Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Adelheid die Grünewalderin, the name had been changed from the submitted Adelheid_Grünewald_ to match the submitter's request to use the feminine form of the adjective. However, locative bynames like Grünewalderin seem to have appeared in German without the article (die in this case). Therefore, we have dropped the article in order to register the name.
Submitted as Cathán Ó Dubhagain, the name omitted the accent in the byname, which should be Ó Dubhagáin. We have made that change in order to register the name.
While charges strewn across the field typically are more spread out than in this depiction, this is depiction is clearly not an annulo of estoiles, as one is within the curve of the crescent. Please advise the submitter to spread the strewn charges more evenly across the entire field, so the charge group does not have the appearance of being in annulo or in orle.
As strewn charges by their nature are small, tertiary charges on them would be even smaller, hampering their identifiability. In this case, the hurts are easily identified. Still, the unusualness of charging strewn charges leads us to declare it a step from period practice.
Submitted as Ciarán MacAlasdair, the submitter asked for authenticity for 12th to 14th century Scottish. Ciarán is a saint's name that we cannot be sure was used as a man's name in Scotland. However, it is registerable in Scots Gaelic context under the saint's name allowance. It was used by men in Ireland until at least 1061.
The byname mac Alasdair is a Gaelic byname not in use before 1465. The form in use before that is mac Alaxandair. We have changed it to that form in order to meet the submitter's request for authenticity. While we cannot be sure that this name meets the specific submitter's request, it is authentic for Ireland around 1100 AD.
The name was pended from the October 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to allow time to comment on the authenticity request.
Blazoned when registered in June 2002 as Argent, a kraken vert within a bordure sable semy of acorns argent, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
The submitter requested authenticity for Russian household names. This name is registerable, as Staya was used for things like monasteries. However we cannot be sure if this is a truly authentic name for a group of people.
There is a step from period practice for use of a Russian firebird.
Please advise the submitter to draw the firebird with internal detailing to better aid its identification.
This name does not conflict with the registered Elizabeth de Fleury; the bynames are different in sound and appearance.
Please advise the submitter to draw the ermine spots on the chief spaced around the mullets, so they are easier to see and identify.
Nice name for anytime after 1300 in England!
The submitter's previous name, Catrina MacKinnon, is released.
The name forms appear to have duLac as the submitted byname. All the period forms of the byname that commenters could find have a space, as in the spelling du Lac. Kingdom made that change; they were correct to do so.
Submitted as Roxanne de St Luc, the name was changed at kingdom to expand the scribal abbreviation; they also added a hyphen between the two words of the place name, making the name Roxanne de Saint-Luc. Precedent requires that names be registered in their expansion of scribal abbreviations. However, the addition of the hyphen was not necessary; while the name is found both ways before 1650, the form without the hyphen appears to be more common. We have therefore removed the hyphen, as in the submitted form.
Roxanne is a French literary name. It is found in 1578 as a spelling of the name of Alexander the Great's queen. The spelling Roxane is found in 1583 as well.
Nice name for England from the 13th century on!
Blazoned when registered in December 2002 as Per chevron throughout sable and gules, a kraken and in chief two broad arrows inverted argent, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Please advise to widen both the fimbriation and the bordure.
Submitted under the name Killian Flynn, that name was returned on the November 2011 LoAR.
The temporal gap between the 16th century given name and the 12th century locative byname is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Sibilla Chantrelle, no evidence was presented nor could any be found for the spelling of the byname. The closest documented spelling was Chantrell, dated to 1581 in the IGI Parish record extracts. We have changed it to the documented form in order to register the name.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Sylvia du Vey, Per pale purpure and vert, a horse passant contourny and on a chief argent an arrow inverted bendwise sinister between two fleurs-de-lys inverted purpure.
Submitted as Tola Séamestre, the name was changed at kingdom to Tole Semestre to match the documentation that kingdom could find. Gunnvor silfraharr was able to find the spelling Tola in 1044, while the byname is found in the submitted spelling as a late Old English-early Middle English spelling. Therefore we can restore the submitted spellings. The submitted form even matches the submitter's request for authenticity for the late 11th century (though it's typical of pre-1066 spellings).
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of the Russian byname Sedoi. While the literal translation is "grey," the form "the grey" is also a reasonable translation of such a byname.
Please advise the submitter to center the phoenix higher on the field, as befits a primary charge.
Submitted as Alexios Nikolaos, the name has two given names. The submitter indicated that he wanted a name meaning "Alexios son of Niklaos."
Metron Ariston said:
The more common classical and early Byzantine form would probably use a plain genitive like Alexios Nikolaou.
A later form would use a suffix to form the patronym, probably -ides after the alpha to give you something like Alexios Nikolaides (which is still a common surname in Greece today).
Bynames using the suffix -poulos do occur by the later Byzantine period, but the sets of names with which it is used seem to be more limited.
While both Nikolapoulos and Nikolopoulos do appear in modern Greece, I would probably go with either a straight genitive or go with the patronym Nikolaides.
As the smallest change is to make the byname the simple genitive Nikolaou, we have made that change in order to meet the submitter's request and register the name.
Nice late period English name!
Nice late period English name!
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Isabel de Kelsey, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter, (Fieldless) A polypus Or.
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified time and place. This name is authentic for 13th century Scots-Norman.
Nice device!
This badge is not in conflict with the badge of William Jakes, Per bend gules and sable, a hand mirror argent, nor with the badge of the Kingdom of Trimaris, Argent, a handmirror azure silvered argent. In each case there is a CD for the change in field and another CD for the change in tincture of the handmirror frame, which is at least half the charge.
Nice badge!
This badge is not in visual conflict with the badge of Balin the Fairhaired, Sable, an oar Or. While an oar could be drawn with a short handle and a round paddle, Balin's oar has a long narrow handle with an oblong paddle.
Submitters discussed whether or not this badge would have a visual conflict with a hypothetical [Field], a spoon Or. While it may, there is no such registered armory, and so this badge may be registered.
Their previous device, Argent, a domestic cat salient to sinister sable within a laurel wreath vert, all between three roundels barry wavy Or and azure, is retained as ancient arms.
This badge is not a conflict with the badge of Merlyn Elzebeth von Preßela, (Fieldless) A merlin azure, or with the device of Grimbold of Settmour, Ermine, a crane in its vigilance azure. Penguin-shaped birds, by which we mean penguins and auks, when depicted in their default upright close posture are substantially different from all other birds.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a penguin.
The motif of Counter-ermine, a bend sinister vert is registered to the submitter's sister, Regina Masquer, and is registered to Janis under the grandfather clause.
The submitter's previous name, Morgund McKenzie, is retained as an alternate name.
While this name is probably clear of the registered Ludwig von Liechtenstein (as the given names have different numbers of syllables, making them different in sound as well as appearance), the submitter has permission to conflict with that registered name. Thus, we do not have to rule on whether these two names conflict.
Blazoned when registered in April 1994 as Vert, semy of roses Or an octopus argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted as Il Domo del Pace, all the examples of Italian household names that commenters could find use Casa instead of D(u)omo. Duomo is used for the names of churches, but not for groups of people. The submitter gave permission to change the designator to the documented form.
The more typical form of household names uses the construction de li X or degli X, where X is the plural form of the family name. That would make a household name Casa de li Paci. However, family names like the documented del Pace can be used to create household names as well. The submitted form matches that pattern.
Spellings of this byname from 1489 include Sibert, Seybart, and Siverdt (all from Brechenmacher s.n. Si(e)bert(h)). Other names with the same first element have dated forms that begin with Sie-. The submitted spelling is a reasonable interpolation.
Nice device!
The spelling Salamander is dated to 1591 in English; combinations of English charge names and everyday French color names are found in late period English heraldic titles like Rouge Cross (which more frequently appears as Rouge Croix), Eagle Vert, and Leon d'Or. Therefore this can be registered as submitted.
Submitted as Anna Sophie von Kreuznach, the byname was not dated to period. The only period spelling commenters were able to find was Creutznach. We have changed it to that spelling in order to register the name.
Blazoned when registered in August 1992 as Vairy Or and sable, a kraken gules, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in April 2004 as Or, an octopus and a gore vert, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in March 2006 as Per fess gules and sable, an octopus and two demi-skeletons respectant arms extended and crossed in saltire argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in September 1991 as (Fieldless) A kraken gules charged with a goutte d'eau, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in August 2007 as (Fieldless) An octopus azure charged with a caltrap argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Rylan is the submitter's legal middle name; it is both a surname and given name in type, and could be registered as either.
While MacClean or MacClane are more common period spellings of this byname, multiple citations, including Maclein 1586 and Maclane 1545 (both from Black s.n. MacLean), make it clear that MacLean is a plausible late period spelling of the byname.
The submitter requested authenticity for Scottish language and culture; as the given name is the submitter's legal name, we cannot meet that authenticity request.
Blazoned when registered in March 2005 as Argent, a kraken purpure and a chief rayonny azure, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Please advise the submitter that the anvils should be shifted slightly on the field so that they are less obscured by the other charges and more readily identifiable.
Submitted under the name Seelos Massmann.
Blazoned when registered in July 2009 as Argent, a kraken inverted winged gules, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in December 1990 as Per fess argent and gules, two boots gules and an open book proper, the tincture of a book proper has never been defined.
Blazoned when registered in July 1995 as Azure, an octopus between in chief two escallops, a bordure argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
This name was submitted as and appeared on the Letter of Intent as Amelia ingen Thorquil. However, a timely correction made it clear that the name had been changed at kingdom from the originally submitted form to Amellia ingen Thorcaill.
The Letter of Intent cites two English spellings dated to 1205, Amilia and Amellia; the submitted Amelia is a reasonable interpolation. Therefore, we have restored the given name to the submitted form.
The byname as corrected by kingdom has one small problem. While feminine byname generally lenite, T does not change to Th after a word ending with -n. Therefore, the correct of the byname is ingen Torcaill. We have made that change in order to register the name.
This name mixes an English given name and a Gaelic byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Armegardj Sigurdsdottir, the submitter requested authenticity for 13th-14th century Swedish. This name meets that requirement with one change: the dative Armegardj must be changed to the nominative Armegard. We have made that change in order to register the name.
This name was pended from the October 2011 Letter of Acceptances and returns to allow for discussion of the submitter's authenticity request, which was not included on the Letter of Intent.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a kraken, further research has shown that word to be post-period, as is the modern term squid (and, for that matter, octopus). One of the period terms for squid, as dated to 1567 in the OED, is calamarie, and that is the term we will henceforth use in Society blazon.
This name mixes a Gaelic given name and a Scots byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Irish. The given name and the byname both dates to the 15th century; we cannot confirm that either was in use a century before. Additionally, the given name is found only in Gaelic context and the byname only in Scots context, so we cannot suggest a completely Gaelic or completely Scots form for the 15th century. Finally, neither element is found in Ireland, so we cannot confirm it was used there. However, the name is registerable as submitted.
The given name was documented as a saint's name, which allows it to be registered in those times when the saint was venerated,. Commenters were able to find examples of it from late period England as a masculine given name, confirming that it was in use in late period England.
Brockore Abbey is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Blazoned when registered in December 2001 as Argent, an octopus vert and on a chief wavy sable three estoiles argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in January 2002 as (Fieldless) An octopus vert, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Aishiko is documented as the submitter's legal middle name; it is a given name by type. Morishima is documented as a grey period Japanese family name.
Blazoned when registered in January 2010 as Per saltire purpure and sable, an octopus within a bordure embattled Or, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted as Theodred aet Ravenesdale, the submitter indicated that the byname was grandfathered to him, from his father's registered name. However, the registered form of his father's name and the grammatically correct form is Coenred æt Rauenesdale. No evidence was presented that the name was actually grandfathered, but the name is documented as well. We have changed it to the this form in order to register it.
Blazoned when registered in April 1991 as Sable, an octopus between three suns Or, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Please advise the submitter to draw the pale narrower. Ideally, it should be no wider than a third of the field.
Blazoned when registered in September 2011 as Sable, an octopus Or and on a chief wavy argent three gouttes sable, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Nice late period English name!
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Cyprian Karprzeniec, a timely correction made the name Kaprzeniec.
Commenters questioned whether Cyprian was plausible in Polish. Eastern Crown was able to document that spelling (as a byname) to 1580 and as a given name to 1640-1.
Submitted as Eudokía Argyrina, we require submissions to consistently use or omit accents. As the documentation for the byname does not use accents (and commenters could not determine where an accent would go), we have dropped the accent from the given name.
Blazoned when registered in January 2012 as (Fieldless) An octopus Or, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in October 2005 as Per bend gules and sable, a kraken bendwise Or, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
This name mixes an English given name with a French or Spanish byname; the former combination is not a step from period practice.
Nice badge!
Blazoned when registered in September 2011 as Gyronny Or and gules, on an octopus sable an ermine spot Or, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
The use of the crossed l in Pawe{l/} was not clearly dated to period in the Letter of Intent. Luckily, Eastern Crown (now Diademe) was able to date it to the 16th century, allowing us to register it as submitted.
Blazoned when registered in August 1979 as Purpure, a fess argent, six trefoils counterchanged, we are clarifying the location of the trefoils.
Her previous device, Or semy of letters "B", a beehive azure, a bordure gules, is released.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the ensign of Calontir, Purpure, a cross of Calatrava Or, but strictly speaking it is not needed. Section VIII.7 of the Rules for Submissions states "The augmentation must itself follow the armory rules; if it has the appearance of being independent armory, for example a charged escutcheon or canton, then it is independently subject to the normal rules of armorial conflict." A chief is not generally considered an independent display of armory, and so it needn't be considered as such. This is an excellent example of a chief of allegiance, which is typically not considered presumptuous in SCA armory.
Blazoned when registered in June 1989 as Vert, two krakens inverted in pile Or, we are reblazoning the krakens as calamaries in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in June 1989 as (Fieldless) A kraken bendwise inverted Or, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted as Hélöise de Porta, the documentation that commenters could find supported a spelling Heloise (without the diacritics). We have changed it to the documentary form in order to register the name.
Submitted as Constantia Kaloethina, the submitter requested authenticity for 6th century Byzantine Greek. The name does not meet that request. First, as Green Staff said:
The sixth century is too early for an inherited surname of the type described in Bardas [Xiphas]' article on the "later Byzantine era". Instead, I would expect an inherited name to precede the given name in the Roman style. In the sixth century, this inherited name might be a Roman nomen, the feminized version of a father's given name, or a nomen derived from the name of an emperor and indicating status, such as Flavia, Aurelia, or Valeria. (Benet Salway's article "Survey of Roman Onomastic Practice" has a nice discussion of this last phenomenon; contact me privately if you'd like a copy.) A less aristocratic woman might have been identified by a phrase describing her as someone's wife or daughter.
In addition, the name mixes a Latin spelling of the given name and a Greek spelling of the family name. A transliteration of the Greek spelling would be Konstantia. We have made this change to partially meet her request for authenticity, as this creates a name authentic for the 11th or 12th century.
Submitted as Máire Apthach inghean Néill, the byname Apthach is found only as a legendary byname long before 0 AD. As with other names used only in legendary time, this byname is not registerable. Even if multiple people with that byname could be found or it could be dated to somewhat later, it would not be compatible with the rest of the name, which is late period (the given name was not in use before the late 14th century). To be registerable, the byname would have to be justified as a late period byname. As it could not be, we have dropped this byname in order to register the name.
If the submitter is interested in a byname with a similar sound, Goutte d'Eau was able to find a phrase mac apthaighe fine "son of a woman proscribed by the fine." It is not clear if this is suitable for use in a byname, but it is a starting point for further research.
This name does not conflict with the registered Marian O'Néill. The particles inghean and O are different in sound and indicate different relationships. Therefore they are clear of conflict.
Blazoned when registered in July 2001 as Per saltire Or and vert semy of patriarchal crosses Or, two kraken vert, we are reblazoning the kraken as calamaries in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in April 2007 as Per saltire Or and vert semy of patriarchal crosses Or, two kraken vert and for augmentation, on an escutcheon overall purpure a cross of Calatrava Or within a bordure ermine, we are reblazoning the kraken as calamaries in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in March 1991 as Per pale Or and vert, a kraken counterchanged, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in August 1991 as (Fieldless) A kraken vert, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in July 2001 as Per fess wavy Or and azure, a saltire pointed and a kraken counterchanged, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted under the name Eowyth þa Siðend.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Cormac ua Rígán, the patronymic is in the nominative form, not the correct genitive (possessive) form. We have changed the byname to that form, ua Rígáin, in order to register the name.
As submitted, this name has two steps from period practice. The given name Cormac is Early Modern Gaelic, and dates to after 1200. The patronym is Old Gaelic and was not found after 846. Thus, there is a step from period practice for the lingual mix and a second for the temporal gap of more than 300 years. This is easily fixed by changing the given name to the earlier spelling Cormacc. That makes the name completely Old Gaelic, and completely 9th century.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
This name mixes a French given name and an English byname; such a mix is not a step from period practice, given Anglo-Norman naming practice.
There is a step from period practice for the use of pawprints.
His previous device, Azure, a dragon sejant Or and on a chief argent three torteaux, is retained as a badge.
The byname is grandfathered to the submitter, as it is part of his father's registered name.
The submitter requested authenticity for 11th century Italian. We cannot meet that request, as we have no evidence that either element was in use in Italian at that time. Pavone is a plausible late period byname, as the documented 15th century Pavoni is clearly derived from that word. Thus, a completely 15th century Italian name would be Alessandra Pavone.
This name mixes an English given name and an Italian byname or a Spanish given name and an Italian byname; either mix is a step from period practice.
Please advise the submitter to draw the triangle somewhat larger, in order to not blur the distinction between primary and secondary charge groups.
Blazoned when registered in November 1977 as Vert, an octopus argent orbed azure wearing a skull-cap gules, a chief invected argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
The submitter requested authenticity for Italian; this name is authentic for around 1600.
The given name was documented as the submitter's legal name; it is also a French given name dated to the grey period. This name mixes a French given name and an Italian byname, which is a step from period practice. Resorting to the legal name allowance removes the step from period practice.
Blazoned when registered in July 1988 as Argent, an octopus displayed within a bordure wavy gules, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
The submitter requested authenticity for Khazar culture. This name is presumably authentic, though we can only confirm that these names appear in traditional lists of Khazar kings, which may have been created long after they died.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Huette Aliza von und zu Ährens und Mechthildberg, Purpure, a dragon with the head and wings of an eagle couchant, wings addorsed, Or.
Blazoned when registered in September 1973 as Azure, an oak eradicated argent, on a chief enarched Or a laurel wreath en soleil gules, the laurel wreath is actually a distinct charge on a sun. While in current blazon terminology this will make the laurel wreath a quaternary charge, the registered depiction is not changing.
Nice Venetian name from the 14th century on!
While the byname structure is somewhat unusual (de Kingsfield would be the typical form), Elmet was able to find a place named le Kyngesfield in 14th c. Warwickshire (in Woods, Wolds, and Groves: the Woodland of Medieval Warwickshire); this shows an example that uses the/le as part of the place name. Additionally, commenters were able to provide multiple examples of this general structure as two words (Kings and Field). Therefore, this can be registered as submitted.
The byname is grandfathered to the submitter, as it is part of his father's registered name.
This is the defining instance of a cross fourchetty in Society armory. This charge, blazoned by Rietstap as a cross fourchetée, can be seen in BSB.Cod.icon 390, Stephan Brechtel's Wappenbuch of the Holy Roman Empire, 1554-1568, on f.500 at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00020447/image_582. The cross fourchetty is a member of the moline cross family, as per the May 2009 Cover Letter, and so is substantially different from crosses not in the same family. The cross fourchetty is significantly different from a cross moline.
Nice badge!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
Several commenters thought that the primary charge was a sun instead of a roundel engrailed. Due to the potential confusion with other charges, roundels with complex lines will not be registered after the September 2012 decision meeting without evidence of period practice.
Blazoned when registered in May 2004 as Quarterly azure and argent, four octopuses counterchanged, we are reblazoning the octopuses as polypuses in order to use a period term for the creature.
Please advise the submitter to draw the needles somewhat thicker to enhance their identifiability from a distance.
This name does not conflict with the registered Finnacán Dub. The names are quite different in appearance, and every syllable except possibly the first one has at least one change in sound (the first one does as well, but many non-native Gaelic speakers have difficulty hearing it).
Blazoned when registered in April 1989 as Gules, a female rider mounted on a horse passant to sinister Or, the horse is the primary charge, with a maintained rider.
Blazoned when registered in March 1978 as Azure, an octopus displayed argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Jahh{a-}f ibn-'Aw{a-}nah, a timely correction noted that the hyphen after ibn was an error. It has been removed.
Commenters discussed various period depictions of roses. A heraldic rose has typically five petals, occasionally six, or even four in Italian heraldry as seen in Stemmario Trivulziano. Documentation was provided that showed long stems and leaves to be completely unremarkable with an otherwise heraldic rose.
Certainly multi-petaled natural roses existed in period, most notably the Damask rose and the Apothecary's rose; however, the cabbage rose is modern. Roses in period heraldry, even when depicted more naturalistically, are always shown affronty, not in profile, and even the more naturalistic multi-petaled depictions use five main petals around the outside edge, with the other petals as internal detail.
Therefore, the use of a depiction of a modern rose in profile is now a step from period practice. There is no difference granted between a modern rose in profile and a heraldic rose, and the difference will not be blazoned as we would prefer to encourage the use of heraldic roses instead.
Please advise the submitter to use a heraldic rose instead.
Blazoned when registered in January 2008 as Or, three kraken gules, we are reblazoning the kraken as calamaries in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted as Meara of Havre de Glace, Meara is only documented once in a byname context. It appears to be a variant of O Mearan, rather than being derived from a given name. As such, it cannot be registered as a given name. The submitter authorized the change of the given name to Meare, which is found in 1637 as a feminine given name in English. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Havre de Glace is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter's previous name, Máire inghean uí Mheardha, is released.
This name mixes an Italian given name with an Arabic byname; this is a step from period practice.
The submitter's previous name, Melina Delabarge, is retained as an alternate name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the sinister-most quaver higher on the field, as the current bend sinister arrangement is a tad shallow.
This name does not conflict with the registered Muirenn ingen Donndubáin. The fathers' names (in the byname) are significantly different in sound and appearance, as only the first syllable is the same. Therefore this can be registered.
Nice device!
While most forms of this given name, which usually appears as Osa and Asa, end in -a in the nominative form, Lind gives three forms that end in -e in the nominative form. This is enough to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt regarding this spelling and let it be registered as submitted.
Silverhair is the lingua Anglica form of the constructed Old Norse byname silfrahárr. This name combines a Danish given name and an Old Norse byname; this combination is a step from period practice.
Blazoned when registered in May 2004 as Per pale azure and argent, a kraken counterchanged, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted under the name Sabina Iulia Metella.
As discussed on the Cover Letter, the use of modern roses in profile was declared a step from period practice this month. Please encourage the submitter to use heraldic roses instead.
The submitter requested authenticity for 9th or 10th century Irish Gaelic. All the elements are dated to the 10th century.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the ululant posture.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a standing balance.
Submitted as Spvrivs Ivlivs Flavvs, the submitter indicated that he would prefer the nomen Flavivs if the pattern praenomen + nomen + nomen could be justified. In July 2009, Laurel ruled (quoting Green Staff):
Salomies does mention two men who used praenomen + nomen + nomen on p. 12: C. Annius Bellienus and C. Aelius Staienus (both found in Cicero). On p. 84, he adds an Imperial example of praenomen + nomen + nomen (together with filiation), A. Plautius M.f. Urgulanius; in this case, the second nomen is the family name of the man's paternal grandmother.
We note that in most places, the v in the name is just another way of representing the vowel sound normally represented as u. The form of the name distinguishing the vowel and consonants would be Spurius Iulius Flavius.
Her previous device, Per chevron sable and gules, a chevron ermine cotised between two swans naiant respectant wings elevated and addorsed and a vol argent, is released.
Commenters questioned whether of Castle X or of X Castle was a reasonable Scots byname. Elmet was able to date James of Douglas of Auchincastell to 1483 and James M'Donald Gromiche of Castel Cames to 1581. Thus, this can be registered as submitted.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the ululant posture.
The byname is grandfathered to the submitter, as it is part of his father's registered name.
Nice 14th century Scots name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
The submitter requested authenticity for France between 1400 and 1500; however, later communication with the submitter indicated that she preferred the name as submitted. This name is authentic for the early 17th century, but not the earlier period that she indicated interest in.
Nice 13th century German name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th century Norman Scottish. This name meets that request.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Killian MacKenzie, Argent, a chevron between in chevron two forget-me-nots azure slipped and leaved vert and a wolf couchant azure.
Nice device!
Nice late period English name; there are twenty women of that name recorded between 1550 and 1599 in the IGI Parish record extracts.
Please advise the submitter to draw the legs of the salamander standing on the same horizontal plane. While most period depictions of a salamander have it surrounded by fewer spurts of flame, it can be seen as passing through flames as a period crest in Dennys' Heraldic Imagination, p. 193, rather like this depiction.
Blazoned when registered in August 2005 as Argent, an octopus azure, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in December 2010 as (Fieldless) A kraken inverted purpure, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
While this is the standard SCA depiction of a windmill, the submitter may be interested in a period depiction of a windmill, found in BSB.Cod.icon 265, from the Netherlands c.1562: http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001350/image_149
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Elizabetta Malatesta, (Fieldless) Two falcons rising respectant conjoined at the talons Or.
Please advise the submitter to draw the roses and mullets larger to better fill the available space.
Submitted as Order of the Dove's Tail, period possessives do not use an apostrophe; we have removed it in order to register the name. This order name is intended to follow a pattern of charges, though a dove's tail is not itself a charge which has been registered or documented as a period charge. The tails of various kinds of mammals are found as charges in period heraldry; we are willing to give the submitters the benefit of the doubt about the registerability of a bird's tail.
This order name must be registered as a lingua Anglica form, as the spelling rowan is not dated to before 1600. As early as c. 1440, the word rone is used to refer to the rowan berry (OED s.n. rowan). Thus, this can be registered as a lingua Anglica form of the earlier (Middle English) word meaning "rowan berry."
In November of 2011, Laurel ruled that lingua Anglica forms could be created from names documented in Middle and Early Modern English as well as other languages, saying "This allows the use of easily recognizable forms of descriptive terms that have often changed greatly, just as we allow for other languages."
Blazoned when registered in November 2001 as Per pale azure and argent, an octopus within a bordure embattled counterchanged, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Catriona was documented as a "variant of the more common spelling Caitrona". However, that spelling has not been dated to period in Gaelic. Elmet was able to find this spelling of the given name as an English woman's given name in 1621. Thus, this name can be registered as a completely English name. Caitriona Dall is a completely Gaelic name with the intended meaning.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Einarr Grímsson and Jacqueline de Meux, Purpure, on a pale argent a tower purpure.
Please advise the submitter to draw the pale narrower; ideally, it should be no wider than a third of the field.
The byname is created from the word meaning "female gypsy." Elmet was able to find a play titled "La Zingara" performed in 1589. Thus the byname is a plausible period constructino and can be registered.
The submitter requested authenticity for India between 1000 and 1600. While this name is registerable, we cannot confirm that it is authentic. The family name Ekkadi is taken from a late period Sanskrit context; we do not know whether the names are linguistically Tamil, Telugu, or something else. The given name is a constructed Tamil given name from about three centuries earlier. As such, we cannot be sure if the elements would have been used in a single name. However, they are sufficiently geographically and linguistically close to allow their registration in a single name.
Submitted as Osweald the Hæfringa, the properly constructed byname with the submitter's intended meaning is Hæfring. Although the submitter indicated he did not allow major changes, he has authorized this change in order to register the name.
Nice device!
Please advise the submitter to use a lighter shade of grey in the future for the elephant's head, and to draw the chevron inverted somewhat larger as befits a primary charge.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
Please advise the submitter to use a lighter shade of grey in the future for the elephant's head, and to draw the bend sinister somewhat larger as befits a primary charge.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
Blazoned when registered in July 1983 as Sable, a wolf's head cabossed within a sun eclipsed argent, the sun is the primary charge, with the wolf's head a quaternary charge.
Blazoned when registered in April 2000 as Sable, a kraken argent, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted as Aloisia Ambercoast, no evidence could be found that Ambercoast was a plausible place name. Luckily, the two elements can be registered as separate bynames, Amber Coast. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Blazoned when registered in March 2005 as Argent, the uppercase letter lambda gules, in base an octopus sable, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted as Dihya n Kel Ahaggar, the byname is a phrase constructed to mean "of the Ahaggar People." No evidence was presented nor could commenters find any that such a construction made a plausible byname.
Dihya is an Arabized early Berber feminine name; it is also found in Arabic as a masculine name. Therefore, the byname compatible with it is al-Hagariyya, which refers to membership in the same group as the constructed byname. The submitter has authorized that change in order to register this name.
The submitter requested authenticity for 8th century Tuareg or Berber. While this is an Arabized form of a Berber name, we cannot confirm that either element was in use during that century.
Blazoned when registered in January 1990 as Azure, a crossbow Or, on a fess bretassy argent, three estoiles gules, we are clarifying that the fess is an overall charge.
Blazoned when registered in January 2001 as Sable, on a pile wavy Or a kraken sable, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Nice device!
Please advise the submitter to draw the goat larger, to fill the available space. Using internal detailing would also help with its identifiability.
Please advise the submitter to draw the goats larger, to fill the available space. Using internal detailing would also help with their identifiability.
Nice badge!
Please advise the submitter to draw the point of the pile lower on the field, reaching almost to the base.
Listed on the Letter of Intent as Aldís Sámsdóttir, the name was submitted as Aldis Samsdottir. The name is registerable either with or without accents, as long as they are consistent throughout the name. Therefore, we have restored it to the submitted form. We remind submissions heralds that all changes made in kingdom must be summarized on the Letter of Intent, no matter how small.
Submitted as Ardan Ó Raghailligh, we require that Gaelic names consistently use or omit accents. The given name's standardized form is Ardán. Therefore either that accent must be added or the one in the byname removed. We have removed the accent to register the name.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th to 16th century Irish language; this name is authentic for the earlier half of that period.
This byname is Anglicized Irish; while MacCullough is the more typical spelling, bynames using two words in which the word mac is lowercased are found in the Irish Fiants. The Gaelic form of this byname is mac Con Uladh. The mix of a Gaelic given name and an Anglicized Irish or Scots byname is a step from period practice.
Blazoned when registered in August 1991 as Or, an octopus sable and an orle gules, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Nice 13th century German name!
This name mixes an Italian given name and first byname with a French locative byname. This mix is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Éadaoin Echuath, this name has multiple problems. First, the byname was misspelled on the Letter of Intent; a timely correction changed the submitted form to Echluath. We have made that change in order to register the name.
The submitted name is two steps from period practice; one for mixing an Early Modern Gaelic given name with a Middle Gaelic byname and a second for the over 700 years between the early (4th or 5th century) byname and the post-1200 given name. This can be reduced to a single step from period practice by making the given name the Middle Gaelic Étaín. We have made that change in order to register the name; while the Letter of Intent said that no major changes were allowed, the forms indicated that she allowed all changes.
The submitter indicated that she was interested in a name authentic for the 11th-12th century. Given the much earlier date of the byname, this name does not meet that request. However, it is registerable with the changes made above.
The Letter of Intent did not date the byname vom Holtz, but only Holtz. Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor was able to provide documentation of im Holtze and von dem Forste (where vom is a variant of von dem and Forste and Holtz both mean "woods/forest"). As all are late period forms which are compatible with one another, we can register the byname as submitted.
Vanished Wood is the name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Marianna L'Vencénzia, the spelling Vencénzia was not dated to period. The period form of the place name is Vicentia or Vincentia (from Giuliano Gasca Queirazza's Dizionario di toponomastica : storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani). Additionally, the byname was not correctly formed; possible forms include the unmarked form of the byname, the preposition de followed by the place name, or la (for a woman) followed by the adjectival form of the name. The form closest to the sound of the submitted form is the unmarked Vencentia. We have changed it to that form in order to register it.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th Century Vencenzia, Italy. This name is authentic for the 15th century, but we cannot confirm that either form was used in the previous century.
Blazoned when registered in March 2008 as Per pale argent and sable, an octopus within a bordure counterchanged, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus in order to use a period term for the creature.
Submitted as Thorliefr Úlfarinson, the byname was not documented. It is close to but not identical to the documented bynames Úlfvarinsson and Úlfarsson The kingdom assumed he meant the latter and changed the name to Thorleifr Úlfarsson. However, communication with the submitter made it clear that he intended the byname to be Úlfvarinsson; we have changed the name to that form in order to meet the submitter's intent.
Nice 15th or 16th century English name!
Blazoned when registered in May 2011 as Sable, a coney courant argent and in base a kraken Or, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in January 1986 as Per pale sable and argent, two frigate birds close affronty, each on a branch, counterchanged, each throated gules, on a point pointed vert, a kraken with tentacles in base argent, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature, and clarifying the field division.
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Argent, a chevron fracted vert, in chief a sun in glory gules, the chevron here is not fracted, with the point displaced downwards, but disjoint with the point of the chevron missing entirely.
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Barruly undy argent and azure, a kraken sable, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
Blazoned when registered in February 1984 as Purpure, a bat-winged octopus displayed argent, we are reblazoning the octopus as a polypus, in order to use a period term for the creature.
Reblazoned in February 2012 as Argent, a wyvern erect contourny azure sustaining by the blade a sword inverted sable, we inadvertantly left off the bordure.
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Per bend sinister azure and sable, a kraken inverted bearing in the dextermost and sinistermost tentacles two axes argent, we are reblazoning the kraken as a calamarie in order to use a period term for the creature.
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Christiana Haberdasher, Gules, a feather fan argent, handled Or. There is one CD for adding the mascle, but none granted for the difference between a plain fan and a feather fan. There is also no difference for changing the tincture of less than half of the fan, as the handle on a fan is less than half the charge. The submitter should also be advised that a mascle fracted may not be registerable without evidence of its use in period heraldry.
Effric "A Brief, Incomplete, and Rather Stopgap Article about European Household and Other Group Names Before 1600: Scotland - Clans (in Scots)" (http://medievalscotland.org/names/eurohouseholds/scotlandclansinscots.shtml) describes the use of Scots bynames like Makdonel in late period clan names. The same usage is plausible for Anglicized Irish bynames.
The submitter included documentation for an Anglicized Irish family name O Toye and creates a plausible argument for alternate spelling O Thoye. However, no argument was made that Mac Toye is plausible; descriptive bynames were used to create bynames using O but were not generally used to create bynames using mac. A Gaelic byname mac Thauthaigh is registerable. From it, we can create an Anglicized Irish byname Mac Thowie which could be used to construct a household name.
As there are several possible solutions, we are returning this name to allow the submitter to consider his options: these include Clan Mac Thowie and Clan O Thoye.
Submitted under the name Killian Flynn.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Benef{s,}e al-Rashida, Azure, a lotus blossom in profile within a mascle argent. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but no difference is granted between a lotus blossom in profile and a tulip, both cup-shaped flowers.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Katja Dara, Per chevron vert and sable, a lotus flower in profile argent, and with the badge of Arabella Cleophea Winterhalter, Purpure, ermined Or, a lotus blossom in profile argent. In both cases there is a CD for the change of field, but no difference is granted between a lotus blossom in profile and a tulip, both cup-shaped flowers.
This badge is not in conflict with the badge of Eden of Lionsguard, Purpure, an iris argent [Iris germanica]. In addition to the CD for change of field, there is at least a CD between an iris and a tulip.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.1.a. Tincture and Charge Limit, which says "As a rule of thumb, the total of the number of tinctures plus the number of types of charges in a design should not exceed eight." This device has a complexity count of nine, with four tinctures (gules, sable, argent, Or) and five types of charge (bend, annulet, flames, gauntlet, compass star); while allowances may be given for good period style, this submission does not fit that criteria. Removing the bend entirely would likely be the easiest change to make, and be far better style; most overall charges in period were ordinaries, not a complex group of charges like this. Please advise the submitter that the enflaming would be more identifiable if it were fewer spurts of flames issuant from the annulet.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
This device is returned for violating section VII.7.b of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "Elements must be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a competent blazon." This spacing of the mullets would perhaps be better blazoned as in chief five mullets three and two and in base two mullets, but that requires two separate secondary groups of identical charges, which is problematic at best, and still doesn't adequately describe the placement. Therefore, as a suitable blazon could not be found, this must be returned. Spacing the mullets more regularly around the wolf would solve the problem; either specifically seven mullets or an unnumbered orle of mullets would work, and in either case the submitter's desire for three mullets in chief would be fulfilled.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the ululant posture.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of the College of Grey Gargoyles, Per fess embattled azure and argent, masoned azure. Section X.4.a.ii.(b) of the Rules for Submissions states that 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." It goes on to explain that "[t]he addition of a field treatment is also a change of tincture", giving the example of argent and argent masoned gules being completely different. Here, however, we have two pieces of armory with the same field treatment, not merely an addition of a field treatment. Earlier in the same paragraph, it also gives an example of ermine being completely different from argent ermined gules. Field treatments are not furs, but this is an analogous example, with arguably the same ratio of tincture change upon an identically-tinctured underlying field.
However, we are required to protect the currently registered armory, and the overall submitted design here differs from the registered badge only in the change from azure to purpure, both very similar tinctures. While the plain sections of the divided field are clearly different under X.4.a.ii.(b), we find that argent masoned purpure is insufficiently different from argent masoned azure, as the portion of the field covered by the masoning itself is quite small, and thus this device must be returned for conflict.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.1.a. Tincture and Charge Limit, which says "As a rule of thumb, the total of the number of tinctures plus the number of types of charges in a design should not exceed eight." This device has a complexity count of nine, with five tinctures (Or, sable, gules, argent, azure) and four types of charge (ounce, sword, bordure, broad-arrows); while allowances may be given for good period style, this submission does not fit that criteria. Reducing the number of tinctures used or dropping the maintained charge would likely be the easiest changes.
We can do no better than to quote the previous return of this exact device in June 2011:
We require letters, when used as charges, to be drawn in a medieval hand:
This badge must be returned for the use of non-period charges: the capital letters H and S are modern sans-serif letters, with lines of equal width. Medieval letters, both in calligraphy and in carving, had different widths for the different strokes; and while there are some examples of sans-serif letters from ancient times, the majority of medieval letters were serifed. The letters used here are obtrusively modern in style. [Garrick of Shadowdale, R-02-2008]
Similarly, Greek letters should be drawn in a style that matches period hands.
While the depiction of the uppercase Greek letter phi is greatly improved over the previous version, no documentation was provided to prove it matches a period hand; instead it looks like a modern typeface. Please suggest the submitter take a look at the sample page from Lectionary 1, a Greek manuscript of the New Testament dating to the 10th Century, found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectionary_1, for a similar-shaped depiction that he may prefer.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.1.c.ii of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "All charges should be placed either directly on the field or entirely on other charges that lie on the field." Per precedent, "Eclipsing the sun has long been considered the equivalent of adding a tertiary charge" [Yaasamiin al-Raqqasa al-'Ala'iyiyya, R-Artemisia, Nov 2004 LoAR], which makes the fleur-de-lys a fourth layer, and thus unregisterable.
As submitted, this name consists of two bynames and no given name; we require all submissions to include a given name and at least one byname. The submitter may want to consider adding a given name like Johannes, making the name Johannes Seelos Massman.
His device was registered under the holding name Thomas of Atenveldt.
This badge 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 cross here is somewhere between a cross moline and a cross moline nowed; where the arms meet in the center is not the typical rounded shape of a nowed cross, but is closer to the shape of a lozenge. As we do not register crosses nowed of a lozenge, this must be returned. This badge is also returned having an unidentifiable tertiary charge. Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a yak tail, most commenters could not identify the charge as such. While the Canton of Attilium at one time had a device with yak's tails, that device has since been released, so the grandfather clause does not apply.
This badge is also returned for conflict with the device of Damian O'Hara, Argent, on a cross moline gules, an escallop argent. There is a CD for fieldlessness, but no different for the type only of the tertiary charge, as a cross moline is too complex for section X.4.j.ii of the Rules to apply.
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 lines of division.
This device is returned for violating the ban on so-called "slot-machine heraldry", section VIII.1.a of the Rules for Submissions, for having three types of charges in the same group. On the March 2009 Cover Letter, it was ruled that when a charge within an annulet are both "present in a design as part of a primary charge group,..., the [charge] and annulet will both be considered part of the same group." Therefore the primary charge group in this device has three types of charge: rose, mullet, and annulet.
This device is also returned for conflict with the device of Judith the Rose, Argent, a rose gules slipped and leaved proper. There is one CD for adding charges to the primary charge group, but nothing else.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Gianna Vettori, Per fess indented flory at the points sable and argent. There is one CD for reversing the tinctures of the field, but nothing else.
This device is returned for violating the layer limit. Section VIII.1.c.ii states "All charges should be placed either directly on the field or entirely on other charges that lie on the field." As Matins pointed out, the November 1992 Cover Letter notes:
We consider voiding to have the same visual weight as adding a tertiary charge -- i.e. Sable, a cross Or voided gules and Sable, a cross Or charged with another gules are interchangeable blazons, yielding the same emblazon. This view is supported by period heraldic treatises: e.g. Guillim's Display of Heraldrie, 1632, in discussing chevrons voided, says "if you say voided onely, it is ever understood that the field sheweth thorow the middle part of the charge voided. If the middle part of this chevron were of a different metall, colour, or furre from the Field, then should you Blazon it thus: A Chevron engrailed Or, surmounted of another, of such or such colour."
Therefore we consider this pale sable voided...argent as a pale sable charged with a pallet argent, which makes the ladybugs quaternary charges. We cannot reblazon this as on a pale argent three ladybugs proper between two pallets sable, as that would require two different tertiary groups on the same underlying charge, which is not period style. Thus, with four layers, this exceeds the layer limit and must be returned.
The Letter of Intent and commentary also discussed whether or not the use of voiding and fimbriation of the same charge should be considered a step from period practice. Without period evidence, the use of both voiding and fimbriation of the same charge is not registerable.
Unfortunately, this lovely name conflicts with the registered Bran mac Domhnaill. Both bynames are often Anglicized as MacConnell, as the D and mh are often nearly silent. The fact that they are considered identical in Anglicized forms makes it clear that they are not significantly different in sound.
Both the given name and the byname have issues. First, the evidence that was presented supports the given name Eoswyth rather than Eowyth; in all the examples, -s is part of the deuterotheme (the second element of the name).
Secondly, the byname is a constructed byname meaning "journeyer," but the construction is not correctly formed. As Gunnvor silfraharr said:
Since sið is a noun meaning "journey," you can't make a present participle from it. Instead, we find {3}esið "travelling companion". (Bosworth-Toller, p. 878; Kärre, p. 33). Some better terms for this concept [include] ferend "traveller, messenger" (Bosworth-Toller, p. 282; Kärre, p. 141), widferend "wide-farer, far-traveller" (Kärre, p. 141), lida "traveller" (Bosworth-Toller, p. 638), liðend "wayfarer" (Bosworth-Toller, p. 644), we{3}farend "wayfarer" (Bosworth-Toller, p. 1184; Kärre, p. 145), and woriend "wanderer, vagabond" (Bosworth-Toller, p. 1266; Kärre, p. 190). As the changes to the byname are greater than she allows and there are several possible solutions, we must return this name.
Her device was registered under the holding name Tiffany of Three Rivers.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Kristyan Applegate, Argent, on a bend sinister between an increscent and a decrescent azure, three roses argent. There is one CD for the change in type of secondary charges, but nothing for the change in number only of the tertiary charges. Increscents and decrescents vary from regular crescents only in orientation. However, as we would not consider a butterfly to have two CDs from an increscent, one for type and one for orientation, we would only consider one CD for type. While we might be inclined to grant an additional CD for orientation of the entire secondary group given that Kristyan's crescents are mirror images of each other around the vertical axis, butterflies are symmetrical around the vertical axis, and so a comparison is impossible.
It should be noted that this would not be a conflict under the proposed new rules, which would grant difference for the change in number of tertiary charges as well as difference for the change in type of secondary charges.
This device is returned for conflict with device of the Barony of Nordwache, Azure, a phoenix rising from a base of flames, on a chief Or two laurel wreaths proper. There is a single CD for the change in type, number, and tincture of the tertiaries. It should be noted that this would not be a conflict under the proposed new rules.
None.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.1.a. Tincture and Charge Limit, which says "As a rule of thumb, the total of the number of tinctures plus the number of types of charges in a design should not exceed eight." This device has a complexity count of nine, with five tinctures (gules, ermine, argent, vert, Or) and four types of charge (cross, daisies, chief, wings); while allowances may be given for good period style, this submission does not fit that criteria. Removing the daisies would likely be the easiest change.
This device is returned as the relative sizes of the dragon and sun blur the distinction between primary and secondary charges. While we typically declare the charge in the center of the field to be the primary charge, it is possible for it to be small enough to be considered secondary, when surrounded by a decidedly larger charge. The sun here is not quite large enough to be obviously the primary charge, nor small enough to be obviously a secondary charge. Part of our difficulty in blazon is that the motif of a charge surrounded by another charge in annulo does not appear to be good period style; it is still registerable, but only when the relative sizes of the charges do not blur the distinction between primary and secondary groups.
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 inverted field division; the field division here is too high. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw a per chevron inverted line of division.
There is a step from period practice for the use of lightning bolts not as part of a thunderbolt.
This badge is returned for violating section IX.1 of the Rules for Submissions, Vulgar Armory, as explained further on the Cover Letter. Section IX also says "Armory may be considered offensive even if the submitter did not intend it to be."
This badge is returned for violating section IX.1 of the Rules for Submissions, Vulgar Armory, as explained further on the Cover Letter. Section IX also says "Armory may be considered offensive even if the submitter did not intend it to be."
As submitted, this name is out of order, as a nomen comes between two cognomens. The expected order puts the nomen first. As such, this would be registerable as Iulia Sabina Metella or Iulia Metella Sabina. However, either change would be a major change, which the submitter does not allow.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Sabina of Ruantallan.
None.
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 thickness of the cross here makes the fleury ends hard to identify. A thinner version would be acceptable; a similarly-stretched cross can be seen in BSB.Cod.icon 270, 16th c Italian, at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001430/image_361.
This item is returned for several minor administrative shortcomings. First, the name as submitted and the name as forwarded are substantially different, and the permission to conflict reflects the original submission. Second, the letter does not include the submitter's legal name (it should read I, legal name, known in the SCA as SCA name). We encourage her to submit a corrected version; we also encourage her to file a blanket permission to presume, which would allow the registration of a name like Wilelmus dapifer(us).
This name was withdrawn by the submitter.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Serena the Lavendere, Per pale purpure and argent, a butterfly counterchanged. There is one CD for the difference between a butterfly and a dragonfly, but not the substantial difference required for two designs to be clear of conflict.
None.
This device is returned for violating section VII.7.b of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "[e]lements must be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a competent blazon." The strawberry here is large enough to be the primary charge, yet is not centered on the field, while its surrounding secondary charge is. Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as overall a wreath of thorns counterchanged, the wreath of thorns does not overlap any other charge, so is not an overall charge by definition. As it is difficult to describe the placement of both the strawberry and its encircling wreath of thorns upon the field, this cannot be blazoned adequately and so must be returned.
Please advise the submitter that there would be no contrast violation if the strawberry were placed in the center of the field, as the field is technically neutral and does not share a tincture with the strawberry, and that would likewise solve the blazonability problem.
This badge is returned for multiple reasons.
Blazoned as submitted, this device is returned for violating section VIII.1.c.ii of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "All charges should be placed either directly on the field or entirely on other charges that lie on the field." As we consider good-contrast collars on beast heads as a distinct charge, this badge has four layers: field, lozenge, griffin's head, collar. This exceeds the layer limit and so must be returned.
As a lozenge is considered a medium for heraldic display, this must also be considered as Gules, a griffin's head contourny erased argent collared sable studded argent. However, under this blazon this badge must be returned for conflict with the device of Orisin na Oir Claiomh, Vairy Or and vert, a griffin's head erased, facing sinister, argent, gorged of a collar azure, studded Or. There is one CD for the change of field, but nothing for the change of tincture only of the tertiary collar. It should be noted that under the proposed new rules this would not be a conflict.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as collared sable platy, the argent roundels here are the equivalent of artistic detail, and so we have reblazoned the collar as sable studded argent.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating section VIII.4.d of the Rules for Submissions which requires that "modern style in the depiction of individual elements or the total design may not be registered." This modern "apostrophe" style of gouttes is not registerable without period evidence. Gouttes should ideally be drawn with wavy tails.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Zenobia Blake, Sable, a chevron between three broadarrows inverted argent. There is one CD for the change in type of secondary charges, but nothing else, as the pearls are not considered significant enough for difference. There is also no CD for the change in orientation, as bull's heads cannot be registered when inverted.
Please advise the submitter that we would expect to see a bit of the neck below the gorging.
This name was withdrawn by the submitter. In resubmission, the submitter should know that Aoibheann is a late period spelling of a name which had fallen out of use by that time. We require that a name be registered in the form suitable for the time in which it was used, except in the case of very early names whose forms we do not know. The Middle Gaelic form of the name, suitable for the period when the name was in use, is Aíbinn or Oébfinn. Without further documentation, the submitted spelling is not registerable.
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 bend here is drawn unacceptably thin; while it was blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a bendlet, we usually reblazon single diminutives, but in this case the bend is drawn far too narrow for a primary charge. Drawn with a regular bend, this would be registerable.
While both elements of this name are period, this name combines a masculine nanori, a kind of given name, with a feminine given name. No evidence could be found that names were formed in this way. If Mitsumura could be documented as a period family name, this name could be registered as submitted.
While both elements of this name are period, this name combines two masculine nanori, which are a kind of given name. No evidence could be found that names were formed in this way. If Mitsumura could be documented as a period family name, this name could be registered as submitted.
No evidence was presented nor could any be found that de Gonzalez was a period byname. We assume that this is intended to follow the modern pattern in which women sometimes use their husband's family name with de in this manner. However, this pattern is not found until well after our time period. We would change the name to Ymelda Gonzalez (where Gonzalez would be her family name or literal byname) in order to register it, but she allows no changes.
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The combination of bynames Spede Bumpus is obtrusively modern:
The fact that this is a "joke name" is not, in and of itself, a problem. The College has registered a number of names, perfectly period in formation, that embodied humor: Drew Steele, Miles Long, and John of Somme Whyre spring to mind as examples. They may elicit chuckles (or groans) from the listener, but no more. Intrusively modern names grab the listener by the scruff of the neck and haul him, will he or nill he, back into the 20th Century. A name that, by its very presence, destroys any medieval ambience is not a name we should register. (Porsche Audi, August, 1992, pg. 28)
In the same way "speed bump" is a modern reference that dragged most commenters back into the 21st century. Therefore, it cannot be registered.
The obvious solution is to drop the second byname in order to remove this problem and register the name. However, this raises a potential mundane conflict: the fictional detective Sam Spade, hero of such books and films as The Maltese Falcon. This is pended to discuss whether that name conflicts; if it does, this is still potentially registerable as Samuel Bumpus.
This was item 43 on the East letter of December 4, 2011.
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Created at 2012-05-06T23:32:45