa. Name.

Submitted as Mícheál uá Aindriú, he requested an authentic 10th-12th century Irish name. We have therefore changed the name to forms suggested by the Annals of the Four Masters.

Gwendolen ferch Cadwaladr ap Rhys. Device change. Per chevron Or and purpure, two fleurs-de-lys and a dragon passant gorged of a pearled coronet within a bordure embattled counterchanged.

Her former device, Per chevron Or and purpure, a dragon passant Or, a bordure embattled counterchanged, is released.

Gwendolen is a Baroness of the Court.

Gwyneth MacDonagh. Device change. Per chevron Or and purpure, two roses purpure barbed and seeded vert and a fleam Or.

Her former device, Per chevron Or and purpure, two roses purpure barbed and seeded vert and an increscent Or, is released.

Hrothgar Gunnarsson. Name and device. Or, a lion couchant reguardant queue forchy of nine vomiting flames and in chief a label gules.

James Sparhawke. Name.

Jehannette de Provins. Device. Per chevron argent and azure, issuant from the line of division a phoenix azure rising from flames proper and two threaded needles inverted in saltire argent.

Kai de Ravenglas. Badge. Argent, a bird volant sable, a bordure sable crusilly formy argent.

Kristin Ailbe Anmclaid. Device. Or, a badger’s head erased sable, on a chief indented gules a drinking horn between two fleams Or.

Some commenters questioned whether there were white markings on the badger, possibly reducing its identifiability on an Or field; however, examination of the emblazon demonstrated that the badger is entirely sable.

Kristin Ailbe Anmclaid. Badge. Vert, on a drinking horn Or a shamrock vert.

Margery Winterbourne. Device. Or, a tree eradicated and on a base urdy vert three acorns two inverted and one Or.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the position of the tree branches and roots in more naturalistic positions.

Pierre Xavier de Lyon. Name.

Refkell melrakki Einarsson. Device. Quarterly argent and azure, four fox's heads erased contourny counterchanged.

Seamus Connachtach. Badge. Sable, on a pile between two crescents argent, a crescent gules.

Susanne de Darby. Device. Per fess azure and vert, a sun Or between three daisies proper.

CAID

Mouice Negra. Reblazon of device. Gules, two ram's heads erased respectant sable fimbriated argent.

DRACHENWALD

Áengus mac Finn. Name.

Submitted as Aonghus mac Fionn, he requested an authentic 10th-12th century Gaelic name. We have changed the name to a form from that time period.

Aidan of Munster. Name.

Aline von Ronneburg. Name and device. Argent, a birch tree eradicated, on a chief vert a horse passant contourny argent.

Ana Cristina de Aragón. Name.

Arianwen ferch Arthur. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Aurelia von Falkenstein. Name and device. Azure mulletty Or, three bars argent.

Bernward von Eppstein. Name.

Blauwasser, Shire of. Device. Quarterly per fess wavy argent and azure, in chief two laurel wreaths counterchanged.

Cerdic von Budingen. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Drachenwald, Kingdom of. Badge for the University of Drachenwald. (Fieldless) On an open book per pale Or and gules a dragon passant coward sable.

Please draw the book with a full binding.

Elias mac Griogair. Name and device. Sable, a chevron embattled gules fimbriated argent between two swords in chevron proper and a wolf's head couped contourny argent.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the fimbriation thicker. At this time, we allow the fimbriation of central ordinaries with complex lines.

Fidelma Wiggins. Name and device. Per pale argent and vert, an acorn proper capped Or between in chief two towers counterchanged azure and Or.

Giovanna Lisabetta Ferri. Device. Azure, a bend sinister between a griffin segreant and a dolphin embowed on a chief Or three escallops inverted sable.

Jan van Seist. Name.

Jehanne la Sarrasine de Montevilliers. Name and device. Or, a chevron gules, in chief two fleurs-de-lys azure, a bordure gules.

Katherine Nox. Name and device. Per fess engrailed sable and argent, a roundel between a decrescent and an increscent argent.

Konrad von Schilberg. Name.

Magdalena Leonardi. Name.

Rudolphus Heydenreich. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Tomas Pancaldo. Device. Per bend azure and sable, a unicorn rampant, a bordure argent.

Torna, Canton of. Branch name and device. Vert, three spearheads in pall points outwards, on a chief wavy argent three laurel wreaths vert.

The name is a 14th century form of the name of the real-world town within the Canton. Submitting it for the name of the canton raises the question of how we treat period forms of real-world names of SCA branches.

All in all, we can see three different reasons to return a name of this sort. First, of course, the submitted name may be well enough known to be protected under section III.A.5 of the Administrative Handbook. Thus, for instance, we would not register Birka, either to a group forming near the old site in Sweden or to anyone else. The submitted name does not appear in general encyclopaedias, like the Encyclopaedia Britannica, so by current practice it is not important enough to protect.

Second, the submitted name may be presumptuous. Granted, section VI.3 of the Rules for Submissions addresses only names that unmistakably imply identity with or close relationship to a protected person or literary character. However, it seems appropriate to apply similar standards to personal and non-personal names, and Section VI.4 gives us enough discretion to do so. We would, therefore, return names that unmistakably imply identity with a protected place: for instance, while Londinium does not have its own article in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, London is protected and so registering the Roman name for the city would be presumptuous. In the current case, the modern town does not have its own entry in Britannica and the submission is thus clear on this count as well.

Third, the name may run afoul of section III.A.9 of the Administrative Handbook: No name or device will be registered to a submitter if it is identical to a name or device used by the submitter for purposes of identification outside of a Society context. Thus, in the present case, we would not have registered Tornio or Torneå, those being the currently used names for the town. The submitted name differs from each of these by one syllable, and that is generally considered sufficient difference for personal names. Again, we see no point in treating place names differently.

EALDORMERE

Alyce de Sheppey. Device. Or, a Latin cross flory per pale purpure and sable within a bordure per pale sable and purpure.

Artus Faucon. Name.

The question was raised in commentary whether this name conflicts with Artus Falconieri, registered in September 1991. While rather close, the two bynames look and sound significantly different and are therefore significantly different according to RfS V.1.a.ii. This means that the names do not conflict, as per RfS V.1.b.iv.

Blanche Wriotheosley. Name and device. Sable, a maunch and in chief a cinquefoil argent.

Cesare Ambrogino Salvuzzi. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Gules, three bezants and on a chief Or a dagger sable.

Submitted as Cesare Ambrogino di Salvazzi, no documentation was provided for the last name element. The College could not find that spelling either, but they did find Salvuzzi dated 1427. We have changed this name accordingly.

Dagr Bollason. Name.

Edmund de la Haye. Household name La Maison des Cinq Canards.

Submitted as La Maison des Canards Cinq, we have changed the word order to be grammatically correct.

Greger Sondenstede. Name and device. Argent, a saltire formy vert between four axes in annulo blades to center overall on a roundel sable a spangenhelm affronty argent.

Laura Battista. Name.

Maria the Black. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Moria the Black, the only documentation for the given name was from Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova, The Complete Russian Name Book. However, the name could not be found in more recent works on the subject, and Tumanova's book is known to be outdated. Since the submitter is interested in the sound of the name we have changed the given name to a similar-sounding name found in Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names.

Morgan of Ben Dunfirth. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Gules, a bend betwen two seawolves erect argent.

This is clear of Alexandra of Falcon's Keep, Gules, a bend between two natural dolphins in annulo argent. There is a CD for type of the secondary charges, and a second CD for their orientation.

Submitted under the name Morgan ap Grufydd.

Phillida Parker. Name (see RETURNS for device).

While a submission was returned in April 2000 because of lack of documentation for the given name Phyllida/Phillida, Argent Snail found a citation of a Fillida who was married in 1620. It therefore appears that the name did appear as a given name early enough to be registerable.

Valentyn of Caldrithig. Name.

EAST

Alatheia Fenwick Campbell. Name change from Alatheia Fenwick (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Alatheia Fenwick of Clan Campbell, the name construction of Clan X has been disallowed since June 1998. We have therefore changed the second byname according to the submitter's preferences.

Her former name is released.

Alexandria Tigre del Castillo. Name and device. Azure, a winged natural tiger sejant erect affronty queue forchy argent, on a base Or a castle sable.

Submitted as Alexandria el Tigre del Castillo, we have dropped the article from the descriptive byname to match period practice.

Andrea le Lapin. Name and device. Azure, a rabbit rampant maintaining an axe argent, a chief embattled argent goutty de sang.

Angus Kerr. Name and device. Or, a spear sable.

This is clear of the badge for Ulisse Rowden Blackarrow of Boyd, Or, an arrow bendwise sable. There is a CD for the orientation of the primary charge, and there is a CD between a spear and an arrow.

Antonio Bonetti. Name.

Submitted as Antònio Bonétti, the accents were apparently found in de Felice, Dizionario dei [cog]nomi italiani. However, these works have accents only as a guide for pronunciation; they are not used in either modern or period Italian. We have therefore dropped them.

Asa de Tanet. Device change. Per chevron sable and argent, two plates each charged with a mullet of seven points inverted throughout and in base a lion's head cabossed sable.

Her previous device, Per chevron sable and argent, two plates each charged with a mullet and a lion's head cabossed sable, is released.

Astrid of Eisental. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Vert, in cross four square weaver's tablets bendwise argent.

This is clear of Halfdan Högvandi Rodgeirsson of Hundatunir, Vert, a saltire of five billets fesswise voided argent, with 1 CD for orientation of the charges, and 1 CD for the arrangement of the charges.

Submitted under the name Astrid Olafsdatter.

Brighid of the East. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, a bend sinister gules between a cat's head cabossed sable and a thistle gules slipped and leaved vert.

Submitted under the name Brighid ingen ui Gobhainn.

Brigid O'Neill the Limner. Name and device. Gules, three bees in pall heads to center proper within a bordure embattled Or.

Brithwen de Bores Hulla. Name.

Christopher of Haslingden. Name.

Diego Miguel de Vega. Device change. Vairy sable, argent, gules, and Or, on a pile Or a fox rampant to sinister sable.

His current device, Vairy sable, argent, gules and Or, on a pile Or a natural panther rampant contourny sable, is released.

Douglas of Ostgardr. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per pale indented argent goutty de sang and gules, a boot sable and an axe argent.

Submitted under the name Douglas the Indecisive

Edward Newman. Name and device. Ermine, an increscent within a bordure sable.

Efa Gath fach. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Efa Gathfach, we have changed the byname to be two words to match the submitted documentation.

Emma of Carolingia. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per fess azure and vert, three towers argent and an acorn slipped and leaved Or.

Submitted under the name Emma Grey.

Fiadhnait inghean Chiaragáin. Name.

Submitted as Fiadhnait inghean Ciaragain, we have corrected the grammar of the byname.

Galienne la Bourgoingne. Name and badge (see RETURNS for device). (Fieldless) A hen contourny argent.

This is clear of the badge for House Utfara (Rannveigr Haakonardottir), reblazoned elsewhere in this LoAR, Azure, a falcon close contourny argent. There is a CD for fieldlessness and another for the difference in type between a chicken and a falcon.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the hen with a more prominent tail.

Grace Cecil. Name.

Gracia Vazquez de Trillo. Name.

Gráinne inghean uí Bhraonáin. Name and device. Azure, on a bend argent between two garbs Or three drums palewise azure, a bordure argent.

Submitted as Gráinne inghean ui Bhraonain, accents should be either used or dropped consistently. We have therefore added the accents to the byname.

Hurlan O'Corra. Device change. Sable, in pale an eagle's head erased and an arm couped maintaining a spear fesswise Or between flaunches vairy in pale gules and Or.

His former device, Sable, an estoile between in pale an eagle's head erased and an eagle's head, erased and sinister facing, Or, all between a pair of flaunches vairy en point Or and gules, is released.

Jerrolt Bäschler. Name.

Keneweard de Musgraue. Name and device. Argent, on a pale between two trees eradicated azure three mullets of four points argent.

Kirsten Weisel. Name.

Lachlann mac Lachlainn. Name and badge. (Fieldless) Two spears in saltire, overall a wolf's head erased argent.

Submitted as Lachlann mac Lochlainn, he requested an authentic Scottish name. Black, Surnames of Scotland, gives Lochlain as an Irish form but consistently has forms starting with La- in Scotland. We have therefore changed the patronymic to match the given name.

Michael Acrensis. Name and device. Gules, on a bend sinister between two crosses of Jerusalem argent three crescents palewise gules.

Muriel de Chimay. Device. Per pale azure and vert, in pale three swans naiant argent.

Rannveigr Haakonardottir. Reblazon of badge for House Utfara. Azure, a falcon close contourny argent.

Rhiannon verch Tegan Glascoed. Badge. Vert scaly argent, a bordure invected Or.

Rhys of Ravenhill. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Rolland Ian Macpherson. Name.

Rosa da Murano. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Serena Terranova. Name and device. Per fess purpure and argent, a dove volant wings addorsed argent and a cluster of grapes purpure slipped and leaved vert.

Shajar al-Rakkasa. Name (see PENDS for device).

Submitted as Shajar the Dancer, she requested an authentic Arabic name. We have therefore translated the epithet to Arabic.

Solveig Anderhalfholt. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Symond Harley. Name.

Submitted as Symond Harley o Llyn Celyn, the name had the problem that Llyn Celyn is a man-made lake built in the 1950's. We have therefore dropped the locative.

Thana al-Tanjawiyya. Name.

Submitted as Thana of Tangier, she requested us to translate the byname to Arabic. We have done so.

Vitalia la Soleil. Name and device. Or, on a bend sinister gules three suns Or.

Wilthein Wisbram. Device. Per fess sable and Or, a fess wavy argent and in chief a bee Or.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the fess with more and deeper waves.

LOCHAC

Alice de Durham. Name and device. Per bend sinister embattled argent and azure, two crosses of four lozenges counterchanged.

Arrowreach, Canton of. Device. Per fess indented of three points azure and argent, in pale a laurel wreath Or and two arrows crossed in saltire inverted gules.

This was pended from the November 2000 LoAR.

Brúsi of Dragonvale. Name change from Little Brúsi of Dragon Vale.

His former name is released.

Constanzia Moralez y de Zamora. Device. Gules, a cross of Santiago, on a chief argent three crescents sable.

Cynethryth Dall. Name and device. Argent semy of roundels, a bordure sable.

Nice armory!

Liadan ingen Glassain. Name.

Submitted as Líadan inghean Glaisín, she requested an authentic Irish name. We have therefore changed the byname to be temporally compatible with the given name. As the name was originally submitted without accents we have removed them throughout.

Lochac, Principality of. Device change. Quarterly azure and argent, on a cross gules a crown between four mullets of six points, in canton a laurel wreath argent.

Their current device, Quarterly azure and argent, on a cross gules four mullets of six points and in canton a laurel wreath argent, is retained as Ancient Arms as per the recent changes to the Administrative Handbook.

Philipe du Lac. Name and device. Gules, two swords crossed in saltire argent, on a chief ermine two roses proper.

Submitted as Phillipe du Lac Bleu, he requested an authentic 15th century French name. No documentation was provided for the spelling of the given name, and we have changed it to the closest documented spelling. Also, no evidence was provided to support the place name Blue Lake, so we have changed that to Lake.

MERIDIES

Caitlin Davidson. Device. Per saltire vert and sable, a saltire argent, overall a rose Or.

Conall in fáelchú mac Duibdarach. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted on the LoI as Conall in Fa/elchu/ Mac Duibdarach, we have changed the capitalization and the representation of the accents to match the submitted documentation and period spelling practice.

Cuhelyn Cam vap Morcant. Badge. (Fieldless) A cross crosslet gyronny gules and argent.

Cuhelyn Cam vap Morcant. Release of device. Per pale and per chevron gules and argent, three crosses of four pheons conjoined at the points counterchanged.

The device should have been released in May 1999, when his first device change occurred.

Gaston de Poitou. Name change from Thorgrim Ketilsson (see RETURNS for device).

His former name is retained as an alternate name.

Malachi of East River. Device. Argent, a bend embattled counter-embattled between two anvils reversed vert.

MIDDLE

Agnes Van Kouwenhoven. Name.

Capitalization of van is likely to be a modern phenomenon in Dutch. However, the submitter has provided documentation which lists Van Kouwenhoven with a capitalized V, in addition to other names from the same source where this capitalization does not occur. While the capitalization may appear because of normalization, we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt.

Áine ingen Néill mec Lugdech. Device. Gules, three mullets argent.

This was pended from the November 2000 LoAR for discussion of whether the arms of the Earls of Sutherland, Gules, three mullets Or, are important enough to protect. No one submitted any evidence to indicate that they should be protected, so we are upholding the previous ruling and declaring that the arms of Sutherland are not important enough to protect.

Nice armory!

Anabella Makmyllane. Name.

Ariadne la Noire. Device. Sable, three swans displayed within a bordure Or.

The submitter has permission to conflict with Leofric Ealdricson, Per chevron vert and azure, three eagles displayed within a bordure Or.

Gabriella Tagliaferro. Name and device. Argent, on a bend sable between two cinquefoils purpure a sword inverted argent.

Hrólfr gylðr Sveinsson. Name and device. Per saltire argent and azure, in fess two bees Or marked sable.

Submitted as Hrólfr gylðr Sveinnson af Hrólfsey, he requested an authentic 11th century Orcadian Norse name. We have therefore dropped the locative byname to conform to one of the normal name patterns, given + descriptive + patronymic. We have also corrected the grammar of the patronymic.

Ingileif Ketilsdóttir. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted on the LoI as Ingileif Kettilsdóttir, we have corrected the typo in the patronymic.

Vladymyr Orendorff. Name and device. Sable, on a triangle inverted Or a bull’s head caboshed gules.

Submitted on the LoI as Vladimir Orendorff, we have changed the spelling of the given name back originally submitted form; while that form is less common it is nevertheless registerable.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK

ÆTHELMEARC

Denys the Decadent. Name change from Dennis of Greenway.

No documentation was provided for the byname, and the College could not find any. In fact, according to the Oxford English Dictionary the word decadent first appears in the 19th century.

Gareth Kincaid. Device. Per pale sable and argent, on a sun a Celtic cross, a bordure counterchanged.

The forms that were sent to Laurel were for a different submission, Per pale argent and sable, on a sun a Celtic cross counterchanged, which is in conflict with Jennet of Twominds, Per pale argent and sable, a sun in his splendor throughout of the field, rayed and featured counterchanged.

Gareth Kincaid. Badge. Per saltire argent and gules, an armorer’s hammer reversed sable.

No forms were received for this submission. In addition, the badge is in conflict with Lughaid Eamon MacDiarmid, Or, chaussé ployé vert, a smith's hammer sable. There is a CD for changes to the field, but none for reversing the hammer, as some hammers are symmetrical and all have relatively little difference between the two sides.

Tsvia bas Zipporah Levi of Granada. Badge. (Fieldless) On a glove aversant inverted argent a pomegranate inverted gules.

Withdrawn by the submitter.

Úna inghean Dauíd. Name.

No forms were received by Laurel.

AN TIR

None!

ARTEMISIA

None!

ATENVELDT

Ciara inghaen uí Bleithir. Name.

No documentation was submitted for the patronymic, except that a similar name was registered in 1986 and 1988. Since the College could not find documentation for the element and since no evidence was provided that the submitter belongs to the immediate family of either of the earlier registrants, we have to return this. The submitter might wish to consider Beirichtir instead of Beithir.

The documentation for the given name was similarly a simple reference to prior registrations. However, Ciara appears to be a modern Anglicisation of a Latinisation of either Ciar, Ciarnait or Ceara. Finally, please note that the particle is properly spelled inghean.

Geneviève de Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. Device. Purpure, a sun Or eclipsed by a moon in her plentitude azure between three compass stars argent.

The device contains two similar but not identical charge types on the field: suns and compass stars. This has been disallowed for some time as the combination reduces the distinctiveness and thus the identifiability of both charges.

As with other forms of eclipsing, a sun eclipsed of a moon in her plenitude is registerable (as the equivalent to on a sun a moon in her plenitude) but a discouraged practice.

ATLANTIA

Bohemond Guiscard. Device. Sable, in pale a sunburst Or issuant from clouds and a prickspur fesswise reversed argent.

Conflict with the badge for Sigurd Ericsson of Bergen, Sable, a spur fesswise reversed argent, with only one CD for the addition of the sunburst.

Lourenço Affonso Rox. Name.

Withdrawn by the submitter.

CAID

Dafydd MacDonald. Badge. (Fieldless) A greyhound's head erased argent.

This was pended from the November 2000 LoAR for a discussion as to whether we should give a CD between a greyhound and a wolf. The commentary was strongly in favor of keeping the current practice, thus the badge is in conflict with the badge for William of Hoghton, Sable, a grey wolf's head erased proper. There is a CD for fieldlessness, but a grey wolf's head is effectively an argent head, and, by the discussion noted above, there is not a CD between a wolf and a greyhound. See the cover letter for a more thorough discussion.

DRACHENWALD

Alianore de Harcourt. Device. Or semy of gillyflowers gules seeded Or, on a pile invected azure a unicorn rampant argent.

The device has two problems, requiring that it be returned for redrawing. First, the flowers are unidentifiable as to type; gillyflowers are identified by their "pinked" edges, which are not visible in this device. Second, the unicorn had some identifiability issues; it had no beard and the type of hooves was hard to discern.

Arianwen ferch Arthur. Device. Quarterly azure and argent, four ounces sejant counterchanged.

Conflict with Renate Gabrielle Grossvogel von Ramsau, Quarterly azure and argent, in bend two cats sejant, dexter forepaws raised, argent. There is a CD for the number of cats, but nothing for the change in the position of one forepaw.

Cerdic von Budingen. Device. Or, a ram's head caboshed sable between three eyes gules.

The eyes used on this device did not match any known period examples. Barring evidence that this is a period depiction, this must be returned for redrawing.

Rudolphus Heydenreich. Device. Per bend flory Or and sable, a reremouse sable and a castle argent.

We have allowed a flory counter-flory, with demi-fleurs issuant from the line of division, as an extension of the documented lines trefly counter-trefly (von Hillinger) and per fess indented points fleury (Woodmerton). This device, however, does not match the accepted line of division, but places fleurs-de-lys counterchanged over the line of division. Barring evidence that such treatment is consistent with period practice, we cannot register it.

EALDORMERE

Al-Mufassir Ibrahim ibn Abi Cali Mahmud Al-Fatimi. Name.

Submitted on the LoI in this form, Cali seems to be a misreading of 'Ali. Even so, the documentation of this name had several problems, and while none of them would in itself be grounds for return, the combination is not registerable.

Using the kunya of one's father as a part of the name, such as Abi 'Ali here, seems to have been rare enough to be considered a weirdness, at least when followed by father's 'ism, in this case Mahmud.

Mahmud itself is a Turkish form of Muhammad, unattested in an Arabic context. While registerable as a part of an Arabic name it is also a weirdness.

Finally, al-Mufassir is essentially an occupational byname. As such it should normally appear either as the final element or right before the final element. Its position at the beginning of the name is a weirdness as well.

The first weirdness would be corrected by dropping either abi 'Ali or Mahmud, the second by changing Mahmud to Muhammad and the third by moving al-Mufassir to the end of the name. As the submitter requested an authentic name we would have changed the name to Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Fatimi al-Mufassir (note that al- is not capitalised), although the name would have been registerable after correcting only two of the three problems. However, as the submitter does not allow major changes we cannot drop name elements or change their languages; therefore we cannot correct the first two weirdnesses but must return the name instead.

Cesare Ambrogino Salvuzzi. Badge. Or, a sword inverted between two natural seahorses sable.

Conflict with Fergus of Ironwood, Or, a sword inverted sable transfixing a heart gules between two sea-lions respectant sable. There is one CD for changing the type of the secondary charges, but the pierced heart on Fergus's device is so small as to be effectively a maintained charge, and therefore its removal does not give the second necessary CD.

Maria the Black. Device. Argent, a panther sable gorged of a chain and collar Or above a base rayonny gules, and for augmentation in the mouth of the panther a roundel argent charged with a pale gules overall a dragon passant vert and for a second augmentation suspended from the collar a roundel gules charged with a heart argent charged with a pawprint sable.

The augmentations are too small to be recognizable and do not match any known period method of displaying augmentations. In addition, the base coat, as well as each augmentation, must be submitted and considered as separate items, although they all can be considered in the same letter.

Morgan ap Grufydd. Name.

This name has two problems. First, it conflicts with Morgan Griffin, registered in October 1990. Second, it claims relationship with Griffith ap Morgan ap Griffith, registered in June 1992. Either of these problems would be sufficient to return this submission.

His device has been registered under the name Morgan of Ben Dunfirth.

Phillida Parker. Device. Argent, a cloudless rainbow proper, on a bordure vert three fir trees Or.

The rainbow depicted is not a standard rainbow proper, having only three bands instead of four. Furthermore, rainbows without clouds are unattested in period armory. Either problem may be grounds for return, but the combination of both definitely is. Furthermore, although placing three charges on a bordure is not grounds for returns, it is highly unusual in period armory.

Ramshaven, Barony of. Badge. Gules, two ram’s heads couped at the shoulder respectant argent.

Conflict with Mouice Negra, reblazoned elsewhere in this letter, Gules, two ram's heads erased respectant sable fimbriated argent. There is a CD for changing the tincture of the primary charges, but nothing for removing the fimbriation nor for couping the heads at the shoulder.

Ramshaven, Barony of. Badge. (Fieldless) A ram’s head cabossed Or.

Conflict with János Mihály, Quarterly argent and azure, a ram's head cabossed Or. There is only a single CD for fieldlessness.

Trinovantia Nova, Shire of. Badge. Quarterly gules and azure, a winged sea unicorn contourny Or.

Conflict with John of Sternfeld, Per fess engrailed azure and vert, a sea-unicorn with bat's wings erect to sinister Or. There is a CD for the field, but nothing for changing the type of wing.

EAST

Alatheia Fenwick Campbell. Device. Quarterly vert and sable, a sun in splendour argent.

The device has multiple conflicts, including Aelfwine Denedom, Quarterly vert and sable, a mullet of four points throughout argent. There is a CD for changing the type of the primary charge, but a sun and a mullet (of any number of points) are not substantially different; therefore we cannot call the two devices clear by RfS X.2 Difference of Primary Charge.

Aleksandr the Traveller. Device change. Per pale vert and Or.

Conflict with Ædric the Grene, Per pale sable and vert. Rfs X.4.a.ii.b, Complete Change of Tincture, requires that the two pieces of armory share no tincture in common. Therefore there is only a single difference for changing half the field.

Anastasia of Whispering Oaks. Name.

This was an appeal of the October 1999 registration of Anastasia of the Oaks. The submitter argues that since there have been five registrations of bynames of the form of [the] Whispering X the construction should be considered SCA compatible.

Unfortunately for the submitter, none of these earlier registrations are of [the] Whispering Oaks. They also are all at least seven years old. Given these considerations, we would require a substantially larger number of prior registrations.

Astrid Olafsdatter. Name.

This is in aural conflict with Astrith Ulfsdottir. For the resubmission it would be useful to know whether she wants a Viking-era Old Norse name or a later-period Norwegian, Danish or Swedish name. The current submission is late period Danish/Swedish, but the documentation and submission forms are vague on this point.

Her device has been registered under the holding name Astrid of Eisental.

Brighid ingen ui Gobhainn. Name.

This conflicts with Brigid MacGowan, registered in July 1996.

Her device has been registered under the holding name Brighid of the East.

Dorion of Whispering Oaks. Name.

This was an appeal of the October 1999 registration of Dorio of the Oaks. The submitter argues that since there have been five registrations of bynames of the form of [the] Whispering X the construction should be considered SCA compatible.

Unfortunately for the submitter, none of these earlier registrations are of [the] Whispering Oaks. They also are all at least seven years old. Given these considerations, we would require a substantially larger number of prior registrations.

The submitter also appeals the change of the given name from Dorion to Dorio, and cites Fraser and Matthews, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, which has four citations of Doron. However, no documentation was provided for the desired form, and the College could not find such documentation.

Douglas the Indecisive. Name.

The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary for indecisive is dated 1726, well after our period.

His device has been registered under the holding name Douglas of Ostgardr.

Efa Gath fach. Device. Barry wavy azure and argent, a dolphin haurient Or.

Conflict with Beatrice Delfini, Per chevron argent, ermined gules, and azure, a dolphin haurient embowed Or. There is a CD for the field, but nothing for the difference between haurient and haurient embowed.

Elissa Dondain. Badge. (Fieldless) A bunch of grapes purpure slipped and leaved vert enflamed Or.

Conflict with Aliena Searover, (Fieldless) A cluster of grapes purpure leaved vert. There is a CD for fieldlessness, but nothing for the enflaming.

Emma Grey. Name.

This conflicts with Emma Grey, registered in April 2000.

Her device has been registered under the holding name Emma of Carolingia.

Galienne la Bourgoingne. Device. Vert, a sun argent eclipsed sable.

The device has a number of conflicts including Fine of Clare, Per pale azure and gules, on a sun argent an estoile of eight rays sable. A sun eclipsed is considered equivalent to a sun charged with a roundel, so there is a CD for the field, but not a CD for changing only the type of the tertiary charge.

Rhys of Ravenhill. Device. Quarterly vert and argent, a raven contourny sable maintaining a grenade proper.

Conflict with Suzanne of Ravenhill, Or, a raven contourny sable maintaining a broken tilting spear banded sable and gules. There is a CD for the field but nothing for the change of the maintained charge.

Rosa da Murano. Device. Barry wavy Or and azure seme of roses Or.

Conflict with Micheline Elphinstone, Azure, six roses, two, two and two, Or. There is a CD for changes to the field, but none for number (between six and many), nor for the non-independent arrangement of the charges.

Solveig Anderhalfholt. Device. Per saltire vert and sable, three lions passant in annulo Or.

Conflict with Rand the Silversmith, Sable, three African leopards passant in annulo proper. There is a CD for the field but nothing for the difference between the primary charges.

LOCHAC

Gabriel de Beaumont. Device. Per pale sable and azure, a dexter wing and a sinister wing argent.

Conflict with Francois le Féroce, Per chevron vert and argent, in chief two wings addorsed argent. There is one CD for changes to the field, but none for the change of the location of the wings, as the location of Francois' wings is forced.

MERIDIES

Conall in fáelchú mac Duibdarach. Device. Per fess sable and vert, on a plate a wolf couchant regardant sable.

While the wolf was drawn in a style based on period artwork (the Book of Kells), it was not drawn in any style consistent with period heraldry, nor even with any artwork used at the same time as period heraldry. The College of Arms has declined to register Celtic knotwork art, including beasts in that style, for several years.

The device also conflicts with Rhys ab Idwal, Per pale azure and sable, on a plate a wolf salient sable. There is one CD for the change to the field, but none for changing only the posture of the tertiary charge.

Cuhelyn Cam vap Morcant. Badge. (Fieldless) A bull’s head cabossed sable armed and ringed argent.

Conflict with the Dukes of Mecklenburg (important non-SCA arms), Or, an ox's head cabossed sable crowned Or. The depictions of the crown we found are not large enough to be worth difference, in part because the crown is Or on an Or field.

Gaston de Poitou. Device. Sable, a sun in glory argent, a bordure Or.

Conflict with Alexandra of Elentil, Sable, a mullet of eight points argent, a bordure gules, fimbriated argent. There is not a CD between a mullet of eight points and a sun, nor is there a CD for the fimbriation, thus there is only a single CD for changing the tincture of the bordure.

The device also conflicts with Rudolf von Tarnenheim, Sable, a compass star throughout gyronny of sixteen argent and sable, fimbriated argent, within a bordure Or. There is one CD for the tincture of the primary charge, but none for a compass star versus a sun, nor for the charge not being throughout, nor for removal of the fimbriation.

Maridonna Benvenuti. Device change. Per pale Or and sable, a cross bottony counterchanged.

Conflict with Stephan of Monmouth, Per pale Or and sable, a cross of Jerusalem counterchanged. There is a CD for the change of type between a cross of Jerusalem and a cross bottony. However, there is not the substantial change of type needed to clear it by RfS X.2, Difference of Primary Charges.

Murchad inn digri. Device. Azure, a chevron and in chief two ram’s heads erased respectant argent.

Conflict with Conrad d'Anjou, Azure, a chevron and in chief two sheaves of arrows argent. A sheaf is considered a single charge, therefore there is only a single CD for changing the type of the secondary charges.

MIDDLE

Ingileif Ketilsdóttir. Device. Vert, a reindeer statant, a chief engrailed argent.

Conflict with Ciar inghean ui Mhaoildeirg, Vert, a stag at gaze, between its attires a roundel argent. There is a CD for changing the type of the secondary charge, but nothing for changing its position, as the chief's position is set by its type.

James Cunningham. Device. Vert papellony argent, a shakefork Or between three escarbuncles argent.

The escarbuncles were unidentifiable as drawn. It may be that the particular placement of the escarbuncles on the field treatment was the primary cause of the problem; however, it may be that any drawing would have problems with identifiability. Making the field either plain vert or vert papellony Or, or, alternatively, making the escarbuncles Or, should solve the problem.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 2001 LAUREL MEETING

EALDORMERE

Aibhilín of Skye. Device change. Per chevron argent and gules, two thistles proper and a mortar and pestle argent.

The Letter of Intent listed the tincture of the mortar and pestle as proper. As mortars and pestles can be made out of both wood and stone, we have reblazoned the tincture of the charge as argent to match the emblazon, but have pended the submission in order to allow conflict checking.

Please instruct the submitter to draw more substantial leaves on the thistles.

EAST

Shajar al-Rakkasa. Device. Purpure, on a fess between two mullets argent a crocodile tergiant fesswise contourny vert.

The Letter of Intent omitted the tinctures of the fess and the mullets.


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