Anastasia is not dated in Russian to before 1600, but it is easily constructible: Anastasiia is dated to 1225, Nastasiia to 1501, and Nastas'ia to 1476. In the Revised English System for Romanization of Russian, soft signs are omitted, so that Nastasia is also a reasonable transliteration of the last given name form. On an earlier submission, Sofya la Rus noted that "Wickenden 3rd Edition p.338 provided a useful parallel in the name Sof'ia with variations including Sofia (1396), Sofiia (1462), Sof'a (1391), Zofia (1558), Zofiia (1563)." Given these examples, Anastasia is a plausible late period spelling of the name.
Nice device!
This is close to but does not conflict with the registered Brynjolfr rauðskeggr. Changes affect the sound and appearance of both syllables of the given names.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th-15th century Irish or Anglicized Irish. This name does not meet that request, because the byname is only dated to around 1600. However, it is registerable as submitted.
Nice late period English name!
Nice German name for around 1400!
Please advise the submitter to draw the rayonny line of division more regular; the right side is much better than the left side.
Nice badge!
Nice 15th century English name!
Nice badge!
Submitted as Nest ferch Rhys, the submitter requested authenticity for the 13th to 15th centuries. The spelling Rhys has not actually been found before 1600, though it is compatible with c. 1600 spellings. Rhys is dated to 1601 in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Fifteenth century forms of that name inevitably have R- not Rh-; Rys is a common spelling in Welsh records at that time. Additionally, the word meaning "daughter" in medieval Welsh is spelled verch until the end of the 15th century. After that time, ferch becomes progressively more common. Thus, the typical form of the byname in the 15th century would be verch Rys; we have made that change in order to meet her authenticity request.
Nest ferch Rhys is the modern form of the name of a Welsh princess who was the mistress of Henry I of England. She is not important enough to protect.
The submitter's previous name, Briant Huntington, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter may want to know that Saleem is just a more casual transliteration of the name which appears in other sources as Salim or S{a-}lim.
Blazoned when registered in February 2011 as Per pale Or and argent, a tree blasted and eradicated sable within a dragon involved vert, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Blazoned when registered in February 2006 as Sable, a drakkar Or sailed argent within a snake involved in annulo Or, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns)
Reblazoned in December 2011 as Per chevron argent and sable, a pithon involved contourny Or and a bordure sable, we are clarifying the posture of the pithon.
Blazoned when registered in July 1984 as Per pale argent and azure, a pair of wings conjoined inverted and in base a serpent involved deasil, head in sinister base, and on a chief two estoiles, all counterchanged, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in November 1989 as Or, a sea lion and on a chief vert, three serpents involved Or, we are clarifying the posture of the serpents.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
His previous device, Vert, a stag trippant contourny argent between three oak leaves Or, is released.
Nice English name from the 14th century on!
Blazoned when registered in August 2012 as Vert, on a chevron throughout argent five pheons inverted sable, in base a serpent involved, head to base, argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
His previous device, Per fess sable and vert, between the wingtips of a vol a roundel argent, is released.
Precedent regarding the proper depiction of a unicorn says:
The submitter has documented that the unicorn without a beard, as seen in this submission, is a standard period depiction of unicorns in Germany. Unicorns, in the future, may be registered either with or without beards. The requirement for cloven hooves and tufts of fur on the legs remains. We will not distinguish between beardless and bearded unicorns in our blazon. [Lachlan of Cromarty, A-Caid, Nov 2009 LoAR]
The submitter has documented that unicorns in German armory frequently also lack the tufts of fur on the legs, have distinctive swept-forward instead of upward-pointing horns, and more frequently have shorter goat's tails instead of lion's tails. While we appreciate the submitter's desire to define a German unicorn for use in blazon, this does not really match how we have treated similar regional artistic variations in blazon. Therefore, we are partially overturning past precedent and allowing unicorns to be registered with or without leg tufts, with either a goat's tail or a lion's tail, and with the horn either pointing upwards or swept forward. The requirement for cloven hooves and a generally goat-like body remains. We will not distinguish between unicorn styles in our blazon.
Nice badge!
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Siobhan inghean Uí Aodha, we require that a name either include accents on all elements or on none of them. The given name includes an accent on the a, omitted here. The originally submitted name had no accents. For this reason, we are removing the accent from Uí in order to make the name consistent.
Please advise the submitter that properly drawn fitching has the bottom limb as a tapering spike, not a sharpened pencil.
The submitter is a knight and thus entitled to the display of an annulet of chain.
Blazoned when registered in November 2001 as Per pale gules and sable, a bird migrant within a serpent involved Or all within an orle argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in July 2004 as (Fieldless) A mullet of six points voided and interlaced within and conjoined to a serpent involved sable, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
Atenveldt is the registered name of an SCA branch.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a non-eagle displayed.
Please advise the submitter to draw more prominent erasing on the wolf's head.
Nice 16th century Anglicized Irish name!
This device was pended in May 2013 until the outcome of the discussion on how we treat a sheaf plus another charge in the same group is handled, which was decided in June 2013. Under the precedent set at that date, this is a registerable arrangement.
There is a step from period practice for the use of an Oriental abacus.
Blazoned when registered in August 2002 as Per fess argent and sable, on a fess gules a scimitar blade to chief and in base a snake involved argent, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
Please advise the submitter to draw the raven with internal detailing.
Submitted as Dante Hollowheart, the evidence for the construction Hollowheart was not convincing. While both elements exist as words and in bynames, no evidence was presented nor could any be found that the combination was plausible. Luckily, each can be documented separately, and this can be registered as Dante Hollow Heart. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a peacock feather, the feather here is too small to reliably identify it as a peacock feather, as opposed to a generic feather. We have thus reblazoned it.
Commenters discussed whether or not this device exceeds the complexity count of SENA A3E2, which states that complexity of a design is "measured by adding the number of types of charges to the number of tinctures. Items with a complexity count of eight or less receive no penalty for complexity from this rule....All charges, including maintained charges, are counted, though objects worn by an animal or person do not. All tinctures are counted except those used only for normally unblazoned artistic details like teeth, claws, and eyes. Proper is not a tincture, but a description of a group of tinctures, each of which is counted separately." Here we have three charges (fox, feather, roundel) and six tinctures (Or, gules, sable, argent, purpure, vert), for a total complexity count of nine. (The blue eyes on the fox are normally unblazoned artistic detail and therefore do not require inclusion in the complexity count, which is fortunate.) Items with a complexity count of nine of higher may be registered if they follow period style, or can be documented as an Individually Attested Pattern. In this case, despite the variety of tinctures here, this fox is not any more complex than a proper rose, which likewise has three tinctures. The pattern of a single primary charge maintaining a charge between three identical charges is a period one, and so this design is registerable.
Blazoned when registered in September 1999 as Per bend gules and Or, a bend wavy pean between two dragons involved counterchanged, we are clarifying the posture of the dragons.
The name was documented as a mix of Italian and Spanish elements; Eastern Crown was able to document it as a completely late period Spanish name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a natural tiger.
Nice cant!
Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor provided a great deal of help with the byname. She was able to date the place name Rothenburg ob der Tauber to 1527 in Reitzenstein Lexikon Fränkischer Ortsnamen, s.n. Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The same source notes variation between -berg and -burg in period forms of Callenberg/Kallenburg and Kuberg/Koburg. Finally, there are examples of complex locative bynames in personal names: Socin, p. 274, gives 13th century vro Beantrix von dem welschen Niuwenburg and Theobaldus dominus de Novo castro in Burgundia. This is together sufficient to allow the registration of this byname.
His previous device, Per chevron argent and azure, two wolves combatant each maintaining a Latin cross azure and in base a double-bitted axe argent, is released.
Hungarian names may be registered in either order; in this case, Irisko is the given name.
March of the Unicorn is the registered name of an SCA branch. The byname could also be constructed as an inn-sign based byname.
The submitter's previous name, Iuliana inghean Phadraig, is retained as an alternate name.
The byname of Acre is a lingua Anglica form of the period byname d'Acre or de Acre.
The phrase Jenny Wren as a name for the bird is dated to 1648 in the OED; thus, the reference is not obtrusively modern.
Nice name for England around 1200!
The submitter's previous name, Jocelyn Playndeamours, is released.
This name mixes a French given name with an English byname; this is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Commenters were unable to confirm the documentation for the given name provided on the Letter of Intent; however, they were able to find different documentation for the given name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the per chevron line of division better balanced across the middle of the field; in this case, that would require making the line of division steeper. This would also give more room for the balls of yarn to be drawn larger, to better match the Lacy knot. Please see the May 2011 Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to proper draw per chevron lines of division.
Her previous device, Purpure, a unicorn doubly queued rampant regardant argent armed and gorged of a collar Or within a bordure Or semy of bunches of grapes purpure slipped and leaved vert, is retained as a badge.
Submitted as Liadan of Laithlind, the byname is a proposed lingua Anglica form of a locative byname derived from an unclear area in Viking controlled areas. This form only appears early; by the 11th century it is displaced by the equivalent Lochlainn. That later form must be used in any lingua Anglica form. We have therefore made that change in order to register the name.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
Blazoned when registered in October 1999 as Gules, a dragon involved head to chief argent, on a bordure Or six quatrefoils slipped vert, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
The byname is allowed under the grandfather clause, as it is registered to the submitter's father, Gustav Emile der Dunkele Rotvogel.
Nice English name from the 14th century on!
The submitter's previous name, Sólveig eyverska, is released.
Blazoned when registered in January 2008 as Per pale azure and argent, a serpent involved counterchanged and a point pointed sable, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in January 2005 as Sable, three Bowen knots argent within a serpent involved head to base Or, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
The submitter may want to know that her previous submission, Brigid Gyllfinnan, is registerable, though not authentic for any particular time or place. Brigid is found as an English feminine given name from 1560 in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Gyllfinnan is found as a masculine name in Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn's "Names and Naming Practices in the Red Book of Ormond (Ireland 14th Century)." In this same article, unmarked patronymics are found. Thus, this name can be registered as a mix of English and Anglicized Irish.
Blazoned when registered in February 2004 as Per pale Or and vert, a serpent involved between three cups counterchanged, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Her previous device, Per bend sinister azure and argent, a lion argent and three roses azure, is released.
Nice 16th century English name!
Nice device!
The form indicated that the submitter requested authenticity for 15th-16th century England, but communication with the submitter indicated that the markings were a mistake. This is a much earlier name (the byname is Old English; the given name dated to the 13th century), but that's not a problem for registration.
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in November 1994 as Per pale gules and azure, a lyre Or environed of snake involved argent, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
Please advise the submitter that doves typically have a little tuft of feathers on their head that aid in their identification as doves and not generic birds.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
Her previous device, Gules, a musimon rampant argent spotted sable and in chief a comet fesswise Or, is released.
This device was pended on the March 2013 LoAR until the outcome of the discussion on how we treat a sheaf plus another charge in the same group is handled, which was decided in June 2013. Under precedent set at that time, this is a registerable arrangement.
Submitted as Poline l'oubliere, the byname l'oubliere in Colm Dubh's "Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris" appears to be a misspelling of the byname l'oubloier which appears in the text. We have changed the name to the documented form in order to register the name.
Blazoned when registered in August 1992 as Per pale Or and vert, a sun in its splendor within a serpent involved counterchanged, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in October 2001 as (Fieldless) A lion dormant argent within and conjoined to a wingless dragon involved head to chief Or, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Blazoned when registered in May 2004 as Or semy of hop flowers, a cow rampant vert, we are standardizing the blazon as hop cones.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
The given name is dated to 1190 and 1191. As this name mixes Gaelic and Scots, the elements have to be dated to within 300 years of one another. The name Murdoc appears in the Domesday Book as Meurdoch, Murdac, and Murdoc. The submitted form is a reasonable interpolation.
This name mixes a Gaelic given name with an English byname; this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Please advise the submitter to draw the wavy line of division with less amplitude, as the current depiction interferes with the identifiability of both the swan and the line of division.
Alpha Luerann is the submitter's legal given and middle name. Alpha can also be documented as a late period English given name in the FamilySearch Historical Records.
The submitter's previous name, Luerann Damask, is released.
Nice device! This motif can be seen in Siebmacher pl. 207 in the arms of Rehlinger.
Please advise the submitter to draw the denticulada more regularly. Both the positive and negative spaces should be about the same width and depth, just as you would expect with a bordure embattled.
His previous device, Argent, a fess sable between three fleurs-de-lys azure, is retained as a badge.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a non-eagle volant to chief, which is effectively displayed.
Submitted as Elisheva al-'assaala, the byname has two small transliteration issue. In the data presented aa was used to transliterate {a-} (a with a macron or long mark). This is not a standard transliteration, and we do not allow it. Additionally, the name element needs to be put into name case, capitalizing the first letter of the main element. These changes have been made in order to register the name. The feminization is correct, based on similar forms found in the Geniza data.
Commenters argued that Elisheva should not be allowed as a "random" biblical name. They are misunderstanding the purpose of our allowance. The biblical name allowance is intended to apply to most "important" characters; it simply disallows those names that appear only once in a list of people. The wife of an important man like Aaron is important enough that her name would be allowed. Moreover, Elisheva is actually found in Beider's Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names as the name of a woman from Mainz in 1223. Thus, clearly medieval Jews in at least one location thought her name an appropriate woman's name.
This name mixes Hebrew and Arabic; this is an allowable lingual mix under the standards of Appendix C of SENA.
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in August 1979 as Argent, a wingless dragon gules involved around a landsknecht's great sword sable, on a chief gules three fleurs-de-lis Or, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Gehrig is the submitter's legal given name.
Nice late period English name!
Submitted as Fuhljahn Van Breemen, the given name was documented as a modern name (it originates as a compound of Fuhl "easy" and the given name Jahn). Commenters could not date it to period. The submitter explicitly allowed us to drop the element Fuhl-if necessary to register the name. We have done so in order to register the name. Jahn is a gray period name, first dated in Germany in 1647 (thanks to Sans Repose for finding it in the FamilySearch Historical Records).
The byname was documented as the submitter's legal surname; the spelling is compatible with late period examples, but the capitalization is not documented.
This name does not conflict with the registered Hans von Bremen. The first two syllables are changed in sound and appearance, so we do not have to consider the pronunciation of the location itself.
This is the defining instance of this charge in Society heraldry. It can be seen on a banner in Banners, Standards, and Badges from a Tudor Manuscript on p.199 (found at http://books.google.com/books?id=T-cLAQAAMAAJ). A slightly different variant, with a blade instead of a toothed lid, can be found on pl. 138 of Siebmacher, in the arms of von Habel. As both variants have the opening on opposite sides, and the majority of the hempbreaks on the banner aren't open at all, we will not specify if the hempbreak is open or where the hinge is.
Nice device!
This is the defining instance of this charge in Society heraldry. It can be seen in the Wapenboek Beyeren, c.1400, on f.39v (found at http://www.kb.nl/bladerboek/wapenboek/browse/page_039v.html), in the canting arms of van Abbenbroeck.
Nice badge!
Jazlynne is the submitter's legal given name.
Blazoned when registered in January 1988 as Azure, an open book Or, in chief a quill fesswise argent, all within a bordure embattled Or, the charge in chief is a quill pen.
This name mixes a Greek given name and an Arabic byname; this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
The submitter's previous name, Isabel Silver, is retained as an alternate name.
While this order is registerable, the submitter may want to know that his name would more typically have been written in the inverted order as Miklosfi Lazlo, as is typical for vernacular (non-Latinized) Hungarian names. A Latinized form like Ladislaus Miklosfi would typically be in the "given name first" order.
The "documented" form that is mentioned in the Letter of Intent is a hypothetical form designed to explain patronymics, rather than a period citation. Thus, it is not evidence for the word order used in period.
This is the defining instance of this charge in Society heraldry. It can be seen in Siebmacher on pl.98, in the arms of von Uhrmuhl.
Nice device!
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in October 2004 as (Fieldless) A flame proper within and conjoined at the base to a serpent involved Or, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Submitted as Mihri Tabrizi, the name was changed by kingdom to Mihr Tabrizi to match the documentation they could find. Luckily, Green Staff was able to find Mihri "as a feminine name in an Ottoman context in 1546 in Ömer Lutfi Barkan and Ekrem Hakki, Averdi ?stanbul Vakilari Tahrîr Defteri (Istanbul: Baha Matbaasi, 1970)." Thus, we can restore the name to the submitted form.
As documented this name mixes a Turkish given name and a Persian byname; this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. We would not be surprised to find Mihri in Persian context, but cannot be certain that it is a plausible Persian name.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Jngridh Pædhersdotter, Vert, an owl contourny within a bordure argent.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of the Kingdom of Calontir, Argent, a bat-winged bison volant sable. There is a DC for the removal of the bordure, and another DC for the removal of the wings.
Blazoned when registered in April 1997 as Per saltire sable and azure, a sword inverted within a sea-serpent involved head to base argent, we are clarifying the posture of the sea-serpent.
Blazoned when registered in June 2003 as Per fess sable and azure, a compass star within a sea-serpent involved head to base argent, we are clarifying the posture of the sea-serpent.
Blazoned when registered in March 1990 as (Fieldless) A harp within a wingless dragon involved, head to chief, Or, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Submitted as Samra al-Hassan, the byname must be feminized to match the given name. That form is al-Hassana. We have changed the byname to the feminized form in order to register it.
The submitter indicated that he wanted authenticity for 14th century Irish; this name is an authentic 16th century Anglicized Irish name. We cannot make it authentic for the 14th century, as we have no evidence Seth was used in Ireland at that time.
Blazoned when registered in April 1982 as Per bend sinister sable and vert, a wingless dragon argent involved about a great sword and on a chief arched Or three caltrops vert, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Thorvinn is the submitter's legal middle name. It is a given name in type and can thus be registered as a given name here.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a tierce with other charges.
Blazoned when registered in July 1998 as Argent, on a pile between two swords in pile sable an estoile argent, the swords here are inverted.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
Blazoned when registered in September 1991 as Or, on a fountain a crocodile involved gules, we are clarifying the posture of the crocodile.
Blazoned when registered in September 1991 as (Fieldless) A crocodile involved gules, we are clarifying the posture of the crocodile.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
The submitter's previous name, Sela nic a'Phearsoin of Clan Chattan, is released.
Submitted as Beata Sigridsdotter, the name was changed by kingdom to Beata Sigridzdotter, to match the documentation they could find. Goutte d'Eau was able to provide extensive evidence for the use of s as well as z in these kinds of contexts, which allows us to restore the name to the submitted form.
The Cotswolds are not important enough to protect. While they were an important wool producing area in the United Kingdom, this does not rise to the level that requires protection. While they have been designated as an Area of Outstanding National Beauty in the United Kingdom, there are 49 of these areas in the United Kingdom. Thus this heraldic title can be registered.
The submitter was given the right to register a personal title on February 27, 2013.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
Nice Anglo-Norman heraldic title!
Nicolaa was given the right to register a heraldic title on March 2, 2013.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
There is a step from period practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
This device is in conflict with the device of Enid of Crickhollow, Per chevron argent and azure, two mullets of six greater and six lesser points and a swan naiant counterchanged. However, Enid has filed a blanket letter of permission to conflict with any armory that is at least one DC away from her device. There is one DC for the change in type of the bottommost charge.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Larisa Mikhailovna, Per chevron argent and azure, two estoiles of eight rays azure and issuant from base a phoenix argent rising from flames Or.
Nice device!
Nice cant!
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Russian/Ukrainian. This name does not meet that request but is registerable. The byname cannot be shown to be used before 1618, and the given name is a constructed form. Anya is a plausible construction, given that late period dated forms of the given name in Wickenden include Ana, Anna and Annya.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
Submitted as the completely Hungarian Athila Soldus, the submitter indicated he preferred Attila if it could be documented. Noir Licorne was able to date Attila as a masculine Slovak given name in 1621. This given name is compatible with the 15th century Latinized Hungarian byname Soldus under the standards of Appendix C of SENA; the name can thus be registered in the submitter's preferred form.
Blazoned when registered in July 1997 as Sable, a beorc rune within a serpent involved head to base argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
The submitter's previous name, Berric Grayveson, is released.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Cecile de Perches, the submitter indicated that she preferred the byname du Perche. We have made that change in order to meet her request.
The submitter requested authenticity for 1500s Scotland; this name meets that request.
Some commenters were concerned with the combination of the order name and the green garter. While this is certainly allusive of the story of Sir Gawain from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, it is not presumptive of Gawain's arms.
Submitted as Elijah al-Talhi, the given name uses the standard modern Anglicized spelling for familiar Biblical names. This is a known problem with the article from which this name was documented, "Jewish Names in the World of Medieval Islam" compiled by Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/Jewish/Cairo/cairo_men.html). The forms of this name found in Hebrew in these documents are Eliyahu and Eliyah. As the latter is closer to the submitted form, we have changed it to the Hebrew form in order to register it.
This name mixes Hebrew and Arabic; this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Nice name for England around 1600!
Submitted as Griete van Alkmaar, the name was changed by kingdom to Griete van Alckmaer to match the documentation they could find. Commenters were able to find Alkmaar as the spelling of the name of a ship in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Names of Ships in the VOC between 1595 and 1650" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/other/shiptypesvoc.html). It is possible that the name is modernized, but commenters were able to find a gray period citation of the spelling Alckmaar (in the title of De secte der Hillisten tegen den magistraat van Alckmaar). Alkmaar is also found as a 14th century given name spelling in her "Dutch Names 1393-96," further underlining its plausibility as a spelling for the place name. We have therefore restored the name to its submitted form.
Please advise the submitter to draw the crenellations on the bordure fewer and larger.
Similarly to how we treat the rare per bend beviled field division, the use of this field division with charges is a step from period practice.
Blazoned when registered in March 1978 as Vert, a dragon involved to sinister argent, in chief a sword fesswise reversed Or quilloned argent, on a chief azure fimbriated three estoiles argent, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
As documented, this name mixes a French given name and a Spanish byname; this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Nice cant!
Blazoned when registered in July 1980 as Erminois, on a chevron engrailed between three natural salamanders involved, heads to fess point, gules, a flame argent, we are clarifying the posture of the natural salamanders.
Nice device!
Nice 15th century German name!
Nice device!
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Yzabel de Perches, the submitter indicated that she preferred the byname du Perche. We have made that change in order to meet her request.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
The submitter requested authenticity for 15th century Persian. This name does not meet that request, but it registerable. The given name is a Mongol form of the name recorded in Persian setting, and we do not know if that form would have been used by Persians. Additionally, the byname is only dated to 1534, and commenters were unable to date it to the 15th century.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a hummingbird.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
There is a step from period practice for the use of a cross nowy.
Her previous device, Gules, a cross of Santiago, on a chief argent three crescents sable, is retained as a badge.
Blazoned when registered in January 2011 as Or, a dance vert between a branch fesswise flowered of three roses proper and a sprig of three cherries gules slipped and leaved vert, we are clarifying the rose branch's blazon.
Blazoned when registered in October 2002 as Per saltire sable and Or, a serpent involved counterchanged, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Richard Wymarc, Sable, a shakefork gules fimbriated argent.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the ululant posture.
The submitter requested authenticity for late 15th century German. We cannot confirm that the name is authentic for that time; we can date Hunt to the 13th century and the 16th century, but not the 15th century. It seems likely that the name was used between the two, but we cannot confirm it. However, the name is registerable as submitted.
The submitter allows registration of any names that are not identical to his registered name.
Submitted as Lucia della Fenice, this name does not match the documented pattern. First, there is no pattern of della animal; the pattern is to simply use the animal name as a descriptive byname. Moreover, the animals that were used to create such bynames were all "real" animals, not mythical ones like a phoenix.
Luckily commenters were able to document Fenice as a period family name. Giovanni Antonio Fenice published a book Delle vanita del mondo in 1589. It is referenced in the Catalogo della libreria Floncel (books.google.com/books?id=8knAb43OxhsC) and can be found in Google Books (books.google.com/books?id=rLJtQwAACAAJ without preview). Thus, Fenice can be registered as a family name.
While this does not justify della, the preposition degli/delli (of the X family) is found in period names. Therefore, this can be registered either as Lucia Fenice or Lucia delli Fenice. As the latter is closer to the submitted form, we have changed the name to that form in order to register it. If she would prefer Lucia Fenice, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Tokahira Zenjirou Minagawa, the proper name order in period Japanese puts the surname first, followed by the yobina, then the nanori. That makes the proper order of these elements Minagawa Zenjirou Tokihira. We have made that change in order to register the name, noting that the change doesn't change the role any of the elements play in the name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a saltire nowy.
The submitter requested authenticity for 15-16th century Italian. This name is plausibly authentic. We find the given name only in Venice in this spelling and the family name only in Mantua. The two areas spoke different dialects (today we might say different languages) of what had not yet become modern Italian. Thus we cannot be sure that the elements would be found together in the same name. But the elements are close enough physically and temporally to suggest that they might have been used together.
Blazoned when registered in November 2009 as Sable, a pall inverted between three serpents involved Or, we are clarifying the posture of the serpents.
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Nice 14th century Venetian name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
Submitted as Corinthia de Molinas, the name Corinthia could not be documented before 1650. The submitter indicated that if the name needed to be changed, she preferred to change the given name to the documented Spanish Corina to match the byname. Metron Ariston was able to date de Molinas to 1648 as a Spanish byname in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Thus, the byname can be registered as submitted.
The submitter may want to know that alternately Corinthe Molinas would be registerable as a completely English name. If she prefers this, she may do a request for consideration.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a fess ermine fimbriated, the fimbriation here is so thick and the ermine spots grouped such that the overwhelming impression is not of an ermine fess. If an ermine fess was desired, we encourage the submitter to submit a device change with the ermine spots drawn more evenly spread across the space, and with thinner fimbriation.
Please advise the submitter to draw the arrows more substantially, with bigger arrowheads and fletchings.
Please advise the submitter to draw the ermine spots larger so they are more easily identified.
Submitted as Teaghlach Iora Íor,the household name is based on a constructed personal name, Íor Iora, with the byname meaning "squirrel." Descriptive bynames based on animal names are rare in Gaelic: the examples found in Mari "Index of Names in Irish Annals" are Sinnach/Sionnach "fox," Damán "Little Stag/Ox," and Cu "Wolf/Hound." These are all large animals and all domestic animals or predators. A byname meaning "squirrel" does not fit into that pattern and that element must be dropped.
This can be registered using only the given name of the person after whom the household is named. However, the name must be placed in the genitive (possessive) form. In this case, the genitive of Íor is Ír, making the name Teaghlach Ír. We have changed the name to that form in order to register it.
The submitter requested authenticity for Early Modern Irish; with the changes made for registration, this submission meets that request.
Please advise the submitter to draw the squirrel with internal detailing. While mixing heraldic tinctures with "proper" is generally not allowed, here it occurs on a maintained charge, which does not count for difference. Please advise the submitter than an entirely Or or entirely proper acorn would be far better style.
Blazoned when registered in September 2010 as Gyronny gules and Or, a serpent involved sable and a bordure sable crusilly formy argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century England; this name meets that request.
Please advise the submitter to draw the domestic cat's head with no neck, as is proper for a cabossed charge. The head on her device is fine.
Submitted as fjúkr-Krakugarðr, the construction has a few minor issues. The name means "Storm-Kraka's yard." First, we require prepended bynames like Fjúkr to be capitalized. Second, Kraka is not a given name; the given name forms that are related are Kráki and Krákr (all are derived from the word for "crow"). The place names derived from those elements would be Fjúk-Kráksgarðr or Fjúk-Krákagarðr (thanks to Orle for the documentation of these items). As the latter is closer to the submitted form, we have changed it to that form in order to register it.
The submitter requested authenticity for Viking-Age Old Norse. While the name is plausible enough for registration, it is based on shaky evidence. The byname is not documented, but constructed. There is a single example of a prepended byname and given name used in an Old Norse placename, and it uses a different second element. Given these weaknesses in the data provided, we are willing to give the submitter benefit of the doubt and register the name, but it is not enough to be comfortable saying that the name is authentic for any time and place in the Viking world.
His previous device, Sable, on a cross nowy quadrate gules fimbriated between in chief two phoenixes a demon's head couped argent, is released.
This badge is not in conflict with the badge of Catriona nicHugh McLae, (Fieldless) A hand fesswise argent. There is a DC for fieldlessness. As only one finger is extended, Macha's hand is considered to be a fist, and there is a DC between an open hand and a fist.
Please advise the submitter to draw the gouttes with wavier tails.
The adjective Meridian is grandfathered to the submitter.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of the Barony of the Osprey, (Fieldless) A pillar sable.
Please advise the submitter to draw the falcon with a more distinct raptor-like beak, to better aid in its identification.
Blazoned when registered in September 2003 as Azure, a bull's skull affronty argent within a serpent involved Or, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a serpent involved, that term in period blazon was instead used for serpents curled in a spiral. Also, blazoned on the Letter of Intent as two hops, hop cones by default have their stems to chief, like most fruits.
Please advise the submitter to draw the serpent thicker, so that it is more easily identified.
When his name was registered in January 2013, he had indicated that he preferred this form to the form that was eventually registered. However that information was not acted on by the Laurel office; our apologies.
Submitted as House of the Lion in Boots, this household name is intended to be the lingua Anglica form of a French language byname derived from a house-sign name (as discussed in Juliana de Luna's "Inn signs & House Names in 15th c. Paris" (http://www.medievalscotland.org/jes/ParisInnHouseNames/). We assume they intend it to be a parallel to "Puss in Boots." Unfortunately, the story of Puss in Boots is post-period. Even if such a story were period, the French form would translate as "The Booted Cat," rather than this form.
Barring a clear period story referring to a creature with boots, it must depend on a heraldic depiction. Once again, this justification has problems. First, there is no evidence of boots as a clothing item on creatures, though some kinds of clothing were depicted on animals in period armory. Second, there is no evidence that additions to animate charges were used in house-sign names with the exception of crowns, as in the sign-name Boeuf couronné. Barring evidence of these phenomena, a name referring to a booted lion would not be registerable.
The easiest solution to the problem is to create a house-sign name derived from two charges. Following the model of the period Cat and parrots (from Margaret Makafee's "Comparison of Inn/Shop/House names found London 1473-1600 with those found in the ten shires surrounding London in 1636" (http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~grm/signs-1485-1636.html), we can register the sign-name House of the Lion and Boots. We have changed the name to that form in order to register the name.
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
This is a relatively casual rendering of Þorbj{o,}rn Haraldsson.
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Blazoned when registered in October 2008 as Or, an apple gules within a serpent involved head to dexter base vert, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in October 1993 as Vairy Or and gules, an arrow argent enfiling a serpent involved sable, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in May 1983 as Per pale sable and argent, three serpents involved interlaced counterchanged, we are clarifying the posture of the serpents.
Blazoned when registered in October 1999 as Azure, on a pale argent a rose azure barbed and seeded proper, overall a dragon involved head to base Or, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Thanks to Goutte d'Eau for her help with documenting the spelling of this name!
Blazoned when registered in March 2011 as Argent, a wyvern contourny involved vert between two bars purpure all between three ravens contourny sable, we are clarifying the posture of the wyvern.
Blazoned when registered in March 2011 as Argent, a wyvern contourny involved vert within a bordure purpure, we are clarifying the posture of the wyvern.
Blazoned when registered in January 1995 as Per fess sable and argent, two swords in saltire proper and a snake involved gules, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
This is (despite appearances) a completely Anglicized name. A Gaelic name does not (and cannot) use O'.
The submitter may wish to be aware that the more typical drawing of a tricorporate beast in period armory has the top two bodies back to back, with the bottommost body facing to dexter. The specific orientation difference here of one of the three bodies is not a blazonable detail.
Blazoned when registered in February 2011 as Per pall inverted azure, vert, and Or, two mullets of four points Or and a snake involved head to base sable, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
Blazoned when registered in July 1980 as Per fess wavy azure and argent, a snake involved, head to sinister, counterchanged, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
Blazoned when registered in September 1981 as Sable, a moon in her complement argent within a serpent wavy involved vert, fimbriated Or, all within plates in orle, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in April 1994 as Per bend sinister sable and gules, a sun within a snake involved, head to base Or, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
Blazoned when registered in December 2008 as Gules, a bend sinister argent surmounted by a serpent involved Or all between six crosses crosslet argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
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Blazoned when registered in February 2012 as Sable, a lizard involved argent and in chief three crescents Or, we are clarifying the posture of the lizard.
The submitter's previous name, Niamh ni Chonaill, is released.
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of the city known at various points in time as Byzantium and Constantinople. However, SENA specifies that the standard modern form be used; Istanbul is clearly the standard modern form of the city name. We decline to rule as to whether Byzantium and Constantinople are also standard modern forms of the city name.
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Submitted as Aegeon The Actor, we expect names to be in "name case," which would have the all in lowercase. Barring evidence for capitalizing the article, we must change this to name case. We have done so in order to register the name.
The byname can most easily be understood as the lingua Anglica form of the documented Middle English byname, le Pleyer.
Nice badge!
His previous device, Per bend sinister azure and vert, on a Celtic cross Or a sword azure, is released.
Asenath was documented from an I batch from the FamilySearch Historical Records. We remind all that only certain batches are allowed, and that this is not one. It is derived from post-period, but not modern, transcriptions of records. As such, we cannot trust their readings of the data.
In this case, Asenath is a biblical name, well known from the 13th century Speculum Historiale among other period sources. As such, this name is registerable under the literary/biblical name allowance.
While the general motif of multiple charges head to tail like this is considered a step from period practice, this particular motif of three rabbits sharing ears is seen in both period art and heraldry, and so it is not a step from period practice.
There is a step from period practice for the use of zebras.
Commenters (Diademe and Sans Repose) noted that Watts dates this spelling of the place name to 1564.
Blazoned when registered in August 1989 as Argent, three triangles voided and conjoined, one and two, azure within a serpent involved vert, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
The form and spelling of the place name was not dated in the Letter of Intent. Luckily, commenters were able to find it in the 1632, Ancient fvnerall monvments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Ilands adjacent by John Weever (http://books.google.com/books?id=sDxQAQAAIAAJ). Thus the name can be registered as submitted.
Nice 16th century Venetian name!
Nice name for c. 1600 Ireland!
Please advise the submitter to draw the rapier more substantially.
This name does not conflict with the registered Maria Casteleyn. The addition of a syllable and the changes to the previous syllable (as the vowel sounds are different) is sufficient; in fact, the addition of the syllable is enough to bring them clear of conflict.
The submitter's previous name, Castellana Alcon, is retained as an alternate name.
Her previous device, Purpure, a Bengal tiger sejant affronty Or marked sable between in chief two scimitars addorsed argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice badge!
Submitted as Staros Pacellides of Helicon, the byname Pacellides combines modern Italian and Greek. Without evidence that Pacelli is period and can be combined with the Greek suffix -ides, this byname cannot be registered. We have dropped that element in order to register the name.
The byname of Helicon is the lingua Anglica form of a Greek locative byname.
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The submitter requested authenticity for "10th - 14th Irish." This is not an Irish name, but an English one, and late period English at that. It is, however, registerable, as Blake is a given name as well as a byname.
Nice cant!
Submitted as Branán mac Fáelán, Gaelic grammar requires that the father's name be put in the genitive (possessive) case, making it Branán mac Fáeláin. We have made that change in order to register the name.
This name does not conflict with the registered Brian macc Faelain. The first syllables of the given names are significantly different in sound and appearance.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the ululant posture.
Please advise the submitter to draw the chief higher upon the field, so that it is not confused with a per fess line of division.
Submitted as R{oe}rekr á Úlfhamri, the dated forms of place names using -hamarr used -hamre in the dative form, which is what's grammatically required after á. We have changed the name to that documentable form in order to register it.
Goutte d'Eau was able to date the spelling of the given name to 1319 in the Diplomatarium Norvegicum. Thus, the name requires no further changes in order to be registered.
Blazoned when registered in February 2011 as Per pale gules and vert, a candle argent flammant Or within a serpent involved head to base argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
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The Achilles of the Iliad was not associated with Sparta. Achilles was also the name of normal men; it's found 115 times in the LGPN. Thus, this name is not in conflict with the famous Greek hero.
This byname is the lingua Anglica form of a Greek byname like Spartiates.
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Argent, a pair of dexter hands clasped couped azure above a dragon involved gules, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Blazoned when registered in June 1990 as Azure, in chief a serpent involved argent between two flaunches Or, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Please advise the submitter to draw the valknut to fill the available space.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a valknut.
Submitted under the name Bera Vigabjarki.
Nice device!
A similar depiction to this branch with roses can be seen in the arms of von Brederlow on pl.171 of Siebmacher. This period charge is somewhat unusual in that both the branch and the roses are significant, and it should be seen as distinct from a rose branch flowered, which is equivalent to just the flowers.
Nice device!
Nice 15th century Italian name!
Submitted as Hrothgar Uthersson, the name was changed at kingdom to Hrothgar Utherson to match the documentation they could find. However, Uthersson is compatible with Middle English patronymic bynames; therefore we have restored this name to the submitted form.
Hrothgar was documented as an Old Norse name; it is not one. The Letter of Intent says that it is in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Viking Names Found in the Landnámabók;" it is not, but Hróðgeirr is. Hrothgar is Old English; related forms, like Rothger and Hróðgeirr are Norse forms. Old English is compatible with an Arthurian byname, so this is not a bar to registration.
We note that as in Old Norse, we will register Old English forms that render edh and thorn either as single characters or as th; we will not mix the two.
The byname loki is an attested descriptive byname in Geirr Bassi.
The submitter's previous name, Bella Caterina Malatesta, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter registered the name Krysta of Starfall in September of 1984. In May of 1998, the submitter registered Krysta MacIntyre. The name Krysta of Starfall was released at that time. The submitter now seeks to change her name back to Krysta of Starfall and keep Krysta MacIntyre as an alternate name. The submitter states that at the time she registered Krysta MacIntyre, the West Kingdom College's policy was to prohibit "alternate names" and so she was unable to retain the name Krysta of Starfall. Examination of the form used indicates that there was no place for the submitter to indicate the disposition of the old name. Policy stated then and states now that the default disposition is to release the old name.
In 1998 when the submitter registered Krysta MacIntyre the then-current administrative rules permitted the registration of alternate names. (Administrative Handbook, II.A.2 (1996).) Some commenters raised the point that at various times Kingdoms would decide to create rules as to what could be registered that were more restrictive than the Laurel Office's rules and policies.
The complete facts here are unclear and lost in the mists of time. It is not clear whether the West Kingdom did in fact prohibit alternate names in 1998, although the West Kingdom submission form at that time did not give the submitter the option to allow a former primary name to be retained as an alternate name. It is also unclear whether in 1998 the submitter desired to retain her former primary name Krysta of Starfall as an alternate name. However, under these circumstances we will accept that the submitter desired to keep Krysta of Starfall as an alternate name.
The reinstatement of Krysta of Starfall as the submitter's primary name does not conflict with any registrations from the date of release (May of 1998) to the present. Given this and given the facts here, without making any judgment as to the policies of the West Kingdom College of Heralds in 1998, Laurel gives the submitter the benefit of the doubt and reinstates the registration of Krysta of Starfall to the submitter, and changes the submitter's primary name to Krysta of Starfall.
The submitter's previous name, Krysta MacIntyre is retained as an alternate name.
Blazoned when registered in April 1988 as Azure, a wingless dragon involved around a carnation between in pale two carnations, all argent, we are clarifying the posture of the dragon.
Blazoned when registered in July 2012 as Vert, a wolf rampant argent within a serpent involved Or, a bordure embattled argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in December 2009 as Gyronny gules and Or, a serpent involved, head to base, within a bordure argent, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Gules, on a bezant within a serpent involved Or, an arrowhead azure, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Blazoned when registered in September 1997 as Or, a serpent involved gules, a base embattled azure, we are clarifying the posture of the serpent.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Theodora Xiphilinos, the family name must be feminized, which makes it Xiphiline. We have made that change in order to register it.
The Letter of Intent says that of the Byzantine Empire was dropped to "avoid any possible conflict with the Empress Theodora." The addition of the element Xiphline already does that, even if she is important enough to protect. Nonetheless, there is no evidence that of the Byzantine Empire (as opposed to of Byzantium) is a historical form. Thus, that byname cannot be registered.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th c. northern Italy. This name probably meets that request. It includes two relatively rare given names that are documented from two different places in northern and central Italy. But it is not implausible that a woman could have borne both names in the 16th century.
The submitter's previous name, Sarah Wydville, is retained as an alternate name.
Her previous device, Per fess argent and paly argent and sable, in canton a rose, a bordure sable, is retained as a badge.
Nice Old Norse name!
Blazoned when retained as a badge in March 2011 as Per bend embattled gules and argent, in sinister chief a sun within a snake involved Or, we are clarifying the posture of the snake.
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This device is returned for insufficient documentation as an Individually Attested Pattern under SENA A4. While the documentation provided was sufficient to register the combination of a gules charge on a sable background, it did not include any combination of that motif with a high-contrast bordure or any other high-contrast secondary charge. SENA A4B says, "The overall design of the submission must be similar to the types of designs that document the use of the non-core style elements." Unfortunately, the overall design here does not match the historical types of designs cited.
Commenters questioned whether or not the caltrop was adequately documented. SENA A4A does require that each element in a design be found in the single time and place the documentation of the Individually Attested Pattern covers. No evidence was provided, and commenters did not find any, that caltrops were used in German armory. However, Non Scripta did find evidence that caltrops were known and used by the Germans, with several images cited from period German manuscripts. This is sufficient to allow the caltrop to be used in this case.
This device is likely also in conflict with the device of Albern Bran, Sable, a mullet of four points elongated throughout gules, fimbriated argent, within a bordure countercompony gules and argent. There is one DC for the change in tincture of the bordure. Past precedent has not granted difference between a mullet of four points and a caltrop. We are declining at this time to decide whether to uphold that precedent or to overturn it, but we will note that several of the caltrops in the manuscript images were of a similar shape to a mullet of four points.
No documentation was provided nor could any be found that Egesig is a period word or that it was the sort of word that would have been used in a Mongol name. Without both of those pieces of evidence, the name cannot be registered.
We also note that the spelling Arsalan, as opposed to Arslan, was not shown to be a plausible transliteration of the period Mongol word (as opposed to the modern word). We expect better documentation of that spelling as well in resubmission.
This name is returned for conflict with the registered Rowland le Strange. The names are different enough in appearance to be clear of conflict, but they are not different enough in sound. In the May 2013 Cover Letter, we said "Situations in which one of the two consonant cluster shares a sound with another will generally conflict, but might be clear of conflict on a case by case basis." In this case, the vowels are the same, and the first consonant cluster completely different. However, the change to the second consonant cluster is fairly minor, as -n and -nd are both dominated by the nasal n, with the stop (d) not as prominent aurally. Thus, they are not clear of conflict and this name cannot be registered without permission to conflict.
This name was pended from the January 2013 LoAR.
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None.
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None.
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This device is returned for blurring the difference between charge groups. As blazoned, the Latin cross crosslet is a secondary charge, itself surrounded by further charges. While we would allow a Jerusalem cross, a defined singular charge consisting of a central cross potent surrounded by four crosses couped, as a secondary charge, this is not a Jerusalem cross. Furthermore, this depiction has the two bendlets shifted down slightly, leading to the impression of combining ordinaries and non-ordinary charges in the same charge group, a violation of SENA A3D2b.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as sustaining, the sword here is less than half the visual weight of the wolf, and so it is a maintained charge.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Katerine atte Wyshe de la Rye, Argent, a fox passant gules within a bordure per saltire sable and gules, and with the device of Anne of Foxwold, Argent, a fox passant proper within a bordure engrailed vert. [Vulpes fulva]. In both cases, there is a DC for the removal of the bordure, but nothing for the difference between a fox and a wolf, nor anything for the maintained sword.
No evidence was presented nor could any be found for House/Haus surname as a pattern in period German. Barring that evidence, this household name cannot be registered.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Berthold Wolfer, Per fess azure and vert, a wolf passant contourny Or. There is only one DC for the change in field, but no difference granted for the type of canine.
This device is also returned for lack of documentation for this low-contrast divided field.
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This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The tertiary goutte de sang here is so small that many commenters did not notice it at all.
This badge is returned for redraw. No evidence was provided, nor could any be found, in period for an anchor with two cross pieces as shown in this depiction.
This badge is returned for the orientation of the raven blurring the difference between palewise and bendwise. In this case, the badge was redrawn between its original submission to kingdom and its submission to Laurel. The submitter should be aware that the original drawing was preferable and would have been registerable.
This device is returned for not being reliably blazonable, a violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms, and for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The needles on the annulet here are depicted as partly passing through the annulet, as though pinned there, roughly parallel to the edges. The heraldic term transfixed would be used if the needles were perpendicular to the edges, and only going through the annulet once, from front to back. While there is a period motif of the pin or tongue of a buckle or brooch passing through the field as if it were a piece of cloth, this is only done with a primary charge, not tertiary charges as we have here. We would have reblazoned the needles as fracted, but their size and placement makes them difficult to properly identify.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Alaric fitz Madoc, Barry wavy azure and argent, a dolphin haurient to sinister gules. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing else. Precedent states:
The only difference in posture between a dolphin urinant and a dolphin urinant to sinister is the way its head is facing, which is not worth difference by RfS X.4.h: "[A dolphin urinant contourny proper] Conflict with... a dolphin urinant vert... There is... nothing for reversing the fish in this position" (LoAR of May 1992, p. 22). [Geoffrey Athos von Ulm, R-Atlantia, Feb 2004 LoAR]
and
Haurient and urinant are similar postures so the precedent applies in this case as well. [Brenguier Viennois, R-Middle, April 2005 LoAR]
This badge is not in conflict with the device of Serena da Riva, Lozengy Or and purpure, a dolphin urinant gules. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and another DC for the change between urinant and haurient; while the two postures are in the same category in SENA Appendix L, and so generally conflict, dolphins have a distinct enough head to distinguish whether the head is to chief, as in haurient, or to base, as in urinant.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Alaric fitz Madoc, Barry wavy azure and argent, a dolphin haurient to sinister gules. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing else. Precedent states:
The only difference in posture between a dolphin urinant and a dolphin urinant to sinister is the way its head is facing, which is not worth difference by RfS X.4.h: "[A dolphin urinant contourny proper] Conflict with... a dolphin urinant vert... There is... nothing for reversing the fish in this position" (LoAR of May 1992, p. 22). [Geoffrey Athos von Ulm, R-Atlantia, Feb 2004 LoAR]
and
Haurient and urinant are similar postures so the precedent applies in this case as well. [Brenguier Viennois, R-Middle, April 2005 LoAR]
This badge is not in conflict with the device of Serena da Riva, Lozengy Or and purpure, a dolphin urinant gules. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and another DC for the change between urinant and haurient; while the two postures are in the same category in SENA Appendix L, and so generally conflict, dolphins have a distinct enough head to distinguish whether the head is to chief, as in haurient, or to base, as in urinant.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Gustav Minsinger, Gules, a vol surmounted by a spear inverted argent. In both cases this is essentially a winged charge, so substantial difference between the two cannot be granted. We do not grant difference for wingtips up versus wingtips down. There is a DC for the difference between a spear and a key, but nothing for the reversal in orientation for non-identical inanimate charges per SENA A5G7b, which states "Inanimate charges with a long axis, like swords and arrows, are considered to have some comparable orientations: we give a distinct change for orientations that change the direction of the long axis of the charge (palewise, fesswise, bendwise, bendwise sinister), but not those that change the direction of the point or head."
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The badger head here is so stylized as to be not readily identifiable. Upon resubmission, the head should also be better centered upon the field.
This name conflicts with the fictional character Zorro, by making a claim to be his son. Zorro first appears in 1919 as a character, and since then has appeared in various media, including films and television. The enduring history of the character makes him important enough to protect. We protect non-SCA individuals in all the forms their name might take, so we protect his "secret identity" Diego de la Vega. The combination of bynames de Diego de la Vega creates the claim to be the child of Diego de la Vega, which we do not allow.
We would drop an element, but that would result in his already registered name Ramon de Diego or in Ramon de la Vega, which conflicts with an earlier registration of the same name.
Roncin is listed as a given name in error in Colm Dubh's article; examination of the text from which he took the data shows that this element appears as a byname and in a house-sign name. It is a descriptive byname referring to a type of horse.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Klaus Rother von Schweinichen, (Fieldless) A boar passant Or. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing else.
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None.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
None.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Virginia Brightangel, Vert, a thistle slipped flexed-reflexed, head to dexter, and in canton a mullet, all Or. There is a DC for the change in type of secondary charge, but nothing for the difference between Virginia's thistle and the dandelion.
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This device is returned for not providing sufficient evidence to support the pattern of brown complex secondary charges around a primary charge as an Individually Attested Pattern in Italian armory. The individual charges were also not documented as being in use in that same time and place, as required by SENA A4A.
Commenters raised the question of whether or not the combination of this name with elements taken from the armory of the historical third Earl of Glencairn, Cuthbert Cunningham, was presumptuous. SENA A6E states, "In order for this to be an issue, the name and device must be sufficiently well known that a significant number of SCA members would find this combination a claim to be that person without resorting to obscure reference works....A slight modification of the arms, so that there is one distinct change (DC) between the submission and the arms on which it presumes, is sufficient to remove this problem." This combination is not presumptuous, but it is an issue that the submitter should be aware of for resubmission.
This device is returned for insufficient documentation of an Individually Attested Pattern. While the submitter did provide evidence of complex gules charges on sable fields in German armory, the submitter did not provide, and commenters were unable to find, any evidence that pithons were used as a charge in German armory. SENA A4A states that "All elements in an Individually Attested Pattern must be found in that single time and place, including charges, arrangement of charge groups, and lines of division."
This device is returned for not being reliably blazonable, a violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms. This emblazon of a cross moline is supposedly based on a period citation, yet it does not actually match the citation at all. Where the period emblazon has straight lines from which the forked curly ends of the cross spring, this emblazon has distinct lozenge-like elements. The difference between this and the period citation, or a more typical cross moline, is greater than artistic variant allows. As it cannot be reliably blazoned, it must be returned for redraw.
This badge is in conflict with the badge of Ingrid Elizabeth de Marksberry, (Fieldless) A slip of elderberry flowered and fructed proper, and with the badge of the Barony of Rowany, (Fieldless) Two rowan leaves conjoined vert, pendant therefrom three berries gules. In both cases there is a DC for fieldlessness. As plants are inanimate charges, they must both be considered identical types and have a distinguishable top and bottom in order to receive a DC for inverting under SENA A5G7.
Commenters discussed whether or not this was a valid depiction of a chevronelly gules and Or portion of the field. The emblazon shows three Or chevronels on a gules background, with no stripes in the upper corners of the section as one might expect. SENA A3D2b forbids mixing ordinaries and non-ordinaries in the same charge group, so this cannot be reblazoned as Per fess azure and gules, a fleur-de-lys and three chevronels Or. However, we do consider a field with three chrevronels equivalent to the same field chevronelly, and you can blazon your way out of a style problem. At best this depiction would garner an artist's note; at worst it would be returned for redraw.
This device is returned for conflict with the important non-SCA badge of France, (Fieldless) A fleur-de-lis Or. There is one DC for fieldlessness, but nothing else.
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None.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
None.
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The Letter of Intent indicated the submitter would prefer the blazon term goutty. However, the emblazon clearly shows gouttes only around the outside edge of the badge, not evenly strewn as we would expect from a true goutty field. As goutty is important to the submitter, we are returning this badge instead of registering it, in order to save the submitter the cost of a badge change.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as in pale an arrow fesswise and a falcon striking, that would have the charges co-primary. The emblazon clearly shows the falcon to be the primary charge, centered upon the field, with the arrow in chief as a secondary charge.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of James Addison of Woolpit, Azure, a dove descending and a chief invected argent. There is a DC for the change in type of secondary charge, but nothing for the difference between a dove and a falcon in this case.
Please advise the submitter to draw the falcon with a more distinct raptor-like beak, to better aid in its identification.
This badge is returned for visual conflict with the badge of Mora Ottavia Spadera, (Fieldless) An artichoke Or. The artichoke on Mora's badge has very little stem, and looks strikingly similar to Osric's inverted hop cone.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Suzannah van Houten, Per chevron sable and gules, two popinjays close respectant and a roundel Or. There is a DC for the change in field, but nothing for the difference between a roundel and a ball of yarn. The needles are maintained charges and do not count for difference. Popinjays and owls are both normally distinct period charges, however the depiction of Suzannah's popinjays is not sufficiently different from Tegan's owls to allow a DC for change in type of bird.
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While the submitter provided sufficient documentation for this low-contrast multiply-divided field, the documentation was not sufficient for the combination of this field with a primary charge partially obscuring it. Therefore we must reluctantly return it for insufficient documentation of an Individually Attested Pattern.
This device is also returned for conflict with the device of Wulfgar der Krieger, Gyronny of six palewise sable and argent, a wolf's head erased contourny Or. There is one DC for the change in field, but nothing for the maintained egg.
Rus Silvae is intended to mean "forest land," but it does not have that meaning. Rus is a word meaning "fields" or "the country" (as opposed to the city, but also as opposed to the forest). No evidence was presented that Rus could be combined with Silva to create a period place name, or indeed that Rus was used in place names at all.
In discussion, Magna Silva, "great forest" was suggested as an alternative. Green Staff provided evidence that this is was used as a place name in English medieval chronicles. The submitters may choose to use such a name in a resubmission.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." While the overall shape of the wreath here is fine, the leaves are not recognizable as a laurel wreath, which is a required element of a branch device.
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This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Richard of Ravenwolf, Sable, a wolf's head erased Or, armed argent, orbed sable. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing for the difference between a wolf's head and a dog's head, nor anything for the maintained charge.
This device is returned for blurring the difference between charge groups. As blazoned, this is a single co-primary group of four charges, yet the charges are not evenly spaced across the field. Originally blazoned as three pine trees beneath a laurel wreath, that would be a primary charge group of three trees, with a secondary laurel wreath. However, the laurel wreath is depicted roughly the same size as each of the primary charges. Either the charges need to be spaced more evenly across the field, as a single co-primary group, or the laurel wreath needs to be drawn smaller, as a distinctly secondary charge.
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None.
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While Charmant was documented as a period word, no evidence was presented nor could any be found that it matched a pattern for period French bynames. This name cannot be registered without evidence that Charmant is a plausible period byname.
In resubmission, the submitter may want to consider the similar looking English byname Charman (Reaney and Wilson s.n. Charman date William le Charman to 1293) or the French bynames de Charmont (Negré, Toponymie générale de la France - Volume 1, gives Charmont as a header form and dates Charmont to 1319.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The crosses of ermine spots depicted here are too small to be readily identifiable. As a cross of ermine spots is a non-standard cross, it may be too difficult to depict it in an identifiable fashion as a tertiary charge.
Submission heralds should be cautioned that while a redraw between the original kingdom submission and the submission on the Letter of Intent is acceptable with the submitter's permission, the emblazon on the Letter of Intent should still match the emblazon on the submission forms uploaded and sent to Laurel. Discrepancies may be cause for administrative return.
This submission was withdrawn by the kingdom. It was registered on the May 2013 LoAR.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Matheus hundamaðr, Per bend argent and sable, a hound rampant and a hound rampant contourny counterchanged. There is a DC for the change in field, but nothing for the type of canine or for their positioning on the field, as their placement is forced by the field division.
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Vigabjarki is a constructed byname intended to mean "battle bear cub," but no evidence was presented that one could construct a byname in that way.
Using these elements, the submitter has several options. One is to make the elements separate bynames, as in Viga-Bera bjarki. Another is to construct a masculine name (byname and given name)Viga-Bjarki and make this man her father or husband; that gives Bera Viga-Bjarka dóttir and Bera Viga-Bjarka kona. Unfortunately, any of these is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. Thus, this name must be returned.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Bera of the West.
This name conflicts with the registered Gunther Halftroll. The bynames are identical in sound, as they are just different transliterations of the same Old Norse byname. Thus, all sound difference must come from the given names. The given names change in pronunciation over time and space, but in one pronunciation of each (\goon-ahr\ and \goon-tahr\), the only difference is the central consonant cluster. That is not enough to make them clear of conflict without a letter of permission to conflict.
The name al-Muhtadi (note the slight spelling difference) was used as the regnal name of an 9th century caliph. It is also used to describe Muhammad and other early leaders of Islam. No evidence was presented that it was a byname used by "normal" people before 1600. Another name, al-Mu'tadd, was also used as a regnal name, this time by an 11th century caliph. Barring evidence that either word was used to make bynames for normal people, they cannot be registered.
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- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
Late in commentary, Green Staff asked whether we had evidence of X Company, where X is a charge or color+charge. Company of X is definitely allowable as a lingua Anglica form of the names of period orders and things like orders. We are pending this item to allow commenters time to research this question.
We note that the submitter does not allow major changes, so that if the word order cannot be justified, the word order cannot be changed without further instruction from the submitter.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the registered House of the Red Dragons. Under SENA, a change to the designator or any change to the substantive element is sufficient to allow registration with permission.
This was item 13 on the An Tir letter of April 28, 2013.
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This item is pended to allow a discussion of words like gilded in order names. The element gilded is allowed in order names on the basis of its use in inn-sign names, such as the Gilded Cuppe from Margaret Makafee's "Comparison of Inn/Shop/House names found London 1473-1600 with those found in the ten shires surrounding London in 1636." The same article also gives another example referring to material, the Brazen serpent. In French inn-signs, we similarly find Pomeaux dorez as well as Croix de Fer (iron cross), Plat d'estain (tin plate), and Pot d'estain (tin pot). The questions at hand are thus: what is our evidence for using gilded in order names? Should we continue to allow it? If we do, should we allow the use of the other documented "metal" forms to create order names?
This was item 16 on the Atlantia letter of April 30, 2013.
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The submitter requested authenticity for 11th century Danish; this request was not summarized on the forms. We are pending it to allow commenters to comment on this request.
When this is registered, the submitter's previous name, Isabel Glengavel, will be released.
This was item 24 on the Meridies letter of April 30, 2013.
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Created at 2013-09-17T01:00:44