Submitted as Bóvi Davíðson, the byname is not correctly formed. The genitive (possessive) of Davíð is Davíðs, which must be added to -son. Thus the name needs to be Davíðsson. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Submitted as Ceindrech merch Elidir, with a minor modification, this name is a later medieval documentary form of a name suitable for a 6th century woman. The Letter of Intent makes it clear that the name was intended to appear on the letter as Ceindrech verch Elidir; in that form it can be registered, as the name is completely a later medieval documentary form.
In 2008, when the submitter's name was registered as Caniodricca verch Elidir, we did not allow the registration of later documentary forms of earlier names.
In September 2011, Pelican ruled:
In October 2010, Laurel overturned a similar ruling for Irish Gaelic. Precedent had said that Oghamic Irish names, which were rarely recorded before the Old Irish period, were not registerable in the Old Irish forms. This meant that many names were simply not registerable, as we did not know their Oghamic forms. Laurel said: "This places an undue burden on submitters. We know the name was used, and we know that later people referred to this name as Daui. Therefore, we overturn the above precedent and will allow the registration of Old Irish forms of Oghamic Irish names, though we encourage the use of Oghamic Irish forms where they can be found or constructed." [October 2010, Daui mac Fáeláin, Æthelmearc-A]
Similarly, we have large numbers of names that date to early forms of Welsh and British that are only recorded in later medieval Welsh forms. Therefore, we will allow the registration of medieval Welsh forms of earlier names, though we encourage the use of the older forms where they can be found or constructed. [Aranwen Ridhelic, September 2011]
Under this precedent, this name is registerable as a 14th century spelling of a 6th century name.
This name mixes an English given name with a French byname; this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice 16th century Polish name!
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The submitter requested authenticity for 16th c. Germany. This name probably meets that request, but we cannot be sure. The byname is found in the 14th century and in the 17th century, but we have not been able to confirm that it was used in the interim. Nonetheless, it seems likely that it remained in use. Both elements of the name are found in Baden in the early 17th century. Given this information, it seems likely that the name is authentic for 16th century Baden as well.
Ansgar was documented from Searle, which has not been acceptable documentation for the spelling of Anglo-Saxon names for some time. Luckily, PASE identifies a man named Ansgar in the Domesday Book. Thus, the given name can be registered as an 11th century Anglo-Saxon or Middle English name.
Stonebreaker is a plausible lingua Anglica form of the constructed Old Norse byname steinnbrjótr. The submitter may want to know that there is an English byname with this meaning; it is found as Brekeston (Middle English Dictionary s.v. breken dated to 1267) or Brekestone (Thirteenth Century England VIII: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 1999, edited by Michael Prestwich, et al., http://books.google.com/books?id=QjyGw1AmfKIC, p. 105).
This name mixes an Anglo-Saxon given name with the lingua Anglica form of an Old Norse byname; this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Submitted under the name Koule Juokiasi U{zv}puolikas.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
Submitted as Robert of Nott, the byname was justified as a shortened form of the byname of Nottingham or a modified version of the documented byname Not(te). The first of these is not registerable, as we do not register scribal abbreviations. The second does not match a pattern for period bynames.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century England. Authentic forms of the byname for that century include Not and Notte (it means "bald"). We have changed the byname to the first of those forms in order to meet the submitter's request for authenticity and register the name.
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Submitted as Constance Alianora de Culver, the byname documentation supports Culver rather than de Culver. We have therefore dropped de in order to register the name.
Submitted as Kathryn Gyles, later communication indicated that she preferred the spelling Katheryne; as both are dated to period, we have made that change in order to meet the submitter's request.
Submitted as Kawamoto Aotaro Torakage, Aotaro is not a plausible yobina. The element Ao- was not shown to be the kind of element that is added to -taro to create a yobina. Typical elements are discussed in the Academy of Saint Gabriel report #3079 (http://www.s-gabriel.org/3079). Barring evidence that Ao- follows a period pattern, Aotaro cannot be registered. The submitter allowed us to drop Ao- and register the yobina as Taro in order to register the name.
Nice late period Scots name!
This device is not in conflict with the important non-SCA arms of the Arch-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Empire, Azure, two sceptres in saltire Or. There is a DC for the change in field, and at least a DC between a scepter and a shepherd's crook.
This device is also not in conflict with the device of Addison the Wanderer, Potent, two palmer's staves in saltire Or. Addison's palmer's staves more accurately resemble a pikestaff or harpoon with a single barb. There is a DC for change in type of primary charge, and a DC for the change in field.
His previous device, Per bend sinister argent and Or, a bend sinister gules between a wolf's head couped contourny sable and a tree proper, is retained as a badge.
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This submitter requested authenticity for 15th-16th C England. This name meets that request.
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Submitted as House de Fénix del Oro, the submitter documented a late period pattern of naming Spanish ships after heraldic charges (though saint's names were more common). Thus, a Spanish ship could be named "the Golden Phoenix." However, to do so, this name needs several small modifications. First, the correct Spanish is de Oro "of gold" not del Oro "of the gold." We have changed del to de in order to register the name. We note that the one example using a term for gold in this data uses dorado, though other heraldic descriptions from the same period use de oro and dorado both.
Second, the designator House was not used to describe ships, though at least one ship used Casa as part of what we would call the descriptive element of the name. Thus, we have to use an appropriate word for a period ship. The sources from which these names are drawn do not use the generic word barco, but rather specific terms like urca "hulk," galeón "galleon," and patache, a smaller ship. The generic term nave is also used; as this is closest in meaning to the term barco the submitter suggested, we have changed the designator to that term in order to register the name. The other ship types documented in the Armada fleet would be registerable as well.
Finally, the Spanish ship names do not include de between the designator and the substantive element. Instead, the dated forms are things like La urca El Unicornio dorado. Thus we need to drop the article de and add the article el in order to match the period exemplars and register the name.
Submitted as Gryffin du Verd, the byname was hypothesized as a construction from the documented place name Sainct Pierre du Verd. However, there is no evidence of French locative bynames derived from the second half of place names. Luckily, Negre Toponymie générale de la France, Volume 1 dates Verd to 1557 s.n. Vers. Thus, de Verd can be registered as a locative byname. We have changed the name to that form in order to register it.
Nice 13th century French name!
Submitted as Mirabelle la Papillon, no evidence could be found that la was ever used with the word Papillon before 1650. As the byname is found without an article or with the masculine article, either is registerable. We have dropped the article in order to register the name.
Noire Licorne found Mirabelle as a feminine literary name in gray period romances, including Amours diverses, divisées en dix histoires by Antoine de Nerveze published in 1611 (http://books.google.com/books?id=bocDEFuHoSkC). Thus, it can be registered.
Vincetta is the submitter's legal middle name; it is a given name by type and thus can be used as a given name in a submission.
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Nice 16th century Scots name!
Raven's Cove is the registered name of an SCA branch.
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
Bright Hills Performers Guild is a generic identifier.
Nice 16th century Swiss German name!
His previous device, Sable, a griffin contourny between three eagle's legs erased à la quise Or, is released.
Nice 16th century Welsh name!
This name mixes French given names with a Flemish byname (part of the Dutch naming group); this is an allowable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Her previous device, Purpure, a lion's head cabossed argent crowned Or and on a bordure argent three cinquefoils sable, is retained as a badge.
The submitter is a duchess and thus entitled to the display of a ducal crown.
As documented, this name mixes English and French. However, Richard can also be documented as French (as in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "French names from Paris, 1421, 1423 and 1438, www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423.html), making this a completely French name.
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Cheryl is the submitter's legal given name.
The submitter's previous name, Seraphina Sacheverell, is released.
The submitter's previous name, Daniella of the Silver Moon, is released.
Submitted as Dougall McCoy McNeill, this name was pended to allow discussion as to whether Mc should continue to be disallowed as a scribal abbreviation of Mac. By long precedent, we do not allow names to be registered using abbreviations such as St or M' (for Mac).Commenters were unable to make a strong case that Mc in period was understood as anything other than a scribal abbreviation of Mac. Therefore we are expanding Mc to Mac in both elements in order to register the name.
Nice 15th century English name!
Nice 15th century English name!
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Erlender Larsson, a timely correction changed the name to the submitted Erlendr Larsson.
Crassi is a marital byname, using her husband's name in the gentive case.
Her previous device, Per chevron sable and argent, two winds respectant argent and a moon in her plenitude sable, is retained as a badge.
Nice late period English name!
Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor was able to date Nürnberg to 1420-22 in Von Reitzenstein, Fränkischer Ortsnamen, s.n Nürnberg.
With that documentation, this is a nice 15th century German name!
Submitted as Juanica Montañes, the name was changed by kingdom to Juanica Montañés because they believed that the accent had to be included if the character ñ was used. It does not. Many period Spanish orthographies include special characters like ñ but do not include accents; in fact, they are not used systematically until well past the end of our period. Thus, we can restore the name to the submitted form.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a natural tiger.
This name mixes a Gaelic given name with an Anglicized Irish byname; this is an allowable lingual mix under the standards of Appendix C of SENA.
Nice 15th century English name!
The given name was documented as an Italian given name. Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor was able to document Livia as a 16th century feminine given name in Austria (Seibicke s.n. Livia). Thus, this is a completely German name.
Nice late period English name!
Canton of the Canyons is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice device!
Nice 15th century English name!
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of a dated Middle English locative such as Carfukes (MED s.v. carfouk).
Nice 15th century English name!
Submitted under the name Roncin de Rendell, which was returned in July 2013.
Nice 15th century English name!
His previous device, Per bend gules and sable, a mullet and a crescent inverted argent, is retained as a badge.
Please advise the submitter to use internal detailing on the dragon.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Scarlet Sparhaukr, a timely correction changed the submission to the documented Scarlet Sparhauk.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Susane Aindrea, a timely correction changed the name to the documented Susane Andrea.
Nice 16th century German name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
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Submitted as Alson Nonne, the submitter indicated that she preferred the name Alcynon if it could be identified, and authorized the addition of the byname of Aston Tor (the registered name of an SCA branch) if the given name could be identified.
Commenters were able to document Alcynon and Alcinon as names in late period French romances, including the early 15th century Histoire de la première destruction de Troie (http://books.google.com/books?id=wWZfAAAAMAAJ) and the 1610 Histoire du siège des muses, ou parmi le chaste amour (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63136911/f187.image). It appears to be a variant of the better attested classical name Alcyoneus, which was the name of both a giant and several human figures. Thanks to Diademe and Eastern Crown for the research. Thus, the name Alcynon is registerable under the literary name allowance. We have thus changed the name to the submitter's preferred form in order to meet her request.
Aston Tor is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Commenters discussed whether or not there was a unity of posture issue under SENA A3D2c with this design. There is not, as while a comet as depicted in the SCA falls into the long skinny inanimate charge category, a crequier does not. This is a registerable arrangement.
Blazoned when registered in November 1983 as Per bend sinister ermine and counter-ermine, a rose per bend sinister sable and argent, barbed and seeded proper, within a bordure gules, crusily patty argent, we no longer use the term patty as it is ambiguous.
A previous submission, Arnórr Sørensen was returned at kingdom because the elements were too far apart in time and space. However, this return was in error. All the elements in this name are within a single naming pool under Appendix C and within 500 years. Therefore, this could have been registered in the original form. If the submitter prefers that form, he may make a request for reconsideration. However, he would have to release this name to do so, as you can only get one name for each fee paid.
Nice 13th century French name!
The submitter requested authenticity for the 1st or 2nd century CE. The name is not authentic for that time, but it is registerable. The praenomen and the cognomen are dated to the 1st century BCE, while the nomen is dated to the late 3rd century BCE.
His previous device, Per pale argent and Or, an ypotryll rampant to sinister within a bordure vert, is retained as a badge.
Her previous device, Per bend sinister vert and Or, two melusines counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
The submitter is a countess and entitled to display a county coronet.
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This device does not conflict with the non-SCA arms of O'Connor Don, Argent, a tree eradicated vert, as they are released elsewhere on this letter.
First, a bit of College of Arms history. In late 1994, the Modest Proposal was "a proposition that the College of Arms would no longer check for conflict against most non-SCA armory, with the exception of national flags, national arms, and the armory of certain other important corporate entities and individuals. The non-SCA armory that the College will continue to check against [was] added to the SCA Armorial and Ordinary." At that time, the College was "still determining the edges of what is sufficiently "important"." [Questions and Answers, Dec 1994 LoAR]
Our standards for sufficiently important have been better quantified since that time. The Administrative Handbook, section III.B, covers the details of what non-SCA armory we protect. Significant personal armory "is likely to be considered important enough to protect if the owner is associated with important administrative, social, political, or military events and the arms themselves are important or well-known."
The arms of O'Connor Don were apparently protected because of their association with the High Kings of Ireland. Yet we do not protect the arms of other families that also produced High Kings of Ireland, these arms were also born by other people in the family that we would not consider important enough to protect, and these arms are not well-known. Under our current standards, these arms are not important enough to protect, and thus we are releasing their protection.
Nice device!
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Alfredo is the submitter's legal given name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a non-eagle displayed.
Eoforwic is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted under the name Martin Brua, which was returned in May 2013.
Nice badge!
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Submitted as Domus Millarii, the word for "milestone" in Latin is Milliarii.
A name meaning "Milestone House" is plausible in English, as the OED s.n. milestone dates Mylestone (1371) and Mylez Stone (a1547) as a place name. This submission is the Latinized form of that name.
On the May 2013 Cover Letter, Company was ruled registerable as an order name designator. Thus this name can be registered. The submitter may wish to know that there were several orders in period named after a single saint.
On the May 2013 Cover Letter, Company was ruled registerable as an order name designator. Thus this name can be registered.
This badge is in conflict with the badge of Eleanor Leonard, (Tinctureless) A mullet of four points distilling a goutte. Eleanor's blanket letter of permission to conflict allows for any armory that has a field and/or a mullet that is not a solid plain tincture.
Nice sixteenth century Spanish name!
A sea-horse's head is no different from a horse's head, but we are retaining the submitter's blazon as sea-horses are occasionally drawn with a mane more resembling a fin.
The submitter's previous name, Ian Morteyne, is released.
Section II.D.2 of the Administrative Handbook states that "A badge may...be associated with a name...registered to the owner of the badge..." While we allow for joint registrations, only the primary owner can grant approval for changes or releases. The primary owner of the joint household name House Strangewayes is Elinor Strangewayes. As Fortune Sancte Keyne is the primary owner of this joint badge, not Elinor, permission from Elinor was required in order to associate this badge with the household name.
For purposes of conflict, these trees are considered to be Or, as not much of the trunk is visible.
Nice 15th or 16th century Spanish name!
Nice English name for c. 1200!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a fimbriated ordinary with an overall charge surmounting it.
The more typical order name pattern is to have tincture-charge. However, there are examples of heraldic titles and order names with this word order, like Eagle Vert and Cigne Noir. Thus, this can be registered as submitted.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a notched keystone.
The submitter allows all names that are not identical to his registered name.
Please advise the submitter to use internal detailing on the charges.
The submitter's previous name, William the Friar, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice late period Scots name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 1590-95 in Venice or Livorno. While it seems likely this name meets that request, we cannot guarantee that both names were used at that time. They were used a few decades previously in places like Milan.
This badge is not presumptive of the reserved motif of Principal Heralds' Seals, two straight trumpets in saltire, bells to chief. This design is not "two trumpets in saltire and another one", it is clearly a sheaf of three trumpets.
This badge is not in conflict with the badge of the College of Arms of the SCA, Vert, two straight trumpets in saltire, bells in chief, Or. There is a substantial change of number of charges in the primary group.
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Submitted as AlfríkR Ríksson, the given name uses a runic transcription that distinguishes between two Rs. We do not register this transcription, which is intended to represent the runes rather than the sounds that underlie them. Thus we have changed the given name to conventional capitalization in order to register the name.
Submitted as Arianna Stefana d'Ovest, the term Ovest was not shown to be a period term. It does not, for example, appear in Florio's 1611 Italian-English dictionary (http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/florio/). Additionally, a byname meaning "of West/Ovest" was not shown to follow a period pattern: the Este family name is derived from a place named Este, not the idea of the east. We have dropped that element in order to register the name.
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified time and place. While this name is registerable, it is not authentic for a particular time and place. The given name is documented from Sicily in southern Italy, while the byname is documented from Florence. These regions spoke two different languages so that elements from one may or may not have been used by the other. However, the name is registerable as submitted.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
Please advise the submitter to draw the charges larger, to fill the available space.
Submitted as Ceolwenne æt Hinatune, Ceolwenne is an inflected form of the name. The standard nominative form is Ceolwen or Ceolwin. As the first is closer to her submitted form, we have changed it to that form in order to register the name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a non-eagle displayed.
Submitted as Nicolas L'Anguille, in the Letter of Intent, the byname L'Anguille is dated only in modern citations of the names of period people. All the examples commenters could find of the byname omitted the article, making the byname simply Anguille (dated to 1277 in Dictionnaire des noms de famille en Wallonie et à Bruxelles). We have therefore changed the name to the dated form in order to register it.
The byname the Quiet is the lingua Anglica form of a Russian byname like Tikhii.
Submitted as Uryuu Izumiterou Ujishige, the second element in the yobina is misspelled. The dated form is -tarou. We have changed the name to that form in order to register it.
The submitter may want to know that the more likely reading of the kanji in the yobina is Sentarou. However, Izumitarou is registerable as well.
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Submitted as Angus McTavish, the spelling McTavish is modern. Period spellings include McTawisch 1480 and McTaevis 1515, both from Black. McTavisch is a plausible interpolation.
We require that Mc be written out, as it is a scribal abbreviation (see the Cover Letter for more details). That makes the byname MacTavisch. We have changed the form to that byname in order to register it.
The submitter requested authenticity for "late period English of Scottish descent." This name is much more likely to be from Scotland itself.
The submitter requested authenticity for "late period English of Irish descent." This name is authentic for late period English, but is not particularly Irish. For example, Brigit was not frequently used as a given name by the Irish.
Submitted as Clothilde de Clairvaux-les-Lacs, the submitter requested after submission that her name be changed to Clothilde du Lac. We have made that change in order to meet her request.
The submitter requested authenticity for "late period English of Irish descent." While the name is late period English, nothing in particular marks it as being of Irish descent.
The name is documented from the Academy of Saint Gabriel report 2368, which was not well summarized. Luckily, Metron Ariston summarized it for them. The letter says that a 15th century Gwyn ap Cradog Garth Eryr or a 13th century Maelgwn ap Cradog or Maelgwn Garth Eryr would be possible. Thus, the submitted name is registerable.
The submitter requested authenticity for "late period English of Irish descent." While the name is late period English, nothing in particular marks it as being of Irish descent.
The submitter requested authenticity for a Norseman living in 11th century England. Commenters could find no evidence that the given name was used by Norsemen in England. In fact, forms of Paul were vanishingly rare in Anglo-Saxon England as well; there is only one example of it in the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE). But the name is registerable as submitted.
The submitter requested authenticity for "late period English of Irish descent." While the name is late period English, nothing in particular marks it as being of Irish descent.
Please advise the submitter to use internal detailing on the charges.
Nice late period English name!
The byname of Caerdyf as documented mixes English of with Welsh Caerdyf. In Lhoyd's Historie of Cambria, various spellings of the place, including Caerdyff and Cardyf appear. Thus, the submitted Caerdyf is plausible in English contexts and the name can be registered as submitted.
The submitter granted blanket permission to conflict with any name that is not identical to his.
Submitted as William de Tosny, the byname is not a period spelling. While the de Tosny family is often described as an important Anglo-Norman family, this spelling is not period. Dated spelling include Touny, Toeny and de Todeni (Latinized). As the middle one is closest in sound and appearance, we have changed the name to that for in order to register the name.
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In October 2009, the byname, bint Malik was ruled not presumptuous. Malik is a given name; the form meaning "daughter of the king" would be bint al-Malik. Thus this name does not presume a rank and can be registered. Precedent has been mixed as to whether a byname like bint al-Malik could be understood as an inherited byname that was not a claim to rank; we decline to rule on this issue.
Nice 13th century English name!
Please advise the submitter to draw the phoenix larger, to fill the available space, which will also aid in its identifiability.
Please advise the submitter that horns on a bull in period armory typically face upwards, rather than downwards.
Her previous device, Argent, a phoenix vert rising from flames proper within a bordure sable, is retained as a badge.
A question was raised in commentary about whether or not the change in orientation from in cross to in saltire was worth difference with a fieldless badge. This argument was decided when conflict by rotation was eliminated no later than the start of the Rules for Submission in 1990. We have no evidence that conflict by rotation was ever used in period. Therefore, this badge does not conflict with the badge of Eilidh nin Choinnich, (Fieldless) Two arrows in saltire argent. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and a DC for change in orientation. Alternatively, this is clear of conflict by a substantial change of arrangement of the primary charge from from in saltire to in cross.
Nice name for most of the Middle English period!
Nice device!
Sheritta is the submitter's legal given name. The submitter requested authenticity for 9th century Frankish. While the rest of the name is authentic for 9th century Frankish, the element Sheritta is not authentic for that time. Thus, we cannot meet the submitter's request.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
Reblazoned in March 2003 as Argent, a raven rising regardant wings disclosed proper, maintaining in the dexter claw a sword gules, we are clarifying that the wings are displayed.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Adelaide Walcheman, Azure, a peacock's head couped Or or with the device of Hugh Louis, Per chevron dovetailed Or and sable, in base an eagle's head erased Or. In both cases there is a DC for the field, and another DC for the change in type of bird head.
Nice 13th century French name!
Submitted as Pietro de Sant'Agata di Militello, the place Sant'Agata di Militello was founded after 1600. As such, it cannot be used to create a registerable locative byname. There were multiple places named Sant'Agata, so we have dropped de Militello, which was not otherwise documented, in order to register the name.
There is a step from period practice for using a tierce with any other charges.
Nice badge!
Blazoned when registered in September 1991 as Paly gules and argent, an owl passant wings displayed inverted sable brandishing an axe palewise Or, the axe here is a maintained charge.
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The submitter requested authenticity for c. 1190 Normandy. The names that we have from this period are overwhelmingly recorded in Latin, which would be Berengarius de Ham. Beringer is not an implausible vernacular, but the evidence for such a spelling dates to two centuries previous. Thus, we cannot be completely sure that the name meets this authenticity request, though it is authentic for the 10th century.
The submitter requests authenticity for 12th-13th century Russian. This name meets that request.
Nice 15th century Italian name!
Please advise the submitter to draw internal detailing on the coney.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Evan Little, Or, hurty.
Nice device!
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of an Old Norse byname.
Commenters questioned whether this name presumed identity with a character with the same name who is the subject of a song in the Skyrim games. A character whose only claim to fame is as the subject of a song is rarely important enough to protect. This character is no exception.
Her previous device, Sable, a griffin statant, tail nowed, between three hourglasses argent, is released.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
Anzelm allows the registration of any name that is not identical to his registered name.
Anzelm grants permission to conflict for any armory that is at least one countable step (DC) different from his device.
Upon his death, Anzelm's name and device, Argent, three pink flamingos proper and on a chief azure a greyhound courant contourny argent, will be released.
Nice 16th century German name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a non-eagle displayed.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Dawn Schadeu, a timely correction fixed the byname to the submitted (and documented) Schadue.
Noir Licorne was able to find Dawn as a feminine given name in 1573 England in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Thus, this name can be registered as submitted.
Nice 15th century Scots name!
Nice English name for the 14th century and later!
Katerinka grants permission to conflict for all armory that is at least one countable step (DC) from her device.
Katerinka allows the registration of any name that is not identical to her registered name.
Upon her death, Katerinka's name and device, Purpure, on a bend between two oak sprigs inverted argent, three foxes passant fesswise gules, will be released.
Khalidah allows the registration of any name that is not identical to her registered name.
Khalidah grants permission to conflict for all armory that is at least one countable step (DC) different from her badge.
Khalidah grants permission to conflict for all armory that is at least one countable step (DC) different from her device.
This badge is not in conflict with the badge of Moira Maureen ua Seamus of the Green Hills, (Fieldless) A chicory flower azure slipped and leaved vert, stem surmounted by a ladybug proper. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and another DC for the difference between Moira's single chicory flower and Killian's sprig of forget-me-nots.
This name does not problematically presume an identity with the mudane Irish short story writer Sean O Faolain. The writer is not important enough to protect. Thus, this name can be registered.
Nice badge!
Submitted as Torrun inn Vidforla, the documentation is for Þorrun in Viðforla (where the special characters represent the soft and hard th sounds respectively). T and d are not alternate forms of those letters and could only be registered if those spellings were themselves documented. Thus, we have changed the name to the documented form in order to register it.
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Commenters noted that the birds displayed here are missing their legs, and discussed whether or not the posture was still registerable as-is. While the vast majority of birds in a displayed posture in period armory retain their legs splayed out to each side of the body, Wreath was able to find examples of eagles displayed drawn without legs, most likely due to the length of the wing feathers. Two examples can be seen in the Armorial Le Breton, a 15th century French armorial, on p. 26/52 (found at http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/archim/Pages/03082.htm). While it is far more typical to draw the legs, this is registerable as-is.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a non-eagle displayed.
The submitter is a court baron and thus entitled to the display of a coronet.
This device is not in conflict with the device of George Silver Tongue, Vert, a gamecock springing to sinister, wings addorsed, Or. There is a DC for the addition of the base. While gamecocks and falcons are considered to be in different categories of birds, and normally would receive a substantial difference between them, that difference relies on both birds being in period postures for their type. Falcons are found striking in period armory, but gamecocks are apparently only found in the close posture. There is, however, a DC between a falcon striking and a gamecock springing.
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Submitted as Áedán ó Cellaig, the submitter requested authenticity for 13th-16th century Irish. The form appropriate for that period is Aodhán Ó Ceallaigh. We have changed the name to that form in order to meet the submitter's request.
The submitter may want to know that the submitted form mixes early and late spellings in the element ó Cellaig; this mix violates PN.1.B.1, which requires a name phrase to follow the standards of a particular time and place. The form of the name suitable for before 1200 is Áedán ua Cellaig. If the submitter prefers that form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Argent, a cross patty sable, we no longer use the term patty as it is ambiguous.
Her previous device, Per saltire Or and sable, a pomegranate gules slipped and leaved vert between four trefoils counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Nice device!
Morgana was documented as a literary name. Aryanhwy merch Catmael notes that it appeared in 16th century Rome as a woman's name (in her "Names from an Early 16th C Census of Rome," http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/leox-census.html).
The submitter requested authenticity for 15th to 16th century Italian. With this new documentation for the given name, this name meets that request.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous name, Katerina Evstokh'eva, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for 9th century Norse. Both elements are found in the Icelandic Landnamabok, which includes 9th and 10th century names. Thus, we can confirm that the name is suitable for sometime in that period, but cannot be more specific.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Cigfran Myddrael Joserlin, the Raven, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Argent, a raven rising reguardant wings displayed proper, maintaining in the dexter claw a sword gules. There is one DC for the field, but no DC for the difference in type between a raven and a hawk.
This device is also returned for conflict with the device of Ragnar Karlson, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Paly gules and argent, an owl rising wings displayed sable maintaining an axe palewise Or. There is not a DC for the difference in type between an owl and a hawk.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of Friedrich der Falkner, (Fieldless) A falcon dexter wing expanded and inverted sable. There is a substantial change in posture under SENA A5E5 between close and rising. Even if Friedrich's falcon is considered closer to rising due to the single displayed wing, we typically grant a DC between essentially one wing visible, as in wings addorsed, and the two wings visible in wings displayed; the additional DC for fieldlessness clears any conflict.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Adela of the Fiery Woods, Or, a blasted tree eradicated sable enfiled of a ring of flames proper. There is a DC for changing the type of secondary charge from a ring of flames to a mount, but nothing for the change in arrangement, nor anything for the tincture as Adela's flames are primarily gules.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." While the internal detailing certainly helps, from any distance this wyvern unfortunately becomes a red blob. The head is half overlying one of the wings, the tip of the tail is entirely obscured by the body, and both limbs are only noticeable by their claws extending onto the field.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of Erich von Drachenholz, Argent, a dragon segreant coward gules within an orle sable. There is a DC for the change in field, and another DC for the difference between wings addorsed and wings displayed.
The byname uses words that the submitter intends to mean "laughing attacker." However, the submitter did not demonstrate that this phrase is correctly constructed or even that these words existed in modern (let alone period) Lithuanian. Commenters were able to find online evidence that these words exist, but not that this phrase is correctly constructed or has the intended meaning. Additionally, no one was able to confirm that the words were used before 1600. Without such evidence, these words cannot be used to create such a byname.
Additionally, no evidence was presented, nor could commenters find any, of bynames that combined two words nor a byname that closely matched in type the intended meaning of the words together or separately. Barring such evidence, this byname cannot be registered even if the elements were proven to be period and correctly constructed.
In resubmission, the submitter might want to consider several options that Goutte d'Eau was able to identify. First, she found the soundalike byname Juszkunos, a patronymic byname dated to 1643. Second, she found a byname that means "sword-bearer;" it appears in Polish as Miecznik and in Ruthenian as mechnik. A miecznik is a minor title bearing no rank rather than a description of a swordsman. Lillia de Vaux was also able to find it in Polish as Mieccnik dated to 1571 and as Miecznik dated to 1580 (in Zofia Abramowicz, Lila Citko, Leonarda Dacewicz. S{l/}ownik Historycznych Nazw Osobowych Bia{s/}ostocczyzny (XV XVII w.) [Historical Dictionary of Personal Names in Bia{s/}ystok (15-17th centuries)], Vol. I. Bia?ystok: Instytut Filologii Wschodnios?owianskiej Uniwersytetu w Bia{s/}ymstoku, 1997.) But it partially matches the submitter's meaning.
Finally, she was able to identify a 17th century word Juokiuosi, which is glossed as "I laugh" (from Dictionarium trium linguarum in usum studiosae juventutis, the first Lithuanian dictionary). With work, the submitter may be able to figure out a period form of the word and try to justify it as a period byname. However, to do that, the submitter would have to find multiple bynames that are similar in content, to prove a pattern of words like "laughing."
Like many names found in period Riga, Koule is of unclear ethnic origin. It could be German, Lithuanian, Ruthenian, or something else. German is most likely. However, given the uncertainty, we will give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that the name may be combined with the other languages spoken in and around Lithuania.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Koule of Lions Gate.
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None.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
None.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
None.
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This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The dormant bear here has its head tucked into its body in such a way that it makes the charge difficult to identify. Precedent says, "A dormant creature has its head in front of the body by default (i.e., couchant, but with the head lowered to the "ground")...Note that the head should still be on the field; if it's tucked into the creature's body, the creature may well be returned as unidentifiable." [Isobel le Bretoun, A-Lochac, September 2007 LoAR]
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Arinbjorn Talverri, Or, a narwhal haurient purpure. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing for the difference between a natural dolphin and a narwhal.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Triston de Grey, Azure, a chevron argent between three dragon's heads couped those in chief addorsed, Or. There is a DC for the change in type of secondary charges, but nothing else.
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A place name meaning "the white wood" was not documented. Bois Blanc can be constructed as a place name, as Negre Toponymie générale de la France, vol. 3 and Perichon Les noms de lieux signalant des bois, des landes, des haies et des essences bocagères en Ille-et-Vilaine document a pattern of Bois followed by a given name or family name, and Blanc can be either (it is found as a masculine given name in 1292 Paris, for example). However, no one could find a period form that would support the form le Bois Blanc (which would be required to create a byname du Blois Blanc). The byname derived from the constructable place name would be de Bois Blanc. We would change the name to this form in order to register it, but the submitter allows no changes.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
The spelling Etxeberria is a modern Basque spelling of a place name normally spelled Echeberria in Castillian contexts. The spelling Echeberria is dated to before 1600; commenters could find no evidence that Etxeberria was found as a spelling before the mid-20th century spelling reform of Basque. Barring evidence that this is a period spelling, this name cannot be registered as submitted. We would change the byname to Echeberria in order to register the name, but the submitter allows no changes. Thus, this name must be returned.
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None.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
None.
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This badge is returned for presumption of the reserved motif of Principal Heralds' Seals, two straight trumpets in saltire, bells to chief. While you can blazon your way out of a style problem, you cannot blazon your way out of a conflict, or in this case presumption. This design could also be blazoned as two straight trumpets in saltire and overall a rapier. The overwhelming visual impression in either blazon is of a group of two trumpets, with a rapier. It is worth pointing out that many of the Principal Herald seals that are registered use the design of two straight trumpets in saltire surmounted by a third non-identical charge. The restriction is on two straight trumpets in saltire: we have that here in this design, and the addition of a rapier does not detract from that impression.
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This device is returned for not being reliably blazonable, a violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms. The nami, or great wave, is a uniquely Japanese charge, which cannot be adequately described in Western European heraldic terms. It has been disallowed for SCA use since 1995.
The use of katanas, a non-European artifact, is a step from period practice under the core-style rules. If this was documented as an Individually Attested Pattern, all elements in the design, as well as the overall design, would need to be attested in Japanese armory, and still would need to be blazonable in Western European terms. While a Japanese well-frame is four laths interlaced similarly to how the katanas are arranged here, we currently know of no evidence of such a motif done with katanas.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The roses here, each with four clusters of leaves extending in saltire, more closely resemble fireballs gules flamed vert.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters did not identify the flowers on the chief as pimpernels, but instead as mullets.
This "crosshair" depiction of a Celtic cross is not registerable. The March 2013 Cover Letter states:
Lately we have received several submissions with charges blazoned as a Celtic cross which are clearly not. Instead, these charges are typically a cross couped combined with an annulet in some fashion. Precedent says:
The so-called "Celtic" cross is not. A Celtic cross is a specific type of cross, which has tapering arms. Adding an annulet to any particular type of cross does not automatically make it a Celtic cross. This "crosshair" depiction of a cross is not acceptable. [Sadb ingen Chonchobair, R-Atlantia, Jan 2010 LoAR]
Any Google image search on "Celtic cross" will turn up a number of correct crosses (at least for outline, ignoring the knotwork). Celtic crosses default to Latin, have the annulet clearly conjoined with the limbs of the cross, and have arms that taper towards the center. Whether or not the ends of the arms are potent is considered artistic license. Celtic crosses are not period heraldic charges, but are period artifacts.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had difficulty telling this was meant to be a drakkar, and not some other charge such as a drop-spindle. While the contrast against the field is much improved from the prior submission, and there is no longer a conflict with the sail, the drakkar affronty is still not identifiable. It may not be possible to draw it in such a manner as to be instantly identifiable, a requirement of heraldry.
This badge is returned for multiple conflicts, starting with the badge of the Kingdom of Atenveldt, Per fess azure and argent, in canton a sun Or. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing else. As currently drawn, the irradiation on the book is sufficiently overwhelming that it is not visually distinguishable from a sun. Drawn with the irradiation either extending not quite so far from the book, or in a different tincture, would greatly reduce the similarity of this lovely charge to a sun.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Annora de Grasse, Argent, a swan naiant reguardant within a bordure embattled sable. There is a DC for the change in type of secondary charge from a bordure to a base. There is no DC for changing the line of division on the base or bordure, as that is considered part of the charge's type.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
None.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." A properly enflamed charge has little spurts of flames spaced evenly all around the outline of the charge, not just the top. When there is a solid "wall" of flame, it severely reduces the identifiability of the charge enflamed, particularly when the flames are the same tincture as the charge.
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This device is returned for using voided charges not as part of the primary charge group. SENA A3C states "Charges which are voided as part of their type, such as mascles or mullets voided and interlaced, are not affected by these restrictions. They may even be tertiary charges or maintained charges, and may be used in fieldless designs." However, precedent says:
Plain mullets voided seem to be fairly rare in period armory, but a mullet of five or six points voided and interlaced was certainly not unknown. Therefore, as both a default mullet, of five points, voided and interlaced and a mullet of six points voided and interlaced are easily recognizable and simple, we are hereby declaring their voiding and interlacing a part of their definition, and partially overturning the Feb 2011 precedent. That precedent will continue to apply with mullets of more than six points voided and interlaced, as being charges that are too complex. Charges that are voided as part of their definition, including such as mascles and annulets, may be used in all types of charge groups. [Ariel Lovechild, A-Ansteorra, November 2011 LoAR]
Mullets of seven points voided and interlaced are unknown in period armory, and are too complex to be used as secondary or tertiary charges.
Please advise the submitter, upon resubmission, to draw the falcon in a more recognizable manner. A more distinctly raptor-like beak would be helpful.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
None.
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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.
There is a step from period practice for the use of hummingbirds, a New World bird.
Please advise the submitter, upon resubmission, to draw the line of division with fewer and larger dovetails.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
After the close of commentary, Brunissende Dragonette pointed out that the word verge in French means "penis." We are pending this item to discuss whether it is an offensive title that cannot be registered. Verge also means a staff, like a staff of office.
This does not conflict with the registered household name Chez le Vergne. The article le contributes to difference, so two syllables are changed in sound and appearance.
This was item 5 on the Ansteorra letter of June 30, 2013.
The submitter requested authenticity for Viking age Iceland. This request was not included on the Letter of Intent. We have pended it to allow commenters to research this request.
When this is registered, the submitter's previous name, Kára Ortwins tohter, will be released.
This was item 6 on the Ansteorra letter of June 30, 2013.
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Last month we pended Order of the Winged Seamonkey to discuss whether winged X is a period pattern for order names. This is pended until that conversation is complete.
This was item 5 on the Meridies letter of June 30, 2013.
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- Explicit -
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