The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Venice; this name meets that request.
Nice 13th century Welsh name!
The submitter's previous name, Scott Mac Alister, is retained as an alternate name.
In Gaelic, patronymic and clan bynames must match the gender of the given name; in Anglicized forms like these, women's names often appear with the masculine forms Mac and O.
Nice 14th century English name!
Please advise the submitter to splay the arms of the cross patonce, not just their ends. A properly drawn cross patonce can be seen at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cross-Patonce-Heraldry.svg.
The submitter is a duchess, and thus entitled to the display of a crown.
Her previous device, Azure, a bull couchant gardant contourny and on a chief argent three oak leaves vert, is retained as a badge.
Submitted under the name Ermelina de Carville.
As documented, this name mixed Gaelic and English, which would be a step from period practice. Commenters were able to document the name as a completely late period English name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the seeding on the cinquefoil as round and not star-shaped.
Submitted as Kesa of Atel Kuzu, the byname is a lingua Anglica form. However, the submitter did not demonstrate that Atel Kuzu was the standard modern form of the place name. Instead, that form appears to be Etelköz. While Etelköz is rarely used in English, it appears in some standard encyclopedias. Therefore we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt and registering the name as Kesa of Etelköz.
The submitter requested authenticity for 9th century Hungarian. We have no records for that period, so we cannot confirm the name is authentic for that period. Kesa is dated to no earlier than 1138. But the name is registerable.
The byname de Mantel is grandfathered to the submitter, as his father's registered name is Dyon de Mantel.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of Costança Daguiar, (Fieldless) A cross of Calatrava azure. Per the August 2008 Cover Letter, crosses Calatrava and moline are in two different families, and thus are considered substantially different.
This device is also not in conflict with the device of Richard deLacy, Argent, three bendlets enhanced and a cross moline fitchy azure. We might be tempted to reblazon Richard´s device as having a field Per bend bendy argent and azure, and argent, but his registered emblazon can not be adequately described as such a field, as his bendlets are grouped together and not even distributed across the space allocated for them: an arrangement that would be unregisterable today. Therefore, we must count his bendlets as charges and not as part of the field, giving one CD for the change in field, and another CD for the removal of the bendlets.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th to 14th England; this name is authentic for the 14th century.
The pattern Crimson X is grandfathered to the submitter (for those household names for which Red X is a reasonable construction), as he is the owner of the Household of the Crimson Alembic. As we would register Red Phoenix, this name may be registered.
His previous device, Argent, on a chevron gules three mortars and pestles Or, a chief gules, is retained as a badge.
Submitted as Caitríona inghean Fáoláin Uí Gearóid, Uí Gearóid is a constructed byname derived from the dated mac Gearóid In many cases, this construction is legitimate. However, clan bynames (the form created by Uí or Ó) were not created after the 11th century. Thus, many names that were borrowed from English at a later time cannot be used to create clan names. However, this name could be used to create a second generation patronymic, which takes the form mhic Gearóid. We have made that change in order to register it.
Additionally, the first part of the byname is misspelled. The patronym Fhaoláin does not have an accent on the first syllable. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Women's bynames must be lenited for grammatical reasons (lenition is a softening of the initial sound of the word). Therefore, the grammatically correct form of the patronym is Fhaoláin; we have made that change in order to register the name. Normally, the first letter of Gearóid would be lenited in a woman's byname, to make it Ghearóid. However, G- does not typically lenite when it follows -c, as in this case.
Please advise the submitter that a turnip proper as defined in Society blazon has a somewhat wavy line of division.
Please advise the submitter to draw the secondary charges larger to better fill the available space.
The use of the ululant posture is a step from period practice.
While commenters could not find evidence for the byname der Brauer (as opposed to Brauer), there are many examples of other occupational bynames that occur both with and without the article der in Socin. Therefore, this can be registered as submitted.
As a wooden charge is typically considered a color, not a metal, it would have poor contrast with the azure field here. However, the addition of the argent wings here are half the charge, making the whole neutral with respect to contrast.
His armory, Argent semy of ravens volant sable, is now his device. His previous device, Argent, in pale a goute de sang and a tick on a chief sable a decrescent argent, is now a badge.
Rodney was documented as the submitter's legal name, but no proof of that fact was attached. We remind all that documentation of the legal name allowance is required; some legal document (like a driver's license) with official numbers and other information blacked out suffices. Luckily, commenters were able to justify Rodney as a late period English given name. Rodney is dated to 1520 as a surname in Reaney and Wilson s.n. Rodney; there is a pattern of creating given names from surnames at that time.
The locative byname Skyraffin was found in that spelling in a Speed map; those maps date to just after 1600.
The submitter requested authenticity for Scottish. Unfortunately, the given name cannot be justified as a period Scottish name. Therefore we cannot meet the submitter's request.
This name places the Early Modern Ruadh in an otherwise Middle Gaelic name. The completely Middle Gaelic form would be Trian Ruad Mac Colmain. However, there is only one step from period practice for the lingual mix. The names are almost but not quite 300 years apart; if they were a few years further apart, the name would have a second step from period practice and would not be registerable without that change.
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of a period byname.
Please advise the submitter to draw internal detailing on the fox´s mask, to aid in its identification.
The submitter requested authenticity for 1550 Germany. While we cannot confirm that Herse was used at that time, it is quite plausible, as it was used both earlier and later than that time.
Ariana is found as a English woman's name, dated to 1598 and later in the IGI Parish Extracts.
This was originally submitted as an alternate name for Rychard Hawkyn. As that name was returned, this is being registered as his primary name. When a new primary name is registered, this may be changed to an alternate name.
While this name is reminiscent of the characters in The Three Musketeers, it does not conflict with any of them. The elements in the names are period, and in fact, the historical people on whom the characters in the novel are based are early 17th century Frenchmen. Thus, it is registerable: it has no conflict and is not obtrusively modern.
Her previous device, Vert, a sea-fox guardant between in chief two tripod pipkins argent, is released.
Please advise the submitter to draw the wyvern´s tail looped below its body, not behind it.
Commenters questioned whether the byname (which is only documented in Anglicized format) was properly formed. Aldyrne was able to find evidence for a 9th century use of the byname maicc Fingail, which lends credence to the idea of a late period Ó Fionnghail. Therefore, this name can be registered.
The submitter indicated an interest in a Latinized form of the byname; a fully Latinized name would be Christopherus de Capreis.
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice device!
Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor was able to date Galenus to 1554 and 1558 (Siebecke s.n. Galenus). This is sufficient to justify the vernacular Galen as a plausible German name.
This is the defining instance of a cross glandular in Society armory. It is a period charge found in the Livro da Nobreza, a Portuguese roll of arms c.1540, in the arms of Bulhao (fo.xxxvii). A cross glandular has three acorns issuant from the end of each arm.
Nice Old Norse name!
Havenholde is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter requested authenticity for 900-1000 Norse. As the given name is recorded only in sagas, we cannot confirm that it is authentic for that time. But the name is registerable as submitted.
Lozengy barry is substantially different than checky in field-primary armory, and so this device is not in conflict with the important non-SCA arms of Warenne, Earl of Surrey, Checky Or and azure.
Nice device!
Submitted as Ceinfryd ferch Talan, the spellings of the name elements were modern. While the spelling of the byname elements are suitable for the medieval time when the name Talan was in use, the same is not true of the given name. The given name appears in a variety of documentary forms, including Keinvryd. All dated forms include K- and -v-. We have changed it to the dated form in order to register the name.
The Letter of Intent said that Lorentze was feminine; the submitter may want to know that the evidence we could find suggests that it is masculine. But it is registerable.
All elements in the name are grandfathered to the submitter.
Nice 13th century English name!
This name mixes a Middle Gaelic given name with an Early Modern Gaelic byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
The depiction of the nebuly line here uses a variation of nebuly from later period German sources, in which each section is scalloped. This is merely an artistic difference.
Nice device!
Nice late period Spanish name!
Morgana is dated to between 1513 and 1521 in Rome (in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Names from an Early 16th C Census of Rome").
The submitter's previous name, Morgan Horsekeeper, is retained as an alternate name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the lion's head larger to make it clearly the sole primary charge.
Please advise the submitter to draw the mascles with thinner lines.
This name mixes a given name that is Anglicized Irish or Gaelic with a byname that is only documented in Scots. This is no more than a step from period practice; we decline to rule whether the mix of Anglicized Irish and Scots in a step from period practice or not.
Submitted as Soren the Wanderer, the submitter stated that Soren was his legal name. However, no evidence of that fact was provided and no one could find that spelling in period. We remind all that documentation of the legal name allowance is required; some legal document (like a driver's license) with official numbers and other information blacked out suffices. Barring that evidence, the changes made by kingdom must remain.
The submitter requested authenticity for c. 1500 Italy. The given name is found in Pisa at this time and the byname near Florence in 1427. Thus, the full name is likely for c. 1500 as well.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Rohesia de Séez, the submitter requested authenticity for 11th-12th century Norman French. The given name was already documented in that form, but the byname was only dated to later in period. Green Staff found the byname de Sees dated to 1177-8 in the Norhanton section of the Pipe Rolls. We have changed the byname to that form in order to meet this request.
This name was pended from the August 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Alienor de Séez, the submitter requested authenticity for 11th-12th century Norman French. The given name was already documented in that form, but the byname was only dated to later in period. Green Staff found the byname de Sees dated to 1177-8 in the Norhanton section of the Pipe Rolls. We have changed the byname to that form in order to meet this request.
This name was pended from the August 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Orlando dei Medici, Or, a crequier vert. Precedent says, "[n]o evidence was presented, and none could be found, that two chevronels were an artistic variant of chevronelly in period. The two designs seem visually distinct as well." [Ivo Blackhawk, Jan 2002, A-Ansteorra]. Therefore, there is a CD for the change of field, two CDs for change in type and number of primary charges, and another CD for the addition of the overall charge.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Floris van Montfort, Argent, two pallets gules overall a tree vert.
Submitted as Aulus Gaius Primulus, the name had two praenomens (which are the first element of such a name) followed by a cognomen. The submitter allowed the second element to be changed to Gauius, which was documented as a nomen, if Gaius could not be documented in that position. We have made that change in order to register the name.
This name mixes a Norse given name with an English byname. It may be a plausible lingua Anglica form of an Old Norse byname as well.
Caine is found as an English man's given name in 1564.
Nice device!
Please advise the submitter to draw the ford with deeper, more distinct waves.
This name does not conflict with the registered Duncan McClay. The second syllables of the bynames are substantially different in sound and appearance.
Nice device!
Nice 16th century English name!
The submitter's previous name, Muireann inghean ui Chormaic, is released.
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice 14th century German name; this exact name is dated to 1386.
Kolbrandr is grandfathered to the submitter.
The submitter's previous name, Kolbrandr húslangr, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for Italy; this name is plausible for Tuscany, but we have not been able to confirm that the name Livia was used in Rome.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Ysabella de Draguignan, Azure, a peacock in his pride argent the tail marked azure and in chief three fleurs-de-lys argent. While the azure markings on Ysabella's peacock are similar to the distribution of the hurts on Lucia's peacock, Lucia's are more evenly distributed over the entire peacock, and are decidedly tertiary charges. Therefore there is one CD for the addition of tertiary charges, and another CD for the removal of the secondary charges. There is no visual conflict under section X.5 of the Rules for Submissions, as the entire design must have an overwhelming visual resemblance, not just part of the design.
Her previous device, Sable, a hornless goat's head couped, a chief wavy Or, is released.
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of the attested inn digri.
Submitted as Marion Quyn, this name conflicts with the registered Maire Quinn. While the name was pended in hopes that a letter of permission to conflict could be obtained, it proved impossible. The submitter allowed the addition of the element of Cheschire in order to register the name; we have made that change.
Precedent says that names that are etymologically unrelated to titles are not presumptuous, even if they somewhat sound like titles (like Conyng, M'Queyn, and MacKnight (see the March 2009 registration of Roger Conyng for more details). As such, this name does not create the appearance of a presumptuous claim, although it sounds somewhat like the protected title queen.
This name was pended from the August 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Nice device!
This device was to be associated with the Order of the Silver Sea-Lion. Since that order name has been returned, we are unable to make that association.
The submitter requested authenticity for c. 1600 Gascony. his name is an authentic French name, but is not Gascon, which is a language closely related to Occitan. As he does not allow major changes, we cannot make the name authentic. Additionally, we cannot confirm that Delamontagne was used in Gascony. However, the name is registerable as submitted.
Submitted as Sáerlaith ingen Taithlech, the byname uses the nominative (subject) form of the patronym, not the genitive (possessive) which Gaelic grammar requires. The genitive form is Taithlig; we have changed the name to that form in order to register it.
Nice 15th century Swedish name!
Nice device!
Their previous device, Argent, a sperm whale sable within a laurel wreath vert, is retained as ancient arms. This is their second set of ancient arms; we see no need to limit groups on the number of ancient arms they may retain.
Takiyama is a placename, the name of a late period castle (discussed for example in Japanese Castles 1540-1640, by Stephen Turnbull).
This device is not in conflict with the device of Kian hrafn af Dyrnesi, Per chevron throughout argent and vert, two ravens respectant sable and a reindeer's head erased argent, collared sable and chained Or. There is one CD for changing the type of half of the primary charges. As reindeer are typically not collared, unlike dogs, the collar here is significant enough to count as a tertiary charge, giving the necessary additional CD.
Please advise the submitter to draw the valknut larger, to better fill the available space.
The use of a valknut is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Order of the Queen's Silver Blade, the use of an apostrophe in possessives is post period usage. We have removed the apostrophe in order to register the name.
Just as we would register the order name Silver Blade of X, where X is an owner, we allow the possessive form Queens Silver Blade.
Submitted as Queen's Order of Courtliness, the use of an apostrophe in possessives is post period usage. We have removed the apostrophe in order to register the name.
Nice Old Norse name! Both elements are found in settlement period Iceland.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Portugal; the name meets that request.
Nice device!
Nice 13th century name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th century Flemish/Dutch. This name is authentic for around 1400. Commenters could not find a form of the byname suitable for an earlier period. Therefore, we are registering it in the submitted form. The submitter may want to know that the form of the given name suitable for the 12th century is the Latinized Petronilla.
Please advise the submitter to draw the secondary charges larger to fill the available space.
Submitted as Wee Jamie Blackhart, the name was changed at kingdom to _Jamie Blackhart. The adjective wee could not be shown to be used as a standalone word in period (it's used in period together with little). As such it is not a plausible source for a byname.
The name is registerable as submitted, but with a different meaning. Edelweiss was able to demonstrate that Wee (probably derived from the modern word way) is a late period surname. As such, it can be used to create a late period English given name, which can occur before Jamie Blackhart. We have made that change in order to meet the submitter's preference.
Please advise the submitter to draw the crosses on the bordure as distinctly formy, so as not to run afoul of the restricted display of gules couped crosses on argent (the symbol of the International Red Cross).
Submitted as Alienora de Rouen, the submitter decided that she would like to add the byname l'enfermiere as a second byname (in part to clear a potential conflict with the registered Alianor Rowan). We have made that change in order to meet the submitter's request. As the addition of the element removes any possible conflict, we decline to rule on whether these names conflict.
The submission noted that the name might be out of order, as the typical Hungarian order puts family names first. However, the given name here is Latinized, and Latinized Hungarian names generally follow the pattern of putting given names first. The completely vernacular form would most likely be Barkacs Andras.
The depiction of the astrolabes on the Letter of Intent did not match the depiction on the forms sent to Laurel; the forms Laurel received were colored correctly, with the astrolabes solidly Or. The field (or in this case, the fess) should not show through the interior of the astrolabe.
Submitted as Frosthildr in dreka Snaebjarnardottir, the name was changed at kingdom to Frostu-Hildr in dreka Snaebjarnardottir. As each element has issues, we're going to address them one by one.
The originally submitted given name was documented from Fellows Jensen. While it is only attested as a place name element, her reconstruction is sufficient to allow its registration, even if other experts feel that a different spelling is more likely. We have therefore restored the given name to its submitted form.
The descriptive byname is incorrectly formed. Bynames formed from animal names in Old Norse do not take articles or change in gender. Therefore the correct form of a byname meaning "dragon" is draki. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Finally, the patronymic has a minor spelling mistake. The correct spelling is Snæbjarnardottir, rather than -ae-. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Nice device!
Submitted as Yahya ibn Abi Surayj ibn Abdul Gah'neyy al-Lahhan, the name was changed at kingdom to Yahya ibn Abi Surayj_Abdul Gah'neyy al-Lahhan. While consultation notes may have said otherwise, the byname ibn Abi Surayj Abdul Gah'neyy is not attested. As such, the submitter had changed it to a second patronymic. In order to register the name, we have restored it to the submitted form.
Submitted as Máire Docair inghean Chiaráin, the descriptive byname needs to be lenited, making it Dhocair. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Submitted as Chang Wu Yi Yun Chuang, a timely correction made the name Wu Yun. We have made that change in order to meet the submitter's request and register the name.
The submitter's previous name, Rhiannon Negeswr, is retained as an alternate name.
Upon his death, Lughaidh's device, Or, in pale two roses sable, a bordure vert, will be transferred as specified in the will.
Submitted as Tomasso Francesco, the name was changed at kingdom to Tommaso del Francia in order to meet the submitter's intended meanings and the documentation they could find. After communication with the submitter, the submitter indicated he preferred the name Tommaso Franceschi. As the last is a lovely early 15th century Tuscan name, we have happily changed it to meet the submitter's preference. The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century northern or central Italy; we cannot be sure these spellings were in use before 1400, but it seems likely, as they are dated to 1427. Only Latinized forms are found at an earlier time in Tuscany.
Please advise the submitter to draw larger and fewer fleurs-de-lys.
Submitted as John La Savage, the submitter requested authenticity for 1175-1225 England. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent, so the name was pended to allow commenters to research the authentic form.
While the submitted form is suitable for a later time, it is not suitable for before 1225. The form closest to the submitted form is the 1224 le Sauvage; we have changed the name to that spelling in order to meet his request for authenticity.
This name was pended from the August 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Submitted as Rodrigo De Montoya, the name was changed by kingdom to Rodrigo de Montoya. While the submitter allows no changes, kingdom stated that this change was approved by the submitter. Therefore, the name may be registered.
Submitted as Siólfr Steinarson, the correct patronymic formed from Steinarr is Steinarsson. We have made that change in order to register the name.
The submitter requested authenticity for early 16th century Swiss. Unfortunately, her name combines French and Low German, spoken in northern Germany. As such, a name appropriate for Switzerland would be quite different; it would be consistently French or High German. Her name is registerable as submitted, so we are not changing it to a possible Swiss form.
This name combines French and German, which is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Otto der Schwarzherz, no evidence was presented nor was any found that a byname meaning "the black heart" was plausible in German. There are several plausible options, including an inn-sign name (which would be something like zum Schwarzen Herz). However, the option closest in sound and appearance to his submission is to create two descriptive bynames, Schwarz and Herz (both found in late period in the IGI Parish Index). We have made that change in order to register the name.
Please advise the artist that an eagle's foot typically has three toes forward and one back.
Submitted as Rónán Sheapallh, the byname is only documented as a modern Gaelic form of the English Chapel. Aldyrne was able to construct a plausible period Gaelic form of the byname, Supélach. The Anglicized form, Chapel, is a different option that the submitter could use. Given the submitter's indications that he prefers a Gaelic form, we have changed it to the constructed Gaelic form in order to register it.
Submitted under the name Sean O Faolain.
Submitted as Albreda of Uffington, the submitter requested authenticity for 1090-1120 England. The spelling Uffington is only dated to the 14th century and later. A spelling suitable for her desired period is Uffitun, dated in Ekwall (s.n. Uffington) to 1177. We have made that change in order to meet her request for authenticity. We note that the name is registerable as submitted.
The submitter's previous name, Aoidhne Mora, is released.
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice late period English name!
Submitted as Coblaith of Áth Dara, the byname uses the Gaelic form of the name in a lingua Anglica byname (using of). The correct lingua Anglica form is of Adare; the correct Gaelic form is Átha Dhara. As the second form is closer to the submitted form, we have made that change in order to register it.
The submitter's previous name, Draco Giusti, is released.
Period depictions of brooches commonly have pins that appear to be piercing the field. The use in this device of a needle piercing the field seems well within the bounds of reason.
While there are period depictions of short-legged long-bodied dogs somewhat like modern dachshunds, no evidence has been presented that the modern breed dates any earlier than the 18th century. However, as hounds bred to chase badgers are certainly period, and have a similar appearance, we have chosen to use that term to describe the dogs here.
Myngdu is a constructed byname, meaning "dark mane." Harpy said:
"Myng" is an element showing up in some compound bynames meaning "mane (of hair)", usually combined with a color term. I haven't collected any examples in my database yet, but there are several listed in Gwylim Jones, "A List of Epithets from Welsh Pedigrees" 1927. (This must be my source for the CA#66 list.) Given that context -- and the fact that "du" is far an away the most common color nickname in uncompounded form -- I think "Myngdu" would be consistent with the known examples.
Submitted as Fáelán_Rúadán, this name combines two given names in Gaelic, a structure which is not found. The easiest solution is to make the second a patronymic, which would create a byname mac Rúadáin. We have made that change in order to register it.
The other option is to trade the second given name for the byname Ruad, making the name Fáelán Ruad.
While the spelling Chasteau is more typical in the medieval period, the spelling Chateau is compatible with late period French.
Nice device!
Her previous device, Argent, a turtle vert and a gore lozengy couped in fess azure and argent, is released.
Please advise the submitter to draw the gore with two concave sides, not one curved and one straight.
The submitter requested authenticity for 9th or 10th century Russian; unfortunately, the byname is not dated before late 11th century Russia. The name is probably authentic for that later time.
Commenters asked whether the hyphen was appropriate for before 1600. Forms with hyphens between Saint and the name can be found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "Names from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins". Thus the name can be registered as submitted.
The Letter of Intent gave the name Jacquelle d'Artos. However most commenters realized that the intended name was Jacquelle d'Artois. We have made that change in order to fix the typographical error.
His armory, Vert, an anvil argent, is now his device. His previous device, Sable, a butterfly fimbriated and lined Or, is now a badge associated with his household name Clan MacGowan.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Mori Takéo, examination of the forms indicates that the submitted form is Take'o. This is also the form that is found in the documentation; Takéo is not found as a period spelling. We have restored the name to the submitted form.
The submitter is a court baron and thus entitled to the display of a coronet.
Submitted as Gaheris Vitruvius Gracchus, this name includes a medieval given name in an otherwise completely Roman name. As no evidence was presented for this mix, we have dropped the element Gaheris in order to register the name. We note that another form for a Roman name would place a praenomen in place of Gaheris.
Blazoned when registered in December 1971 as Or, a quetzal proper perched on a pomegranate slipped and leaved gules, the quetzal and pomegranate are co-primary charges.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Anastasia de Granada, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Or, in pale a quetzal proper perched on a pomegranate slipped and leaved gules. There is a CD for change in the number of primary charges and another CD for the addition of the chief.
Please advise the submitter to draw the chief somewhat deeper and with more regular embattlements.
Danegeld Tor is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Please advise the submitter to draw larger and fewer rayons.
Nice name for England around 1300!
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Argent, semy of strawberries proper, a double-headed roc displayed sable, orbed gules, the bird here is not carrying an elephant, and is indistinguishable from an eagle.
The byname von Kallenberg is grandfathered to the submitter, as her father's name is registered as Albrecht von Kallenberg.
The byname is grandfathered to the submitter, as Sedania de Corwyn is the registered name of his wife.
Trava is the submitter's legal name. It is also documented as a period Russian masculine name, and would be registerable as such. The legal name allowance allows its use with the feminine byname.
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
Commenters could find no evidence of a Greek byname (or one in any other language) meaning "many faces." Without that evidence, the byname cannot be registered.
In the current rules, diminutives conflict with the root names they're derived from. As Lina is a diminutive of names ending in -lina, this name conflicts with the registered Lina Carville. Under the draft rules, these names will be clear of conflict, as we only consider sound and appearance.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Ermelina of Dragon's Mist.
None.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Orlando dei Medici, Or, a crequier vert. There is a CD for the addition of the orle, but no difference is granted between a crequier and an oak tree.
Unfortunately, this name creates a claim to be the daughter of the registered Anna von Bremen. Unmarked patronymic and matronymic bynames were used in Germany; therefore the two later elements of the name could be understood to refer to the protected name. We do not allow such a claim to be made without permission to presume from the protected person.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Xiahou Bu, Counter-vair, three crescents in pall inverted horns outward gules. There is only one CD for fieldlessness, but no difference is granted for conjoining.
This name conflicts with the registered Richard del Hauke. The bynames are not different enough to be registerable. The particle del does not contribute to difference, so the comparison is between Hawkyn and Hauke.
Precedent says:
While Mariot is not a diminutive of Gaelic Mairi, the difference in pronunciation between the two names, which is only the addition of an unstressed terminal syllable, is not a significant difference in pronunciation. [Mairi Berwyk, LoAR 04/2009, Ansteorra-R]
This case is equivalent.
We note that if the draft rules are accepted, these names will not conflict, as changes affect two syllables of the names.
The alternate name Armand Porteau d'Aramitz was registered as his primary name.
None.
None.
The current Rules for Submissions say that the addition of an adjective to an already modified noun does not clear conflict. In this case Sea Lion is an already modified noun (although it may also be seen as a single word). As such, this conflicts with the registered Sea Lion Pursuivant. We note that if the draft rules are accepted, this will be clear of conflict.
The second byname is a constructed late period Gaelic form of an Anglo-Irish family name, documented in Woulfe as the Anglicized Fresell. While a name with a descriptive byname and a family name is rare, it is registerable.
Nice device!
None.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability...Identifiable elements may be rendered unidentifiable by significant reduction in size..." The escarbuncles here are so thin that they disappear into the field at any distance.
Unfortunately, this name presumes a relationship with the registered Fernando de Santiago. The combination of bynames creates the appearance that Fernando de Santiago is his father. We do not allow that claim without a letter of permission to presume from the owner of that item.
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Sunniva Kyrre, (Fieldless) A compass star voided azure. There is a CD for fieldlessness, but no difference is granted between a compass star and a mullet of seven points.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Suleiman ibn al-Khattaru, (Fieldless) A camel statant to sinister argent. There is one CD for fieldlessness. While llamas were known to Western Europeans, they were not used in period armory, and so we must visually compare them with camels. Commenters felt that the two charges are too similar to warrant distinction, and therefore there is no difference between a llama and a camel.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.2.b of the Rules for Submissions, Armorial Contrast Requirements, which states "i. The field must have good contrast with every charge placed directly on it and with charges placed overall." Here the rightmost sea-lion is colored in shades of grey; the darker shading of the head and mane we will be generous and call sable, but the lighter grey of the tail and rest of the sea-lion can only be described as argent. This is poor contrast with the field. Redrawing the rightmost sea-lion as sable, using white for the internal details, would solve the problem.
The positioning of the rapiers also greatly hinders their identifiability, which is itself cause for return. One suggestion is to draw the rapiers upright rather than held over the shoulder.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Barberella le Rede, Quarterly per fess wavy argent and azure. As field-primary armory, there is one CD for the difference in the complex line, but that is all.
This conflicts with the registered Senán Ó Fáeláin.
Precedent says:
While Mariot is not a diminutive of Gaelic Mairi, the difference in pronunciation between the two names, which is only the addition of an unstressed terminal syllable, is not a significant difference in pronunciation. [Mairi Berwyk, LoAR 04/2009, Ansteorra-R]
This case is equivalent.
His device has been registered under the holding name Sean of Hawk's Hollow.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Agatha of Norwich, Sable, three lozenges and a bee three and one Or. Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a primary dragon's head and secondary lozenges, the lozenges and dragon's head in this depiction are nearly the same size, which makes this a group of four co-primary charges. There is one CD for the change in arrangement of the primary charges, but nothing for changing the type and tincture of only one of the four charges. If this device were redrawn with a clearly primary dragon's head between secondary lozenges, it would not conflict with Agatha's device.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Katerine Rowley, Quarterly azure and Or, four spur-rowels counterchanged. There is one CD for the change in field. There is no difference for the change in arrangement, as both arrangements are forced by the field. Spur-rowels are not considered different from a default mullet, and so only one of the four primary charges has changed type. The peacock here is considered the "lesser" half of the primary charges, by precedent:
While commentary was somewhat split on this issue, the general feeling was that to modify the Rules to define half of a group by line of division or as those charges on either side of an ordinary would only serve to encourage unbalanced armory. On the other hand, there are times when the visual impact of changes to charges which amount to "less than half the group" should be granted more difference. As a consequence, we are adopting Lady Dolphin's (now Lady Crescent) suggestion of allowing two changes to the minority of a group (i.e., the "lesser" half of a group of charges lying on either side of a line of field division or an ordinary) being sufficient for a Clear Difference. For example, "Per bend sinister sable and Or, a decrescent moon Or and three fir trees proper" would be allowed two CDs from "Per bend sinister azure and argent, a bear's head argent and three fir trees vert" with one CD for the field and another for the two changes to the charge in dexter chief. [Nov 1991 CL]
Unfortunately, there is only one change, that of type alone, of the "lesser" half here, and so must be returned for conflict.
It should be noted that this would not be a conflict under the proposed new rules, which grant difference for a single change to the "lesser" half of a group of changes.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submissions which requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." Commenters were unable to reliably identify the charges within the octagon. Guesses ranged from some sort of flower or some combination of flowers, to oddly-drawn fleurs-de-lys.
The use of an octagon is a step from period practice.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.4.d of the Rules for Submissions, Obtrusive Modernity - Modern Style, which states "Generally modern style in the depiction of individual elements or the total design may not be registered." Here the exact curving and placement of the fish around the triskele makes them look more like a modern Escher drawing rather than period heraldic art.
None.
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
The element Alabaster would normally not be registerable, as there is no pattern of a kind of stone or other material used in order names. However, the kingdom has a pattern of stone used as a type of material: Order of the Marble Chalice, Order of the Garnet Chalice, Order of the Onyx Chalice, and Order of the Diamond Chalice. Given the wide range of stones (both gemstones and stones used to make art objects) already registered to the kingdom, a stone like alabaster, used to make vases, lamps, and perfume jars, is well within the range. Therefore, the registration of an Alabaster Chalice would be unproblematic under the grandfather clause.
However, there is a second issue at hand, which is whether the grandfathering extends to the pattern material + a charge (besides chalice). We allow the registration of terms that are registered to the submitter. We also allow the registration of items that match a pattern registered to the submitter. In general terms, we expect "a pattern" to mean more than one type of object. In this case, the kingdom has multiple registrations of material + chalice and of material, but not of material + other charge. Therefore we are pending this to discuss whether the pattern is sufficient to allow the registration of material + keystone.
This was item 2 on the Gleann Abhann letter of October 31, 2011.
The submitter has asked that this be registered only if the submission Order of the Alabaster Keystone is returned. The use of Marble in an order name is grandfathered to the submitter.
However, there is a second issue at hand, which is whether the grandfathering extends to the pattern material + a charge (besides chalice). We allow the registration of terms that are registered to the submitter. We also allow the registration of items that match a pattern registered to the submitter. In general terms, we expect "a pattern" to mean more than one type of object. In this case, the kingdom has multiple registrations of material + chalice and of material, but not of material + other charge. Therefore we are pending this to discuss whether the pattern is sufficient to allow the registration of material + keystone.
This was item 3 on the Gleann Abhann letter of October 31, 2011.
The submitter requested that this be registered only if their submissions Alabaster Keystone and Marble Keystone were both returned. Therefore, this is pended until these items are decided.
This was item 4 on the Gleann Abhann letter of October 31, 2011.
The submitter requested authenticity for 11th C Basque, in the province of Soule, France. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. We are pending it to allow commentary on this request.
This was item 15 on the Trimaris letter of October 9, 2011.
Submitted as Hrafn Snarfari, the name was changed at kingdom to the lowercase, snarfari. Current precedent requires that the byname be changed in that way. However, we are currently discussing whether the precedent should be changed. Thus we are pending the name until this discussion is completed (on the April 2012 Letter of Acceptances and Returns), at which time it will be registered either as submitted or as changed by kingdom.
This was item 19 on the Trimaris letter of October 9, 2011.
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