***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED: *****
**** {AE}THELMEARC ****
Adeliz Argenti. Badge. Per saltire azure and Or, a bordure gules.
A{i'}bell Sh{u'}lglas. Badge. Azure, in pale the letter "S" and two
bars wavy argent.
Artemius of Hunters Home. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Per pale sable and vert, on a plate a leaf vert.
Submitted under the name "Artemius Le Chaenier".
Catrijn van der Hedde. Name.
Ceridwen verch y gof. Name and device. Argent, a lion's head erased
contourny vert.
"Ceridwen" is an SCA-compatible Welsh name.
Cristina inghean Ghriogair. Name.
The submitter requested an authentic Irish Gaelic 13th-15th C
name; this is a fine Irish Gaelic name for that period.
Cynwyl MacDaire. Name change from Cynwyl MacDaire of Land's End and
badge. Argent, two piles in point sable, each charged with a plate.
His old name, "Cynwyl MacDaire of Land's End", is released.
Dafydd MacNab. Badge. Vert, a wall issuant from base argent masoned
sable with a wooden door proper and on a chief argent three cups
azure.
We note that in terms of conflict checking, this is equivalent
to a field _per fess embattled vert and argent masoned sable_.
Dagr sn{ae}bj{o,}rn Bjarnarson. Name and device. Azure, a cross
argent goutty gules between four demi-bears couped argent.
Edward of Freeholt. Name and device. Vert, a double-bitted axe and
on a chief embattled Or an arrow sable.
Submitted as "Edward of Freehol_d_", there was some question
whether "Freehold" was a reasonable English placename. If we
take the name as a rendering of the English legal term, it is
not. There is no evidence that the concept of a _freehold_,
meaning an estate held by fee-simple, was ever expressed as a
placename. However, by changing the name to "Freeholt", the name
becomes a reasonable constructed placename with the etymology
"wood of of a man called Fr{ae}thi". Mills, _A Dictionary of
British Placenames_, s.n. Freethorpe and Freeby, shows
"Frietorp" and "Fredebi" in 1086, both with the derivation
"farmstead of a man called Fr{ae}thi." As the Oxford English
Dictionary, s.v. holt, defines holt as "A wood; a copse. Now
poet[ic] and dial[ectal] (Occurs in many place-names and derived
surnames.)" Mills, _A Dictionary of British Surnames_, has
several examples of placenames with the theme _-holt_ including
"Lynkeholte" 1145 s.n. Linkenholt, "Nocholt" 1353 s.n.
Knockholt, and "Paulesholt" 1187 s.n. Paulshot. We have changed
the name to "Edward of Freehol_t_" in order to register it.
Elyenora Houll. Name (see PENDS for device).
Erik von Wildflecken. Name and device. Gyronny sable and Or, in
chief a key bendwise wards to base Or and a key bendwise sinister
wards to base sable, in base a cross formy counterchanged.
This name mixes Swedish and German; this is one step from period
practice.
Finn Folhare. Badge. (Fieldless) A hare rampant argent within and
conjoined to a joscelyn wreathed gules and ermine belled Or.
G{u:}nther Isemann. Name.
Gwynnedd o'r Dyffryn. Device. Gules, a coney rampant contourny
argent and in chief three tau crosses Or.
Jane Atwell. Device. Sable, three lit candles mounted in
candlesticks argent within a bordure embattled Or.
Nice design. We note that these are period candlesticks, as
found in the arms of the Worshipful Company of Founders (1590).
Lara Sukhadrev. Device. Argent, a candle gules, lit Or.
Madelina Bennett. Name.
Marianna Molin di Salerno. Name.
Mariia Kotova. Device (see PENDS for name change). Azure, in pale a
lion-dragon passant Or and an open book argent charged with a flower
gules slipped sable and a quill pen gules.
Submitted under the name "Marija Kotok".
Mathias syn Kotok. Name change from Mathias Kotov and device.
Quarterly argent and Or, a dragon gules winged sable breathing
flames proper.
His old name, "Mathias Kotov", is released.
This was redrawn by kingdom such that the flames were _Or
fimbriated gules_, which is no longer allowed. When the problem
was pointed out, {AE}thelmearc promptly sent a new emblazon to
the Laurel office. The flames are essentially maintained
charges. As the tincture of the flames in no way effects the
conflict checking, we have accepted this device with the redrawn
emblazon.
M{i'}ch{e'}l {O'} Murchadha. Device. Per pale gules and argent, a
chalice and a lion counterchanged and on a chief vert, three harps
Or.
Myra Frogbayn. Name and device. Per pale vert and argent, a frog
counterchanged.
Rhiannon of Ravenglass. Name.
"Rhiannon" is an SCA-compatible Welsh name.
Robert ap Hywel ap David. Name and device. Argent, a stag at gaze
sable, a chief embattled vert.
Submitted as "Robert ap H_o_wel ap D_ewi_", the submitter
requested an authentic 13th C Welsh name. Harpy notes:
Anglo-Welsh legal records of the 13th century normally
use a Latinized form of Robert as "Robertus" (although
this may be abbreviated in writing in various ways).
However this seems to represent a typical vernacular
"Robert" in both Welsh and non-Welsh contexts, as
"Robert" is the typical spelling found in the Welsh
chronicle _Brut y Tywysogion_ (representing Welsh
written forms of the 13-14th centuries for the most
part).
"Howel" is the most common spelling of this name in
Anglo-Welsh legal documents of the 13th century (143
out of 171 examples in my current database). However
in a Welsh-language context (of which the
above-mentioned _Brut y Tywysogion_ is the most
accessible source for names) "Hywel" is the most
typical spelling for the 13-14th centuries (32 of 34
examples of the data I have indexed so far use this
spelling).
As the documentation notes, Dewi is by far the less
common version of David in use during the medieval
period. The only example I currently have of it in my
database that is _not_ a reference to St. David
("Dewi" was the normal way of refering to St. David in
Welsh) is for "Madog Dewi fr minor de llanvaes"
(Anglesey Submissions, 1406). (This is out of 3183
total examples of the name David in my database.) So
while clearly not impossible, the use of this name is
extremely unusual. The by far most typical form of the
name, whether in a Welsh or non-Welsh context would be
"David" (representing in Welsh a pronunciation
equivalent to the modern spelling Dafydd -- this
spelling would not evolve until around the 15th
century at the very earliest.)
Given this information, it appears that an authentic Welsh form
of this name (as opposed to an Anglo-Welsh form) is "Robert ap
H_y_wel ap D_avid_". We have made this change to fulfill his
authenticity request.
Safiye bint Kara Sun'{u:}llah. Device. Azure, a fess wavy Or ermined
azure and in chief three thistles Or.
Selime Berna. Name.
This name mixes Persian and Italian; this is one step from
period practice. While the name "Berna" is found in Turkey
today, we have no evidence that it was a period name or whether
it is a native Turkish term or one borrowed from another
language.
Sion ap Rhainallt. Name.
Sultana bint Mihail. Name.
The word "Sultana" is an approved alternative title, but
precedent holds that period given names identical to titles and
alternative titles may be registered so long as there is no
implication of rank. In this case, the byname is a patronymic
from a common given name, so there is no suggestion of rank in
this case Therefore, this name is registerable.
Trist{a'}n Isidro de Alca{c,}ar. Badge. (Fieldless) On a tower sable
masoned argent, a pair of shears Or.
Shears are points to base by default, as emblazoned here. Please
compliment the artist on the nice size of the tertiary charge.
Tymnes the Scythian. Name.
Ulrich von Baden. Name and device. Sable, a chevron throughout Or
mullety sable and in base a spear entwined by a serpent Or.
Umm Khalid Naila bint Abd al-Rahim. Name and device. Per pale sable
and gules, a cat sejant reguardant and in chief a roundel and a sun
Or.
Submitted as "Umm Khali_da_ Naila bint Abd al-Rahim", no
documentation was provided and none found for _kunya_ based on
feminine given names in Arabic naming practices. Barring such
documentation, _kunya_ based on feminine given names are not
registerable. Da'ud ibn Auda,"Period Arabic Names and Naming
Practices"
(http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm),
lists the masculine given name "Khalid". We have changed the
name to "Umm Khali_d_ Naila bint Abd al-Rahim" in order to
register it.
Werner Barg. Name and device. Azure, on a fess between two mullets
argent, a mastiff statant sable between two mullets azure.
Wolfgang G{u:}ntherssohn. Household name Eberhaus and badge.
(Fieldless) A boar courant per pale gules and sable.
Wolfstanus le Strange. Name.
**** AN TIR ****
An Tir, Kingdom of. Order name Ordre du Lion et de la Lance.
Arthur Greene of Deerhurst. Badge. Per saltire sable and vert, a
stag's head erased contourny Or.
F{a'}el{a'}n hua Meic Laisre. Name.
Submitted as "F{a'}el{a'}n _h-_ua Meic Laisre", the submitter
asked for an authentic name for 7-8th C Irish. The hyphen in the
patronymic marker is a modern editorial convention, but,
otherwise this name is fine for his desired time period. We have
changed the name to "F{a'}el{a'}n _h_ua Meic Laisre" to fulfill
his authenticity request.
Johann Matheusson. Name and device. Per pale and per chevron Or and
vert, on a chevron sable between three martlets contourny, one and
two, and two axes crossed in saltire counterchanged a mullet Or.
Kristin of Three Trees. Name and device. Or, in fess three fir trees
couped vert within a bordure azure.
This name mixes Old Norse and English; this is a step from
period practice. The submitter asked for an authentic Old Norse
name but documented the byname as an English inn-sign name. We
have no evidence for inns or names based on inn signs in Old
Norse, nor do we have an example of a byname meaning "three
trees" in that language. Therefore, we are unable to make this
name authentic as requested.
Morgan ap Hugh. Device. Per chevron argent and gules, two
dragonflies purpure and a stag trippant contourny Or.
This device had been pended on the July 2006 LoAR.
**** ANSTEORRA ****
Catrin verch Reis Of. Name.
Submitted as "Catrin verch Reis _Go_f", the submitter requested
an authentic 13th-14th C Welsh name. Of the byname _Gof_, Harpy
notes:
The occupational byname "gof" normally appears lenited
when used alone after a given name, as it is
here...While this lenition rule isn't universal for
occupational bynames, it does appear to be extremely
consistant for "gof". In Anglo-Welsh legal records of
the 13-14th century, the most common spelling on the
submission context is "Of" (6 of 7 examples) as in
"Kediuor Of" (Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll 1292).
The given name "Catrin" was documented to the middle 16th C.
None of the commenters found an earlier example. Without
examples of this name in a Welsh context in the desired time
period, we are unable to declare the name authentic. However, we
have changed the name to "Catrin verch Reis _O_f" to partially
comply with her request for an authentic 13th-14th C Welsh name.
Cristyne Lambrechtin. Name.
Originally submitted as "Cristyn_a_ Lam_b_recht_", the name was
changed at kingdom to "Cristyn_e_ Lam_p_recht" to match the
available documentation. For the byname, the letter shift from
_p_ to _b_ and back is well documented; "Lambrecht" would be an
unremarkable variant for this name. However, current precedent
holds that patronymic and descriptive bynames in German feminine
names should be in the possessive or feminine form. Albion notes
that the name "Lambrecht/Lamprecht" are from Arnsburg, and that
Talan Gwynek's examination of feminine names in Arnsburg records
indicates that the feminine form of bynames is much more common
than the possessive form. We have changed the spelling of the
byname back to the originally submitted form and added the
feminine ending, registering it as "Cristyne Lam_b_recht_in_".
Danielle de Marseille. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and
azure, a dragonfly vert and a honeysuckle blossom Or.
Davinus de Mare. Name.
The submitter requested an authentic name for Italy. The names
are both from the same source, a treaty signed in Pisa in the
14th C. However, the names as recorded in this document are
Latin. Therefore, this is an authentic Latin form of an Italian
name. The most likely Italian form is "Davino del Mare"; de
Felice, _Dizionario dei nomi italiani_ s.n Davino, notes that
"nome medievale Davino frequente in Toscana gi{`a} dall'XI
secolo" (the medieval name Davino is frequent in Tuscany from
the 11th C). The byname "del Mare" is found in the Herlihy,
David, R. Burr Litchfield, and Anthony Molho, "Florentine
Renaissance Resources: Online Tratte of Office Holders
1282-1532" (http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte/ ), dated
to the last half of the 15th C.
Deanna della Penna. Name and device. Bendy sinister Or and sable
estencely Or, a winged lion rampant argent.
"Deanna" is the submitter's legal given name.
This device could have been blazoned as _Or, three scarpes sable
estencely Or, overall a winged lion rampant argent_; but that
would have contrast problems between the overall argent lion and
the Or field. While you can't blazon yourself out of a conflict,
you can blazon your way out of style problems. There is no
heraldic difference between _Or, three scarpes sable estencelly_
and _Bendy sinister Or and sable estencely Or_. Laurel has
previously noted:
[_Purpure, three palets Or, overall two flaunches_] We
were tempted to blazon this as _Paly purpure and Or,
two flaunches_ That's the visual effect of the traits'
regular widths and the overall charges. There are
instances of period arms blazoned and emblazoned,
interchangeably, as paly and three palets: cf. the
armory of Valoines found in Foster, p.196. Certainly,
we grant no heraldic difference between the two
renditions. The above blazon does more accurately
describe the submitted emblazon, however. (Eleonora
Vittoria Alberti di Calabria, December, 1992, pg. 8)
Baring evidence to the contrary, we will grant submitters the
benefit of the doubt and will treat multiply divided
fields/multiple ordinaries the same way we treat _paly_ and
_three pallets_. This applies to _chevronelly_/_three chevrons_,
_chevronlly inverted_/_three chevrons inverted_, _barry_/_three
bars_, _bendy_/_three bends_, and _bendy sinister_/_three
scarpes_. That is, the two blazons are interchangeable as are
the corresponding emblazons. As such, this submission can be
blazoned as _Bendy sinister Or and sable estencely Or, a winged
lion rampant argent_. As a neutral field, there is no longer a
contrast problem between the lion and the field.
Ercc hua Cuil{e'}in. Name and device. Or, a dragon passant gules and
on a chief vert two triquetrae Or.
Submitted as "Ercc _an Gleanna_ __U_a _Ch_uil_{e'}_n", the
submitter requested an authentic 10th C Irish name. As
submitted, the name is two steps from period practice. First, it
mixes Middle Irish with Early Modern Irish. Second, there is a
more than 300 year gap between the lastest dates for "Ercc"
(pre-12th C) and "an Gleanna" (in the form "an Glenna" in a 1524
entry of the _Ann{a'}la Connacht_). To make the name
registerable, we must drop the element "an Gleanna".
Furthermore, the grammar of the patronymic is incorrect. The
patronym was changed from "_Cu_il{e'}n" to "_Ch_uil{e'}n" at
kingdom in order to put it into the genitive case. While
changing the name from the nominative "Cuil{e'}n" is necessary,
the change at kingdom is merely the lenited nominative form of
the name, not the genitive form. The expected genitive form for
this patronym is "Cuil{e'}in"; several examples of this form
appear in both the _Annals of Ulster_, whose orthography is
largely Middle Irish, and the _Annals of the Four Masters_,
whose orthography is largely Early Modern Irish. In addition,
the standard Middle Irish form of the patronymic particle used
in this name is _hua_. We have changed the name to "Ercc__hu_a
_C_uil_{e'}i_n", a fully Middle Irish form, in order to register
it, to correct the grammar, and to comply with the submitter's
request for authenticity.
Fadl bint Asad. Name.
Gunthar Waldmann. Device. Per bend sinister vert and sable, a bear's
head caboshed argent.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of
Ursula Messerschmitt, "Vert, a bear's head cabossed argent".
Isabel Hawksworth. Name.
Nice late 16th C English name.
Keterlyn von Eltz. Name and device. Or, a bend argent fimbriated
azure between two mullets of four points sable.
Larisa Kievicha. Name.
Muirenn ingen Sen{a'}in u{i'} D{u'}nlaing. Device. Per chevron
inverted Or and sable, three wolf's heads erased one and two
counterchanged.
Please advise the submitter to draw the wolf's heads larger.
{O'}l{a'}fr silfrt{o,}nn. Name and device. Per fess argent and vert,
a sword fesswise and a wolf passant counterchanged.
There was some question whether the word "silfrt{o,}nn" was well
formed. Cleasby/Vigfusson, _An Icelandic-English Dictionary_,
s.v. Silfr, shows several examples of words formed by combining
the full _silfr_ with a modifying word. This name follows that
pattern.
Raven's Fort, Barony of. Order name Order of the Raven's Wings and
badge. (Fieldless) A vol sable.
By precedent, apostrophes indicating possession are no longer
registerable, as this usage is post period. However, the
formation _Raven's_ is grandfathered to this barony. RfS II.5
says "Once a name has been registered to an individual or group,
the College of Arms may permit that particular individual or
group to register elements of that name again, even if it is no
longer permissible under the rules in effect at the time the
later submission is made." Therefore, this group may use the
element _Raven's_.
The barony has permission to conflict with the device of Balduin
Valke, "Or, a pair of wings sable".
Rondinella dal Tirolo. Badge. (Fieldless) A wooden lace bobbin
proper.
Sebastian de Hythe. Name and device. Checky azure and argent, a sea
serpent ondoyant sable.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of
Ulric Velkener, "Lozengy gules and Or, a sea serpent ondoyant
sable".
Ulrich Velkener. Name and device. Lozengy gules and Or, a sea
serpent ondoyant sable.
Nice 14th C German name.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of
Sebastian de Hythe, "Checky azure and argent, a sea serpent
ondoyant sable".
Wolfgang von Sachsenhausen. Name.
**** ARTEMISIA ****
Aaron de Paladin. Device. Gules, a chevron inverted per pale Or and
sable between a lion's face and two swords Or.
Elyas Tigar. Name and device. Per chevron inverted gules and sable,
a winged sword and three decrescents argent.
This is not slot-machine heraldry. A winged object is a single
charge, thus there are only two types of charges in the primary
charge group - the decrescents and the winged sword.
Ivegard Sask. Device. Per pale azure and vert, a horse salient
between three mullets of four points argent.
Please advise the submitter to draw the horse more vertically.
Jadwiga Zawadzka. Device. Per pale embattled argent and gules, a
bull rampant and in pale two spurs counterchanged.
Jadwiga Zawadzka. Badge. (Fieldless) A bull rampant gules
maintaining a spur argent.
Kentigern Owle. Name and device. Or, in pale an owl affronty gules
perched atop a double-horned anvil within a bordure potenty sable.
Submitted as "Kentigern _Cameron the_ Owle", no documentation
was submitted and none found to suggest that the pattern _[given
name] + [inherited family surname] + [animal-based personal
byname]_ was found in Scottish names in period. However, "Owle"
is documented as a surname in Reaney and Wilson, _A Dictionary
of English Surnames_, s.n. Owles. The pattern _[given name] +
[inherited surname]_ is well-attested in late period Scotland,
and we currently allow registration of names combining a Scots
element and an English element. We have changed the name to
"Kentigern_Owle" in order to register it.
Luveday de Salford. Name and device. Per chevron inverted Or and
azure, a tree vert and three gouttes argent.
Luveday de Salford. Badge. (Fieldless) A goutte per pale argent and
azure.
Mael Coluim mac Gilla Epscoip. Device. Per fess argent and gules,
two wolf's heads erased sable and a castle argent.
This device had been pended on the July 2006 LoAR.
Oriana de Poitou. Name and device. Purpure, a feather bendwise
sinister argent and four fleurs-de-lys conjoined to the points of a
base indented Or.
Submitted as "Oria_nn_a de Poitou", the submitter requested an
authentic 14th C name and accepted minor changes only. The name
"Oriana" is first found as a literary name in the late 16th C
referring to Queen Elizabeth. The first example we have of it as
an actual given name is in 1603 in England. While the submitter
submitted documentation showing switches from _n_ to _nn_ in
France, the examples are all at least 200 years earlier than
1603. As such, they are not sufficient to show this switch in
English names. We have changed the name to "Oria_n_a de Poitou"
in order to register it. As we have no examples of the given
name in French, nor do we have examples earlier than the late
16th C, we are unable to make this name authentic as requested.
Please advise the submitter that, if she wishes to use a period
line of division, a _base indented fleury_ is a base with
demi-fleurs-de-lys issuant from the points of the indent line.
Rochelle de la Mer. Name and device. Sable, on a fess wavy azure
fimbriated a mermaid in her vanity argent.
"Rochelle" is the submitter's legal given name.
Seth Comyn. Device. Sable, a wolf rampant contourny between three
crescents argent.
Sign{y'} Gy{dh}ad{o'}ttir. Name.
Sofi Crabbe. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as "Sofi _the_ Crabb_y_", the given name was
documented as both a Hungarian form and a Swedish form. The
byname was put forward as a lingua anglica byname based on a
pattern of "attitude" bynames documented in Hungarian. However,
the lingua anglica rule is a translation; this requires an
attested byname (or word that can be used as a byname) in the
original language that can then be translated. No documentation
was submitted and none found of a byname in Hungarian whose
translation is solidly "the crabby." The submitter noted that if
the byname was not registerable as submitted, she would accept
the English byname "Crabbe" dated to 1188, 1217, c. 1420, and
1580 in Reaney and Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_,
s.n. Crabb. While Hungarian and English combinations are not
registerable, Swedish and English combinations are. Since the
given name is also found in Swedish, we have changed the name to
"Sofi_Crab_be_", a Swedish/English combination, in order to
register it. The mixture of Swedish and English is one step from
period practice.
Tiberius Marius Montanus. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent
and gules, a compass star counterchanged.
Submitted as "_Marius Tiberius_ Montanus", the name "Marius" is
documented as a nomen and "Tiberius" as a praenomen. The Roman
tria nomina naming pattern orders names _[praenomen] + [nomen] +
[cognomen]_. We have changed the name to "_Tiberius Marius_
Montanus" to match documented Roman naming practice.
Toirdhealbhach Bodhar. Name (see RETURNS for device).
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Ameera al-Sarrakha. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and
vert, a peacock feather bendwise sinister and a seahorse argent.
Angharad of Tir Ysgithr. Holding name and device (see PENDS for
name). Per bend sinister vert and Or, a doe statant counterchanged.
Submitted under the name "Angharad Ewan".
Aziza al-Labu'a bint Ibrahim ibn Rashid al-Rahhala. Name and device
(see RETURNS for badge). Per fess argent and sable, on a fess gules
a lion couchant, in base a decrescent argent.
Submitted as "Aziz_ah_ al-Labu'a bint Ibrahim ibn Rashid
al-Rahhala", this name appears to use two different
transcription systems in the same name. To be registerable, a
single transcription system must be used. In this case, _ah_ (in
Azizah) and _a_ (in al-Rahhala) have been used to represent the
same letter. We have changed the name to "Aziz_a_ al-Labu'a bint
Ibrahim ibn Rashid al-Rahhala" in order to register it.
Ceara MacTagan. Device. Purpure, three plumeria blossoms in pale
between flaunches argent.
Blazoned on the LoI as _frangipani blossoms_, according to
Brachet there is no conclusive evidence as to the source of that
name. We have reblazoned the flowers as _plumeria blossoms_ to
aid in their reproducibility. Plumeria blossoms will conflict
with cinquefoils, roses, and other similar flowers.
Erik of Rockwell. Device. Per pale azure and sable, a sword inverted
proper, bat-winged and within a bordure Or.
Erik of Rockwell. Badge. (Fieldless) A sword inverted proper,
bat-winged Or.
Flora Tay. Name reconsideration from Florie Tay.
No evidence was given and none found that the spelling "Flora"
was used as a woman's given name in Scotland in period. However,
Albion notes, "my "Jewish Given Names Found in _Les Noms Des
Isra{e'}lites en France_"
() dates
to the 13th century, in Coblence." Therefore, this name
is registerable as a mixture of German and Scots.
Her old name, "Florie Tay", is released.
Gabriel Rene Antoine du Renard. Reblazon of device. Azure, a fox
passant argent maintaining in its sinister forepaw a spiral hunting
horn palewise reversed, slung over its shoulder, and a chief
embattled Or.
Registered in October 1981 with the blazon "Azure, a fox passant
argent grasping in its sinister forepaw a hunting horn, bell to
sinister, and a chief embattled Or", we have clarified the type
and position of the horn.
Gabriel Rene Antoine du Renard. Reblazon of badge. Azure, a fox
passant argent maintaining in its dexter forepaw a spiral hunting
horn palewise reversed, slung over its shoulder, and a chief
embattled Or.
Registered in August 1979 with the blazon "Azure, a fox passant
argent grasping in its dexter forepaw a hunting horn, bell to
sinister, and a chief embattled or", it is currently listed in
the O&A as a device with the note "? should have been released".
There is no heraldic difference between this and the device
registered in October 1981 (reblazoned above), though there is a
blazonable difference. While we agree that this most likely
should have been released, we are reluctant to do so at this
late date without Gabriel's permission. We have therefore
re-designated it as a badge and reblazoned it to clarify the
type and position of the horn.
Mederic de Chastelerault. Name change from Mederic de Castro Araldi.
Submitted as "Mederic de Cha_t_e_ll_erault", the submitter
requested an authentic 13th C French name. While we have no 13th
C example of this name that are not in Latin, we do have a 16th
C form. Charles Estienne, _La guide des chemins de France_,
written in the later half of the 16th C, shows the spelling
"Chastelerault". This is expected, as the originally submitted
form contained an _{a^}_, which usually indicates a missing
consonant following the vowel. We have changed the name to
"Mederic de Cha_st_e_l_erault" in order to register it.
His old name, "Mederic de Castro Araldi", is released.
Osric of Atenveldt. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name).
Or, a pall inverted voided sable between two dragons combatant and a
third dormant gules.
Submitted under the name "Osric of Blakewode".
Robert of Tir Ysgithr. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Quarterly per fess rayonny azure and argent.
Nice armory.
Submitted under the name "Robert Lyons".
Sechen Doghshin-Unegen. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Shanda MacNeil. Name change from holding name Shalon of Atenveldt.
"Shanda" is her legal given name.
Sythe Blackwolfe. Badge. Per saltire argent and gules, in pale a
dragon couchant contourny sable and a beacon sable flammant proper,
a bordure counterermine.
As originally submitted, the flames were drawn as _Or fimbriated
gules_; this style of _flames proper_ has long been disallowed.
When informed of this fact, the Atenveldt College of Heralds
sent a new emblazon with acceptable _flames proper_ -
alternating tongues of gules and Or. A beacon's flame is
essentially a maintained charge; its tincture cannot contribute
to difference. As the exact depiction of the flames does not
affect conflict checking, we are accepting the new emblazon
rather than pending the submission.
Thorarna i Hiartt. Name change from holding name Jennifer of
Atenveldt.
Zedena of Tir Ysgithr. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Per pale vert and argent, two demi-foxes statant respectant
issuant from the flanks counterchanged.
Submitted under the name "Zedena Chovat se mazan{y'}".
**** ATLANTIA ****
Aislinn of Tir-y-Don. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Per pale rayonny azure and Or, a mare rampant argent and a
cat rampant contourny sable, collared gules.
Submitted under the name "Aislinn Blackburn".
Alan de Nedham. Name and device. Sable, a chevron couched from
dexter Or.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of
Christina de Nedham, "Gules, a chevron couched from dexter Or".
Ansel Rowland Matthews. Device. Per chevron embattled vert and
argent, a stag trippant argent and a triquetra azure.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator change to Award of the Undine from
Order of the Undine.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Award name Award of the Alcyon.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator change to Award of the Fountain
from Order of the Fountain.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator change to Award of the Herring from
Order of the Herring.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator change to Award of the Hippocampus
from Order of the Hippocampus.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Award name Award of the Sea Tyger.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator change to Award of the Undine from
Order of the Undine.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Designator change to Award of the Sea Urchin
from Order of the Sea Urchin.
Azelina of Exanceaster. Reblazon of device. Per fess argent and
sable, an ounce rampant guardant gules incensed proper between three
ermine spots counterchanged.
Originally registered in December 1991 and reblazoned in March
2006 as "Per fess argent and sable, a panther rampant guardant
gules incensed proper between three ermine spots
counterchanged", the cat lacks the spots of a heraldic panther.
Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on
the difference between English, Continental, and natural
panthers.
Bassi inn fiskni Einarsson. Device. Argent, three bear's pawprints
sable, on a chief gules a fish argent.
The use of pawprints is a step from period practice.
Elizabet de Roslyne. Name.
The submitter requested an authentic 15th C Scottish name, but
there was some question whether the spelling "Elizabet" was
found before the late 16th C in Scotland. The "Dictionary of the
Scots Language" (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/), s.v. Grantdame, has
"Umquhile Gelis Mailevile, sister to the grantdame of the sade
"Elizabet"" (the late Gelis Mailvile, sister to the grandmother
of the said Elizabet) in 1501. Given this, the spelling
"Elizabet" should be a reasonable late 15th C Scottish form for
this name.
Geoffrey de la Beche. Device change. Per pale azure and gules, on a
pile Or a beech tree proper.
His previous device, "Per pale azure and gules, on a pile Or a
cypress tree proper", is released.
Giuseppe Calabro. Name.
Isabel de Nedham. Name.
M{ae}rwynn de More. Name.
Otto von Schwyz. Reblazon of device. Azure ermined argent, an ounce
rampant enflamed guardant contourny between flaunches argent.
Registered in November 1992 with the blazon "Azure ermined
argent, a panther rampant guardant contourny between flaunches
argent", the cat lacks the spots of an heraldic panther. Please
see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on the
difference between English, Continental, and natural panthers.
Robert of Cundiff. Reblazon of device. Azure, a Continental panther
rampant guardant within a bordure rayonny Or.
Registered as a badge in March 1984, and changed to a device in
April 1990, with the blazon "Azure, a panther rampant guardant
within a bordure rayonny Or", the panther is a Continental, not
an English, panther. Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter
for a discussion on the difference between English, Continental,
and natural panthers.
Robert of Cundiff. Reblazon of badge. Azure, a Continental panther
rampant to sinister guardant within a bordure rayonny Or.
Registered as a device in March 1984, and changed to a badge in
April 1990, with the blazon "Azure, a panther rampant to
sinister guardant within a bordure rayonny Or", the panther is a
Continental, not an English, panther. Please see the November
2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on the difference between
English, Continental, and natural panthers.
Samuel Calvert of Gidiehall and Miriam Calvert of Gidiehall. Joint
badge. (Fieldless) A cow rampant vert.
Sian verch Gwilim ap Lewelin. Name and device. Azure, a tree blasted
and eradicated Or, on a chief argent three pheons sable.
While this name is registerable, it combines two 16th C forms,
"Sian" and "Gwilim", with a 13th C form, "Lewelin". If the
submitter is interested in authentic 16th name, we suggest "Sian
verch Gwilim ap Llewelin". "Llewelin" is given as a 16th C form
in Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, "A Simple Guide to
Constructing 16th C Welsh Names (in English Contexts)",
(http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh16.html).
Ynes Garcia. Device. Lozengy argent and sable, on a fess gules five
lozenges Or.
Ysabel de la Zarza. Device. Sable, in cross four roses argent,
barbed and seeded proper, within a chaplet of thorn Or.
**** CAID ****
Elizaveta Arievna Lebedeva. Reblazon of device. Gules, a winged
ounce rampant contourny, head to sinister, argent incensed and a
base rayonny Or.
Registered in January 2006 with the blazon "Gules, a winged
panther rampant contourny, head to sinister, argent incensed and
a base rayonny Or", the monster lacks the spots of an heraldic
panther. Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a
discussion on the difference between English, Continental, and
natural panthers.
Joia de Tarleton. Reblazon of device. Per bend vert and gules, in
cross a spoon and a spoon fesswise reversed argent and a pomegranate
Or.
Registered in July 1999 with the blazon "Per bend vert and
gules, two spoons in cross reversed argent and a pomegranate
Or", only one of the spoons is reversed.
William Leonard. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as "William Leo_nh_ar_dt_", the submitter requested an
authentic 13th C English name. The byname "Leonhardt" is
documented as a German name; we have no evidence that this
spelling was used in England. Reaney and Wilson, _A Dictionary
of English Surnames_, s.n. Leonard, lists a "William" and "Agnes
Leonard" in 1279. We have changed the name to "William
Leo_n_ar_d_" to fulfill the submitter's request for an authentic
13th C English name.
**** CALONTIR ****
Aleksei Nikolai Rusianov. Device. Per chevron Or and purpure, two
bears combatant gules and an owl displayed Or.
The use of a bird, other than an eagle, displayed is a step from
period practice.
Allesandra of Crystal Mynes. Holding name and device. Sable semy of
musical notes, on a bend Or three mortars and pestles palewise
gules.
Submitted under the name "Alessandra Giovanna di Cavalieri".
Ana de Granada. Device. Per pale argent and vert, in pale three
maunches purpure.
Aron Helmschmidt. Name.
There was some question whether "Aron" is a German name.
Brechenmacher, _Etymologisches Woerterbuch der deutschen
Familiennamen_, s.n. Aron, says that the surname is derived from
the Biblical given name and shows a "Stephan Aron aus Bretten"
in 1490. While this shows it as a surname, it is not
unreasonable to view this as an unmarked patronymic, and,
therefore, a reasonable given name spelling. There was also some
question about the spelling "Helmschmidt", documented as a
variant of the header "Helmschmiedt" from Brechenmacher. While
Brechenmacher does not show this form, the theme _-schmidt_ is
fairly common in 15th C German names. For example, Aryanhwy
merch Catmael, "German Names from N{u:}rnberg, 1497",
(http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnamesnurn.html)
shows "Eberschmidt", "Hame(r)schmidt", "Karnschmidt",
"Klingaschmidt", "Pauerschmidt", and "Schmidt". Given this,
"Helmschmidt" is an expected 15th C spelling for this name.
Balin Kendrick. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Quarterly
azure and gules, two eagles stooping respectant and a two-horned
anvil Or.
There was considerable discussion on this item on whether the
name "Balin" was registerable. "Balin" or "Balyn" (the latter
form is the spelling found in the Caxton edition of _Morte de
Arthur_ [http://name.umdl.umich.edu/MaloryWks2]) is a name from
Arthurian legend. As the tale of one of the stories in the Morte
de Arthur is "The Tale of Balyn and Balen", this marks this
knight as a human character. While this character may have been
a sun god in the original Welsh stories, by the time Malory gets
hold of him, he is definitely a human character (or at least as
human as any of Arthur's knights ever are). As the name of a
major character in Arthurian literature, the name "Balin" is
registerable.
As defined for SCA use (in the LoAR Cover Letters of July and
Aug 1986), _stooping_ is reserved for when the raptor is
"dive-bombing", falling on its prey: wings swept back, body
vertical or diagonal with head down. _Striking_ is the moment
when the raptor comes out of its stoop, its feet ready to grab
or punch the prey: body diagonal with head up, heraldically
equivalent to _rising_.
Caelainn ingen Chainnig. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Catalina Artemisia Anguissola. Badge. Azure, an owl and on a base Or
an artist's brush reversed azure.
Cera in Fheda. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and azure,
a wolf's head erased to sinister and a needle bendwise sinister
counterchanged threaded sable.
David de Brygenhall. Name (see RETURNS for device).
The submitter requested an authentic 15th-16th C English name.
This is a lovely late 15th-early 16th C English name.
Einarr Gr{i'}msson and Jacqueline de Meux. Joint badge (See RETURNS
for joint household name). Purpure, on a pale argent a tower
purpure.
There is at least a CD between a tower and a correctly drawn
beacon, thus this does not conflict with the badge of John
Trevor of Chinon, "Checky vert and argent, on a pale argent, a
beacon sable, flamed gules". There is a CD for the changes to
the field and another CD for changing the type and tincture of
the tertiary charge.
Einarr inn spaki. Name and device. Per chevron argent and vert, two
ravens addorsed sable and a bear rampant argent.
Einarr inn spaki. Badge. (Fieldless) On a raven's sinister wing
sable a bear's head erased argent.
Elizabeth Joscelyne. Badge. Or, a letter "B" azure within a bordure
gules.
This device had been pended on the July 2006 LoAR.
Endeline Ginevra Montagna. Name.
This name combines French and Italian; this is one step from
period practice.
Eoghan {O'} Domhnaill. Name and device. Argent, two salmon haurient
respectant vert and a bordure azure.
Nice 15th C Irish name!
There was some question whether or not the fish were salmon.
Period heraldic salmon appear to be generic fish, as do the ones
in this submission, therefore we have maintained the submitter's
preferred blazon.
Friedrich J{a:}ger. Name.
Geoffrey de Cardeville. Badge. Argent semy of card-piques sable, on
a pale endorsed gules a jester's bauble argent.
Geoffrey de Cardeville and Madeleine Rose de Cardeville. Joint
badge. Per pale azure and argent all goutty counterchanged, a
pavilion per pale Or and vert.
Giudo di Niccolo Brunelleschi. Alternate name Jedediah Glasmon (see
RETURNS for badge).
Giudo di Niccolo Brunelleschi. Household name Compagnia
dell'Arcangelo Gabriele.
Hamer {U'}lfsson. Name.
The submitter request an authentic 9th-10th C Old Norse name.
However, the name "Hamer" was documented as a German name. We
have found no examples of it in Old Norse, although "Hamer" is a
14th C Swedish spelling found in _Sverges medeltida personnamn_
s.n. Hamar. As submitted the name is one step from period for
mixing either German or Swedish with Old Norse. As we are unable
to find the name "Hamer" in Old Norse, we are unable to fulfill
the submitter's authenticity request. If the submitter is
interested in an authentic name with a similar sound, we suggest
the given names "Hamundr" and "Hamall". Both are found in
Haraldson, _The Old Norse Name_.
Ines Alf{o'}n. Name change from M{o'}r inghean Chathail and device
change. Azure, in pale two tygers passant contourny queue-forchy
argent.
Her old name, "M{o'}r inghean Chathail", is released.
Her previous device, "Or, in pale two tygers passant contourny
queue-forchy purpure", is released.
Jane Corwin. Name and device. Azure, a triskelion of legs Or between
three bezants.
There was some question whether the byname "Corwin" was
registerable. We believe this is a reasonable variant form of
the occupational surname listed in Reaney, _A Dictionary of
English Surnames_, s.n. Corden. In this entry, the spelling
"corwen" is dated to 1483 and "cordiwin" to 1593 as occupational
terms. As such, this suggests "Corwin" as a surname is not
outside the realm of possibility.
Juliana d'Arcy. Name.
Katheryne Winterbourne. Name change from holding name Katheryne of
Crystal Mynes.
Kelly of Crystal Mynes. Holding name and device (see PENDS for
name). Gyronny vert and argent, each argent gyron charged with an
estoile purpure.
Submitted under the name "Marinn Rikar{dh}sdottir".
Madeleine Rose de Cardeville. Device change. Sable, a rose argent
barbed and seeded proper and a tierce argent ermined gules.
Her previous device, "Sable, a peacock in its pride argent
within a bordure wavy argent semy of roses proper", is retained
as a badge.
Marion Baggeputz. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Martinus Draco Byzantinos. Alternate name Sulayman al-Rumi.
Maximillian Johann von Kleve. Name (see RETURNS for device).
There was some question whether the spelling "Kleve" was used
for the placename "Cleve" in period. Brechenmacher shows the
byname "Klever" in 1647 and derives it from the placename
"Kleve"; this strongly suggests that "Kleve" is an acceptable
spelling from the gray area.
Oddi {o,}lf{u'}ss. Name.
Submitted as "Oddi _{O,}_lf{u'}ss", by precedent, descriptive
bynames in Old Norse may only be registered in all lowercase. We
have changed the name to "Oddi _{o,}_lf{u'}ss" in order to
register it.
Pho{i'}b{e:} Kor{i'}nthia. Alternate name Azizah bint Ali.
Royse Meingnes. Name and device. Or, on a bend engrailed purpure
three roses Or.
The submitter indicated that she was interested in a Scottish
name, but did not specifically request authenticity. While the
byname is documented as Scottish (Black, _The Surnames of
Scotland_, s.n. Menzies, has "Meingnes" ca 1460), the given name
is documented as English (Withycombe, _The Oxford Dictionary of
English Christian Names_, s.n. Rose, has "Royse Godstow" in
1450). Unfortunately, we have found no examples of the name
"Royse" or "Rose" in Scots, so we are unable to suggest a fully
Scots version of this name.
S{e'}amus of Amlesmore. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Argent, a dog sejant and on a chief azure three open books
argent.
Submitted under the name "S{e'}amus mac Muireadhaigh".
Sherry Foxwell. Reblazon of device. Sable a horse's head contourny,
extended palewise to chief, couped at the shoulders argent.
Registered in December 1988 with the blazon "Sable a horse's
head extended palewise to chief, couped at the shoulders
argent", the horse's head is actually facing to sinister.
Treuthwin Ingelfinger. Name and device. Per pale sable and gules, in
pale three demi-suns Or.
William of Stonebridge. Name and device. Gules, an eagle rising and
a tierce Or.
William of Stonebridge. Badge. Per fess embattled gules and Or, a
single-arched bridge argent and a double-horned anvil sable.
Wolfger zum Grifen. Name and device. Sable, a pall argent and
overall a gryphon segreant Or.
Please advise the submitter to draw the pall somewhat narrower
so that more the identifying features of the gryphon lie on the
field.
**** DRACHENWALD ****
Coenred {ae}t Rauenesdale. Device. Vert, on a tower between three
mullets of four points argent a raven sable.
M{a'}ire O Halowrane. Device. Azure, a sea-horse Or and in chief
three Bowen crosses argent.
**** EAST ****
Aonghais Dubh MacTarbh. Reblazon of badge for Clan Creachainn. Per
pale argent and sable, a horse's head couped argent, crined of
flames and incensed proper, issuant from a ducal crown Or fimbriated
sable.
Registered in August 1977 as a badge for Clan Creachainn West,
and re-designated in December 1989, with the blazon "Per pale
argent and sable, a horse's head couped argent, orbed gules,
crined of flames and incensed proper, gorged of a ducal crown Or
fimbriated sable", the horse's head issuant from the crown. The
crown is equivalent to a maintained charge, not a tertiary
charge. We have dropped the tincture of the eyes in accordance
with current SCA heraldic practice.
Cecily Carlyll. Name.
The submitter requested an authentic 15th C English name. This
is an authentic 15th C English name.
Ceilidh McBain. Name.
"Ceilidh" is the submitter's legal given name. The name "McBain"
is grandfathered to her; she is the child of "Brianna McBain".
"Brianna McBain" was registered October 1994.
Cristofre de Hastings. Device. Per bend argent and sable, a Latin
cross vert and a cat's head cabossed argent.
Deroch of Northern Outpost. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Per fess argent and sable, three mullets of four points
gules, azure, and Or.
Submitted under the name "Deroch the Wine Trader".
Drueta de la Rosa. Badge. (Fieldless) A rooster rising argent.
The tincture of the crest and wattle (gules) and the beak and
talons (Or) is artistic license and thus not blazoned.
There is normally at least a CD between the different bird
categories listed in the November 2003 Cover Letter. These
categories are:
* Swan-shaped birds, including swans, geese, and ducks:
waterfowl with long necks, rounded bills, long heavy
bodies, webbed feet.
* Crane-shaped birds, including cranes, herons, and storks:
tall thin birds with long necks, long pointed beaks,
medium-weight bodies, very long legs.
* Poultry-shaped birds, including chickens, quail,
partridge, and peacocks: compact rounded birds with short
to medium necks, short beaks, heavy rounded bodies, medium
or short legs, often with distinctive tails or head
details (combs, crests).
* "Regular-shaped" birds, including martlets, ravens and
other corbies, raptors (hawks, eagles, and owls), and
doves: birds with the classic "bird shape". Compact light-
or medium-weight birds with small necks and beaks, short
to medium legs, plain tails.
This badge is clear of the badge for Henry V of England
(important non-SCA badge), _(Fieldless) A swan rousant wings
addorsed argent ducally gorged and chained Or_. There is a CD
for fieldlessness and, since roosters and swans appear in
different categories, another CD for the difference between a
rooster and a swan. Similarly, this badge is also clear of the
device for Jehan de la Marche, _Gules, a crow rising, pierced by
an arrow, both argent_. There is a CD for fieldlessness and,
since roosters and crows appear in different categories, at
least another CD for the difference between a rooster and a
crow.
The submitted badge is also clear of the badge for Widsith
Devona of Exmoor, _Per bend sinister sable and vert, a snowy
egret rising wings displayed argent_, and of the device for Mora
de Buchanan, _Per chevron purpure and vert, an owl rising
guardant wings displayed argent_. In each case there is a CD for
fieldlessness and another for the position of the wings (_wings
addorsed_ versus _wings displayed_). In each case there is also
at least a CD between the type of birds.
Dubhghall Docair Mac Tomais. Name and device. Gules, on a chevron
cotised argent three Latin crosses palewise gules and in sinister
chief a two-headed wyvern displayed argent.
Submitted as "Dubhghall Docair Mac T_hamh_ais", the submitter
accepted only minor changes. The spelling of the patronymic,
"Thamhais", is a modern Gaelic spelling; as such it is not
registerable. Black, _The Surnames of Scotland_, s.n. MacTavish
shows the spelling "M'Thamais". However, an examination of the
source shows that the spelling is found in a Latin document;
this means it may or may not be representative of an underlying
Gaelic spelling. Because the submitter will not accept major
changes, we cannot change the language of the patronymic to
Scots or Latin in order to register it. Therefore, we must see
if a period Gaelic form of the patronymic is available that is
similar in sound and appearance. The attested Irish form of this
patronymic is "mac Tomais". This form is found in the _Annals of
the Four Masters_ in entries for 1352, 1473, 1476, and 1501. The
submitter indicated that he would accept the Irish form if his
submitted form was not registerable. We have changed the name to
"Dubhghall Docair Mac T_om_ais" in order to register it.
Please advise the submitter to draw the cotises wider.
Gruffydd Abernethy. Name.
This name mixes Welsh and Scots; this is one step from period
practice. If the submitter is interested in a fully Scots form
of this name, we suggest "Griffin de Abernethy". Black, _The
Surnames of Scotland_, s.n. Griffin, lists a "Griffinus" in
1232, and a "William Griffin" in 1233.
Kenneric Aubrey. Name.
Louren{c,}o Coelho. Name and device. Argent, a fig leaf bendwise and
a chief embattled vert.
Submitted as "Louren{c,}o Coelho _do Buraco_", no documentation
was submitted and none found to suggest that a byname meaning
"of the hole" follows Porteguese naming patterns. The submitter
submitted examples of bynames based on topographic features, but
none suggest that "hole" is the type of feature that would be
used to form a byname. Barring such documentation, the byname
"do Buraco" is not registerable. We have changed the name to
"Louren{c,}o Coelho_" in order to register it.
Louren{c,}o Coelho. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Argent,
a hare courant sable and a chief embattled vert.
Maeve Aislynn Ronan. Reblazon of device. Per pale sable and purpure,
an ounce's head cabossed argent, incensed Or, within a bordure
argent semy of Cavendish knots purpure.
Registered in October 1991 with the blazon "Per pale sable and
purpure, a panther's head cabossed argent, incensed Or, within a
bordure argent semy of cavendish knots purpure", the cat's head
lacks the spots of an heraldic panther. Please see the November
2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on the difference between
English, Continental, and natural panthers.
Nigell Westcastle. Name and device. Sable, on a tower argent a heart
gules, in chief two rapiers in chevron tips crossed proper.
Rachid ibn Husam. Reblazon of device. Azure mulletty of six points
argent, an ounce rampant guardant enflamed, on a chief triangular
Or, a crescent gules.
Registered in April 1989 with the blazon "Azure, mulletty of six
points argent, a panther rampant guardant, on a chief triangular
Or, a crescent gules", the cat lacks the spots on an heraldic
panther. Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a
discussion on the difference between English, Continental, and
natural panthers.
Saikhan Saran. Name.
Stephanus de Londres. Name.
Taran of Windy Hill. Reblazon of device. Azure, a bendlet between a
boreas and an ounce counter-rampant gardant Or, incensed gules.
Registered in July 1980 with the blazon "Azure, a bendlet
between a boreas and a panther counter-rampant gardant Or,
incensed gules", the cat lacks the spots of an heraldic panther.
Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on
the difference between English, Continental, and natural
panthers.
**** GLEANN ABHANN ****
Asha of Grey Niche. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name).
Per chevron inverted purpure and gules, a chevron inverted engrailed
between a crescent and two elephants statant respectant argent.
Submitted under the name "Asha Devi".
Bella Talia Derro. Name.
Brun Anderson. Name.
Submitted as "Br_{u'}nn_ Anderson", as submitted, this name is
two steps from period practice. First, it combines Old Norse and
Norwegian; this is one step. Second, no documentation was
submitted and none found to suggest that the spelling "Br{u'}nn"
can be dated later than around 1100; this means there a more
than 300 year gap between the date for the given name and the
date for the byname. The name "Anderson" is dated to 1405 in a
document from Diplomatarium Norvegicum (volumes I-XXI)"
(http://www.dokpro.uio.no/dipl_norv/diplom_field_eng.html); the
same source has the given name "Brun" in 1309. We have changed
the name to "Br_un_ Anderson" in order to register it.
Jam Recarediz. Name and device. Or, a cross between four escallops
gules, a bordure azure.
Submitted as "Ja_cme_ Recarediz", the submitter requested an
authentic Spanish name, preferably 12th C Castillian. The name
"Jacme" appears in the title of a chronicle by James of Aragon,
_Cr{'o}nica del rei en Jacme_, which is a famous 13th C
vernacular document written in Catalan, not Castillian. Talan
Gwynek, "A Glossary of the Personal Names in Diez Melc{e'}n's
_Apellidos Castellano-Leoneses: Siglos IX-XIII, ambos
inclusive_", published in the Known World Heraldic Proceedings
in 1993, lists "Jam" in 1248 and "James" in 870. We have changed
the name to "Ja_m_ Recarediz", a fully Castillian form, to
partially fulfill his authenticity request.
Ketterlin Johanne{sz} von Bre{sz}la. Name.
Pia Derro. Name.
Wernherus Rudemann. Device change. Argent, on a fess cotised purpure
a sinister cubit arm fesswise contourny argent maintaining an apple
gules slipped and leaved vert.
His previous device, "Ermine, on a fess between three roses
purpure a cubit arm fesswise contourny argent maintaining an
apple gules slipped and leaved vert", is retained as a badge.
**** LOCHAC ****
Alessandro von Florenz. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and
argent, a triple-towered castle argent and three broad-arrows gules.
This name mixes Italian and German; this is one step from period
practice.
If the submitter were an Italian living in Germany, we would
expect him to be called by an all German form of his name. If he
is interested in an all German form, we suggest "Alexander von
Florenz". Talan Gwynek, "Late Period German Masculine Given
Names" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/germmasc/), shows
the name "Alexander" in Plauen in the 16th C.
A number of recent submissions have shown confusion between
_pheons_ and _broad-arrows_. We grant no heraldic difference
between these charges, but (as with _shamrocks_ and _trefoils_)
blazon the distinction for the artist's sake. See Parker, pp. 23
and 455, for illustrations of their forms.
The pheon seems to be a peculiarly English charge: a steel
arrowhead, with a ferrule where the arrow's shaft is inserted,
and the inner edges engrailed. It's found in the arms of Sydney,
Earl of Leicester, mid-16th C. (_Oxford Guide to Heraldry_,
plate 19). The broad-arrow is identical, save that the inner
edges are straight, not engrailed. It was used as a Royal badge
for the Butlery as early as 1330 (H. Standord London, "Official
Badges", _Coat of Arms_, July 1956, pp. 93-100).
Brian le faucheeur. Name.
Elspeth Jamieson. Name.
Nice 16th C Scots name.
Henry Fox. Device. Sable, in saltire two rapiers and in chief three
fox's masks argent.
Howel Pascoe. Name and device. Or, three tuns and on a chief gules
three goblets Or.
The submitter requested an authentic 12th-14th C Cornish names.
However, none of the commenters were able to suggest resources
for this time and place. Therefore, we are unable to say whether
this name is authentic for the submitter's requested time and
place.
Isobel le Bretoun. Device. Per fess counter-ermine and gules, in
base an ermine dormant argent.
John Bucstan de Glonn. Blanket permission to conflict with device.
Per chevron azure and gules, a fleur-de-lys and an orle Or.
The permission to conflict is for armory that has is least one
countable step different (one CD) from his registered armory.
Katherine Kerr of the Hermitage. Blanket permission to conflict with
name (see RETURNS for blank permission to conflict with device).
Katherine Xavier. Name and device. Per pale azure and vert, in pile
three feathers conjoined at the tips argent.
This name combines English and Spanish; this is one step from
period practice.
This device is clear of the badge of the Heir Apparent of
England (important Non-SCA armory), _(Fieldless) Three ostrich
feathers in pile argent enfiling a crown Or the quills
surmounting (sometimes piercing, sometimes surmounted by) a
scroll argent bearing the words ICH DIEN sable_. There's a CD
for fieldlessness. The scroll is equivalent to a maintained
charge, and worth no difference. Conflict hinges on whether the
crown, too, can be considered a maintained charge. Based on the
emblazon at the Prince of Wales's website,
http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/abouttheprince/theprinceofwalessfeathers/,
the crown is a co-primary charge. Therefore there is a second CD
for changing the number of primary charges.
Southron Gaard, Barony of. Device change. Gules, a tower Or within a
laurel wreath, in chief three mullets argent, all within a bordure
embattled Or.
The barony's previous arms, "Gules, a tower Or, the base
environed of a laurel wreath, in chief three mullets argent, all
within a bordure embattled Or", are released.
Southron Gaard, Barony of. Augmentation. Gules, a tower Or within a
laurel wreath, in chief three mullets argent, all within a bordure
embattled Or, as an augmentation on a canton azure, four crescents
conjoined in saltire horns outward argent.
Wolfstanus Crakescheld. Name.
**** MERIDIES ****
Besseta Wallace. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Sable, a
tree blasted and eradicated and a point pointed argent.
Submitted as "Be_s_e_tt_a", the documentation showed the name
spelled "Be_ss_e_t_a". We have changed the spelling of the given
name to match the documentation.
Cibella Monmouth. Device. Vert, in pale two feathers, tips crossed
in saltire, and an open book Or charged with the capital letters "C"
and "M" sable.
Eckhart von Eschenbach. Badge. (Fieldless) On an elf-bolt Or, a sea
wolf purpure.
Eoan Johnston. Name and device. Sable, a cypress tree eradicated
argent.
This name mixes Gaelic and English; this is one step from period
practice.
There is a CD between a generic tree, which is assumed to be an
oak tree and thus rounded, and a cypress tree, which has an
elongated shape. Thus this device does not conflict with the
device for Ariadne of Alyson-tara, "Sable, a blasted tree voided
argent". There is a CD for the shape of the tree. Ariadne's tree
is _sable fimbriated argent_, and so there is a second CD for
the tincture of the tree.
Faelan Haraldsson. Name.
This name mixes Gaelic and Old Norse; this is one step from
period practice.
Francesca Tessa d'Angelo. Name and device. Gules semy of bees
bendwise, on a chief Or three pomegranates gules slipped and leaved
vert seeded Or.
Jocosa d'Auxerre. Badge. Per pale purpure and azure, three oak
leaves within a bordure embattled Or.
Jutta de Warwick. Name and device. Azure semy of crescents argent, a
phoenix Or rising from flames proper.
This name mixes German and English; this is one step from period
practice.
Kynwric Gwent. Name.
This submitter requested an authentic 12th-14th C Welsh name.
This is a very reasonable 13th C Welsh name.
Ma'ani al-'Attarah. Name.
Marie de Kerimure. Name and device. Per bend purpure and argent, a
dragonfly argent and three broad-arrows vert.
Submitted as "Marie de Kerim_ui_re", no documentation was
submitted and none found showing the spelling _Kerimuire_. The
LoI cited Johnston, _The Place-names of Scotland_ as the source
for the spelling of the byname. However, Johnston does not show
that spelling. There is a header form "Kerriemore" with no dated
forms but with a cross-reference to the header Kirriemore. Under
this header, Johnston has the forms "Kerimure" and "Kermuir" in
1229. We have changed the name to "Marie de Kerim_u_re" to match
the documentation.
Maudeleyn Godeliva Taillour. Badge. (Fieldless) A pair of open
scissors Or.
Nice badge. We note that scissors have their points to chief by
default, unlike shears which have their points to base.
Meridies, Kingdom of. Badge for the populace. Sable, a horse salient
reguardant contourny between in chief two mullets argent.
Meridies, Kingdom of. Badge for the populace. Argent, on a pale
between in base two mullets sable, in chief a mullet argent.
Michel von Gr{u:}ningen. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent,
a thunderbolt counterchanged and a chief embattled gules.
Oswin de Wulferton. Name and device. Per fess embattled sable and
vert, three mullets of eight points and a wolf's head cabossed, a
bordure argent.
Rhiannon verch Edenevet. Device. Or, an oak tree eradicated vert and
on a chief engrailed azure, a dove volant wings addorsed Or.
{TH}angbrandr sekr Sigf{u'}sson. Name and device. Sable, a comet
within an orle Or.
Tiberius Trebatius Secundus. Name and device. Per bend gules and Or,
a scorpion inverted and a sword counterchanged.
Please advise the submitter to draw the charges larger.
**** MIDDLE ****
Alanna Goodheart. Device. Per pall inverted argent, sable and gules,
in pale a sun counterchanged and a heart argent.
Andiwulfs sunus A{th}alamun{th}is. Name (see RETURNS for device).
{A'}sa at Hrafnavatni. Name and device. Azure, three ravens rising
within a bordure nebuly argent.
Please advise the submitter to draw the ravens larger.
Boris Movila. Name and device. Quarterly argent and azure, two ox's
heads cabossed azure.
Castell Gwent, Shire of. Reblazon of badge. (Fieldless) An ounce
rampant reguardant tail nowed vert incensed gules sustaining a wheat
stalk vert.
Registered in April 2006 with the blazon "(Fieldless) A panther
rampant reguardant tail nowed vert incensed gules sustaining a
wheat stalk vert", the cat lacks the spots of an heraldic
panther. Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a
discussion on the difference between English, Continental, and
natural panthers.
Dulcia Wylde. Device. Azure, an acorn inverted, on a chief argent
two squirrels respectant azure.
Please advise the submitter to draw the acorn larger, as befits
a primary charge.
Erik Erikson the Scout. Badge. Per pale ermine and Or, on a flame
gules a pheon inverted Or.
The submitter has permission to conflict with Malgar Thorvik's
badge, "(Fieldless) On a flame gules, a round buckle pin to
chief Or".
Glortathar of the Cleftlands. Reblazon of device. Argent, a
bottlenosed dolphin hauriant sable maintaining atop its nose an
hourglass gules, a base wavy azure.
Registered in October 1991 with the blazon "Argent, a
bottlenosed dolphin hauriant sable ensigned with an hourglass
gules, a base wavy azure", the location and the size of the
hourglass were unclear.
Ingrid Elizabeth de Marksberry. Reblazon of device. Or, a slip of
elderberry, flowered and fructed proper, and on a chief vert a ladle
Or.
Registered in September 1996 with the blazon "Or, a slip of
elderberry, flowered and fructed proper, and on a chief vert a
ladle reversed Or", the ladle's bowl is to sinister, which is
the expected orientation for a fesswise ladle.
Ragnarr Arnbjornsson. Badge (see RETURNS for household name).
Argent, on a pale between two axes addorsed sable an owl contourny
argent all within a bordure azure.
Rhieinwylydd verch Einion Llanaelhaearn. Device. Argent, on a pale
endorsed sable, a lion's face argent, overall in chief three
lozenges counterchanged.
Rijckaert van Utrecht. Name and device. Per fess azure and vert, a
bezant and a roundel argent scaly sable.
Stephen le Freman. Name.
Tamu al-Andalusiyya. Name.
The information about the documentation provided on the LoI was
not adequate. It is never sufficient to provide only a URL.
While submitters may sometimes provide only this information,
the job of the submissions herald is to flesh out this
information to show that it supports the registration of the
name. Had the commenters not supplied the missing information,
we would have been forced to return this name.
Ursula Crichton. Name.
Originally submitted as "Ursula_Crichton", the name was changed
at kingdom to "Ursula _de_ Crichton" to partially comply with
the submitter's request for an authentic 13th C name. However,
the submitter indicated that she would not accept major changes
such as adding or removing a name element, and there was no
indication on either the LoI or the forms that the submitter had
agreed to the addition of the preposition. Because the submitter
indicated she would not accept major changes, we have changed
the name back to the originally submitted form.
The submitter requested an authentic 13th C name, but we have no
unambiguous examples of the name "Ursula" in England or Scotland
until the late-15th C. Talan Gwynek notes, "The earliest
undoubted English example that I've found is 1493
(Julian Goodwyn, 'English Names from Pre-1600 Brass
Inscriptions', at
)." Given this,
we are unable to make the name authentic as she requested. We
note that according to Black, _The Surnames of Scotland_, s.n.
Crichton, that "de Crichton" is found in 1248. If the submitter
is interested in an authentic 13th C name, we suggest combining
the byname "de Crichton" with an attested 13th C Scottish name.
Talan Gwynek, "A List of Feminine Personal Names Found in
Scottish Records"
(http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/scottishfem) contains a
number of names from the 13th C.
**** NORTHSHIELD ****
Berenice of Coldedernhale. Holding name and device (see PENDS for
name). Per chevron argent and vert, two equal-armed Celtic crosses
and a cat statant guardant counterchanged.
Whether or not the arms of an equal-armed Celtic cross are drawn
_potent_ is artistic license.
Submitted under the name "Berenice Calvina".
Cassius Drusus. Name and device. Sable, a chevron rompu and in base
a scorpion inverted Or.
The submitter requested a name authentic for Roman
language/culture, but the request was not mentioned on the LoI.
Had the name not already been substantially authentic for the
language/culture requested by the submitter, we would have been
forced to pend this for further commentary.
Gabriella da Milano. Device. Per pale Or and azure, three roses in
pale counterchanged.
Gwenhwyvar filia Rys de Ludlow. Name.
Ja'ida al-Zarqa' al-Magribiyya. Name.
James de Hagethorn. Device. Per pale embattled argent and sable, two
axes counterchanged.
Kalman Ragnarsson Tindssonar. Name.
Northshield, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Griffin and Sword
and badge association. (Fieldless) In fess a sword sustained by a
griffin sable.
**** OUTLANDS ****
Ella Anne de Kari. Device. Per chevron throughout azure gouty d'eau
and argent, in base a seeblatt purpure.
Elspeth of Tyvidale. Name and device. Argent, a badger rampant
contourny and a chief embattled gules.
Blazoned on the LoI as a _chief_, the majority of the commenters
noted that the chief is _embattled_, thus this need not be
pended for further conflict checking.
Nicely drawn armory.
Eoin Gallda mac N{e'}ill. Name.
Submitted as "Eoin Gallda _Mac_N{e'}ill", literal patronymics in
Gaelic have the particle in all lowercase and separated from the
patronym by a space. We have changed the name to "Eoin Gallda
_mac__N{e'}ill" to comply with period practice.
Oliver Mordrake. Name and device. Per saltire gules and Or, four
dragonflies in cross tails to center counterchanged.
There was some question whether the name "Mordrake" was
registerable. Wreath found an example of this surname on
ancestry.com. While this is a genealogy website, it uses some of
the same resources that the College of Arms considers to be
acceptable for documenting names for registration. In this case,
the source for the name is _Wills Proved in the Consistory Court
of Norwich and now Preserved in the District Probate Registry at
Norwich, 1370 to 1550_, which is a reputable source published by
the Norfolk Record Society. Given this, we will accept this as
an attested period surname.
Outlands, Kingdom of the. Heraldic title Dredde Naught Herald
Extraordinary (see RETURNS for other title).
There was some question whether this title was obtrusively
modern, given the modern type of ship known as the dreadnaught.
However, we believe this is not the case. Liber notes:
According to the Royal Navy website
(),
the famous Dreadnought of 1906 was named after the
ship of the line which fought at Trafalgar. According
to the wikipedia article
(), the
first HMS Dreadnought was commissioned in period
(during the 1400's). A second was also commissioned in
period (1573). The series of ships were named such
purportedly after the motto 'Dread Naught' i.e.- fear
nothing, but God.
As such, it is a well-known and attested motto type name found
in period. We believe that the word dreadnought is not so
instantly recognizable to a large part of the SCA population as
to make it intrusively modern, although we will concede that it
might give those who are familiar with the word a moment of
pause.
P{a'}draig {O'} S{u'}ileabh{a'}in. Name.
Sekimura no Minamoto Akiranaga. Device. Sable, an equal-armed Celtic
cross between three horses courant contourny in annulo within a
bordure argent.
Please advise the submitter to draw the bordure wider. Whether
or not the arms of an equal-armed Celtic cross are drawn
_potent_ is artistic license.
Simon Montgumery. Badge. (Fieldless) A boar rampant gules crusilly
argent.
Nice badge.
**** TRIMARIS ****
Alessandra Volpe. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Nice 15th C Tuscan name!
Angelline la chaeniere de Murat. Name.
Aude de la fontainne. Device. Per bend vert and purpure, a tyger
salient and two rapiers in saltire Or.
Brighid n{i'} Chaill{i'}n of the Moors. Device change. Quarterly
purpure and gules, a natural seahorse argent ducally gorged Or and a
bordure embattled argent.
The submitter is a duchess and thus entitled to display a ducal
coronet. Her previous device, "Quarterly purpure and gules, a
bordure embattled argent", is retained as a badge.
Celine Alexandria. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Decimus Aurelius Gracchus. Device. Argent, a crab inverted azure
sustaining a trident fesswise reversed sable and a chief azure.
Eadain inghean Ruadh{a'}in. Name and device. Argent, a thistle
proper issuant from a point pointed, a chief invected purpure.
Please advise the submitter to double the number of invections
on the chief.
Edwardus the Wise. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Elianora Feverel. Device. Gules, a chevron rayonny to base argent
between three gouttes d'eau one and two and a heron rising Or.
The use of a chevron rayonny only on the lower edge is a step
from period practice.
It was suggested that this be reblazoned as _Per chevron gules
and argent, in chief three gouttes d'eau and on a point pointed
rayonny gules, a heron rising wings elevated and addorsed Or_.
However, that would cause the device to be returned for using
two complex lines of division on a single charge. A _point
pointed rayonny_ is no more acceptable that a _chief triangular
rayonny_ is. In addition, the proposed blazon does not match the
emblazon.
Lucas Colbert. Name and device. Per pale azure and sable, a crab
argent.
Nice 13th C English name.
This submission generated a lot of commentary on the difference
(or lack thereof) between a crab, a lobster, and a scorpion.
Research by Black Stag and Batonvert indicates that in some
areas, such as France, Flanders, and Germany, there is little or
no difference in the depiction of crabs and lobsters or between
scorpions and lobsters. In other areas, such as England and
Italy, there is clearly a difference between the way a crab and
a lobster is depicted. Unfortunately, the SCA College of Arms -
unlike period Colleges of Arms - covers a diverse region
geographically (and chronologically). Given the evidence
supplied, we find that no difference can be granted between a
crab and a lobster. We are also upholding the precedent that
grants no difference between a lobster and a scorpion
(q.v.,Robert of Aroe, 06/1992). The period examples we have
found with crabs that look like lobsters show a straight, often
flared, tail. The period examples we have of scorpions all have
curved tails. Conflict is not transitive, and as we are aware of
only a single SCA-registration of a scorpion with a straight
tail, we will grant a CD between a crab and the standard
SCA-depiction of a scorpion with its curved tail. Thus this
device is clear of the device of Allyn O'Dubhda, _Purpure, a
scorpion argent_. There is a CD for changes to the field, and
another for the difference between a crab and a scorpion.
Philippe d'Artaignan. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Quentin Sprecher. Device. Per fess argent and sable, two crosses
formy gules and a bear passant guardant to sinister argent.
Robert mac Uisdein. Name and device. Argent, on a chevron azure
between three towers vert three roses slipped and leaved Or.
This name mixes English or Scots and Gaelic; this is one step
from period practice.
Sebastian Halyburton. Device change. Quarterly sable and argent, a
griffin segreant to sinister gorged of a pearled coronet within a
bordure counterchanged.
The submitter is a court baron and thus entitled to display a
pearled coronet. His previous device, "Quarterly sable and
argent, a griffin segreant to sinister within a bordure
counterchanged", is released.
{TH}{o'}runn V{i'}gad{o'}ttir. Badge. Per saltire gules and azure,
on a sun Or a crane in its vigilance contourny azure within a
bordure Or.
Trimaris, Kingdom of. Badge. Azure, in pall three horse's heads
conjoined at the neck argent charged with a triskele azure.
Please advise the kingdom that internal detailing on the horse's
heads will aid in their identification.
Turold Dunstan Arminger. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Originally submitted as "Turold Dunstan Armi_ng_er", the name
was changed at kingdom to "Turold Dunstan Armi_g_er". No mention
was made on the LoI of this change, so we do not know why it was
made. Bardsley, _A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames_,
s.n. Armiger, lists a "Jeffry Arminger" in the _Calendar of
Proceedings in Chancery_ from the time of Elizabeth I. Given
this, we have changed the name back to the originally submitted
form.
Wilhelm von Meissen genannt Frawenlop. Alternate name Wilhelm
Benedicti.
Submitted as "Wilhelm Benedict_us_", the byname is in the
nominative form. For Latinized patronymics, the byname must
follow patterns of Latin grammar. In this case, the expected
case is the genitive case; we have changed the name to "Wilhelm
Benedict_i_" to correct the grammar.
Yuan Yang. Device. Per pall inverted azure, gules and Or, an
Oriental dragon tergiant embowed-counterembowed argent.
**** WEST ****
Aeschine Mackintosh of Bannockburn. Name change from holding name
Andrea of Wolfscairn.
Anna Zen. Name.
Nice 14th C Venetian name!
Ayloara de Meddestane. Device. Sable, in base a sun in its
splendour, flaunches Or.
Please advise the submitter that the flaunches should issue from
the top corner of the shield, not slightly below as emblazoned
in this submission.
Blaxio Zen. Name.
Nice 14th C Venetian name!
Catherine Holcombe of Arden. Name and device. Per chevron Or and
azure, three roses one and two proper and a garb Or, a chief
invected vert.
The submitter requested an authentic 12th-13th C English name
and accepted minor changes only. The name is registerable as
submitted, but not authentic for the requested time period.
While the submitted spellings can all be found in 12th-13th C
English, or are derivable spellings from period forms, we cannot
change the naming pattern without making major changes. In
particular, the pattern [_given_ + _inherited surname_ + of
_placename_] is unlikely for that time period. While one person
might use _de Holcombe_ and _de Arden_ alternatively, it is
unlikely that both elements would be found in a single name
before the 14th C. Given this, we are unable to make the name
authentic as requested.
Iohannes ap Robert Meuryk. Name.
Konstantin Drozdenskii Rumiantsevits. Name and device. Per pale
sable and argent mulletty counterchanged, a decrescent gules.
Meadhbh inghean mhic Fhirl{e'}ighinn. Device. Quarterly sable and
purpure, a bee bendwise sinister argent.
Richard of Ardgour. Name.
There was some question whether the placename "Ardgour" was
found in period. Johnston, _The Place-names of Scotland_, 2nd
edition, s.n. Ardgour, has "Ardgour" in 1483.
Thelic of Darktide. Reblazon of device. Quarterly Or and argent, an
ounce's head erased sable, incensed gules.
Registered in April 1991 with the blazon "Quarterly Or and
argent, a panther's head erased sable, incensed gules", the cat
lacks the spots of an heraldic panther. Please see the November
2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on the difference between
English, Continental, and natural panthers.
West, Kingdom of the. Reblazon of badge for Office of the Order of
the Wooden Spoon. Vert, a wooden spoon proper.
Registered in January 1980 with the blazon "Vert, a wooden spoon
inverted proper", this matches the default orientation specified
in the Glossary of Terms, _palewise, affronty, bowl to chief_.
We have corrected the blazon.
- Explicit littera accipendorum -
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***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK: *****
**** {AE}THELMEARC ****
Artemius Le Chaenier. Name.
This name is two steps from period practice. First, it mixes a
Frankish given name with an French byname. Second, there is a
more than 700 year gap between the late 6th C date for the given
name and the late 13th C date for the byname. As we were unable
to find either a later date for the given name or an earlier
date for the byname, we are forced to return this name. Given
the 6th C date and apparent Latin origin of the given name, we
would suggest finding a Latin byname with the desired meaning.
His armory was registered under the holding name "Artemius of
Hunters Home".
Cormac O'Gadhra. Device. Per chevron sable and vert, a decrescent
and a lion dormant argent, a bordure ermine.
This device is returned, as the charges are not clearly
co-primary or clearly a primary and secondary charge. If the
lion were the sole primary, we would expect it to lie on both
portions of the field. If the charges are co-primary, the
decrescent should be drawn larger, which is not possible with
the bordure and the steeply drawn per chevron line of division.
We believe that the problem would be ameliorated if there were
two charges in chief, not just one.
William de Duglas. Name.
Conflict with "William O. Douglas", U.S. Supreme Court Judge
from 1939 through 1974. He was the longest serving justice, and
holds the record for most opinions written. He is the Justice
who first wrote about a constitutional right to privacy, which
is a central part of Roe v Wade (and many other cases). As such,
he is an major shaper of current thought in the American legal
system. In this capacity, he is important enough to protect.
**** AN TIR ****
Arion the Wanderer. Device (see PENDS for badge). Azure, a
triskelion of dolphins argent.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Caitilin
inghean Eoin, "Azure, in pall three natural dolphins embowed
tails to center within a bordure argent". There is a single CD
for removing the bordure. This also conflicts with the badge for
Order of the Triskele of Trimaris, "Azure, a triskele argent".
There is a significant difference, or CD, between a triskele and
a triskelion of dolphins but not a substantial (X.2) difference.
This device does not conflict with the badge for the Order of
the Dolphin of Caid, "Azure, a dolphin embowed uriant to
sinister argent". There is a CD for changing the number of
dolphins. As none of Arion's dolphins are uriant, there is also
a CD for posture.
The combination of the name Arion with a dolphin is not
presumptuous. A single reference to a god or saint has not been
considered presumptuous since August 1992. We see no reason why
a single allusion to a legendary hero should be treated any
differently than a single allusion to a god or saint.
Brian MacDonald. Name.
Aural conflict with "Bran mac Domnhail", registered March 1989.
Karin Ollesdotter av Augvaldsnes. Badge. (Fieldless) In fess a
whistling arrow inverted vert sustained by a seahorse gules.
This badge is returned for lack of documentation of the
whistling arrow. This would be the defining instance of a
whistling arrow; we've been given no evidence that they're
period at all, let alone known to period Europeans. Without such
evidence, the charge can't be registered.
**** ANSTEORRA ****
None.
**** ARTEMISIA ****
Alessandra Gianetta da Siena. Device. Azure, on a pile argent three
cinquefoils azure.
Unfortunately, this device must be returned for conflict with
the device of Eleanora Valentina Beota, "Azure, on a pile
ploy{e'} argent a hummingbird rising, wings elevated and
addorsed vert". There is a CD for the changes to the tertiary
charges, but there's no difference for making the sides of the
pile concave.
Sofi Crabbe. Device. Per bend sinister azure and argent fretty
azure, a daisy proper.
This device is returned for conflict with the device for Marion
le Red, "Per fess argent fretty and azure, in base a daisy
proper". There is a CD for the changes to the field. However,
the location of the daisy and the fretty on the field is forced
by the changed tinctures of the field, and thus isn't worth
difference by RfS X.4.g. The azure fretty cannot overlie any of
the azure portion of the field. Nor can a daisy proper (or
argent) be placed on (or significantly on, such as half on) the
argent (fretty azure) field. It really would be argent on
argent.
Toirdhealbhach Bodhar. Device. Gules, on a fess sable fimbriated a
sun argent eclipsed sable.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Arik
Alton, "Gules, on a fess sable fimbriated Or a bezant". There is
one CD for the changes to the tertiary charge and none for the
tincture of the fimbriation.
This is also returned for violated RfS VIII.1.c.ii - Layer
Limit. A _sun eclipsed_ is simply a _sun charged with a
roundel_. As such, a sun eclipsed may not be used as a tertiary
charge, since the roundel becomes a quaternary charge.
Uilliam MacAindri{u'}. Badge. (Fieldless) An urchin couchant
contourny sable.
This badge is returned for redrawing as the urchin is depicted
in trian aspect.
**** ATENVELDT ****
Aylwin Wyllowe. Badge. (Fieldless) Three triquetras one and two
conjoined vert.
This badge is returned for violating our long-standing ban on
Celtic knotwork ("Knotwork is not, by and large, heraldic."
Karina of the Far West, July, 1979). Individual triquetras are
acceptable charges, but when conjoined as they are here, the
interlacing combines visually into a single, complex knotwork
pattern that is neither identifiable nor particularly heraldic.
Aziza al-Labu'a bint Ibrahim ibn Rashid al-Rahhala. Badge.
(Fieldless) A lion couchant argent charged upon the shoulder with a
decrescent gules.
This badge was withdrawn by the submitter.
Osric of Blakwode. Name. Or, a pall inverted voided sable between
two dragons combatant and a third dormant gules.
This name is two steps from period practice. First, it combines
the Old English "Osric" with the Middle English "Blakwode".
Second, there is a more than 300 year gap between the latest
date we have found for "Osric" (950 according to charter S 552a
in Sean Miller's "Anglo-Saxon Charters"
(http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=show&page=Charters) and
the earliest date we found a form of the byname (Ekwall, _The
Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames_, has "Blakwod" in
1280). While the name does appear in Shakespeare's _Hamlet_,
this play was not published until after 1600, nor was evidence
found that it was performed before that 1600. This makes the
name "Osric" unregisterable as a literary name from that play.
His armory was registered under the holding name "Osric of
Atenveldt".
Robert Lyons. Name.
Conflict with "Robert Delion", registered July, 2000. "Lion" and
"Lyons" are too close in sound and appearance; in this case, the
preposition _de_ does not count for difference.
His device was registered under the holding name "Robert of Tir
Ysgithr".
Sechen Doghshin-Unegen. Device. Per fess sable and azure, a mermaid
per fess Or and argent, in chief two pitchers fesswise, their bases
to center, each distilling a gout Or, a bordure erminois.
This device is returned for excessive complexity in violation of
RfS VIII.1 (Armorial Simplicity). This has a complexity count of
nine with five tinctures (sable, azure, Or, argent, erminois)
and four charges (mermaid, pitchers, gouts, bordure). The design
is not a classic heraldic motif that might let us override the
rule of thumb that requires a complexity count of eight or less.
Zedena Chovat se mazan{y'}. Name.
No documentation was submitted and none found to support a Czech
surname consisting of multiple words. Further, no documentation
was submitted and none found to suggest that a surname with a
literal meaning "sly" or "like a fox" (the intended meaning of
the submitted surname) is consistent with Czech naming practice.
Barring such documentation, this byname is not registerable.
There is evidence that Czech family names were formed based on
animal names. If the submitter is interested in a Czech surname
meaning "little fox" or, possibly, "vixen", we suggest
"Lyschka". Walraven van Nijmegen notes:
Polish for "vixen" is [lisica] or [liszka]. Schwarz
([Schwarz, Ernst. _Sudetendeutsche Familiennamen des
15. und 16. Jahrhunderts_])has a header for [Lischka],
with a 1555 citation for "Petrus Lyschka" from
Bohemia.
There was some question about whether the name "Zedena" was a
period Czech name. While it is clear that some form of this name
was used in Bohemian in period, we do not know whether this is
such a form. It is, however, found in Germany (in Saxony, to be
precise) in the early 16th C. A book published in Leipzig in
1503 bears the title _Das buch, geistlicher gnaden, offenbarunge
wunderliches unde beschaulichen lebens, der heiligenn
jungfrawen, Mechtildis und Gertrudis ... uff begere und
anregunge, der hochgebornen furstin und frawen, Zedena,
herczogin czu Sachssen ... vordeutzscht vnd gedruckt_
(essentially "The book of the spiritual graces and remarkable
revelations, the tranquil lives of the holy maidens Mechtilde
and Gertrude -- (in honor and dedicated to) the highborn
princess and lady, Zedana, Duchess of Saxony.").
Her device was registered under the holding name "Zedena of Tir
Ysgithr".
**** ATLANTIA ****
Aislinn Blackburn. Name.
This name is two steps from period practice. First, it uses an
SCA-compatible Gaelic name, "Aislinn". Second, it combines
Gaelic and English in the same name. While the element
"Blackburn" is the registered name of her husband, precedent
concerning the grandfather clause says that, for purposes of
registration, the new registration cannot create problems not
already present in the already registered form. Since her
husband's name is in a single language, we cannot overlook this
problem here. If the submitter were to combine a Gaelic name
documented in late period with the name "Blackburn", such a name
would be registerable -- such a combination would be a single
step from period practice. There is also a similar sounding
Latin form of an Old French name, "Ascelina" or "Acelina"; both
spellings are dated to 1195 in Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given
Names in _A Dictionary of English Surnames_"
(http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Acelina).
We would change the name to this form in order to register it,
but the submitter will not accept major changes such as the
changing of a language.
Her device was registered under the holding name "Aislinn of
Tir-y-Don".
Layla al-Mua'llima. Name.
The word "Mu'allima" is an SCA alternative Arabic title for
bestowed peerages for women (Mistress). As such, it cannot be
registered as a byname.
**** CAID ****
William Leonard. Device. Quarterly purpure and vert, a lion's head
erased Or.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Alphia
Biraz-pars, "Sable, a natural leopard's head couped Or marked
sable". There is a CD for changes to the field, but nothing for
the difference between the cat's heads or for erased versus
couped.
**** CALONTIR ****
Allesandra Giovanna di Cavalieri. Name.
The byname "di Cavalieri" has the literal meaning of "of
Knights". "Cavaliere" is on the list of alternative titles as an
Italian title for knight. While we typically interpret such
bynames to mean "(daughter or son) of (object)", it is unclear
that this is how it is understood by medieval Italians. Because
it can be interpreted as a claim to rank, this byname is not
registerable.
Her arms were registered under the holding name "Alessandra of
Crystal Mynes".
Balin Kendrick. Badge. (Fieldless) A candle azure flamed and haloed
Or.
This badge is returned for lack of identifiability; as drawn,
the presence of the halo fatally obscures the identity of the
candle. This design is not registerable without evidence that it
was used in period heraldry. Dropping the halo would leave an
acceptable badge, barring conflict.
Caelainn ingen Chainnig. Device. Or, a pale wavy barry ermine, vert,
argent, and purpure between two fountains.
This device must be returned, as it does not appear to be
compatible with period armorial style. Multiply divided armorial
elements (fields or charges) using two tinctures are quite
common in the heraldry of almost all times and places, but
multiply divided elements of more than two tinctures are
extremely rare. This submission does not seem to have similar
armorial style to the few period examples using multiply divided
elements of more than two tinctures which were presented in the
discussion on this submission.
The only examples of multiply divided armorial elements of more
than two tinctures which were presented in the commentary on
this submission were primarily from one heraldic book -
_Stemmario Trivulziano_, from Milan in the second half of the
15th C. This book includes a large number of pieces of armory
with armorial elements which are multiply divided in the
standard two tinctures. It has a small but significant number of
devices using fields which are entirely, or in part, multiply
divided of three tinctures - about 12 pieces out of about 2000
coats of arms, so, less than 1%. None of those pieces of armory
have similar armorial style to this submission. All of them use
a multiply divided _field_ of three tinctures, not a plain field
as here. The only multiply divided _charge_ of three tinctures
accompanies a multiply divided field of three tinctures and is
not a primary ordinary: A bordure compony of three tinctures on
armory with a field of per pale and chevronelly of the same
three tinctures.
Trivulziano does have a single example using an element which is
multiply divided of four tinctures: di Scarognini on p.334: Per
bend gules and sable, a bend chevronelly inverted argent, Or,
gules and sable (eight traits), fimbriated argent, and a chief
of the Empire (e.g. a chief Or charged with a crowned displayed
eagle sable, used by the Holy Roman Empire.) While that armory
does use a primary ordinary which is multiply divided of four
tinctures, its armorial style is very different. Even
disregarding the chief of the empire, this submission uses a
pale wavy which is barry of four tinctures, while di Scarognini
has a different ordinary, a different line of partition on the
ordinary, a different sort of multiple division on the ordinary,
and different tinctures (only one similar tincture of four).
This submission has a plain field while di Scarognini has a
divided field, and this submission has no fimbriation while di
Scarognini includes fimbriation.
The examples from Trivuziano do not match the style of the
submitted device and thus cannot be used to demonstrate that the
submitted device _does_ follow period heraldic style.
In addition, Batonvert noted "Siebmacher also gives an example
of a multi-colored, three-colored field: the arms of Hohenegk
(pl.35), Checky sable, argent, sable and gules, a canton Or."
Again, this is a single sample that does not match the style of
the submitted device.
David de Brygenhall. Device. Per bend sinister erminois and pean, on
a chief indented vert three crosses potent Or.
This device is returned for redraw of the line of division. When
a chief is present, the per bend sinister line should issue from
the corner where the chief meets the field, not the corner of
the shield as in this depiction.
Einarr Gr{i'}msson and Jacqueline de Meux. Joint household name
House of the Amethyst Tower.
This name does not follow period patterns for organized groups
of people. The submitters argue that gem names, such as
amethyst, are found used as color names in period, and cite
examples from late period heraldic manuals of gem names used in
blazonry. However, this does not demonstrate that the gem names
were used in ordinary naming practice anymore than the regular
heraldic tinctures were so used. Barring documentation showing
gem names used for as a normal color descriptive outside of
blazonry, and for _amethyst_ in particular in this context, this
name is not registerable. We would change the name to "House of
the Purple Tower", but the submitter will not accept changes.
Giudo di Niccolo Brunelleschi. Badge. (Fieldless) A belt in annulo
sable garnished Or.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device for Conrad
Breakring, "Argent, an annulet fracted on the dexter side
sable". There is no difference between an annulet and a garter,
nor between a fracted annulet and a garter. This does not
conflict with the badge for Jonathan Blackshaft, "(Fieldless) A
garter sable charged with the letters N.A.G.S. Or". There is a
CD for fieldlessness and another for removing the tertiary
letters. As with a book, a few letters on a garter are
considered tertiary charges.
Blazoned on the LoI as "(Fieldless) A belt in annulo bendwise
sable tipped and buckled Or", the location of the dangling bit
of the garter is artistic license.
Marion Baggeputz. Device. Per pale rayonny vert and purpure, an
Irish harp Or and a pink flamingo statant with dexter leg raised
proper.
This is returned for having color on color. While pink for a
Caucasian human is considered equivalent to argent, flamingo
pink is much darker and is considered a color. When registering
Jeanette Seurat d'Avignon's device, _Argent, two pink flamingos
statant respectant proper, on a chief azure a sun in splendour
Or_, in April 1989 Laurel noted:
Note that the plumage of the birds is "flamingo pink"
and therefore has good contrast with the field:
reblazoning it as simple "gules" would confuse the
issue since many artists would depict all portions of
the bird, including the beak and limbs, as flaming
red.
This submission is also "flamingo pink" and therefore lacks
contrast with the field; it would have good contrast with a
metallic field.
In April 1985 (q.v., Cherie Ruadh MhicRath of Locksley) Laurel
ruled, "The color of a flamingo's feathers is apparently
dependent on its diet, so there really is no 'proper' color."
This has been interpreted to mean that _flamingos proper_ could
not be registered; however, pink flamingos proper have been
registered since that time, including as recently as April 2006.
The 1985 precedent is hereby overturned; a _pink flamingo
proper_ is registerable. It is dark pink while the tincture of
its beak and legs are treated as artistic license. Its tincture
is a color, not a metal.
Maximillian Johann von Kleve. Device. Gyronny sable and argent, a
cross formy counterchanged, a bordure gules.
This device is returned as the counterchanging makes it too
difficult to identify the primary charge. Precedent notes that,
in general, charges should not be counterchanged over a gyronny
fields. In some cases, a single, simple charge (such as a
lozenge) has been ruled simple enough for such counterchanging
(q.v., John Michael Midwinter, 10/00, A-Atenveldt]. However,
Laurel has previously ruled that a saltire cannot be
counterchanged over a gyronny field:
[_Gyronny vert and Or, a saltire counterchanged_] The
combination of the gyronny field and the saltire is
very visually confusing. Each arm of the saltire is
counterchanged along its long axis, which generally
hampers identifiability. Because each piece of the
counterchanged saltire is similar in size to the
pieces of the gyronny field which show between the
arms of the saltire, it is difficult to distinguish
which parts of the emblazon belong to the charge, and
which belong to the field. This design also does not
appear to be period style. Absent documentation for
the design of a cross or saltire, as an ordinary,
counterchanged on a gyronny field in period, this must
be returned. [Wilhelm von D{u:}sseldorf, 01/02,
R-West]
In this case, the lines of division almost line up with the
angles of the cross's arms. This further adds to the apparent
complexity of the design and hinders the identification of the
cross.
This device does not conflict with the device of Marke von
Mainz, _Gyronny argent and sable, a cross moline and a bordure
gules_. There is a CD for changing the tincture of the cross and
another for the difference between a cross formy and a cross
moline.
S{e'}amus mac Muireadhaigh. Name.
Aural conflict with "Seamus Mac Murchada", registered October
1997. Rowel provided commentary that included Anglicized Irish
forms from the end of our period. As these forms were often
phonetic renderings of the Gaelic names at the time, they can
give us some indication of Gaelic pronunciation at that time:
Here are the period forms shown in Woulfe (I've pulled
both Mac and {O'} forms to give us a broader source
for comparison).
------------------------------------------------
p. 393 s.n. Mac Muiread.aig. (Mac Muireadhaigh)
M'Murrey
M'Morrye
p. 394 s.n. Mac M.uiread.aig. (Mac Mhuireadhaigh)
M'Murrie
M'Murry
p. 621 s.n. {O'} Muiread.aig. ({O'} Muireadhaigh)
O Murrey
O Murry
O Murrihy
------------------------------------------------
p. 394 s.n. Mac Murc.ad.a (Mac Murchadha)
M'Murroghowe
M'Moroghoe
M'Murphewe
p. 622 s.n. {O'} Murc.ad.a ({O'} Murchadha)
O Morchowe
O Moroghoe
O Morphy
------------------------------------------------
So, both show and spellings. So, that
syllable should get no difference. In general, the
forms show \ee\ sound for the final syllable for
and \oh\ sounds for . But
we've got a example for also.
The examples of show 2 syllables in 6
examples and 3 syllables in 1 example. The examples of
are split evenly between 2 syllables and 3
syllables.
In the three syllable example of , the
final consonant sound is an h. Of the 3 syllable
examples of , all final consonant sounds are
represented by gh. From my understanding, a gh sound
is more of a very hard h sound than a hard g sound. If
I'm correct in this understanding, the h and gh sounds
are similar enough that they should grant no
difference.
Based on this information, the pronunciation of these two
bynames are too similar, and so conflict.
His device was registered under the holding name "S{e'}amus of
Amlesmore".
**** DRACHENWALD ****
None.
**** EAST ****
Deroch the Wine Trader. Name.
The byname "the Wine Trader" was proposed as a lingua anglica
translation of the 13th C French bynames "bufetier" and
"vinetier". However, there are several problems with this
translation. First, it is not a standard translation for either
of these words; the more usual translations are "wine merchant"
or "wine seller". Second, the attested period meanings of the
word _trader_ do not support this translation. The first date
for the word in the OED is 1585. We have found no examples in
period where the word _trader_ is compounded with any
occupation. We would change the name to "Deroch the Wine
Merchant" or "Deroch the Wine Seller", but we believe this is
contrary to the submitter's wishes. She has checked the box
indicating she would not accept minor changes, although she has
not checked the box indicating she will not accept major
changes. Given this combination, though, we must believe that
she will not accept changes.
Her device was registered under the holding name "Deroch of
Northern Outpost"
Louren{c,}o Coelho. Household name Casa do Buraco.
No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that
this household name, which follows the pattern _[house] + [of
topographic feature]_, follows a pattern used in Portuguese for
naming organized groups of people. Even if the submitter had
demonstrated the pattern _[house] + [inherited surname]_, no
documentation was provided that _do Buraco_ is a reasonable
Portuguese surname. Barring documentation such documentation,
this household name is not registerable.
**** GLEANN ABHANN ****
Amelia Van Hemessen. Device. Argent, a chevron vert between two
columbines proper and a butterfly azure.
This device is returned as there is no proper defined for a
columbine nor are the alternating blue and white petals a
blazonable combination. We note that a columbine is a period
heraldic charge; it appears in the arms of the Worshipful
Company of Cooks in 1467. For those who are curious, the
columbines in those arms were azure.
Asha Devi. Name.
This name violates RfS VI.1 "Names Claiming Rank. - Names
containing titles, territorial claims, or allusions to rank are
considered presumptuous. " According to Lisa Darcy, _Rajput
Women's Names_, _Asha_ is a 16th C woman's name. However,
according to the same article _devi_ (or, when used as a theme
_-devi_) means "goddess; used for royalty." Therefore, this name
is a presumptuous claim to be royalty.
Her device was registered under the holding name "Asha of Grey
Niche".
Caron of Pinewood. Badge. (Fieldless) A horse's head couped argent.
Unfortunately, this must be returned for conflict with Aonghais
Dubh MacTarbh's badge for Clan Creachainn, _Per pale argent and
sable, a horse's head couped argent, crined of flames and
incensed proper, issuant from a ducal crown Or fimbriated
sable_, which is reblazoned elsewhere in this letter. There is a
CD for fieldlessness. The crown is a maintained charge and not
worth a CD. Nor is the tincture of the mane worth a CD.
James Guy of Bothwell. Badge. (Fieldless) A lion's head cabossed
argent.
This badge conflicts with the device of Victoria Faline
Dubonnet, _Tierced per pall azure, gules and Or, a lion's head
cabossed argent_; there is a single CD for fieldlessness. The
badge also conflicts with the device of Alonzio of the
Peacemakers, _Gyronny Or and gules, a white tiger's head
caboshed proper. [Felix tigris]_. There is a CD for
fieldlessness, but that is the only CD. There is no difference
granted for the type of feline's head, nor do the markings on a
tiger contribute to a difference in tincture.
**** LOCHAC ****
Katherine Kerr of the Hermitage. Blanket permission to conflict with
device. Per fess and per pale embattled argent and sable, in bend
two boarhound's heads couped close and in bend sinister two towers
palewise all counterchanged.
As her device was returned on the September 2006 LoAR, the
blanket permission to conflict with that device must also be
returned.
**** MERIDIES ****
Besseta Wallace. Badge. (Fieldless) A tree blasted and eradicated
per chevron argent and sable.
This badge must be returned as, at any distance, the line of
division appears to be _per fess_ rather than _per chevron_.
Precedent states:
[A sword per chevron] "A long skinny charge may not be
divided per chevron in this manner. The line of
division is not identifiable, thus falling afoul of
RfS VII.7.a." (5/92 p.24).
This precedent dealt with a fieldless badge. On a field divided
_per chevron_, it is possible to tell the line of division
because of the field; on a fieldless badge there is no other
indication the line of division is angled rather than
horizontal. A long skinny object, which includes a tree trunk,
may not be divided _per chevron_ on a fieldless badge.
**** MIDDLE ****
Andiwulfs sunus A{th}alamun{th}is. Device. Per chevron inverted
sable and argent, a wolf's head cabossed argent and three wolves'
teeth issuant from base gules.
This device is returned in accordance with the precedent "We
know of no examples of _wolf's teeth_ issuant from anywhere but
from dexter or sinister, nor do we have any examples of them
being used singly. We must therefore return the device pending
documentation of this use of wolf's teeth." (q.v. Temur Arslan,
02/2000). We still have no evidence of wolf's teeth issuing from
anywhere but from dexter or sinister.
Ragnarr Arnbjornsson. Household name Household of Uglugar{dh}r.
While the parts used to construct this household name were
documented as Icelandic, no documentation was submitted and none
found to suggest that the etymology provided, "House of a man
named Uglu" was accurate. No evidence of "Uglu" or "Ugla" as a
given name was provided on the LoI or found by the commenters,
and no documentation for Norse or Icelandic household names of
using the pattern _[animal] + [stronghold]_ was provided.
Barring documentation for either _Uglu_ or _Ugla_ as a given
name or for the pattern _[animal] + [stronghold]_ in Norse names
for organized groups of people, this name is not registerable.
**** NORTHSHIELD ****
Arianwen Teague. Device. Vert, a pile throughout Or and overall on a
chevron three lozenges all counterchanged.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Theodore
the Emerald, "Vert, on a chevron Or three brilliant cut emeralds
seen from above proper". Another valid blazon for the submitted
device is "Vert, on a chevron Or three lozenges, overall a pile
throughout all counterchanged", which make the conflict somewhat
clearer. There is a CD for adding the overall pile. Arianwen's
chevron is two-thirds Or, thus there is not a CD for changing
its tincture. As there is an overall charge, two changes are
needed to the tertiary charges for a CD under RfS X.4.j.
However, there is only one such change (the type of tertiary
charge), as changing the tincture of one of the three charges is
not considered visually significant.
We leave open the question of whether this is excessive
counterchanging. If a similar design is resubmitted, we
recommend that evidence of this type of counterchanging in
period heraldry be provided.
Fearghus mac Ronain. Device (see PENDS for name). Argent, a fish
hauriant contourny sable and a base wavy azure.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of
Glortathar of the Cleftlends, _Argent, a bottlenosed dolphin
hauriant sable maintaining on its nose an hourglass gules, a
base wavy azure_, which is reblazoned elsewhere on this letter.
There is a CD for adding the base but nothing for removing the
maintained hourglass. There is no difference between a generic
fish and a natural dolphin, and this fish so nearly symmetric
that we cannot give difference for _haurient_ vs. _haurient
contourny_ in this case.
Taran MacThamhais. Name and device. Per fess urdy azure and argent,
two chalices and a brilliant-cut gemstone in profile counterchanged.
The spelling "MacThamhais" is a modern Gaelic spelling. As such
it is not registerable. Black, _The Surnames of Scotland_, s.n.
MacTavish, shows a Latin form of this patronymic as "M'Thamais"
in 1355. We would change the spelling to that form, but the
submitter will not allow major changes such as changing the
language of an element.
The device is returned for non-period style. Blazoned on the LoI
as a _set cut gemstone_, the charge in base appears rather to be
a _brilliant cut gemstone_. Our rules (RfS VII.3) allow
artifiacts known in the period and domain of the Society to be
registered as armorial elements provided they are depicted in
their period forms. The brilliant cut, being developed in the
17th Century, is post-period and not registerable.
The other problem is that the gemstone is in profile. Batonvert
noted: "However, be it known that my sole example in period
heraldry of a gemstone used as an independent charge (i.e., not
attached to a ring or other piece of jewelry), in the civic arms
of Beihlstein (Siebmacher 226), shows the gem from above, not in
profile. A set gem would be likewise seen from above. Neither in
its natural setting (as it were) nor in heraldry would a
gemstone be seen in profile. Granted that we've registered
gemstones in profile once before (in the arms of Theresa Yolanda
Cabeza de Vaca, April 2005), it remains a poor practice, and I
see no reason to perpetuate it." Theresa's device was blazoned
"Argent, two chevronels braced and on a chief rayonny sable
three faceted gemstones in profile argent". However, she also
submitted documentation showing that style of gem cut (with a
flat top, or table, with eight supplementary facets) was
developed in 1380. No such documentation has been adduced here.
A non-period cut for a gemstone is not registerable. Depicting a
gemstone in profile is a step from period practice.
**** OUTLANDS ****
Outlands, Kingdom of the. Heraldic title Castel Herald.
Aural conflict with the medieval Kingdom of "Castile". The main
difference of pronunciation is in the second vowel sound. This
is not enough to clear conflict.
Thyr{ae} {u'}lfr. Device. Per pale vert and sable, a wolf statant
argent, a chief embattled Or.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Gabriel
Rene Antoine du Renard, "Azure, a fox passant argent grasping in
its sinister forepaw a hunting horn, bell to sinister, and a
chief embattled Or" and with his badge, "Azure, a fox passant
argent maintaining in its dexter forepaw a spiral hunting horn
palewise reversed, slung over its shoulder, and a chief
embattled Or", both reblazoned in this letter. In both cases
there is a CD for changes to the field but nothing for removing
the maintained hunting horn and nothing for changing the type of
canine.
**** TRIMARIS ****
Alessandra Volpe. Device. Quarterly gules and checky sable and
argent, a fox rampant Or.
Unfortunately, this device must be returned for conflict with
Ana Moonstar, _Azure, a wolf rampant reguardant Or, maintaining
in its teeth a mullet of eight points argent, standing upon a
moon in her plenitude per pale argent and sable_. There's a CD
for the field; however, that is the only difference. There is
not a CD between a fox and wolf, nothing for making the beast
reguardant, and nothing for the maintained mullet. And as noted
in the March 2006 LoAR (q.v., Elric Strangulf), "Checking Ana's
emblazon, her moon is the equivalent of a maintained charge;
thus there is not a CD for removing it."
Celine Alexandria. Device. Argent, a palm tree proper and in chief
an eye argent, pupilled azure.
This device is returned for lack of contrast. Blazoned on the
LoI as an _eye azure_, the eye is in fact an _eye argent,
pupilled azure_. Thus the eye is primarily argent on argent.
This does not conflict with the arms of O'Connor Don (important
non-SCA arms), "Argent, a tree eradicated vert". There is a CD
between a palm tree and a standard tree, which is rounded. There
is another CD for adding the eye.
Edwardus the Wise. Device. Argent, a bend embattled
counter-embattled between two natural salamanders tergiant sable
spotted gules.
This is returned for violating the rule of tincture by having
gules spots on the sable salamander. We note that spots aren't
part of the definition of a natural salamander and so they must
be considered tertiary charges.
Philippe d'Artaignan. Device. Azure, a wolf sustaining a
fleur-de-lys argent and in chief a label Or.
This device was a resubmission; the original submission was
returned on the February 2006 LoAR with the comment:
This device is returned for redraw. The fleur-de-lys
was originally blazoned as sustained; however, the
wolf and the fleur-de-lys are not touching. The
fleur-de-lys and the wolf are not clearly in bend nor
clearly in fess; they need to be clearly drawn in one
of these arrangements. The fleur-de-lys is heavily
outlined and thus appears to be fimbriated sable. A
fleur-de-lys is too complex to fimbriate.
The fleur-de-lys no longer appears to be fimbriated and the two
charges are now conjoined; however, the fleur-de-lys and the
wolf are still not clearly in bend nor clearly in fess. This is
again returned for a redraw to place the charges clearly in bend
or in fess.
Turold Dunstan Arminger. Device. Azure, a chevron rompu between
three fleurs-de-lys, one and two, and a natural sea-turtle naiant
argent.
This device is returned as the sea-turtle is not identifiable as
such; this violates RfS VIII.3 - Armorial Identifiability. We
note that in all previous registrations of natural sea-turtles,
the sea-turtle has been tergiant. This allows the sea-turtle to
be more easily identified.
**** WEST ****
Violetta Belladonna. Name.
This Italian name consists of a given name and an unmarked
metronymic. Precedent states:
Oriana di Octavia Volpe da Venezia. There was some
question whether matronymics were used in Italian
names. Talan Gwynek, "15th Century Italian Men's
Names", includes a Giacomo de Argentina The third real
paragraph of this article says: "If the final a can be
trusted, de Argentina is probably metronymic." This is
sufficient to give the submitter the benefit of the
doubt that names of this form are registerable.
[August 2006]
However, since that time, we have reconsidered the evidence and
decided that a single ambiguous example is not sufficient to
allow metronymics in Italian. As the precedent notes, the only
evidence we have for metronymics in Italian is a single
ambiguous example from Talan Gwynek's "15 C Italian Men's Names"
(http://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/italian15m.html). This is hardly
a ringing endorsement for a naming pattern, and a single example
is not enough to establish a general pattern. Therefore, barring
clear examples of metronymics, either marked or unmarked in
Italian, Italian names using metronymics are not registerable.
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***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE September 2007
LAUREL MEETING (OR AS NOTED): *****
**** {AE}THELMEARC ****
Elyenora Houll. Device. Argent, three leaves bendwise sinister vert
between two scarpes sable between six dragonflies purpure.
Blazoned on the LoI as "Argent, on a bend sinister argent
fimbriated sable between six dragonflies purpure three leaves
vert", a bend or bend sinister fimbriated that is the same
tincture as the field does not appear to be a bend or bend
sinister but rather two bendlets or scarpes. This is pended to
allow conflict checking with the leaves as the primary charges
rather than as tertiary charges.
This was item 13 on the {AE}thelmearc letter of October 26,
2006.
Marija Kotok. Name change from Mariia Kotova.
Precedent set in October 2002 forbid the registration of
unmarked patronymics in Russian names:
_Bola_ is a Russian masculine given name. Lacking
evidence that Russian used unmarked patronymic
bynames, we have changed this to the patronymic form
_Bolin_ in order to register this name. [Gorm Bolin,
10/2002, A-Middle]
However, an informal letter from Paul Wickenden of Thanet argues
that the name used to document "Kotok" does, in fact, show an
unmarked patronymic, and that unmarked patronymics can be found
in Russian manuscripts:
For Kotok, this is an unmarked patronymic. We have
period examples of it being used as such -- see Kulik
Kotok (dated to c1495) in Wickenden [164]. While this
is listed as a dim of Kot by Wickenden, it is a bit
more complicated than the entry alludes, as Kulik is
already the "old Russian" given name and there can
never be two of these given to a person. Far more
likely, Kulik is the son of Kotok and his full legal
name would be Kulik (syn) Kotkov. That said, unmarked
patronymics are common in Russian manuscripts. An
unmarked patronymic already violates Russian grammar
rules so it also does not necessarily need to be
feminized (I.e., you wouldn't change it to Kotka). In
the structure Kulik Kotok, we see an implication that
all of the offspring of Kotok could be spelled the
same way.
While the lettere states that unmarked patronymics are common in
Russian manuscripts, no examples (other than Kulik Kotok) are
provided. We are reluctant to overturn this precedent based on a
single example, as it is a long standing principal that a single
example of a particular naming pattern is not necessarily
sufficient to demonstrate a more general acceptance of that
pattern. A single example may be an example of an invalid or
misinterpreted recording, but several examples demonstrate a
pattern. We request that the commenters take a look at the
available sources and see whether they can find further examples
of names that appear to use unmarked patronymics.
This was item 22 on the {AE}thelmearc letter of October 26,
2006.
**** AN TIR ****
Arion the Wanderer. Badge. (Fieldless) A trident sable.
The hard copy Letter of Intent had the correct emblazon for this
submission; the copy in OSCAR did not. At the time of
publication, an OSCAR LoI was not sufficient - a hard copy was
still required. As the majority of the commenters appear to have
used the OSCAR copy of the LoI, we are pending this to allow
conflict checking with the correct emblazon.
This was item 3 on the An Tir letter of October 30, 2006.
**** ATENVELDT ****
Angharad Ewan. Name.
The submitter requested an authentic 10th C name; this was not
mentioned on the LoI. We are pending this name to give the
commenters a chance to address this request. The following
documentation was included with this submission:
_Angharad _is a Welsh feminine given name; it is found
in "A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh
Names," Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn
(),
where it appears in the medieval source as _Angharat_.
The spelling desired by the client is found in
"Snapshot of a Cantref: The Names and Naming Practices
in a Mawddwy Court Roll of 1415-16," Heather Rose
Jones
().
_Ewain _is a masculine Scots given name, first seen in
1164, and an example of it used as a patronymic is
demonstrated with_ Douenaldus Ewain_ a. 1165 (Black,
p. 249, s.n. Ewan); the spelling _Ewan _itself is not
dated. It is most often seen in a patronymic form
preceded by _Mac_-. "Patrick _McEwyn _was provost of
Wygtoun, 1331" is found in Black, p. 491, s.n.
MACEWAN.
The client is most interested in the language/culture
of the name, and it means "Angharad daughter of Ewan"
and that it be feminine.
Her device was registered under the holding name "Angharad of
Tir Ysgithr".
This was item 3 on the Atenveldt letter of October 31, 2006.
**** CALONTIR ****
Marinn Rikar{dh}sdottir. Name.
Originally submitted as "Mar_en_ Rikar{dh}sdottir", the name was
changed to "Mar_inn_ Rikar{dh}sdottir" at kingdom. However, no
mention of the reason for the change or even that the change had
been made was made in the LoI. One of the our most frequent
refrains is that if changes are made to a name at kingdom, the
LoI must include what changes were made and why. Failure to do
so is reason for return or for pending the name. In this case,
we are pending the name to give the commenters further chance to
consider the originally submitted name.
The documentation on the form listed "Maren" as a Danish name
found in 1490 at www.familysearch.org. While the commenters on
this letter provided ample evidence for "Marin" as a 16th C
Norwegian name (it appears three times between 1506 and 1542 in
the "Diplomatarium Norvegicum"), Danish sources were not
addressed by the commenters. This pend will allow them to do so.
The original documentation notes that Rikar{dh}sdottir is based
on a given name from Haraldson, _The Old Norse Name_.
Her armory was registered under the holding name "Kelly of
Crystal Mynes".
This was item 27 on the Calontir letter of October 30, 2006.
**** NORTHSHIELD ****
Berenice Calvina. Name.
The submitter requested a name authentic for Roman
language/culture. However, this authenticity request was not
mentioned on the LoI. We are pending this name to provide the
commenters with the opportunity to address this request.
This documentation was provided on the LoI:
Submitter desires a female name. Sound (unspecified)
most important. Culture (Roman) most important.
Name documentation: The Academy of St. Gabriel Report
2944 " is a Macedonian form of Greek
and was the name of a 4th century Syrian
martyr, several Ptolemaic queens in Cyrenaica and
Egypt. was emperor
or Rome and died in 238AD. Female form of
is .
More documentation for Berenice: The Great
Roman-Jewish War A.D. 66-70 (De Bello Judaico) by
Flavius Josephus " Chapter XV's subtitle is
"Concerning Berenice's petition to Florus to spare the
Jews, but in vain; as also how, after the seditious
flame was quenched, it was kindled again by
Florus".Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition 2001 " no
photocopy providedMore documentation for
Calvina/Calvinus: "Browsing Roman Imperatorial Coins
of Calvinus" "
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/imp/calvinus/I.html -
no photocopy providedEncyclopedia Britannica 2004 "
"Balbinus, Decimus Caelius Calvinus" " no photocopy
provided
Her device was registered under the holding name "Berenice of
Coldedernhale".
This was item 2 on the Northshield letter of October 6, 2006.
Fearghus mac Ronain. Name (see RETURNS for device).
The submitter requested an authentic 12th C Gaelic name. While
the LoI noted that if the name had to be changed he was most
interested in 12th C Gaelic language/culture, the authenticity
request was not mentioned. We are pending this item to allow the
commenters sufficient time to provide commentary on the
authenticity request.
Here is the documentation included with this name:
Documentation provided:
- Academy of St. Gabriel report #2600
(http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2600.txt)
- Fergus is a Scots form of Gaelic name Fearghus.Also
- Academy of St. Gabriel report #1800
(http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/1800.txt)
- "Fearghus was also a common name throughout the
Middle Ages."Also - Academy of St. Gabriel report
#1879
(http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/1879.txt)
- Fearghus is a later version of Fergus and was in use
in 1200-1400.
- Academy of St. Gabriel report #2150
(http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2150.txt)
- used in medieval Ireland between 950-1200.
This same report lists as the correct
patronymic byname.
In addition, Rowel notes:
_[Rowel]_ For 12th C, should be used rather
than the later . The spelling
appears in both Gaelic and Scots (the language closely
related to English). In Gaelic, the form is
both Old Gaelic and Middle Gaelic ( is the
corresponding Early Modern Gaelic form). For the 12th
C, Middle Gaelic is the appropriate language.
The latest instance I've found of is of the
father of a man who died in 1117:
Annals of Ulster, entry U1117.3:
*Mael Brig_hte_ m. Ronan com_arba_ Cenannsa*
Annals of the Four Masters, vol. 2 (B), entry:
M1117.12:
*Maol Brighde Mac Ron{a'}in*, *comhorba Cenannsa*, &
ar muintire *Cenannsa* uime
MacCarthaigh's Book, vol. 1, entry MCB1117.8:
*Mael Brighde Mac Ronain [...] Ceanannais*
So, would be an authentic Middle
Gaelic form of his submitted name.
However, unless anyone has run across evidence of
being used in Scotland, we can't confirm the
name is authentic for Scotland as opposed to Ireland.
This was item 4 on the Northshield letter of October 6, 2006.
**** OUTLANDS ****
William de Kari. Device. Per chevron Or and azure, three hurts and a
standing balance Or.
Blazoned on the LoI as "Per chevron Or and azure, a standing
balance Or and in chief three hurts", the charges are
co-primary. As most commenters did not indicate that they had
conflict checked the device under this interpretation, we must
pend it for further conflict checking.
This was item 11 on the Outlands letter of October 27, 2006.
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