***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED: ***** **** {AE}THELMEARC **** Barbary Rose of Endless Hills. Name and device. Gules, a dragon displayed and in chief a rose Or. Submitted as "Barbary Rose of _the_ Endless Hills", the second byname was documented as a registered branch name. However, the branch name is registered as "Endless Hills, Barony of" without the article _the_. While the submitter will not accept major changes, she specifically allows dropping the article if this is necessary for registration. We have changed the name to "Barbary Rose of_Endless Hills" in order to register it. The submitter requested an authentic Elizabethan name. The name "Barbary Rose" is a lovely late 16th C English name, but it conflicts with the registered "Barbary atte Rose". Therefore, we are unable to register the fully authentic form to her. Clarice Roan. Device. Per fess azure and argent, a dove rising wings displayed argent and a serpent palewise embowed counter-embowed gules. Clarice Roan. Badge. (Fieldless) In pale a dove rising wings displayed argent sustaining in its claws a serpent palewise embowed counter-embowed gules. Gunnarr of Endless Hills. Name and device. Purpure, two horses combatant Or and on a chief argent four roses gules. Submitted as "Gunnarr of _the_ Endless Hills", the byname was documented as a registered branch name. However, the branch name is registered as "Endless Hills, Barony of" without the article _the_. While the submitter will not accept major changes, he specifically allows dropping the article if this is necessary for registration. We have changed the name to "Gunnarr of_Endless Hills" in order to register it. On{o'}ra inghean Chonaill. Device. Vert, a seahorse argent and on a chief Or three shamrocks vert. Tuathflaith ingen u{i'} Chellaich. Device. Per bend sinister purpure and azure, a bend sinister argent between a sprig of three oak leaves bendwise inverted Or and a stag's head couped, a bordure argent. Verederosa Dal Sol. Name and device. Per fess argent and vert, a rose vert barbed and seeded and a sun in splendor Or. **** AN TIR **** Amia Turner. Name. An Tir, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Black Antelope Herald. Submitted as "Black Antelope", this title lacked the required designator. The kingdom submitted a timely correction noting that the designator should be "Herald". Given this, we have registered this title as "Black Antelope _Herald_". An Tir, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Black Falcon Herald. Submitted as "Black Falcon", this title lacked the required designator. The kingdom submitted a timely correction noting that the designator should be "Herald". Given this, we have registered this title as "Black Falcon _Herald_". An Tir, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Black Talbot Herald. Submitted as "Black Talbot", this title lacked the required designator. The kingdom submitted a timely correction noting that the designator should be "Herald". Given this, we have registered this title as "Black Talbot _Herald_". An Tir, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Demi-Lion Herald. Submitted as "Demi-Lion", this title lacked the required designator. The kingdom submitted a timely correction noting that the designator should be "Herald". Given this, we have registered this title as "Demi-Lion _Herald_". Ceara inghean u{i'} Mhadadh{a'}in. Name. Cormacc ua N{e'}ill. Name. Nice 12th C Irish name. Coryn of the Wode. Name and device. Sable, a pine tree eradicated and on a chief Or three lozenges pometty gules. The submitter requested a name authentic to 14th-16th C, but this request was not mentioned on the LoI. Fortunately, the issue is implicitly addressed in the commentary. Albion notes: ...the cited in the Petty Custom book is a Dutch merchant. The typical Dutch spelling of the name is this can be found in my "15th Century Dutch Names" (). My and Kymma's "Names from Antwerp, 1443-1561" () has 'of the forest' dated to 1447, 1460, 1544, 1547, and 1550. (I don't actually have any examples of any bynames containing 'wood' in any of my articles.) Add to this the citations in R&W s.n. Wood and [sic] becames a plausible English form of a Dutch . Had this name not been substantially authentic already, and had the information above not been present in the commentary, we would have been forced to pend this for further research. Ernst Weissbaum. Name. The submitter requested an authentic name for 14th C Hamburg. However, we have no example of the byname "Weissbaum" that isn't modern. While the submitter provided an argument that the name followed German byname patterns appropriate for the 14th C, without an example of the name in period, we cannot recommend it as an authentic name. We note that _weissbaum_ is a possible Middle High German (mittelhochdeutsch) word, but the language or dialect of German spoken in Hamburg in the 14th C is Middle Low German (mittelniederdeutsch). For that region, we would expect the byname to have a form starting with _Wit_ or _Witte_; Brechenmacher, _Etymologisches Woerterbuch der deutschen Familiennamen_, shows several examples of Low German bynames starting with _Wit_ and _Witte_ that are cognates of High German starting with _Weiss_. It is unclear exactly what the appropriate form of _Weissbaum_ would be in Low German, but it is probably similar to the modern Dutch surname "Witboom". Gerard le Bon d'Orleans. Device. Per fess Or and purpure, a cross bottony and a dolphin naiant counterchanged. Juliana de Luna. Badge. (Fieldless) A crescent pendant sable. Nice badge. Juliana de Luna. Badge. (Fieldless) In bend a crescent sustained by a melusine argent. Katrin Odinsdottir. Name. There was question whether the name "Odinsdottir" was registerable. The answer is that it depends on the rest of the name. "Odinsdottir" was declared unregisterable as an Old Norse name, as no documentation has been found to support the use of the name "Odin" by ordinary humans during the time when Old Norse is appropriate: There was some discussion whether the use of _Odin_ in this name was presumptuous. Indeed, the byname _Odinsson_ was ruled unregisterable long ago: Of course he can't be "Odinsson" without proof of his parentage. (KFW, 17 Aug 78 [21], p. 9) [N. Odinsson.] Let him submit a history form documenting whose son he is, or change his name. (HB, 5 Aug 72 [56], p. 1) In this case, the submitted documentation shows that Odin is found as "a man's name found once in Nicolaa de Bracton's article, 'A Statistical Survey of Given Names in Essex Co., England'" (http://members.tripod.com/nicolaa5/articles/names.html). Sommelier also found that Reaney & Wilson (pp. 327-328 s.n. Oden, Othen) "date Oudon 1066, Odin Goldeberd 1327, and Thomas Oden 1332 (among others)." These examples are sufficient to support the use of _Odin_ as a rare name used by humans in English. As such, it is registerable in the patronymic form _FitzOdin_ so long as there are no additional references to the mythological _Odin_ or a child of _Odin_. Note, though, that no documentation was found of _Odin_ used by humans in period in Old Norse. Lacking such evidence, it is continues to be unregisterable in an Old Norse patronymic byname. [Alan Fitz Odin, February 2003] However, the "Diplomatarium Norvegicum" (http://www.dokpro.uio.no/dipl_norv/diplom_field_eng.html) has an "Odin Redulf sson" in 1460 (document 240) and "Nykolas Odin sson" in 1468 (document 355). The name "Katrin" is found in 1468 (document 843) in the same source. Given this, "Odin" is a name used by normal humans in late period Norwegian, hence this name is registerable as a 15th C Norwegian name. Marie Helena von Bremen. Name (see RETURNS for device and badge). Submitted as "Marie_-_Helen_e_ von Bremen", the submitter requested an authentic name. The name "Helene" is documented as a French name, but the rest of the name is German. The submitted documentation notes that "Helena" can be dated to 1364 and the 16th century in Germany. In addition, no evidence has been found for hyphenated given names in German in period. We have changed the name to "Marie_Helen_a_ von Bremen" in order to register it and to fulfill the submitter's request for an authentic name. As registered, this is a reasonable 16th C German name. Mary Ostler. Name. Nice late 16th C English name! Mary Webb. Reblazon of device. Sable, in fess two lightning bolts palewise argent and a base wavy barry wavy Or and vert. Registered May 2005 with the blazon, "Sable, two lightning bolts argent and a base wavy barry wavy Or and vert", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolts. Michael of Braghan. Device. Azure, a bend bevilled argent. The submitter has permission to conflict with the device for Adalasia Serena, _Per bend sable and gules, a bend bevilled argent_. Michelino di Gino Martini. Name and device. Per pale wavy purpure and Or, two chalices in bend counterchanged. Nice 15th C Italian name! Nemania Brigans. Name and device. Sable semy of decrescents argent, a torch Or enflamed gules and in chief a coronet Or. Submitted as "N_yfain_ _of_ Brigan_tia_", the submitter requested a name authentic for 6th century Britain. The name "Nyfain" is a standard modern form of a name found in the 6th C. The bearer of this name is found in genealogies written between the 10th through the 14th C. The name is not a saint's name. Early names found in later genealogies that are not saint's names are not registerable in standard modern (or standard later medieval) forms unless documentation is provided that the name was in use when such a spelling would be appropriate. Barring documentation that this name was in use in later period, the form "Nyfain" is not registerable. The article used to document the name, Heather Rose Jones, "Names of Women of the Brythonic North in the 5-7th Centuries" (http://heatherrosejones.com/names/welsh/brythonicnorth/5th-7thbrythonicwomen.html), notes that a Latinized "Nemania" would be appropriate to this period. With a Latinized given name, we would expect a Latinized form of the byname; Harpy suggests that "Brigans" is an appropriate Latin adjectival form. We have changed the name to "N_emania _Briga_ns_" in order to register it and to partially address the submitter's request for authenticity. There was some discussion on whether the crown was a co-primary charge or a secondary charge. Given the central location of the torch, and the placement of the crown clearly in chief, the crown is a secondary charge. Owen commented "I would argue, though I expect others would disagree, furthermore that coronets are a special case. It is a perfectly correct, period depiction of a crowned charge for the crown to hover above the charge. See da Bara: crowned charges are routinely emblazoned so. Under this interpretation, Nyfain's coronet is not merely not co-primary, it is insignificant." While this may be a period usage, it is not an interpretation used in the SCA. This is purely pragmatic - we grant a CD for secondary charges. While we protect mundane armory in both crowned and uncrowned forms, we do not wish to do so for SCA armory at this time. This inconsistency is an artifact of the way our rules are applied. The submitter is a countess and thus entitled to display a coronet. Summits, Principality of the. Heraldic title Bleu Grael Herald. **** ANSTEORRA **** Arias Yanes. Device. Argent, a wolf rampant between three escallops and a bordure gules. Please advise the submitter to draw the wolf larger. Ceallach {O'} Bruadair. Name. Connor the Hunter. Device. Or, in bend sinister a mullet of five greater and five lesser points vert and a stag springing sable, a bordure gules. Goisuintha cognomento Gonza. Name. Gwenllian Brighid Hertewelle. Reblazon of device. Vert, in pale a stag's head cabossed Or and a roofless stone well argent. Registered in November 1991 with the blazon "Vert, in pale a stag's head cabossed Or and a stone well argent", the type of well was not specified. Please see the Cover Letter for a discussion on blazoning wells. Issobell Robertsoun. Name and device. Vert, three pairs of barnacles inverted argent. Nice 16th C Scots name! Katerine Bontemps. Name and device. Gules, in bend two crosses moline disjointed Or. This device is clear of the important non-SCA arms for the Counts of Toulouse, _Gules, a cross of Toulouse Or_. There is a CD for the number of crosses, and another for the difference between a cross moline disjointed and a cross of Toulouse. Lucia Piazza. Name. Randal of Elfsea. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Gules, a heart and in chief three mullets Or. Submitted under the name "Rosmerryn Carew de Courcelles". **** ARTEMISIA **** One Thousand Eyes, Barony of. Reblazon of badge for Order of the Talon d'Or. (Fieldless) A dragon's jamb inverted couped Or maintaining in its talons a roundel, overall in saltire two rapiers inverted azure. Registered in February 1999 as "(Fieldless) A dragon's talon erect Or maintaining a roundel, overall in saltire two rapiers inverted azure", the default posture for dragon's feet is with claws to chief (as with lion's jambs, and as opposed to bird's legs with claws to base). Also, the talon is only a claw, while this shows the full foot and some of the leg. We have corrected the blazon, while keeping the term "talon" as a reference to the Order name Tamar Oqropiri. Name and device. Sable, a Celtic cross and in base a bar wavy argent. Submitted as "Tamar Oqropiri _of Black Sea_", no documentation was submitted and none found by the commenters to suggest that Georgian locative bynames were formed from names of bodies of water. Therefore, we have dropped the locative and registered the name as "Tamar Oqropiri_". **** ATENVELDT **** Alysandir Velzian. Name. Effric Neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald makes a comment about the spelling/pronunciation of this locative that might be of interest to the submitter: Note that the in is an editorial convention used to represent the letter yogh <3>. In the original manuscript, the name would have appeared as (Da'uded: ; non-Da'ud ASCII: ). That this is the case is confirmed by other spellings given by Black that illustrate that the pronunciation involved a "y" (or fricative "gh") sound, not a "z" sound: , , and . Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Reblazon of badge for the Master of the King's Musick. Per pale azure and argent, in canton a sun in his splendour Or, in sinister a bass cornetto sable. Registered in January 1973 with the blazon "Per pale azure and argent, in canton a sun in his splendour and in the fly a Serpent (bass cornetto) azure", the tincture of the sun was omitted. We have corrected the omission and reblazoned this in accordance with standard SCA heraldic practice. This is currently listed in the O&A as a flag, and continues to be so listed. Aubree Duquesne de Bellemare. Name and device. Argent, on a pile throughout issuant from sinister azure a fleur-de-lys Or. Submitted as "Aubr_{e'}_e Duquesne de Bellemare", the only documentation for the accent in "Aubr{e'}e" was a citation from a genealogy website. An examination of the website revealed that it is unlikely that the names were preserved in their original forms. Without a dated citation for the spelling "Aubr{e'}e", it is not registerable. The submitter has provided sufficient documentation to support "Aubr_e_e"; we have changed the given name to this form in order to register it. The submitter requested an authentic 13th C French name. However, we have found no form of "Duquesne" before the mid 15th C and none of "Bellemare" before the 16th. Both bynames are found in Cateline de la Mor, "Sixteenth Century Norman Names" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/norman16.html). If "Aubree" were documented to the 16th C, this would be an authentic 16th C French name, but we doubt it is authentic for the 13th C. Cyneburga Thorisdohter. Name reconsideration from Cyneburg Thorisdohter. Her old name, "Cyneburg Thorisdohter", is released. Elizabeth {AE}thelwulfes dohtor. Device. Argent, in pale three hearts gules, each charged with a mullet of four points Or. Justin Louis de Courtenay. Name and device. Azure, in pale an owl displayed argent perched atop two rapiers inverted in saltire Or, a chief dovetailed argent. The use of a bird displayed, other than an eagle, is a step from period practice. Katerina Blakelock. Name and device. Per pale sable and vert, three chevronels braced and on a chief indented argent a triquetra vert between two pawprints sable. The use of pawprints is a step from period practice. Kemreth Danil. Reblazon of device. Vert, two pithons erect respectant, tails nowed in a Wake knot argent. Registered in October 1976 with the blazon "Vert, two winged serpents erect counter-respectant, their tails nowed in a Wake knot, argent", a winged serpent has feathered wings. These monsters have bat-wings, which is the standard for pithons. Linnet Fayrchyld. Name and device. Vert, three church bells Or. "Linnet" is the submitter's legal given name. Nice device. Roland le Rouge. Name and device. Quarterly gules ermined Or and sable, in bend sinister two phoenixes facing sinister Or rising from flames proper. Taisha Markov. Device. Per fess indented azure semy of escarbuncles and argent, in base a Russian Orthodox cross gules. In registering Vanya Popovitch's device in March 1984, Laurel ruled that the lowermost cross bar on a Russian Orthodox cross should be bendwise. In registering Monenka Romanyak's device in July 1985, Laurel ruled that it should be bendwise sinister. At this point we are declaring that the orientation of the lowermost cross bar is an unblazoned detail worth no difference. In other words, it doesn't matter if it is bendwise or bendwise sinister. Tav-Alandil. Reblazon of device. Vert, a bend sinister argent between a hawk close and a lightning flash bendwise sinister Or. The submission history of this device is difficult to determine. It is currently listed in the Armorial as registered January 1973 with the blazon "Vert, a bend sinister argent between a hawk close and a lightning bolt, both Or"; however this does not appear in the January 1973 LoAR. There is a letter sent by Wilhelm von Schl{u:}ssel, Laurel, in September 1980 indicating this blazon and the January 1973 registration. This appears to be the same armory that appeared in the July 1972 LoAR with the blazon "Vert, bend sinister between a hawk close and a lightening-flash bendwise sinister, singly fracted, both Or". The charge is a _lightning flash_, not a _lightning bolt_, though the emblazon in his file does not show the _fracting_ mention in the July 1972 LoAR. This device has been reblazoned to correct the charge and to specify its orientation. A lightning flash, like a lightning bolt, does not have a default orientation. Vallaulfr Rurikson and C{e'}cile de Br{e'}tigny. Joint badge. Per pale indented azure and argent, a wolf argent and a unicorn gules combatant, both gorged and chained Or. Zekel Zofia. Device. Per fess rayonny Or and gules, a fire arrow fesswise reversed sable enflamed gules and a castle argent. **** ATLANTIA **** Falcon de la Costa. Name and device. Per fess argent and gules, a cross crosslet counterchanged and in chief two mullets of eight points azure. Fergus Fletcher. Name. Gerhild the Willful. Name change from Meliora Gwinear. Her old name, "Meliora Gwinear", is released. Melcher Lloyd of Hawkwood. Badge. Per pale azure and gules, a dragon segreant Or and a dragon segreant contourny argent within a bordure Or. Michael von Fulda. Reblazon of device. Azure, on a pale argent between two lightning bolts palewise Or a gauntlet clenched sable. Registered December 1995 with the blazon, "Azure, on a pale argent between two lightning bolts Or a dexter gauntlet clenched sable", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolts. A dexter gauntlet is the default gauntlet. Richard Storm. Reblazon of device. Sable, a lightning bolt palewise Or and in chief a cloud argent. Registered April 1998 with the blazon, "Sable, a lightning bolt Or and in chief a cloud argent", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolt. Roibeard Mac Oscair. Device. Per bend vert and azure, a mullet of four points per bend Or and argent between in bend sinister a stag salient Or and a natural dolphin urinant bendwise argent. This does not appear to be period heraldry: Mullets of four points are vanishingly rare in period armory, secondary charge groups of with two different kinds of animate charges are very uncommon, and _per bend an A between a B and a C in bend sinister_ is a very uncommon arrangement. However, this is registerable under our rules. Roussel Tavernier. Device. Argent, a stag's head cabossed and on a chief embattled sable three crescents argent. Siobh{a'}n NicDhuinnshl{e'}ibhe. Reblazon of device. Vert, in pale an owl affronty perched atop a branch fesswise argent between three drop spindles inverted sable threaded argent. Registered July 1993 with the blazon, "Vert, an owl affronty perched atop a branch fesswise argent between three drop spindles inverted sable, threaded argent", the branch is significantly longer than the owl is wide. We have reblazoned this device to make it clear that the owl and the branch are co-primary charges. Sophia Greifenclau. Name. **** CAID **** Alexander Krieger. Name. Allen of House Latimer. Reblazon of device. Or, a pithon erect, wings displayed, a base embattled gules. Registered in July 1983 with the blazon "Or, a winged serpent, wings displayed, a base embattled gules", a winged serpent has feathered wings. This monster has bat-wings, which is the standard for a pithon. Bridget Lucia Mackenzie. Augmentation. Per bend purpure and Or, a cross of St. Brigid and a castle counterchanged and for augmentation, flying from the dexter tower a banner azure charged with four crescents conjoined in saltire horns outward argent. The submitter requested that the augmentation be blazoned as a _cross of Caid_. Please see the Cover Letter discussion for the reasons why we decline to do so at this time. Calafia, Barony of. Reblazon of badge for Order of the Serpent's Talon. (Fieldless) A dragon's jamb inverted couped Or sustaining a roundel azure. Registered in July 1999 as "(Fieldless) A dragon's jamb inverted couped Or sustaining an orb azure", this does not match the period definition of an _orb_ as a charge; it is simply a roundel. An orb has banding and a cross on top, as shown in _Livro da nobreza_ and in Parker's _A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry_. Christgaen von K{o:}ln. Device change. Sable crusilly formy argent. The submitter's previous device, "Argent crusilly formy, a bordure sable", is retained as a badge. Conchobhar Mac Cionaoith. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as "Conchobhar Mac Cion_ai_oith", the documentation shows the correct spelling of the patronymic is "Mac Cion_a_oith". We have changed the name to match the documentation. Custance de Verli. Name. This submitter requested an authentic 14th C English name; this is already an authentic 14th C English name. Denys de Verli. Name. This submitter requested an authentic 14th C English name; this is already a authentic 14th C English name. Duibheasa inghean Fhionnghaile. Device. Barry wavy azure and argent, a triquetra inverted Or interlaced with an annulet sable. Evelin Kavanagh. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as "Evel_ee_n Kavan_au_gh", both parts of the name were documented as modern. Without documentation showing that these names are period or at least consistent with period spelling, they are not registerable. Rowel provides documentation for "Evelin Kavanagh" as a late 16th/early 17th C name: I've found one Anglicized Irish form of this given name in 1603-1604. Here's the info: Source: a list of names from Patent Rolls of James I (1603-1604) listed in Ewen, C. L'Estrange, A History of Surnames of the British Isles (Originally pubished: London, 1931. Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, 1993, 1995). pp. 210-211. In a footnote on p. 210, Ewen notes that his source was: "Cal. of Irish Patent Rolls, vol. ii, p. 17 et seq." In this list, appears the name: Evelin ne Morishe, spinster I've found as an Anglicized Irish form dated to 1570. Here's the info: O'Donovan (Annals of the Four Masters, volume 5, pp. 1648-1649) includes a transcription of an indenture dated to 15 March 1570. In this transcription is listed: Bryane Mc Cahir Mc Art Kavanagh of Ballyan, in the county of Wexford, gent. cheife of his name and cept called Slaght Dirmod Lawdarage We have changed the name to "Evel_i_n Kavan_a_gh" in order to register it. Faoileann inghean Daibh{i'}dh. Name. Submitted as "Faoileann inghean _Dhaibhead_", no evidence was presented and none found to suggest that the spelling "Daibhead" is found in period. The name was documented from {O'} Corrain and Maguire, _Irish Names_ as a secondary (post colon) header form. Post colon header forms, are, according to the authors, modern forms, not Early Modern Irish forms. For more on this, see the next paragraph. An examination of the various annals at the CELT site (http://www.ucc.ie/celt) suggests that the most common Early Modern Irish form for this patronym is "Dauidh". This is also the appropriate form for the patronym in a feminine name, as names beginning with the letter _d_ do not lenite when the last letter of the previous word is _n_. However, as this significantly changes the appearance of the name, and the submitter will not accept major changes, we cannot change the name to this form. Luckily, the standardized Early Modern Irish form of this patronym, "Daibh{i'}dh", is much closer in appearance to the submitted form. We have changed the name to "Faoileann inghean _D_aibh_{i'}_dh" in order to register it and to correct the grammar. The documentation for the given name was not adequately presented on the LoI. The statement "_Faoileann_ is a feminine Irish given name found in OCM (pg. 93, header)" was the only information submitted for the given name. Giving a book title and page number is not adequate; you must also summarize what the source says about the name. This is particularly important with {O'} Corrain and Maguire, _Irish Names_, as this work includes modern names, legendary names, and a variety of other unregisterable items. In addition, care must be taken in using this work. While it is a common belief within the SCA that most secondary header forms in this work are Early Modern Irish forms, this is not the case. The authors say in their introduction: "Generally, in the case of each entry, the name is first given in its early Irish form. This is followed by a colon, after which the modern Irish form is given." We encourage submitters who wish Early Modern Irish names and who use this work for documentation to provide additional documentation for their names (for instance, find forms in the various Irish annals at http://www.ucc.ie/celt). Had the commenters not provided the necessary information and additional documentation for this name, we would have been forced to return it. Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani. Reblazon of device. Or semy of strawberry plants slipped, leaved, and fructed proper, a unicornate horse couchant reguardant vert. Registered in May 1970 with the blazon "Or, semy of strawberry plants slipped, leaved and fructed proper, a unicorn couchant reguardant vert", the primary charge is not a unicorn as it lacks a beard, cloven hooves, or a lion's tail. While this emblazon is grandfathered to the submitter, the blazon is not. The College has a responsibility to amend incorrect blazons that have been registered in the past. We have thus reblazoned this as a _unicornate horse_. Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani. Augmentation. Or semy of strawberry plants, slipped, leaved, and fructed proper, a unicornate horse couchant reguardant vert and for augmentation, on a sinister canton azure four crescents conjoined in saltire horns outward argent. The submitter requested that the augmentation be blazoned as a _cross of Caid_. Please see the Cover Letter discussion for the reasons why we decline to do so at this time. A _unicornate horse_ is grandfathered to the submitter. Guendolen uxor Alexander. Name. "Guendolen" is an SCA-compatible Welsh name. The submitter requested an authentic 13th C Welsh name. However, we have no evidence that the name "Guendolen" was used in the 13th C (or, in fact, anywhere except Geoffrey of Monmouth's _History of the Kings of Britain_). If the submitter is interested in a similar sounding name, we suggest "Gwen uxor Alexander". Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvyrn, "A Simple Guide to 13th C Welsh Names" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html) dates "Gwen" to the 13th C. Isib{e'}al inghean Daibh{i'}dh. Name. Submitted as "Isib{e'}al inghean _Dh_aibh_ead_", no evidence was presented and none found to suggest that the spelling "Daibhead" is found in period. The name was documented from {O'} Corrain and Maguire, _Irish Names_ as a secondary (post colon) header form. Post colon header forms, are, according to the authors, modern forms, not Early Modern Irish forms. An examination of the various annals at the CELT site (http://www.ucc.ie/celt) suggests that the most common Early Modern Irish form for this patronym is "Dauidh". This is also the appropriate form for the patronym in a feminine name, as names beginning with the letter _d_ do not lenite when the last letter of the previous word is _n_. The standardized Early Modern Irish form of this patronym, "Daibhidh", is much closer in appearance to the submitted form. We have changed the name to "Isib{e'}al inghean _D_aibh_{i'}dh_" in order to register it and to correct the grammar. John ap Griffin. Reblazon of device. Vert, a griffin segreant contourny Or. A search of the LoARs shows that this device was originally registered to John of Griffin in February 1970 with the blazon "Vert, a griffin rampant countournee Or". The name became John ap Griffin at some point (and has consistently been used in that form since at least March 1978 when his badge was registered). In September 1980 a letter was sent by Wilhelm von Schl{u:}ssel, Laurel, indicating that the May 1970 blazon was "Vert, a griffin counter-segreant Or". At some point the blazon was changed and the Armorial currently lists a single blazon, "Vert, a griffin segreant to sinister Or". We see no reason not to accede to the submitter's wishes to use _contourny_, rather than _to sinister_ in the blazon. John ap Griffin. Augmentation. Vert, a griffin segreant contourny Or and for augmentation, maintaining in its forefeet a roundel azure charged with four crescents conjoined in saltire horns outward and a bordure argent. The submitter requested that the augmentation be blazoned as a _cross of Caid_. Please see the Cover Letter discussion for the reasons why we decline to do so at this time. John ap Griffin. Reblazon of badge for Griffin Freehold. Sable, a griffin segreant contourny atop a twin-towered castle issuant from base Or. A search of the LoARs shows that this device was originally registered in March 1978 with the blazon "Sable, a griffin countersegreant surmounting a twin-towered castle Or". In September 1980 a letter was sent by Wilhelm von Schl{u:}ssel, Laurel, confirming the blazon. At some point the blazon was changed and the Armorial currently lists a single blazon, "Sable, a griffin segreant to sinister surmounting a twin-towered castle Or". The term _surmounting_ implies that the griffin is overall; it isn't. We have reblazoned the badge to more accurately reflect the emblazon. We have blazoned the griffin as _contourny_, in accordance with the submitter's preferred blazon. Kate Dogberry. Name. Katryn Brynsdotter. Name change from Katr{i'}n Brj{a'}nsd{o'}ttir. Her old name, "Katr{i'}n Brj{a'}nsd{o'}ttir", is released. Lorissa du Griffin. Augmentation. Azure, between the front paws of a lioness (Panthera leo) a lion cub both statant proper and on a chief argent three cats' heads cabossed gules and for augmentation, replacing the center cat's head, a roundel azure charged with four crescents conjoined in saltire horns outward argent. The submitter requested that the augmentation be blazoned as a _cross of Caid_. Please see the Cover Letter discussion for the reasons why we decline to do so at this time. Madog Maelgwn ap Llywelyn. Reblazon of badge. Sable, a lightning bolt palewise Or within the tines of a hart's attires argent. Registered August 1999 with the blazon, "Sable, a lightning bolt Or within the tines of hart's attires argent", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolt. Oliver Dogberry. Name. Robyn FitzOsbern. Name. Rouge Anne Marie du Maurier. Name and device. Per saltire argent and sable, a Maltese cross counterchanged. "Rouge Anne du Maurier" is the submitter's professional (also known as) name. This is a legal name registered in state court for business purposes. As such, it meets our legal name requirement. The addition of the metronymic "Marie" creates sufficient difference to make this name registerable. Ruadhan mac an Gobhann mhic Dhomhnuill. Device. Chevronelly inverted azure and argent, a ram's head caboshed and a bordure sable. Siobhan Iarconnachtach inghean {u'}i Ch{u'}lach{a'}in. Name. Submitted as "Siobhan _O'Cuolahan of Iar Connacht_", as submitted, the name has several problems. First, the locative byname "of Iar Connacht" mixes English and Gaelic in the same name phrase in violation of RfS III.1.a, Linguistic Consistency. Although RfS III.1.a says "In the case of place names and other name elements frequently used in English in their original form, an English article or preposition may be used," "Iar Connacht" is not a form frequently (if ever) used in English. The adjectival byname "Connachtach" appears in Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "An Index to Names in Irish Annals" dated to the 14th C. The _Dictionary of the Irish Language_, Royal Irish Academy, s.v. {I'}armuimnech, defines that word as "pertaining to {I'}ar-Muma" -- that is to say West Munster; Mari's "Index" lists "Muimhneach" as meaning "from Munster". Given this, "{I'}arconnachtach" would be the expected form for a byname meaning "from West Connacht". Second, the byname "O'Cuolahan" is a modern Anglicization of the Irish surname "{O'} C{u'}lach{a'}in". While we are unable to find this surname in the Irish Annals, Woulfe, _Irish Names and Surnames_, s.n. {O'} C{u'}lach{a'}in, lists "O Coullaghan" and "O Couloghan" as late period Anglicized forms of this name. As the submitter indicated that, if the name had to be changed, she cared most about Irish language/culture, we have changed the name to the fully Irish "Siobhan _Iarconnachtach inghean {u'}i Ch{u'}lach{a'}in_". We note that the name "Siobhan Iarconnachtach O'Coullaghan" is also registerable, although its combination of Gaelic and Anglicized Gaelic is a step from period practice. {TH}orfinnr brimill. Name. Trifona Anastasiia Dodovicha. Reblazon of device. Vert, in pale a cloud conjoined to a demi-lightning bolt issuant to base argent, a bordure rayonny Or. Registered October 1995 with the blazon, "Vert, a cloud with a lightning bolt issuant to base argent, a bordure rayonny Or", this has been reblazoned to indicate that the cloud and the lightning bolt are co-primary charges. William Rumbelow. Name. Submitted as "William Rumbe_ll_ow", "Rumbellow" was documented as a header spelling from Reaney and Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_. Neither Reaney and Wilson or the _Oxford English Dictionary_ show a spelling of this word with the double-l before 1650. We have changed the name to "William Rumbe_l_ow" to match the documentation. **** CALONTIR **** Alina Meraud Bryte. Reblazon of device. Per fess rayonny azure and argent, an open book argent and a roofless well gules. Registered in February 1984 with the blazon "Per fess rayonny azure and argent, an open book argent and a well gules", the type of well was not specified. Please see the Cover Letter for a discussion on blazoning wells. Ansa al-Uqlidsi al-Ikhmimi. Name and device. Argent, five horses courant contourny in annulo azure. This name mixes Spanish and Arabic; this is one step from period practice. The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge for Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane, _Argent, an ass passant to sinister azure_. Arian Rose of Nairn. Alternate name Arian verch Gwydion and badge. (Fieldless) On a spider argent a mullet of eight points voided purpure. Arian Rose of Nairn. Alternate name Fiordelisia Dragano da Parma and badge. Per pale gules and vert, a winged lion contourny between its forepaws a mullet of eight points argent. Barab{a'}s filius Machabei. Name and device. Per chevron sable and argent, a heart counterchanged. Submitted as "Barab_ba_s_Mac_c_abe_us_", the submitter did not specify a language/culture, nor did he show that the name was consistent with the naming practices of any particular language and culture. Fortunately for him, Eastern Crown notes that both elements of this name are found in Hungarian naming practice: I don't know about Jewish usage, but _Barab{a'}s_ and variants were quite common in period Hungary. K{a'}zm{e'}r devotes a full page to the unmarked patronymic, and also has period entries for the marked patronymics _Barab{a'}sfi_ and _Barab{a'}si_. The name is often confused/conflated with _Barnab{a'}s_ -- Feh{e'}rt{o'}i (p. 91-92) has a combined entry for Barnabas, Barabas/Barrabas, and Barlabas, with numbered subheadings for each major form. It appears that the spelling _Barrabas_ far outnumbers _Barabas_ in her data. Feh{e'}rt{o'}i actually has more than one person named _Machabeus_ (p. 504)...Bracketed dates are conjectural. *Machabeus* [1141-1161]: Libertos, quos emit Martinus comes ab Budrugiensibus ... Coram quibus empti sunt: Johannes prepositus, Sydemer, Mosy, Ilis, Elias, _Machabeus_ filius Laberti; 1233: monasterii Beati Martini ... _Machabeus_, Mathias, Beniaminus ... sacerdotes; [1270-1272]>1302: _Machabeus_ [hospes de] Nymty [de Zothmar]. Cf. Macobius. The 'compare with' entry is (p. 506): *Macobius* 1219/1550: pristaldo _Macobio_ de villa Elep. Cf. Machabeus. This name does not appear to have survived long enough or been common enough to become a surname, as there's nothing like it in K{a'}zm{e'}r. Thus, I can't really recommend it as an unmarked patronymic, but something like _Barrabas filius Machabei_ is plausible as a 12th-13th c. Hungarian man's name (recorded in Latin, of course). We have changed the name to "Bara_b{a'}_s _filius_ Ma_ch_abe_i_" in order to register it. Brian mac Tom{a'}is U{i'} Fhoghladha. Device. Argent, a demi-goat erased gules. Nice device. Brian of Coeur d'Ennui. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per fess azure and gules, a bow fesswise and a handgun Or. Submitted under the name "Logan the Bowyer". Caramanna Helmsmid. Name and device. Or ermined, a dog rampant azure. The submitter requested an authentic German name. This name mixes Italian and German; this is one step from period practice. As we know of no German equivalent to "Caramanna", we are unable to make the name authentic as requested. Blazoned on the LoI as a _talbot_, the dog lacks the long floppy ears of a talbot. As it is identifiable as some type of dog, we are registering it simply as a _dog_. Elena Moreno del Mar. Name. Fionnghuala inghean Fhearghuis. Name and device. Pean, on a pile wavy Or a swan naiant, wings elevated and addorsed, sable. Gotfridus von Schwaben. Alternate name Gu{dh}varr bjarnylr M{o'}{dh}{o'}lfsson. Hans Niemann. Name. Idonea de Clare. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and vert, on a bend sinister argent three dragonflies palewise purpure, in canton an increscent Or. Submitted as "Idonea _D_e Clare", prepositions in English names are not capitalized when separated from the byname by a space. We have changed the name to "Idonea _d_e Clare" to match period forms. Mag Mor, Barony of. Badge (see RETURNS for other badges). (Fieldless) A bull's head cabossed sable jessant-de-lys Or. Martino Michele Ven{'e}ri. Badge (see RETURNS for device change). (Fieldless) A tyger ermine incensed gules ducally crowned Or. Blazoned on the LoI as a _panther_, this is not an English (or heraldic) panther: the snout and tusk prevent that, as does the lack of spots. And it's not a Continental panther: the lack of eagle's forelegs and/or horns prevents that. And the tusk means that this is not a natural panther. The most accurate blazon we could derive was a _tyger incensed_. The submitter is a duke and thus entitled to display a ducal coronet. Martino Michele Ven{'e}ri. Badge. Argent crusilly Maltese sable. This badge is clear of the badge for Christgaen von K{o:}ln, _Argent crusilly formy, a bordure sable_, with a CD for removing the bordure and another for the difference between a cross formy and a cross Maltese. The badge is also clear of the device for Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin, _Argent, a cross patty sable_, with a CD for the type of cross and another for the number of crosses. Oriana de Stonham. Name. Radu Patrascu. Device. Per pale Or and sable, two griffins segreant addorsed, a bordure embattled counterchanged. Rycharde de Stonham. Name. Ysoria Chaloner. Device. Purpure, on a pale plain endorsed engrailed Or, three hearts azure. We wish to remind the College that endorses (and cotises) follow the line of the ordinary. Thus, _a pale engrailed endorsed_ has both the pale and the endorses engrailed, while _a pale endorsed engrailed_ has only the endorses engrailed. **** DRACHENWALD **** Elsslin von Adlersberg. Name change from Carolin von Adlersberg. Her old name, "Carolin von Adlersberg", is released. **** EALDORMERE **** Cainder ingen hui Chatharnaig. Badge. Argent estencely, two slow matches in pale sable lit proper. Please advise the submitter on the correct way to draw _proper_ flames. Normally this badge would have been returned for depicting the flames as _Or fimbriated gules_, which has been disallowed since the April 1995 Cover Letter. However, her previous submission, with a single slow match, had the flames drawn identically to here, and no mention was made of the fact. The submitter had a similar badge returned in March 2006 for conflict. The submitter was told to draw the sparks correctly (one and two, instead of two and one), which has been done; but if the flame was a problem serious enough for return, it should have been brought up then. As it was not, we will register this emblazon. Please advise the submitter that some internal detailing on the slow matches will aid in their identification. Cainder ingen hui Chatharnaig and Aurelia von Grein. Joint badge. Or, a chalice sable, on a chief purpure a pair of shears and a quill pen fesswise argent. Marioun Golightly. Alternate name Prudence Underwit. Submitted as "Prudence _the_ Underwit", there was some question whether the byname "Underwit" was a meaningful construction. While the submitter sites several examples of names starting with _under_, no evidence was given that this element was used with a second element that does not indicate relative heights. However, Ekwall, _The Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names_, s.n. Undermillbeck, gives the etymology as "under, i.e. south of Millbeck" which is a millstream. We will give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that this is an alternative valid meaning for the element _under_ when used with generic topographic features, such as _wit_ "river bend". On the other hand, the article _the_ is not appropriate with a locative byname. We have changed the name to "Prudence_Underwit" in order to register it. Marioun Golightly. Release of device. Barry Or and azure, on a bend sinister sable three escallops argent. Rachell Gray. Device. Argent, a cross bottony vert and a chief wavy barry wavy azure and argent. There was much discussion on whether the chief should be blazoned as a _chief wavy barry wavy azure and argent_ or as _on a chief wavy azure two barrulets wavy argent_. As Black Stag noted: Well, the situation on a chief isn't exactly the same as the situation for charges/multiply divided tinctures on the field. After all, 8 'stripes' for barry wavy on the field would be unexceptionable. While 8 'stripes' on a chief would probably get a return for teeny thin stripes (as that'd be a lot like 24 stripes on the field.) Six stripes on a chief would probably be too many, making the stripes too thin. Using three stripes this would clearly be a charged chief. Four or five stripes is about the best that can be done to make a chief clearly barry. The chief in this submission has five stripes; while there is no heraldic difference between this and _on a chief wavy azure two barrulets wavy argent_, there is no reason not to blazon it as a _chief wavy barry wavy azure and argent_. **** EAST **** Abelard Kif de Marseilles. Reblazon of badge. Sable, a tower conjoined to sinister with a wall, all issuant from sinister base, in chief a cloud Or. This was registered in August 1979 with the blazon "Sable, a crenelated castle tower and wall issuing from the sinister, in chief a cloud, all Or". That blazon would essentially have a demi-castle issuant from sinister, with the field visible in base. This has been reblazoned so that the edifice issues from the proper portion of the shield. Adelasia della Corte. Device. Argent, a horse rampant contourny, in canton a sheaf of arrows fesswise reversed sable within a bordure potenty gules. {A'}ed{a'}n mac Tigern{a'}in. Name and device. Quarterly azure and vert, a cross between in bend two wolves' heads erased argent. Ailill mac C{u'}{a'}in. Name and device. Per pall sable, gules, and argent, a mullet of four points argent and two stags salient addorsed counterchanged. Ailionora inghean Ronain. Device. Argent, a quill pen and a trumpet in saltire sable between four trefoils in cross and a bordure nebuly vert. Aislinn Chiabach. Name change from Aislinn Chas and device. Purpure, a bat displayed argent, on a chief Or a jester's cap lozengy bendwise purpure and argent belled argent. "Aislinn" is an SCA-compatible Gaelic name. Her old name, "Aislinn Chas", is released. Aline Kinneir. Name. Anne Whyte of Sedgewicke. Name change from holding name Anne of Whyt Whey. Ardenia the Red. Name and device. Argent, a tree blasted and eradicated sable between two stags combatant gules. Submitted as "Ardenia _Rufa_", the submitter requested that the byname be changed to the lingua anglica translation _the Red_. Per her request, we have registered the name as "Ardenia _the Red_". Blazoned on the LoI as a _rowan tree_, without leaves there is nothing to identify it as a rowan tree. We have thus blazoned this as a generic tree Asgar Rolfes sune. Name and device. Azure, in pale a spear fesswise reversed sustained by a mastiff statant erect reguardant argent. Submitted as "Asgar R_ou_lf_s_ sun_u_", there was some question whether the name "Roulf" was Old English or Old Danish. Although some form of it is found in Latin in an Old English manuscript, the consensus was that it was almost certainly Old Danish. If this is the case, then it the byname "Roulfs sunu" violates RfS III.1.a Linguistic Consistency, which states that a name phrase must be in a single language. Reaney, _A Dictionary of British Surnames_, p xviii, notes "This is also a common Scandinavian formation: {TH}urfer{dh} Rolfes sune." As the form "Rolfes sune" is consistent with a single language usage, we have changed the name to "Asgar R_o_lf_es_ sun_e_" in order to register it. Ben of Brokenbridge. Name and device. Argent, a griffin segreant and on a base azure a pair of rapiers in saltire argent. Bruce Murray. Name and device. Azure, a yew tree eradicated between three stags trippant Or. "Bruce" is the submitter's legal given name. Cainnech mac Uilliam. Name (see RETURNS for device). This name mixes Middle Irish and Early Modern Irish; this is one step from period practice. Ceolfara {ae}t M{ae}ldune. Name and device. Sable, a fret Or between four crosses patonce argent. While "Ceolfara" is an acceptable constructed Old English given name, all evidence points to it being a masculine name. While modern English speakers are used to an _-a_ at the end of a name indicating a feminine name (as this is usually true of Latin or Latinized names), this is not always the case in Old English. The bearers of the names we have found using the theme _-fara_ are masculine names, and deuterothemes in Old English are rarely gender neutral. Please inform the submitter that this is a masculine name. Christophe Lejeune. Name and device. Paly argent and vert, two arms counterembowed and interlaced within a bordure embattled sable. There was discussion whether the blazon _Paly argent and vert_ should be retained or if it should be changed to _Argent, three pallets vert_. As noted when registering Deanna della Penna's device in the February 2007 LoAR, the blazons and the corresponding emblazons for _paly_ and _three pallets_ are interchangeable. We have therefore kept the submitter's original blazon. Conall O'Rylan. Name and device. Gules, on a chevron Or five fleurs-de-lys gules between three lions rampant argent. Nice late 16th C Anglicized Irish name! With five fleurs-de-lys this could either be blazoned as _on a chevron Or five fleurs-de-lys gules_ or _a chevron Or semy-de-lys gules_. We have elected to retain the submitted blazon. Constance of Purneos. Reblazon of device. Gules, in pale a sun Or charged with a crescent inverted sable and a chevron inverted Or. Registered in May 1985 with the blazon "Gules, on a sun Or a crescent inverted sable, in base a chevron inverted Or", the chevron is a co-primary charge, not a secondary charge. Corwin Silvertongue. Device. Sable, a winged wolf rampant argent charged on the shoulder with a heart gules, a chief rayonny argent. Corwin Silvertongue. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). (Fieldless) In fess a tankard fesswise sustained by a wolf's head erased ululant argent. Cristyne Landebert. Name and device. Azure, three panthers rampant guardant argent spotted sable, incensed Or. Originally submitted as "Cristyne Landeber_t_", the name was changed at kingdom to "Cristyne Landeber_tin_", because, per precedent at the time the name was submitted, most bynames in German women's names had to be in the feminine or genitive form. While it appears that most German women's bynames in period were feminized by putting them in the feminine or genitive case, there are a few examples where it appears this has not happened. Until such time as a more specific rule of when it is appropriate to femininize German women's bynames can be formulated, precedent now holds that they can be registered in both their feminine or masculine form. The client in this case indicated that she most desired the form she submitted. However, if she is interested in an authentic name, we suggest that she use the feminized "Cristyne Landebertin". Nice device. Danamas of Starlinghurst. Reblazon of device. Azure, atop a demi-wall issuant from dexter base, a starling contourny argent perched in a nest Or. This was registered in October 1976 with the blazon "Azure, on a crenelated wall issuant from dexter argent, a starling close to sinister argent perching upon a nest Or". That blazon would make the bird and nest tertiary charges, which they aren't; and the wall would not issue from base, as it does in the emblazon. Pictorially, the "wall" is the lower dexter 2/3 of a field per fess embattled. The nest is resting in the embattlements; and the bird is standing on the nest. David of Carillion. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per pale fleury-counter-fleury vert crusilly couped and argent, in sinister a bear rampant sable. Submitted under the name "David Erbe von B{a:}rau". David of Carillion. Badge. (Fieldless) On a vol sable a crescent argent. Submitted under the name "David Erbe von B{a:}rau". Dianne of the East. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Azure, a winged monkey passant argent. Submitted under the name "Laurencie La Martre". Dieter Velkener an dem Platz. Name. Draguin atte Maeldun. Household name Martiall Company of Athenry and badge. (Fieldless) In fess a pole axe sustained by a wyvern erect Or. "Martiall Company" is a designator dated to 1629 in "Naming the Honourable Artillery Company", found in Duncan's Cavalier Webpages (http://victoria.tc.ca/~godwin//duncanweb/documents/hacname.html ). Efa verch Cynan. Device. Per pale azure and vert, a greyhound's head erased contourny Or and a chief ermine. Eibhl{i'}n an Fraoich. Name. Emma MacMen. Name and device. Per bend sinister indented azure and vert, a harp bendwise sinister and an arrow bendwise sinister Or. Submitted as "Emma MacM_in_n", "MacMinn" is a header spelling in Black, _The Surnames of Scotland_. Header spellings are only registerable if they can be shown to be consistent with period spellings, but there is no evidence for spellings like "MacMinn" until after 1650. Black shows the spelling "M'Men" in 1426. We have change the name to "Emma MacM_en_" in order to register it. Enoch MacBain. Badge. (Fieldless) In pale an elephant rampant argent atop a barrel palewise proper. Finnian Mac Ailein. Name and device. Argent, in pale three rods fesswise sable. Blazoned on the LoI as _staffs_, many commenters thought that they should be blazoned as _bars couped_ as the rounded ends were not visible on the mini-emblazon. These are much thicker than would be expected for walking staffs. We have chosen to use the term _rods_ to allow a more accurate recreation of the emblazon and to differentiate them from _walking staffs_ and _ragged staffs_. There is no heraldic difference between a rod and a staff. This device is clear of the device for Raymond Norgate, _Argent, billety sable_. There is a CD for changing the number of charges and, as billets have a longer vertical axis than horizontal axis, another CD for changing the orientation of the charges. Gormlaith ingen Lugdach. Name. Nice Middle Irish name! Hans Kr{u:}ger. Name and device. Vert, a tau cross throughout and in chief a fox courant and a Maltese cross argent. The tau cross is correctly drawn - it is throughout in only three directions; there is a significant amount of field showing above the crossbar. Hieronymus Ullrich. Name. Hugh Tauerner. Name. Hugh Tauerner. Alternate name Abu Yusuf Hasan. Johannes Kranich. Name and device. Argent, a wolf rampant to sinister gules and on a chief embattled gules masoned three boar's heads erased argent. Johannes Teufen. Name. Jonathan Blaecstan and Melisande of the Gryphon Wood. Joint badge. Sable, on a bend sinister vert fimbriated argent between two gryphons sejant to sinister, three pine trees palewise couped Or. This badge was to be associated with Blaecstan Keep, but that name is returned elsewhere in this letter. Katharine Whytton. Name and device. Purpure, a bend wavy argent between a brazier Or and a dove argent. Please advise the submitter to draw the brazier with legs to aid in the identifiability of the charge. Kathryn Elizabeth Lyons Ramsey. Name and device. Per chevron sable and gules, two lions combatant and a ram's head cabossed argent. Kirstyn Velkenerin an dem Platz. Name. Laurens de Vitrolles. Name and device. Per saltire azure and Or, three fleurs-de-lys and a unicorn's head couped counterchanged. Malis Lauird. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as "Mali_se_ Lauird", the cited documentation does not support "Malise" as a period spelling. Black, _The Surnames of Scotland_, cites a "Malise Bane" in 1320. An examination of the source from which this name was drawn, _Cartularium Comitatus de Levenax_ p.p. 47-48, shows that it is Black's (modern) translation of a name that appears in Latin as a part of the full name "Gillemore filio Malisei dicti Bane". It is highly likely that this name is a Latin representation of a Gaelic name and not an indication of an Anglicized or Norman spelling. Therefore, this precedent still applies: Submitted as Malise der Totschl{a:}ger, the given name, Malise, was documented from Withycombe, The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, as an Anglicization of the Gaelic name Mael Iosa. Withycombe is not a reliable source for non-English names or for anglicizations of Gaelic names. However, Black, The Surnames of Scotland s.n. Malise, has Malis or Malisius in 1190 and 1210. The name is also listed in Reaney and Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames around the same time. We have changed the name to Malis der Totschl{a:}ger to match the documentation." [Loar 09/2005, Atenveldt-A] We have changed the name to "Mali_s_ Lauird" in order to register it. Marguerite de Saint Nazaire. Device (see RETURNS for badge). Vair, on a pale sable three escallops argent. Moira Hawthorn. Reblazon of badge. Per bend sinister purpure and vert, a covered well argent masoned sable. Registered in June 1996 with the blazon "Per bend sinister purpure and vert, a well argent masoned sable", the type of well was not specified. Please see the Cover Letter for a discussion on blazoning wells. Nicodemus Sewere. Name and device. Quarterly gules and Or, two torches in saltire sable enflamed counterchanged. There was some question whether the spelling "Sewere" was found after the 13th C. John Russell, _The Boke of Nurture_, published in the 15th C, has the line "y wille {th}at ye obeye to {th}e marshalle, Sewere, & kervere." Olaf Beduson Bloodaxe. Reblazon of device. Sable, on a pale invected between two lightning bolts palewise argent, a fir tree couped proper. Registered December 1991 with the blazon, "Sable, on a pale invected between two lightning bolts argent, a fir tree couped proper", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolts. Orum or Maen. Name and device. Vert, a stag's head erased affronty argent and on a point pointed Or an oak sprig fructed vert. Submitted as "Or_a_m _y_ Mae_r_", both the given name and the byname have problems. The given name, "Oram", appears to be a modern form of the given name. The source used to document the name, Reaney and Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_, s.n. Orme, gives no dated versions of this spelling, instead, merely noting that the spelling is due to the strongly trilled r. We also examined Fellows-Jensen, _Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire_, s.n. Ormr, but found no examples of "Oram" or "Orum" in that source. Reaney and Wilson date the spelling "Orum" to 1175, so "Orum" is registerable. The byname has formation and meaning problems. Harpy notes: If the submitter is interested in a byname meaning "(of) the stone" then I believe the submitted form "y Maer" may be an error somewhere along the line for "y Maen". "Maen" means "stone" and is mildly common as a place-name element, e.g., in the locative byname: P'wer Maynarthur~ (i.e. Perweur Maenarthur -- Black Book of St. Davids 1326) As a common place-name element, it may fall in the category of the sorts of nouns used as bynames with a definite article -- although note that the examples given are of owned objects, whereas I'd tend to expect "maen" to be locative in function. I don't have any examples of locative elements in bynames of the form "(definite article) (simple uncompounded topographic term)", although this is precisely the type of element that sometimes shows up in the construction "_o_ (definite article) (simple uncompounded topographic term)", as in: Ithel or Berth ("perth" = "grove, bush" -- Bromfield & Yale rental 1315) (de) Madoco or Dol ("dol" = "meadow" -- Merioneth Lay Subsidy 1292) Anghar' or pant ("pant" = "valley" -- Merioneth Lay Subsidy 1292) Ithel Orellyn ("llyn" = "lake" -- Merioneth Lay Subsidy 1292) So I'd be more likely to expect "or Maen" (of [from in the spatial sense] the stone) rather than "y Maen" (of [associated with or owning] the stone). We have changed the name to "Or_u_m _or_ Mae_n_", a form which fixes the various problems with the submitter form and gives the byname the desired meaning. Oswyn {ae}t M{ae}ldune. Name and device. Barry wavy argent and gules, a wyvern erect maintaining an axe and on a chief wavy sable three crosses patonce argent. Reina fille Calixte. Name and device. Per pale purpure and vert, a fret Or and a bordure argent. Rosalind atte Rylle. Device. Vert, a pomegranate slipped and leaved argent seeded gules, a bordure Or. R{u'}adhnait inghean Ruaidhr{i'}. Name and device. Azure, a squirrel sejant erect, on a chief potenty argent three rowan sprigs vert. Siona Storm. Reblazon of device. Gules semy of lightning bolts palewise, on a chief argent three clouds sable. Registered December 1993 with the blazon, "Gules, semy of lightning bolts on a chief argent three clouds sable", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolts. Tabitha Johnstone. Name and device. Per chevron vert and azure, two spurs Or winged and an increscent argent. Submitted as "Tabitha Johnstone _of Annandale_", the earldom of Annandale and the chiefdom of Clan Johnstone go hand in hand. The current clan chief is Patrick Andrew Wentworth Hope Johnstone of Annandale and of that Ilk. Given this, names combining "Johnstone" and "Annandale" may be viewed as claims to be the chief of Clan Johnstone. We have dropped the locative and registered this name as "Tabitha Johnstone". Tiberius Iulius Rufus. Name and device. Gyronny of sixteen Or and gules, a roundel Or fimbriated and on a chief sable a lightning bolt Or. Tyrvaldr berserkr. Device. Sable, two wolf's heads erased respectant and in chief a mullet of four points elongated to base argent. **** LOCHAC **** Alan the Traveller. Name (see RETURNS for device and blanket permission to conflict). The name "the Traveller" is an SCA-compatible English byname. Angus Galbraith. Device. Argent, a cross sable fretty Or within a bordure sable. Asa beiskalda. Name and device. Gules, on a cross argent a crown between four triskeles sable all within a bordure argent pellety. Originally submitted as "Asa beiskald_a_", the name was changed to "Asa beiskald_i_" at kingdom to match available documentation. The byname is from the _Landn{a'}mab{o'}k_. An examination of an online copy of this work (http://www.snerpa.is/net/snorri/landnama.htm) shows the byname as "beiskalda". We have changed the name back to the originally submitted spelling. The submitter is a duchess and thus entitled to display a crown. Axel van R{u:}gen. Device. Sable, on a hand argent a butterfly sable and a chief argent. Clarice de Menoncourt. Name and device. Gules, three lion's heads erased Or. Submitted as "Clari_ss_e de Menoncourt", the submitter requested an authentic 13th C French name. The documentation for the given name, Withycombe, _The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names_, s.n. Clarice, gives "Clarisse" as a 13th or 14th C form in England, but this does not necessarily mean it is a good French form. Colm Dubh, "An Index to the Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" shows the form "Clarice". We have changed the name to "Clari_c_e de Menoncourt" to comply with her requests for authenticity. We note that the name as submitted is registerable, but, because we could not find the spelling "Clarice" used in France in the 13th C, we cannot guarantee that it is authentic. Please inform the submitter that comments on this device included "Lovely!", "It's superb!" and "Exemplary!". This is a wonderful example of period-style heraldry. Declan Ogillegan. Name and device. Argent, a Latin cross flory and in chief three eagles gules. This name mixes Gaelic and Anglicized Gaelic; this is one step from period practice. Please advise the submitter to draw the cross larger. Dimitrii Borodinskii. Name and device. Gules, three chevronels braced throughout argent and in base a phoenix Or. Nice 15th C Russian name! Ela de Areci. Name and device. Purpure, a dragonfly and on a chief argent three seeblatter purpure. Esclarmonde de La Tour. Name and device. Per pale purpure and Or, two wyverns combatant counterchanged. Estienne Delemontagne. Name (see RETURNS for device). Eyd{i'}s Ragnarsd{o'}ttir. Name (see RETURNS for device). Geffrey {dh}e Wulf. Name (see RETURNS for device). Gu{dh}r{u'}n Halld{i'}sard{o'}ttir. Name. Jeneuer le Geliner. Name and device. Per fess azure and argent, a hen and a fleur-de-lys counterchanged. The submitter requested that the hen be blazoned as a _geline_ for the sake of the cant. This term is not a standard heraldic term, nor is it a common modern term. Given the difficulty one would have in determining what a _geline_ is, we decline to use it in this blazon. We wish to inform the submitter that cants needn't be blazoned. The arms of the Earls of Arundel, with their martlets, are canting arms: but you'd only know that if you knew that the French for "swallow" is _hirondelle_. The martlets aren't blazoned that way; but that doesn't stop them from canting. The same is true here. Josseline de la Cour. Name (see RETURNS for device). Kateryna Bouland de Lancastre. Name and device. Argent, on a bend sable between two wolves rampant gules, two fleurs-de-lys palewise argent. The banding on the fleurs-de-lys, gules in this case, is an unblazoned artistic detail. Lazar Vukani{c'}. Name and device. Sable, a bend dancetty between a wolf's paw print bendwise sinister inverted and a wolf's paw print bendwise sinster argent. The use of pawprints is a step from period practice. Lochac, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Golden Sword (see RETURNS for other order names). Lochac, Kingdom of. Order name Order of Prometheus. This name uses the name of a non-Christian deity; this is one step from period practice. Lochac, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Silver Helm. Lorcan of River Haven. Name and device. Per pale gules and sable, a triple-towered castle and in chief three mullets of six points Or. Mevanwy verch Llywelyn. Name and device. Or, an egg fesswise purpure and a mountain vert. Robert Kydde of Blacathathir. Name and device. Per pale wavy azure and Or, two natural seahorses respectant counterchanged. Roxana Greenlefe. Device. Azure estencely Or, on a pile throughout argent a fig leaf vert. Saint Dionysius, College of. Branch name (see RETURNS for device). Tamsyn Northover. Blanket permission to conflict with name. Thomasina Mariscotti. Name. Ysambart Courtin. Device. Quarterly Or and azure, two hurts. **** MERIDIES **** {AE}duin Hacke. Reblazon of device. Azure, on a pile argent between two lightning bolts in pile Or a double-bitted battle axe sable. Registered October 2001 with the blazon, "Azure, on a pile argent between two lightning bolts Or a double-bitted battle axe sable", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolts. Cato ap Brion. Device. Vert, an oar fesswise Or. Drakenmere, Shire of. Device. Per bend ermine and vert, a dragon passant sable and a laurel wreath argent. Generys le Boghyere. Name and device. Argent, a hummingbird rising vert throated and sustaining in its feet an arrow fesswise reversed gules and on a chief potenty azure three roses argent barbed vert. Kenneth de Kinardesferi. Name. "Kenneth" is the submitter's legal given name. Maeloc of Wolfhaven. Reblazon of device. Azure, two axes in saltire between two lightning bolts palewise Or issuant from a chief nebuly argent. Registered June 1989 with the blazon, "Azure, two axes in saltire between two lightning bolts palewise inverted Or, issuant from a chief nebuly argent", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolts. Meridies, Kingdom of. Heraldic title White Antelope Herald (see RETURNS for order names). Michelle of Arenal. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, on a chief wavy azure three daisies proper. A _daisy proper_ is argent, seeded Or. Submitted under the name "Melbrig{dh}a Leifsd{o/}ttir". Niamh inghean Chonchradha. Device. Argent, on a cross vert a unicorn salient argent and a bordure sable. Please advise the submitter to draw the bordure narrower. Rhys Faber. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Argent, on a roundel sable between flaunches gules a decrescent argent. **** MIDDLE **** Eleanor of Pica. Reblazon of device. Vert, a magpie proper maintaining in its dexter talon a feather argent. Registered August 1980 with the blazon "Vert, a magpie [pica pica] close proper grasping in its dexter talon a feather argent", it was not clear from the blazon that the feather is a maintained charge. We have dropped the Linnaean reference in accordance with current SCA heraldic practice. Giannetto Bello. Reblazon of device. Gules, on a pale nebuly endorsed argent a krummhorn sable. Registered in May 1984 with the blazon "Gules, on a pale nebuly endorsed nebuly argent, a schaum in profile sable", a schaum is another spelling for a shawm. However, the instrument shown here has the capped reed and upward curve which are the defining characteristics (both musicologically and heraldically) of the krummhorn. While there is no heraldic difference between the two, we have chosen to reblazon this as a _krummhorn_ so that the emblazon can accurately be recreated from the blazon. The endorses, as with cotises, shares the line of the ordinary, thus the second _nebuly_ is not needed in the blazon. Iylla Rethelsson. Reblazon of device. Azure, in bend two stalks of barley bendwise sinister embowed Or, surmounted by two hop cones conjoined in fess argent. Registered in November 1982 with the blazon "Azure, in bend sinister two spikes of barley bendwise sinister embowed Or surmounted by two hop cones conjunct in fess argent. [Hordum vulgare] [Humulus lupulus]", the barley stalks are not _in bend sinister_; they're parallel but definitely _in bend_ (but bendwise sinister embowed). As far as we can determine, the term _conjunct_ has no heraldic meaning: the two hop cones here are in fess, slightly tilted to one another, one overlapping the other. It can't really be blazoned, but _conjunct_ doesn't mean anything. We have reblazoned this the best we can using current SCA heraldic terminology, including dropping the Linnaean description. Trewint, Shire of. Reblazon of device. Sable, in pale a sunburst conjoined to a demi-lightning bolt issuant to base, all within a laurel wreath Or. Registered June 1998 with the blazon "Sable, in pale a sunburst conjoined to a demi-lightning bolt issuant to base and a laurel wreath Or", this has been reblazoned to clarify the placement of the laurel wreath. **** OUTLANDS **** Conn mac Eoghain. Name and device. Gyronny argent and azure, a double-headed eagle and in base a stag's head cabossed Or. Hawk's Hollow, Canton of. Badge. Or, in fess three feathers palewise gules. Nice armory. Iric Iulian of Black Elk. Reblazon of device. Per fess with a left step sable and Or, a griffin salient to sinister and a bat-winged wyvern-tailed demi-stag erect, counterchanged. Registered in February 1992 with the blazon "Per fess with a left step to sinister sable and Or, a griffin salient to sinister and a bat winged wyvern tailed demi-stag erect, counterchanged", the term _left step to sinister_ has no heraldic meaning. This motif was first submitted by Andreas Syndikus Drachenfreund in December 1983, at which time Laurel ruled, "I will accept the proposed German line of division as "per fess with a left step" (the translation of the German blazon given on P. 100 in Woodward's)." We have reblazoned Iric's device in accordance with that precedent. Jon Blackwell. Reblazon of device. Argent, a covered well sable. Registered in May 1998 with the blazon "Argent, a well sable", the type of well was not specified. Please see the Cover Letter for a discussion on blazoning wells. Melodia Shaw. Device. Azure, a double rose argent and sable all within an unstrung harp argent. This device does not conflict with the badge for Catrin ferch Dafydd, _Azure, a rose, slipped and leaved, within a bordure dovetailed argent_; there's a CD for changes to the secondary charge and another for adding the tertiary rose. Precedent states: [two roses azure each charged with a rose argent vs a sem{e'} of roses] ... there is a CD for changing the number of secondary charges and a second CD for adding the tertiary charges. As drawn the charges in chief cannot be double roses as the outer rose and the inner rose have different orientations. [Beatrice Domenici della Campana, 05/01, A-An Tir] We do not grant a CD for the orientation of a rose. The orientation in a double rose is even harder to determine. Given this, the precedent cited above is hereby overturned - the orientation of the tertiary rose is not a factor in whether or not the inner rose is considered tertiary charge. However, if you charge a rose with a rose of a *different* tincture, it is a rose with a tertiary rose whether it is blazoned as a _double rose A and B_ or as _a rose A charged with a rose B_. The orientation of the rose is not worth difference one way or the other. Michael M'Quilline. Device. Quarterly sable and azure, two rapiers in saltire surmounted by an arrow inverted, all within a bordure embattled argent. **** TRIMARIS **** R{u:}dger der Kreiger von N{u:}rnberg. Reblazon of device. Quarterly vert and Or, in bend a hammer sable between two lightning bolts palewise Or. Registered December 2004 with the blazon, "Quarterly vert and Or, in bend a hammer sable between two lightning bolts Or", this has been reblazoned to specify the orientation of the lightning bolts. **** WEST **** Celestria Textrix. Name. Cristina Angelini. Device. Vert, a pair of wings conjoined and in chief a Latin cross argent. Kolskeggr skialdarbri{o'}tr fra Einkunnir. Device. Quarterly vert and argent, in fess two lightning bolts palewise Or. Merewyn of Ynys Taltraeth. Name and badge. (Fieldless) A bat-winged amphisbaena purpure. Amphisbaenae have feathered wings by default; the one in this submission has bat-wings, a fact that must be explicitly blazoned. Ysabella Dolfin. Name and Device. Azure, a dolphin haurient and on a chief Or, three seebl{a:}tter azure. - Explicit littera accipendorum - ====================================================================== ***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK: ***** **** {AE}THELMEARC **** None. **** AN TIR **** Lion's Gate, Barony of. Order name Order of the Lions Pinion. The submitters have not demonstrated that this order name follows period meta-patterns for order names. The meta-pattern for this name is listed as "heraldic charge." Now, the OED has three possible definitions for this term that could fall under this pattern: as a rare heraldic term for a chevron, as a segment of a bird's wing, bearing the primary flight feathers, and as the shoulder-blade of a mammal. The submitters are claiming the third sense. However, are two problems with this. First, the definition of a pinion as a part of a wing is the one likely to come to mind, and lions don't generally have wings. Second, there are no registrations of either a _pinion_, a _shoulder_, or a _shoulder blade_, nor have the submitters or any of the commenters found such a charge used in period heraldry. This, then, requires documentation showing that a _shoulder blade_ is a reasonable and unique heraldic charge, and that a lion's shoulder blade is distinct from the shoulder blade of other creatures shoulder blades (or at least from other non-feline creature's shoulder blades). Neither the submitters nor the commenters have provided such documentation. Barring documentation demonstrating that a _lion's pinion_ has a unique depiction suitable for use as a heraldic charge, this order name is not registerable. Madrone, Barony of. Badge. (Fieldless) An hourglass argent framed azure. This badge is returned for conflict with Gareth de Grey's device, _Sable, an hour glass argent_, and badge, _(Fieldless) An hourglass argent, framed of wood proper_. In each case there is a CD for fieldlessness, but that is the only CD. Laurel has previously ruled that "[an hourglass purpure framed Or vs. an hourglass Or] ... the inside of an hourglass is at least half the charge. [Carlos Juan Ramiro, 12/99, A-Atlantia]". As an hourglass may be drawn with or without the side posts, as noted when registering the device for Nathaniel Grendel the Red in November 2002: The College of Arms generally felt that the hourglass would be more recognizable with vertical posts on the sides of the frame. This hourglass is drawn with the standard top and bottom plate, but without any vertical side posts holding the top and bottom plates together. However, hourglasses without side posts were noted to be a "standard Society depiction" of an hourglass, so this depiction is acceptable: "...with the hourglass drawn in one of its standard Society depictions (i.e., without the posts)" (LoAR 26 November 1989). We encourage the submitter to draw future renditions of the hourglass with the posts to enhance the identifiability of the charge. As such, the frame of an hourglass must be considered less than half the charge and its tincture counts naught for difference between hourglasses. Marie Helena von Bremen. Device. Argent, a brown hare sejant proper between three ermine spots sable. This device is returned due to the improper coloring of a brown hare proper. The October 1995 Cover Letter stated: PRECEDENT: Henceforward, and more in line with period heraldic practice, animals which are normally brown may be registered simply as an _{X} proper_ (e.g., _boar proper, hare proper_). Animals which are frequently found as brown but also commonly appear in other tinctures in the natural world may be registered as a _brown {X} proper_ (e.g., _brown hound proper, brown horse proper_). This precedent does not, however, loosen the ban on "Linnaean proper" (Cover Letter, May 13, 1991); proper tinctures for flora and fauna which require the Linnaean genus and species to know how to color them. For example, a _falcon proper_ will be considered to be all brown, not brown head, wings and back, buff breast with darker spots, and a tail striped with black; a _hare proper_ will be considered to be all brown, not brown with white underbelly and tail and pink ears. This also appears to be more in keeping with period heraldic practice. The inner part of a _brown hare proper's_ ears should not be argent, nor should its tail. In addition, the ear and tail are argent on an argent field, therefore this device must also be returned for lack of contrast. Marie Helena von Bremen. Badge. Per pale azure and argent, a brown hare's head couped proper. This badge is returned due to the improper coloring of a brown hare proper. The October 1995 Cover Letter stated: PRECEDENT: Henceforward, and more in line with period heraldic practice, animals which are normally brown may be registered simply as an _{X} proper_ (e.g., _boar proper, hare proper_). Animals which are frequently found as brown but also commonly appear in other tinctures in the natural world may be registered as a _brown {X} proper_ (e.g., _brown hound proper, brown horse proper_). This precedent does not, however, loosen the ban on "Linnaean proper" (Cover Letter, May 13, 1991); proper tinctures for flora and fauna which require the Linnaean genus and species to know how to color them. For example, a _falcon proper_ will be considered to be all brown, not brown head, wings and back, buff breast with darker spots, and a tail striped with black; a _hare proper_ will be considered to be all brown, not brown with white underbelly and tail and pink ears. This also appears to be more in keeping with period heraldic practice. The inner part of a _brown hare proper's_ ears should not be argent. In addition, the ear is argent on an argent field, therefore this badge must also be returned for lack of contrast. **** ANSTEORRA **** Rosmerryn Carew de Courcelles. Name. No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that the given name "Rosmerryn" is a valid constructed given name. First, there is no documentation that the spelling of the second element, "-merryn", is found in period. While documentation was provided that this is a modern name form for a saint found from 900, this is not the same as showing this was the form used in 900. Second, while Old English names are often diathematic, to create a diathematic name, you must demonstrate that both parts of the name are used as themes, and that each theme is being used in its proper place. Unfortunately, even if "Merryn" was an attested Old English spelling, there is no evidence that it was a theme rather than a name. In fact, the name which the documentation cites as the etymological ancester of "Merryn" -- "Modwenna" -- may be, itself, a diathematic name. Searle, _Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum_ lists both _Mod-_ and _-wen_. If the submitter is interested in a French given name with similar sounds, Colm Dubh, "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html) lists the feminine "Rose" and the masculine "Roussel", "Roumain", and "Marin". Her armory was registered under the holding name "Randal of Elfsea". **** ARTEMISIA **** Odolf Liafwin. Device. Azure, two scarpes, in bend three sledgehammers bendwise sinister argent. This is returned for redraw; the scarpes are too thin. Blazoned on the LoI as _Azure, on a bend sinister azure fimbriated between two hammers bendwise sinister a hammer bendwise sinister argent_, a fimbriated bend cannot be the same tincture as the field it lies on. Such a bend appears to be _two scarpes_ rather than a _bend fimbriated_. What was drawn very thin to act as fimbriation must be interpreted as scarpes - extremely thin scarpes, but scarpes nonetheless. They need to be two or three times wider on resubmission. **** ATENVELDT **** Medb inghean Phadraig. Name. This name was withdrawn by the submitter. **** ATLANTIA **** None. **** CAID **** Arion Hirsch von Schutzhundheim and Julianna Neuneker Hirsch von Schutzhundheim. Joint badge. Azure, two scarpes between two crosses of Jerusalem argent. This badge is returned for conflict with the device for Vallaulfr Rurikson, _Azure, two scarpes between two wolves passant argent._ There is a CD changing the type of secondary charges but that is the only difference. Please advise the submitters to draw the scarpes wider on resubmission. Caid, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Hringbogan Herald. This heraldic title has two problems. First, it does not follow known patterns for heraldic titles. The word "hringboga" is defined in the LoI as meaning "ringed creature" or "dragon"; the literal translation appears to be (hring) "coiled" (boga) "bow". The word appears in _Beowulf_ as a description or kenning for the dragon, where the dragon is lying coiled and ready to strike. The _Oxford English Dictionary_ s.v. kenning, describes a kenning as "One of the periphrastic expressions used instead of the simple name of a thing." As a roundabout description (kenning) instead of a straightforward noun, it is unlikely that the word _hringboga_ is a reasonable name for a heraldic charge, which is the only possible pattern for a title based on an epithet for a dragon. We note the straightforward title _Wyrm Herald_ ("Wyrm" is a straightforward term used for "dragon" in Old English according to Bosworth-Toller, _An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary_, s.v. Wyrm), which would fit the model of heraldic charge (albeit with the descriptive element in a pre-heraldic language), and which is currently free from conflict. We also note that, as far as we are able to determine, _hringboga_, not _hringbogan_ is the nominative form of this kenning. _Hringboga_ and hence _hringbogan_ appears to be in the weak declension, making _hringbogan_ the genitive or dative form of this word. Nouns in heraldic titles based on heraldic charges are found in the nominative case. Caid, Kingdom of. Transfer of heraldic title Hringbogen Herald to {E'}owyn Amberdrake. Since the heraldic title was returned, it can not be transferred. Conchobhar Mac Cionaoith. Device. Per pale sable and vert, a Celtic cross and on a chief argent a triquetra between two equal-armed Celtic crosses vert. This device is returned for violating the "sword-and-dagger" rule. As ruled in the March 2007 LoAR (v., Desiderata Drake): While it is acceptable to use the _same_ charge as both a primary (or secondary) charge and a tertiary charge, using a _similar_ charge is not acceptable for exactly the reasons discussed in the September 1993 Cover Letter. We hereby overturn the February 2003 precedent and restore the September 1993 precedent. Due to the armorial identification problems caused by using similar but not identical charges in two different charge groups, this practice is no longer allowed. The use of identical charges as both a primary (or secondary) charge and a tertiary charge is allowed. Having two different styles of Celtic crosses is not allowed. The crosses on the chief do not resemble the stone cross upon which the SCA based this charge, nor do they resemble the crosses seen in the Book of Kells and other period manuscripts. All of the period examples of which we are aware have ends wider than the center. However, given the variation of Celtic crosses we have registered, these are currently registerable. This overall design is registerable if the submitter chooses a single type of Celtic cross to use. {E'}owyn Amberdrake. Acceptance of transfer of heraldic title Hringbogan Herald from Caid, Kingdom of. Since the heraldic title was returned, it can not be transferred. Evelin Kavanagh. Device. Or, a thistle proper between three Maltese crosses sable. This device is being returned for a redraw of the Maltese crosses. Please see the Cover Letter for a discussion on the correct way to draw a Maltese cross. Goetz Ransom von Ravensburg. Device. Bendy sinister gules and Or, two Maltese crosses and a lion sable. This device is being returned for a redraw of the Maltese crosses. Please see the Cover Letter for a discussion on the correct way to draw a Maltese cross. On resubmission, please advise the submitter to draw the lion larger. R{o'}is inghean u{i'} Fhlaithbheartaigh. Device. Argent, an ash tree proper and on a chief nebuly gules, two bees argent marked sable. This device is returned for a redraw of the primary charge. Blazoned on the LoI as an _ash tree_, it is not recognizable as a tree of any type. It more closely resembles a bush. Please instruct the submitter that the tree should have a longer trunk. Overly large leaves are frequently seen in period heraldic oak trees, and such leaves are acceptable for an ash tree, but they should still be drawn proportionally smaller than the leaves in this emblazon. **** CALONTIR **** Kaios Alexandrou. Device change. Sable, the Archangel Michael vested, crined of brown hair proper, haloed and breastplated Or, and maintaining a sword argent and in chief three crosses couped each between four more crosses couped Or. This device is returned for a redraw or redesign. The charges in chief were originally blazoned as _crosses of Jerusalem_. This was changed to _three crosses couped each between four more crosses couped Or_ by the Calontir College of Heralds, who noted "We believe the plain cross between four plain crosses to be a valid depiction of a Cross of Jerusalem. We have, however, changed the blazon in kingdom to a more generic one." However, we have no evidence that these are a period variation of a cross of Jerusalem. The charges in chief aren't a group of three self-contained charges (Jerusalem crosses): they are a group of three "primary" secondaries (the larger crosses couped) and twelve "secondary" secondaries (the crosses couped surrounding them). That's the problem. This is not a case of a single group with two types of charge, as we'd have if this were _in chief a cross couped between two mullets_ or some such. Nor are the three larger crosses and twelve smaller crosses separate groups of secondaries. These are all one group of identical secondary charges, but with a definite "subdivision" which doesn't make for the simplicity that characterizes medieval heraldry. A cross of Jerusalem would not have this problem as it is considered a single charge. Logan the Bowyer. Name. No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that the Gaelic name "Leoc{a'}n", which the submitter Anglicizes as "Logan", was in use as a given name late enough that it is reasonable to suggest an Anglicized form for it. While "O Logan" is found in Woulfe, _Irish Names and Surnames_, s.n. {O'} Leog{a'}in, as a late period Anglicization of the surname, by the late 16th C, Irish surnames using {O'} were no longer representative of the name of a close relative (such as a grandfather). Instead, they represented the names of eponymous ancestors from the 9th C or so. The latest example of the given name "Leoc{a'}n" we have found is an entry for 1065 in the _Annals of Ulster_. Because we have no examples of "Leoc{a'}n" in use at a time when an Anglicized form is possible, the Anglicization "Logan" is not registerable. The LoI noted that "Logan" was the submitter's legal middle name. Because middle names may be either given names or surnames by type, to be registerable as a given name under the grandfather clause, a middle name must be a given name by type. Unfortunately, "Logan" is a surname by type: Black, _The Surnames of Scotland_, s.n. Logan, notes that the surname derives from a placename. Black makes no mention of the name as a given name. Therefore, "Logan" is a surname by type and thus not registerable as a given number under the grandfather clause in this case. His armory was registered under the holding name "Brian of Coeur d'Ennui" Mag Mor, Barony of. Badge. (Fieldless) A bull's head cabossed sable incensed proper. This badge is returned for conflict with the Dukes of Mecklenburg (important non-SCA arms), _Or, an ox's head cabossed sable crowned Or_. The removal of the crown is not worth a CD, nor is adding the flames. Thus there is only a single CD for fieldlessness. Mag Mor, Barony of. Badge. (Fieldless) A bull's head cabossed sable winged as a seraph Or. This badge is returned for lack of identifiability. Most of the commenters noted that the combination of wings and the bull's head was unidentifiable. As al-Jamal commented: I'm not at all sure about multiply winging a bull's head this way. The identifiability of exactly what has been done to the bull's head is difficult to make out without recourse to the blazon. The wings to the sides of the head are clear enough, the the lower wings are more likely to be mistaken for flames, and the upper wings put me more in mind of Don King's hairstyle than they do the addition of wings. Lacking period heraldic evidence that seraph's wings were applied to other charges, this motif is not registerable. Martino Michele Ven{'e}ri. Device change. Per chevron gules and sable, a chevron ermine between two towers argent and a tyger's head erased ermine incensed gules ducally crowned Or, a bordure ermine. This device is returned as it is too complex. The rule of thumb complexity count limit, as explained in RfS VIII.1.a, is eight. This device has five tinctures (gules, sable, argent, Or and ermine) and five types of charge (chevron, tower, tyger's head, crown, bordure), six if you count the flames, for a complexity count of 10 or 11. Blazoned on the LoI as a _panther's head_, the primary charge lacks the spots of an heraldic panther. An English panther (or panther) also would not have the mane and tusk shown here. Because of the tusk, we have blazoned the charge as a _tyger's head_. The submitter is a duke and thus entitled to display a ducal coronet. **** DRACHENWALD **** None. **** EALDORMERE **** Eoforwic, Canton of. Badge. Argent, a sword sable and overall a chevron cotised gules. This is returned for a redraw as the cotises are so wide in comparison to the central chevron that this appears to be a badly drawn _three chevrons_. While a chevron cotised is the same motif as used in the canton's arms, the cotises in that emblazon are only about a quarter of the size of the chevron and therefore lacks the identifiability problem inherent with the submitted emblazon. Phillida Parker. Device. Per fess wavy argent and Or, a natural rainbow proper and three fir trees couped two and one vert. This device is returned for lack of contrast. A rainbow's clouds, like maintained charges, don't necessarily need good contrast with the field, but there must be some contrast. The argent clouds on the argent field have no contrast and this must be returned. When her previous submission was returned in December 2002, Laurel noted: The natural rainbow is drawn with argent clouds by default, and this rainbow is also drawn with argent clouds. The clouds have no contrast with the argent portion of the field on which the rainbow lies. This may well be a reason for return. However, in some cases it is allowable for a charge to have some small no-contrast details as long as the overall identifiability of the charge is maintained. At this time, we decline to rule on whether it is acceptable to have a natural rainbow with its proper argent clouds on an argent field, as there was no clear College consensus about whether this should be acceptable. It is allowable to have a natural rainbow proper clouded in some specified tincture, and we encourage the submitter to avoid this question by resubmitting with a rainbow where the clouds have some contrast with the underlying field. Since that time, it has been ruled multiple times that maintained charges must have some contrast with the field (e.g., Symon de Warwyck, August 2006). The clouds of a rainbow are essentially maintained charges and thus must have some contrast with the field. **** EAST **** Cainnech mac Uilliam. Device. Per fess azure and Or, in fess a thistle sustained by a stag rampant proper armed argent. This device is returned for lack of contrast. The identifying parts of the thistle are vert and purpure on the azure portion of the field, while most of the brown stag is also on the azure portion of the field. The argent attires help somewhat with identifying the stag, but overall the lack of contrast fatally hinders the identifiability of these charges. The device must therefore be returned. Corwin Silvertongue. Household name Whitloup Taverne. This name combines English and French in the same name phrase in violation of RfS III.1.a, Linguistic Consistency. While the submitter has provided evidence of compound descriptive names that combine words of French origin with words of Old English origin, he has not provided any that combine French words that were not adopted into English as ordinary words (such as _loupe_, "wolf") with English words. As such, then, this household name is in violation of our Rules for Submission. In addition, while bynames based on inn signs are typically shown as a single word, we have no examples of actual inn signs that follow this pattern. If the submitter is interested in a tavern name consistent with the design on the badge, we suggest "Wolfes Head Taverne". The English word _wolf_ is well attested; in the _Oxford English Dictionary_, s.v. wolf, the word _wulf_ appears in Old English in 725, and _wolfes_ in 1552. Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "English Sign Names", (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/inn) lists the _Bull Head_ and the _Boar's Head_. "White Wolfes Head Taverne" also follows patterns found in this article. David Erbe von B{a:}rau. Name. No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that the town of "B{a:}rau" was found in period or that the submitted spelling was used in period. Barring such documentation, this name is not registerable. We cannot drop this element in order to register the name because "David Erbe" is the submitter's legal name. His device and badge were registered under the holding name "David of Carillion". Dieter Velkener an dem Platz and Kirstyn Velkenerin an dem Platz. Joint badge. Vert, in pale a hawk contourny guardant perched atop a branch fesswise reversed argent. This badge is returned for conflict with device for Siobh{a'}n NicDhuinnshl{e'}ibhe, _Vert, in pale an owl affronty perched atop a branch fesswise argent between three drop spindles inverted sable, threaded argent_, which is reblazoned elsewhere in this letter. There is a CD for removing the spindles. There is not a CD for the orientation of the branch, therefore the second CD must come from a difference between the birds. We have a precedent granting a CD between an owl close (i.e. in its default posture) and a falcon close (in _its_ default posture): "[T]here is another CD for changing the type of bird from an owl close to a falcon close." [Falco de Jablonec, June 02]. In this case, though, neither bird is exactly default: Dieter's hawk is guardant (which is far more typical for owls than hawks), and Siobhan's owl is affronty (which is not attested in period armory). This means that we must go by visual appearances. In this case, there is insufficient visual difference to grant a CD between the birds (in these specific postures). Blazoned on the LoI as a _red-tailed hawk_, there is no way to tell a red-tailed hawk from any other hawk when it is completely argent. Isabeau de Valle. Badge. (Fieldless) On a plate fimbriated gules a hare courant sable. As noted on the LoI: The SCA considers simple-edged roundels to be a medium for heraldic display, and does not register badges that start "(Fieldless) On a roundel..." The most recent precedent is from April 2002 (Solveig Throndardottir, 04/02 A-{AE}thelmearc): "Note that this does not change our long-standing policy about such "shield shape" charges used in fieldless badges if the tincture is not plain (thus, divided or with a field treatment), or if the charge is itself charged." This is sufficient grounds for return. The submitter may register (barring conflict or other problems) _Argent, a hare courant sable, a bordure gules_. However, _Gules, on a plate a hare courant sable_, which is a valid interpretation of this emblazon, would conflict with a protected historic flag of Germany, _Gules, on a plate a cross gammadion saltirewise sable_. There would be a single CD for changes to the tertiary charge. Jonathan Blaecstan. Household name Blaecstan Keep. This name mixes an Old English surname with a Middle English designator; in the case of a household name, the designator and the descriptive element constitute a single name phrase: [Household name _MacLeod Keep_] Additionally, in the submitted household name _MacLeod Keep_, _Keep_ is solely English and _MacLeod_ is Scots. While Scots is a language closely related to English, they are not actually the same language. Therefore, the submitted _MacLeod Keep_ violates RfS III.1.a, which requires linguistic consistency within a name phrase. [Simon MacLeod, 07/2003 LoAR, R-Meridies] Therefore, this name violates RfS III.1.a, Linguistic Consistency, which requires that all elements in a single name phrase be in a single language. Mills, _A Dictionary of British Placenames_, s.n. Blaxton, lists "Blacstan" in 1213 and Ekwall, _The Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames_, s.n. Blaston, lists "Blaeston" in 1163. We would change the name to one of these Middle English forms, but the submitter will not accept major changes such as a change of language. Laurencie La Martre. Name. Aural conflict with Saint "Laurence", known as "Saint Laurence the Martyr". Batonvert notes: I can't see how this doesn't conflict with St. Lawrence the Martyr, one of the great saints of the medieval church, who has been described as the "typical figure of a martyr". "From the fourth century," says Attwater's Dictionary of Saints, "he was venerated as one of the most famous martyrs of the city of Rome." Her armory was registered under the holding name "Dianne of the East". Malis Lauird. Device. Purpure, on a bend between two triquetras argent three forget-me-nots purpure. This device is returned for conflict with the device for Isabella Catharini, _Purpure, on a bend cotised argent three irises purpure_. There is a CD for changing the secondary charges from cotises to triquetras. While there is a CD between an iris and a forget-me-not, there is not the substantial (X.2) difference required for a CD between tertiary charges. This device is clear of the device for Etain Winterbourne, _Purpure, on a bend between two escallops argent, three violet plants palewise vert, flowered purpure_. The violet plants are half vert and half purpure, with each plant having three flowers. There is a CD for the changes to the tertiary charges and another for changing the escallops to triquetras. Marguerite de Saint Nazaire. Badge. (Fieldless) A magpie proper. This badge is returned for multiple conflicts. This conflicts with the device for Eleanor of Pica, which is reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as _Vert, a magpie proper maintaining in its dexter talon a feather argent_. There is but a single CD for fieldlessness. This badge also conflicts with the device for Dafydd Wallraven, _Per fess argent and purpure masoned argent, in chief a raven close sable_ and the device for Thorolf Oddson Villannen, _Per pale argent and ermine, in dexter base a raven close proper_. In each case there is a CD for fieldlessness but no difference is granted between a magpie and a raven. Nor is there a CD for location of the ravens when compared to a fieldless badge. A magpie can have varying amounts of white; some depictions of a _magpie proper_ are primarily sable. Given this, there is not a CD for tincture between a _magpie proper_ and a _magpie sable_. Concerning the device for Serlo of Litchfield, _Gyronny gules and Or, a vulture close sable_, there is a CD for fieldlessness, but nothing for tincture of the bird. The question thus becomes whether or not a magpie conflicts with a vulture. There are prior precedents stating that a vulture conflicts with a hawk. There is no difference granted between a hawk and a raven, nor between a raven and a magpie. However, conflict is not necessarily transitive and a vulture may not conflict with a magpie. If this is resubmitted, we recommend that the submitter (and the East CoH) be prepared to show that a CD _should_ be granted between a magpie and a vulture. Sarah bas Mordechai. Badge. (Fieldless) A furison vert. Unfortunately, this badge must be returned under RfS X.5 for visual conflict with a badge for the Barony of the Forgotten Sea, _(Fieldless) A Ukrainian trident head vert_. We wish to inform the submitter that this identical badge was returned in September 2006 (v. Pipa Sparkes). **** LOCHAC **** Alan the Traveller. Device. Argent, a log fesswise with two slips issuant to chief and on a chief vert three wheels argent. This device must be returned because the mini-emblazon (and the emblazon in OSCAR) do not match the emblazon received by the Laurel office. This is sufficient grounds for return by itself. In addition, the large emblazon shows a log that is neither fesswise nor bendwise, but somewhere halfway between. This is also sufficient grounds for return. Please advise the submitter to redraw this as clearly fesswise or clearly bendwise on resubmission. If the submitter truly wishes a branch, rather than the charge emblazoned on this submission, the branch needs to be much thinner (and branch like). Alan the Traveller. Blanket permission to conflict with device. Argent, a log fesswise with two slips issuant to chief and on a chief vert three wheels argent. As the device has been returned, the blanket permission to conflict must also be returned. Estienne Delemontagne. Device. Per chevron vert and azure, a chevron between two mullets and two chevronels braced argent. This device is returned for non-period style. We are unaware of any examples of a primary chevron accompanied by braced secondary chevronels. Barring period heraldic examples of this motif, it is not registerable. Eyd{i'}s Ragnarsd{o'}ttir. Device. Sable, on a pile Or an estoile of five rays gules. This device is returned conflict with both the arms of the March of Grimfells, _Sable, on a pile throughout Or a spiderweb throughout sable charged with a laurel wreath vert_, and with the device for Oyn Cefnog, _Sable, on a pile throughout Or three pheons two and one gules_. In each case there is but a single CD for changes to the tertiary charges. Fionnabhair inghean ui Mheadhra. Device. Purpure, on a chevron cotised abased argent, three sprigs of holly fructed proper. This device is returned for redraw of all of the charges. The chevron and its cotises are too low on the field. We have consistently returned overly enhanced or abased ordinaries (e.g., Muirgius mac Con Mara hui S{e'}gdai, 11/2002), when not supported by period examples. The _sprigs of holly_ are not sprigs - each is a set of disconnected leaves and disconnected berries. In addition, the berries were missing from the mini-emblazon. Geffrey {dh}e Wulf. Device. Azure, a wolf rampant Or fretty azure. This device is returned for conflict with Ana Moonstar's device, _Azure, a wolf rampant reguardant Or, maintaining in its teeth a mullet of eight points argent, standing upon a moon in her plentitude per pale argent and sable_. As noted in the March 2006 LoAR (v. Elric Strangulf, R-An Tir), Ana's moon is equivalent to a maintained charge and thus there is only a single CD for making the wolf _fretty_. Josseline de la Cour. Device. Purpure, a wildcat rampant guardant and a chief indented flory at the lower points argent. This device is returned for redraw of the line of division. A _chief indented flory at the lower points_ would be an acceptable line of division; however, as drawn here, this emblazon of the line is not acceptable. On resubmission there should be fewer points - about half as many - and larger fleurs-de-lys. Blazoned on the LoI as a _catamount_, this is not a catamount as defined in the SCA: i.e., a mountain lion. This is a Scots cat-a-mountain, commonly blazoned as a _wildcat_. Lochac, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Cross of Lochac. This name conflicts with the "Calon Cross, Order of the", registered May 1990. Recent precedent holds that incomplete forms of a branch name are considered transparent for purposes of conflict: [Order of the Guardians of Fontaine.]This order name conflicts with the _Order of the Guardians of Atenveldt_. The summarization of documentation states "_Fontaine_, as the name of the Barony, should satisfy the placename standard." While _Fontaine_ is not the full name of the Barony, and the group has documented _Fontaine_ as a mundane placename, the combination of the main descriptive element of the barony's name in an Order name with ownership by the barony makes it impossible to view this placename as referring to anyplace but the Barony of _Fontaine dans Sable_. This name should be registerable with a letter of permission to conflict from the Kingdom of Atenveldt. [March 2007] In this case, it is impossible to view "Calon" in "Calon Cross" as anything but a clear reference to "Calontir". We note that thie submitted name would be registerable with a letter of permission to conflict from the Kingdom of Calontir. Lochac, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Golden Lily. Conflict with the "Order of the Golden Lily", Bosnia's highest military commendation. This order, according to "SFOR Stabilization Force" (http://www.nato.int/sfor/media/2004/ms040514.htm) is not only this region's highest military honor, but carries with it a yearly stipend. As the highest military honor of a country much in the news of late, we feel this real-world order name is worthy of protection. Saint Dionysius, College of. Device. Sable, three swords and in chief a laurel wreath all within an orle argent. This device must be returned as the emblazon is not reproducible from any blazon we could derive. Metron Ariston summed up the problem best: As blazoned, I would have expected all the swords to be below the laurel wreath in their entirely. While this design fills the space better, it is not the one a reasonable heraldic artist would opt for and so I am not sure it meets the requirement that the emblazon be reproducible from the blazon. **** MERIDIES **** Beau Fort, Shire of. Badge change. (Fieldless) Five fleurs-de-lys conjoined in annulo bases to center Or. This badge is returned for conflict with Katlin von Kappel, _Per saltire sable and gules, four fleurs-de-lys bases to center Or_. There is a CD for changes to the field, but that is the only CD; there is not a CD for the number, the arrangement, or the conjoining of the fleurs-de-lys. The submitters have permission to conflict with the badge for Thomas de Castellan, _(Fieldless) Four fleurs-de-lys conjoined in saltire, bases to center, Or_. Elena de Toledo. Name and device. Quarterly checky gules and argent and sable, in bend sinister two sets of six lozenges in annulo, points to center, argent. Conflict with "Eleanor of Toledo", wife of Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence. While she does not have her own entry in Britannica Online, her name is extremely well known within the SCA; her portrait by Bronzino is the inspiration for one of the most popular and repeated Italian dresses in the SCA, and the pattern from her knitted stockings is legend with fiber arts folks. As such, she is well enough known in the SCA to be worthy of protection. The names "Eleanor" and "Elena" are too similar in sound and appearance, and the substantive elements of the bynames are identical. This device must be returned as it appears to be marshalling. The Rules for Submission (RfS XI.3) state "Armory that appears to marshall independent arms is considered presumptuous....". The explanatory text of RfS XI.3.b states "No section of the field may contain an ordinary that terminates at the edge of that section or more than one charge unless those charges are part of a group over the whole field." Laurel has previously ruled: After much soul-searching, I must agree with the commenters who saw an appearance of marshalling in the device. Rule XI.3.b states that quarterly may be used only "when no single portion of the field [appears] to be an independent piece of armory." In general, complexity in any of the quarters makes it look like independent armory; for example, XI.3.b explicitly cites the use of multiple charges in a quarter as unacceptable. The motif Quarterly X and Y, in bend two [charges] is allowable when the uncharged quarters are plain tinctures; we don't protect plain tinctures. But when the uncharged quarters are complex fields, we lose that rationale; and the complexity then begins to make it look like an independent coat. This, beneath all the subtext, is exactly what XI.3.b is meant to prevent. (Aric Thomas Percy Raven, October, 1992, pg. 30) In this case, using a checky field in the uncharged quarters means that this submission must be considered marshalled arms. Uncharged quarters may only consist of plain tinctures and those must not be tinctures of protected important non-SCA arms (v. Murdoch Bayn, 08/2002). In addition, the lozenges were blazoned on the LoI as _conjoined_; however, the lozenges are not touching and therefore are not conjoined. Therefore this also causes the submitted device to be marshalled arms. Kilian the Black. Device. Gyronny argent and vert, a bear rampant maintaining an ax Or and on a chief sable two bees Or. This device is returned for a redraw of the gyronny. As al-Jamal notes: "Chiefs on divided fields are really treated as an extension of the shield; they do not overlie the underlying field divisions like in the emblazon here". Melbrig{dh}a Leifsd{o/}ttir. Name. Old Norse grammar requires that the gender of the patronymic agree with the gender of the given name, but the genders of the name parts do not agree in the submitted name. Unfortunately, as best we can determine "Melbrig{dh}a" is a masculine name, a Norse form of the Old or Middle Irish "M{a'}el Brigte", which is also a masculine name. Talan Gwynek, "Old Norse Forms of Early Irish Names" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/drafts/irish-norse.html) notes "Although ON -a is a feminine ending, the name here is masculine." Metron Ariston notes "In the saga of King Harald in the *_Heimskringla_* the name is mentioned specifically as the name of a Scottish earl: "Sigur{dh}r jarl drap Melbrig{dh}a t{o:}nn, jarl skozkan" (Earl Sigurd killed Melbrig{dh}a Tooth, a Scottish earl)." We would change the name to "Melbrig{dh}a Leifsson", but the submitter wants a feminine name and will not accept major changes. We cannot change the given name to make it a feminine name, and changing the patronymic marker from _d{o/}ttir_ to _son_ would significantly change the sound and appearance of the name. Therefore, we are forced to return this. In resubmitting, please inform the submitter that the typical Old Norse feminine patronymic marker is _-d{o'}ttir_. The submitted spelling _-d{o/}ttir_ is appropriate for later Danish patronymics. Her device has been registered under the holding name "Michelle of Arenal". Meridies, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Vexillum Baiulus Meridies. No forms were received for this order name. The Administrative Handbook IV.C. says: No submission, including any resubmission, appeal, change or release of a protected item, etc., shall be considered for registration until a complete set of paperwork is provided to the appropriate heraldic officer. Because no forms were received by the Laurel office, we are forced to return this name. Without forms, we cannot provide an evaluation of the registerability of this name or suggestions for changes. Meridies, Kingdom of. Order name Order of Legatus Meridius. No forms were received for this order name. The Administrative Handbook IV.C. says: No submission, including any resubmission, appeal, change or release of a protected item, etc., shall be considered for registration until a complete set of paperwork is provided to the appropriate heraldic officer. Because no forms were received by the Laurel office, we are forced to return this name. Without forms, we cannot provide an evaluation of the registerability of this name or suggestions for changes. Rhys Faber. Badge. Sable, six lozenges in annulo, points to center, argent within a bordure per saltire argent and gules. This badge is returned for conflict with the device for Alexandra of Elentil, _Sable, a mullet of eight points argent, a bordure gules, fimbriated argent_. There is a CD for changing the tincture of the bordure, but nothing for removing the fimbriation. The lozenges in Rhys's badge appear to be a mullet of six points and thus not a CD from a mullet of eight points. We note that the lozenges were blazoned on the LoI as _conjoined_, but they are not touching and therefore are not conjoined. Vittoria Apollonia da Palumba. Device. Azure, a bow bendwise sinister drawn with a needle argent threaded to a spool in sinister base and in chief two mullets of six points Or. This device is returned for lack of identifiability. This combination of charges makes it nearly impossible to identify the fact that the bow is armed with a needle rather than the expected arrow. **** MIDDLE **** None. **** OUTLANDS **** Delara-yi Shir{a^}z{i^}. Name. No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that the name "Delara" was not a unique name in period. The name is documented from the article "Names of Persia", http://www.avesta.org/znames.htm, shows "Delara" as a name in use in Kermin in 1956. While the name occurs in the 11th C _Epic of the Kings_, it appears there as the name of the mother of Alexander the Great. We have no examples of the name in use in medieval Persia, nor do we have any other examples of the name except as the mother of Alexander. Barring documentation that this name was actually used in medieval Persia, or appeared in Persian literature referring to someone besides the mother of Alexander the Great, "Delara" is no registerable. **** TRIMARIS **** None. **** WEST **** Angelo d'Amico. Device. Per fess embattled argent and azure, two bunches of grapes and a Latin cross counterchanged. This device is returned for a redraw of the grapes. As depicted in this emblazon, the roundels forming the grape bunches are not conjoined. In fact, no part of the bunches are conjoined. This is a very modern stylization of grapes, and therefore is not registerable. - Explicit littera renuntiationum - ====================================================================== ***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE December 2007 LAUREL MEETING (OR AS NOTED): ***** **** AN TIR **** Elewys Cuylter of Finchingfield. Name. The submitter requested an authentic 13th C name, but this was not mentioned on the LoI. Although all the elements in the name are dated to the 13th C, it is less clear whether the structure of the name is appropriate for this time period. We are pending this name to allow the commenters to address the authenticity request. Here is the original documentation summarization: Elewys is documented from Talan Gwynek's "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, Part Three: The Names H-Z" at under the header and is dated to 1273. is documented from "The textile industry in Essex in the late 12th and 13th centuries: A study based on accopational names in charter sources" by Michael Gervers at as Richard Cuylter from Finchingfield, dated to 1240. The introductory page can be found at It is also documented in "12th & 13th Century English Textile Surnames" by Arayanhwy merch Catmael at under the header , also dated to 1240. is also documented from "The textile industry in Essex in the late 12th and 13th centuries: A study based on accopational names in charter sources" by Michael Gervers at as Richard Cuylter from Finchingfield, dated to 1240. Also included is a page of bibliographical information from an unknown article at This was item 9 on the An Tir letter of January 31, 2007. **** CAID **** R{a'}nulfr {TH}orfinnsson. Device. Vert, a horse courant dismembered argent, between two axes in chevron blades to center Or and a flame proper. This device is pended for discussion on whether or not we should protect Rohan, "Vert, a horse courant argent". Latimer in commentary noted: The _Lord of the Rings_ having undergone a resurgence in visibility and popularity since the 1995 decision not to protect its armory, I request reconsideration of the protection of Rohan: Vert, a horse courant argent. This is notably visible in the movie (albeit sporadically) as the war banner carried into the battle at Minas Tirith. (The banner is double-sided, with the horse facing the hoist, and is rendered in an artistic style resembling the dismemberment here.) If Rohan is protected, then this must be returned, having just one CD for adding the secondary charges. The 1995 ruling that Latimer references states "The commentary on this and the other proposals from Tolkien was somewhat mixed. However popular the Lord of the Rings trilogy is among older members of the SCA, it appears to have lost much of its status over the intervening years. Here, the commentary generally favored not protecting these arms." As no commenters addressed the issue, we are pending this for discussion on whether or not Rohan's arms should be protected. We encourage commenters to give their opinions either way, not just to rely on the comments by the first person to respond in OSCAR. This was item 24 on the Caid letter of January 24, 2007. **** EAST **** Adhemar de Villarquamada. Name change from Morgan de Villarquamada. This name combines Occitan and Spanish, but no information was submitted or supplied by the commenters to show substantial contact between the Occitan speaking regions and Spain (in this case Aragon). While we believe that this should not be a problem, we would like explicit information on such contact. Therefore, we are pending this name to allow commentary on contact between these regions. This was item 2 on the East letter of January 30, 2007. - Explicit - ====================================================================== Created at 2007-09-01T00:36:56