***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED: ***** **** {AE}THELMEARC **** Annora Draper. Name. Nice name! R{i'}gnach inghean u{i'} Chonaill. Device change. Per pale vert and azure, a chevron argent between three Thor's hammers Or. Commenters mentioned that there is a small triquetra in the line decoration on each of the Thor's hammers. Since it appears to be part of the artistic detailing of the hammer, it is not considered to count for difference. Her previous device, "Per pale vert and azure, a chevron between three Thor's hammers argent", is released. Ulrich von Baden. Device change. Or, on a fess sable cotised gules a bar argent. His previous device, "Sable, a chevron throughout Or mullety sable and in base a spear entwined by a serpent Or", is retained as a badge. Verederosa Dal Sol. Badge. (Fieldless) On a rose vert a sun Or. This badge is clear of the badge of Roger of York, "(Fieldless) A rose vert." There is a CD for the field and a CD for the addition of the quite visible sun, which will not be mistaken for seeding. Also, Roger's rose is entirely green. **** AN TIR **** Aneka of Seagirt. Name and device. Azure, two chevronels ermine. _Seagirt_ is the registered name of an SCA branch. Nice device! Avelyn de Mowbray. Name and device. Quarterly purpure and vert, on a cross nowy argent a triquetra azure. Basil Dragonstrike. Release of badge. (Fieldless) A cutlass and overall a skull argent. Basil Dragonstrike. Release of badge. (Fieldless) A Norwegian lemming sejant erect per bend doubly arched sable and argent, mullety of four points counterchanged. [Lemus lemus]. Caitil{i'}n inghean Chormaic. Name and device. Vert, three bendlets and a swallow volant bendwise argent. This device can be blazoned "Per bend bendy argent and vert and vert, a swallow volant bendwise argent", and must also be checked for conflict under that blazon. Fortunately, it is also clear under that interpretation, and we can register it. Chiara Fiamma. Name. Dagr{u'}n stjarna. Name. Dietrich Eckhart von Katzenburg. Badge. (Fieldless) On a grenade sable flamed azure and Or a saltire couped Or. Eamonn Leithghlinn. Name (see RETURNS for device). No documentation for the byname was provided on the LoI. Had the commenters not provided the missing documentation, we would have been forced to return this name. Godfrey of Wessex. Name. The byname _of Wessex_ is a _lingua anglica_ rendering of Old English _of Wesseaxum_. This name combines Old and Middle English, which is a step from period practice. The submitter requested authenticity for a 12th C Norman living in England. This request cannot be accommodated because the kingdom of Wessex ceased to exist after 1066, when it was split among the followers of William the Conqueror. _Wessex_ as a geographical name did not come back into use until Victorian times. Hauksgar{dh}r, Canton of. Branch name. This does not conflict with the "Crown Province of {O/}stgar{dh}r"; the first syllables of the two names look and sound significantly different. J{o'}d{i'}s in gla{dh}a. Name and device. Purpure, a horse courant contourny within an orle argent. Listed on the LoI as "J{o'}d{i'}s_in gla{dh}a", the name appeared on the forms as "J{o'}d{i'}_si_n gla{dh}a". While the change made in kingdom, to separate the given name _J{o'}d{i'}s_ from the definite article _in_, was correct, it was not summarized on the LoI, nor noted on the forms. Submissions heralds, we remind you that if you make a change to a name in kingdom, the changed form of the name must be clearly written on the form and the change must be discussed on the LoI. Failure to do so can result in the pend or return of the name. Randolph of Sussex. Name and device. Per bend bevilled azure and vert, in pale a bezant and a plate. The documentation for the non-standard depiction of the beviled line of division was not adequately summarized on the LoI, which could have been considered grounds for return. The line of division that appears in the emblazon is a variant style of _per bend bevilled_, one which appears in Legh's _Accedens of Armory_, folio 79, and on the August 1992 Cover Letter under the header "The bevil made me do it". We will not grant difference between the various depictions of per bend bevilled. The use of per bend bevilled with charges on the field is a step from period practice. Rose Atherton. Device. Azure, three decrescents in pale and on a chief argent a rose proper. Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Heraldic title Hafoc Herald (see RETURNS for other heraldic title and order name). Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Badge for Order of the Red Flame. (Fieldless) A flame gules. The badge is not in conflict with the device of William of Sark, "Sable, a flame proper". There is a CD for a fieldless badge against a fielded design, and a CD for the change of tincture of the primary charge, from proper to gules, by precedent: The "old-SCA-style" proper flames (drawn either as gules voided Or or vice versa) are not a period depiction of flames, as stated in the cover letter with the April 1995 LoAR. A ruling giving tincture difference between the "old-SCA-style" and "new-SCA-style" proper flames has unfortunate ramifications. It would be necessary to inspect all the registered proper flames and reblazon the flames which did not meet the current definition of _flames proper_. This would affect between 150 pieces of armory (armory using the two word-phrase _flame proper_ in the blazon, which only considers single flames) and 450 pieces of armory (armory using the substrings _flame_ and _proper_ in the blazon, which could include armory which did not have a proper flame in it at all, but includes some other proper charge, and a flame in a standard heraldic tincture.) Because the April 1995 ruling was relatively late in the SCA's heraldic history, we expect that the majority of the armory using _flame(s) proper_ use the "old-SCA-style" proper. If we reblazon the "old-SCA-style" flames to match their current emblazon, we would not allow the submitters who had learned that the "old-SCA-style" flame was not period to choose to draw their proper flames in a period fashion henceforth. The reblazon would require them to continue to draw non-period flames, or to resubmit their arms. This does not seem like a desirable policy. We therefore rule that, as a special case due to the SCA history of the charge, there will be no difference given between the various emblazons of flames proper. As William's _flame proper_ could as easily be depicted in the currently acceptable style, with alternating tongues of gules and Or flame, there is a CD for tincture between it and any flame tinctured entirely in either _gules_ or _Or_. The Principality has permission to conflict with the device of Alanus of Bunghea, "Per chevron azure and Or, in base a flame gules". Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Heraldic title Red Flame Herald. Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Order name Order of the Silver Estoile. The order name pattern _Order of the Silver_ is grandfathered to the submitters. Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Heraldic title Silver Pillar Herald. Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Badge. (Fieldless) A mullet of eight points azure estencely and fimbriated argent. This badge was to be associated with the "Order of the Silver Sparkes". Since that name was returned, we are unable to make that association. {U'}lfr Styrk{a'}rsson. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and gules, a winged wolf rampant contourny sable. There is at least a CD between a winged wolf and an opinicus, which has an eagle's head, neck, wings, and forelegs, a lion's hindquarters, and a camel's tail. Therefore, this is clear of the device of Genevieve Charbonneau, "Per bend sinister rayonny Or and pean, in dexter chief an opinicus segreant to sinister sable." Though the placement of Genevieve's creature is forced, there is a CD for the changes to the field and a CD for changing the type of primary charge. **** ANSTEORRA **** Ang{e'}lique le Wolfe. Name. Ari{n~} de Aragon. Name. Cairistiona inghean Sheamuis. Name and device. Vert, a chevron Or cotised between three Celtic crosses argent. Originally submitted as "Cairistiona inghean _Mhorghainn_", that form of the name was two steps from period practice, because of temporal and lingual disparities. It was changed in kingdom to the submitted form after consulting with the submitter. According to the forms, the submitter cares most about having a given name that sounds like _Christiana_. While the currently submitted form of the name is registerable, please advise the submitter that _Cairistiona_ is pronounced closer to /kar-ih-STYEE-nuh/ than /kri-STYEE-ann-uh/. If she would like a name that sounds like _Christiana_ and is closer to her originally submitted name, we recommend _Christiana Morgan_. _Christiana_ is dated to 1220 in Reaney & Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_, s.n. Wellesley, and the byname _Morgan_ to 1214 in the same source, s.n. Morgan. Coenred {ae}t Rauenesdale. Transfer of household name Company of Hellsgate to Ioannes Dalassenos. Cymme in kyrra. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as "Cym_a_ in kyrra", the LoI claimed that _Cyma_ was a feminine name, but in fact it is not; it is masculine. Hence, the name combined an Old English masculine given name, _Cyma_, with an Old Norse feminine byname, _in kyrra_. The descriptive byname needs to match the gender of the given name. Since the submitter desires a feminine name, we prefer to change the given name to a feminine form rather than change the byname to a masculine form. The closest Old English feminine name that we found is _Cymme_, a hypocoristic of the name _Cyneburg_, which was used in the 8th and early 10th C according to the _Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England_. We have changed the name to "Cym_me_ in kyrra" to correct the grammar in order to register it. Elisabeth de Montvert. Device. Vert, two annulets interlaced in fess Or between five cinquefoils in annulo argent seeded Or. Elspet Arbuthnoth. Alternate name Magdalena von Hallenberg and badge. (Fieldless) An apothecary jar argent charged with a blackletter "M" sable. The submitter requested authenticity for 1280-1420. This is a fine 14th C German name. There was some discussion of the form of the jar in the badge. Typically, apothecary jars in our heraldry are seen with straight sides, and this would be the first registration of a jug in SCA heraldry. Research done by Wreath staff has turned up many containers of this general shape, including the Baluster jugs found on the website of the Ashmolean museum (http://www.ashmolean.org/PotWeb/PotChron2.html). Items described as "drug jars" come in various shapes, as can be seen at the website for the Victoria & Albert museum (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=drug+jar). Since a similar search at the V&A for 'jug' shows several pieces that share the same outline as the submitted jar, we are expanding the definition of an apothecary jar to include objects which do not have straight sides. Giovanni da Firenze. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Sable, a mascle argent between two lightning bolts in pile Or, a chief bendy azure and argent. The use of lightning bolts is a step from period practice. Ioannes Dalassenos. Acceptance of transfer of household name Company of Hellsgate from Coenred aet Rauenesdale. Johann Kiefer Hayden. Badge. (Fieldless) An owl's head cabossed Or. Please instruct the submitter to draw the owl with smaller eyes. L{u'}c{a'}s M{o'}r mac Raghnaill. Device. Or, a serpent erect tail nowed sable and on a chief gules three crosses crosslet fitchy argent. Margherita de Mantua. Name. Megan Flower del Wal. Device. Quarterly sable and vert, four four-leaved clovers slipped argent. This device is clear of the device of Johanna le Walkere, "Quarterly azure and sable, four quatrefoils argent". There is a CD for the field and a CD for the change of orientation of the charges. Johanna's quatrefoils are, as expected, set crosswise, while the clovers are set saltirewise. Mellina de Mantua. Name. Reyner de Arden. Name and device. Gules, a chevron argent and overall a tower Or. This device is not a conflict with the device of Castile, "Gules, a castle triple-towered Or," by X.1. The chevron is the primary charge in Reyner's submission. Please instruct the submitter to draw the point of the chevron higher on the field, instead of just barely crossing the per fess line. Medieval artwork usually shows the tip of a single chevron nearly reaching the top of the field. Solange Sarrazin. Name. Vincenti da Murano. Name. **** ATENVELDT **** {AE}lfwin Ironhair. Badge. Per pale gules and Or, two scorpions counterchanged. Beatriz Teixeyra Drago. Device. Gules, a flame and on a chief Or three gouttes azure. Bryce O'Neill. Name and device. Per chevron azure and gules, on a chevron between three wolves rampant argent, three pairs of battle-axes in saltire gules. The byname _O'Neill_ was documented from MacLysaght, _The Surnames of Ireland_, which source was ruled unacceptable as the sole source of documentation on the July 2007 Cover Letter. Rowel provided alternative documentation for the byname: There's evidence for in 1601 (see below). This set of records has the names in Anglicized Irish and includes scattered examples of forms, so should be fine for Anglicized Irish circa 1601 based on these docs. Source: "Appendix III: Fiants of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth". pp. 29-276. _The Seventeenth Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland_. (Dublin: Alex. Thom. & Company, 1885). http://books.google.com/books?id=NSwNAAAAYAAJ. Record 6489 (year 1601) lists on p. 174 near the beginning of the record: Cormack O Neill, Henry O Neill, Tirlagh O Neill, and others Thus, the name is registerable as submitted. Caterina Giovanna da Monte. Name and device. Per chevron azure and gules, three horses rampant one and two and a fleur-de-lys argent. Please instruct the submitter to draw all charges to better fill the available space. Claire de Beaumaris. Name and device. Or, a triple-towered castle and on a chief embattled azure three swans naiant Or. Please instruct the submitter to use less internal detailing on the swans, so they are easier to recognize. Crespin le Vasseur. Name. Submitted as "Crespin _L_e Vasseur", the article was not capitalized in the documentation. We have made this correction. Ichijou Sukeaki. Name change from holding name William of Mons Tonitrus and device change. Sable, a monkey sejant guardant Or. Submitted as "Ichijou _Ichisaru_ Sukeaki", there were problems with the documentation and construction of the _yobina_ _Ichisaru_. The LoI justified _Ichisaru_ as a constructed name based on _ichi_ 'one', dated to 1332 as part of a surname, and _saru_ 'monkey', dated to 1600 as part of a given name. However, no argument was given that the combination of an element found in a surname with an element used in a given name can result in a reasonable _yobina_ (given name), nor that the meaning 'one monkey' is a plausible meaning for a _yobina_. Additionally, the _yobina_ mixes onyomi (Chinese) and kunyomi (Japanese) readings of the kanji characters in a single name element. Precedent states that mixing onyomi and kunyomi readings in a single name element is not registerable (v. Uraji Tarou Noritatsu, LoAR 08/2002, Meridies-R). Lacking evidence that such a combination is plausible in period, this ruling is still valid. As the submitter allows all changes, we have dropped the problematic element. The resulting name consists of a family name + _nanori_, a formal given name. This construction is not common in Japanese, but it is found, as indicated by precedent: There was some question whether this name followed construction patterns found in Japanese names. We believe it does reflect a documentary form, the form _[surname]_ + _[nanori]_ (a _nanori_ is a formal name reserved to the aristography [sic], according to Solveig Throndardottir, Name Construction in Medieval Japan). This is the form of the name that would appear on official documents. However, the form _[surname]_ + _[yobina]_ + _[nanori]_ is considerably more likely, especially for the 16th C (the _yobina_ is a less formal "use" name). [Yamahara Yorimasa, LoAR 03/2006, {AE}thelmearc-A] His previous device, "Vert, on a plate a stag's head cabossed sable, on a chief embattled argent a roundel between an increscent and decrescent sable", is retained as a badge. Isabella Evangelista. Badge. Per bend sinister ermine and checky gules and Or. {I'}varr haukr. Device. Gules, a hawk striking Or between three arrows argent. Mikael Thorsson inn irski. Device. Azure, within a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent a Thor's hammer Or. This is in conflict with the badge of Elyn de Hauocmore, "Azure, a mullet voided and interlaced, within and conjoined to an annulet argent", registered last month. Commenters were divided on whether or not the Thor's hammer was worth a CD. Had the submission been a solid mullet charged with a Thor's hammer, this hammer would be acceptably large as a tertiary charge. There is a CD for adding a tertiary charge, even such a small tertiary charge. Therefore, there is a CD for the addition of the secondary Thor's hammer. Elyn has provided a blanket permission to conflict for armory which is one countable step from her armory, so this device may be registered. Natal'ia Diekova vdova Rabynovicha. Name change from Natal'ia Diekova zhena Rabynovicha. The submitter has permission for her name to be presumptuous of the name "Diek Rabynovich". The elements _Natal'ia_, _Diekova_, and _Rabynovicha_ are grandfathered to her. Her previous name, "Natal'ia Diekova zhena Rabynovicha", is released. Osric of Bl{ae}cwudu. Name change from holding name Osric of Atenveldt. Submitted as "Osric of Bl{ae}cw_{o-}d_", the byname _of Bl{ae}cw{o-}d_ was documented as a coined locative byname constructed from Old English _bl{ae}c_ 'black' and _w{o-}d_ 'wild, frenzied'. However, no evidence was provided, and none could be found by the College, that a compound meaning 'black wild' or 'black frenzied' is a plausible Old English place name. Lacking such evidence, _Bl{ae}cw{o-}d_ is not registerable in the context of a locative byname. If _Bl{ae}cw{o-}d_ was not registerable, the submitter noted that he would accept an appropriate Old English locative byname meaning 'of Blackwood'. Correct Old English forms of 'of Blackwood' include _of Bl{ae}cwudu_ and _{ae}t Bl{ae}cwudu_. We have changed the name to "Osric of Bl{ae}cw_udu_" in order to register it. S{e'}g{a'}n {O'} Cath{a'}in. Name (see RETURNS for device). This name combines Middle Irish and Early Modern Irish, which is a step from period practice. Sylvia of Atenveldt. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Azure, a horseshoe inverted and winged within a bordure Or. Sylvia has permission to conflict with the device of Phelan {O'} Coile{`a}in, "Azure, a horseshoe inverted within a bordure Or." Submitted under the name "Saba {O'} Coile{a'}in". Willelmus Macmanus. Name change from holding name Willelmus of Brymstone. This does not conflict with "Liam McManus". While _Willelmus_ is a Latin form of _William_, and _Liam_ is a diminutive of _Uilliam_, the Gaelic form of _William_, _Liam_ is not a diminutive of _Willelmus_. The two given names look and sound significantly different, so they are clear by RfS V.1.a.i. **** ATLANTIA **** Brocc{a'}n mac R{o'}n{a'}in u{i'} Lochlainn. Name. Edekyn inghean Shuibhne. Name. This name combines English and Gaelic, which is a step from period practice. Genevieve l'Escrivainne. Name. Submitted as "Genevi_{'e}_ve l'Escrivainne", the given name was documented from Colm Dubh, "Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris". As precedent notes: Submitted as "Genevi_{'e}_ve la Douce", the given name was documented ... as a spelling found in Colm Dubh, "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris" (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html). Accents found in this work reflect modern editorial additions in the 1837 compilation from which these names were taken; they do not appear in the original census document. Given this, we have changed the name to "Genevi_e_ve la Douce". [LoAR 10/2007, Caid-A] We have removed the accent in order to register the name. Johann von Zurich. Name. **** CAID **** Amalgaid mac Donnuc{a'}in. Device. Per pale vert and azure, two ferrets statant erect argent. Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows. Badge. (Fieldless) Two peacocks addorsed conjoined proper. Precedent on the depiction of peacocks says: When the peacock is in its default (i.e. with its tail downwards), there is no heraldic difference for the tail's exact placement (straight to base, curved bendwise, etc.), nor for the exact degree of the tail's spread (closed tight, slightly spread, etc.) ["From Wreath: Concerning Peacocks", April 2007 Cover Letter] The peacocks in this badge submission are, therefore, depicted in their default posture. The fact that their tails curl under them is an unblazoned artistic detail. Colen of Calafia. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, a goblet inverted vert. Submitted under the name "Colen MacDonald". Conrad F{u:}rstein. Name and device. Per bend argent and gules, a furison and a tower counterchanged. Courtney of the White Meadow. Name change from Actaeone Courtney of the White Meadow and device change. Per bend sinister argent and purpure, an escallop inverted gules and a narwhal haurient bendwise sinister argent. There was some question whether _Courtney_, documented as a surname, was registerable as a given name. Noir Licorne found a period example of _Courtney_ used as a given name in the early grey era: [A] period example of Courtney as a (masculine) given name: "Courtney Sprinckthorpe, of Newark, and Barbara Medopp, of U. 30 Jan 1603 " from Nottinghamshire parish records at ancestry.com. This particular record is from Upton. The names are not normalized. The same event, also from Nottinghamshire but this time from Newark-upon-Trent, gives "Courtney Springthorpe & Barbara Midup 30 Jan 1603". The byname _of the White Meadow_ is grandfathered to the submitter. Her previous name, "Actaeone Courtney of the White Meadow", is released. Her previous device, "Per bend sinister argent and purpure, an escallop inverted gules and a narwhal embowed to base argent", is released. Deirdre Oilithreach. Device. Per bend sinister wavy Or and sable, a compass star azure and an escallop argent. Commenters mentioned that the black-and-white emblazon on OSCAR differed in outline from the color emblazon. The differences are merely artistic and not blazonable. Following the conventions established on the August 2009 Cover Letter, under the title "Artistic Variations in Submitted Emblazons", this submission is registerable. The use of a compass star is a step from period practice. Einarr bl{o'}{dh}{o/}x. Device. Per bend sinister argent and argent ermined purpure, a bend sinister purpure and in chief an alphyn dormant tail nowed sable. Last month, in passing the arms of Fran{c,}ois Griffin, we ruled: It was the consensus of the College that a divided field in which the two parts are tinctures that share the same background is allowable if there is an ordinary to aid in the separation of the two parts, though the practice is not documented. [Thorgrimr inn kyrri, 02/2001, A-Atlantia] Because the practice has not been documented, the use of a divided field in which the two parts are tinctures that share the same background, separated by an ordinary, is a step from period practice. [Fran{c,}ois Griffin, November 2009, A-Ansteorra] Therefore, the submitted device is registerable with a single step from period practice. The nowing of the tail is a blazonable artistic detail which does not count for difference. Please instruct the submitter to draw a more easily recognizable alphyn. An alphyn resembles a wolf or heraldic tyger. It has a lion's tail, frequently has a beak, and the front legs are replaced by either eagle legs or (rarely) ox legs. The creature depicted in this submission more resembles a feline. Erin Keturah de Beuington. Name change from Edana of Dreiburgen and device. Argent, a chevron rompu azure between two four-leaved clovers slipped and a crab gules. _Erin_ was documented on the LoI as the submitter's legal given name. Edelweiss provided alternative documentation for _Erin_ used as a given name in English context from the IGI Parish Record extracts: There's a grey period baptism for Erin: Erin Johnson bap. 27 April 1634, East Kirby, Lincolnshire and an in period marriage: Erin Laurence mar. Richard Woodyat 22 June 1584, Bosbury, Herefordshire Thus, _Erin_ is registerable as a given name in late-period English contexts. Her previous name, "Edana of Dreiburgen", is released. Evaine de Burgoyne. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a wing and a cinquefoil counterchanged. Feia Ambur. Name and device. Lozengy argent and gules, on a chief gules a domestic cat passant Or. As ruled on the September 2007 Cover Letter, the use of an unmarked patronymic byname in Russian is a step from period practice. Geoffrey Longschankes. Name. Jorgen Gruuendale. Name and device. Per pale Or and gules, a zule counterchanged. Nice 15th C Danish name! Kathryn Monelyght of Mythomstede. Device. Or, a fountain between five mullets one, two, and two sable. Lorissa du Griffin. Badge. Per pale argent and sable all semy of paw prints counterchanged, a bordure vert. The use of paw prints is a step from period practice. Michael Mallory. Name. Nathaniel Longbow. Name and device. Sable, two cup-hilted rapiers in saltire surmounted by a cup-hilted rapier inverted, on a chief doubly enarched argent three pheons sable. Submitted with the blazon _sabers_, heraldic sabers have curved blades. Since these charges have straight blades, we have blazoned them as rapiers. The use of a doubly enarched chief is a step from period practice. Parzival von Hamborg. Name and device. Gules, a chalice Or and on a chief argent three Latin crosses moline sable. Patricius Arcuarius. Name and device. Argent, three wolf's teeth issuant from dexter sable, on a chief gules an arrow Or. Please instruct the submitter to draw the wolf's teeth conjoined at the edge of the field. Peter Cadarn. Name and device. Sable, a rhinoceros statant and in canton three mullets of eight points two and one argent. Raven Tabur. Name and device. Argent, a triquetra vert between three wolves courant to sinister azure. Reina MacCormick. Name and device. Sable semy-de-lys Or, a horse's head couped and on a chief argent a rapier reversed sable. Listed on the LoI as "_Reina_ _Mac_Cormick", the forms showed that the name was originally spelled "_Rhianna_ _Mc_Cormick". While the LoI explained the reasons for changing the byname, no mention was made to the change of the given name. Had the reason for the change not been provided in commentary, we would have had to pend this name so that it could be researched with the information of the originally submitted form. Saint Firmin, College of. Device. Per pale sable and gules, in pale a laurel wreath and a bull's head cabossed argent. Sigbi{o,}rn Sigmundarson. Device. Gules, a bear rampant argent and on a chief Or the Futhark characters sowilo, isaz, and gebo sable. Susanna Willingham. Name. The submitter requested authenticity for 11th-12th C English, but noted that she cared most about the spelling _Willingham_. The earliest date we found for this spelling is 1254; the name is a fine choice for 13th C English, but we cannot confirm that it is authentic for her period. For an authentic 11th-12th C form of the name, we recommend _Susanna de Willingeham_. _Willingeham_ is dated to c1115 in Ekwall, _Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names_, s.n. Willingham, and Reaney & Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_, s.n. Willingham date _Odo de Willingeham_ to 1190. Tanna de Litha. Name (see RETURNS for device). "Tanna" is the submitter's legal given name. Temperance Raynscrofte. Device. Purpure, on a pile ermine between four triquetras argent a pithon erect vert winged Or. Uluric de Exeforde. Device. Per saltire gules and azure, a saltire between in pale two lions passant guardant and in fess two fleurs-de-lys Or. While the device is very evocative of the armory of England (and by extension, France), it is not presumptuous. While commenters mentioned that the arms of Eton College, _Sable, three lilies argent, on a chief per pale azure and gules, a fleur-de-lys and a lion passant guardant Or_, include the charges on the chief as a sign of royal favor, this does not automatically make _any_ use of those charges in those tinctures, even on the same backgrounds, a sign of royal favor. We would certainly protect the chief on Eton's arms as presumptuous, but these arms do not have that charged chief. W{o:}lfel Wizsilberlin. Device. Vert, three bendlets sinister between a wolf's head erased contourny and an oak leaf bendwise sinister argent. This device is clear of that of Thistle, March of the, "Vert, on a bend sinister between two laurel wreaths argent a thistle and another inverted conjoined at the slips proper." There is a CD for the change of number of primary charges, a CD for the change of type of the secondary charges, a CD for the change of arrangement of half of the secondary charge group, from palewise to bendwise sinister, and a CD for the removal of the tertiary charge. Commenters suggested that the submission could be blazoned as _Vert, on a bend sinister between a wolf's head erased contourny and an oak leaf bendwise sinister argent two bendlets vert_. Under that blazon, there is a CD for the change of type of the secondary charges and a CD for the change of arrangement of half of the secondary charge group, from palewise to bendwise sinister. **** CALONTIR **** Ademar de Chartres. Name change from Gwalchmai Saethydd (see RETURNS for device change). Submitted as "Ad_he_mar de Chartres", the submitter requested authenticity for 12th-13th C France. The name as documented combined a 14th C Occitan given name with a 13th C (northern) French byname; a name authentic for France would either be wholly Occitan or wholly French, not a mixture of the two. The French form of the given name, _Ademar_, was used in the 11th and 12th C according to Academy of S. Gabriel Report #2583. We have changed the name to "Ad_e_mar de Chartres" to meet the submitter's request for authenticity. His previous name, "Gwalchmai Saethydd", is released. Ailith Bystoune. Name and device. Per pale purpure and Or, a bee counterchanged. Aldred on Lyccidfeltha. Name and device. Per bend sable and vert, in bend three drinking horns argent. Submitted as "Aldred_Lyccidfelth_", _Lyccidfelth_ was documented as an Old English place name from the 8th C. In this period, we do not have any examples of unmarked locative bynames in Old English; the earliest examples that we have are from the Domesday Boke (cf. the introduction of Reaney & Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_, and Tengvik, _Old English Bynames_, pp. 125-30, 137-8.) Lacking evidence for unmarked locative bynames in Old English before the Conquest, they are not registerable. Watts, _Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names_, s.n. Lichfield dates the phrases _Anliccitfelda_ and _Onlicitfelda_ 'on/of Lichfield' to late 11th C/early 12th C copies of charters originally written c715. (The change from _-feld_ or _-felth_ to _-felda_ or _-feltha_ following _on_ or _an_ is a requirement of Old English grammar.) In the context of a personal name, we would not be surprised to find the preposition _an_ or _on_ separated from the place name, e.g., _on Licitfelda_. We have changed the name to "Aldred _on_ Lyccidfelth_a_" to make the byname a marked locative so that we can register it. Anayama Tarou Ariie. Name and device. Per pall argent, azure and sable, an hourglass azure and two dice argent marked sable. Please instruct the submitter to draw the per pall line of division so that the central joint is slightly further down on the field and to draw the dice larger, to better fill the available space. Audrey Tulet. Name. Emmelina Lutz. Device. Argent, a sea-dragon azure within a bordure wavy azure semy of lozenges argent. Falon von Wulfhagen. Name change from Folland von Wulfhagen. This name combines Russian and German, which is a step from period practice. The byname _von Wulfhagen_ is grandfathered to the submitter. His previous name, "Folland von Wulfhagen", is released. Helena Soranzo. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and gules, an ounce rampant and incensed per bend sinister vert and argent, on a chief dovetailed sable three linden leaves inverted argent. Ingeborg bildsbriotr Ulfsdottir. Device. Azure, a chatloup salient and a dexter tierce Or. A chatloup, or calopus, is a period heraldic monster with a wolf's body, a cat's face, and goat's horns. As such, there is a CD between it and either a wolf or a lion. Therefore, the submission is clear of the device of Rognvaldr Byrgishera{dh}ingr, "Azure, a wolf salient and a base engrailed Or". There is a CD for changes to the type of monster and another CD for the change of type of peripheral ordinary. It is also clear of Gelre (important non-SCA arms), "Azure, a lion rampant queue-forche Or". There is a CD for the change of type of monster and another for adding the tierce. Jehannette Montjaux. Alternate name Janet Tailleur and badge. Argent, a dunghill cock purpure maintaining a Lochaber axe sable between three oak sprigs chevronwise fructed proper. Julian {O'} N{e'}ill. Device change. Purpure, a squirrel Or and a bordure Or semy of acorns purpure. Both the submitted form and the LoI listed this as a new device; however, he already has a device registered. His previous device, "Or, a pine tree couped proper and on a chief azure three mullets argent", is released. Please instruct the submitter to draw a thicker bordure and larger, more easily recognizable acorns. J{u:}rgen Weiter von Landstuhl. Device. Per chevron gules and sable, on a chevron argent between an oak sprig chevronwise and a two-headed eagle Or, three crosses potent sable. J{u:}rgen Weiter von Landstuhl. Badge. Per pale gules and sable, an edelweiss within a bordure argent. Rycharde de Stonham. Device. Azure, a pile throughout argent, overall a chevron charged with a wolf sejant between two fleurs-de-lys all counterchanged. Charging ordinaries which are counterchanged over other ordinaries was declared to be a step from period practice in the return of Rycharde's original submission, in February 2009. This submission uses a wolf _sejant_ rather than a wolf _sejant ululant_, which means there are no longer two steps from period practice and the device is registerable. Sean Traveler. Device. Argent, on a fess dancetty vert between two cauldrons and an equal-armed Celtic cross sable, a bear passant argent. Thomas Fleischacker. Name and device. Argent, a boar rampant maintaining a spoon gules, on a chief sable an axe argent. Submitted as "Thomas Fleisch_er_", this conflicted with "Thomas Fletcher" as the bynames are not significantly different in sound and appearance. The submitter allowed all changes and cared most about the meaning of the byname, 'butcher'. Another German byname for a butcher, _Fleischacker_, literally meaning 'flesh-hacker', is dated to 1433 in Schwind, _Ausgew{a:}hlte urkunden zur verfassungs-geschichte der deutsch-{o:}sterreichischen_, p. 335. _Fletcher_ and _Fleischacker_ are significantly different in sound and appearance, so they do not conflict. We have changed the name to "Thomas Fleisch_acker_" to remove the conflict so that we can register the name with his desired meaning. {U'}lfkell {o,}lf{u'}ss. Device. Paly argent and azure, a wolf rampant maintaining a tankard and on a base sable a barrel fesswise argent. **** DRACHENWALD **** Elisant Walters. Name. Submitted as "Elisan_de_ Walters", the given name _Elisande_ was documented from Academy of S. Gabriel 2893, which says: The root of is the Continental Germanic name , which is found in Latin records from France as a. 965 and a. 984. [2] These names gave rise to the Old French or , which is recorded in England as in 1190 and in 1221. [1] is the spelling that would be expected in later-period and modern French if the name remained in use; however, we have no evidence that it did. [3] None of the commenters were able to find any evidence that the name remained in use until the period when the spelling _Elisande_ is plausible. Lacking such evidence, the spelling _Elisande_ is not registerable. We have substituted the most similar documentable form, _Elisant_, in order to register the name. This name combines French and German, which is a step from period practice. Katherina Mornewegh. Name and device. Gules, a table-trestle Or. A table-trestle is a period charge, as seen in the arms of Awersberg (_Siebmacher_, plate 33). This device conflicts with the device of Mar Arthursson, "Gules, a chevron couped Or". There is a CD between a chevron and a properly drawn trestle, with supports on the inside of the top angle, as seen in this submission, but that is the only CD. Thankfully, Mar has provided a letter of permission to conflict, so we can register this device. This device is clear of a badge of Northshield, "(Fieldless) A pair of compasses Or". There is at least a CD between a table-trestle and a pair of compasses and a CD for a fielded design compared to a fieldless one. **** EALDORMERE **** Dietrich von Sachsen. Name (see RETURNS for device). Listed on the LoI as "D_ei_trich von _Saxony_", both the forms and the documentation spelled the given name "D_ie_trich". We have made this correction. The byname _von Saxony_ violates RfS III.1.a Linguistic Consistency by combining German _von_ with English _Saxony_. While the submitter did not allow major changes, he specifically allowed the correction of the byname to a wholly German form. The German name for Saxony is _Sachsen_; this spelling is found in the 16th C according to Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "German Place Names from a 16th C Czech Register". We have changed the byname to "von _Sachsen_" in order to register it. Ealdormere, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Bee Pursuivant. Ealdormere, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Golden Otter Pursuivant. Ealdormere, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Wolf's Tooth Pursuivant. Jocea Valente. Name and device. Sable, on a fess dovetailed between six pairs of swords in saltire Or, three suns gules. This name combines English and Italian, which is a step from period practice. The submission on OSCAR lacked the black-and-white emblazon. Both black-and-white and color emblazons are required by the new Administrative Handbook. Since the official change to the new handbook was announced after this letter was posted, we are allowing it in this case. **** GLEANN ABHANN **** Beatrix von Behr. Name and device. Argent semy of bees azure. Listed on the LoI as "Beatrix_Behr", the name was originally submitted in kingdom as "Beatrix _von_ Behr" and changed because no documentation was provided, and none could be found, for _Behr_ as a place name. Pelican Emeritus found evidence for the locative byname _von Behr_ in our period: _Mecklenburg im Zeitalter der Reformation, 1503-1603_ By Heinrich Schnell, p 23, refers to a "Marquand von Behr" in 1522 (zumal wenn dieselben wie Klaus von L{u:}tzow und Marquard von Behr im Jahre 1522 weder lesen noch schreiben konnten.' which the free translation programs says means something like "especially since it is likely that Klaus von Lutzow and Marquard von Behr in 1522 could neither read nor write) _Staatshandbuch f{u:}r Mecklenburg_ By Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Germany), p 364 lists an in, probably 1506. This is a list of women's names that appears to be a list of cloistered women of some sort. We have restored the name to the originally submitted form, since it can be documented. Coill Fhionnabhann, Shire of. Branch name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Vert, a tree eradicated Or within a laurel wreath and in chief a bar wavy argent. Submitted as "_Fionn-an Coille_", the submitters allowed all changes and requested help forming a Scottish Gaelic place name meaning 'wood of the white river' for the period 675-1400. As submitted, the name had various problems, including the lack of a designator, required by RfS III.2.b, lack of dates for any of the place names cited in the supporting documentation, and problems with the construction. Given the submitters' desires and constraints, Rowel provided the following information: As best as I can tell right now, the Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) form of a placename meaning "Wood of the White River" would be . This form still needs to be checked for minor grammatical corrections. For example, needs to be checked to confirm that it is in the genitive case. Also, if is a feminine word, then would lenite. I found examples of and / used to mean "Wood" or "Woods" at the beginnings of placenames combined with a second element that was derived from a proper noun. However, I had trouble finding examples of these where (1) O'Donovan provided footnotes that included the meanings of the names and (2) where the second element was a formal placename instead of being derived from a given name or from a family name. I did find examples of "Vale/Glen" as the first element in constructions with the second element being derived from a river name. (at the beginning of a placename) is used in similar constructions as and /, so I believe that finding support for is sufficient to grant the benefit of the doubt on a construction formed . Combining this construction with the support for river names formed [color][word for river] and lake names formed [color][word for lake], supports: [Coill [genitive of river name formed [color][word for river]]. The unusual complexity of that construction is in line with the example of (#1 below) which combines the word for "Lawn/Meadow" with a lake name that is a [color][word for lake] construction, resulting in the complex: [[toponymic][genitive form of lake name formed [color][word for lake]], which is similar to the constructed . In follow-up commentary, after the members of the group confirmed that they were happy with a name like "Coill Fionnabhann", Rowel concluded: I searched the annals for Early Modern examples of and used in placenames and found them about evenly split as genitives in placenames. So, based on that, it seems like and are both plausible genitive forms. The DIL (p. 95, col. 27, s.n. caill) gives this word as feminine ( is the Middle Irish form; is Early Modern Irish). So, in an Early Modern form of a complex placename such as /, the second element would lenite, making the Early Modern forms and . Ruby confirmed that the group is a Shire, so the appropriate designator is _Shire of_. We have changed the name to "_Coill Fhionnabhann, Shire of_". Sebastian of Grey Niche. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, a bear passant sable, a chief indented azure. Submitted under the name "Sebastian Behr". Sebastian of Grey Niche and Beatrix von Behr. Joint household name Haus zum Behrer and badge. Azure, a beehive and a bordure argent. Submitted as "Haus_Behr_", that form of the name conflicted with the Barony of Seagirt's "Order of the Beare"; _Behr_ and _Beare_ are not significantly different in sound. Additionally, no documentation was provided for the construction _Haus_ + in German contexts. Concerning the construction of household names in German, Pelican Emeritus provided the following information: Die Hausnamen und Hauszeichen im mittelalterlichen Freiburg, by Karl Schmidt, published 1930 (The housenames and housesigns of medieval Freiburg), shows no example of housename using the word "Haus" that does not include an article/preposition combination (which isn't to say they might not have existed, just that in medieval Freiberg they didn't). P 32 considers names based on B{a:}r (bear), including 1326, 1565, 1394, 1390, 1444, 1565. Now, assuming Behr is a placename rather than an animal word, the aforesaid work has examples for that too (although not for the placename , but again, always with the article/preposition: Ortnamen (Placenames): zum Hohen Asperg 1565 zum Basler 1587 zum Bondorf 1343 zum Freiberger 1374 zum Briedenweiler 1565 zumm Opfinger 1404 zum (O:)sterreich 1554 zum R{o:]mer 1403 zum Schwarzwald 1378 zum Unger 1452 (Although, I'll admit, this looks like adjectival forms -- "of the (person from) Rome/Freiberg/Briedenweil" rather than straight up placenames. ) On the basis of these examples, either _Haus zum Beren_, referring to bears, or _Haus zum Behrer_, referring to a person from the city Behr, is a plausible German household name, and neither conflicts with the _Order of the Beare_, as the substantive elements _Beren_ and _Behrer_ look and sound significantly different from _Beare_. Because the latter option is closer to the originally submitted form, we have changed the household name to "Haus _zum_ Behr_er_" in order to register it. **** LOCHAC **** {C,}inara Baraceco. Device. Ermine, in bend sinister three popinjays proper. Domhnall na Moicheirghe. Name and device. Azure, two bendlets lozengy conjoined at the points argent. Nice 16th C Gaelic name! Nice device! Domhnall na Moicheirghe. Blanket permission to conflict with name and device. Azure, two bendlets lozengy conjoined at the points argent. The submitter grants blanket permission to conflict with his registered name, "Domhnall na Moicheirghe". This letter of blanket permission to conflict allows armory to be registered that is one countable step (CD) from Domhnall's device. Rosalind Beaufort. Name and device. Vert, a Beaufort yale rampant argent spotted Or and a bordure embattled Or semy of roses azure. Both commenters and the Letter of Intent questioned if the use of a Beaufort yale combined with the surname Beaufort is presumptuous, citing the badge of Margaret Beaufort, which we would blazon as "(Fieldless) A yale rampant argent spotted Or." This badge was used both by the Beaufort family and by Margaret's descendants, the Tudor kings of England. While we might forbid someone using the Beaufort name to register a device that is a close variant of this badge, the submitted design is three CDs from it, which more than sufficient to clear the name/device combination from appearance of pretense by the standards set on the October 2001 Cover Letter. Therefore the only reason to disallow it would be if we protected any use of the Beaufort yale with that surname. We disallow certain combinations of charges and surnames, such as disallowing the Lancaster rose with the surname Lancaster. However no evidence was presented that the Beaufort family is important enough that their badge should be protected in that manner. While Margaret clearly is important as the mother of Henry VII, she was not the only Beaufort to use this badge. Knowledge of the use of the yale as a royal badge is relatively limited, known primarily to specialists. Since it is specialist knowledge, it does not rise to the importance of badges like the Tudor rose, which are known to anyone who has studied the Wars of the Roses. The use of the Beaufort yale will not be restricted. The low-contrast spots on the yale are allowed by the following precedent: [A yale passant argent spotted gules] Conflict with ... An antelope statant argent. By the precedent set in August 1991 LoAR (p. 21, s.n. Jervisa Wainwright), there is not a CD between an antelope and a yale, and by the precedent set in November 1995 (p. 13, s.n. Ciar{`a}n Dubh Tuathail), the spots on a yale can be drawn or left off at the artist's discretion and thus do not generate difference. [Marguerite des Baux, 06/00, R-Calontir] Because they do not generate difference, they are like maintained charges in that they must have some contrast, but do not need to have good contrast. **** MERIDIES **** Domenica Zorzi. Alternate name Luveday de Vigne. Domenica Zorzi. Blanket permission to conflict with alternate name Luveday de Vigne. The submitter grants permission to conflict with any name which is not identical to her alternate name "Luveday de Vigne". Humphrey Wetewodd. Name. The documentation for both elements was not adequately summarized on the LoI: Only a URL was given, with neither the titles nor the authors of the sources identified, nor any summary of the information therein. Had the commenters not provided the missing information, we would have been forced to pend or return this name. Kynwric Gwent. Device. Argent crusilly clechy sable, in bend a poleaxe bendwise sinister sable sustained by a fox rampant gules marked sable. Patrice de Courtenay. Device. Azure, on a cross flory argent a martlet gules. Precedent says: [_Vert, on a cross flory Or a rose proper_] ... no difference for changing the type only of the tertiary charge. A cross flory is not a "suitable charge" for RfS X.4.j.ii, which states in pertinent part, "A charge is suitable for the purposes of [RfS X.4.j.ii] if (a) it is simple enough in outline to be voided..." Crosses fleury are analogous to crosses moline for purposes of considering whether they are too complicated to void or to fimbriate. The LoAR of July 1999 stated, "This is being returned for violating the precedent set by Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme as Laurel (January 15, 1993, cover letter) concerning which charges are suitable for fimbriation. A cross moline is too complex to fimbriate." [Victoria Anthoinette Sauvignon, 03/04, R-Calontir] However, since that time, evidence has been provided that crosses flory were voided in period armory: The _Livro da Nobreza_, c.1520, cites the coat of Barbalonga: _Argent, a cross flory voided sable within an orle of ivy vert_. [Tristram Thorne, April 2006] Therefore, we hereby overturn the March 2004 precedent. Crosses flory may be both voided and fimbriated and, therefore, are suitable charges for purposes of X.4.j.ii. Therefore, this device is clear of the badge of Maddalena Salutati, "(Fieldless) A Latin cross fleury argent charged with a rose gules, barbed vert and seeded argent." There is a CD for a fielded design compared to a fieldless badge and another, under X.4.j.ii, for changing only the type of the tertiary charge. It is also clear of the device of Miche{a'}l {O'} Comhdhain, "Quarterly sable and gules, on a cross fleury throughout argent a rose slipped and leaved proper." There is a CD for the field and a CD, under X.4.j.ii, for changing only the type of the tertiary charge. **** MIDDLE **** Aengus de Killmor. Device. Per pale argent and purpure, a chevron between three crosses of Jerusalem counterchanged. This device is technically clear of the device of Isabella Rowe, "Per pale purpure and argent, a chevron between three crosses of Jerusalem counterchanged." Swapping the tinctures yields three CDs: one for the change of tincture of the field, one for the change of tincture of the primary charge, and one for the change of tincture of the secondary charges. Several commenters asked if this was in visual conflict with Isabella's device. Isabella and Aengus were contacted, and have provided each other permission to conflict, so we do not have to rule on this question. Avery Austringer. Acceptance of badge transfer from Vivienne de la Chartreuse. (Fieldless) An ape statant vert, collared and chained Or. Damiana Isabel Cardona. Name and device. Purpure, a fox passant between three thistles argent. Please instruct the submitter to use less internal detailing. Heraldic art is not modern, shaded clip art: it is stylized and two-dimensional. Isabella Ashenhurst. Name. Isabella Rowe. Device. Per pale purpure and argent, a chevron between three crosses of Jerusalem counterchanged. This device is technically clear of the device of Aengus de Killmor, "Per pale argent and purpure, a chevron between three crosses of Jerusalem counterchanged." Swapping the tinctures yields three CDs: one for the change of tincture of the field, one for the change of tincture of the primary charge, and one for the change of tincture of the secondary charges. Several commenters asked if this was in visual conflict with Aengus' device. Isabella and Aengus were contacted, and have provided each other permission to conflict, so we do not have to rule on this question. Isib{e'}l of Dunbegane. Name. Submitted as "Is_ea_b_ai_l _u{a'}_ Dunbegane", there were problems with both the given name and the byname. The given name was documented from Dunkling, _Scottish Christian Names_, s.n. Isabella. This source is not an acceptable source of documentation; it is essentially a modern baby-name book, and contains few, if any, dates or discussions of medieval usage. Furthermore, no summary of the documentation was provided, nor photocopies of the book, which is not listed on Appendix H. Both of these are grounds for return. Rowel provided the missing information: [W]hat page 74 has is an entry with the header . The first paragraph reads: The Italian form of Elizabeth, and the preferred spelling of a name much used in Scotland until the 1960s. It also occurs as Isobel, Isobell, Isobella, Isobelle, Isabel (the modern Spanish form), Isabell, Isabelle, Ishbel (Scottish form), Iseabail (Gaelic)." That is the only mention of in that entry. So, it gives no support for as a period Gaelic form. The medieval Gaelic form of _Isabella_ is _Isib{e'}l_, according to Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals". The byname _ua Dunbegane_ is not correctly constructed. The word _ua_ is means '[male] descendant, grandson'; because the given name is feminine, _ua_ cannot correctly modify it. Furthermore, _Dunbegane_ was documented as a Scots-language placename dated to 1498. Combining it in the same phrase as _ua_ violates RfS III.1.a. Linguistic Consistency as well as being incorrect; _ua_ is correctly followed by a personal name, not a place name. The correct way to form a locative byname from a 15th-C Scots placename is to use _of_. As the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the name to "Is_i_b_{e'}_l _of_ Dunbegane" in order to register it. This name combines Gaelic and Scots; a wholly 15th-C Scots form of the name would be _Isabell of Dunbegane_. _Isabell_ is dated to 1466 and 1473 in Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "Index of Scots names found in _Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue_". Kodran Grimsson i Hrafnskogi. Name and device. Argent, a tree blasted and eradicated between in fess two ravens sable. The submitter requested authenticity for 10th-13th C Old Norse. All of the elements of the name can be found in _Landn{a'}mab{o'}k_, and so are appropriate for the early part of his period. The use of both a locative byname and a patronymic byname is unusual, but Lindorm Eriksson, "The Bynames of the Viking Age Runic Inscriptions", has one example, _{O'}laf Erlendsson {a'} Bygglandi_. Margrett Norwoode of Bristol. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as "Margrett Norwoode_", that name conflicted with "Megge de Northwode", as _Megge_ is a diminutive of _Margrett_, and the bynames are insignificantly different. The submitter noted that if there was a conflict, she agreed to the addition of the locative _of Bristol_. However, no documentation for this element was provided on the LoI. Had Elmet not provided the following documentation, we would have been forced to return this name for conflict: Ekwall p. 66 s.n. Bristoll gives the period spelling dated to 1200. "English Names found in Brass Enscriptions" by Julian Goodwyn lists dated to 1439 (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/brasses/lastnameAH.html) Meinhard Hammerschmidt. Name. Vivienne de la Chartreuse. Badge transfer to Avery Austringer. (Fieldless) An ape statant vert, collared and chained Or. Will O Hanain. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as "Will O_'hA_nain", the submitter requested authenticity for Ireland. As submitted, the name was not authentic, because it combined English _Will_ and _O'_ with Gaelic _hAnain_. An authentic Irish name would be wholly anglicized or wholly Gaelic, not a mix of the two. A wholly anglicized form of the name would be "Will O Hanain". Woulfe, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames_, s.n. {O'} hAnn{a'}in dates the Anglicized Irish spellings _O Hannaine_ and _O Hanain_ to temp. Elizabeth I - James I. A wholly Gaelic form of the name would be _Uillec {O'} hAnn{a'}in_. _Uillec_ is a nickname of _Uilliam_, the standard Gaelic form of _William_, just as _Will_ is a nickname of _William_ in English. {O'} Corr{a'}in & Maguire, _Irish Names_, s.n. Uilliam note that _Uillec_ came into use in the 14th C. Either _Will O Hanain_ or _Uillec {O'} hAnn{a'}in_ is an authentic name for Ireland. Because the former is closer to the originally submitted name, we have chosen to register that form. **** NORTHSHIELD **** Dyonisia Buleheued. Name. Hroswitha von Lippe. Device. Quarterly sable and Or, a rabbit rampant contourny azure. Ian the Grene. Name. Listed on the LoI as "Ian _de la_ Gre_ne_", the name was originally submitted as "Ian _the_ Gre_en_", and changed in kingdom because _the Green_ was not documented. Concerning the form of the byname, Siren notes: The Middle English Dictionary (s.n. green) dates to 1247 and to 1297. I don't see a form of green with in a personal name. However, there are some with other colors: 1313 (s.n. white), 1220 and c. 1300 (s.n. red), and 1221 (s.n. yelwe, i.e. yellow). On the basis of these examples, _le Grene_ or _the Grene_ are unremarkable for the 13th or early 14th C. We are registering the name as "Ian _the_ Grene" to partially restore it to the originally submitted form. "Ian" was documented on the LoI as the submitter's legal given name. Edelweiss provides grey area citations from the IGI Parish Record extracts of _Ian_ as an English name: Ian Moore mar. Margret Hewsonn 27th November 1608 Leconfield, Yorkshire Ian Sharp baptised 23rd March 1614 Kidlington, Oxfordshire Since it is likely that Ian Moore was more than 9 years old when he was married, the first grey-period citation supports _Ian_ as a registerable English name. It was almost certainly pronounced /YAN/, not /EE-ahn/, as it is modernly. Northshield, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Griffin of Northshield. Submitted as "Order of the _Venerable_ Griffin_", this order name does not follow patterns of period order names. The order name was justified as following the pattern "adjective" + "creature" from Meradudd Cethin, "Project Ordensnamen", exemplified by the _Order of the Defeated Dragon_. However, as precedent discusses: [Order of the Shattered Spear] It may be argued that the "Project Ordensnamen" shows the _Order of the Dragon Overthrown_ or _Order of the Defeated Dragon_. However, evidence suggests that these are modern names for this order, and that the period name is translated simply _Order of the Dragon_. Therefore, it is not relevant for arguing period order name patterns. [Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of, LoAR 07/2006, An Tir-R]. The LoI also cited the 14th C German order _Gesellen von der alden Minne_ 'Companions of the Old Love'. This is also not a justification for the submitted order name, since 'love' and 'griffin' are not comparable entities. Without the additional descriptive _venerable_, the order name _Order of the Griffin_ follows the well-established period pattern of orders named after heraldic charges. However, this form of the name conflicts with John ap Griffin's household name "Griffin Freehold". John was contacted and supplied the kingdom with a letter of permission to conflict with his household name. Even with permission to conflict, "Order of the Griffin" is not registerable because it is functionally equivalent to _Griffin Freehold_. However, the addition of a reference to the registering branch, _of Northshield_, makes the order name registerable in conjunction with the letter of permission to conflict. Therefore, we have changed the order name to "Order of the_Griffin _of Northshield_" in order to register it. **** WEST **** Anne of Cloondara. Device. Vert, a bee proper and a chief Or. This device is clear of the device of Lucia Porzia Sforza di Firenze, "Gules, a bumblebee proper and a chief Or honeycombed sable." There is a CD for the change of tincture of the field and another for the change of tincture of the chief. While the field treatment _honeycombed_ is no longer registerable, it was considered a field treatment when it was. Under section X.4.a of the Rules for Submissions, "Field treatments are considered an aspect of tincture." Anne of Vinhold. Name. "Vinhold" is the registered name of an SCA branch. Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin. Reblazon of badge. (Fieldless) A hare statant erect playing brown Galician bagpipes proper. Blazoned when registered as "(Fieldless) A hare proper standing erect on its hind feet playing Galician bagpipes", we have added the tincture for the pipes Ginna Biornsdottir. Name. Submitted as "Ginna B_j{o:}_rnsdottir", the byname was not correctly formed: Submitted as "Katelina B_j{o:}_rnsdott_e_r", the submitter allowed any changes and cares most about sound. As submitted, the formation of the byname is incorrect. The correct patronymic form of this byname in Old Norse is _Bjarnard{o'}ttir_. However, this changes the sound of the name fairly significantly. Therefore, we have changed this name to "Katelina B_io_rnsdott_i_r". _Biornsson_ is dated to 1454 in the _Sveriges Medeltida Personnamn_ (SMP) s.n. Biorn. [LoAR 06/2005, Catalina Artemisia Anguissola, Calontir-A] Since the given name was documented as 14th C Swedish, the Swedish byname _Biornsdottir_ is compatible with it. We have changed the name to "Ginna Biornsdottir" in order to register it. Sedania de Corwyn. Name change from Caithlin de Corwyn. Listed on the LoI as "Sedania de Cor_yw_n", both the forms and the documentation spelled the byname "de Cor_wy_n". We have made this correction. The byname _de Corwyn_ is grandfathered to her. Her previous name, "Caithlin de Corwyn", is retained as an alternate name. Sighfridh hauknefr. Device. Gyronny gules and Or, a serpent involved, head to base, within a bordure argent. Please instruct the submitter to draw the snake with a larger, more visible head. Sophie Xylander. Name change from Sophie Xylander von Augsberg and device change. Quarterly sable and Or, a cross patonce between four roundels, all counterchanged. Both elements of the name are grandfathered to the submitter. Her previous name, "Sophie Xylander von Augsberg", is retained as an alternate name. This device is clear of the device of Mynjon du Jardin, "Quarterly sable and Or, a cross raguly between four roundels all counterchanged." The two crosses are substantially different and, therefore, clear under X.2. Her previous device, "Gules, a seal naiant to sinister, its tail reflexed above its head, proper, within a bordure sable fimbriated Or. [Calorminus ursinus]", is retained as a badge. - Explicit littera accipiendorum - ====================================================================== ***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK: ***** **** {AE}THELMEARC **** None. **** AN TIR **** Eamonn Leithghlinn. Device. Azure, a chevron between in canton a fret couped and in base a dove regardant argent. This device is returned for a redraw. The drawing of the dove, with the crest and beak identically sized, makes it nearly impossible to tell which way the head is facing. While the difference is not significant, section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submissions requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." Please instruct the submitter to draw the head so that it is possible to determine its orientation. It is also returned because the fret is excessively disjointed, to the point of unrecognizability. Nearly half the commenters required the blazon to determine what charge was intended, which is also a violation of RfS VII.7.a. On resubmission, draw the fret with much less space between the pieces. While not cause for return, the chevron is also much shallower than a period depiction of a chevron, which would have the point higher on the field and originate from lower down on the edges of the field. We recommend redrawing it with a steeper angle on resubmission. Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Order name Order of the Silver Sparkes. This is returned for conflict with Drachenwald's heraldic title "Silversparre Herald". The commenters were agreed that there is insignificant difference in sound and appearance between these two names. While the submitters provided a letter from the King and Queen of Drachenwald permitting this order name to conflict with _Silversparre Herald_, this is one of the rare cases where the letter of permission to conflict is not sufficient to allow the order name to be registered. Current practices allows someone owning "Order of the X" to use "X Herald" or "X Pursuivant" (v. Order of the Caltrop, LoAR 10/1999, R-{AE}thelmearc). The heraldic title "Silver Sparkes Herald" also conflicts with _Silversparre Herald_, and as permission to conflict was not received for that title, it was returned elsewhere on this LoAR. We cannot register _Order of the Silver Sparkes_ to the kingdom since this would allow them to use the corresponding heraldic title, with which they do not have permission to conflict. Tir R{i'}gh, Principality of. Heraldic title Silver Sparkes Herald. This is returned for conflict with Drachenwald's heraldic title "Silversparre Herald". The commenters were agreed that there is insignificant difference in sound and appearance between these two titles. **** ANSTEORRA **** Cymme in kyrra. Device. Argent, a chevron wavy azure between three pine trees couped proper. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Nicolete de Saint-Denis, "Argent, a chevron wavy throughout azure between three fleurs-de-lys vert". There is a single CD for the change of type of secondary charges, but no difference for changing the tincture from entirely vert to predominantly vert with a small touch of brown, and no difference between a chevron and a chevron throughout. Giovanni da Firenze. Badge. Sable, a mascle argent between two lightning bolts in pile Or. This is returned for visual conflict, under section X.5 of the Rules for Submissions, against the badge of Jean Grondin the Basque, "Sable, two lightning bolts in pile Or, in chief a lozenge argent". While technically clear, there is insufficient visual difference between the two. Kata Timkin. Device. Azure, two scarpes between a fox courant contourny and a garb Or. The SCA considers a conflict found under any valid blazon to be a valid conflict. This device can also be blazoned "Azure, on a bend sinister between a fox courant contourny and a garb Or, a scarpe azure". Since this submission has three types of charge on the field, RfS X.4.j.ii doesn't apply here: type alone of tertiary charge counts for no difference. Therefore, this conflicts with the device of Angus Duncan Cameron, "Azure, on a bend sinister between two bells Or a claymore azure"; and with the device of Blaise de Saint Thibaut, "Azure, on a bend sinister between two goblets Or, an arrow inverted azure". In each case there's a CD for changing the type of the secondary charge group, but changing only the type of the tertiary charge group is not worth a second CD. **** ATENVELDT **** Melissa de Monstrum Aula. Name change from holding name Melissa of Atenveldt. This is returned for lack of documentation for the byname. The only support provided on the LoI for the byname _de Monstrum Aula_ was the statement that "The byname is Latin 'Monster Court/Hall'." No documentation was provided that the construction is grammatically correct for Latin or that a Latin phrase meaning 'Monster Court/Hall' is a plausible medieval place name. Such evidence is required for registration. The only context in which the College could find evidence for Latin _aula_ being used in placenames is the names of university colleges and halls. Siren comments: is certainly used in Latin contexts, along with and other words to translate the word "hall" in referring to colleges. One example is 'the hall called Heynesseyhall' dated to 1407 and the less clearly dated or , named after Gilbert de Biham, who flourished c. 1249. (These are taken from W. A. Pantin, "The Halls and Schools of Medieval Oxford: an Attempt at Reconstruction." In _Oxford Studies Presented to Daniel Callus_. Oxford: Clarendon Press, for the Oxford Historical Society. 1964.) In these examples, the name of the hall is not Latinized, only the designator is, thus we would expect to see _Monster_, not _Monstrum_, in conjunction with _Aula_. Additionally, there is evidence that English university college names were used in locative bynames; Emden, _An Oxford Hall in Medieval Times_, p. 49 dates _John de Unicornhall_ to 1325, and Searle, _Grace book: containing the records of the University of Cambridge for the Years 1501-1542_ dates _Dobbes de aula Gunwell_ to 1502-3, _Samson de aula Clar'_ to 1516-7, and _Mr. Rydley of Penbrooke hall_ to 1531-2. Thus, if _Monster_ could be justified as a name of a university college, then either _de Aula Monster_ or _de Monsterhall_ would be registerable under this model. Unfortunately, no new evidence was provided by the submitter, and none found by the College, justifying _Monster_ as a plausible name of an English college. In the submitter's previous submission (Melissa of Monster Hall, LoAR 04/2008, Atenveldt-R), commenters noted that the Irish county Munster is recorded in English as _Monster_ in 1536 in Gairdner, ed., _Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 11: July-December 1536_, entry 265, and that there is a Dutch city whose name is recorded in English as Monster in 1546 in Gairdner & Brodie, eds., _Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 1: January-August 1546_, entry 330. However, no examples of English colleges named after foreign cities or counties were provided. Lacking such examples, or independent reason to believe that _Monster_ is a plausible name for an English college, the byname _de Aula Monster_ is not registerable. Nest verch Rodri ap Madyn. Device change. Per bend sinister azure and vert, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent and an open book Or. Precedent, set on the Cover Letter for the March 2009 LoAR, says: When both are present in a design as part of a primary charge group, or where they would be expected to be a secondary charge, the widget and annulet will both be considered part of the same group. In this submission, the mullet, annulet, and book are considered to form a single primary charge group on the field. Therefore, this device is returned for violating section VIII.1.a of the Rules for Submissions, which says that "three or more types of charges should not be used in the same group." Saba {O'} Coile{a'}in. Name. This is returned for lack of documentation that the given name _Saba_ was used by ordinary people in our period. _Saba_ was documented from a Gaelic legendary history, in which _Saba_ is the name of a great-grandson of Noah. Gaelic names which are only found in legendary texts are generally not registerable: As past precedents indicate, Gaelic names which are only documented as names of legendary people are in general not registerable: The only examples of the name _Culann_ found by the submitter's were in the "T{a'}in B{o'} C{u'}alnge" from the _Book of Leinster_ (online at the CELT site, http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T301035/). Here is it the name of a wholly legendary character from whom the hero _C{u'} Chulainn_ derives his name. Barring documentation that the name _Culann_ [was used] in non-legendary contexts in period, it is not registerable. [Culann mac Cianain, LoAR 09/2007, East-A] Given this, there is no documentation for _Luan_ as anything but a legendary name. As it can be documented only as a legendary name, it is not registerable. [Luan an Fael, LoAR 11/2007, Lochac-R] [Brion mac Donnchad, LoAR 12/2008, Middle-R] None of the commenters were able to find alternative documentation for _Saba_; lacking such documentation, it is not registerable. Listed on the LoI as "Saba {O'} Coile_a_n", both the forms and the documentation spelled the byname "{O'} Coile_{a'}i_n". We remind submissions heralds of the importance of making sure that names are listed on OSCAR in exactly the same spelling that they appear on the forms. Discrepancies between the two can result in the name being pended for further commentary. The byname _{O'} Coile{a'}in_ is grandfathered to the submitter, whose brother's registered name is "Phelan {O'} Coile{a'}in". Her device has been registered under the holding name "Sylvia of Atenveldt". S{e'}g{a'}n {O'} Cath{a'}in. Device. Quarterly vert and sable, a sinister wing argent. This device is returned for conflict with Dante Alighieri (important non-SCA arms), "Azure, a sinister wing argent." There is a single CD for the changes to the field. Please instruct the submitter, on resubmission, to draw a more standard wing: the differing orientation of the feathers makes it hard to identify the wing. Seloue McDaid. Name. This is returned for lack of documentation of the byname _McDaid_. The byname was submitted under the grandfather clause, citing the registered name of _Seamus McDaid_. However, no proof of relationship between Seloue and Seamus was provided, so the grandfather clause cannot be appealed to. As no alternative documentation for _McDaid_ could be found, we are forced to return this name. Pelican Emeritus notes that the similar byname _Daid_ is dated to 1588, 1592 1599 in William Brigg, _The parish registers of Otley, Co. York_, volume 33, pp. 9, 12, 19. Additionally, the Anglicized Irish byname _M'Deyt_, which is a scribal abbreviation for _MacDeyt_, is dated to temp. Elizabeth I - James I in Woulfe, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames_, s.n. Mac Daibh{e'}id. However, the change from _McDaid_ to either _Daid_ or _MacDeyt_ is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. The LoI documented _Seloue_ as a Latin genitive spelling dated to 1202; normally, inflected forms such as this are not registerable. However, this spelling is also the expected Middle English nominative form, so in this particular case, _Seloue_ is acceptable. **** ATLANTIA **** None. **** CAID **** Colen MacDonald. Name. This conflicts with "C{a'}el{a'}n mac Domhnail". _C{a'}el{a'}n_ and _Colen_, though significant different in appearance, are not significantly different in sound, as indicated by the fact that _C{a'}el{a'}n_ was often anglicized by variants of _Colin_. The bynames are also not significantly different in sound; _MacDonald_ is simply an anglicized form of Gaelic _mac Domhnail_. His device has been registered under the holding name "Colen of Calafia". Phelan de Bruce. Device. Per fess gules and azure, three bezants two and one and a catapult Or. This is returned for conflict with the device of Heather of Arn Hold, "Per saltire purpure and checky argent and purpure, in chief three bezants two and one and in base an abacus Or." There is clearly one CD for the field. However, as only the bottommost charge has changed in type, a second CD is not granted for this change. Nor is there a CD for arrangement as the depicted arrangements are essentially identical. Tanna de Litha. Device. Per bend embowed to base azure and argent, a mascle ploy{e'} argent. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Yerek the Inert, "Sable, a mullet of four points voided argent". There is a CD for the field. There is no difference between a mascle ploy{e'} and a mullet of four points voided, since the differences between the two are so slight. The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Teceangl Bach, "(Fieldless) A mascle argent." **** CALONTIR **** Ademar de Chartres. Device change. Sable, an enfield rampant argent, charged upon the shoulder with a goutte de sang. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Dorcas Dorcadas, "Sable, a three-headed hound rampant, one head reguardant, argent, langued gules". There is a CD for the addition of the goutte. There is not a CD for the change of type of the primary charges. We do not grant difference between an enfield and a canine, since the only difference is the eagle talons replacing the canid fore-legs on an enfield, by precedent: While the enfield appears in period, the only period examples we can find are supporters. As such it is impossible to tell whether enfields were considered different from canines in period as charges on the shield. With that in mind, we are left with visual differences; at least three-quarters of an enfield is canine, and the avian forelimbs often appear close to hands, as do those of canines in period heraldry. There is not enough visual difference to give a CD between canines and enfields, so the July 1992 precedent is hereby extended to give no CD even when the critters are not holding anything. This overturns the precedent from September 2003, which was solely based on implications from the July 1992 ruling. [Anacletus McTerlach, July 2004, R-Meridies] The difference between one and three heads is not worth a CD, by precedent: ...the change from one head to three heads is not sufficient for another CD. [Rodrigo Hernandez de Toledo, December 1997, R-Atlantia] Katheryne Winterbourne. Badge. (Fieldless) A Catherine's wheel spoked of a Maltese cross azure. This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Iustinos Tekton, "(Fieldless) A cog wheel azure." There's a CD for fieldlessness, but precedent grants no difference between a cog wheel and a Catherine's wheel. The fact that this wheel is spoked of a Maltese cross is blazonable but is not a significant difference, since we do not grant difference between wheels. Malachi Mac Kenzie O Corrigan. Device change. Or, an ounce rampant contourny sable incensed gules, a tierce embattled azure. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Rosalia la Gatta, "Or, a cat rampant to sinister queue forchy the tails sable ending in roses proper within an orle azure". There is a single CD for the change from an orle to a tierce embattled, but no difference is granted for the incensing or for the number of tails. The roses at the end of the tails are maintained charges and also do not count for difference. **** DRACHENWALD **** Gottfried Kilianus. Device. Lozengy bendwise Or and sable, a griffin gules maintaining a halbert argent hafted proper and on a chief gules, a wooden handled, pommelled, and quilloned sword fesswise reversed proper. This device is returned for lack of identifiability. Section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submissions requires that "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability," and continues "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." The identifying portions of the sword are all brown, rendering it unidentifiable against the gules chief. Identifiability was further compromised because swords normally do not have wooden quillons. Any resubmission of a sword with wooden quillons should be accompanied by documentation of the existence of such a sword in period. Additionally, the brown wood handle of the halberd is difficult to identify against the lozengy bendwise field. Nicholas de Estleche, dictus le Tardif. Badge. (Fieldless) On an open book argent bound vert, in fess an inescutcheon vert and a tower sable. This device is returned for failure to provide paperwork to the Laurel office. Section IV.C of the Administrative Handbook, "Completed Paperwork" requires that "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." Subsection IV.C.1 says that "A minimum of three sets of colored armory forms is required for all armory: two for the Laurel Office and the other to be maintained in kingdom files." As this was an appeal of a kingdom return, Laurel has never received paperwork for this submission, which means that this submission is returned automatically. Submissions heralds are reminded that a full set of paperwork is required to be submitted with any submission, including all appeals. Failure to do so will cause the submission to be returned administratively. Were it not being returned for lack of paperwork, this badge would be returned for conflict with the badge of Alexandra Raven, "(Fieldless) On an open book argent bound proper two ravens addorsed sable". There is a CD for fieldlessness, but there is not a CD for changing only the type of the tertiary charge group. The standard for difference when modifications are made to tertiary charges was last redefined on the January 2009 Cover Letter: Henceforth, when considering whether tincture changes count for the difference of tertiary charges using X.4.j.i, there are two guidelines: all of the charges in the group must change and the change must be the sort of change that would yield a CD when applied to primary or secondary charge groups. If both of these guidelines are met, then the tincture change will count as one of the two changes required under X.4.j.ii. In this submission, not all of the charges change tincture. Both ravens are sable, as is the tower. Were this submission not being returned for conflict and administrative reasons, it would be clear of the arms of Yale University. Precedent was set in May, 2009: [_(Fieldless) On an open book argent bound proper two ravens addorsed sable_]. This is clear of Yale University, Azure, an open book argent charged with Hebrew letters sable. Current precedent says: This submission generated much discussion on the nature of words on books. The letters on Yale University's arms, Azure, an open book argent charged with Hebrew letters sable, have previously been ruled to act as tertiary charges. Laurel has also ruled "In general, open books may be drawn with numerous small writing marks as artistic license, the writing so small that it could not be read from any distance, but such writing would not be blazoned. [Branwen filia Iohannis de Monmouth, 04/02, A-East]". The question becomes, when does the writing become so small that it cannot be read? In general, more that [sic] 10 or 11 letters on a single primary charge will be considered unreadable and will not count for difference; for a secondary charge (or multiple primary charges) this number will be reduced due to the smaller size of the books. More than two or three letters on a tertiary charge will be too small to read. In SCA arms, such small writing will not be blazoned. In the case of important non-SCA arms this writing may be blazoned even if it does not count for difference. Thus, the letters on Yale University's arms constitute a tertiary charge group while those on Oxford University's arms (DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEO) do not. [Eibhl{i'}n inghean Chiar{i'}in, January 2007, A-Atlantia] Therefore, the letters on Yale's armory count as a tertiary charge. There is, therefore, a CD for fieldlessness and a CD for the change of type and number of the tertiary charges. [Alexandra Raven, May 2009, A-Caid] Thus there would be a CD for fieldlessness and a second CD for the change of type and number of tertiary charges. **** EALDORMERE **** Dietrich von Sachsen. Device. Or, on a cross argent between four lions rampant a cross potent sable. This submission is returned for violating the rule of tincture. Section VII.2 of the Rules for Submissions, Armorial Contrast, defines what is considered acceptable contrast. Good contrast does not exist between a metal and a metal, and RfS VII.2.b.i explicitly requires that the field must have good contrast with charges placed directly on it. The submitter asked that this be registered using a regional style exception, per section VII.6.b of the Rules for Submissions. We quote that section here in full: *b. Regional Style* - Alternatively, a proposed exceptional armorial design element may be documented as characteristic of a specific regional armorial style. In such cases the submitted armory _may_ be registered provided that all of the following conditions are met. (1) The submitter explicitly requests an exception to the other sections of Part VIII (Compatible Armorial Style) on the grounds that the submitted armory exemplifies a specific regional style. (2) Documentation is adduced to show that exceptional design element was not uncommon in the regional style in question. (3) Documentation is adduced to show that _all_ elements of the submitted armory can be found in the regional style in question. This submission has not actually satisfied any of the three requirements. While a regional style exception was requested, no region was specified. Documentation was provided for the use of Or crosses on argent fields, but the examples were limited to Jerusalem, kings of Jerusalem, and the banner carried by Count Eustace on the Bayeux Tapestry, which is frequently considered to be the banner that the pope sent to show his support for William's invasion of England. One example, mutated throughout history, does not show that the practice was "not uncommon." Documentation was also not provided, and none could be found, showing that all elements of the submitted armory can be found in a regional style. None of the provided examples showed secondary charges in any tincture other than Or and none of the provided examples show any tertiary charges at all on the primary charge. Additionally, the documentation consisted of a one-page summary, which contained citations of several web pages. No printouts were provided for any of those websites. Printouts of any source not in Appendix H of the Administrative Handbook are required by section IV.C.2 of the Administrative Handbook. The reason such printouts are required for web pages is shown in this submission: One of the web pages cited in this submission was hosted on Geocities, and accessed on March 5, 2009. Geocities was taken off the web as of October 27, 2009. It is, therefore, impossible to verify the submitter's documentation. **** GLEANN ABHANN **** Coill Fhionnabhann, Shire of. Badge. Vert, a tree eradicated Or and in chief a bar wavy argent. This badge is in conflict with the device of Betva a Bedwyn, "Vert, a birch tree argent leaved Or, a bordure of knotwork argent." There is a single CD for changing the bordure of knotwork to a bar wavy. Since trees are generally considered to be tinctured based on the leaves, both trees are considered to be mostly Or. Sebastian Behr. Name. This name conflicts with "Sebastian the Bear"; articles such as _the_ do not contribute to difference, and _Behr_ and _Bear_ are insignificantly different in sound and appearance. His armory has been registered under the holding name "Sebastian of Grey Niche". **** LOCHAC **** None. **** MERIDIES **** None. **** MIDDLE **** Margrett Norwoode of Bristol. Device. Per pale azure and purpure, a gurges Or. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Damian d'Outremer, "Sable, a gurges Or". There is a single CD for the change of field. Will O Hanain. Device. Sable, on a pale between two arrows inverted argent, three crosses formy azure. This device conflicts with the device of Alan Fletcher, "Sable, on a pale between two arrows inverted argent a bow sable." There is a single CD, for the cumulative changes to the tertiary charge group. Wolf of Flaming Gryphon. Name and device. Argent chauss{e'} pean, a wolf rampant sable. The byname _of Flaming Gryphon_ was documented from a registered branch name. However, the barony's registered name is actually "Barony of _the_ Flaming Gryphon". SCA branch names are registered in the context of locative bynames only in the exact form in which they are registered. However, we cannot add the missing _the_, to register the name as "Wolf of _the_ Flaming Gryphon", because the submitter does not allow major changes, such as the addition of a word. With the line of division drawn to connect the three points of the shield, this is more correctly blazoned as having a chauss{e'} field. It is, therefore, returned for conflict with the device of Philip Dyemoke, "Potent, a wolf rampant sable". There is a single CD for the changes to the field. Treating this as a charged pile, as blazoned on the LoI, this device conflicts with the device of Garth of Tryon Hill, "Pean, on a pile argent a crossbow vert". There is only one CD for the multiple changes to the tertiary charge. **** NORTHSHIELD **** John le Savage. Name and device. Per chevron gules and sable, two cinquefoils and a Lacy knot argent. No forms were received for the name submission by the Laurel office. Admin 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 the required paperwork was not received, we must return this name. Since the name forms are missing, it is impossible to determine if the submitter would accept a holding name. Therefore, we must assume that the submitter will not accept one and this device must be returned. Please instruct the submitter, on resubmission, to draw the per chevron line of division so that the point rises much higher than depicted in the submitted emblazon, dividing the field more nearly in half. Per chevron lines of division in period armory rose to nearly the top of the field. **** WEST **** None. - Explicit littera renuntiationum - ====================================================================== ***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE May 2010 LAUREL MEETING (OR AS NOTED): ***** **** WEST **** Sighni Ivarsdotter. Name change from Giuliana di Benedetto Falconieri. The submitter requested authenticity for Old Swedish language/culture, but this authenticity request was not summarized on the LoI. We are pending the name to allow the commenters a chance to address the authenticity request. The LoI originally provided the following documentation: Submitter desires a female name. Language (Old Swedish) most important. Culture (Old Swedish) most important. Submitter found both Sighne (as Swedish form of Sign{y'} and Ivarsdottir at the Viking Answer Lady website []. She also consulted wtih Frithiof, who provided documentation from Otterbj{o:}rk of Sighni as the Old Swedish form of the modern Signe. He confirmed that Ivar is the Swedish form of Ivarr and that -dotter is the correct form for Swedish. Scans of the title page and relevant name pages from Otterbj{o:}rk's Svenska f{o:}rnamn were included with the submission. Lind. Column 884 under Signy has Sighni (1378 and 1379) Column 661 under Ivarr. Genitive Ivars- dated 1221, 1309, 1329, 1354. Lind, E. H. Norsk-Isl{a:}ndska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn fr{ao}n Medeltiden. This was item 6 on the West letter of August 31, 2009. - Explicit - ====================================================================== Created at 2010-02-15T00:50:29