Nice cant! The Society accepted siren as an alternative blazon term for mermaid in the July 2021 registration of the device of Caterina Siren, Sable, a siren and in chief two escallops argent.
Nice device!
Nice badge!
The submitter is to be commended for their thorough documentation for this name.
The submitter's previous name, Hayashi Kotori, is released.
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The submitter indicated a preference for 12th century English, however, the spelling Oxford can only be dated to the 14th century and later. She may be interested to know that 12th century forms of Oxford include Oxeford, Oxonia, Oxenford, and Oxeneford. If she is interested in any of these spellings, she may submit a request for reconsideration.
Commenters expressed concern that this name is a claim to be the brother of Uilliam mac Máel Cáemgein Uí Chonchobair, also appearing on this letter, and whether that claim would require permission to claim the relationship. Even if we read the two names as claims to be brothers, permission to claim the relationship is not required. We do not regulate claims to be siblings, only descent [Svatava Ivanova Petreshalova, 07/2004, A-Ansteorra]. We see no reason to overturn existing precedent at this time.
This name is not a claim to be the son of Máel Cáemgein mac Shéamuis Uí Chonchobair, also appearing on this letter. We only consider claims to be someone's child to conflict when it uses the parent's complete registered name. This does not, and so does not require a letter of permission.
Commenters questioned whether the element Chonchobair needed to be modified internally to Chonchobhair to meet our requirements for consistent orthography. It does not. Brían dorcha ua Conaill provided multiple examples of that element in Middle Irish without any internal modification. Therefore that element need not be modified to meet our standards for consistency in spelling and grammar.
Submitted as Máel Cáemgein mac Sheamuis Ui Chonchobair, diacritical markings must be used or omitted consistently throughout. We have therefore added the diacritical markings to Shéamuis and Uí as that is the smallest change to achieve this consistency for registration.
Commenters questioned whether the element Chonchobair needed to be modified internally to Chonchobhair to meet our requirements for consistent orthography. It does not. Brían dorcha ua Conaill provided multiple examples of that element in Middle Irish without any internal modification. Therefore that element need not be modified to meet our standards for consistency in spelling and grammar.
Upon the submitter's death, they leave all their registered items to Chacha Mamin{cv}in syn.
Submitted as Miyoshi _ Murasaki, it was revealed during commentary that an authentic 16th century version of this name would include no between the byname Miyoshi and the given name Murasaki as the byname is an Uji (clan) name. The submitter indicated a preference for this form, and we are happy to add make this change for submission.
Nice 16th century Japanese name!
The submitter requested authenticity for late 16th century English. This name meets that request.
Submitted as Ró{.z}a Kalenik, no evidence could be found for the diacritical marking on the o. We have therefore removed it for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for 15th-17th century Polish. This request was not listed on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that such requests must be conveyed so the name does not need to be pended for further research. As modified, this name meets the authenticity request.
Submitted as Uilliam mac Máel Cáemgein Ui Chonchobair, diacritical markings must be used or omitted consistently throughout. We have therefore added the diacritical marking to Uí as that is the smallest change to achieve this consistency for registration.
Commenters expressed concern that this name is a claim to be the brother of Ciaran mac Máel Cáemgein Uí Chonchobair, also appearing on this letter, and whether that claim would require permission to claim the relationship. Even if we read the two names as claims to be brothers, permission to claim the relationship is not required. We do not regulate claims to be siblings, only descent [Svatava Ivanova Petreshalova, 07/2004, A-Ansteorra]. We see no reason to overturn existing precedent at this time.
This name is not a claim to be the son of Máel Cáemgein mac Shéamuis Uí Chonchobair, also appearing on this letter. We only consider claims to be someone's child to conflict when it uses the parent's complete registered name. This does not, and so does not require a letter of permission.
Commenters questioned whether the element Chonchobair needed to be modified internally to Chonchobhair to meet our requirements for consistent orthography. It does not. Brían dorcha ua Conaill provided multiple examples of that element in Middle Irish without any internal modification. Therefore that element need not be modified to meet our standards for consistency in spelling and grammar.
Submitted as Enryakuji no Yoshi, there were two problems with this name. First, the element no only appears in Japanese names between an uji (clan name) and a nanori (given name). As Enryakuji is not an uji, the element no cannot be used here. Second, Enryakuji was intended to refer to a Buddhist temple. The submitter did not provide evidence that Enryakuji was used as a locative or other form of surname. The submitter expressed a preference for the name Yoshi of Blatha an Oir if the submitted name could not be documented. We are happy to make this change for registration.
Blatha an Oir is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter requested authenticity for the Japanese language. This name does not meet this request. The nanori (given name) Yoshi is attested to our period, but the byname uses the branch name allowance. The submitter might be interested to know that Buddhist monks typically had compound names called houmyou constructed of two on-yomi, which is the Chinese reading of kanji characters. In "Name Construction in Medieval Japan" by Solveig Throndarsdottir, on-yomi are distinguished from kun-yomi (the Japanese reading of kanji characters) by putting the element in all capital letters. These monks often took a second religious name also composed of on-yomi, which satisfies the requirement that all names must be composed of two name phrases.
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Nice late 16th century English name!
Submitted as House of _ Halberd and Trident, household names based on an inn-sign pattern must have at least one instance of the article the before the substantive element(s). We have therefore added one for registration. If the submitter is interested in the form House of the Halberd and the Trident, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice cant!
Submitted as Áshildr inn Hárfagri, this name combines a feminine given name with a masculine weak adjectival byname. Norse adjectival bynames must agree in gender with the given name. The submitter opted to femininize the byname. We have therefore changed the byname to in_ Hárfagra for registration.
Nice 15th century English name!
Nice badge!
Submitted under the name Alain de La Reue, that name was changed to Baudoyn de Lafayette on the May 2021 LoAR.
Artist's note: Arrange the grenade to reduce the overlap with both body and tail. This will improve identifiability.
The submitter's previous device, Azure, on a fess Or between three Celtic crosses argent, a trefoil fesswise vert, is retained as a badge.
Commenters questioned whether the byname austmannaskelfir, which is glossed as 'Terror of the East-Men', was offensive. The bar for offense in SENA PN5A is high, and, as that section rightly notes, "offense is a modern concept." The "East men" are not identifiable as a present day race or class. We also note that, in our period, this byname would have been understood as a reference to other Scandinavian countries. Therefore, this name is not offensive and may be registered.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a central charge on a gyronny arrondi field drawn with the corners of the field in the center of a gyron.
This is the defining instance of a hammerbeam truss, an architectural structure used for supporting roofs in buildings.
We decline to rule whether a DC exists between a hammerbeam truss and any other form of truss.
Nice badge!
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified language. This name is authentic for the 15th-16th centuries in Pisa, Italy.
The submitter's previous name, Gotfrid der Weiss, is released.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Biatrichi Canzoniere, Gules, a lion's jambe erased fesswise within a bordure embattled Or.
Nice early/mid-13th century English name!
Nice early 15th century Florentine name!
In October 2020, the submitter successfully registered the badge, (Fieldless) A quatrefoil per pale azure and argent fimbriated sable. As part of that registration, voided trefoils were identified in the 15th century Ingeram Codex (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Codex_Cotta:_18th_century_sorting#/media/File:Ingeram_Codex_188.jpg) and we stated, "As such, trefoils of that shape could be fimbriated. The petals of the quatrefoils depicted in this submission have the same shape, and thus may also be voided or fimbriated."
Unfortunately, we have become aware that the above decision and the precedent it set was based on misidentification of a charge. The charges in the Ingeram Codex are the arms of Gumppenberg, and the emblazon in the codex depicts poorly-drawn seeblätter (whose inner shape is trefoil-like), not voided trefoils. These arms turn up elsewhere in German armorials such as Scheibler'sches Wappenbuch, 1450-c1600 German (München, BSB, cod. icon. 312c), p. 278, where they may be more clearly seen: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00007174?page=283.
Based on this new data we are overturning the October 2020 precedent effective this letter, and quatrefoils voided or fimbriated are no longer registerable. However, our long-standing practice is not to penalize the submitter for a good-faith submission in instances like this, so this badge may be registered.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Juliana de Luna, (Fieldless) A lunel sable. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and at least a DC between a lunel and a quatrefoil voided. Properly drawn, the lobes of a lunel are crescent-shaped, and thus the interior and exterior lines of a lunel draw together to single points where neighboring crescents meet, whereas in a quatrefoil voided a reasonable amount of thickness is maintained throughout the shape.
The use of mailly has been allowed since the July 2021 registration of the device of Tin-Kárr rauðnálskeggi, Per chevron argent and gules mailly argent, a pair of wings conjoined in lure gules maintaining to base three annulets sable.
Nice badge!
The submitter's previous badge, Argent, a fox sejant erect gules marked argent between eight butterflies in annulo purpure, is released.
This device does not conflict with the device of Elaria filia Robert, Vert, in pale two chevronels and a leaf Or. There is a DC for changing the tincture of the field, and another DC for changing the types of more than half the corresponding charges of the primary charge group.
This device also does not conflict with the device of Þorgrímr fjallafari Alason, Sable, three chevronels Or, in base two shamshirs in saltire argent. There is an DC for the removal of the secondary charge group, and another DC for changing the central chevronel to a fess.
Based on research by Bruce Batonvert, we have evidence that not only were the fess and chevronels considered the same charge group, but that the change of the central chevronel of a group of three to a fess constitutes a cadency step. The arms of de Clare, Earls of Gloucester, were Or, three chevrons gules. The line was founded by Richard fitz Gilbert (c.1090), among whose issue were Gilbert fitz Richard de Clare, who inherited the lordship of Clare, and Robert fitz Richard, Lord of Little Dunmow (Essex). The grandson of Robert fitz Richard was Robert fitz Walter (d.1235) who adopted the arms Or, a fess between two chevrons gules. (Anthony Wagner, Historic Heraldry of Britain, pp.41, 45, and 83; see also Aspilogia II: Rolls of Arms temp. Henry III, edited by Tremlett and London, p.22).
Changing the inner chevron to a fess represents a cadency step adopted by Robert fitz Walter to difference his arms from his cousins. If Clare's three chevrons are a single group, then it is reasonable to consider fitz Walter's charges to likewise be a single group, based on the idea that the arms were inherited. But, being an attested use of cadency we ought to consider granting a DC for it. If, however, the fess were a secondary charge group, then the difference we'd grant would be even greater.
At this point we do not address the theoretical question of whether the central fess in fitz Walter represents an exception to our notion of primary versus secondary group -- that would require much more data. We do, however, grant a DC between three chevrons and a fess between two chevrons.
The submitter's previous device, Sable, four billets one and three the chiefmost fesswise Or, is released.
Nice device!
Submitted as Ginevra da Vale, the submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified time and place. Though both name phrases are Venetian, the given name was documented from the 15th century and the byname from the 14th century. Neither element overlaps for purposes of authenticity. Alys Blue Tyger was able to find the spellings Ginevra and da Valle in 16th century Venice. We have therefore changed the byname to meet the request for authenticity. As modified, this name is authentic for 16th century Venice. If the submitter prefers the spelling da Vale, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Artist's note: Draw thicker, rounder cloves as was done in period examples of cloves, to improve identifiability and distinctiveness from ermine fields. A good example may be found with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, as found in The Art of Heraldry by Peter Gwynn-Jones and dated to 1570.
Nice cant!
Commenters questioned whether this name presumed against the historical Hu Zhen, a Colonel-Director of Retainers around the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE. From the information we have available, this position seems to equate to a European feudal lord, and as such does not rise to the level of importance we require to protect a historical figure from presumption. In addition, the historical figure is not sufficiently well-known to warrant protection. This name may therefore be registered as submitted.
This name was originally documented as an English given name and a French byname. However, Reaney & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, s.n. Hatchet show this byname as also English. The spelling hatchettes can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. Hatchet, dated to 1577. Therefore, this name can be interpreted as wholly English. The submitter might also be interested to know that the wholly French name Jeanette Hachette would be authentic for the late 16th century. If the submitter is interested in this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
There is a step from core practice for drawing a bow with an item other than an arrow.
This name does not conflict with Katherine Kyst as the bynames are clear aurally under SENA PN3C3 and visually under PN3C5.
Nice early 16th century Manx name!
The submitter's previous device, Per bend sinister vert and sable, in bend three plates, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Irish. This name meets that request.
Nice 14th century English name or early 15th century French name!
The byname Synger is already registered to the submitter and may be combined with the French given name Nicaise using the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter's previous name, Laura Synger, is released.
Nice cant!
Nice badge!
The submitter requested authenticity for Imperial Roman 120-200 AD. This name meets that request.
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Stonegate is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Forwarded to Laurel with the eggs described as Or plumetty sable, it was noted that plumetty involves multiple, alternating tinctures representing the plumes, whereas this submission simply covers the eggs in a network of sable lines. As such, these are simply eggs Or with a nice example of unblazoned diapering.
The submitter might be interested to know that Arius is a very rare late Roman name; the more common form is Arrius. The expected spelling for most of the Roman period is Arria. If she is interested in this spelling, she may submit a request for reconsideration.
This name combines an English given name with a locative from the Greek Isles. Lillia Crampette provided several examples of this combination in early 17th century England from FamilySearch historical records: Athens (father: John Athens), 1636; Joan Crete, 1639; Anna Corinth, 1640; Marye Corenth, 1623; Roger Argos, 1623; Elizabeth Greece, 1619. While these examples are all inherited surnames and not literal locatives, SENA Appendix A allows late period English locatives to be marked or unmarked. Therefore, this name is registerable as submitted.
The submitter might be interested to know that commenters provided several other options for the sound of this name. The surname Phoenix is documented to 1642 in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland by Hanks, Coates & McClure, s.n. Fenwick. In addition, the classical Greek form would be Phoinix Lemnios; this name is masculine in gender. If the submitter is interested in either of these options, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice English name from the 12th century to the end of our period!
Nice late 16th century Dutch name!
The submitter's previous name, Pieter van Zwolle, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter's previous device, Argent, two scimitars in saltire and on a chief sable three decrescents argent, is retained as a badge.
Submitted as Sneferu _ Artemisias, the submitter intended the byname to indicate residence in a Kingdom named Artemisia. Alisoun Metron Ariston provided documentation for the transliterated Greek byname ex Artemisias that has this meaning. We have therefore added the preposition ex to the byname for registration.
The submitter's previous name, Sneferu sa Djedi mewetif Merit, is retained as an alternate.
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The submitter provided a citation from FamilySearch Historical Records dating Grandier to 1591. Further examination of the underlying record revealed that it shows Grandir instead. However, heralds at the Pelican meeting were able to find a separate FamilySearch record dating the desired spelling to 1577 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C33D-F1NV?cc=3216848&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A8X9P-JZN2). Heralds are reminded that FamilySearch records without a valid batch number are considered on a case by case basis and should include an image of the record if it is available so that the actual text may be confirmed during commentary. A list of valid batch numbers can be found in Appendix H of the Administraive Handbook.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century France. This name meets that request.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a chief doubly-enarched.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Muirenn ingen Dúnlaige, this spelling was inadvertently missing an n in the byname. We have restored the spelling to Dúnlainge to match the submission form for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for Irish Gaelic, pre-1200. As modified, this name meets that request.
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Nice 15th century German name!
The submitter's previous device, Per chevron rayonny argent and azure, a goat clymant and a bordure sable, is retained as a badge.
The submitter requested authenticity for 15th-16th century Italian. This name may meet that request, but we cannot say for certain. While the name elements as documented date to Italy circa 1600, we were not able to document them to the same region or dialect.
Artist's note: Draw the stem of the retort longer to more closely match retorts found in period depictions.
Nice 15th century Swedish name!
Nice device!
Nice badge!
The submitter requested authenticity for 6th-11th century Magyar/Hungarian. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that authenticity requests must be noted on the LoI so commenters have time to evaluate the request. Fortunately, commentary was sufficient and this name does not need to be pended.
This name does not meet the authenticity request as none of the elements can be documented that early. It is authentic for 16th century Hungarian.
Submitted as Sokhatai Khatagin, this name had two issues. First, a clan/tribal name in Mongolian names should come before the given name. Second, bynames created from clan/tribal names must be in the genitive (possessive) case. We have therefore changed this name to Khatagin-u Sokhatai for registration. The submitter might be interested to know that an equally valid form of the clan/tribal byname is Khatagin-nu. If she prefers this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for Mongolian language/culture. As modified, this name meets that request.
The submitter's previous name, Vittoria Cavalieri, is released.
Submitted as Lucia Orsini della Francesco, the byname is not internally consistent. Della is a combination of del and la, used when the given name or noun that follows is feminine. When the given name or noun that follows is masculine, the correct preposition is del. We have made this change for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified time and place. This was not noted on the Letter of Intent, but was flagged by Lilie Ragged Staff so the name need not be pended. Kingdoms are reminded that authenticity requests must be noted on the LoI so commenters have time to evaluate them. As modified, this name is authentic for 15th century Florence. The submitter might be interested to know that the form Lucia Orsini della Francesca is also an authentic name for 15th century Florence. If she is interested in this name, she may submit a request for reconsideration.
Nice cant!
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In the July 2021 acceptance of the device of Bergdís Berbeinn, Per pale Or and vert, an oak tree eradicated vert and three breasts two and one argent, on a point pointed gules a badger's head cabossed argent, we said:
This design presents no issue with SENA A3D2c, which requires all charges in a charge group to be in a unified arrangement. Quoting and reaffirming the January 2014 Cover Letter, "From Wreath: SENA A3D2c and Arrangements, One More Time", which discusses the requirement of comparability when considering unity (emphasis added):
An arrangement of charges within a group that is blazonable is registerable, as long as it does not otherwise violate the unity of posture and orientation rule by having different postures/orientations amongst the group. In short, when you have comparable postures/orientations amongst the charges in a group, they should be in the same posture/orientation. For example, three swords in pall and an arrow fesswise has comparable charges in different orientations and would therefore be a violation of A3D2c, but four mullets in chevron and a rose would not. The latter may be poor style, but at this point we are not inclined to further restrict charge group arrangement upon the field.
The principle of comparability was also discussed in "From Wreath: Unity of Orientation and Posture", on the July 2019 Cover Letter, which includes "As another example, a stag's attire is usually found straight (and thus a long, orientable charge) but is also found in annulo in period. However, a sword (a long, orientable charge) cannot be in annulo. If a stag's attire and a sword are in the same charge group, they must either be in comparable orientations, or the attire must be in annulo (effectively rendering it a compact, non-orientable charge and thus in a different category)."
Since the tree and breasts are not comparable, there are no issues with either unity of posture or orientation, and so the question of a unified arrangement does not arise.
Since the wolf and runes are not comparable, there are no issues with either unity of posture or orientation, and so the question of a unified arrangement does not arise.
Commenters questioned the suitability of the name Caiaphas. Scolastica la souriete provided a pattern of Biblical names traditionally negative in connotation being used as given names in the late 16th century and grey period English: Bathsheba, Dinah, Ananias, Sapphira, Drusilla and Antipas all appear in Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles Bardsley. In addition, precedent has allowed similar names to be registered [Lileth of Glass Isle, 3/2019, A-Atlantia]. Therefore, Caiaphas is plausible as an English literary name found in the Bible.
This name combines a French given name and byname with an English second given name, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C. The submitter might be interested to know that a fully French form might be Durant Caiphe de Rambert. If he is interested in this name, he may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, Durant Ramberti, is retained as an alternate.
Nice device!
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Nice device!
Though this given name has already been registered to the submitter, she need not rely on the existing registration allowance. Brilliana is an English feminine given name dated to 1600 found in Withycombe's English Christian Names. The submitter may be interested to know that the terminal -e on the byname is not necessary; if she prefers the form without it, she may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, Brilliana of Silvercreek, is released.
Charlotte was originally documented as a 15th-16th century French name. Adelwulf is an Old English byname, making it too far apart from the given name to be temporally compatible. Normally, this would be a reason for return. However, Alys Blue Tyger and Scolastica la souriete were able to document Charlotte as a 16th century English name, bringing all the elements within 500 years of each other and allowing this name to be registered as submitted. We thank Alys and Scolastica for their work on this name.
This name combines a Scots given name with two English surnames, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
As cited in the registration of Magnus Morte's device, "[t]he sloth was illustrated by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478-1557), facsimile to be found on p233 of Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America: A New History for a New World." [Magnus Morte, A-East, 09/2020 LoAR] Per SENA A2B2b, the use of an animal documented as known to period people is no longer a step from core practice.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Celesta Vianello, (Fieldless) A compass star elongated to base per pale gules and Or.
This also conflicts with the device of Liudmila Vladimirova doch'.Per pale Or and gules, a sun in splendor counterchanged; however, Liudmila has granted blanket permission to conflict.
Nice 16th century English name!
This name combines a German name with a Swedish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Michaella Crowe, a timely correction was issued by Kingdom showing the requested given name as Mychaella. We have restored the submitted spelling for registration.
The field division barry fleury may be found in Universeel Wapenboek dated 1558, on f.71r (http://balat.kikirpa.be/obj/20013031/img/KM001127), and in another 16th C Dutch armorial (Brussels, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België ms. G 675), p. 52 (https://opac.kbr.be/Library/doc/SYRACUSE/10724742/armorial).
Nice badge!
Submitted as Valentine Demirci, Kingdom issued a timely change to update the submitter's preferred byname to Martyn. We are happy to make this change for registration.
Nice 16th century English name!
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The submitter's previous device, Or, an owl facing sinister between two flaunches vert, is retained as a badge.
Nice device!
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Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice device!
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Gotland. This name may meet this request. It is authentic for 14th century Swedish, but we cannot say for sure if these elements were in use in Gotland at this time.
The submitter noted a desire for a Nordic/Finnish name. However, the name does not contain any medieval Finnish elements. Rather, it is a fully Old Norse name from Iceland with the byname translated to modern Finnish under the lingua Societatis allowance, making it analogous to Flóki Bear-warmth.
Nice 14th century English name!
Nice device!
Eplaheimr is the registered name of an SCA branch.
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Submitted as Shire of Chandcorbières, the submitters intended a French locative meaning 'field of ravens'. Brunissende Qui s'y frotte s'y pique was able to construct Champcorbeau as a medieval French locative with this meaning. With the permission of the submitters, we have made this change for registration.
Nice device!
Nice 14th century English name!
The submitter's previous name, Juliana Foubert, is released.
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On the March 2020 Cover Letter, Pelican wrote:
Accordingly, effective as of the date of this letter, single-word fur tinctures, such as erminois, vair, ermine and pean may be used in order names and heraldic titles just like any other heraldic tinctures. More complicated furs, such as Argent ermined vert, may not be used.
The submitter argued that this precedent should be extended to include household names using an inn-sign name construction. We agree. Previously, we did the same for the color word purple despite it not being found in period orders, heraldic titles or household names. We explicitly extend the precedent set on the March 2020 Cover Letter to include household names. Therefore, this household name may be registered as submitted.
The submitter's previous name, Suke Arslajin, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th century Norse. This name may meet that request. The given name Hrefna is firmly dated to the 10th century, but the masculine name Sigurðr cannot be dated more certainly than between the 9th and 11th centuries.
The charge is the letter "B" in the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet developed for use with Slavic languages in the second half of the 9th century.
Submitted as Jorunn Bolotova _ devka Mertvoga, this name was not constructed correctly. No examples of feminine names in "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names" by Paul Wickenden of Thanet have a single byname after a relationship marker. However, Wickenden shows three examples of the construction "feminine full name + a + masculine byname + zhena". Given our limited resources for Russian feminine names, we give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and extend this existing pattern to names using devka. As such, we have changed this name to Jorunn Bolotova a Mertvogo devka in order to register it. Mertvogo is the masculine form of Mertvoga, meaning 'of the dead'.
This name combines a Norwegian given name with two Russian bynames, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
This name combines a Norwegian given name and a Finnish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter's previous badge, (Fieldless) On a seeblatt azure a bear rampant argent, is released.
Nice device!
There is step from core practice for the use of a charged gore.
Nice badge!
The submitter requested authenticity for the English language from the 12th century onward. This name partially meets this request. As submitted, it is authentic from circa 1380 onward. The spelling Ambrose for the byname could not be dated any earlier than that.
This name combines an Arabic given name with a Spanish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C. The submitter may be interested to know that the fully Arabic form of this name is Z{a-}hra' al-Andalusiyya. If she is interested in this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
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The submitter's previous name, Ringwar Northwood, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter's previous device, Per pale Or and vert, a stag springing counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
The submitter requested authenticity for Norse/Germanic. This name meets that request. Both elements can be found in Old Norse in the 8th century.
Nice late 15th-16th century English name!
Saint Monica is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This name combines a Welsh given name and an English surname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter's previous device, Or, a cockatrice erect vert, is retained as a badge.
This name combines an English given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Southron Gaard is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Hokky is the submitter's legal given name.
This is the defining instance of ginger shoots in SCA armory. Ginger shoots of this form are found in Kih{o-}'s Japanese Heraldry Database (http://mon.xavid.us/), dated 1470.
River Haven is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Teneg Yagann, the byname contained a typo. The form documented in Mongolian Naming Practices by Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy is Yagaan. We have made this change for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-13th century Mongolian. This name may meet this request. Based on the data we have, the name elements are not dated any more precisely than the 8th-15th centuries.
This is the defining instance of a tuq in SCA armory. The tuq (or tug) is a Mongolian horse- or yak-hair standard. The name "tuq" (meaning "spear-tipped banner") is found in the mid-13th century The Secret History of the Mongols (C3, V 106) and was translated into Chinese in the 14th century as "flag with tails". Further information about the tuq can be found in The Mongols' tuq standard in Eurasia, 13th-4th Centuries by Ma Xiaolin (https://ojs.bibl.u-szeged.hu/index.php/stualtaica/article/view/33236/32492?fbclid=IwAR2VkwtnFE1eHb2J xAHSnfKz08leIHJdZD6U71SVQNQP4F4swh1v1_BmdXM).
This particular form of tuq is depicted in Rash{i-}d al-D{i-}n's J{a-}miÊ? al-taw{a-}r{i-}kh preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BN254, f.44v), dated to the early 14th century. (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427170s/f100.item.zoom), f.177r (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427170s/f365.item.zoom), and f.245v (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427170s/f502.item.zoom).
Variants can be seen in in Kublai Khan Hunting (1280) by Liu Guandao (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Guandao#/media/File:KhubilaiOnTheHunt.jpg) and Rash{i-}d al-D{i-}n's History of the World held by the University of Edinburgh (https://images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/UoEsha~4~4~64742~103064?) on page 63.
We thank the submitter for their summary of this charge.
Nice device!
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Italy. This name partially meets this request. While both elements are found in the 14th century, they come from regions of Italy that did not speak the same dialect.
The submitter requested authenticity for 15th century Florence. This name meets that request.
The submitter's previous name, Aminah bint Yusuf al-Zarqa', is retained as an alternate.
Submitted as Zaven Zeitountsi, suitable documentation was not provided for the spelling of the byname. The attested period name of the requested location was Zeytun, resulting in the locative byname Zeytuntsi. We have made this change for registration.
Zaven is the submitter's legal given name.
Commenters questioned whether this byname is offensive because of the association of Zeitun/Zeytun with the Armenian genocide in the early 20th century. It is not. There are multiple places which were known as Zeitun/Zeytun during and after our period. The Zeitun associated with the Hamidian massacres is much more well-known for the two rebellions during the same time period and the resistance opposing the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Given this evidence, this locative may be registered.
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The submitter's previous device, Vert, a stag trippant and in chief three acorns Or, is released.
Nice badge!
A falling star is another term for a comet inverted.
Nice badge!
The submitter's previous device, Azure, a pithon erect tail nowed Or and a ford proper, is retained as a badge.
Nice English household name!
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Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Jofurr á Straumstaðum, the given name on the submissions form shows the spelling Jöfurr. Kingdoms are reminded that all changes are to be noted on the Letter of Intent and clearly summarized. Failure to do so can result in a name being pended for more research.
The given name Jofurr appears in Nordiskt runnamnslexikon by Lena Peterson as J{o,}furr. The o-ogonek is optional, but the umlaut is not an acceptable substitution [Þorfin Svarth{o,}fði, 3/2019 LoAR, A-Drachenwald]. We have dropped the umlaut to register this name. If the submitter prefers the o-ogonek in the given name, he may make a request for reconsideration.
Though the given name was originally documented from the 15th century, Ælfyn æt geate was able to document it to the mid-16th century.
Nice German name for the first half of the 16th century!
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Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Quarterly gules and sable, on a cross Or a Maltese cross sable, is retained as a badge.
Nice badge!
This armory would have been returned for violating SENA A3D2b, which disallows mixing ordinaries and non-ordinaries in the same charge group. Documentation in support of an Individually Attested Pattern was therefore provided.
All examples from Wappenbuch des 16. Jahrhunderts, 1530-1600 German (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol 223), https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10029989649:
f. 27r: Per bend Or and gules, a unicorn salient and a bend counterchanged
f. 58r: Per bend per bend sinister sable and Or and argent, a goat clymant per bend sinister vert and sable maintaining a fireball sable enflamed proper and two bars gules
f. 58r: Per bend azure and Or, a lion and a bend counterchanged
Examples of boar's heads in profile as well as lion's, bull's, and goat's heads cabossed; engrailed lines of division, and ordinaries engrailed.
Commenters questioned whether these might represent fields bendy or barry rather than ordinaries. To address these concerns, further examples were provided of blazons of similar motifs from Siebmacher's Wappenbuch, showing that these were considered countable charges and not patterned fields (emblazons as described are from http://www.wappenbuch.de/):
Lavant (Siebmacher 12). The emblazon shows Per bend Or and gules, a lion sable and a bend sinister argent, and Siebmacher's blazon is Das obertheil am Schildt ge[lb] der Low darin schwartz / das undertheil roth / dardurch ein weisser balcken (roughly "The upper part of the shield gold the lion therein black / the lower part red / crossed by a white stripe").
Kittlitz (Siebmacher 29). The emblazon shows Per bend sinister Or and gules, a demi-bull issuant from the line of division sable and three bendlets argent, and Siebmacher's blazon is Ein getheilter schildt / das obertheil gelb / darin ein Auerochs an seiner farb / das untertheil rot / darin drey weisser sparrn (roughly "a divided shield / the upper part gold / therein an aurochs in its colour [ie. proper] / the lower part red / therein three white stripes").
Die Fleckensteiner (Seibmacher 200). The emblazon shows Per bend azure and Or, a mound Or and two bendlets vert, and Siebmacher's blazon is Das obertheil im Schildt / violbraun / d[er] Reichsapffel darin gelb / das untertheil gelb / darin zween grüner balcken (roughly "The upper part of the shield violet brown / the orb therein gold / the lower part gold / therein two green stripes").
Conversely Pömer (Siebmacher 206) and Schötlin (Siebmacher 214) both show even numbers of divisions and are blazoned as rot und weiss abgetheilt ("red and white divided") and blou undge[lb] getheilt ("blue and gold divided") respectively.
Period examples of boar's heads sometimes show the mane in a different tincture than the rest of the head as a blazonable detail. For example, Siebmacher 112 has the arms of Reischach, which are blazoned as Ein weisser Schildt / der Schweinshalst darin schw[artz] mit gelben borsten (A white shield, the boar's [head and] neck therein black with gold bristles). While blazonable in period, it is not required that we do so, and like many other minor details in Society armory, we normally would not do so in this case. However, as the submitter expressly requested it, we are explicitly blazoning the tincture of the mane.
We consider the pattern of a divided field with a primary charge group consisting of an ordinary and a non-ordinary to be demonstrated and the IAP satisfied.
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This submission combines an English given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter's previous name, Bella Porcellane, is retained as an alternate.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Argent, a sprig of belladonna vert flowered purpure within a bordure purpure ermined argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice badge!
The submitter's previous name, Helena de Eyncurt, is released.
Nice device!
Though Logan was documented as the submitter's legal name, he need not rely on the legal name allowance. The surname Logan can be found in FamilySearch Historical Records dated to 1581. It may therefore be used as a given name per precedent [Alton of Grimfells, 4/2010, A-East].
Nice device!
Nice badge!
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Nice cant!
Nice English name from the 14th century onwards!
Nice device!
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
None.
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This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Laurencia of Carlisle, Per chevron ermine and gules, a swallow volant argent. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but no DC for difference in type of the bird.
On resubmission, documentation should be provided as to the stylization of this bird. While appropriate for a crane, it does not support identifying this as a magpie.
This device is returned for lack of documentation to support its complexity.
SENA A3E2 says in part:
We require that any submission not exceed a certain "complexity count," measured by adding the number of types of charges to the number of tinctures. Items with a complexity count of eight or less receive no penalty for complexity from this rule.
and further that
All tinctures are counted except those used only for normally unblazoned artistic details such as teeth, claws, or eyes.
Additionally, in "From Wreath: Panthers" on the November 2006 Cover Letter, we wrote:
The unmodified term panther refers to the English monster: a maneless lion, incensed and colorfully spotted. Both the spots and flames are part of the definition; but the spots' tincture doesn't count for difference.
The term German panther or Continental panther refers to the monster as described by Pastoureau: usually horned, usually with eagle's forefeet, often long-necked, and always incensed. Its definition does not include spots.
The term natural panther refers to a great cat as found in nature, a maneless lion - also blazoned in period as an ounce, and in the Society as a catamount (mountain lion).
While we consider incensing to be an expected (though blazonable) detail on heraldic panthers English or Continental, and therefore not contributing toward complexity, this does not apply to the natural panther which typically lacks incensing.
Since the beast in this submission lacks spots, it cannot be the English variant. Likewise, it lacks the distinctive form of the Continental variant and therefore must be considered a natural panther incensed, which we have long blazoned an ounce incensed for clarity. As such, we must consider the tincture of the breath. This submission therefore has a complexity count of nine with three charge types (chief, eagle, and ounce) and six tinctures (argent, Or, vert, purpure, gules, and vair) and must be returned.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
This item is returned administratively. While Kingdom indicated they made a submitter-approved change from estoiles to stars of Ansteorra, the forms they forwarded to us were the old forms not matching the revised emblazon.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Wulfstan the Unshod, Per pale gules and vert, two poleaxes in saltire surmounted by a spear palewise argent. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but no DC for the difference between a halberd and a poleaxe. Therefore, there is no DC for changing the type of only 1/3 of the primary charge group:
[(Fieldless) Two axes in saltire and overall a dagger argent] This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Absolon of Hereford, Per pale gules and sable, a sheaf of halberds argent. There's one DC for fielded vs fieldless armory. There's no difference for the type of axe. We've changed 1/3 of the charges in the sheaf, which is less than is needed for the second DC. [Matteo Genovese, 03/2019, R-East]
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
None.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns) (to Artemisia pends)
None.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
None.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
None.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
None.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
None.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
None.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
None.
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This submission has been withdrawn by the submitter.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
This device is returned for further work. While the submitter provided period documentation illustrating the motif they were intending depicted in a variety of ways, for the submission they attempted to approximate the voids between the lines by arranging crescents in annulo, conjoining only at the central point, which does not match the consistent wheel-like or gurges-within-annulet structure seen in the documentation. Taken merely as an arrangement of crescents, it lacks support for said arrangement.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
None.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
None.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
None.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
None.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
None.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
None.
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- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This device is pended to redraw the pale engrailed trefly to sinister at the points line division to match period evidence.
Similarly to the July 2021 device of Winifred de Canterbury, Per fess engrailed trefly at the points azure and vert, a vixen courant argent and a quince inverted slipped and leaved Or, this device would have been returned for lack of documentation of the proposed field division. While we have the December 2020 registration of the device of Philippa Dyvill, Per fess trefly-countertrefly vert and ermine no documentation was provided to support making the line division one-sided.
However, the pend for redraw of Winifred's device using the same (if rotated) line division is based on a period example of a variant engrailing. As such, we elect to pend this badge for redraw based on the same evidence.
This was item 26 on the Ansteorra letter of June 3, 2021.
This badge is pended for redraw to place the rose correctly overall. As submitted, the rose was placed where the arms of the cross met. Suitable artwork has already been approved by the submitter for this purpose.
This was item 45 on the Ansteorra letter of June 3, 2021.
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This badge is pended to discuss whether the division orly and per pale should receive an SC from orly. SENA A5F discusses the question of difference for changes to the field but does not consider orly, which was introduced with the badge of Alaxandair Mórda mac Matha, Orly sable and Or, in August 2021.
If at most a DC exists (for addition of the per pale line), then this badge must be returned for conflict with Alaxandair's badge.
This was item 7 on the Artemisia letter of June 17, 2021.
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This badge is pended to redraw the acorn's slip so that it is no longer issuant from the edge of the non-existent field.
This was item 2 on the Atlantia letter of June 28, 2021.
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