This device is not in conflict with the badge of Yrjö Kirjawiisas, Sable, scaly Or, or the device of Deykin ap Gwion, Vert scaly Or, by complete change of tincture of the field.
Section X.4.a.ii of the Rules for Submissions says:
(b) Complete Change of Tincture - If the fields of two pieces of field-primary armory have no tinctures in common, they are considered completely different and do not conflict, irrespective of any other similarities between them.
...The addition of a field treatment is also a change of tincture, so Per fess argent and gules is completely different from Per fess argent masoned gules and sable.
In this case, scaly is a field treatment. The rules and precedents clearly state that a field X <treatment> Y is considered completely different from a plain field X. It seems perverse to rule "no tinctures in common" when considering a plain field versus that same field with a field treatment but to deny "no tinctures in common" when considering two fields with the same field treatment; this is a case where our use of the term tincture with regards to field treatments may be confusing.
It cannot be denied that two fields with the same treatment look similar, but X.4.a.ii.b also gives the example of the fur Ermine being completely different from the fur Argent ermined gules. Furs are not field treatments, yet visually the amount of tincture changed would be similar to that seen between a hypothetical Argent <treatment> sable and Argent <treatment> gules. However, field treatments typically leave more of the underlying tincture showing than they cover. Fortunately this case does not require Laurel to rule on whether or not two fields of identical underlying tinctures with the same type of field treatments in different tinctures are clear of conflict or not; this submission presents the simpler case of different underlying tinctures with identical treatments.
Therefore, we see no reason to not grant difference, and for field primary armory to grant complete difference, between two fields that share a field treatment, as long as the underlying tinctures are not identical.
His previous device, Per pale purpure and Or, a pair of trews potent, is retained as a badge.
The use of a raccoon, a New World animal, is a step from period practice.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a strawberry gules estencelé Or, the estencelé is identical to the expected seeding of a strawberry. Per the standards set forth on the March 2008 Cover Letter, we may blazon this simply as a strawberry proper.
Her previous device, Azure goutty d'Or, six lymphads sailing to sinister Or, each sail charged with a martlet volant to sinister gules, a base Or, is released.
Submitted as Caírech na hInnsi, the name was changed at kingdom to Caírech na h-Innsi to match the documentation. The hyphen in the documentation is a modern editorial addition. The submitted form is the period one, so we have restored the name to that form.
Submitted as Didrik Schweickhardt vom Schwartzwald, the submitter indicated he would prefer Dedric (or something closer to that). Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor was able to date Dedrich to 1601 as a German man's given name. We have changed the name to that form in order to meet the submitter's request.
The submitter requested authenticity for late period German. Changing the given name as indicated also meets the submitter's request for authenticity.
The Letter of Intent said that Schweickhardt was dated to the 16th century in Bahlow; unfortunately, it is a different spelling that is dated there. Luckily, Red Flame was able to date the submitted spelling to 1603. Therefore, that element can be registered as submitted.
The byname zum Schwarzwald is dated to 1378 in Karl Schmidt's Die Hausnamen und Hauszeichen im mittelalterlichen Freiburg. The spelling Schwartzwald is found in a 1570 map made by Abraham Ortelius. A byname using vom is also feasible; therefore, this byname can be registered as submitted.
Submitted as Dreye_Andrivaux, Andrivaux is documented only as the modern form of a period French place name. Dated forms include Andrivalles (1450) and Andrivals (1295), both in Dictionnaire Topographique du départment de la Dordogne. The submitted spelling can be registered in the lingua Anglica form of Andrivaux. The submitter approved this change, which we have made in order to register the name.
This name mixes a late period English given name and the lingua Anglica form of a French locative byname. The mix of English and French is not a step from period practice, as such mixes are found in Anglo-Norman England.
Edana was documented as a 1593 English woman's given name in the extracted IGI Parish records. This makes the name wholly English, as le Red is dated to 1332 (in Reaney and Wilson s.n. Read).
Her previous name, Edan inghean an Druaidh, is released.
As explained on the Cover Letter, the falcon and fountain are co-primary charges which is denoted by blazoning their arrangement first.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
Nice 13th century English name!
The submitter provided some evidence, and commenters provided more, of similar red-on-black armory in period Germany to support this simple device of three identical primarily-red charges on a black field. Slipping and leaving should always have some contrast with the field, but poor contrast is in general unremarkable.
Faustus is found as a Latinized man's name in late period German. It is probably derived from the saint's name. While commenters could not clearly date the spelling Göbler (unlike Gobler, which is clearly dated to before 1600), it is consistent with late period spellings of other bynames. Therefore, the name is registerable as submitted.
Please advise the submitter that a properly drawn heraldic ram does not have a beard.
Nice 16th century German name!
This device is not in conflict with the device of Juliana de Montaign of Huntington, Purpure, a Greek sphinx sejant Or. There is one CD for the change in field, and another CD for the unforced move to chief.
Please advise the submitter to draw the arrow shaft slightly thicker so it is more visible.
Nice 16th century French name!
Nice English name for the 14th century onward!
Please advise the submitter to draw the ravens larger, to better fill the available space.
Please advise the submitter to space the estoiles more regularly around the triquetra.
The submitter's previous name, Gillian de Marisco, is released.
The submitter's previous name, Gruffydd ap Anarawd, is released.
Guldenschuh was documented as the submitter's legal surname. Edelweiss was also able to find it as a grey period German surname, making this a lovely German name for shortly after 1600.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a dragon in the displayed posture.
There is a step from period practice for the use of pawprints.
Hruschka is the submitter's legal surname.
The character ' in English represents a scribal abbreviation and is generally not registerable. However, in various transliteration systems, ' represents specific letters. In Russian, it represents a letter. As such it is registerable in Russian.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a dragon in the displayed posture.
Submitted as Layla Bat Mikhael, the standard transliteration of the particle bat 'daughter' is written completely in lowercase. We have made that change in order to register the name.
The submitter requested authenticity for a Khazarian Jewish name. We have no evidence that Layla, a typically Arabic name, was used by Khazarian Jews. It was however used by Jewish women in Cairo.
Commenters discussed whether or not this was a properly drawn per chevron field division, as it issues from the lower corners of the field. As it does divide the field roughly in half, and seems plausible from the few period depictions of per chevron fields on square or rectangular shapes, it is acceptable. A more typical depiction would have the division issuing from the sides of the field.
Nice badge!
While formal Pinyin uses Lü for this family name, we also allow casual transliterations, which sometimes omit diacritic marks. Therefore, this can be registered as submitted.
Please advise the submitter to put more space between the orle and the bordure.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Isabella Evangelista, Per bend sinister ermine and checky gules and Or.
Viachedrago is an unmarked Russian patronymic. These are rare, but registerable. See the September 2007 Cover Letter for more details.
As per the August 2011 Cover Letter, while demons are no longer allowed, demon heads are still registerable.
Megan is the submitter's legal given name. Elmet was able to construct Megan as a gray period English man's given name, derived from an attested family name. An English given name is not compatible with a Russian feminine byname. Therefore, this registration must depend on the legal name allowance.
As per the November 2011 Cover Letter, "as mullets of five and six points voided and interlaced can be found in period armory and are simpler and more recognizable than a mullet of eight points voided and interlaced, we have declared their voiding and interlacing to be part of their definition of type, and so they may also be used as non-primary charges."
Submitted as Orn Thorinson, the byname Thorinson a constructed byname based on the documented Anglo-Norse f. Thorin. Assuming this represents a name that is identical to the legendary Thorinn, the correct patronymic form is Thorinsson. We have made that change in order to register it.
Please advise the submitter to draw the chevron inverted starting a little lower on the sides of the shield, so that it does not appear to touch the upper corners of the field.
Nice device!
Capitalization in French descriptive bynames is irregular in period; we find bynames with no capitalization, with capitalization of the descriptive element only, and with capitalization of both elements. Therefore the submitted capitalization is registerable, even though the attested forms of this byname have both elements in lowercase.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of Murtaugh the Galloglas, Gules, a boar statant to sinister Or. There is one CD for the change of posture of the boar, and another CD for the addition of the sustained secondary axe, as per the Cover Letter.
This name mixes a Gaelic given name with an Anglicized Irish byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
Nice device!
Submitted as Sophia Yfantissa, the name mixes transliteration systems (which our rules do not allow). Both ph and f are used to transliterate the same Greek letter. We have changed the transliteration used for the byname to match one used for the given name, in order to register the name; changing the given name would be equally valid.
Submitted as Sybilla Julianna Daetwyler, this name was documented from the search form at http://www.familysearch.org/. This site may only be use with great care, as the dates and spellings for these genealogical records are often modernized and sometimes have errors. The IGI Parish Records search, a tool created by Edelweiss, limits the search to records that have transcribed directly from parish records and other official documents. As such, data from that source is a reasonable source for documentation.
If using the IGI search directly from the familysearch.org site, you must make sure that the batch number indicates that the records are from an extraction program and that the source of the records is acceptable. A description of the batch numbers can be found at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/IGI_Batch_Number_Descriptions. In general batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable. When citing an IGI record be sure to include the batch number.
In the extracted Parish Records, commenters were able to find the submitted spellings of the given names. However, they were unable to find Daetwyler before the 18th century. The dated form they could find that was closest to the submitted form is Detweiler. We have changed the name to that form in order to register the name.
Her previous device, Azure, three crescents inverted argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice device!
Please advise the submitter to center the charges upon the middle of the field.
Submitted as Eilaf Spjalboðason, the name was changed at kingdom to Eilaf Spiælbodhason to match the documentation they could find. The submitter requested authenticity for the Danelaw, Viking England. The given name Eilaf is found as an Anglo-Norse form in the Domesday book, dated to 1066, and as such is authentic for the submitter's desired time and place.
The byname as submitted uses the standardized Old Norse spellings, which are a modern scholarly construction suitable for places like Iceland in the Viking era. The spelling Spiælbodhason that kingdom used is an Old Swedish form, which is later than the Viking period. The Nordiskt runnamslexikon gives Spiallbuði as the standardized Old East Norse form. This is the language used in the Danelaw during the Viking period, though no evidence that the name itself was used in the Danelaw could be found. However, this is enough evidence to allow it to be considered possibly authentic for the Danelaw. The patronymic byname derived from this name is Spiallbuðason; we have made that change in order to meet his request for authenticity.
Capitalization in French descriptive bynames is irregular in period; we find bynames with no capitalization, with capitalization of the descriptive element only, and with capitalization of both elements. Therefore the submitted capitalization is registerable, even though the attested forms of this byname have both elements in lowercase.
The submitter's previous name, Cordelia Talbot, is released.
Some commenters expressed concern over the use of an overall charge in a fieldless badge. By long-standing precedent, as long as both charges maintain their identifiability, overall charges on fieldless badges are allowable. The two charges here are both readily identified, and thus this badge is registerable.
Reblazoned in June 2004 as Gules, a dexter gauntlet fesswise proper sustaining a goblet Or, as noted on that letter these are co-primary charges.
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of a Latin byname.
The submitter's previous name, Elaine de Montgris, is retained as an alternate name.
This badge is not in conflict with the badge of Fredrich der Rothirsch, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as (Fieldless) A heart attired of a stag's antlers gules. There is one CD for fieldlessness, and another CD for changing the tincture of the antlers, which in both cases are significant enough to count as secondary charges.
The submitter's previous name, Juliana Celestria, is released.
Reblazoned in April 2006 as Per pale gules and sable, a winged sphinx sejant erect guardant argent and in chief a pinecone, stem to base Or, we are clarifying the type of sphinx.
Blazoned when registered in January 2010 as (Fieldless) In pale a wyvern displayed argent breathing flames gules sustaining an arrow fesswise reversed sable, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Sion of Nant-y-Derwyddon, Argent, a phoenix purpure, rising from flames of fire proper, a chief azure. There is one CD for adding the tertiary charge group, and by long-standing precedent another CD for changing the tincture of the phoenix's flames which represent half the charge.
Her previous device, Argent, a wooden cradle proper, on a chief azure three lilies Or, is retained as a badge.
Blazoned when registered in June 2010 as Azure, in pale an owl contourny sustaining a sword fesswise reversed Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
The Letter of Intent had the additional phrase tail sufflexed in the blazon. There is one similar case in precedent:
[Tail reflexed to base.] The submitter wishes her device's blazon to specify the exact placement of the cat's tail. ... While I sympathize with the submitter's wish to have her emblazon rendered as she prefers, this can't be done at the expense of correct blazonry. The posture of the tail is heraldically insignificant; moreover, the proposed reblazon doesn't use standard heraldic terms. Reflexed to base is not to be found in Parker, Franklyn & Tanner, Woodward, or any of our normal texts; nor is it found in the OED. As Lord Crescent noted, it seems pointless to "clarify" a blazon with an ambiguous phrase. This seems to be a problem more easily solved by communication with the artists than by torturous reblazon. [Leah Kasmira of Natterhelm, R-Outlands, March 1993 LoAR]
The same holds true here. The term sufflexed is not found in any of our standard heraldic texts, the exact positioning of the tail is heraldically insignificant, and the phrase is ambiguous. We have not registered tail sufflexed in blazon since 1990, and see no need to revive the practice.
The submitter has permission to conflict with Order of the Raven, registered to the Barony of Raven's Fort.
Blazoned when registered in October 1982 as Per chevron enhanced Or and vert, a unicorn couchant to sinister reguardant argent, armed and crined Or, and in chief two hawks combattant sable, the hawks and the unicorn are all primary charges. Furthermore, combattant is a posture we no longer use to describe birds.
Daniel grants permission for any name not identical to his heraldic title Troll Herald Extraordinary. If, in the future, the rules allow identical names, Daniel will allow an identical registration.
Listed on the Letter of Intent as a new device, this is actually a device change. His previous device, Per pale argent and sable, a triquetra inverted between three dachshunds statant in annulo one and two counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Blazoned when registered in September 1992 as Per pale Or and gules, a stag's massacre surmounted by a heart per pale gules and Or, we are clarifying the position of the charges. The antlers in this case count as a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in December 2000 as (Fieldless) A stag's massacre surmounted by a heart gules, we are clarifying the position of the charges. The antlers in this case count as a secondary charge.
As further discussed in the Cover Letter, bynames that are not identical to ranks we protect are registerable. As Masters is not identical to the title Master, is an attested byname, and was used by people who had no particular rank, it can be registered. If the draft rules are adopted as proposed, this byname could be registered to those who are entitled to use this title.
This was pended from the September 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
His previous device, Or semy of hearts, two pomegranates and a sun in its splendor gules, is retained as a badge.
Submitted as Cian mac Cináed_, the submitted form of the name uses the nominative form for the patronymic byname instead of the required genitive (possessive) form. The correct form is mac Cináeda; we have made that change in order to register the name.
The form of the byname that was documented is Coltbayn; however, the spelling -bayne for the second element can be found in the dated byname Longerbayne (Reaney and Wilson, s.n. Cockbain). This is therefore registerable as submitted (as a constructed byname).
Isabella was documented on the Letter of Intent as either an English or as an Italian name. Edelweiss was able to find evidence of its occasional use in late period Spain (which matche the remainder of the name), though Isabel was always more common.
The submitter's previous name, Isabella Ponce, is released. While the Letter of Intent said that she had not indicated a disposition, later communication with the submitter indicated that she intended the name to be released. We remind people that the default disposition for old items is to release them. We only retain old items when the submitter explicitly requests it.
Blazoned when registered in January 2009 as Azure, in bend a hawk rising contourny Or sustaining a trident bendwise sinister argent, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th - 14th century English. Elmet was able to find evidence of Matthew and del Forest in the later 14th century. While Matthew del Forest is the likely written form, a vernacular spoken Matthew of the Forest is not implausible. Thus, this name meets that request.
This name does not conflict with the registered Matthew Forrester. The bynames are sufficiently different in sound and appearance to be clear of conflict.
The submitter requested authenticity for Roman culture. This name meets that request.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the ululant posture.
Blazoned when registered in June 2011 as (Fieldless) In fess a shepherd's crook sustained by a winged cat sejant, pendant from the crook a lantern sable, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th-16th century German; this name is authentic for the 14th century and later.
Submitted under the name Valdís Álarsdóttir
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th to 15th century German. As the given name is dated to the 15th century, we need a byname form suitable for that time. Schultz was in use as the byname of an adult man by 1503; this is sufficient to suggest that it may have been in use slightly earlier. Thus, the name as submitted is authentic for the late 15th/early 16th c. An earlier form of the name would be Wolff Schulcz; this would be suitable for the earlier 15th century.
Nice device!
Their previous device, Gules, a falcon contourny sinister wing expanded and inverted perched on a falconer's glove reversed in chief three laurel wreaths Or, is retained as ancient arms.
Please advise the submitters that the legs of a bird in the volant posture should be stretched backwards, not forwards.
Bright Hills is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Blazoned when registered in September 2007 as (Fieldless) In fess a tilting lance sustained by a seahorse argent, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in November 2011 as Quarterly sable and vert, in fess a tilting lance argent sustained by a lion Or maintaining in its sinister forepaw a heart gules, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in December 2011 as Argent, in pale a hammer fesswise contourny sustained by a sinister gauntlet aversant sable, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Reblazoned in April 2011 as (Fieldless) In pale a raven displayed sable sustaining a sword fesswise Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Nice late period English name!
Nice late period Spanish name!
This badge does not conflict with the CBS logo, best blazoned as (Fieldless) On a roundel azure an eye argent irised azure.
Blazoned when registered in January 2009 as (Fieldless) A penguin statant proper wearing a spangenhelm argent strapped Or sustaining a spear argent headed Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
As most charges arranged in annulo would default to palewise, a second in annulo is required to specify the orientation of the grenades as well.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Arion Cornellion of Blackhawk Moor, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Per chevron Or and vert, two hawks rising respectant sable and a unicorn couchant contourny regardant argent, armed and crined Or. There is one CD for the change in type of half the primary charge group, the bottommost charge, and another CD for the change in posture of half the primary charge group, since there is difference granted between rising and close.
Commenters found period evidence of bends engouled where the tincture of the bend and the heads were different.
Dun Carraig is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter is a countess and thus entitled to the display of a coronet.
Please advise the submitter to draw the mullets with sharper angles.
This name is plausible only for a brief period around 1100, in the transition between Old English and Middle English. At this time, we see a variety of transitional forms, including locative constructions that do not use the earlier dative form (which would be of Oxenaforda). However, this name is compatible with documentary forms of that time. We compliment the submitter's research.
His previous name, Lodwig von Neusohl, is retained as an alternate name.
Submitted as Haus_Charlottenburg, the placename Charlottenburg is grandfathered to the submitters. The castle of that name was built shortly before 1700 and the town chartered 1705. Thus, the name is not registerable without this allowance.
In August of 2010, examples of household names derived from placenames were cited in the Letter of Acceptances and Returns. It said in part:
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).... 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.
As there are examples which use the unmodified placename, this can be registered as Haus zum Charlottenburg. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the sun smaller, to give the primary charges more room.
The submitter's previous name, Nowell Forrestor, is released.
Her previous device, Azure, a winged unicorn rampant and on a chief argent three passion crosses gules, is released.
Submitted as Onóra Dhruine, the submitter asked for assistance constructed an appropriate byname meaning "embroiderer." Kingdom changed the name to the constructed byname Druinech However, this is the pre-1200 Middle Gaelic byname, while the given name is Early Modern Gaelic. The constructed Early Modern Gaelic form is Dhruineach. We have changed the byname to make the name completely Early Modern Gaelic.
His previous name, Robert Bedingfield of Lochmere, is released.
Nice 13th century English name!
Blazoned when registered in March 2008 as Gules, in fess a sword inverted proper sustained by a sealion erect within an orle of suns Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
This name mixes an Italian given name and an English byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
Sibry was documented from Talan Gywnek's "Feminine Given Names in 'A Dictionary of English Surnames'" as a byname derived from the feminine given name Seburg. However, that documentation as a byname is not clear evidence that Sibry was ever used as a given name. Luckily, this can also be documented as a late period masculine given name derived from a family name. Dolphin was able to date William Sibry to 1569 and Richard Sibry to 1595. As there is a pattern of creating masculine given names from family names at that time, a sixteenth century masculine Sibry is plausible, and this name can be registered.
Please advise the submitter to draw the carpenter's square in such a way that one side of it isn't obscured by the badger.
Submitted under the name Síoda mac Craobháin.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of Pierre de Noves, Vert, a fox's mask within a bordure argent charged with fourteen torteaux. When comparing tertiary groups, we should compare groups on corresponding types of underlying charges: charges on primary charges, and charges on secondary charges. In this case, there is one CD for removing the tertiary charge group on the secondary bordure, and another CD for adding the tertiary charge group on the primary fox's mask.
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in January 2007 as Or, in fess a glaive sable sustained by a frog rampant guardant vert, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Bai is often used in period as a term of respect for "royal women." However, it was also used for women who had not particular rank in our terms: slave girls belonging to the king, for example. At some point, the term came to be used more broadly, to refer to respectable women of all sorts. Given this usage and our dearth of information about Indian bynames, we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt about the byname and registering the name as submitted.
This was pended from the September 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Submitted as Bako Miklós, it is unclear whether the accents in Hungarian should be consistently included or omitted, following a single style of writing a sound, or whether they may be registered with a mix of writing and not writing the accents. To be consistent, we have dropped the accents in the given name.
Nice Hungarian name!
The documentation presented for the byname in the Letter of Intent was from an 18th century book, which means the spellings cannot be trusted to be medieval spellings. The 2002 book Courtship and Constraint: Rethinking the Making of Marriage in Tudor England by Diana O'Hara discusses a lawsuit involving parties named Alis Porter and Regenold Aderyn. Thus, the name can be registered as submitted.
Blazoned when registered in December 2011 as (Fieldless) In bend sinister a raven sustaining a spear bendwise sable, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in November 2010 as (Fieldless) In pale an eagle sable sustaining and perched upon a war hammer fesswise gules, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Submitted as Juliana de Lyndewod, the name was changed at kingdom to Juliana de Lyndewode to match the documentation the kingdom could find. Commenters were able to find a variety of forms both with and without a final -e. Therefore we are able to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and restore the byname to the submitted spelling.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Etain Winterbourne, Purpure, on a bend between two escallops argent, three violet plants palewise vert, flowered purpure. There is a CD for the change in type of the secondary charges, and another CD for the change in orientation of the secondary charges.
The name mac Michael is a plausible Anglicized Irish name. Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada's "Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents" (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/Masculine.shtml) has examples like Brian mac Felim, Bryen mac Connor Ohein, Cahir mac Hugh Duffe, and Cahir mac Phelim. Thus, this can be registered as submitted.
Submitted as Nikolaus Grünenwaldt the name was changed at kingdom to Nikolaus Grunewaldt on the basis of the information they could find. Luckily, Red Flame was able to find a 1572 Grünenwald. The spelling wald and waldt vary in late period German. Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "German Place Names from a 16th C Czech Register" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/modernperiod.html) has, for example, Schönwald and Schlackenwaldt. Therefore we can restore the byname to the submitted spelling.
Please advise the submitter to draw the ivy vine and its leaves somewhat thicker and larger, to better aid in its identification.
Submitted under the name Sólveig háleggr Jóhansdottir.
Blazoned when registered in March 2011 as Purpure, in fess a sword inverted argent handled Or entwined of a rose vine proper sustained by a dragon rampant Or bellied argent, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Dragon is an unmarked Russian patronymic. These are rare, but registerable. Please see the September 2007 Cover Letter for more details.
Blazoned when registered in February 1992 as Purpure, a swan displayed argent and on a chief Or two sphinxes sable, we are clarifying the type and posture of the sphinx.
Reblazoned in February 2006 as Azure, in fess a needle Or sustained by a bear rampant argent vested in a fool's motley lozengy Or and gules, the needle is definitely a maintained charge. The bear is also more motley than argent, having only his head, front paws, and tail showing.
The submitted spelling of the locative Thingwalla does not appear to be grammatically correct. It is plausible as the nominative form of the place name but the dative form is needed in this locative byname. Various Latinzed forms were provided by the submitter. In addition, the spelling {th}inguall{ae}, dated to 1347 in the submitter's documentation, is a dative form from the appropriate time. Thingwallæ is a reasonable construction based on that form and others that Gunnvor silfraharr was able to find in Oluf Rygh's Norske Gaardnavne.
While the forms stated that the submitter allowed no changes, the submitter explicitly authorized this change.
The submitter indicated that she wanted a name authentic for 13th century Germany. However, this name is documented as an English name. Nonetheless, it is registerable, though we cannot meet the submitter's request for authenticity.
Submitted as Veer Förden, Shire of, all the examples of names including numbers are single words. Therefore we have combined the two elements in order to register the name.
The submitters requested authenticity for Low German during the High Gothic Time period. We cannot be sure that this spelling is appropriate for that early period, but the general form certainly is.
Nice English name from the 14th century on!
Reblazoned in December 2003 as Lozengy vert and Or, an owl argent perched atop and sustaining a drawstring pouch fesswise gules, we are clarifying that the owl and pouch are co-primary charges.
Blazoned when registered in May 2007 as Azure, in pale a spear fesswise reversed sustained by a mastiff statant erect reguardant argent, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in May 2007 as (Fieldless) In fess a pole axe sustained by a wyvern erect Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Reblazoned in October 2010 as Azure, in fess a brunette mermaid contourny and sustaining a drawn bow with arrow nocked all proper, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in June 2011 as Azure, in fess a trident bendwise Or sustained by a blonde mermaid proper, a gore Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Nice Old Norse name! Both elements are found in the Landnamabok, which is an account of the first few generations of settlers in Iceland.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century northern France. This name meets that request.
This device was pended from the September 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to discuss whether or not the halberd was considered a maintained charge or a sustained co-primary charge. Under the precedent set on this month's Cover Letter, the halberd here is considered a maintained charge, being less than half the visual weight of the lion. Therefore this device does not run afoul of the ban on "slot-machine heraldry", and may be registered.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th to 13th century Danish. This name does not meet that request. Ansgar is an originally Germanic name, which is first attested in Denmark in the late 12th century. By that time, a Viking byname like the constructed hvítøx is quite unlikely. However, the name is registerable as submitted.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
Nice 13th century English name!
Blazoned when registered in March 2011 as Quarterly azure crusilly bottony argent and gules, in bend a swallowtail pennon sustained by a lion Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Reblazoned in January 1989 as Per fess argent and vert, a red-haired Caucasian Greek Sphinx proper, furred Or, wings displayed azure, we are clarifying the posture of the main charge.
Blazoned when registered in December 2009 as Argent crusilly clechy sable, in bend a poleaxe bendwise sinister sable sustained by a fox rampant gules marked sable, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Reblazoned in July 2009 as Argent, a winged sea-lion erect contourny gules sustaining a tau cross bendwise sinister sable distilling three gouttes de sang, as the letter noted the sea-lion and tau cross are co-primary charges.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as an ouroboros, the submitter provided documentation of images in period art of an ouroboros as a serpent or dragon biting its own tail. However, the depiction used here matches none of the submitted documentation. The creature here has no wings, spines or spikes or horns one would expect with a dragon or wyvern, yet it has two legs. We have chosen to blazon it as a lizard involved, as the number of legs is not significant.
This order name does not conflict with the registered Blanc Gryffon Herald. Blanc and Black are quite different in sound, sharing only the first consonant cluster in common. Precedent says that a change of one in four letters can be enough of a change in appearance; here, two letters of five are changed.
This order name does not conflict with the Award of the Queen's Glove of Ansteorra. While in August 2010, Laurel ruled that Order of Courtesy conflicted with Queen's Order of Courtesy, this case is not equivalent. In the August 2010 case, Queen's was part of the designator, as it specified who the order belonged to. As designators do not contribute to difference, an adjective in the designator cannot contribute to difference. In this case, Queen's is part of the substantive element, as it indicates which glove the order is named for. Just as Green Glove is clear of Glove, Queen's Glove is clear of Glove.
This order name does not conflict with House of the Golden Cock. The words Peacock and Cock are substantially different in sound and appearance. While the word peacock is derived etymologically from the word cock, they were independent words from at least the 12th century.
Blazoned when registered in March 2005 as (Fieldless) In fess a sword argent sustained by a griffin Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in March 2005 and associated with the Order of the GRiffin and Sword in February 2007 as (Fieldless) In fess a sword sustained by a griffin sable, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in January 2005 as (Fieldless) A compass rose argent sustained by a horse rampant Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Submitted as Anthoni Domingo de Zaragoza, this name is registerable as submitted. However, the submitter asked for authenticity for c. 1370 in the kingdom of Aragon. Aragon at that time was quite varied, with some areas speaking a language very like Castilian, while others were Catalan speaking. The given name Anthoni (as opposed to Anton or Antonio) is typical of Catalan. In 1389 Barcelona, a name like Anthoni Domingo de Saragoça would be not unusual; all those elements are found in a census of the city in that year. We have changed the name to that form in order to meet the submitter's authenticity request. For comparison, in the Castilian-speaking area of Navarra in 1366, a name like Anton Domingo de Çaragoça would be typical.
Listed on the Letter of Intent as a change of holding name, the name Jane of Bright Hills was a normal name submission. However, this is a resubmission from a 1991 return of a change of name. As such no fees are owed to Laurel.
Her previous name, Jane of Bright Hills, is released.
The device has a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
Her previous device, Or, a raven and on a chief embattled sable, two quill pens in saltire argent, is released.
Sverchek is an unmarked Russian patronymic. These are rare, but registerable. See the September 2007 Cover Letter for more details.
Submitted as Máel Mide ingen Domhnaill, the byname mixes the pre-1200 Middle Gaelic ingen with the post-1200 Early Modern Gaelic Domhnaill. We do not allow such mixes in a single name phrase (byname). As the submitter indicated interest in a 9th century name, we are changing the name to the completely Middle Gaelic ingen Domnaill.
Submitted as Millicent of Essex, the name was changed in kingdom to Milicent of Essex to match the documentation they could find. Commenters were able to date the originally submitted given name as a 16th century name. Therefore we have restored the submitted name.
By precedent, "There is a CD between a fish and its skeleton" [LoAR 09/2006, David Fisch], so there is no violation of the so-called "sword-and-dagger" rule for having similar but not identical charges in two different charge groups.
Blazoned when registered in December 2004 as Vert, a tilting lance sustained by two stags combatant argent, a bordure engrailed Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Reblazoned in January of 2010 as Per pale azure and sable, in pale a seax fesswise argent sustained by an eagle's sinister wing terminating in a hand Or, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in November 2011 as Gyronny gules and Or, in fess a spoon argent charged with a fleam reversed vert sustained by a mouse statant erect ermine, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in February 2007 as Argent, a crab inverted azure sustaining a trident fesswise reversed sable and a chief azure, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in February 2006 as Argent, a crab tergiant inverted azure sustaining a trident fesswise reversed sable, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Blazoned when registered in August 1988 as Barry wavy azure and argent, a scorpion palewise and on a chief wavy Or, an Egyptian sphinx azure, faced argent, we are clarifying the posture of the sphinx. A scorpion is palewise by default.
This is an appeal of the Laurel return of the name in September 2008. At that time, the name was returned because the spelling Arianwen was unregisterable. In September 2011, the spelling Arianwen was ruled registerable as a late period spelling of an early Welsh name. We do not know what the early spelling of the name was; therefore, we allow later period spellings to be registered. As such, this name can be registered.
Commenters observed that this name might conflict with Kathryn Morgan; that name should have been released when Kathryn's name was changed to Emma la Rousse d'Argentain in April 1996. This item is dealt with in errata.
Even if this had not been released, the names Catriona and Kathryn, while etymologically linked, are quite different in sound and appearance, at least as different as Mary and Miriam, which are similarly linked but are given as an example of two names that do not conflict. Thus these names do not conflict.
Blazoned when registered in June 1995 as Per chevron sable estoilly argent and argent, in base a rose sable barbed vert and seeded gules, on a chief argent a Greek androsphinx guardant gules, we are clarifying the gender and posture of the sphinx.
Reblazoned in October 2010 as Azure, in pale a scarf enarched gules with a stripe purpure sustained by a blonde mermaid contourny proper, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Reblazoned in February 2011 as Argent, in fess a wyvern erect contourny azure sustaining by the blade a sword inverted sable, a bordure azure, we are clarifying the relative sizes of the charges.
Her previous device, Per bend sable and gules, a swan rousant contourny and in chief three fleurs-de-lys argent, is retained as a badge.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th century Norse. The structure of this name is far more likely for an earlier period; by the 12th century, descriptive bynames like járnsaxa have largely disappeared.
His previous name, Duncan McClay, is retained as an alternate name.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a drakkar, the prow and stern in this depiction do not follow the S-shapes of a drakkar. While there is no difference granted for type of ship, we have reblazoned it as a galley to better match this depiction.
His previous device, Argent, a horse's head couped gules, on a chief sable two increscents argent, is retained as a badge.
Reblazoned in May 1992 as Argent, a giant dung beetle proper, we are clarifying the tincture and posture of the beetle.
Submitted as Waleric von Brederek_, the dated form of the locative is Bredereke. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Commenters could not find the spelling Waleric in period Germany, but could find it in England. As such, this name mixes English and German, which is a step from period practice.
Please advise the submitter to draw the crosses larger to better fill the available space.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Adriana Maria Presley, Sable, on a rose Or seeded and barbed vert, a dragon salient sable. There is no difference granted between a rose and a sexfoil, and the change of only the type of the tertiary charge is also not worth a CD.
This device also has identifiability problems, which themselves are sufficient cause for return under section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." A properly drawn sexfoil shows the field between the petals, so that they can be distinguished. Many commenters confused this depiction of the sexfoil with either a sun or a mullet, both of which interpretations have multiple conflicts. While the chrysanthemum is large enough to be considered a tertiary charge, the lack of internal detailing greatly hampered its identification.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Catherine of Ynys Fawr, Per fess sable and vert, in chief three mullets Or. There is only one CD for the change to the field.
This device is returned for having two steps from period practice. There is one step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture. The combination of the roundel and the crescents, as a "phases of the moon" motif, is also a step from period practice by precedent:
The motif a roundel between an increscent and a decrescent has previously been ruled registerable but one step from period practice [Linet Grímófsdóttir 7/2005]
This device is returned for redraw, as there are not enough flames to adequately describe the butterfly as being enflamed. Please advise the submitter to either add more flames, particularly along the sides of the butterfly's wings, or remove them altogether.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Marcus Artorius Metellus, Gules, on a pale between two lions combatant argent two daggers with hilts to center sable. There is one CD for the change of type of the secondary charges, but the change in number only of the tertiary charges is not sufficient for a CD.
It should be noted that this would not be a conflict under the proposed new rules, which grant difference for the change in number only of the tertiary charges.
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn per chevron field division; the field division here is too low. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw per chevron.
This device is returned for using the restricted charge of a four-toed Oriental dragon, which is the symbol of the ruler of Korea. The submitter should be advised that a five-toed Oriental dragon is similarly restricted; two or three toes is acceptable.
The use of an Oriental dragon is a step from period practice.
While there is evidence of insects being used occasionally in period heraldry, we have found no evidence, and none has been presented, that insect body parts were used as charges in period heraldry. While we might be inclined to rule the use of insect body parts to only be a step from period practice, the difficulty in identifying them reliably leads us to instead rule that insect body parts are not registerable without evidence in period armory, and thus this badge must be returned.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as ermine spots, the charges here are identical to crosses clechy fitched at the foot. Due to the ambiguity, this is an unacceptable variant of an ermine spot. As we are unsure which the submitter actually desires, crosses or ermine spots, we are returning this submission for a redraw.
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." The serpents here are indistinguishable from ribbons, and their posture and arrangement cannot be adequately blazoned.
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn per chevron field division; the field division here is too low. We would have reblazoned this as a Per pall inverted field, as it is evenly divided in thirds, but we have no evidence for a per pall or per pall inverted field where only some of the lines of division are complex. Please advise the submitter to either redraw it as a per pall inverted field with all of the lines using the same complex line of division, or raise the per chevron line higher on the field. Please see the May 2011 Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw per chevron lines of division.
This item was withdrawn by the submitter.
This name had been pended to discuss whether the Tocharians had enough contact with Europe to allow the registration of such names. Green Staff said:
We have some evidence that the Byzantines were aware of the historical antecedents of the Tocharians, through reading the ancient Greek geographers and their contact with the Kushan empire. We know that the Tocharians might reasonably have traveled to Europe, since their neighbors the Sogdians did travel to Byzantium (as well as China), and we have evidence of Byzantine coins in western China during the appropriate time period.
This evidence is sufficient to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and register a Tocharian name. We note that Tocharian culture is peripheral at best to the activities of the SCA.
This name was pended from the September 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
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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." The phoenix here, reblazoned as a demi-phoenix, is entirely missing its flames. It's closer in appearance to a demi-eagle, except the head is not that of an eagle. Furthermore, the cross pointed here is drawn so small that, due to the tinctures used, many commenters confused it with the reserved symbol of the Red Cross, which is itself cause for return.
The designator Companions was officially disallowed in 2003, and has not been registered since 1981. Barring evidence that it was used in period order names, it is not registerable.
This order name was intended as the Latin form meaning "griffin's light." However, no one could find evidence that this follows a pattern for the creation of order names. Orders may be named after charges or after abstract desirable qualities. Light, unfortunately, is neither. A word like lamp would be registerable as a charge, but this would be too great a change. Even if a word like lamp were allowed, we only find objects described as belonging to saints, not to creatures like griffins. Green Staff points out that Griffinus is a Latinized given name (a form of Welsh Gryffydd) and could be registerable in the context of a saint's name. So, Ordo Lucerna Griffini 'Order of Griffin's Lamp' would be registerable. But this is a much greater change than we can make.
This badge has been withdrawn by kingdom.
This device is returned 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 cross formy on the vol is unidentifiable both by being too small, and also by becoming lost in the internal detailing of the vol, such that many commenters didn't notice its existence at all.
Please advise the submitter, upon resubmission, to draw the chevron higher on the field. Please see the May 2011 Cover Letter for how to properly place a chevron on the field.
Unfortunately, Kiera was ruled unregisterable in July 2006; we have no evidence that it was used before 1600.
Commenters were able to find an English surname Kiere. It would be registerable as an English masculine given name. Unfortunately, that name is not registerable with the feminine byname ferch Dafydd. It would be registerable as Kiere Dafydd. However, dropping ferch would be a major change, which the submitter does not allow.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Eric de Dragonslaire, (Fieldless) A dragon salient sable breathing flames gules. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but there is no difference granted for the change in position of the primary charge on the field as location has no meaning for fieldless armory.
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn per chevron field division; the field division here is too low. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw per chevron.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as an annulet of four points set on the outer edge, there is no such charge. Therefore, we have reblazoned this as a mullet of four points with an overall charge of a fimbriated roundel which is itself charged. This does not violate the layer limit, as an overall charge is considered to be on the field for the purposes of counting layers. However, this badge is returned for use of a fimbriated overall charge, by precedent:
In the past, we have allowed fimbriated overall charges. Commenters asked whether this was a documentable period practice and were unable to find documentation for this practice. Therefore, charges in overall charge groups will not be allowed to be fimbriated after the September 2011 decision meetings. [Ginevra Boscoli, A-Middle, April 2011 LoAR]
Unfortunately, this name conflicts with the registered Olaz Ersebet. The bynames (which appear before the given names in these Hungarian names) have slight differences in the second syllable, but are too similar in sound to be registered without permission to conflict.
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." The rayonny line of division must be drawn in a much more regular and symmetrical fashion, not like the long-forbidden "wavy crested" as depicted here. Furthermore, the phoenix here is drifting off-axis, leaning somewhere between palewise and bendwise.
The submitter justified the byname on the basis of the 16th century Anglicized form O Crevan, which Woulfe guessed represented the Gaelic Ó Craobháin. From this, the submitter constructed the byname mac Craobháin. However, one cannot make bynames in mac from all bynames in O and vice versa. Bynames in mac were only formed using given names (and a few occupational bynames). Bynames in O were formed from a variety of elements, but new names were not formed after the 11th century (so that they cannot be formed from elements that cannot be dated to that time or earlier).
In this case, the byname Ó Craobháin is of unclear origin. In fact, Woulfe may be mistaken about the origin; the documented Anglicized form may reflect Ó Criomhthainn instead. As we do not have evidence that Craobháin was used as a given name (or another element that could be used to create such a byname), we cannot register this as mac Craobháin. We would register the byname Ó Craobháin, but the submitter does not allow this change.
In this case, commenters were able to find evidence for an Anglicized Crevan as a given name. However, it reflects the given name Criomhthann instead of the otherwise undocumented Craobháin. The byname mac Criomhthainn would be registerable. However, the submitter does not allow major changes, and this appears to us to be greater than the minor change he does allow.
His device has been registered under the holding name Síoda of Highland Foorde.
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." The odd sejant-like posture here, not seen in period heraldry, may be a step from period practice, if not entirely unregisterable. In this case, the posture prevents identification of the primary charge: some commenters confused the cat with a ferret or mink, or even a squirrel.
This device is returned for violating our restriction on "barely overall" charges. By precedent:
We will no longer return items for being barely overall if the area of overlap is small, the area of the overlap which projects beyond the edge of the underlying charge is also small, when the overall charge does not obscure significant portions of the outline of the underlying charge, and when identifiability is preserved. [Brunissende Dragonette de Broceliande, December 2008, A-East]
In this submission, the area of overlap is large and the area of overlap which projects beyond the edge of the underlying dragon is small. A properly drawn overall charge will lie upon the field on both sides of the underlying charge; the crescent here has only its horns on the field. If the crescent were a touch smaller, it could be considered a tertiary charge, but would then violate the rule of contrast.
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This lovely device is unfortunately returned for using wax-based pencil on the submission form, which has been cause for return since the May 2011 Laurel meetings.
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This device is returned for having the pawprints in an unblazonable orientation. They are somewhere between palewise and bendwise or bendwise sinister.
There is a step from period practice for the use of pawprints.
This submission was an appeal of her device return from March 2010:
This device is returned for using three types of charge in a single group. On the Cover Letter to the March 2009 LoAR, it was ruled that when a charge within an annulet is not alone on the field, they are considered part of the same group. Therefore, the primary charge group in this submission consists of three types of charge: leaf, mullet, and annulet. This is a violation of section VIII.1.a of the Rules for Submissions, which states that "three or more types of charges should not be used in the same group."
Her appeal is based upon three points: that a mullet within an annulet appears as a single unit visually, that the term pentacle or pentangle is widely recognized and dates to period, and that charges composed of other charges combined should be considered a single charge.
While the terms pentacle and pentangle and such do date to period, in period they referred only to the mullet voided and interlaced, not including the annulet. As the terms are ambiguous to a modern audience, we see no need to introduce confusion by using them, and so will continue to refrain from their use.
Whether or not a charge group appears as a single unit visually to modern eyes is irrelevant; we are concerned with period practice. There is a period practice of putting charges within annulets, and those combinations are still considered two charges, not a new unique single charge. There are period charges which are considered a single visual unit: the penner and inkhorn, or mortar and pestle, for example. However, these are typically items that would not be seen separately, unlike charges within annulets. The charge a mullet voided and interlaced of both five and six points has been shown to be a period charge distinct unto itself. Certainly an annulet is a period charge distinct unto itself.
The appeal raised the example of creating monsters by adding wings: there is a period practice of creating animate monsters by parts and treating the whole as a single charge. There was no evidence presented of period practice of creating inanimate charges by parts and treating the whole as a single charge. The appeal also raised the example of the Celtic cross, asserting it could be equally blazoned as an annulet conjoined to the arms of a Latin cross, and the compass rose, equally a compass star within and conjoined to an annulet. However, neither the Celtic cross nor the compass rose are period heraldic charges: both were taken from period art, and the annulets are part of their definition in SCA heraldry.
In summary, both an annulet and a mullet voided and interlaced have been shown to be separate and independent period heraldic charges. The motif of placing charges within an annulet is also a period one, but conjoining them does not create a single charge. Therefore, this appeal is rejected, and the device returned for using three types of charge in a single group.
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." The crickets here are depicted in a rather compact form, without the noticeable hind legs one would expect, such that many commenters confused them with fleas, cockroaches, or other beetles.
This device is also returned for conflict with the badge of Tristan Halsson fra Ravnsborg, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Argent, a giant dung beetle statant sable. There is one CD for the change in number of the primary charges, but there is not enough visual difference between the two types of insect given the depiction of the crickets in this submission. A properly drawn cricket would likely be granted a CD from Tristan's giant dung beetle.
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." The engrailing on the base here is too shallow and has too many repeats to be distinct at any distance. If the submission was redrawn with fewer and deeper engrailings, it would be registerable.
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This device is pended until the discussion of how we treat mullets and suns from the November 2011 Cover Letter is concluded. Current precedent does not grant difference between mullets of six or more points and suns, and thus this may be a conflict with the device of Ulli Könngott, Per bend sinister azure and sable, a mullet of six points and an increscent Or. The proposal currently under discussion would grant difference between mullets of any number of points and suns.
This was item 9 on the Æthelmearc letter of November 1, 2011.
Submitted as Þorgarðr inn Sterki, the name was changed at kingdom to Þorgarðr inn sterki.
On the November 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns, we asked whether our policy regarding descriptive bynames in Old Norse should be changed. Current precedent requires that they be registered in lowercase; we are discussing whether this policy should be loosened to allow descriptive bynames to be registered in either case. This is pended until that decision is made in April 2012.
This was item 57 on the Æthelmearc letter of November 1, 2011.
The name submission to which this was attached was pended; therefore this household name is pended until the primary name is registered.
This was item 58 on the Æthelmearc letter of November 1, 2011.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th-12th century Scandinavia. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent; we are pending it to allow commenters to discuss that request. The submitter also indicated interest in the name Valdisa if that could be found. Commenters found this name in the Íslenskir annálar dated to c. 1370. However, this is not compatible with the authenticity request she made.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Valdís of Sundragon.
This was item 9 on the Atenveldt letter of November 15, 2011.
Submitted as Sólveig H{a-}leggr J{o-}hansdottir, the name was changed at kingdom to Sólveig háleggr Jóhansdottir to match the documented forms. However, kingdom missed an accent; the correct byname is Jóhansdóttir. That change will be made upon registration of this name
On the November 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns, we asked whether our policy regarding descriptive bynames in Old Norse should be changed. Current precedent requires that they be registered in lowercase; we are discussing whether this policy should be loosened to allow descriptive bynames to be registered in either case. This is pended until that decision is made in April 2012.
Her device was registered under the holding name Sólveig of Wintermist.
This was item 9 on the Caid letter of November 13, 2011.
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