***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED: *****
**** {AE}THELMEARC ****
Halld{o'}rr b{i'}ldr. Name and device. Argent, two Thor's hammers in
saltire gules.
Julianna Woolworth. Name and device. Argent, a sheep couchant sable
within a bordure gules ermined argent.
Maria Caterina da Rauvenna. Name.
Niccola di Cristiano. Badge. Per pale Or and sable, a Maltese cross
counterchanged.
This is clear of Maridonna Benvenuti, _(Fieldless) A cross
botonny per pale sable and Or_, with a CD for fieldlessness and
at least a CD for the type of cross.
Serena Finn. Name and device. Azure, a unicorn's head couped argent,
in chief three scimitars inverted reversed Or.
Ysabeau Tiercelin. Name and device. Azure, a horse rampant Or within
a bordure Or semy of pommes.
**** AN TIR ****
{A'}ine ingen hu{i'} N{e'}ill. Device. Azure, two seahorses in fess
between three shamrocks Or.
Alasdar Conner Drake. Name.
This name combines Gaelic and English in the same name; this is
one step from period practice. Some commenters noted that the
name pattern in use here appeared to be _[Gaelic given name] +
[Anglicized Gaelic given name] + [English surname]_. However,
the documentation shows the patterns is _[Gaelic given name] +
[English surname] + [English surname]_. The pattern _[given
name] + [surname] + [surname]_ is found rarely in 16th C
England.
Brynj{o'}lfr oxafotr. Device. Per saltire sable and azure, in pale
two ox's heads caboshed argent.
Catelin the Wanderer. Name (see RETURNS for device).
This is not an aural conflict with "Kalin the Wanderer",
registered November 1981. The name "Catelin" is pronounced
approximately \KAHT-@-lin\, while Kalin, which as far as we can
determine is a modern name with several possible origins, is
generally pronounced approximately \KAY-lin\. The names have a
different number of syllables and the vowels of the stressed
syllables of each name are hard to confuse.
We note that it is likely that the ordinary SCA member will
pronounce the name "Catelin" as \KAYT-lin\. However, as we have
mentioned in the past, for matters of conflict, we should not
consider mispronunciations, just as we do not consider what
parts of a submitted name we believe the submitter will actually
use. We do request that the submitter be informed of the correct
pronunciation of this name, and we would hope she would be
consistent in using the correct pronunciation.
Christian van Ghendt. Name and device. Per chevron azure and Or, two
goblets and a stag's head caboshed counterchanged.
The submitter requested an authentic 11th-12th C Flemish name.
While we have no reason to believe that the various parts of
this name were not found in this time period, we have no
documentation for the given name in Flemish prior to the 13th C.
Therefore, we are unwilling to state that this is an authentic
11th-12th C name. It is, however, a reasonable 13th C Flemish
name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the goblets larger.
Emma Kindheart. Name.
Geoffrey de Rennes. Device change. Per pale argent and azure, a
cross fleury fitchy and on a chief three fleurs-de-lys
counterchanged.
The submitter's previous device, "Or, a whirlpool rayonny vert",
is retained as a badge.
Judith Greanwood. Name change from holding name Judith of Saint
Bunstable.
The submitter has a letter of permission to conflict with
"Judith von Gruenwald", whose name was registered April 1987.
Matillis atte Hethe. Badge. Argent, three bendlets purpure and
overall a tower azure.
This badge was pended on the January 2007 LoAR.
The submitted badge is clear of the device of Felice of Mayhem
House, which is reblazoned elsewhere on the LoAR as _Argent, a
tower fracted, the upper half bendwise, azure_. There is a CD
for the difference between the towers due to the change in
orientation of half of Felice's tower. There is a second CD for
functionally changing the field from _Argent_ to _Bendy argent
and purpure_. Strictly speaking, we aren't changing the field,
we're adding bendlets. Indeed, it can be argued that we're
adding primary charges, which is sufficient difference in and of
itself to clear these devices by RfS X.1. However, since we
treat _Argent, three bendlets purpure_ and _Bendy argent and
purpure_ as interchangeable blazons, there should only be a CD
for the bendlets. We leave open the question whether RfS X.1
(addition of primary charge) applies in situations such as
these.
Rohesia Morleigh. Device. Per fess purpure and vert, a Celtic cross
and in chief a mullet of seven points Or.
Thormot Mac Otter. Name and device. Azure, a triskelion of armored
legs and on a chief wavy argent a violin, pegs to sinister, azure.
Submitted as "Thormot Mac Otter _of Rushen_", the submitter
requested an authentic 16th C Manx name. As submitted, the name
does not follow known patterns found in 16th C Manx names. We
have very few examples of period Manx names, so it is possible
that there are patterns we do not know about. However, none of
the names we know of follow the pattern _[given] + [patronymic]
of [locative]_. There are also no examples of _[given] of
[locative]_. In Theophilus Talbot, _Manorial Roll for the Isle
of Man, 1511-1515_, our main source for 16th C Manx names, there
are thirteen names with multiple surnames. They show the
patterns _[given] + [descriptive] + [patronymic]_ (five
examples), _[given] + [marked patronymic] + [unmarked
patronymic]_ (four examples), _[given] + [unmarked patronymic] +
[marked patronymic]_ (two examples), _[given] + [patronymic] +
[descriptive]_ and _[given] + [patronymic] + [generational
descriptive]_ (one example of each). Of the bynames in the
available Manx data, the overwhelming majority of bynames are
patronymics. We have changed the name to "Thormot Mac Otter_ _"
to make the name an authentic 16th C Manx name. We note that the
alternative "Thormot Rushen" is also registerable.
Titus Antonius Thurinus. Name and device. Or, two swords inverted in
saltire and on a chief triangular sable a Gorgon's head cabossed Or.
**** ANSTEORRA ****
Arthur Blackmoon. Badge. Or, a pawprint within an annulet sable.
The use of a pawprint is a step from period practice.
Modius von Mergentheim. Augmentation. Sable, a flame and a base
argent, as an augmentation on a canton Or, a mullet of five greater
and five lesser points within an orle sable.
Viviana Ammary Rowntree. Name.
Originally submitted as "Viviana A_mm_ary Rowntree", the name
was changed at kingdom to "Viviana A_m_ary Rowntree" to match
the naming pattern _given + given + surname_. However, the
originally submitted name matches a valid pattern of English
names, _given + inherited surname + inherited surname_. Laurel
wrote in February 2002:
There hasn't yet been much research done regarding
double surnames in 16th C England. But from the
evidence that has been found, we can say that in cases
where both names were inherited, the two surnames
indicate the surnames of the child's parents. In fact,
Withycombe (p. xliii) dates _Robert Browne Lilly_ to
1593, noting that his father was _John Lilly_ and his
mother's maiden name was _Browne_. In a number of the
instances of double surnames in the Dymock parish
registers, this construction was an indication of
illegitimacy. But considering the small amount of data
we have at this time, it would be premature to presume
that this is always the case. Indeed, the notation in
Withycombe of _Browne_ being "his mother's maiden
name" would indicate that some of the time both
parent's surnames were given to children born to
married parents. [Benedict Saint-Jean Eldridge,
02/2004 LoAR, A-Atenveldt]
Therefore, we have changed the name back to the originally
submitted form.
**** ATENVELDT ****
Adaliza Fitz Symmons. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as "Adaliz_e_ Fitz Symmons", the spelling "Adalize" is
a Latin form in an inflected case, most likely dative, but
possibly genitive. We only register given names in the
nominative case; in this case, the expected form is "Adaliza".
We have changed the name to "Adaliz_a_ Fitz Symmons" to correct
the grammar.
Calandra Raleigh. Name and device. Argent, on a pile between two
roses vert in pale, a rose argent and a lark Or.
This name mixes Italian and English; this is one step from
period practice.
The question was raised whether the name "Calandro", of which
"Calandra" is a feminization, was ever used by humans. David
Herlihy's article, "Florentine Renaissance Resources:Online
Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532"
(http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte), lists 10 examples of
the name "Calandro".
Elena Stavraki. Device. Or, an ankh and a chief enarched azure.
Gwenllyan verch Wilkin. Device. Vert ermined, a domestic cat statant
guardant and on a chief embattled Or three crosses formy vert.
Please ask the submitter to draw the embattlements deeper.
Henry Erwaker. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as "Henry Er_ric_ker", Erricker is an undated
secondary header form in Reaney and Wilson, _A Dictionary of
English Surnames_, s.n. Earwaker. For an undated header form in
this work to be registerable, it must be shown to be consistent
with period spellings. None of the dated forms in this entry,
nor any forms in Bardsley, _A Dictionary of English and Welsh
Surnames_, s.n. Earwaker, show any period spellings that do not
include the "w". The closest dated form we found to the
submitted spelling was in Reaney and Wilson: "Edmundus Erwak'".
The apostrophe is almost certainly a scribal abbreviation for
"-er". We have changed the name to "Henry E_rwa_ker" in order to
register it.
Imma Kaillewey. Device. Per pale indented gules and purpure, a
needle bendwise sinister and a bordure argent.
Isibel sver{dh}aspillir. Badge. (Fieldless) A raven displayed within
and conjoined to an annulet azure.
The use of a bird displayed, other than an eagle, is a step from
period practice.
Iuliana Mu{n~}oz Maldonado de Castile. Device. Gules, a catfish
tergiant urinant and a bordure wavy Or.
The use of a fish tergiant is a step from period practice.
John Read. Name.
This name does not conflict with the journalist John Reed
(1887-1920). The name is a common period name and none of the
commenters felt the journalist was important enough to protect.
Kazimer Valentov. Name and device. Per chevron inverted sable and
azure, in chief a tree blasted and eradicated argent.
The name appearing on the external LoI is different from the one
on the internal LoI, but no mention of this change was made on
the external LoI. In this case, the change was made on the
request of the submitter. Submission heralds, please note, you
must note these changes with the information on the LoI; this
gives the College of Arms the chance to evaluate the name in
light of its full history.
This device is clear of Ioseph of Locksley, _Vert, a tree
eradicated argent_, and of the badge for the Middle Kingdom's
Order of the Silver Oak, _Purpure, an oak tree blasted
eradicated argent, fructed Or_. In each case there is a CD for
changes to the field. Kazimer's tree lies solely on the sable
portion of the field; thus it is definitely in chief. Therefore,
in each case, there is a second CD for the placement of the
tree.
Keneric Ollwyttir. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as "_Cy_neric Ollwy_d_tir", there are spelling
problems with both the given name and the byname. Harpy
explains:
The basic, standard form of the name in Welsh is
Cynwrig, with two syllables, but the consonant cluster
-nwr- is relatively unstable when Anglicized and one
of the directions it can resolve in is to add an
epenthetic vowel, hence forms like Keneric, Kenewreik,
Kenewreck as seen in Morgan & Morgan. I can't find any
examples of the submitted spelling though. Note that
Medieval Welsh spellings use initial "k" (as is usual
before non-low, non-back vowels. (That is, words that
in standard modern Welsh would be spelled with "c"
used "k" in Medieval Welsh in contexts where medieval
Latin would pronounce a "c" as [s]. This spelling rule
avoided ambiguity in indicating the pronunciation.) As
spelling became somewhat more regularlized towards the
15-16th century, then general use of "c" ousted the
c/k alternation. Use of initial "k" is pretty much the
rule in Anglicized forms (again, because English
spelling rules would interpret C before Y as [s]). In
the data I've seen, Welsh-language forms stick close
to the -nwr- spelling, while the variants in the -ndr-
and -ner- groups show up in Anglicized forms. All of
this together makes the specific spelling "Cyneric"
suspect enough to want to see an actual citation of
this spelling.
A compound of "llwyd" (gray, brown) and "tir" (land)
is quite consistent with known period Welsh place
names. While the word-order llwyd+tir is opposite to
standard noun-modifier order, it is not uncommon in
place-names. Normally, in compounds with this
"reverse" word order, the second element is lenited,
however this particular example gets more complicated.
But backing up for a moment, Examples of names with
these elements in these positions include the
following (from Charles _The Place-Names of
Pembrokeshire_):
Llwydarth, Llwydiarth (gray + ridge) -- p.414f,
"Loydarth" 1326, "lloydarth" 1326
Brithdir (speckled + land) -- p.163, "Brithdir" 1343
By the basic rules of compounding, you'd expect
llwyd+tir to form a compound "Llwyd-dir" but here's
where the complications come in because the
combination "-d+d-" in Welsh undergoes a sound change
called provection and instead results in "-t+t-", i.e.
"Llwyttir". (See Evans _A Grammar of Middle Welsh_
section 17.a.i.)
The following are the locative bynames in my database
that include the Welsh preposition "o" (from):
orhalt (o'r Allt - from the slope) - Merioneth LSR
1292
or Clay (o'r Clai - from the clay) - Bromfield & Yale
1315
or Dol (o'r Dol - from the meadow) - Merioneth LSR
1292
or Glastir (o'r Glastir - from the blue/green land) -
Merioneth LSR 1292
Orglyn (o'r Glyn - from the valley) - Ardudwy court
records 1325
Orellyn (o'r Llyn - from the lake) - Merioneth LSR
1292
or pant (o'r Pant - from the valley) - Merioneth LSR
1292
Note that although the general rule seems to be to use
this construction only with simple, generic
topographic terms, the single example of a compound
term is of the form "color + tir" similarly to the
submission. On the other hand, the construction
universally includes not just the preposition "o" but
also the definite article -- that is, it is still
being treated as a generic term, not as a proper name.
So these examples would support a byname of the form
"or Llwyttir". It is also possible to find examples of
the form "o + proper name" in genealogies and other
situations where the status as a byname (as opposed to
a description) is more ambiguous. E.g., from the _Brut
y Tywysogion_ "rys o deheubarth" (Rhys from
Deheubarth), "trahayarn vychan o vrycheinyawc"
(Trahaearn Fychan of Brycheiniog). So there is
probably sufficient benefit of the doubt for
registering the format "o + proper place name",
although I'd consider it less solid. In this case, the
place name following the preposition will lenite, thus
"o Lwyttir". (While the proposition is sometimes run
together with the following noun in Medieval Welsh
orthography, I'd tend to advise against it for reasons
of clarity except in cases where a high level of
historic accuracy is desired.)
References
Charles, B.G.. 1992. Place-Names of Pembrokeshire (2
vol.). National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. ISBN
0-907158-58-7
Ellis, T.P. 1924. First Extent of Bromfield and Yale
A.D. 1315. Hon. Soc. of Cymmrodorion, London.
Evans, D. Simon. 1989. A Grammar of Middle Welsh.
Dublin Inst for Adv St, Dublin.
Jones, Thomas ed.. 1941. Brut y Tywysogyon (Peniarth
Ms. 20). University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
Lewis, E.A. "The Proceedings of the Small Hundred
Court of the Commote of Ardudwy in the County of
Merioneth from 8 October, 1325 to 18 September 1326"
in BBCS Vol.4 Part 2 (May 1928) p.153-166.
Williams-Jones, Keith. 1976. Merioneth Lay Subsidy
Roll 1292-3. University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
We have changed the name to "_Ke_neric Ollwy_t_tir" in order to
register it.
Kolfinna of Bergen. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Olaf mj{o,}ksiglandi. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Submitted as "Olaf mj_{o:}_ksiglandi", the _{o:}_ character in
the byname is a modern typographical convention for an o-ogonek.
For purposes of registration, the o-ogonek is transliterated
_{o,}_. We have changed the name to "Olaf mj_{o,}_ksiglandi" to
follow standard College of Arms transliteration for Old Norse
names. Scribes, please note that this letter should be written
like an o with a reversed comma attached to the bottom of the
letter.
Robert of Bergen. Name and device. Per saltire purpure and sable, a
wolf's head erased contourny argent and a bordure argent semy of
card piques sable.
Please advise the submitter to draw the bordure wider, which
will allow the card piques to also be drawn larger.
Romanus Rodrigo. Badge. (Fieldless) An octopus azure charged with a
caltrap argent.
Shonna Dennyng. Name.
"Shonna" is the submitter's legal given name.
Timothy Blackwell. Name.
Nice late-16th C English name!
Viola verch Howell. Name.
Submitted as "Viola verch H_wy_l", the submitter claimed that
the spelling "Hwyl" was found as a standard modern form in
Heather Rose Jones's articles "Snapshot of a Cantref: The Names
and Naming Practices in a Mawddwy Court Roll of 1415-16"
(http://www.heatherrosejones.com/names/welsh/mawddwy1415.html)
and "A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th C Welsh Names"
(http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html). An
examination of these articles reveals this is not the case --
the standard modern spelling given for this name is "Hywel". No
documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that
"Hwyl" is a reasonable spelling variant of the name "Hywel" or
that it is an independent Welsh name. The submitter indicated
that if the submitted spelling "Hwyl" was not registerable, she
would accept either the 13th C form "Howel" or the 15th C
"Howell". Because the given name is documented to the 16th C,
the 15th C form is a closer temporal match. We have changed the
name to "Viola verch H_owel_l" in order to register it.
**** ATLANTIA ****
Agostino da Palermo. Name and device. Azure, in pale an eagle
displayed and a sword inverted Or within a bordure Or crusilly formy
gules.
Bella Farinelli. Device. Sable, a butterfly between three roundels,
all within a bordure argent.
Bella Trentavasi. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Nice 14th C Italian name!
Bertran de Saint-Jean. Name.
Erik Olafssen. Device. Argent, a weeping willow tree couped sable
charged on the trunk with an anchor argent, all within a bordure
gules.
As noted on the June 2006 Cover Letter: "Given that the weeping
willow is unknown in period (let alone period Europe), its use
is considered one step from period practice (a weirdness)."
Please advise the submitter to draw the tree larger so that the
anchor can be of a respectable size.
Francesca Lorenza Caterina Marino. Device. Azure, in saltire two
hammers, on a chief argent three chess rooks sable.
Gisela Garces de Navarra. Name.
This name mixes German and Spanish; this is one step from period
practice.
Gwenllian ferch Maredudd. Blanket permission to conflict with
device. Argent, a bend cotised sable between six crescents azure.
Permission to conflict is granted for all armory that is at
least one countable step (one CD) from her device.
Gwenllian ferch Maredudd. Blanket permission to conflict with badge.
Per chevron indented argent and sable, two compass stars azure and
an open book argent bound azure.
Permission to conflict is granted for all armory that is at
least one countable step (one CD) from her badge.
Hawkwood, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Golden Moon (see RETURNS
for other badge). Per chevron argent and azure, in base a decrescent
Or.
John of Caer Gelynniog. Device. Sable, a raven and on a chief
embattled argent three arrows fesswise reversed gules.
Katel of Ipswich. Device. Argent, an escarbuncle between flaunches
sable.
L{i'}adan ingen Fh{a'}el{a'}in. Device. Or, a domestic cat sejant
sable and on a chief wavy vert in canton a bezant.
M{ae}rwynn de More. Device. Vert, on a bend sinister purpure
fimbriated between a dragon couchant contourny and a harp, three
roses argent.
Morgant Capellanus. Device. Per fess dovetailed gules and sable, a
castle and three Maltese crosses argent.
Rowan of Needwood. Name.
"Rowan" is an SCA-compatible English feminine given name.
Rys ab Ifan. Name.
Sean Dalamara. Badge. Argent, a boarspear head sable between
flaunches azure.
Please advise the submitter to draw larger cross pieces on the
boarspear head.
Thomas Schreiber. Name.
Nice 15th C German name!
**** CAID ****
Aber of Western Seas. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for
name). Per chevron sable and vert, a flat-topped arch Or masoned
sable and in base an ewer reversed Or.
There was some commentary on whether the ewer was in trian
aspect, which would be grounds for return. Given the
irregularity of pottery handles in period (and in modern efforts
with period materials) the slight trian aspect is acceptable.
Submitted under the name "Aber Hardt Wendl{a:}nder".
Alexander Brim. Name.
Submitted as "Alexander Bri_mm_", the byname was documented as a
header spelling in Reaney and Wilson, _A Dictionary of English
Surnames_, s.n. Bream. Header spellings in this work are only
registerable if they are consistent with period spellings. This
has not been shown with "Brimm". Reaney and Wilson show the
spellings "Brim" and "Brymme". An examination of the _Oxford
English Dictionary_ and the "Middle English Dictionary"
(http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med) shows that either a single "m"
or "mme" is found consistently at the end of the word. We have
changed the name to "Alexander Bri_m_" to match the
documentation; we note that the forms "Alexander Brymme" and
"Alexander Brimme" are registerable, too.
Alisander du Mont Saint Michel. Change device to badge. Argent, a
compass rose between two flaunches sable.
This armory was registered in January 1987; it is currently
listed in the O&A as a device with the note "should have been
changed/released?" Alisdander registered a new device in June
1991. While we agree that this most likely should have been
released at that time, we are reluctant to do so at this late
date without Alisander's permission. We have therefore
redesignated it as a badge.
Catherine Hunter. Device. Argent, in bend sinister three roundels
vert between two scarpes gemel sable.
Please advise the submitter to draw the scarpes parallel and
somewhat wider.
Estrild Gildenher. Name and device. Per pale sable and Or, three
bees counterchanged.
Submitted as "Estril_l_ Gildenher", the documentation for the
given name, Talan Gwynek, "An Index to the Feminine Given Names
in _A Dictionary of English Surnames_"
(http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaney.html) shows
"Estril_l'_". This represents a scribal abbreviation (which we
don't register); it most likely represents the Latin
"Estrillda". The closest English form would be "Estrild" which
is found in the same article in the same century. We have
changed the name to "Estril_d_ Gildenher" in order to register
it.
Please advise the submitter to draw the gold antennae, which are
not present in the submitted color emblazon.
Estrild Gildenher. Badge. (Fieldless) A bee per pale Or and sable.
Please advise the submitter to draw the dexter antenna Or, not
sable.
Ian Edwardson. Device. Vert, a fireball argent enflamed proper
within a bordure rayonny Or.
_Wavy crested_ is a post-period line of division. Many
commenters thought that the emblazoned line of the bordure was
_wavy crested_ and should thus be returned. While this is a
poorly drawn _rayonny_ it is nonetheless not _wavy crested_ and
is thus acceptable. We note that a _wavy crested_ line of
division starts as an _engrailed_ line and is then curved to one
side; since the submitted line of division is not rounded on the
inside edge it is not _wavy crested_.
We note that the emblazon in OSCAR appears somewhat different
than the emblazon sent to Laurel. Comparing the outlines, this
difference appears to be due to computer coloring the emblazon
rather than scanning the emblazon. At this time we are not
generally returning armory for such coloring mismatches, but it
may be grounds for return on a case by case basis. We also note
that Laurel policy may change in the future to make such
recolorings returnable. We strongly urge submission heralds to
simply scan a color copy of the emblazon and use that in OSCAR.
The submitter has permission to conflict with a badge of
Christian du Glaive, _Gules, a grenade Or, enflamed proper,
within a bordure rayonny Or_.
Lasair{i'}ona inghean Gh{e'}ibheannaigh. Device. Per pale sable and
Or, three goblets counterchanged issuing flames gules.
This does not conflict with the device of Morgan Conner, _Per
pale sable and Or, two tankards, handles in the flanks,
counterchanged_. There's a CD for the number of primary charges
and another for the difference between a goblet and a tankard.
M{a'}irghr{e'}ad nicChlurain. Device. Purpure, in pall a
three-headed thistle between three triquetrae Or.
This device was pended on the January 2007 LoAR.
Matheus le Vaus. Device. Quarterly argent and azure, a serpent
glissant palewise counterchanged.
Sarpedon Aegineta. Name (see RETURNS for device).
Listed on the LoI as "Sarpedon Aegin_a_ta", both the form and
the documentation show "Aegin_e_ta". We have changed the name
back to the originally submitted and documented form.
Sign{y'} {i'} {TH}orskafjar{dh}ar. Name and device. Argent, a
codfish haurient vert and in canton a mullet sable.
Please advise the submitter to draw the codfish larger.
Simon Montgumery. Badge. (Fieldless) On a compass rose argent a
capital letter "S" gules.
Theodric of Pavia. Name.
{TH}orfinnr brimill. Name (see RETURNS for device).
**** DRACHENWALD ****
{A'}skatla Ketilsd{o'}ttir. Name and device. Argent, a bear rampant
azure maintaining a broken arrow, a base gules.
Blazoned on the LoI as a _spear_, most commenters thought that
the maintained charge was an arrow rather than a spear. After
consultation with the submitter, we are blazoning this as the
_arrow_ that it appears to be.
**** EAST ****
Benjamin d'Orb. Device. Argent, on a Latin cross formy gules between
in chief two crossbows azure, a heart Or.
Cristoforo Donatello dei Visconti. Device. Sable semy of bees
argent.
Nice armory.
Durko Vadas. Device. Sable, on a mullet of seven points inverted Or
a single-headed chess knight purpure, a base rayonny Or.
Elysabeth Underhill. Device. Per pale Or and vert, a chevron
counterchanged and in canton a cinquefoil vert.
Etain ingen ui Broin. Name.
Nice 12th C feminine Irish name!
Galefridus Peregrinus. Device. Azure, a chevron gules fimbriated
between three stag's heads caboshed argent.
Honor Savage. Device. Per saltire gules and argent, four mullets of
six points counterchanged.
Nice armory.
Ogedei Becinjab. Name and badge. (Fieldless) A monkey statant
contourny sable.
In period, apes were shown on all fours when they were statant
or passant, in the manner of beasts (as in the crest of
FitzGerald, c.1601; Bedingfeld & Gwynn-Jones, p.59). We treat
monkeys the same way.
Quintin Brilliant. Name.
Uther McDermot. Device. Per chevron checky Or and gules and gules,
in base an elephant statant argent.
**** LAUREL ****
Ormond Pursuivant. Correction of heraldic title from Ormond of
Ormonde Pursuivant.
Originally registered as "Ormond _of Ormonde_ Pursuivant", this
item was originally intended to be "Ormond _or Ormonde_
Pursuivant." The title used by the Lyon Court of Scotland has
been recorded as both "Ormond Pursuivant" and "Ormonde
Pursuivant". "Ormond Pursuivant" is the spelling of the title
currently in use in Scotland. We have corrected the registration
to "Ormond Pursuivant". The old title, "Ormonde of Ormonde
Pursuivant", is released.
**** MERIDIES ****
{AE}lfwynn of Lynford. Name.
This name combines Old English and Middle English; this is one
step from period practice.
Bianca Allegri da Vicenza. Badge. (Fieldless) A hand bendwise argent
stabbed by a needle bendwise sinister sable threaded azure.
Engelbrecht Wandelber. Name and device. Per fess sable and Or, three
suns Or eclipsed and a fret gules.
Isabella di Ambrogio Poliziano. Name.
Lorenzo Petrucci. Name change from Pyotr Lyagushka Vasiliev syn
Tetiukhina.
His old name, "Pyotr Lyagushka Vasiliev syn Tetiukhina", is
retained as an alternative name.
Merlyn Elzebeth von Pre{sz}ela. Name (Name and badge). (Fieldless) A
merlin azure.
This badge is clear of the device of Reginleif Ragnarsdottir,
_Or chape gules, a raven azure_. There is a CD for fieldlessness
and, per the discussion in this month's Cover Letter (08/2007),
there is another CD for the difference between a raven and a
merlin.
Muirenn ingen Donngaile. Name and device. Per fess engrailed vert
and azure, on a chief Or three turtles azure.
Patrice de Courtenay. Name.
"Patrice" is the submitter's legal given name.
The submitter requested an authentic name but did not specify a
language/culture or time period. Given this lack of information,
we are unable to provide advice on making this name authentic.
**** MIDDLE ****
Ari keilismuli. Name.
Submitted as "Ari _K_eilismuli", precedent states that
descriptive bynames in Old Norse are not registerable in mixed
case. We have changed the name to "Ari _k_eilismuli" in order to
register it.
Benusch Rickher. Name and device. Argent, on a bend purpure between
a reremouse sable and a reremouse azure three mullets argent.
Christoph Rickher. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Argent
mullety purpure, a unicorn rampant azure.
We acknowledge that German unicorns are generally depicted with
"strange" horns, but those horns - as far as we have been able
to determine - extend horizontally from the unicorn's head. The
horn in this device points almost straight down. In addition,
because the unicorn's head is tucked up against its neck, the
unicorn's beard - which is one of the identifying features of a
unicorn - is not visible. As the whole unicorn is present, there
are just enough identifying clues to allow this to be recognized
as a unicorn and thus it is registerable.
Jerome Calcote. Name.
Reimer Schifman. Name.
Nice 14th C German name!
Rhiannon Amber ferch Morgan ap Maredudd. Badge. Per saltire argent
and purpure, two roses purpure barbed and seeded proper and two
feathers bendwise sinister argent.
Blazoned on the LoI as _per saltire purpure and argent_, most
commenters noted the correct field tincture - _per saltire
argent and purpure_ - so this need not be pended for further
conflict checking.
Ulrich Rickher. Badge. Argent, a merman maintaining in his sinister
hand a feather azure, a ford proper.
William Atherbridge. Device. Argent, in saltire a rose purpure,
slipped and leaved vert, and a sword inverted purpure, a base wavy
barry wavy vert and argent.
Please advise the submitter that the bottommost bar should be
more visible.
**** NORTHSHIELD ****
Caterina di Bonanno. Name.
Nice 13th C Italian name!
Earc {O'} Briain. Name and device. Per chevron sable and gules, on a
chevron between three swans close argent three crosses crosslet
azure.
The submitter requested an authentic 13th C Irish name. While
"Earc" is an Early Modern Irish spelling of the Old Irish name
"Ercc", no documentation was submitted and none found that the
name was still in use in the 13th C. Because "Ercc" is a saint's
name, both its Old/Middle Irish and Early Modern Irish forms are
registerable. However, barring documentation that "Earc" was
found as a given name for a regular person in the 13th C, we
doubt that it is authentic for the requested period.
James de Hagethorn and Kori Redjohan. Joint badge (See RETURNS for
joint household name). (Fieldless) A bird perched on and sustaining
an ax fesswise reversed azure.
James de Hagethorn and Kori Redjohan. Joint badge. Sable, on a bend
between two axes argent three martlets azure.
**** OUTLANDS ****
Cill{e'}ne mac Conghalaigh. Name change from Cill{e'}ne {O'}
Conghalaigh (see RETURNS for household name and badge).
His old name, "Cill{e'}ne {O'} Conghalaigh", is retained as an
alternative name.
Eoin Gallda mac N{e'}ill. Device. Per saltire sable and purpure, a
dragon and a tyger combatant argent.
Kimberly Blackwood. Name and device. Erminois, a chevron gules
between two demi-suns issuant from dexter and sinister chief and a
tree sable.
"Kimberly" is her legal given name.
The submitter has permission to conflict with Christopher
Blackwood, _Erminois, a chevron gules between two trees and a
demi-sun issuant from base sable_.
Mari the Far-Travelled. Badge. Per pale azure and vert all semy of
lozenges, a pale Or.
Matilda de Seton. Name change from Aindrea Mac Cullaich.
Her old name, "Aindrea Mac Cullaich", is retained as an
alternate name.
Robert Magnus. Name.
There was a question whether this name conflicted with "Robertus
Magnus", chancellor of York in the 12th C. Robertus does not
have an article in Britannica Online, and no information beyond
that he was chancellor of York was provided to explain why he
should be worthy of protection. As such, we do not believe he is
worthy of protection. As the name is not protected, there is no
conflict.
**** WEST ****
Anna Zen. Device. Per chevron azure and purpure, a chevron argent
between two bears sejant erect respectant Or and a peach tree couped
argent fructed Or.
Arabella McQuharg. Name and device. Purpure, on a fess bretessed
argent between six acorns Or three oak leaves fesswise vert.
Arthur Greenwood. Name and device. Quarterly vert and sable, a bear
and a lion combatant argent.
In August 1998 Laurel returned _Quarterly sable and gules, in
fess a sword inverted and a drinking horn argent_ for
marshalling:
This is being returned for breaking RfS XI.3., which
states that "Armory that appears to marshall
independent arms is considered presumptuous." The rule
goes on to note that such marshalled fields "may be
used with identical charges over the entire field, or
with complex lines of partition or charges overall
that were not used for marshalling in period
heraldry." Additionally, "Charged sections must all
contain charges of the same type to avoid the
appearance of being different from each other." Since
two different charges are used on the two sides of the
palar line, this looks like the marshalled arms of Per
fess sable and gules a sword inverted argent, impaled
with Per fess gules and sable a drinking horn argent.
The precedent set in that return is hereby overturned: a
_quarterly_ field is not equivalent to the impalement of two
_per fess_ fields and is not, in and of itself, marshalling.
We all agree that _Per pale X and Y, a bear and a lion_ would be
considered marshalling: there are simply too many examples, and
too many precedents. _Sable, a bear and a lion combatant argent_
is not considered marshalling, despite the fact that it could be
interpreted as _Sable, a bear contourny argent_ impaled with
_Sable, a lion argent_. The visual impression is not of
impalement, because there is no _per pale_ division. One would
have to deliberately seek to see presumption here.
Likewise, _Gyronny X and Y, a bear and a lion_ is not considered
marshalling. Even though there's a _per pale_ line running down
the center of the shield, there is no appearance of impaled
arms: partly because the _gyronny_ field division is so
familiar, and partly because each half of the field would be
very difficult to interpret as a whole field.
_Quarterly X and Y, a bear and a lion_ falls into the same
category as _gyronny_: a very familiar field division that
happens to incorporate a _per pale_ line. If there'd been three
tinctures, we might be able to argue for the appearance of two
independent armories, but the very fact that the field repeats
tinctures suggests a unified design. Thus _Quarterly X and Y_
will not be treated as the impalement of _Per fess X and Y_ and
_Per fess Y and X_.
Commentary raised the hypothetical issue of whether one of the
presumptively impaled devices having been previously registered
would cause the new device to be presumptuous. We reserve
decision on this issue until such time as it is not
hypothetical.
Bj{o,}rn Helgason. Badge. (Fieldless) A bull passant contourny
maintaining in its mouth a pennant sable.
Brand McClellan. Device. Per fess vert and Or, three compass stars
elongated palewise and a demi-sun inverted counterchanged.
Cerridwen Coedwig. Name and device. Per fess argent and vert, two
oak trees eradicated proper and a cat couchant guardant argent.
"Cerridwen" is an SCA-compatible Welsh name.
Elias Madruga. Name.
Felice of Mayhem House. Reblazon of device. Argent, a tower fracted,
the upper half bendwise, azure.
Registered in January 1973 with the blazon "Argent, a broken
tower azure, the upper half bendwise, illumined Or", the term
_broken tower_ is too easily confused with a _ruined tower_. We
have chosen to explicitly blazon the orientation of the upper
portion of the tower.
Leo Diogenes. Name.
This does not conflict with "Leon Diogenes", son of the Emperor
of Byzantium, "Romanus Diogenes". He is not a sovereign, and the
information about him in current general references is sparse.
He does not have his own article in "Britannica Online." Given
these factors, he is not important enough to protect.
Richard of Ardgour. Device. Per chevron sable and argent, three
griffins counterchanged and a bordure embattled gules.
Sarah Bakestre. Name.
Serena Amarelli. Name.
{U'}rs{u'}la {TH}orbjargard{o'}ttir. Name.
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***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK: *****
**** {AE}THELMEARC ****
Gytha Oggesdohtor. Name and device. Per chevron inverted "azure" and
vert, a cat dormant Or and issuant from dexter base three wolf's
teeth argent.
Conflict with "Gytha Ogg", a major character in the _Discworld_
series by Terry Pratchett. The byname "Ogg" is an unmarked
patronymic or metronymic; RfS V.1.a.ii.a says "Two bynames of
relationship are significantly different if the natures of the
relationships or the objects of the relationships are
significantly different." As both "Ogg" and "Oggesdohtor" may
express the same nature and object of relationship, these names
are in conflict.
The device is returned as the emblazon is unlikely to be
recreated from any blazon we can derive. The cat isn't really in
chief since it lies partially on the azure portion of the field
and partially on the vert. Nor is it in the center of the
shield, which is where the current blazon would place it.
While the overall design of this device does not appear to
resemble armory, the concept is registerable. Electrum looked
for examples of wolf's teeth with other charges in Seibmach. He
noted:
I found only one such example, on page 155, Keudel zu
Schwebda, which can be blazoned as _Argent, a fess
vert and in chief six wolf's teeth, three from the
dexter and three from the sinister, sable_. Of note in
the mode of depiction here are 1) the sets of three
wolves' teeth on the dexter, and the three on the
sinister are each conjoined at the base. 2) Each set
of two from top to bottom (1 dexter and 1 sinister)
are within millimeters of being conjoined on the palar
line. Unfortunately, The Keudel arms were the only
ones I noted.
I think the problems here are 1) the cat is too low on
the field (it should be either fully centered on the
field, or should default to its proper position fully
on the blue). 2) The wolves' teeth are not properly
conjoined at base. 3) If the cat gets back up where it
belongs, then the wolves' teeth could be drawn larger.
I will note that the example of Keudel does justify
use of another charge with the teeth, and the forcing
the teeth to chief or base as necessary.
We note that if the cat is centered on the field, it is unlikely
that the wolf's teeth can be drawn in an acceptable manner.
Thus, if this design is resubmitted, we recommend that the cat
lie entirely on the azure portion of the field.
In addition, this device is returned as the ink used to print
the emblazon has shifted from azure to purpure. As the tincture
cannot be accurately determined, this is also sufficient grounds
for return.
Yang SuGyong. Name change from Ann of Thanet and device. Per pale
gules and argent, a pair of wings conjoined in lure counterchanged
and on the honor point overall a trillium inverted purpure barbed
vert.
There is not enough contact between Korea and Europe during our
period to allow registration of Korean names. Precedent notes:
"Yang Mun. Name. There are two issues with this name
submission that are cause for return.
"...However, there is a bigger issue. No documentation
was presented and none was found that Korea had
significant contact with pre-17th C Western culture.
Such documentation is necessary in order to be able to
register a Korean name. Lack of such documentation has
been cause for return in the past:
"'More important, significant interaction between
Tibet and pre-seventeenth century Western culture has
not been demonstrated. The Encyclop{ae}dia Britannica
dates the first visits to Tibet by Western
missionaries to the 17th century, and the fact that
the 8th century Tibetan kingdom had some contact with
the Arab conquerors of Iran still leaves Tibetans at
least two removes from Western Europe.' (Talan Gwynek,
LoAR November 1995, p. 16)" [LoAR 04/2002]
The submitter has cited two known examples of contact, and
included some cartographic evidence:
Savenije, Henny, "Korea through western cartographic
eyes," Korean Culture, Vol. 21 No. 1 Spring 2000 pp.
4-19. (Los Angeles: Korean Cultural Center, 2000)
reprinted online at
states
that Gregorio de C{e'}spedes (1550-1611), a Jesuit,
visited Korea from Dec. 27, 1593 until April 1594 on
the invitation of one of the three leading generals of
the Japanese invasion army and is generally believed
to be the first westerner to visit Korea, despite
evidence of a brief earlier visit by an unnamed
western in 1582.
According to Savenije, a letter of one Father Luis
Frois (1532-1597) tells of 300,000 Korean prisoners of
war being brought to Nagasaki, Japan as part of a
slave trade.
Savenije quotes Francesco Carletti's Discourses, in
which Carletti describes his purchase in 1597 of five
Korean slaves, and further states that one of
Carletti's Korean pupils accompanied him back to
Europe, visiting Holland and eventually residing in
Italy. This Korean student was known by the European
name of Antonio Correa (1578?-1626) and was sent to
Manchuria by the Vatican in the 1610s as a missionary.
Item 2: Evidence of Korea on European maps
"Western Maps and Korea" at
(WWW: The Republic of Korea, 2007) states in part:
The map created in 1594 by Petro Plancio of the
Netherlands is known to be the oldest existing map in
Europe that made reference to Korea with the marking
"Corea." (There are two earlier maps, drawn by
Bartholomeu Velho in 1562 and by Abraham Ortelius in
the 1580s that show the Korean Peninsula but they gave
no specific name to the peninsula.) In 1646, Sir
Robert Dudley's hydrographic chart Dell'Arcano del
Mare, (The Mysteries of the Sea), referred to Regno di
Corai (the Kingdom of Korea).
This shows evidence of one European in Korea in the last decade
of the 16th C, one slave trader who purchased five slaves, and
some interaction between the one European in Korea and native
Koreans. There is no evidence of Koreans in Europe prior to
1600, no evidence of regular trade, religious missions (larger
than one individual), settlements, invasion, or other types of
contact that we examine to determine whether cultures might have
influenced each other. While there is evidence that Korea and
Japan had substantial contact, and that Japan and Europe had
sufficient contact to show some cultural trade, substantial
contact between two non-European cultures (even when one has
substantial contact with European cultures) is not sufficient
evidence to allow registration of names from a culture with no
evidence of substantial direct contact itself with European
cultures.
This device is returned as the placement of the trillium is not
reproducible. As noted in the LoI, the honor point is not really
defined:
Parker [p. 468, sn Point] shows the honor point a
little further down; Woodward [p. 59, Fig. 15], von
volborth [p. 12, fig. 106], and Brooke-Little [p. 167]
show it roughly the same spot as on the submission;
and Friar [p. 143] shows it much higher on the field.
In addition, while blazoned as _overall_, the trillium is not
overall - the top half lies on the field and the bottom half
lies on the wings. This in itself is sufficient grounds for
return.
**** AN TIR ****
Catelin the Wanderer. Device. Per fess argent and gules semy of
"triquetrae" argent, in chief a thistle proper.
This device is returned as the triquetrae appear to be triangles
- with diapering, but triangles nonetheless. As the submitter
clearly wishes triquetrae, not triangles, we are returning this
for a redraw. We note that the triquetrae could be blazoned
either as _semy of triquetrae_ or _six triquetrae_; on
resubmission please ask the submitter which she prefers.
Cormacc ua N{e'}ill. Device. Sable, two shamrocks and a ram's head
cabossed argent.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge for Morgan
Argante Elandris of Cantref Gwaelon, _Sable, a ram's skull
cabossed argent_. There is a CD for adding the shamrocks but, as
there is not a CD between a _ram's head_ and a _ram's skull_
that is the only difference.
**** ANSTEORRA ****
Dean Alexander Montgomery. Name change from Odhran of Kilmaine.
The name "Dean" was used as a title of rank in period. RfS IV.1
says:
Names Claiming Rank. - Names containing titles,
territorial claims, or allusions to rank are
considered presumptuous.
Titles like _Earl_ and _Duke_ generally may not be
used as Society names, even if the title is the
submitters legal name. Names documented to have been
used in period may be used, even if they were derived
from titles, provided there is no suggestion of
territorial claim or explicit assertion of rank. For
example, _Regina the Laundress_ is acceptable but
_Regina of Germany_ is not.
The _Oxford English Dictionary_, s.n. dean, gives this
definition dating to the 14th C:
A presbyter invested with jurisdiction or precedence
(under the bishop or archdeacon) over a division of an
archdeaconry; more fully called rural dean; formerly
(in some cases) dean of Christianity; see CHRISTIANITY
4. (There were also urban deans (decani urbani): see
Kennett Par. Antiq. II. 339.) The rural dean had, in
England till the Reformation, and in France till the
Revolution, large powers of visitation,
administration, and jurisdiction, which are still
retained in some Roman Catholic countries.
Even if the name were not a title, it is a form of address. The
"Dictionary of the Scots Language" (http://www.dsl.ac.uk) s.v.
dene, gives this definition with examples in the 14th C, "A
title prefixed to the names of ecclesiastics, not only to those
holding the office of dean, but also to other dignitaries and
even to ordinary monks," and shows examples of the word so used.
Precedent holds that forms of address are, like titles, not
registerable if they can be interpreted as a form of address:
_Friar_ falls into the same category as _Brother_.
Both are titles or forms of address which carry no
implicit assertion of rank. _Brother_ as a form of
address was recently discussed:
In the case of this name, the element _Brother_ in
_Brother Timothy_ is a form of address, not a name
element. We do not register forms of address
regardless of whether they would be presumptuous, such
as _Lord_ or _Mistress_, or whether they would not be
presumptuous, such as _Brother_ or _Goodwife_. The
submitter is welcome to use _Brother_, as in _Brother
Timothy_, as his preferred form of address, but this
use of _Brother_ is not registerable. [Timothy
Brother, LoAR 11/2002, A-Artemisia]
The submitter will not accept major changes, so we cannot make
this name registerable. In resubmitting, we suggest "Alexander
Montgomery", a form of the name that removes any question or
title or claim to rank.
**** ATENVELDT ****
Adaliza Fitz Symmons. Device. Or, a tree eradicated and on a chief
embattled vert, a sewing needle inverted and a rapier in saltire Or.
This is returned for a redraw due to multiple problems; it is
likely that no single problem would have caused this to be
returned but the combination of problems is sufficient to
warrant a return. The tertiary charges are not centered on the
chief, the non-symmetric embattlements on the chief make it
appear to be slanted, and the use of two different long pointy
objects in saltire causes their identity to be obscured. It is
possible that, even correctly drawn, there will be enough
confusion between the rapier and the sewing needle to cause a
return.
Alexandra de la Mer Verte. Badge. Azure, on a pale between two
swords inverted argent, three crosses bottony fitchy gules.
This badge is returned as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match
the emblazon sent to Laurel; the swords have been redrawn and
the emblazon recolored. While some leeway with color is allowed
due to scanning and monitor displays, the redrawn swords are
sufficient cause for return. The recoloring is not at this time
cause for return, but we recommend that this practice not be
used.
Black Stag has shown that, in period, a cross crosslet/bottony
fitchy had a bottom limb significantly longer than the other
three. Thus these do not need to be blazoned _Latin_.
Amalie Loreley. Name.
Submitted as "Amalie L_oreley_", no documentation was submitted
and none found to show that "Loreley" is a period name for the
rock that marks the narrowest part of Rhine river between
Switzerland and the North Sea. While this name is well known
from legend, according to "Britannica Online" (search.eb.com),
s.n. Lorelei, "The essentials of the legend were claimed as his
invention by German writer Clemens Brentano in his novel _Godwi_
(1800-02)." Although the submitter asserts that "Loreley" is a
family name found in Seibicke, Volume 3, p. 91, the original
passage is not included, the name of the cited work is not
included with the documentation, nor were photocopies of the
page included with the submission. Metron Ariston notes the
following passage in Wilfried Seibicke, _Historisches Deutsches
Vornamenbuch I-IV_
Loreley w, Name eines Schieferfelsens am rechten
Rheinufer oberhalb von St. Goarshausen (Bedeutung etwa
`Schieferfelsen, von dem man Ausschau h{a:}lt'); [d]ie
junge, erst von Clemens Brentano (Ballade von der Lore
Lay) geschaffene und dann von Eichendorff, Heine u. a.
gestaltete Sage von der Hexe oder Fee Loreley beruht
auf einer romantischen Umdeutung des Namens in
Anlehnung an den Frauennamen Lore," BERGER (s.u.) 172;
auch ital. (DE FELICE 1992, 237f.) Bel.: Konstanz 1993
FVN, Ztg. BERGER, Dieter: "Geographische Namen in
Deutschland", Mannheim u.a. 1993 (= Duden-Taschenbuch
25)
(Loreley, w, Name of slate cliff on the right bank of
the Rhine above St Goarshausen (meaning loosely 'a
slate cliff from which one has a view') The young
singer was first created by Clemens Brentano (ballad
of the Lore Lay) and then von Eichendorf, and Heine
formed a. Saga of the Witch or Fairy Loreley is based
upon a romantic reinterpretation of the name modelled
on the woman's name Lore, " BERGER (see below) 172;
also ital. (DE FELICE 1992, 237f.) Bel.: Constance
1993 FVN, Ztg. BERGER, Dieter: " geographic names in
Germany", Mannheim u.a. 1993
None of this shows that the name, as submitted, is known in our
period. Barring documentation that "Loreley" is a spelling found
in period as either a personal or a placename, it is not
registerable.
If the submitter is interested in a locative based on this rock,
we suggest "Lurlenberg". A poem by the Minnesinger Conrad Marner
written in the 13th C says "Der Nibelungen Hort liegt in dem
Lurlenberg" (The Nibelung horde lies in the Lurlenberg). In the
1613, Marquard Freher, _Origines Palatinae_ part II, uses the
term "Mons Lurlenberg" in a section title. In resubmitting, we
would suggest "Amalie von dem Lurlenberg" or "Amalie die
Lurlenbergerin".
Angus of the Blue Spruce Shire. Name and device. Or, two wooden
tankards proper and a spruce tree couped, a bordure embattled azure.
No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that
"Blue Spruce Shire" is a reasonable English placename and, by
extension, locative byname. While the submitter demonstrates
that the word _spruce_, meaning the plant, comes from the Middle
English _pruce_ (a name for Prussia), no dates for the word
_spruce_ meaning the fir tree or plant are provided. The _Oxford
English Dictionary_ s.v. Spruce dates the first example of this
usage in English to 1670, which is well past our gray period.
This device is returned as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match
the emblazon sent to Laurel; the bordure is significantly
different.
Cera Aghafatten. Name.
No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that
the placename "Aghafatten" was found in period. Mills, _A
Dictionary of British Placenames_, s.n. Aghafatten, dates this
name to 1780. As we know of no period spelling for this name, we
are unable to register it.
We note that even had "Aghafatten" been found in period, it is
likely that the name would be two steps from period practice.
First, "Aghafatten" is an Anglicized spelling for a Gaelic
placename; mixing Gaelic and Anglicized Gaelic in a single name
is a step from period practice. Second, the given name is Middle
Irish, whose orthography is not typically found later than 1200.
Given this, there is likely to be more than 300 years between
the latest possible date for "Cera" and the earliest date for
"Aghafatten". If the submitter is interested in an Old Irish
name, we suggest selecting a patronymic byname. This type of
byname is the most common type used in Ireland.
Charles the Bear. Household name Casa Libre and badge. Or, a chain
fesswise throughout and fracted sable.
This name has two returnable problems. First, it is an aural
conflict with "Liber Herald", registered to the Outlands in
January 2003. For non-personal names, the designators do not
count for difference for purposes of conflict. Second, no
documentation was submitted and none provided by the commenters
that this name follows patterns for organized groups of people
in Spanish speaking cultures during our period. It is necessary
to document a household naming pattern to a culture that uses
the language in which the name is submitted.
This badge is returned as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match
the emblazon sent to Laurel. We note that the links are so
close, and so evenly aligned, as to make it impossible to tell
that this is a chain and not a complex fess. We recommend that
some of the links be drawn more edge-on (which is how they are
drawn in the _Pictorial Dictionary_) would make the chain more
identifiable.
Henry Erwaker. Device. Vert, a winged sword all inverted and a
bordure embattled Or.
This device is returned for a redraw of the wings. The wings in
this emblazon issue from the pommel, not the expected quillons
(or the blade near the hilt). In addition, the wings appear more
wreath-like than wing-like.
Keneric Ollwyttir. Device. Per pale argent and counter-ermine, a
ferret rampant gules.
This device is returned as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match
the emblazon sent to Laurel. We recommend using the ferret
depicted in the OSCAR emblazon on resubmission; its tail is much
better drawn than on the emblazon sent to Laurel.
Kolfinna of Bergen. Device. Purpure, three horses passant conjoined
in annulo and a bordure argent.
This device is returned as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match
the emblazon sent to Laurel; the bordure is significantly wider
in OSCAR. The LoI noted "The same orientation of the horses is
seen in the armory of L{i'} Ban ingen Echtigeirn, registered in
October 2000, Argent, three horses passant in annulo sable."
This is not the case; the orientation of the horses is different
and, more importantly, L{i'} Ban's horses are not conjoined as
are the horses in the submitted emblazon.
Nakada Tadamitsu. Device. Per pale sable and gules, on a pile
inverted argent the I Ching symbol "jiji" gules.
This device is returned for using an I Ching symbol; these
symbols do not appear to have been known to Europeans in period
and thus are not registerable.
This device is also returned for conflict with the device of
Edwin FitzLloyd, _Ermine, chauss{e'} raguly vert, a tower
gules_, and with the badge for the Shire of the Isles, _Barry
wavy argent and azure, a tower gules_. In both cases there is a
CD for changes to the field when treating the submitted device
as having the field _Per chevron per pale sable and gules and
argent_. The I Ching symbol _jiji_, as emblazoned here, appears
to be a _tower gules masoned argent_. On a stonework edifice,
such as a tower, masoning does not contribute to difference.
Thus there is no difference in the primary charges and the
submitted device conflicts with Edwin's device and Isles' badge.
The submitted device does not violate the ban on using armory
that consists solely of an abstract field. For conflict
purposes, a field with a pile inverted must also be treated as a
per chevron field. However, it is possible to blazon your way
out of a style problem, and when considered as a charged pile
the I Ching symbol is a tertiary charge (not a sole primary
charge).
Olaf mj{o,}ksiglandi. Device. Purpure, a dragon with the head and
forequarters of an eagle statant erect maintaining in its foreclaws
a claw-headed staff, a bordure engrailed Or.
This device must be returned for lack of identifiability.
Blazoned on the LoI as a _dragon with the head and forequarters
of an eagle,_ none of the remaining dragon anatomy (except the
bat-wings, which are more or less generic) allows identification
_as_ a dragon. We know of no period dragon with a tail spiked
like a stegosaurus, nor with hindlegs of this shape. If the
monster, or its parts, cannot be identified, it cannot be
registered. If this were resubmitted with the hindquarters of a
period dragon, it might be acceptable; should the submitter
decide to do this, please ask him to render the posture more
heraldically (i.e. with the tail not sticking straight out
behind the monster).
**** ATLANTIA ****
Adeliza of Bristol. Badge. Sable, three ermine spots in pale Or
between an owl contourny maintaining an acorn argent and a boar
rampant, between two ermine spots in fess Or, all between two roses
in bend argent and two roses in bend sinister Or.
This badge is returned as it is not really blazonable. The two
best options we could derive were the blazon shown above and
_Sable, in fess an owl contourny maintaining in its sinister
claw an acorn argent and a boar rampant Or, all between in bend
two roses argent, in bend sinister two roses, and in cross five
ermine spots Or_. It is complex, having a complexity count of
eight for three tinctures and five charges (yes, the maintained
acorn counts). This is borderline when it comes to complexity
and, in association with the non-period style of the device and
the trouble in blazoning it, is grounds for return.
Though the badge was blazoned on the LoI as _Pean, in fess an
owl contourny maintaining in its sinister claw an acorn argent
and a boar rampant Or, all between in bend two roses argent and
in bend sinister two roses Or_, there are only five ermine
spots. This is insufficient for an ermined field.
Bella Trentavasi. Device. Quarterly sable and argent, a lion's head
Or jessant-de-lys gules.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge for Cathyn
Fitzgerald, _(Fieldless) A lion's head Or jessant-de-lys gules_.
There is a single CD for the field.
Hawkwood, Barony of. Badge for Award of the Silver Wings of
Hawkwood. Azure, a winged lantern argent.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Angus
MacNokard, _Azure, a winged tankard argent_. There is a
significant difference (a CD), but not a substantial (X.2)
difference between a winged tankard and a winged lantern.
This badge is clear of a badge for Arthur Lemner of Wesley,
_Azure, a two-spouted oil lamp argent, flamed Or_. There is a
substantial (X.2) difference between a winged tankard and a
two-spouted oil lamp.
Kristin Ailbe Anmclaid. Badge. Or, a badger's head erased sable
within a bordure gules.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Juan
Santiago, _Or, a natural panther's head couped sable within a
bordure gules_. There is a significant difference (CD) but not a
substantial (X.2) difference between these particular beast
heads.
Matthew of Battle. Badge. Gules, a mullet pierced argent within a
bordure Or.
The submitter has requested that this badge be withdrawn.
**** CAID ****
Aber Hardt Wendl{a:}nder. Name.
No documentation was submitted and none found to support the
naming pattern used for this name: _[given] + [surname or
hausname] + [ethnic adjectival surname]_. Barring documentation
for this pattern, it is not registerable. We would change the
name to the pattern _[given] + [surname or hausname] von
[locative]_ ("Aber Hardt von Wendl{a:}nd", but the change of the
second surname to a true locative adds an element. As the
submitter will not accept major changes, we are forced to return
this name.
The commenters noted that a form nearly identical in sound and
appearance is registerable: "Eberhardt Wendl{a:}nder".
"Eberhardt" is found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "German Names
from N{u:}rnberg, 1497"
(http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/nurnberg1497.html).
While this technically meets the definition of a minor change,
the pattern change and the meaning of the name is significantly
changed. As the submitter is already using the submitted
spelling as part of his email address, we believe he may feel
that this is more than a minor change. Therefore, we are
returning this so that he can make his own decision.
His armory has been registered under the holding name "Aber of
Western Seas".
Aubray Brangwyne de Vitry. Device. Per chevron vert and purpure, on
a pile Or a feather vert, overall a chevron rompu counterchanged
purpure and Or.
This device is return for violating the Rules for Submission
(RfS) section VIII.3, Armorial Identifiability, which states
"Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their
individual identifiability." The section goes on to state
"Identifiable elements may be rendered unidentifiable by
significant reduction in size, marginal contrast, excessive
counterchanging, voiding, or fimbriation, or by being obscured
by other elements of the design."
In general, a charge may only be counterchanged over another
charge if both are ordinaries. The assumption is that both
charges will maintain their identifiability in such cases.
However, in the submitted emblazon counterchanging the chevron
rompu fatally hampers its identifiability. This must therefore
be returned.
It was suggested that this be reblazoned as _Per chevron vert
and purpure, on a pile Or a feather vert, overall a chevron
rompu Or counterchanged purpure_. While this is a valid blazon,
we have only twice registered this form (specifying a single
tincture) twice - once in 1986 and once in 1988. The form
_counterchanged tincture 1 and tincture 2_ has been registered
almost 300 times. In order maintain clarity of the blazon, we
have elected to use the slightly longer blazon and specified
both tinctures.
Sarpedon Aegineta. Device. Argent chauss{e'}, on a roundel gules a
serpent involved Or.
This device conflicts with the device for Klaus von
Hallerstein-Obers{u:}dland, _Gyronny of three arrondi Or, vert,
and ermine, on a torteau a penannular brooch palewise, pin to
sinister, Or_ . There is a CD for the field. In order to obtain
a second CD, there must be a substantial (X.2) difference
between the tertiary charges. However, there is a CD but not a
substantial (X.2) difference between a serpent involved and a
penannular brooch, and therefore changing the type only of the
tertiary charge does not grant the necessary second CD.
{TH}orfinnr brimill. Device. Quarterly argent and sable, a cross
azure between in bend two Latin Maltese crosses sable and in bend
sinister a dog sejant and a dog sejant contourny argent.
This device is returned for marshalling as different charges are
used in the argent and sable quarters. As crosses were used in
period as overall charges on marshalled coats of arms, adding
the cross does not remove the appearance of marshalling.
**** DRACHENWALD ****
None.
**** EAST ****
Marsaili inghean Lachtn{a'}in. Device. Azure, on a saltire argent
between four double roses argent and purpure a feather bendwise
purpure.
This device is returned for redraw of the double-roses: the
purpure roses appear to be seeding rather than a rose.
**** LAUREL ****
None.
**** MERIDIES ****
None.
**** MIDDLE ****
Christoph Rickher. Badge. Paly wavy Or and azure a unicorn's head
erased purpure.
While the field is neutral and technically has sufficient
contrast for a purpure charge, in this case - in conjunction
with the particular rendition of the unicorn's head - the
unicorn's head is unidentifiable and must be returned. We
acknowledge that German unicorns are generally depicted with
"strange" horns, but those horns - as far as we have been able
to determine - extend horizontally from the unicorn's head. The
horn in this badge points almost straight down. In addition,
because the unicorn's head is tucked up against its neck, the
unicorn's beard - which is one of the identifying features of a
unicorn - is not visible. Combined with the non-standard (even
for German unicorns) horn, the problems with the beard and the
borderline contrast mean that this badge must be return for lack
of identifiability.
Pierre de Montereau. Device. Vert, a dolphin naiant to sinister,
chief urdy argent charged with a two roses gules seeded argent
barbed vert and a base urdy argent charged with a rose gules seeded
argent and barbed vert.
The submitter has requested that this device be withdrawn from
submission.
Ulrich Rickher and Christoph Rickher. Joint household name Haus
Rickher zu dem Walde and joint badge. Argent, on a bend purpure
between a merman maintaining in his sinister hand a feather and a
unicorn's head erased azure, an upper case letter R between two
mullets argent.
No documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that
German housenames were formed using the pattern _[element] +
(von or zu) + (dem) + [locative or topographic feature]_. An
examination of Karl Schmidt, _Die Hausnamen und Hauszeichen im
mittelalterlichen Freiburg_, shows that either "Haus zum
Rickher" or "Haus zum Walde" is consistent with housenames found
between the 15th and 16th C. According to Bahlow/Gentry, _German
Names_, s.n. Rickert, "Rickert" and "Rickher" are forenames.
Schmidt, p 15, gives 24 examples of housenames of the form _zum
[forename]_, dating between 1449 and 1565. While "Walde" is not
listed by itself, Schmidt s.n. Walde lists "zu dem gr{u:}nen
wald" in 1434, and "zum grinen wald" in 1478. We believe that
"zum Walde" without the adjective is consistent with housenaming
practices. We would change the name to one of these forms, but
the submitter will not accept major changes.
This badge is returned for being overly complex and for
identifiability problems with the unicorn's head. As a rule of
thumb, the complexity count (number of tinctures plus number of
types of charges) of a piece of armory should not exceed eight.
The complexity count is nine with three tinctures (argent,
purpure, azure) and six types of charges (bend, merman, feather,
unicorn's head, letter, mullets). While exceptions are made,
such as for late-period style armory, in this case the armory
does not closely reflect period armory and thus there is no
justification for such an exception.
As drawn, the unicorn's head is not recognizable. We acknowledge
that German unicorns are generally depicted with "strange"
horns, but those horns - as far as we have been able to
determine - extend horizontally from the unicorn's head. The
horn in this badge points almost straight down. In addition,
because the unicorn's head is tucked up against its neck, the
unicorn's beard - which is one of the identifying features of a
unicorn - is not visible. Combined with the non-standard (even
for German unicorns) horn, the problems with the beard mean that
this badge must be return for lack of identifiability.
**** NORTHSHIELD ****
James de Hagethorn and Kori Redjohan. Joint household name House de
Hagethorn.
Conflict with "Hawthorn Hall", registered to Siranna of Hawthorn
in December 1982. When pronounced using period pronunciations,
the names are nearly identical in sound. The spelling
"Hagethorn" is documented in 1199; at that time, we would expect
standard Old English pronunciation. According to "Engl401|
Lessons| Old English Spelling and Pronunciations"
(http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/lessons/pronunc1.htm)notes,
"The letter g is pronounced with a "hard" g sound (i.e. the
sound in the Modern English words give and grape) if it comes
before a back vowel (like o or a) or another consonant. If it
comes before a front vowel (like i or e), or at the end of a
word following a front vowel, it is usually pronounced like
Modern English y in yes or yellow." Thus the pronunciations of
"Hagethorne" and "Hawthorne" are nearly identical (not
surprising for two spellings for the same word). As the
designators do not count for difference when considering
conflict, the only different in sound is a single, similar sound
at the end of the first syllable. This is not sufficient to
clear conflict.
Jared of Midewinde. Device. Per chevron vert and sable, a mug
reversed and a mug Or foaming argent and a wolf rampant contourny
argent.
This is returned for using a non-period depiction of a tankard
or stein. The consensus of the commentary was that the steins
were drawn as "A&W root beer mugs", which are modern. If the
submitter wishes a tankard (or a variant: stein, mug, jack,
etc.), this must be redrawn in a period form.
If the submitter wishes to use a period glass vessel that was
designed for beer, we note that glass steins didn't appear
before the 18th Century, and were luxury items, elaborately
engraved. A better choice would be the "prunted beaker", a
roughly barrel-shaped glass with lumps of glass (the "prunts")
covering the outside to ensure a better grip. It's not only a
period beer glass, found in the source cited by Batonvert (von
Saldern's _Glass: 500 BC to AD 1900_), but a period heraldic
charge as well: it's used in the canting arms of Escher vom
Glas, 1605 (Siebmacher, plate 199).
**** OUTLANDS ****
Cill{e'}ne mac Conghalaigh. Household name The House of the Dirk and
Arrow and badge. Per pale vert and purpure, a dagger and an arrow
inverted in chevron argent.
No documentation was submitted and none found that the word
"dirk" was used in English prior to 1600. The earliest citation
in English that we have found for any spelling of this word is
1602; the _Oxford English Dictionary_ has the first example of
the spelling _dirk_ in 1755. Between 1602 and 1755, the only
spellings found are _dork_ and _durk_. Even with this, the fact
that the word does not appear until after 1600, and that at that
time it is a specific term for a specific type of Scottish
dagger, makes it unsuitable for use in an English sign name.
We note that the inn sign pattern _[designator] + [object] and
[object]_ is attested. In resubmitting, we would suggest _Dagger
and Arrow House_; the _Oxford English Dictionary_ s.v. dagger
defines a dagger as a short sword. _The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's
Canterbury tales_ shows the spelling _dagger_.
There was some discussion whether _House_ was a valid designator
for a English sign-based household name. While we have no direct
examples, we believe it is a reasonable designator. The _Oxford
English Dictionary_, s.v. house, lists the definition "A
building for the entertainment of travellers or of the public
generally; an inn, tavern" and dates this quotation to 1638,
"The Coho house is a house of good fellowship..in the Coho house
they also inebriate their braines with Arace and Tobacco." While
the discussion of English sign-based names typically evokes the
term "inn signs", signs and sign based names are attested for
other corporate entities such as shops and other commercial
entities. Under the same entry, the OED defines house as "A
place of business; transf. a business establishment, a
mercantile firm." with this 1582 quote "Treasurer of the house
of the Indias." In a separate work, we also note the inn-sign
name "The Armes of the East India Company" in 1636 (Gretchen
Beck, "Inn Sign Names from A Catelogue of Tavernew in Tenne
Shires about London"
[http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~grm/sign-names-near-london.html].
While this information is sparse, we believe it is sufficient to
allow the designator _house_ or _house of the_ with English
sign-based names.
This badge is returned for violating the Rules for Submission
section XI.3 as it appears to be marshalled arms - the
impalement of _Vert, a dagger bendwise sinister argent_ and
_Purpure, an arrow bendwise argent_. This badge is also returned
for identifiability problems with the arrow; hanging feathers
are not found on heraldic arrows. On resubmission please use a
standard heraldic arrow. The badge is also returned for using
what appears to be a sgian dubh, which appears to be a
non-period artifact. Barring evidence that this is a period form
of a dagger, a standard heraldic dagger should be used on
resubmission.
**** WEST ****
None.
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