***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED: ***** **** {AE}THELMEARC acceptances **** Annora O Duelaghane. Name and device. Per chevron throughout argent and gules, two torteaux and a bird migrant to chief Or. There is a step from period practice for the use of a migrant bird. Arias Beltran del Valle. Badge. Per saltire azure and argent, a spear argent and a bordure embattled sable. Boggvir Olfuss. Name and device. Per fess Or and vert, a trebuchet and a tankard counterchanged. Bugga {ae}t Elediche. Name and device. Argent, a pair of hands inverted thumbs outwards vert. The Letter of Intent documented _Elediche_ as a constructed place name meaning "Ella's ditch". The documentation included one place name with _El-_ as a prototheme possibly glossed as "Ella's", although two spellings were found. Other possible examples of "Ella" or "Elli" are _Elecome_ and _Ellesmeles_, both dated to 1086 in Watts, s.nn. Elcombe and Ellesmere. We note that there are other place names starting in _El-_, but with other meanings. In addition, the Letter of Intent documented two 9th century place names with forms of "ditch" as a prototheme. Forms of this element are also found as a deuterotheme. Watts, s.n. Devil's Dyke has _Bic(c)hamdic_ dated to the mid-11th century. Examples in Middle English include _Dockedic_ from the 12th century (Mills, s.n. Dogdyke), _Grimesdich_ from 1300, and Erledyke and Flayneburghdyke from the 15th century (Middle English Dictionary). Therefore, we are able to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that the byname is constructed properly and can register this name. Bugga {ae}t Elediche. Alternate name Balag bint Babak ibn al-Qayna. C{a'}elfind in Eich Gil. Name. Normally descriptive bynames are lenited when used to describe a woman. However, the spelling _in Eich Gil_ ("of the white horse") is used for both men and women. Cristina inghean Ghriogair. Device. Per pale argent and sable, in sinister a vine of three pea pods Or. Darri inn Valski. Name and device. Per pall argent fretty vert, sable, and vert, two wolves sejant ululant respectant argent. Submitted as "Darri inn Valsk_r_", the term _Valskr_ is a strong adjective. Strong adjectives cannot be combined with _inn_ in Old Norse. Therefore, we have changed the byname to "inn Valsk_i_" in order to register the name. The submitter may wish to know that the form _Darri Valskr_ is also registerable. We could not make this change because dropping _inn_ is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. There is a step from period practice for the use of wolves in the ululant posture. Giovanni Fortuno. Name and device. Vert, a stag's head erased Or, on a chief per pale gules and argent a martel reversed sable. Submitted as "Giovanni Fortun_a_", the name was changed in kingdom to the submitter's preferred form, "Giovanni Fortun_o_". This name combines an Italian given name and Spanish byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. A martel is a claw hammer. Goffraid Cl{e'}ireach. Name. Nice 12th century Irish Gaelic name! Jarr{a-}h ibn Zakariy{a-}' al-Hamad{a-}n{i-}. Device. Vert, a griffin passant Or and in chief three crescents argent. Joan de Redwod. Name and device. Argent, a triangle voided between three crescents, a chief vert. The attested form of the byname given in the Letter of Intent, _de Redwod'_, ends in a scribal abbreviation, which would normally be expanded to _de Redwode_. However, Siren documented the submitted spelling in _The beauties of England and Wales_ by J. Britton and E. W. Brayley (p. 105; https://books.google.com/books?id=mXFbAAAAQAAJ), dated to 1380. John of Nithgaard. Holding name and device. Argent, on a bend azure between two cauldrons sable a spoon inverted argent. Submitted under the name "John le Tyeler". Please advise the submitter to draw the cauldrons with the handles raised as if hanging over a fire. Joseph the Silent. Device. Per bend sinister argent and sable, a bordure counterchanged. Please advise the submitter to draw the bordure thinner. Nice device! Kirsten Meise. Name. The submitter requested authenticity for "German Landsknecht 1400-1450". The Letter of Intent documented _Kirstan_ as a 14th century given name, and _Meise_ as a 16th century byname. In commentary, {AE}lfwynn Leofl{ae}de dohtor found _Kirsten_ as a German given name dated to 1495 in Seibicke. As neither element was dated to the submitter's desired time period, this name does not meet her request for authenticity, but it is registerable. The submitter had desired a feminine name. She may wish to know that _Kirstan_ could not be found as a feminine name in Germany prior to the 20th century. (It is a form of the masculine given name _Christian_). However, it is found as a feminine name in late 16th century Denmark, dated within three years of the byname _Meise_. The combination of Danish and German is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA, but also does not meet the submitter's request for authenticity. Lothar H{u:}gelman. Exchange of device and badge. The submitter's former badge, "Sable, a cross of Jerusalem argent", is now his device and his former device, "Sable, three crampons argent", is now his badge. Lyanna Wallace. Name and device. Vert, on a horse courant argent a triquetra gules, in chief three aspen leaves Or. Submitted as "Br{i'}gh Wallace", the submitter requested authenticity for "Scots Gaelic". At the submitter's request, this request was dropped and the name changed instead to "Lyanna Wallace", the form used in the Letter of Intent. The submitter may wish to know that it is authentic for early 17th century England. Lyse Gunther. Name and device. Argent, a boar statant sable and on a chief wavy azure a sword argent. Please advise the submitter to draw the wavy line of the chief with more amplitude and to be kind enough to give an eye to the boar. {O'}l{a'}fr Steinabrj{o'}tr. Name. Submitted as "{O'}l{a'}f_ _Stei_nb_rj{o'}tr", the spelling of the given name _{O'}l{a'}f_ was not found in the source cited in the Letter of Intent. We have changed it to the attested form "{O'}l{a'}f_r_". The byname is constructed, with the intended meaning of "stone breaker". The byname needs to use the genitive form of "stone", _Steins-_ ("breaking one rock") or _Steina-_ ("breaking many rocks"). Kingdom confirmed that the submitter prefers the latter, so we have changed the byname to "Stei_nab_rj{o'}tr". Pelgrym vanden Vliet. Name and device. Gules, a fox passant argent and a ford proper. The submitter requested authenticity for "14th-15th Century Low Countries". The given name, _Pelgrym_, is dated to 1450-66. The submitted byname, _vanden Vliet_, is an interpolated form derived from _vanden Vliete_ (1524) and _van Santvliet_ (1468), both found in Antwerp. Therefore, this name is likely authentic for 15th century Antwerp, modernly part of Belgium, which would meet the submitter's request for authenticity. This device conflicts with the device of Lizbeth Ravensholm: "Gules, a wolf passant reguardant argent maintaining on its back a raven sable"; Fortunately, Lizbeth has granted a blanket permission to conflict. Nice device! Robert Mackintosh. Name. The submitted spelling of the byname, _Mackintosh_, can be interpolated from attested forms such as _Mackintoche_ and _McKintoch_ (Black, s.n. Macintosh), _McKintoshe_ (DOST), and _Makintosh_ (FamilySearch Historical Records). Ru Carvorst. Name. S{e'}ig{i'}ne ingen Anmchada. Device change. Vert, three chevronels braced argent and on a chief ermine a sword vert. The submitter's old device, "Per pale vert and sable, a horse rampant contourny argent between in bend two hawks striking Or", is retained as a badge. Sigmund Scholcz. Name and device. Per chevron vert and sable, two wagon wheels and an eagle argent. Nice late 16th century German name! Simon de Irelande. Name and device. Per pale azure and sable, a sun argent eclipsed sable and on a chief argent a lightning bolt sable. Submitted as "Simon de Irelan_d_", the submitter requested authenticity for "England (Oxforshire [sic]) in the mid 1300's". The attested 14th century form of this byname is _de Ireland'_, with a scribal abbreviation. We have changed the byname to the expanded form, "de Irelan_de_", with the submitter's permission. Both elements are dated to Lincolnshire, England in 1332, so this name meets the submitter's request for authenticity. There is a step from period practice for the use of a lightning bolt without a thunderbolt. Suibne {O'} Dubhshl{a'}ine. Name and device. Argent, a chevron couched from dexter azure and a chevron couched from sinister sable braced, a chief vert. Submitted as "Suibne {O'} Dubhshl_{a'}_ne", the byname was misspelled in the header of the Letter of Intent and in the documentation. We have changed it to "{O'} Dubhshl_{a'}i_ne" in order to register the name. _Suibne_ is the name of a 7th century saint. The name is found in Old and Middle Irish Gaelic, dated between 657 and 940. The saint's name is also found (as _Suibhne_) in the c.1600 _Martyrology of Donegal_. The byname, _{O'} Dubhshl{a'}ine_, is found in Early Modern Irish Gaelic, dated to the 16th or early 17th century. Although there is a temporal gap between these elements of greater than 500 years, this name can be registered using the saint's name allowance. In commentary, Br{i'}an dorcha ua Conaill constructed the wholly Middle Irish Gaelic _Suibne {u'}a Duibh Shl{a'}ine_ and _Suibne {u'}a Duibhshl{a'}ine_. Wholly Old Irish Gaelic forms of this name are _Suibne h{u'}a Duib Shl{a'}ine_, _Suibne h{u'}a Duib Slaine_, and _Suibne h{u'}a Duibshl{a'}ine_. If the submitter prefers one of these forms, he may submit a request for reconsideration. Tangwystyl verch Gwyn. Device. Purpure, a mouse rampant tail nowed maintaining and playing a recorder argent and a bordure argent mullety vert. Valentina de la Volpe. Name and device. Azure, a fox rampant contourny argent maintaining an increscent Or, a bordure compony purpure and argent. The submitter requested authenticity for "Italian (Florence)". _Valentina_ is found in 16th century Venice (northern Italy) and Florence (central Italy), and the byname in 16th century Rome (southern Italy). Although both elements are documented to Italy in the 16th century, different dialects were spoken in these areas. We do not know if these names would have been combined in period. Therefore, this name may be authentic for Italy, and possibly Florence, but we do not know for sure. William Gobiside. Name change from Vilhj{a'}lmr E{dh}var{dh}arson and device change. Purpure, four swords fretted in mascle Or hilted vert pommeled gules. Submitted as "William Gobisi_d_", the attested form of the byname is _Gobisid'_, a scribal abbreviation. We have expanded the byname and registered this name as "William Gobisi_de_". The submitter's previous name, _Vilhj{a'}lmr E{dh}var{dh}arson_, is released. The submitter's previous device, "Azure, on a bend sinister between in bend two axes bendwise reversed Or three daggers gules", is released. Wolfgang von Ostheim. Name. The submitter requested authenticity for a German name. This name is authentic for Bavaria (and possibly other parts of southern German) between the 10th and 16th centuries, so meets the submitter's request. Wynyeue Wulfstanesd{o'}htor. Name and device. Per saltire sable and vert, a crow's head erased and an orle Or. Please advise the submitter to draw the erasing with fewer and larger jags. Zhang Fei. Name. As documented in the Letter of Intent, _Zhang_ used the Pinyin transliteration scheme and _Fei_ used the Wade-Giles scheme. _Fei_ is also a Pinyin transliteration, so this name as a whole uses the same scheme and can be registered as submitted. The historical _Zhang Fei_, a general in the 3rd century Han dynasty, is not important enough to protect. Nice Chinese name for much of our period! ====================================================================== **** AN TIR acceptances **** Aelisia Cambrewell. Name and device. Quarterly vert and azure, a cross and in sinister chief a quatrefoil argent. Nice English name for around 1200! Agnes Hosteler. Name. Nice 13th to 16th century English name! Alicia du Bois. Name and device. Argent, a stag trippant proper and on a chief azure three annulets argent. The submitter requests authenticity for "1350 + English or French". In commentary, Blue Tyger documented _Alicia_ to 1349-1351 in AElfwyn aet Gyrwum's article, "Feminine Given Names from Kent, 1302-1363" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/aelfwyn/kentfemnames.html). The byname _du Bois_ can be found in this and other spellings in both England and France around the early to mid-14th century. Therefore, this name is authentic for England c. 1350, meeting the submitter's request for authenticity. David Conyers. Name and device. Argent, three saltorels gules. Nice late period English name! Nice device! Hadice bint Osman. Device. Purpure, a tulip slipped and leaved and on a chief Or an open book between two stone throwing hammers purpure. As we could not find any evidence that stone hammers were an artefact used within our period, this type of hammers will not be registerable, without documentation, after the August 2015 meeting. Henry Hosteler. Name change from Ian of Ashton. Nice 16th century English name! The submitter's previous name, _Ian of Ashton_, is retained as an alternate name. Henry Hosteler. Household name Rose and Wheel Inn and badge. Per fess wavy argent and purpure, in chief a rose gules and a Catherine wheel vert. The question was raised in commentary whether this name presumes upon the _Order of the Rose_: [Vivienne de Lamp{e'}ri{'e}re and Rotheric Kynith. Joint household name House of the Sword and Rose.] This name is too evocative of the _Order of the Rose_. Precedent states: [Order of the Anvil and the Rose] The name is being returned conflict with the Order of the Rose (SCA peerage order). RfS VI.4 Other Presumptuous Names states: Some names not otherwise forbidden by these rules are nevertheless too evocative of widely known and revered protected items to be registered. Such items include the peerage orders of the Society and such well-known items outside the Society as the _Order of the Garter_. The _House of the Rose and Laurel_ does not conflict with the _Order of the Rose_ or the _Order of the Laurel_, but it is too evocative of both to be registered. Similarly, the _Award of the Blue Garter_ is too evocative of the _Order of the Garter_, whose badge is a blue garter. The rules specifically say the Order of the Rose and the Laurel is too evocative of *both* names to be registered. [Blackstone Mountain, Barony of, 07/97, R-East] _House of the Sword and Rose_ and _Order of the Anvil and the Rose_ have the same level of difference from the _Order of the Rose_. Therefore, _House of the Sword and Rose_ is too evocative of the _Order of the Rose_ to be registered. This precedent was overturned at the adoption of SENA. Section NPN4B2 states, "Order and award names may not include the names of the peerage orders or overt references to famous knightly orders such as _the Garter_. Other types of non-personal names may only use such elements in contexts where no reference to the order is likely to be perceived by members of the order and the general populace." As this is a household name that is most easily understood as the name of two heraldic charges rather than a reference to the peerage order combined with some other element, we consider it unlikely that confusion would occur among the populace as the result of using the name of the peerage order in this context. Therefore, we can register this name. Ilariya Litomerice. Device. Per fess Or and gules, three poppies affronty counterchanged. Oddr {TH}i{a'}lfason. Alternate name 'Abd al-N{u-}r ibn al-Has{i-}b ibn al-Tayyib al-Faq{i-}h. The submitter requested authenticity for "Baghdad, ca 820". _'Abd al-N{u-}r_ and _al-Tayyib_ were both documented from Andalusia. Therefore, this name does not meet the submitter's request. Sk{a'}ldi Vandr{ae}{dh}ask{a'}ld. Name and device. Per chevron inverted argent and counter-ermine, two winged catamounts segreant addorsed sable breathing flames proper. Tessina Felice Gianfigliazzi. Name and device. Argent, a bat-winged polypus vert and an orle gules. Some commenters pointed that the device reminded them of a depiction of Cthulhu, an elder god in H.P. Lovecraft's writings. However this is not so obvious as to be overtly modern. {TH}{o'}runn feilan. Name and device. Gules, on a pile sable fimbriated Or a wolf's pawprint argent, a bordure Or. There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print. Xavier the Sinister. Name. Precedent states, "As with the return of Xavier de Saone in the February 1994 LoAR, no evidence has been found that Xavier was anything but a placename in period. The use of Xavier as a given name comes after the canonization of St. Francis Xavier, which occurred in 1622" [Xavier Tormod Macleod, October 1994, R-Meridies]. References to Francis Xavier appear in France, England, and Spain prior to his canonization, but these instances are not evidence that people were named after him before he was made a saint. However, the Letter of Intent documented _Xaviera_ and _Javier_ as attested given names in the 1570s. The submitted form, _Xavier_ can be interpolated from these forms. Therefore, we are overturning the 1994 precedent. The byname _the Sinister_ was documented in the Letter of Intent as the lingua Anglica form of the French _le Senestre_. This is a hypothetical marked form of the 15th century byname, _Senestre_. Previously, only the unmarked form was registered: Listed on the LoI as _Aron _Wyth__, the name was originally submitted as _Aron _the Sinister__, and changed in kingdom because no documentation could be found for _the Sinister_. Commenters were able to find a version of the byname which is closer to the originally submitted form. Noir Licorne notes: Senestre is closer to his originally submitted name: "Submitted as Edward the Sinister, the submitter requested authenticity for 12th to 14th C and allowed minor changes. The LoI provided documentation for this byname from Weekley, Ernest, M.A., Surnames, (p. 304, footnote 3) which states: "Cf. Sinister, O.F. senestre, left-handed, awkward [Simon Senestre, of Dieppe, Close R.]. Lefthand is a ME. name." The LoI also noted that the Close Rolls dated to 1205. We have changed the byname in this submission to use the documented form Senestre in order to meet the submitter's request for authenticity." [Edward Senestre, 02/2003, A-Caid] Siren adds to this: I found a 1457 citation of a French . It's from the _Comptes du domaine de la ville de Paris, publi{e'}s par les soins du Service des travaux historiques de la ville de Paris_, edited by Alexandre Vidier (Paris, Impr. nationale, 1948-). This is from the 1457-8 Comptes. I'd say that this together with the English citation Jeanne Marie mentions should be enough to allow . The MED (s.n. senestre) gives this as a header form, but also dates to 1474 (in the deceitful sense) and dates and to a. 1500 in the "left" sense. This should be enough to allow the spelling , which is also the Latin spelling, as the MED notes. On the basis of this information, _Sinister_ is a plausible variant of the documented byname _Senestre_. We have changed the name to _Aron_ _Sinister_ to make the byname closer to the originally submitted form. Appendix A of SENA allows the use of marked and unmarked descriptive/occupational bynames in French. Examples of descriptive or occupational bynames from the 15th and 16th centuries include _Cordewanier/le Cordewanier_, _Devin/Le Devin_, _Villain/Le Villain_, and _Mauwin/Le Mauwin_, all found in Domhnall na Moicheirghe's article, "Names from Lallaing 1384 - 1600" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/lallaing_names.html). Therefore _le Senestre_ is a plausible form of the attested 15th century French _Senestre_, and we can allow the lingua Anglica form, _the Sinister_. The combination of Spanish and French is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. We are also able to justify _the Sinister_ as the lingua Anglica form of a Spanish byname: Siren documented the word _siniestro_ ("left" or "sinister") in CORDE. Garnet found the Spanish byname _Izquierdo_ ("left") dated to 1298 in Diez Melcon, as well descriptive bynames such as _Artero_ ("tricky"), _Malo_ ("bad"), _Sa{n~}udo_ ("cruel"), and _Vicioso_ ("vicious"). Given these examples, a byname such as _Siniestro_ is also plausible in Spanish. Appendix A notes that Spanish descriptive bynames usually do not use an article. Examples of marked descriptive or occupational bynames include _don Galuan el malo_ (c.1470), _don Johan el cortes_ (1499), and _Yuan Mart{i'}n el Cavallero_ (1303), all found in CORDE. Therefore, we are able to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that a byname like _el Siniestro_ is possible, and can register this name as a wholly Spanish name. ====================================================================== **** ANSTEORRA acceptances **** Alaric Greythorn of Glen Mor. Reblazon of device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, a bend sinister between a phoenix Or and two rapiers inverted in saltire proper. Blazoned when registered in May 1981 as "Per bend sinister sable and gules, a bend sinister between a phoenix Or and two swords inverted in saltire proper", the swords are actually rapiers. Anusia Melachrine. Name and device. Argent masoned sable, in saltire two columbines slipped vert, a chief gules. Submitted as "An_y_sia Melachrine", _Anysia_ is an Anglicized form of the name of a 4th century martyr. A masculine form of the name, _Anusios_, is found in the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names. After the Pelican decision meeting, Metron Ariston noted that the feminine form would be transliterated "An_u_sia". We have changed the given name to this form in order to register the name. There is a temporal gap of more than 500 years between the given name and the 13th century byname. The saint appears in the _Menologion of Emperor Basil II_, dated between the late 10th and early 11th centuries, showing that she was venerated at a time compatible with the byname. Therefore, _Anusia_ is eligible for the saint's name allowance. Aubrey Ericsdatter. Name. _Aubrey_ is the submitter's legal given name. Ealasaid Mac a'Bhaird. Device change. Per pale engrailed sable and argent, an eagle's head erased and a thistle counterchanged. The submitter's old device, "Per pale invected sable and argent, an eagle's head erased and a thistle, slipped and leaved, counterchanged", is released. The thistle is slipped and leaved in both the old and new devices, but current blazon convention makes it the default. Ealasaid Mac a'Bhaird. Badge. Per pale engrailed argent and sable, an eagle's head erased and a thistle counterchanged. Franklin Whitenhale of Cheshire. Device. Azure, a Maltese cross argent and a ford proper, on a chief argent three roses proper. Gilyan Alienora of Clonmacnoise. Badge. (Fieldless) A sword inverted argent and overall a rose purpure winged argent. Godric Daud. Name and device. Purpure, a chevron embattled between two crescents Or and a hammer argent. Gwenllian verch Madyn. Name (see RETURNS for device). The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-14th century Welsh. This name is authentic to the 13th century, so meets the submitter's request. Haldtre, Canton of. Branch name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as _Haldtre_, the name was apparently changed in kingdom to _Haldtree, Canton of_. A timely correction noted the intended form of the name. As documented, this name combined Old English and Old Norse in the same name phrase, a violation of NPN1C2b of SENA. However, this name can be constructed entirely in Middle English. _Hold_ is used as a prototheme in place names such as _Holdeward_, _atte holdehalle_, and _Haldingeham_, and as a deuterotheme in _durham halde_. The _hald_ spelling appears in other uses in the Middle English Dictionary, so is plausible in place names as well. The deuterotheme _-tre(e)_ appears in various Middle English place names, such as _Hosintre_ and _Dudintree_ (MED), and _Beg(g)entre/Be(c)kingtre_ and _Braintre(e)_ (Watts, s.nn. Becontree and Braintree). Haldtre, Canton of. Badge. Gules, on a bend sinister argent a tree couped sable. Hugo de Stonham. Device. Per pale vert and argent, three crosses moline counterchanged. Nice device! Myrgenfeld, Canton of. Badge. Argent, on a pale vert a goblet argent. Nanna Arinsgaetir. Reblazon of device. Purpure, a reindeer's head erased contourny proper attired argent and gorged of a garland of mountain laurel argent, leaved vert. Registered in April 1984 as "Purpure, a reindeer's head erased to sinister attired, langued, and gorged of a garland of mountain laurel argent, leaved vert", the reindeer's head is proper. Peter Rhys. Device. Per fess indented azure and argent, a shepherd's crook bendwise sinister and a mullet counterchanged. Reinbolt vom Berg. Name and device. Gules, in pale two bear's heads erased argent. The Letter of Intent constructed the byname _vom Berg_ based, in part, on the 1495 example, _uff dem berge_. {AE}lfwynn Leofl{ae}de dohtor was able to documented the bynames _von dem Berge_ (1418), _ab dem Berg_ (1424), _zum Berg_ (1447), and _uff dem Berg_ (1451) in Brechenmacher, s.n. Berg. Therefore, the submitted byname, _vom Berg_ ("from the mountain") is also plausible in the 15th century. In addition, Blue Tyger documented the submitted byname to the late 16th century in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Nice 15th century German name! Sarah Fynn. Name and device. Or, three seebl{a:}tter azure and a trimount sable. ====================================================================== **** ARTEMISIA acceptances **** {A'}ine inghean Mhaghnusa. Name (see RETURNS for device). Nice 14th-15th century Gaelic name! Loxley of C{o^}te du Ciel. Name. _C{o^}te du Ciel_ is the registered name of an SCA branch. Michelle Harris of York. Name and badge. (Fieldless) On a domestic cat's face argent in sinister chief a rose azure. Although documented in the Letter of Intent as a lingua Anglica form, the spelling _York_ is also a period spelling from the 13th century (Middle English Dictionary and Watts, s.n. York). Some commenters wondered if this submission was too evocative of the "Hello Kitty" design. It is not. Miquel d'Orion. Name and device. Azure, on a pale gules three mullets of six points Or. This design was well documented as an Individually Attested Pattern in late period German armory. There was sufficient evidence of charged gules ordinaries on azure fields, as well as the use of tertiary six-pointed mullets. Nice device! Miquel d'Orion. Badge. Azure, on a shakefork gules, three mullets of six points Or. This design was documented as an Individually Attested Pattern in late period German armory. There was sufficient evidence of charged gules ordinaries on azure fields, as well as the use of tertiary six-pointed mullets. The existence of the shakefork in German armory was also documented, though it was rare. ====================================================================== **** ATENVELDT acceptances **** {A'}ine inghean U{i'} Cheallaigh. Device. Per chevron azure and argent, two owls respectant argent and a tree eradicated azure trunked sable. Alfred Jensen of Mo. Badge. (Fieldless) On a cross formy fitched at the foot sable a dove rising argent. Antoinette of Granholme. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Vert, in fess two lozenges conjoined each per saltire argent and Or. Submitted under the name "Antoinette Marie". Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Golden Needle and badge. Azure, a needle and a bordure rayonny Or. Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Golden Quill and badge. Azure, a quill pen and a bordure rayonny Or. Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Golden Trumpet and badge. Azure, a trumpet and a bordure rayonny Or. Submitted as "Order of the Golden Trumpe_t_", this order name appeared in the Letter of Intent with an extraneous colon ("Order of the Golden Trumpe_t:_"). We have removed this punctuation in order to register this name. This order name does not conflict with the registered _Gold Trumpet Herald Extraordinary_: This order name is clear of the registered _Golden Griffin Pursuivant_, _Golden Gryphon Pursuivant_ (both owned by the East Kingdom) and _Household of the Golden Griffen_; the removal of the second syllable in the adjective is a substantial change in sound and appearance. [Wealdsmere, Barony of, Order of the Gold Griffon, December 2012, A-An Tir] In the present submission, a syllable has been added, so it is similarly clear under NPN3C2 of SENA. Gideon the Weary. Device. Sable, a dragon Or and a griffin argent addorsed tails entwined, a base wavy barry wavy argent and gules. Honour Grenehart. Badge. Per pale azure and sable, a hurst of pine trees and a base indented argent. Jacob Fisher de Cardif. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a covered saltcellar shedding salt and a seadog rampant counterchanged. Please advise the submitter to add scales on the seadog. S{e'}amus mac R{i'}{a'}in and Iuliana of the Unicorn. Joint badge. Per pale nebuly Or and vert, a winged domestic cat sable and a unicorn argent combattant. Sibyll Hunter. Name. Nice late 16th century English name! ====================================================================== **** ATLANTIA acceptances **** Adina von der Heide. Badge. (Fieldless) In fess a capital A azure conjoined with a salamander tergiant embowed counter-embowed Or enflamed proper. This depiction of a salamander enflamed is grandfathered to the submitter. Adina von der Heide. Badge. (Fieldless) In fess a capital A purpure conjoined with a salamander tergiant embowed counter-embowed Or enflamed proper. This depiction of a salamander enflamed is grandfathered to the submitter. Aldwulf Tonebrige. Name. Submitted as "Aldwulf To_n_bri_dg_e", there is a temporal gap of greater than 500 years between the given name and byname. The given name, _Aldwulf_ is an Anglo-Saxon given name found in Bede's _A History of the English Church and People_, dated to the 8th century. The spelling _Tonbridge_ is dated to 1527 in _Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII_, Volume 4, 1524-1530 (pp. 1580-1596; http://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol4/pp1580-1596). It is also found as an unmarked byname dated to 1599 in the FamilySearch Historical Records during commentary. Although this spelling is attested, these instances are incompatible with the 7th-9th century given name. After the Pelican decision meeting, the submitter authorized a change to "Aldwulf Ton_e_bri_g_e". We have made this change in order to register this name. Angelo Marino. Name. Both the given name and byname are found in Florence, dated to 1427, making this an excellent 15th century Italian name! Antonius Renaldo da Castello. Name. This name combines the Latinized _Antonius_ with the vernacular Italian _Renaldo da Castello_, which is acceptable under SENA. The submitter may wish to know that the vernacular Italian form of this name is _Antonio Renaldo da Castello_. `Azzah al-Nadirah. Device change. Azure, on a chevron between two escallops inverted and a Persian double-bow argent, three lotus blossoms in profile azure. The submitter's old device, "Azure, on a chevron between two escallops inverted and a Persian double-bow argent, three lotus blossoms in profile sable", is released. Ceara n{i'}c Fhionnghalaigh. Device change. Per pale argent and vert, a dragonfly counterchanged. The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Mea the Bold: "Per pale argent and vert, a butterfly counterchanged". The submitter's old device, "Or, a dragonfly and on a chief purpure three spools of thread Or", is released. Cezilia of Macao. Name and device. Per pale vert and gules, all semy of borage blossoms argent. Submitted as "_Xixiliya_ of Macao", _Xixiliya_ is a modern Chinese Romanization of the name _Cecilia_. The Letter of Intent argued that this form could have been used in period to render the Portuguese _Cezilia_ or _{C,}ezilia_, presumably brought to China by missionaries in the 16th or early 17th century. To use the saint's name allowance, a pattern of people borrowing saints' names must be documented for that culture or language, and evidence must also be provided for the veneration of the particular saint in that place and time: As documented, this name combines two lingual groups (Gaelic and English) and name elements separated by more than 300 years. _Brandubh_ is documented only as a 7th century name, while _Ewebank_ is dated to 1488. However, _Brandubh_ is the name of a saint as well; information about the saint is found in the late period _Martyrology of Gorman_ and _Martyrology of Donegal_. This shows the saint was venerated in late period. This allows the name to be used as a Gaelic given name under the saint's name allowance through the end of period. This brings the name elements within 300 years, allowing the name to be registered as submitted. The Letter of Intent documented the forms _Cezilia_ and _{C,}ezilia_ in late 16th century Lisbon. _Santa Cecilia_ is mentioned in _Del Flos Sanctorum, O Libro De Las Vidas De Los Santos_, written by a Spanish Jesuit priest, Pedro de Ribadeneyra, in 1599-1610 (during the period of Spanish rule over Portugal). Forms of the name _Cecilia_ are found in Spanish colonies in the Americas and Philippines in the late 16th to early 17th centuries, according to the FamilySearch Historical Records. As Portugal was under Spanish rule at this time, we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that forms of this name also reached Portugal's Chinese colonies with Jesuit missionaries or other settlers. However, only two examples were provided of Chinese converts given Christian baptismal names, and both names are given entirely in Portuguese. There is no contemporary evidence showing whether they also changed their names in Chinese after baptism. We note that this is in marked contrast to the New World Spanish colonies, where _Cecilia_ can be found at least as a grey period native convert name (for example, in Kevin Terraciano's _The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca_). Without such documentation, the Romanized form _Xixiliya_ is not registerable. The Letter of Intent stated that the byname _of Macao_ is a lingua Anglica form of the Portuguese _de Macau_. No documentation was provided to show that _Macau_ is a period spelling. Ant{o'}nio Bocarro, Chronicler-in-chief of the State of India, called the city _Machao_ in his 1635 book _Book of the Plans of all the Fortresses, Cities and Towns of the State of East India_ (as cited in _Seventeenth Century Macau in Contemporary Documents and Illustrations_, edited by C.R. Boxer, pp. 10-19). At the time he wrote his book, he stated that there were 850 Portuguese families living in Macau, including children. Therefore, we have changed this name to the wholly Portuguese "_Cezilia_ of Macao", using the lingua Anglica form of _de Machao_. The submitter specifically allowed a change to this given name. If the form _Xixiliya_ had been registerable, evidence would have been needed to support a Chinese-Portuguese lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA, or alternatively, a Chinese locative byname meaning _of Macao_. Francisco de Espinosa. Alternate name Fl{o'}ki h{a'}lftr{o,}ll. Herveus d'Ormonde. Heraldic title Gnome Herald. Submitted as "Gnome Herald _Extraordinary_", recent registrations of personal heraldic titles have omitted the word _Extraordinary_. We have dropped this element in order to register this name. The city of Nome, Alaska is not important enough to protect. Hr{o'}{dh}n{y'} R{o,}gnvaldsd{o'}ttir. Heraldic title Luddite Herald. Submitted as "Luddite Herald _Extraordinary_", recent registrations of personal heraldic titles have omitted the word _Extraordinary_. We have dropped this element in order to register this name. The question was raised whether this heraldic title is too obtrusively modern. Most commenters and those present at the Pelican decision meeting did not think this was the case. Therefore, we are able to register this name. Janan al-Fahda. Name. The submitter requested the form "al-Fah_a_da" if it could be justified. The Letter of Intent stated that _Fahd_ and _Fahad_ are both valid transliterations of the same name; however, no documentation was provided to support this. Therefore, we are not able to change this name to the preferred form. Jeanette de la Mer. Name and device. Gyronny gules and Or, in pall four fleurs-de-lys sable. This name does not conflict with the registered _Jeanne de la Mer_. A syllable has been added under PN3C2 of SENA. Kryss Kostarev. Badge. (Fieldless) In saltire a trumpet Or and an artist's paintbrush vert. Lucius Fawle. Device. Per chevron sable and argent, in pale three foxes passant regardant counterchanged. Lucy Challener. Name. Nice late 16th century English name! Madog Hir. Name and device. Argent, a bend sinister bretessed sable between two decrescents azure. Molda {o'}kristna Starrad{o'}ttir. Name and device. Vert, three yarn quills argent threaded Or. Morvyth Bengrek. Name and device. Argent, a tortoise bendwise sinister vert and on a chief wavy azure three roses argent. The submitter may wish to know that this name combines the 16th century _Morvyth_ with the 13th century _Bengrek_. A wholly 13th century form of her name is _Morwith Bengrek_. Both forms are registerable. Nicolo Santorio. Device. Barry of four argent and gules, on a chief vert a winged lion passant gardant Or. Nice device! Patrick Mullaghny. Device. Azure, in pale a fool's cap per pale gules and Or vesting a fox's mask maintaining in its mouth a rose slipped and leaved argent. This device does not conflict with the device of Fandral Silverfox, "Sable, a fox's mask argent", there is a DC for the field and the cap is big enough to bring another DC. It also does not conflict with the device of Gile Gareth Greywolf, "Azure, a wolf's head erased affronty between three compass stars argent". The hat brings one DC and so does the removal of the compass stars. Pippo del Monte. Name and device. Or, a stag at gaze contourny and in base a tree blasted sable, a bordure sable semy of Latin crosses clechy Or. Nice 15th century Florentine name! Rat le Bastard. Name. In the return of _Rat Bastard_ in February 2014, we stated: This name is returned for obtrusive modernity. SENA PN.2.E states: No name will be registered that either in whole or in part is obtrusively modern. Something is said to be obtrusively modern when it makes a modern joke or reference that destroys medieval ambience and drags the average person mentally back to the present day. Obtrusiveness can be either in the written form or when spoken. A period name that has a modern referent will not generally be considered obtrusively modern. Only extreme examples will be returned. The majority of commenters and attendees of the decision meeting thought that this name reaches this standard because the term _rat bastard_ is a modern epithet, associated, for example with gangster movies. We are inclined to agree, and are returning this name. We note that a name like _Rat le Bastard_ would not sound as jarringly modern and would be probably be registerable. In the present submission, some commenters thought that the use of the surname _Rat_ contributed to their impression that this name was offensive or excessively modern, or both. It was their feeling that it was not a plausible given name, which made the joke name that much more obtrusive. In the registration of Brick James Beech, we stated: The opinions of commenters and those present at the decision meeting varied greatly, with an almost even mix between those who felt that this name is offensive, and those who did not. We are sensitive to the concerns of those members of the populace and the College of Arms who complained about this name. That being said, none of the elements in the present submission are inherently offensive. _Brick_ is a late period English surname used as a given name. _James_ is a common given name and saint's name. Toponyms derived from "beech" (a type of tree) include _de la Beche_ (last registered in 2005) and forms such as _Bech_, _ate/atte Beche_, and _Attebechus_, all found in the Middle English Dictionary. Although names meaning "beech" are uncommon in the Society, there is no reason to believe that this element would not be registered in other contexts. We can do no better than to quote the decision registering the German byname _Fuchs_, which stated, "Likewise, we have not held other name elements to this kind of standard; in August of 2002 we registered _Daimhin Bastard_, saying that the fact that some people may see it as 'damn bastard' is not a bar to registration. The Letter of Intent points out that we have registered bynames that bear a similar relationship to other obscenities without comment" [Basilius Fuchs, December 2010, A-An Tir]. In the commentary for the original name and the present submission, _Ratte_ was documented as a late period English given name, dated to 1597 in the FamilySearch Historical Records. _Ratte_ and _Ratt_ are variant spellings of _Rat_, with both spellings appearing in Middle and Early Modern English either as a name element or as a common noun referring to the animal, from which the name is derived. As with forms of "Beech", there is no reason to believe that this element would not be registered in a different submission. As noted above, forms of _le Bastard_ have been registered in the past (as recently as August 2014): _Bastard_ is a period descriptive byname documented in Scots and English and has been registered in various forms at least six times dating from 1983 to 1998. Most recently, it was registered without comment in March 1998 (_Guy le Bastard_) and April 1998 (_Duftach Scott the Bastard_). (In fact, in the form _Lebatarde_, and formerly _le Batard_, it is the registered byname of a former SCA Inc. Board member.) The registrations demonstrate that this element is not "considered inherently offensive by a large segment of the Society and general population" and so is registerable. Questions regarding public listing of a name containing this element have already been addressed by the kingdoms when printing lists of board members. Given that both elements are registerable on their own, the only issue that could be a reason for return would be the combination of these two name elements. In this case, a fully Anglicized form _Davin Bastard_ would certainly be no more of an issue than the registered _Guy le Bastard_ and _Duftach Scott the Bastard_. Given that _Daimhin_ has not generated so much as a murmur of a possible violation of RfS IV.1, it is demonstratedly not an issue on its own. Given this information, including previous registrations, this submission does not violate RfS IV.1 and is registerable. [Daimhin Bastard, August 2002, A-Meridies] Likewise, _Rat le Bastard_ may be similar to a modern insult, but it is not the same. The addition of the definite article _le_ ("the") breaks up the phrase both in appearance and in sound. Therefore, we are able to register this name. Santiago Xavier. Name and device. Vert, a bull's head cabossed and on a chief argent two dunghill cocks respectant sable. Seamus de Mantel. Name. The byname _de Mantel_ is grandfathered to the submitter, as his father's registered name is _Dyon de Mantel_. S{e'}amus Fletcher. Device. Per pale indented sable and Or, three skulls in pale Or and a snake erect, tail nowed, sable maintaining in its mouth an arrow gules. Sigur{dh}r Ro{dh}reksson. Name. Sinn Larensdotter. Device. Per fess sable and argent, a sun between six mullets in annulo counterchanged. Sonya Flicker. Name change from Sonja Flicker (see RETURNS for device). _Sonya_ is the submitter's legal given name. _Flicker_ is grandfathered to the submitter. The submitter's previous name, _Sonja Flicker_, is released. Sydney Talbot. Name and device. Paly argent and sable, on a fess vert a billet fesswise Or. Nice late period English name! Vargh{o,}ss St{a'}l. Device. Sable, on a pale Or a wolf rampant sable. Violetta Catalina de Bretaingne. Device. Per bend Or and purpure, a mullet of eight points sable and a threaded needle bendwise argent. Please advise the submitter to draw the thread much smaller so it does not look like a co-primary charge. Zoe bint Kismet. Name and device. Vert bezanty, three wings conjoined in pall inverted argent. This name combines a Byzantine Greek given name and a Turkish byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. ====================================================================== **** CAID acceptances **** Brictiva Silver Dragon. Name and device. Vert, a dragon's head couped contourny between three sets of three annulets interlaced one and two, a bordure argent. Submitted as "Brictiva Silve_rd_ragon", we could not justify the pattern of _metal + monster/heraldic charge_ as one word. We have changed _Silverdragon_ to a double byname, "Silver_ _Dragon". Damales Redbeard. Badge. (Fieldless) A pegasus segreant sable. Nice badge! Dead Tom. Name and device. Per pale sable and gules, a skull argent bat-winged Or. Fabia Varia. Name and device. Or, a tortoise vert and a bordure wavy azure. The Letter of Intent stated that _Varia_ is the feminine form of a _cognomen_, _Varius_, citing Ursula George's article, "A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html). However, _Varius_ is identified as a _nomen_ in that article, not a _cognomen_. In commentary, Metron Ariston noted the following: However, Kajanto (_The Latin Cognomina_, pp. 105 and 230) cites _Varia_ as an attested _cognomen_, one of a rare category that appears with an apparently feminine suffix even when used in masculine names. Kajanto associates the _cognomen_ with the Latin descriptive adjective which literally means "mottled" or "particolored" and hence gives rise to the feminine noun _varia_ which Pliny uses for what we would call a natural panther. It is also used metaphorically for someone who is of a changeable or fickle nature. (All meanings from the BIG Latin dictionary by Lewis and Short.) Therefore, this name uses the pattern _nomen + cognomen_, used by Roman women in the Imperial era. Nice Roman name! Gunther Rise. Name. This name does not conflict with the registered _G{u:}nter Weiss_. One syllable in the given name and one in the byname have been changed under PN3C1 of SENA. We also note that the byname _Rise_ is pronounced like "Reezeh" in German, so a syllable has been added under PN3C2 of SENA. Either way, this name is clear of this conflict. Nice German name for c.1265! Ingri{dh}r Vi{dh}arsdottir. Name and device. Vert, in bend two dogwood blossoms argent seeded Or and a bordure argent. Submitted as "Ingri_d_r Vi_d_arsdottir", the name was correctly changed by kingdom to try to meet the documentation that could be found. We note that _-d-_ and _{dh}_ are very different in pronunciation. The letter eth (_{dh}_) sounds like the _th_ in "then". There is a step from period practice for the use of New World dogwood blossoms. Kinson Silver Dragon. Name and device. Per bend sinister gules and sable, a dragon's head couped contourny argent and a plate. Submitted as "Kinson Silve_rd_ragon", we could not justify the pattern of metal + monster/heraldic charge as one word. We have changed _Silverdragon_ to a double byname, "Silver_ _Dragon". Signy eyverska Ivarsdottir. Name. Skati inn Skammi. Reblazon of device. Vert, a chevron between three goat's heads couped, a bordure argent. Blazoned when registered in December 2014 as "Vert a chevron between three goat's heads couped, a bordure argent", a comma was missing. Wintermist, Shire of. Heraldic title Silver Mace Pursuivant. ====================================================================== **** CALONTIR acceptances **** None. ====================================================================== **** DRACHENWALD acceptances **** Alice de la Wode. Name. Nice 13th-14th century English name! Arianhwy Wen. Device change. Azure, a bordure argent goutty de poix. Her old device, "Per pale purpure and azure, a bordure ermine", is retained as a badge. Nice device! Eldgr{i'}mr J{o'}nsson. Name and device. Gyronny azure and Or, a ram's head cabossed gules and a bordure argent. Gwenllian verch Andras. Name and device. Quarterly azure and argent, four acorns inverted counterchanged. The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-15th century Welsh. The given name _Gwenllian_ is found in the 13th century. The father's name, _Andras_, however, is not attested until the 16th century. Therefore, it does not meet the submitter's request. Ingrid Audadotter. Name. This name was pended from the September 2014 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to allow to discuss a request for authenticity for a Swedish name. Submitted as "Ingrid Aud_a_rdotter", the original Letter of Intent documented the 1431 spelling _Auder_ as a masculine given name. Goutte d'Eau found the submitted spelling, _Audar_, as a feminine given name dated to 1491 in _Diplomatarium islandicum_ (p. 765; http://books.google.com/books?id=A90FAAAAQAAJ). The patronymic particle _-dotter_ is also found in this source, dated to 1481 (p. 346). However, it is not clear if the genitive (possessive) form in the byname is constructed correctly. Even if it were, matronyms are not listed in Appendix A of SENA for Scandinavian names. Therefore, we cannot register the submitted form, _Audardotter_ without documentation to support this pattern. The given name _Ingrid_ is found in early 15th century Sweden. Goutte d'Eau also noted that the Swedish _Auder-_ may have been an error for the name _Anunder_, although we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt. The submitted patronymic marker (_-dotter_) is also found in _Diplomatarium islandicum_, dated to 1481 (p. 346), among other instances. Given the 14th-15th century examples of _Anundadottir_, _Anundason_, and _Anundadotter_, all derived from the given name _Anunder_, the likely genitive (possessive) form of _Auder_ is _Auda-_. Therefore, we have made this change and registered the name as "Ingrid Aud_a_dotter". As we do not know for sure if _Auda-_ is the correct construction for the patronym, and it is not clear exactly where the names are from, it may be authentic for 15th century Sweden, but we do not know for sure. Kjartan of Frostheim. Name and device. Per pale azure and sable, an owl displayed and on a point pointed argent in fess an annulet sable interlaced with an annulet azure. _Frostheim_ is the registered name of an SCA branch. There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture. Lucrezia Serafini da Roma. Name and device. Sable, a wolf's head cabossed argent and a bordure argent semy of estoiles of eight rays sable. Sarah Ashton. Name and device. Gules, a lily and a bordure invected argent. Both elements can be dated to 1576, making this an excellent 16th century English name! Tamara Samuilova of Thamesreach. Blanket permission to conflict with device. Argent, five linden leaves in saltire vert within a bordure gules. The submitter gives permission to conflict for submissions with one DC from her registered armory. Tamara Samuilova of Thamesreach. Badge association for Linden Manor. (Fieldless) A linden leaf per pale vert and gules. ====================================================================== **** EALDORMERE acceptances **** Cecil Winterbourne. Name. Nice 16th century English name! Elzebeth MacGregor. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Vert, a cornucopia bendwise sinister inverted and on a chief argent three trefoil knots vert. Gabriella MacCalin. Name and device. Per fess engrailed azure and gules, a demi-lion issuant from the line of division Or and a Lacy knot argent. Hrorikr zem Himel. Name (see RETURNS for device). Submitted as "Hrorikr_ _Hi_mm_el", this name combines the Old Norse _Hrorikr_ with the 16th century German _Himmel_. Although the lingual mix of Scandinavian and German is acceptable under Appendix C of SENA, both the given name, byname, and the pattern of unmarked bynames need to be dated within 300 years of each other. The given name _Hrorikr_ is a form of the Old Norse _Hr{oe}rekr_, found in the _Landn{a'}mab{o'}k_ (9th to 11th centuries, with the earliest extant manuscripts dating to the 13th century). Given the variation in the Old Norse forms of this name, we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt that the submitted spelling is plausible as well and for the same period of time. The Letter of Intent stated that the submitter requested an earlier form of the byname, _Himmel_. The marked form _zem Himel_ is dated to the late 13th century in Socin, and the form _zem Himele_ is dated to 1297 in Bahlow. We have changed the byname to "_zem_ Hi_m_el" to meet this request and to reduce the temporal gap between the elements. The submitter may wish to know that a wholly 17th century German form of this name is _Roerich Himmel_. Johanna Herst. Device. Vert, a horse passant contourny argent between three trefoils Or. Raphael de Merida. Name (see RETURNS for device). This name combines a French given name and Spanish byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Rebecka Sawyer. Name and device. Argent, a Latin cross clechy gules between four brown demi-urchins erect proper. Nice 16th century English name! R{o'}n{a'}n mac {A'}ed{a'}in. Name and device. Gules, a pall between three sinister gauntlets aversant bendwise argent each sustaining a morningstar Or. Nice Old and Middle Irish Gaelic name! S{a'}erlaith of Eoforwic. Holding name and badge (see RETURNS for name and device). (Fieldless) A stag's head erased affronty winged at the shoulders vert. Submitted under the name "S{a'}erlaith inghean Lachtn{a'}in". Yashiro Tomiko. Name and device. Argent, on a fan gules a dragonfly argent. The source cited in the Letter of Intent to document the family name _Yashiro_, Edward of Effingham's "An Online Japanese Miscellany", is not acceptable as the sole source of documentation for a name element: This article is not a reliable source for information about medieval Japanese names; it does not distinguish between medieval and modern names, mixes protothemes and deuterothemes in the same list, and does not provide any references to its sources. The article should be used with caution and information in it should be backed up with citations from more reliable sources, such as Solveig Throndardottir, _Name Construction in Medieval Japan_, whenever possible. [Hayashi Yo'ichirou Norikata, October 2008, A-Outlands] Luckily for the submitter, _Yashiro_ can be documented using additional sources. A _Yashiro Oga_ is the name of a man executed for treason against Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1575 (Stephen Turnbull, _Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the barricades_, pp. 28-9; https://books.google.com/books?id=KZih_pptMSgC). Therefore, we are able to register this name as submitted. ====================================================================== **** EAST acceptances **** Alan of Wytleseie. Name (see RETURNS for device). Alasdar Sparhauec. Name and device. Argent, a triskelion of spirals and on a chief sable a fox courant contourny regardant argent. This name combines a Gaelic given name and English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. There is a step from period practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals. Amber Surrey. Device. Or, issuant from an ink pot sable a quill pen purpure, between in bend sinister two domestic cats sejant respectant sable. Becc{a'}n Ua N{e'}ill. Name and device. Vert, a sea-wolf and on a chief argent three frets couped vert. Nice 10th century Gaelic name! Bregwald Tertius. Name and device. Gules, a dragon couchant argent and on a chief Or three mullets gules. The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified date and time. In commentary, Metron Ariston noted that _Bregwald_ is found in an Anglo-Saxon charter that appears to be a period forgery dated to the early 9th century or 10th century. However, as it is a forgery dated to period, we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that this given name is plausible in Old English. Metron Ariston also found a 12th century passage in _Annales Cestrienses_ (https://archive.org/stream/recordsociety14recouoft) that included two instances of people being designated numerically. One was Henry the Young King, son of Henry II, who was called _Henricus tertius_ in this source. The other instance appeared to be a normal person, _Ranulphus III_. Therefore, we are able to register the byname _Tertius_. The name combines a 9th or 10th century given name with a 12th century byname. Therefore, this name is not authentic for a single place or time, but both elements are plausible in England. Caitil{i'}n ingen Donndub{a'}in. Name and device. Vert semy of roses Or, on a chief argent an arrow reversed purpure. Ceolwenne wyrhte. Name change from Ceolwenne of Endeweard. _Ceolwenne_ is grandfathered to the submitter. The byname _wyrhte_ is a feminine Old English word meaning "maker, worker". The submitter's previous name, _Ceolwenne of Endeweard_, is released. Christina Jenevra de Carvalhal. Name and device. Paly argent and sable, on a chief triangular azure a closed book palewise Or. The pattern of double given names in Portugal is not found in Appendix A of SENA. After the commentary period ended, Noir Licorne provided a number of late period examples of apparent double given names from the FamilySearch Historical Records in the mid- to late 16th century. Therefore, we can register this name as submitted. We note that this naming pattern appears late, just as for Spanish names. Cillene O Caollaidhe. Name (see RETURNS for device). _Cill{e'}ne_ is an 8th-9th century Old Irish given name. The byname _O Caollaidhe_ is a hypothetical Early Modern Irish form of an attested Anglicized Irish byname, found in the 16th-17th centuries as _O Keal(l)y_, _O Coely_, _O Coely_, and _O Kuelly_. Although the temporal gap between these elements is greater than the 500 years permitted under SENA, this name can be registered as submitted because _Cill{e'}ne_ is the name of an Irish saint. We note that the name is pronounced something like "Ke-Lene Oh Kailee". Damian Godeshelp. Name and device. Sable, a hammer fesswise reversed and a point pointed argent. Demetrio Antelini da Lucca. Name and device. Purpure, on a chevron between three rapiers argent three hop cones palewise inverted vert. Genevieve Grant. Name and device. Purpure, on a bend argent between two butterflies Or three needles inverted threaded purpure, on a chief Or three roses purpure. Holt Kincaid. Name and device. Or, two brown otters combattant proper and a bordure vert. Ivan Valfrekr Hroereksson. Device. Argent, a chevron inverted between three triquetras inverted one and two sable. Kalos Dumas. Name and device. Sable, a camelopard rampant with the head and neck of a serpent Or spotted sable, sustaining in its forefeet a sword argent. Submitted as "Kalos Dymas", Metron Ariston noted the following: It should be noted that the transcription for the seal used to document the byname actually shows the accusative on the seal as _[Delta {upsilon'} mu alpha nu]_ which would give a nominative form of _[Delta {upsilon'} mu alpha sigma]_. That would give a straight transliterated form of _Dumas_ (yes, like the author of the _Three Musketeers_!). Therefore, we are changing the byname to _Dumas_. Leofwenn of Wytleseie. Device. Gules, in fess two lions statant respectant and a chief doubly enarched Or. There is a step from period practice for the use of a chief doubly enarched. Liadan ingen Chineada. Name and device. Per bend purpure and sable, an owl argent maintaining in its claw a sword palewise, a bordure Or. Lucius Aurelius Serpentius. Name change from Leo Rennari Thorsson. The submitter's previous name, _Leo Rennari Thorsson_, is released. Mega Zenjirou Yoshi. Name change from Drogo Bryce of Middlefordshire and device. Gules, a calygreyhound's head cabossed Or. The submitter's previous name, _Drogo Bryce of Middlefordshire_, is retained as an alternate name. Michal Almond de Champagne. Badge. Sable, in pale a hanging balance and a foi argent. Nathaniel Wyatt. Name and badge (see RETURNS for device). Or, a griffin segreant azure and a bordure counter-compony azure and Or. Nice late period English name! Richard de Troyes. Name and device. Gules, on a chevron inverted Or three fleurs-de-lys palewise sable. Nice 14th century French name! Rory O'Bran. Name. Samuel Peter Bump. Name and device. Quarterly purpure and sable, a sinister hand in benediction sustaining a sheaf of arrows fesswise reversed argent. Takezaki Daigorou Tokimichi. Name and device. Argent, in pale five delfs voided sable. The Letter of Intent documented _Daigorou_ as a constructed birth order _yobina_ from _Dai-_ ("big") and _Gorou_ ("fifth son"), using a Japanese reading of the characters. Commenters noted a late period example of _Kojirou_, constructed from _Ko-_ ("small") and _-jirou_ ("second son"), using a Chinese reading of the characters. After the Pelican decision meeting, Solveig Throndardottir noted that the submitted _Daigorou_ is an extant Japanese name, albeit a modern one, and that the example of a prefix meaning "small" shows that one meaning "big" is also plausible in period. Furthermore, her book, _Name Construction in Medieval Japan_ (revised edition) discusses birth order _yobina_ with a prefixed descriptive element borrowed from the clan name. Therefore, _Daigorou_ is a plausible construction, and can be registered as submitted. Tamitha Fier. Name and device. Per chevron inverted argent and purpure, a compass star pierced within an annulet purpure. _Tamitha_ is the submitter's legal given name. There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star. {TH}{o'}rfinnr Hr{o'}{dh}geirsson. Name and device. Sable, on a roundel Or a three legged crow sable, in chief seven estoiles in chevron argent. There is a step from period practice for adding an extra limb to the crow. {TH}{o'}rfinnr inn rau{dh}i. Name and device. Sable, a cross Or and overall an edelweiss argent seeded Or. This name does not conflict with the registered _Torfi inn rau{dh}i_. Both syllables in the given name have changed under PN3C1 of SENA. Tiberius Iulius Rufus. Badge. (Fieldless) A lightning bolt palewise between and conjoined to two bees Or. There is a step from period practice for using a lightning bolt outside of a thunderbolt. Ulrich van Kathen. Name. The submitter requested authenticity for 15th century Germany. Both the given name and byname are dated to 1495, so this name meets this request. ====================================================================== **** GLEANN ABHANN acceptances **** Ella Strasser. Device change. Azure, three chess rooks argent. Nice device! The submitter's old device, "Argent semy of bees azure", is released. Kolr bogsveigir. Device. Sable, three stag's heads erased and a sheaf of three arrows inverted argent. Magn{u'}s h{o,}ggvandi. Device. Azure, a raven maintaining an axe argent and on a chief Or three towers gules. ====================================================================== **** LOCHAC acceptances **** Alesia au Cheval Blanc. Name and device. Purpure, a horse rampant argent and a bordure argent semy-de-lys gules. Submitted as "Alesia _du_ Cheval Blanc", _Cheval Blanc_ is derived from an inn-sign name. Therefore, the preposition should be _au_ according to Appendix A of SENA. We have changed the byname to "_au_ Cheval Blanc" in order to register the name. Brand de Louden. Device. Or, a manticore rampant gules tailed vert with three human faces proper, a bordure embattled vert. Catigern Goch. Device change. Sable, a frauenadler displayed Or crined purpure crowned Or and a tierce bendy sinister Or and purpure. The submitter is a court baroness and thus entitled to the use of a crown on her arms. There is a step from period practice for the use of a tierce with another charge on the field. The submitter's old device, "Sable, a frauenadler displayed Or crined purpure and a tierce bendy sinister Or and purpure", is retained as a badge. Cecily de Montgomery. Badge for Radwinter Hall. Gules, in pale three wyverns passant argent. The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Brion Thornbird ap Rhys: "Sable, in pale three dragons passant argent". Nice badge! Constanzia Moralez y de Zamora. Badge. Ermine, a chevron purpure between three brown weasel's heads erased proper. Edmund Strangewayes. Name and device. Per pale argent and azure, two bears combattant and in chief a mullet of ten points counterchanged. Elena Vesare. Name. Nice 16th century English name! Elric Leifsson. Name. This name combines a Middle English given name and an Old Norse byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Felix Terrible. Name (see RETURNS for device). Fiora Vespucci and Maximilian von Monsterberg. Joint badge. (Fieldless) A turnip gules leaved vert. Helayne Quynteyn. Name change from holding name Helayne of Politarchopolis. Isabella of Okewaite. Holding name and device. Per chevron gules and argent, a chevron counter-ermine and a rose gules. Submitted under the name "Isabella Rose", that name was returned on the January 2015 LoAR. Maximilian von Monsterberg. Name and device. Gules, a sea-cockatrice issuant from a base embattled argent. Nice 16th century German name! Timothy of Newton. Name and device. Gules, a dragon argent and a bordure compony azure and Or. William Redfox. Device. Barry gules and argent, on a chief argent a fox passant gules. ====================================================================== **** MERIDIES acceptances **** Cadugan ap Roser. Name and device. Vert, a chevron counter-compony Or and sable and in base a calamarie Or. Nice late 13th century Welsh name! Cicilia Violi. Badge. (Fieldless) An orange slipped and leaved bendwise sinister inverted proper within and conjoined to a mascle argent. Edward Tarrant. Name change from Edewart zum Wizgeiz. The submitter's previous name, _Edewart zum Wizgeiz_, is retained as an alternate name. Elinora of Phoenix Glade. Name. _Phoenix Glade_ is the registered name of an SCA branch. Lisia Nora Galina. Name and device. Vert, in pale two daisies proper. Merewen FitzAlan. Name. Muirenn ingen Cheitt. Name change from holding name M{o'}r of Phoenix Glade. Submitted as "Murienn ingen Ch_e_tt", commenters noted that the lenited genitive (possessive) form of the father's name is "Ch_ei_tt". We have made this change to register this name. Nice 10th century Irish name! Myfanwy Feret. Name and device. Vert, on a chevron between three ferrets rampant argent five butterflies palewise purpure. Owen of Depedale. Device. Azure semy of lowercase Greek letters "pi", a rabbit rampant maintaining an hourglass argent. Raimond Richard le Mire de Ravendale. Name and device. Per chevron Or and purpure, two ravens displayed sable and an anchor Or, a bordure ermine. There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture. Sigur{dh}r Bergsson. Name and device. Vert, two drinking horns in saltire and an orle argent. Sulayman al-Sindi. Name. William Devereaux. Name. The submitter requested authenticity for a 10th century Norman name. This name has an 11th century given name and 12th century byname, both documented in England, so does not meet the submitter's request for a 10th century name. However, the name is registerable as submitted. We note that the written evidence we have for 10th century Norman names is in Latin. This name does not conflict with the registered _William de Boreaux_. The names are different in appearance, and two syllables have changed in sound in the byname ("de Bor-" versus "Dev-er"), so these are clear under PN3C1 of SENA. Wolfgang Bobbert. Name and device. Vert, a willow tree eradicated and on a chief argent two mullets voided and interlaced sable. This name combines a German given name and Dutch byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Zahra bint al-Mu'allim. Name. Submitted as "Zahra bint_ _Mu'allim", the submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified place and time, and noted that if the name needed to be changed, she wanted an "Andalusian Muslim" name. Commenters noted that the byname should be "bint _al-_Mu'allim" ("daughter of the teacher"). We have made this change in order to register the name. This name is an authentic Arabic name from Andalusia. Zaneta Sartore. Name and device. Per chevron counter-ermine and vert, a chevron between two roses Or and an increscent argent. ====================================================================== **** MIDDLE acceptances **** Cynwrig ap Lewelyn. Device. Azure, three serpents fretted heads and tails outwards Or. Damiana Evstokhivna Sodnitsina. Name change from holding name Damiana of Cleftlands. Eginolf von Basel. Device change. Per fess gules and bendy gules and azure, in chief an egg argent. This design was well documented as an Individually Attested Pattern in late period German armory. The submitter provided sufficient evidence of divided fields of more than four parts in combinations of gules and azure, both uncharged or charged with argent charges. The submitter's old device, "Bendy Or and azure, a wolf's head erased ululant contourny gules maintaining in its mouth an egg argent, on a chief Or three eagles gules", is retained as a badge. Evan Aethalwald. Reblazon of device. Azure, three swords in pile inverted tips conjoined each pommeled of a comet and in chief an estoile of eight points argent. Blazoned when registered in July 1980 as "Azure, a sword inverted between two others in chevron, all conjoined at the tips, each pommeled of an estoille of eight points elongated to chief, and in chief an estoille of eight points argent", we are making the position of the swords more clear. Faraldr S{o/}rkvir. Name. Iofurr Ormarsson. Name. Submitted as "I_{o:}_furr Ormarsson", the given name was changed by kingdom to "I_{o,}_furr" in order to use the o-ogonek ({o,}) instead of the modern _{o:}_. During commentary, the submitter expressed a preference for the form "I_o_furr" instead. We have made this change. Jean Yves de Chierebourg. Badge. Argent, a ewer vert and a bordure vert platy. Katherine Fixis. Name and device. Argent, a compass star gules, on a base azure a wolf courant contourny argent. Nice 16th century English name! There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star. Maaicke van Zanten. Device. Argent, the kanji for "bright" and a base wavy azure. The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Cadell ap Hubert, "Argent, the astronomical sign of Sagittarius and a gore sinister azure". There is a step from period practice for the use of kanji. Rivenstar, Barony of. Badge. (Fieldless) On a tower azure, a riven star argent. The use of a riven star as a charge is grandfathered to the group. Takeda Fuyuuji. Name and device. Vert, four rustres in cross within an annulet argent. The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Japan. This request was not summarized in the Letter of Intent. Luckily for the submitter, enough information was provided in commentary to allow us to consider this request instead of pending the name. The _nanori_ _Fuyu'uji_ is dated to 1332 as is _Takeda_. The latter is also the surname of at least three historical figures from 16th century Japan. Because _Fuyu'uji_ was not found in the 16th century, this name does not meet the submitter's request for an authentic 16th century name, but it is an excellent Kamakura period name. Please advise the submitter to draw the piercing on the rustres bigger. Yngerame Erskyn. Name and device. Ermine, on a chevron gules three calamaries argent. Nice late 14th century Scottish name! ====================================================================== **** NORTHSHIELD acceptances **** Arwa al-Jinniyya. Name change from Gr{a'}inne Fhionnabhair inghean Fhaol{a'}in. The submitter's previous name, _Gr{a'}inne Fhionnabhair inghean Fhaol{a'}in_, is retained as an alternate name. Hallbj{o,}rn Egilsson. Name. Submitted as "Hall_BJ{O,}RN_ Egi_ll_sson" (with inconsistent capitalization), the submitter requested a change to the wholly Old Norse "Hall_bj{o,}rn_ Egi_l_sson". We have made this change. Isabeau Dufay. Name. The question was raised whether _Dufay_ was a modern, normalized form of this byname. The 15th century composer and music theorist, Guillaume Dufay, is mentioned in a Latin treatise by Adam de Fulda (in the inflected forms, _Guillhelmum Dufay_ and _Guilhelmum Duffay_), dated to 1490. This treatise is quoted in _Dufay and his contemporaries: fifty compositions ranging from about A.D. 1400 to 1440_ by J.F.R. Stainer and C. Stainer (p. 6; https://books.google.com/books?id=1qUQAAAAYAAJ). As the byname appears in two different spellings in the same source, the spelling _Dufay_ does not appear to have been normalized and can be registered as submitted. J{o'}ra Erlendsd{o'}ttir. Name. The submitter requested authenticity for 800-1000. _J{o'}ra_ is not specifically dated in the Letter of Intent, but was taken from the _Landn{a'}mab{o'}k_. This source was apparently compiled beginning in the 11th century, but describes settlers in Iceland from the 9th-10th centuries. The father's name, _Erlend_ can be found in Orkney in the 10th-11th centuries. As both Iceland and Orkney were settled from similar parts of the Norse world, the name appears to meet the submitter's request for an authentic 9th-11th century name. Ragnarr jafnkollr. Device. Per chevron inverted argent and azure, a cogwheel counterchanged. Sigrid de la Mare. Device. Per pale sable and vert, a cross crosslet within a bordure Or. The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Matheus Mac Eoin: "Sable, a cross crosslet within a bordure Or". Sofonisba Vespasiana Gabrielli. Device. Argent, a bend sinister engrailed vert and a point pointed sable. ====================================================================== **** OUTLANDS acceptances **** Abigail MacNaught. Device. Gyronny argent and sable, a phoenix facing to sinister gules rising from flames proper and on a chief Or three oak leaves gules. Christoff Trost. Device. Per bend azure and gules, an eagle argent and a bordure embattled argent mullety azure. Christopher Devereux. Badge. (Fieldless) Two wyverns sejant respectant tails conjoined in base sable. Elizabeth Bakere. Name. Nice late period English name! Estefania de las Yeguas. Name and device. Azure, a horse sejant between three octofoils argent. Even though the byname _de las Yeguas_ was documented from the FamilySearch Historical Records without using one of the acceptable batches, this entry included the image of the primary source itself. Therefore, it is acceptable as documentation and we can register this name. Nice late 16th century Spanish name! The kingdom provided an alternate drawing, of similar blazon, where the horse had both front legs on the ground to be considered simultaneously. We do not consider alternate emblazons, only the submitted emblazon. Finn Ua Briain. Device. Gyronny arrondi of six vert and argent, each gyron argent charged with a hand wrist to center sable. J{u:}rgen Gr{u:}newald. Name. Submitted as "J_{u:}_rgen Gr{u:}newald", the name was changed by kingdom to "J_u_rgen Gr{u:}newald" to match the documentation that could be found. {AE}lfwynn Leofl{ae}de dohtor documented the spelling _J{u:}rgen_ in Siebicke, s.n. J{u:}rgen, dated to 1492. Therefore, we are able to restore the spelling of the given name to the submitted form. Khalil ibn Tariq al-Ghassani. Device. Argent, a horse's head couped contourny sable breathing flames Or and on a chief triangular purpure a scimitar blade to chief reversed Or. Please advise the submitter to add some internal details on the horse's head. Ragnvaldr of Rendlesham. Name (see RETURNS for device). The byname _of Rendlesham_ is a lingua Anglica form of the Old English _of Rendleshamme_. This name combines an Old Norse given name and English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Sigfrid von Bremen. Name and device. Per fess sable and azure, a cross formy and in chief three mullets of eight points argent. Nice 14th century German name! Soren Thorvaldsson. Name and device. Vert, a beehive Or and on a chief indented argent an axe sable. _Soren_ is the submitter's legal given name, but is also found in Denmark in our gray period (1600-1650) in the FamilySearch Historical Records. _Thorvaldsson_ was documented as a patronymic form of the 9th-10th century Old Norse name _{TH}orvaldr_. It is also an Icelandic byname in the submitted spelling in the 1640s, found in the FamilySearch Historical Records, and is compatible with the late period Danish given name. Therefore, the submitter need not rely upon the legal name allowance. Vannozza di Corbeta. Name. Submitted as "Vannozza di Corbe_tt_a", this name was pended on the September 2014 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to allow discussion of an authenticity request for "Italian for the Lombardy region in the mid to late 1400's". The given name is found as the name of _Vannozza dei Cattanei_, mother of Lucrezia Borgia, born in Lombardy in 1442. The byname "di Corbe_tt_a" is derived from the town of Corbetta in Lombardy. However, commenters were unable to find the submitted spelling before the mid-16th century. The spelling "Corbe_t_a" is dated to the early 14th century and the 16th century. It may be used in the 15th century as well, but we do not know for sure. We have changed the byname to the earlier form to try to meet the submitter's request for authenticity. ====================================================================== **** TRIMARIS acceptances **** Abigail Lilian d'Arcy. Device. Argent, in pale a bat sustaining a pair of scissors inverted sable, a tierce vert. The use of the tierce with other charges on the field is a step from period practice. Adelina de Bretigny. Name and device. Per bend urdy argent and vert semy of natural sea-tortoises argent, a weeping willow tree eradicated proper. This name combines an English given name and French byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Angela dei Medici. Name and device. Purpure, on a lozenge sable fimbriated a butterfly Or. Submitted as "Angela _Maria_ dei Medici", this name could be interpreted as a claim to be the daughter of the historical Maria dei Medici, queen of Navarre, who is important enough to protect. Therefore, the submitted name is presumptuous and cannot be registered. The submitter authorized a change to "Angela_ _dei Medici". We have made this alteration in order to register this name. Artemisia Pennelli. Name and device. Quarterly sable and argent, in saltire a quill pen inverted argent and an artist's paintbrush sable, a bordure gules. Submitted as "Artemisia _di_ Pennelli", the Italian preposition _di_ is used with place names, not with family names like _Pennelli_. The submitter allowed us to drop the preposition, so we have made this change in order to register this name. Azr{`a} bint Sel{c,}uk. Device. Quarterly argent and azure, a double-headed eagle sable within a bordure sable semy of crescents argent. Brienne Malcolm. Name. Brun Oloff. Name. The submitter requested authenticity for 12th Century Swedish or Norwegian. _Brun_ was documented as a late 13th century German given name. It is also found in the FamilySearch Historical Records in Prussia, dated to 1616, and in Seibicke, s.n. Br{u:}n, dated between c.1300 and 1562. The byname _Oloff_ was not dated in the Letter of Intent, although it was documented as a 15th century Norwegian given name. We note that unmarked patronyms are not listed for Scandinavian in Appendix A of SENA, and that no documentation was provided to support this pattern. However, the given name _Oloff_ is found in 16th century Germany in Seibicke, s.n. Olof. Unmarked patronyms are found in Germany under Appendix A, so this name can be registered. As the name is authenic for 16th century Germany, it does not meet the submitter's request for an authentic Scandinavian name. However, the submitter has confirmed that he prefers the name as submitted. Bryndis Hrafnhauss. Name change from Bryndis fasth{o,}ld. The submitter's previous name, _Bryndis fasth{o,}ld_, is retained as an alternate name. Cesare Boni of the Ruins. Name and device. Purpure, a cross patonce between in bend two boars passant and in bend sinister two lutes argent. _Shire of the Ruins_ is the registered name of an SCA branch. Chiara da Caneva. Name (see RETURNS for device). Chrestienne d'Arles. Device. Vert, four oak leaves conjoined in cross and an orle of acorns argent. Ciar ingen Ui Meic Thire. Name and device. Sable, in pale a toad inverted Or spotted gules and two keys in saltire Or. There is a step from period practice for the use of a frog in the tergiant inverted posture. C{u'}{a'}n mac Muirchertaig. Name (see RETURNS for device). Nice 9th century Irish Gaelic name! Deborah Micheli. Name. The Letter of Intent stated that _Deborah_ is the submitter's legal given name. However, no documentation was provided, and no attestation from two witnesses was included as required in the July 2012 Cover Letter. Luckily for the submitter, the Letter of Intent also demonstrated that this given name is also found in 16th century Rome, so we are able to register this name as submitted. Devasse ni Farquhar McFein. Device. Per chevron inverted azure and purpure, a chevron inverted between a crescent and a winged domestic cat sejant gardant argent. Edward Mandeville. Name. Nice 14th century English name! Ellisif hv{i'}task{y'}. Device. Per chevron inverted argent and vert, a compass rose gules and a rabbit courant argent. Faith Tomlinson. Device. Vert, on a bend between a trillium and a horse rampant argent, three kitchen knives inverted sable, a bordure argent. There is a step from period practice for the use of a New-World trillium. Garcia Lopez de Mauleon. Device. Per pale gules and vert, four gouttes d'eau in cross conjoined at the points within an oak branch in annulo argent. Jeong Cheongju Han. Name change from Bres O'Seachnasaigh. Precedent states that there is not enough contact between Korea and Europe during our period to allow the registration of Korean names. Since that precedent was first set in 2002, our evidence for contact between Europeans and Koreans has increased and our standards have changed. SENA GP3B says, "We allow elements and patterns for personal names from beyond Europe, but we require them to be from cultures that were known to medieval and Renaissance Europeans or whose members might reasonably have traveled to Europe." At least one European travelled to Korea before 1600. The Jesuit Gregorio de C{e'}spedes (1550-1611) was in Korea with the Japanese invasion army from December 1593 until April 1594 as the guest of one of the leading generals. Additionally, at least one Korean seems to have come to Europe around 1600. Francesco Carletti, a 16th century Florentine merchant visiting Asia, bought five Korean slaves in 1597. They seem to have been part of a group of 300,000 prisoners of war brought back from the wars with Japan. Many of them appear to have converted to Christianity (perhaps in Japan). One of these slaves, known in Europe as Antonio Corea, returned with Carletti to Italy in the first few years after 1600. This level of contact-a Korean in Europe around 1600-is sufficient to allow us to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that a Korean could reasonably have travelled to Europe in the last few years of period. Thus, late period Korean names are registerable under the standards of SENA. Submitted as "_Cheongju Han_ Jeong_ _Mi", the name itself was documented in the Letter of Intent using Wikipedia and modern blog posts that did not clearly show that the submitted name was plausible for our period. The given name _Jeong_ is used by both women and men. It is found as a first element in the names of several 15th century princesses, and by itself as the given name of a male 16th century painter, Yi Jeong (Soyoung Lee, JaHyun Kim Haboush, Sunpyo Hong, and Chin-Sung Chang, _Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600_, p. 85). However, no evidence was found of the descriptive element, _Mi_ ("beauty") in period names. Therefore, we have dropped this element. The pattern submitted is __ (clan name) . In commentary, ffride wlffsdotter documented the pattern _<bon-gwan><family name>_, giving the early 17th century example _Inyeol wanghu cheongjuhanssi_ ("Queen Consort Inyeol of the Cheongju Han clan"). _Cheongju Han_ appears to be a valid alternative transliteration of the clan and family name. Therefore, we have changed the name to "Jeong_ _Cheongju Han" in order to use a similar pattern, removing the title and the honorific suffix _-ssi_. We note that the pattern _family name + given name_ can also be documented for late period Korea, so _Han Jeong_ is also registerable. The submitter's previous name, _Bres O'Seachnasaigh_, is released. Trimaris, Kingdom of. Heraldic title Mast Herald. Although the Letter of Intent stated that this heraldic title is named after a heraldic charge, documentation was not provided that a _mast_ is a plausible charge on its own. Blue Tyger documented _Mast_ as a late period English surname, so we can register this title using the pattern of naming heralds after the surnames of their employers. The submitter has permission to conflict with the registered household name _Mistholme_, registered to Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme. (The designator in this household name is _-holme_.) This title does not conflict with the heraldic title, _Mastif Herald_. A syllable has been removed, making them clear under NPN3C2 of SENA. ====================================================================== **** WEST acceptances **** Angus Tyresson. Name and device. Per fess embattled argent and azure, two auroch's heads cabossed sable and a triskelion of spirals argent. Submitted as "Angus Tyre_ss_on", the byname was changed by kingdom because the name combined the English _Angus_ with the post period Swedish _Tyresson_. The form in the Letter of Intent, "Tyre_s_on" was documented as a constructed patronym formed from the 17th century English given name _Tyre_. However, bynames were inherited in England in the 17th century, so a literal patronym is not considered likely. In commentary, Orle documented the name _Tyreman_ ("servant of _Tyre_") in Reaney & Wilson, dated to the 14th and early 17th centuries. Therefore, _Tyreson_ is plausible as a constructed Middle English patronym. Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Dickson, has the 14th century byname _Diksson/Dikson_, showing that the _-sson_ spelling is also found in England, although the double-s spelling is usually added to a genitive (possessive) form of the father's name (e.g., _Dykonesson/Dicounesson_, found s.n. Dickenson). Therefore, we are able to restore the byname to the submitted form. We note that _Angus_ is found in the Middle English Dictionary, dated to c.1400. There is a step from period practice for the use of the triskelion of spirals. Aodh{a'}n {O'} Ceallaigh. Device. Per pale azure and sable semy of shamrocks argent, a pale wavy Or and in dexter two lions in pale argent. B{a'}rekr {U'}lfsson. Name. Submitted as "B{a'}re_k_ {U'}lfsson", the name was changed by kingdom to match the documentation that could be found. This name does not conflict with the registered _Eric Wolfson_. Precedent states: This name does not conflict with the registered _Taran the Swift_. The given names are different in precisely the same way that _Harry_ and _Mary_ are. SENA PN3C3 says "On a case by case basis, two-syllable names phrases may be eligible for this rule, such as _Harry_ and _Mary_." While _Taran_ is not a common given name, _Aaron_ is. Therefore, a change to the first sound of the given name is sufficient to clear the conflict. This does not mean that any change between two-syllable names would be sufficient to clear conflict under PN3C3. However, for given names, a change to the initial sound when at least one name is relatively common should be sufficient to clear conflict. [Aaron the Swift, March 2013, A-{AE}thelmearc] _Eric_ is a relatively common name, so _B{a'}rekr_ is clear under PN3C3 of SENA in the same way as in this precedent due to the change from _B{a'}r-_ to _Er-_. The name would also be clear under PN3C1 of SENA, as the first syllables of the given name and byname have been changed in sound and appearance. Brodie MacMorrow. Name. Submitted as "Brod_i_ _Mc_Morr_ow_", the given name was changed in kingdom to "Brod_ie_" to use the submitter's requested spelling. The byname was changed to "_Mac_Morr_ough_" to match the documentation that could be found and to expand the scribal abbreviation _Mc-_ to _Mac-_. Blue Tyger documented the byname _McMorrow_, dated to 1538, in _Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII_ (Volume 13 Part 2, August-December 1538, pp. 211-227; https://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol13/no2/pp211-227). We have changed the name to "Brodie _Mac_Morr_ow_" in order to partially restore the name to the submitted form. Because we do not register scribal abbreviations, we are unable to restore the _Mc-_, and must retain the expanded form, _Mac-_. Catrin Aderyn. Badge. (Fieldless) Two chevronels within and conjoined to an annulet argent. Although reminiscent, this badge does not conflict with the logo of the brand Citro{e:}n. Chiara Fornera. Name and device. Per fess nebuly sable and gules, two dragonflies and a rose argent. This complex low-contrast line of division is identifiable here and thus registerable. Please advise the submitter to draw the per fess line lower so it divides the field more equally. Clarice Walker. Name change from holding name Katherine of Danegeld Tor. Nice English name from the 13th to 17th centuries! Farleigh de Grey. Name (see RETURNS for device). _Farleigh_ is the submitter's legal given name. It is also a byname found in late period England, so can be used as a given name by type. Therefore, the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance. The byname _de Grey_ was documented in the Letter of Intent as an interpolated form. Commenters were also able to document the submitted spelling to 14th century England. Fiora Lucia Lion. Name. Godwin de Newbury. Name and device. Vert, on a bend sinister between two lions Or three trefoils palewise sable. The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-13th century England. The submitted given name, _Godwin_ was not documented in the Letter of Intent. It is the expected vernacular form of the Latinized _Godwinus_, found in "Index of Names in the 1292 Subsidy Roll of London" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/english/london1292.html). The submitted byname, _de Newbury_, was also not documented in the Letter of Intent, and commenters were unable to support this spelling. The closest spelling from the 12th or 13th century was _de Neubury_, dated to 1279. Examples of _New-_ in place names from this time include _Newbigging(e)_ (c.1230-50), _Newbold_ (from 1230), _New(e)degate_ (13th century), and _Newhall_ (from c.1256), all found in Watts. Although the submitted spellings were not attested, this name is consistent with spellings from the 13th century, and appears to meet the submitter's request for authenticity. Gr{i'}mr mac Lochlainn. Name and device. Quarterly azure and sable, a valknut and a bordure embattled argent. Submitted as "Gr{i'}mr _M_ac Lo_{.c}_lainn", we do not register the _punctum delens_ (the dot over the _c_ in the byname): By long precedent, we register Gaelic names using the h rather than the punctum delens. However, the submitter should feel free to use the punctum delens when writing his name.[M{i'}che{a'}l Buitil{e'}r, October 2010, A-An Tir] In addition, the standard capitalization for the byname is "_m_ac Lochlainn". Although the submitted form is found in Gaelic in the raw data for Mari Elspeth nic Bryan's article, "Index of Names in Irish Annals" (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Lochlainn.shtml), such examples only occur after 1100 and are not temporally compatible with the Old Norse given name. Therefore, we have changed the name to "Gr{i'}mr _m_ac Lo_ch_lainn" in order to register this name. There is a step from period practice for the use of a valknut. Hosokawa Shigeyoshi. Name and device. Argent, a dragonfly sable within eight gouttes de larmes in annulo bases to center. Both elements are dated to 1392, making this an excellent late 14th century Japanese name! There is a step from period practice for charges in annulo not in their default palewise orientation. Please advise the submitter to use the traditional wavy-tailed gouttes. J{o/}rgen Rasmussen. Name and device. Azure mullety, a calamarie argent. Nice 16th century Danish name! Lei Shou. Name. Nice 2nd-3rd century Chinese name! Liam MacCallum. Name and device. Per pale vert and azure, a lion contourny Or and in canton a crescent argent. _Liam_ is the submitter's legal given name. It is also a late 16th century English surname, which can be used as a given name. Therefore, the submitter need not rely upon the legal name allowance. Magnus Mackintosh. Device. Per bend argent and gules, two martlets counterchanged sable and argent. Malie inghean Chathail. Name and device. Argent, a phoenix gules and on a chief sable two decrescents Or. Submitted as "Malie inghean _{.C}_athail", we do not register the _punctum delens_ (the dot over the _c_ in the byname): By long precedent, we register Gaelic names using the h rather than the punctum delens. However, the submitter should feel free to use the punctum delens when writing his name.[M{i'}che{a'}l Buitil{e'}r, October 2010, A-An Tir] Therefore, we have changed the byname to "inghean _Ch_athail" in order to register this name. This name combines the Scots _Malie_ and the Early Modern Irish Gaelic _inghean Chathail_. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. Margaret Pye. Name and device. Argent, a magpie close proper within an orle of pomegranates gules. This exact name is found in 1591 in the FamilySearch Historical Records, making this an excellent 16th century English name! Michael von Wolfsburg. Name. Submitted as "Michael _V_on Wol_fb_urg", the submitter requested authenticity for a 12th-14th century German name. The byname was changed in kingdom to "_v_on Wolf_s_burg" in order to meet this request. _Michael_ is dated to 1379 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/bahlow_v.htm). The byname is a constructed High German form of the Low German _Wulfsborch_. As it is not an attested spelling, we do not know if it meets the submitter's request for authenticity, but it is consistent with spellings from the 12th-14th centuries. Nonna Treheyl of Kernow. Reblazon of badge. Per fess azure and vert, a fess indented to chief argent between a gyrfalcon sable and a stag at gaze ermine attired and unguled Or. Blazoned when registered in March 1978 as "Per fess azure and vert, a fess dancetty to chief argent, in chief a melanistic gyrfalcon proper and in base a stag statant at gaze ermine, attired and unguled Or", we are clarifying the tinctures of the birds. Sitt an-Nis{a-}' al-Kar{a-}hisariya. Name and device. Argent, a coney rampant regardant azure between in fess a decrescent and a fleur-de-lys gules. Submitted as "Sitt an-Nis_{a-}_ al-Kar_a_hisariya", the correct spelling and markings are "Sitt an-Nis_{a-}'_ al-Kar_{a-}_hisariya". We have changed the name to this form in order to register the name. We note that the casual transliteration _Sitt an-Nisa al-Karahisariya_ (without the hamza and long vowel markings) is also registerable. Steinn Skald. Reblazon of device. Sable, a bearded axe bendwise sinister argent charged on the head with an Uraz rune palewise vert. Blazoned when registered in December 2014 as "Sable, bearded axe bendwise sinister argent charged on the head with an Uraz rune palewise vert", an article was missing. ====================================================================== - Explicit littera accipiendorum - ====================================================================== ***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK: ***** **** {AE}THELMEARC returns **** John le Tyeler. Name. Submitted as "John Tyler", the submitter requested authenticity for "John". The byname was changed in kingdom to "John _le_ Ty_e_ler" in order to avoid presumption with former US President, John Tyler. We agree with kingdom that the historical John Tyler is important enough to protect. However, the submitted name still presumes upon that of the former president. The addition of the definite article _le_ is not a substantial change under PN3C2 of SENA, as articles are excluded. Therefore, we still need one syllable to be different in the submitted name. Although there is a very slight difference in sound between _Tyeler_ and _Tyler_ in Middle English, these elements are identical in sound in modern English. Therefore, we are unable to register this name. His device has been registered under the holding name "John of Nithgaard" Wolgar Holwetanckard. Name. The Letter of Intent stated that the byname, _Holwetanckard_, is a constructed byname meaning "hollow tankard". No documentation was provided to show that this is a plausible byname in period. Without documentation that the submitted byname is plausible for use by people, we cannot register this name. Specifically, we need documentation showing that this name follows a period pattern of descriptive bynames, and examples of other names using _Holwe-_ and _-tanckard_. The only example provided for "tanckard" or "tankard" was the occupation byname _le Tanckardmaker_ or _Tankardmaker_. We note that Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Tankard has the given name _Tankardus_ and the patronym _filius Tancard_ in the 12th century, and the unmarked bynames _Tankard_ and _Tancart_ in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, respectively. These are glossed as "thought-hard", although they may be related to the occupational byname _(le) Tan(c)kardmaker_. The submitter may like to know that there are a number of Middle English bynames relating to drinking: _Aydrunken_ ("drunkard"), _Baysebolle/Baysbolle_ ("heavy drinker"), _Beiuin_ and _Boywin_ ("one who drinks wine"), _Beueben_ ("one who drinks well"), _Draghale_ ("tapster"), _Drinckedreges_ ("heavy drinker"), _Spyllale_ ("clumsy brewer or taverner, spill ale"), _Drinkale_ ("immoderate drinker of ale"), _Drinkwel/Drinkwele_ ("heavy drinker, drink well"), and _Godehale/Godale/Godhale/Gudhale_ ("one who sells good ale"), all found in Jan J{o:}nsj{o:}, _Studies on Middle English Nicknames: I. Compounds_. The only names we found that referred to a drinking vessel, other than those already listed above, were _Bochecollok/Bothecolloke/Botchecollok_ ("tinker", derived from the words for "to mend" and "can, drinking vessel"), _Potfulofale_ ("heavy drinker of ale, pot full of ale"), and _Litecan_ ("small can, drinking vessel", possibly referring to someone serving drinks in small cups). Lastly, commenters were unable to document the spelling of the given name, _Wolgar_. Upon resubmission, we recommend one of the attested forms, such as _Wulgar_. ====================================================================== **** AN TIR returns **** An Tir, Kingdom of. Order name change from Ordre du Lion et de la Lance to Ordo Equi. In August 2005, Laurel ruled on an identical submission under the Rules for Submission: This order name is too evocative of the Latin alternative title for _Sir_, which is _Eques_. While _Equi_ means "of the horse" and "Eques" means "a member of the Equestrian Order" or "horseman", all the commenters noted the similarity. Most did not notice the difference in the words and most thought that the name was presumptuous. RfS VI.4 says "Some names not otherwise forbidden by these rules are nevertheless too evocative of widely known and revered protected items to be registered..." That is the case here. [An Tir, Kingdom of, Ordo Equi] The Letter of Intent stated that the words _equus/equi_ ("horse") and _eques/equitis_ ("knight") are etymologically linked, but not the same. SENA NPN4 states, "Order and award names may not include the names of the peerage orders or overt references to famous knightly orders such as _the Garter_. Other types of non-personal names may only use such elements in contexts where no reference to the order is likely to be perceived by members of the order and the general populace." Commenters were split on whether this order name presumes upon the Order of the Chivalry on the basis of the resemblance to the term _eques_. Although this order name is technically different in sound and appearance from the restricted title, we think it likely that the populace and companions of the order would confuse this order with the title, and think it is referring to the peerage order. Therefore, we are upholding the earlier precedent and returning this order name for presumption. ====================================================================== **** ANSTEORRA returns **** Gwenllian verch Madyn. Device. Gules, on a bend Or a swan naiant palewise contourny sable. This device is returned for conflict with the important non-SCA arms of the city of Bern: "Gules, on a bend Or a bear passant sable". There is a DC for the change of type of the tertiary charge, but nothing for the difference in posture, as the creatures do not have comparable postures. Haldtre, Canton of. Device. Gules, on a bend sinister nebuly argent between two laurel wreaths Or a tree couped sable. This device is returned administratively as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match the emblazon on the actual form; the device appears to have been redrawn and is not the depiction for which the petition of support was signed. Kingdom did not address on the Letter of Intent why the emblazon is different and whether the group believes it is acceptable. ====================================================================== **** ARTEMISIA returns **** {A'}ine inghean Mhaghnusa. Device. Azure, a three tailed fox argent marked Or and in base a [flower] argent. This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The flower in base is not a cherry blossom or any heraldically recognizable flower. ====================================================================== **** ATENVELDT returns **** Antoinette Marie. Name. Section IIIA10 of the Admin Handbook states: No name will be registered to a submitter if it is identical to a name used by the submitter for purposes of identification outside of a Society context. This includes legal names, common use names, trademarks, and other items registered with mundane authorities that serve to identify an individual or group. Precedent states that, "In the case of this submission, the submitted name _Mari Alexander_ contains the first two names of the submitter's legal name. Therefore, it is in conflict with _Mari Alexander_, a legitimate use name derived from her legal name of _Mari Alexander [surname]_, and must be returned [Mari Alexander, September 2002, R-West]." The submission has the same problem. _Antoinette Marie_ is a legitimate use name derived from the submitter's legal name, and must be returned. Commenters also questioned whether this name was presumptuous due to the similarity of the name to that of the historical _Marie Antoinette_. We allow references to famous people, as long as there is not presumption, a claim to be or to be related to that person who is important enough to protect. Although we agree that the French queen is worthy of protection, she has never been known by the submitted name. Therefore, this name is not presumptuous. Her device has been registered under the holding name "Antoinette of Granholme". Marceau de Valcourt. Household name Mirthful Grand Alliance of Mead and Drum. The Letter of Intent did not demonstration that this household name was constructed in a period manner. For example, no evidence was provided to support the use of adjectives like _Mirthful_ to describe groups of people or to modify designators, or that a phrase like _Grand Alliance_ could be used as a designator. _Mead_ is not a heraldic charge. Therefore, this name does not follow the pattern of an inn-sign derived from the names of two different charges. We would interpret _Mead_ and _Drum_ as bynames, but we do not have evidence to support the pattern _[designator] of [surname] and [surname]_. Without such documentation, this household name cannot be registered. Sundragon, Barony of. Order name Order of the Dragon and the Fireside and badge. Per pale rayonny sable and Or, in dexter base a flame proper. This order name is returned for lack of evidence that _Fireside_ is a plausible heraldic charge. Therefore, the pattern of _Order of the X and Y_, where _X_ and _Y_ are both heraldic charges, cannot be used. Without further documentation, this order name cannot be registered. This badge is returned for conflict with the device of William of Sark: "Sable, a flame proper". There is only one DC for changing the field. The proper flame in the submitted badge cannot be partially on the Or half of the field because it is partially Or, and thus it is forced to move. Therefore, no DC is granted for the difference in position. Yehoshua ben Abraam. Device. Or, two pea-vines fructed and entwined about a stake, on a chief vert three stars of David Or. This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Many commenters were unable to identify the stake as an element independent from the plant. ====================================================================== **** ATLANTIA returns **** Sonya Flicker. Device. Per fess purpure and vert, a fess dancetty between three sets of four knitting needles fretted in saltire argent. This device is returned because the charges are not in a standard period arrangement for groups with four or more charges as listed in SENA Appendix K. To be registerable, this arrangement of twelve charges would need to be documented. Subetai Al Qulan. Name change from Lachlann McQuhollastar. The submitter requested authenticity for Mongol. Although the submitter provided documentation for two-element given names, none was provided for these in combination with another given name. Without such documentation, this name cannot be registered. After the Pelican decision meeting, Green Staff noted that Mongolian names have vowel harmony, meaning you wouldn't have _e_ and _a_ in the same name. Upon resubmission, we recommend either _Subetei_ or _Subutai_. ====================================================================== **** CAID returns **** None. ====================================================================== **** CALONTIR returns **** {A'}ed mac N{e'}ill. Name change from holding name {A'}ed of Forgotten Sea. This name was pended from the September 2014 Letter of Acceptances and Returns in order to determine whether it presumed against the name of two 9th century high kings of Ireland, both named _{A'}ed mac N{e'}ill_. PN4D of SENA states: Sovereign rulers of significant states are generally important enough to protect. Some historical city-states are not considered significant states. Provinces or regions integrated into larger units like the Holy Roman Empire are not generally considered significant states. Sovereigns of small states that did not give rise directly to modern countries will not be protected under this clause, nor will legendary kings of any state (though these kings may be individually important enough to protect). By the 9th century, the high kings of Ireland were historical rather than legendary, and the position of high king was a position of power rather than a ceremonial title. Medieval Ireland certainly gave rise to the modern country. Therefore, we agree that the historical high king _{A'}ed mac N{e'}ill_ (also known as _{A'}ed Oirdnide_) and his grandson _{A'}ed mac N{e'}ill_ (also known as _{A'}ed Findliath_) are worthy of protection. As this name is identical to those of the historical high kings, it makes an unmistakable claim of identity. Therefore, we are forced to return this name. The submitter's device was previously registered under the holding name _{A'}ed of Forgotten Sea_. ====================================================================== **** DRACHENWALD returns **** Jahanara of West Dragoningshire. Device change. Vert, in fess three bezants each charged with a lotus flower affronty purpure. This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Most commenters were unable to identify the charges on the roundels. ====================================================================== **** EALDORMERE returns **** Daya Speyererin. Device. Or, two reed pens inverted in saltire sable between four New World pumpkins proper. This device is returned for using a proper charge that does not have a defined tincture. SENA A3B1 states "Proper is a term used for a charge in its "natural" or "standard" tincture." Although orange is a natural tincture for some pumpkins, Vexillum cited Mary Miley Theobald's article "Some Pumpkins! Halloween and Pumpkins in Colonial America" (http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn09/pumpkins.cfm), which says "What they had were pumpkins- large and small, round and oval, warty and smooth, squat and misshapen, orange, yellow, and green, far more varieties of the fruit than we see today." Thus, the idea that the pumpkins known to period Europeans do not have a single default tincture and thus "proper" cannot apply. We are therefore overturning the precedent from September 2010, that defined a pumpkin proper as "orange with a green stem". We cannot reblazon these charges as being tenn{e'}, as we do not register the stains, so orange is only registerable when "proper" only describes an orange charge. There would be a step from period practice for the use of New World pumpkins Elzebeth MacGregor. Badge. Argent, three triquetras one and two vert. This submission has been withdrawn by the submitter. Hrorikr zem Himel. Device. Argent, in pale two spears in saltire gules and a cauldron purpure. This device is returned administratively. There was no mention on the letter of intent that the device had been redrawn after kingdom commentary nor whether the submitter had approved the redraw. Marrin von Waldburg. Badge. Per saltire vert, azure, Or and gules. This badge is retuned for redesign. SENA A3B3c states: "Elements divided quarterly or per saltire may use any two tinctures or furs". To be registerable this design must be documented as an Individually Attested Pattern. Raphael de Merida. Device. Per fess rayonny azure and gules, a standing seraph argent. This device is returned administratively. There was no mention on the Letter of Intent that the device had been redrawn after kingdom commentary, nor whether the submitter had approved the redraw. On resubmission, please advise the submitter to draw the line of division with fewer and larger rays to make sure that it is identifiable. S{a'}erlaith inghean Lachtn{a'}in. Name and device. Vert chauss{e'} argent, a stag's head affronty erased winged at the shoulders argent. This name conflicts with the registered _Saerlaith ingen Lochlainn_. The names are different in appearance, but not in sound. In commentary, Br{i'}an dorcha ua Conaill stated: I have tried speaking both names out loud, and I keep coming to the conclusion that the difference between the first vowels would be subtle for most anyone but a native speaker, the difference between a geminated and a short "-n(n)" would be inaudible to anyone but a native speaker, and the only meaningful difference to most ears would be between -l- and -tn-. Therefore, we are forced to return this name. Her badge has been registered under the holding name "S{a'}erlaith of Eoforwic". This device is returned for conflict with the device of Malie Vale: "Azure, a winged stag's head affronty erased at the shoulder wings displayed argent". There is one DC for changing the field, but nothing else. ====================================================================== **** EAST returns **** Alan of Wytleseie. Device. Azure, a winged sagittary statant and a chief argent. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Anne Brynley: " Azure, a centaur passant guardant maintaining in each hand an annulet Or, a chief indented argent". There is a DC for changes to the chief, but nothing for the annulets or bow. Normally, adding wings to a charge would give it a DC when considered against the un-winged version; however, the wings in this submission are not large enough to count for difference. Alexander Makcristyne. Badge. (Fieldless) A cauldron argent conjoined to two schneckes couped addorsed azure one and two. This device is returned for running afoul of SENA A1, which states "The armorial elements, charge groups, and overall design must be demonstrated to be compatible with period style." Neither the submitter nor commenters provided evidence of the use of multiple couped schneckes going in opposite directions. The examples we have of multiple schneckes show smaller schneckoides issuant from the outside of the curves of the main one. The use of a schnecke with another charge is a step from period practice. Cillene O Caollaidhe. Device. Argent, a butterfly rising wings addorsed contourny purpure within an orle of trefoils vert. This device is returned for redraw for using a butterfly in a posture that wasn't documented as a period posture for insects. Nathaniel Wyatt. Device. Per fess azure and Or, a fess indented lozengy Or and azure between two rapiers inverted in saltire Or and a griffon azure. This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C1 which requires that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms and in a period armorial style." The rapiers here are depicted as modern cup-hilted fencing foils, not period rapiers. While cup-hilts did exist in period, they were always paired with quillions and a knucklebow. Seosamh Tadgh an Cr{u'}ca O'Maille. Release of Badge. (Fieldless) Three rapiers in pall inverted tips crossed Or. The release on this Letter of Intent has been withdrawn by the submitter, in order for it to be placed on the Laurel Letter of Intent dated February 2, 2015, which decision was published on April 5, 2015. ====================================================================== **** GLEANN ABHANN returns **** None. ====================================================================== **** LOCHAC returns **** Felix Terrible. Device. Per pale azure and argent, two wings conjoined in lure and an orle counterchanged. This device is returned for conflict with the device of Margareta of Uma: "Per pale azure and argent, a sinister wing inverted and a dexter wing inverted and in chief a mullet of six points all counterchanged". As these two blazons both describe a similar arrangement of two wings, there is no DC between them. Thus, there is only one DCfor the change of type of secondary charge. Saint Crispin, College of. Device. Azure, a sea-horse within a laurel wreath and on a chief invected argent three lymphads with sails furled gules. Unfortunately, this device is returned administratively for lack of evidence of support. Per the Administrative Handbook IV.C.5, submissions involving the branch arms must include evidence of support for the action. No petition of support for the device submission was included. ====================================================================== **** MERIDIES returns **** Alessandra Cavaliere. Name change from Alessandra di Pietro Cavaliere. The byname _Cavaliere_ is the Italian alternate title for "knight". The Letter of Intent argued that this byname should be grandfathered to the submitter as it is an element in her currently registered name. SENA PN1B2g states, "The use of the grandfather clause does not allow the submitter to evade new style problems (as discussed in PN.2 below). It only allows the submitter to keep style problems that already exist with the registered name". In the submitter's currently registered name, _Cavaliere_ is her father's byname; it does not make a claim that the submitter herself is a knight. In this submission, she herself is identified as a knight. A new style problem has been introduced, so this byname cannot be grandfathered. We cannot register the byname _Cavaliere_ without documentation showing that the submitter is entitled to its use. We would change it to the related, but not restricted _Cavalieri_, but the submitter does not allow changes. Therefore, we are forced to return this name. Hainrich W{a:}chter. Device. Per pale argent and sable, a boar rampant maintaining a lantern gules, on a chief embattled azure three lanterns argent. This device is returned for redraw. No documentation was provided for that depiction of lantern as a period artefact or in armory, and it does not match any documented lantern with which commenters are familiar. For a registrable depiction see http://mistholme.com/?s=lantern Matthias Vandor. Device. Quarterly per pale embattled gules and Or, a pithon displayed and in chief two mullets sable. This device is returned for contrast issues. SENA A3B4 states "Charges must have good contrast with the background on which they are placed". Here the mullet in dexter chief does not have a good contrast with the gules section and is not registerable without documentation of such a pattern. ====================================================================== **** MIDDLE returns **** Aurora Lucia Marinella. Badge. (Fieldless) Issuant from the line of division of a fesswise cushion per fess azure and gule, a demi-sun Or. This device is returned for violating our restriction on "barely overall", as a previous precedent regarding a charge that was half-on and only top-half-off of the underlying charge states: [...in chief a dragon passant sable surmounted by a crescent gules] This device is returned for violating our restriction on "barely overall" charges. By precedent: We will no longer return items for being barely overall if the area of overlap is small, the area of the overlap which projects beyond the edge of the underlying charge is also small, when the overall charge does not obscure significant portions of the outline of the underlying charge, and when identifiability is preserved. [Brunissende Dragonette de Broceliande, December 2008, A-East] In this submission, the area of overlap is large and the area of overlap which projects beyond the edge of the underlying dragon is small. A properly drawn overall charge will lie upon the field on both sides of the underlying charge; the crescent here has only its horns on the field. If the crescent were a touch smaller, it could be considered a tertiary charge, but would then violate the rule of contrast. [Nikolaus Gr{u:}nenwaldt, R-Caid, Feb 2012 LoAR] This is a similar case and therefore this badge must be returned. Brynniulfr Herleifsson. Augmentation of arms. Quarterly sable and vert a bear's head erased and a bordure argent and for augmentation in base a quill pen fesswise argent enflamed proper. This submission is returned for redraw. The augmentation was blazoned as "a quill pen fesswise argent enflamed proper" but the flames are not distinguishable. Elianora Saunfayle. Augmentation of arms. Quarterly sable and vert, an annulet Or within a bordure argent, and as augmentation in dexter chief a quill pen bendwise argent enflamed proper. This submission is returned for redraw. The augmentation was blazoned as "a quill pen fesswise argent enflamed proper" but the flames are not distinguishable. Fr{o/}kn mac Cainnaig. Device. Per saltire purpure and vert, a saltire erminois, between in cross a Celtic cross and three griffins passant argent. This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." The ermine spots on the saltire are too small and have the appearance of diapering rather than strewn charges. Tamura of the Saii. Name. No documentation was provided to support the tribal byname _of the Saii_. The Academy of Saint Gabriel report cited in the Letter of Intent states, "In classical Greek sources, people are usually identified using their father's name or an ethnic adjective that describes where they are from." In the submitted name, the byname is constructed using the pattern _of the [tribe]_. Without additional documentation to show that this is a plausible byname, this name cannot be registered. The tribe name _Saii_ is found in classical Greek inscriptions around the Black Sea, so we are willing to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that this tribe is a compatible culture under SENA. The given name _Tamura_ is also found in inscriptions from the same area. Wilhelm Michalik. Augmentation of arms. Sable, in fess a tree eradicated argent and another Or and for augmentation in base a quill pen argent enflamed proper. This submission is returned for redraw. The augmentation was blazoned as "a quill pen fesswise argent enflamed proper" but the flames are not distinguishable. ====================================================================== **** NORTHSHIELD returns **** Decimus Marius Tacitus. Device. Gules, a thunderbolt argent surmounted by a wolf's head erased Or. This device is returned for having a "barely overall" charge. SENA Appendix I, Charge Group Theory, in defining overall charges states "An overall charge must have a significant portion on the field; a design with a charge that has only a little bit sticking over the edges of an underlying charge is known as "barely overall" and is not registerable." Here, most of the wolf's head is on the thunderbolt rather than are on the field. It might not be possible to draw a depiction where the wolf's head would be acceptably overall while the thunderbolt would maintain identifiability. ====================================================================== **** OUTLANDS returns **** Ragnvaldr of Rendlesham. Device. Gules, on a bend argent two triangles voided gules and in sinister canton a key and a feather in saltire argent. This device is returned for using voided tertiary charges. SENA A3C states that "Voiding and fimbriation may only be used with ordinaries or simple geometric charges when they are part of a primary charge group". Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as Greek letters delta, the only way in which they could be blazed as letters is in the orientation "inverted bendwise sinister." In that orientation, any identity as letter is lost. As such, they must be considered voided triangles, which are not allowed. If oriented in their default position (along the bend) or palewise, they could be registered as letters. ====================================================================== **** TRIMARIS returns **** Beatrice Whitcombe. Name and device. Or, three bees in pall heads to center sable marked Or and a bordure sable. This name has already been registered, so this duplicate submission has been withdrawn by the submitter. This device has already been registered, so this duplicate submission has been withdrawn by the submitter. Chiara da Caneva. Device. Azure mullety argent, a demi-sun Or issuant from a mount vert. This device is returned administratively. The form initially uploaded was hand-colored while the emblazon in OSCAR was computer-colorized, which has long been a cause for return. The form in OSCAR was then replaced by a computer-generated form with no mention of whether the submitter had approved the change. We remind submission heralds that all changes to form should be mentioned in Letters of Intent and approved by the submitter. Additionally, to be registerable this design should be documented as an Individually Attested Pattern per SENA A1A2. C{u'}{a'}n mac Muirchertaig. Device. Vert, three hammerhead sharks naiant in annulo Or. This device is returned for conflict with the device of On{o'}ra inghean mhic Cath{a'}in: "Sable, three fish naiant in annulo Or". There is only one DC for changing the field. No DC is granted for the protuberances on the head of the fish. A fish is a fish. ====================================================================== **** WEST returns **** Farleigh de Grey. Device. Per chevron azure and argent, two thistles argent and a griffin segreant maintaining a tankard gules within a bordure counterchanged argent and sable. This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Many commenters saw the griffin as headless and confused the tankard for a book. On redesign, please advise the submitter to draw the thistle with less internal detailing and/or larger so they are easier to identify on the blue background. Submission heralds are reminded that color and black and white outline forms should match. Genevieve Elizabeth of Roseberry Topping. Device. Per chevron embattled gules and argent, two roses argent slipped and leaved in chevron vert, and a dragon gules. This device is returned for violating SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation, which states "A charge group in which postures for different charges must be blazoned individually will not be allowed without period examples of that combination of postures." The charges here are not in a unified arrangement, as the roses must be blazoned separately from the dragon in order to adequately describe their positioning. ====================================================================== - Explicit littera renuntiationum - ====================================================================== ***** THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PENDED UNTIL THE July 2015 LAUREL MEETING (OR AS NOTED): ***** **** LOCHAC pends **** Cecily de Montgomery. Badge. Argent, in pale three wyverns passant gules. A permission to conflict has been promised for this badge but has not been received at the time of the release of this Letter. This was item 4 on the Lochac letter of November 30, 2014. ====================================================================== - Explicit - ====================================================================== Created at 2015-04-08T11:53:56