There is a step from core practice for the use of pawprints.
This name combines a Turkic given name with a Russian byname, an acceptable lingual mix based on available evidence. We ask Palimpsest to update SENA Appendix C with two things: first, to add the Turkic language in the same regional group as Turkish, and second to note that the Turkish/Turkic regional group may be combined with the East Slavic regional group.
Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms states that the default orientation for a fer-à-loup is "convex cutting edge to base." That default was changed in 2015 (Marcus atte Bowe, 09/2015, A-Ansteorra) to match the medieval default, the (rounded) blade to chief. Palimpsest is directed to update Table 5 to reflect this.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Alric the Tall, Per pale azure and argent a tower between three spearheads, all within a bordure counterchanged.
Nice badge!
Nice late 16th century English name!
Nice device!
Originally submitted as Ferrucio _ Cosimo, Kingdom changed the name to Ferrucio di Cosimo to match available documentation. However, Cosimo is a masculine given name and SENA Appendix A allows unmarked patronymics in Italian names, so the preposition di is not necessary. Therefore, we have restored the name as it appears on the submission form for registration.
Submitted as Galtai Temur, this name is not constructed correctly. While Gal is an attested Mongolian given name, Galtai is not a grammatically correct Mongol personal name. When presented with options, the submitter opted to register this name as Gal_ Temur. We are happy to make this change for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for Mongolian. This name may meet that request. Our available evidence cannot date this name more firmly than between the eighth and fifteenth centuries CE. While we will register Mongolian names based on this evidence as we are lacking in resources for this language, the possible gap in time between these two elements makes us unable to consider this name authentic at this time.
There is a step from core practice for the use of piles that only extend less than 3/4 of the length of the armory.
Submitted as Isabetta di Aurelio, the Italian article di becomes d' before a vowel. We have therefore changed this name to Isabetta d'Aurelio for registration.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Drueta de la Rosa, (Fieldless) A rooster rising argent. Because a hummingbird is not a period heraldic charge, we do not know what period heraldic posture it would have. However, a hummingbird is not a European species and so is at an artificial disadvantage for purposes of this standard. We therefore take this time to state that rising is the default posture for hummingbirds and that hummingbirds are eligible for consideration for an SC based on bird type -- regular, in this case. Thus there is an SC for the difference between a hummingbird rising and a rooster rising. We ask Palimpsest to update SENA Appendix M and Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms to reflect this.
Nice badge!
Submitted under the name Fridericus di Sicilia.
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Submitted as Ælwynn of Bamburg, the submitter requested authenticity for "Early 6th C, late 5th C Saxon Northumbria, language and culture". The submitted name does not meet this request, nor could we find any documentary forms of the name elements as early as requested. After consultation with the submitter, we have changed this name to Aelwynn æt Bebbanburh to register it. This name still does not meet the original authenticity request, but it is authentic for late 10th and early 11th century Old English.
Thornwold is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice device!
Nice 16th century Venetian name!
Nice badge!
The submitter requested authenticity for "11th century, Landnámabok". This name may meet that request, but we cannot be sure. While the Old Norse feminine given name Ásný and the Old Norse masculine given name Brúnn both appear in the Landnámabók, names in that document can be dated broadly to the 9th-11th centuries but not the 11th century specifically. The given name Ásný can be documented to the 11th century in Sturlunga saga. However, the given name Brúnn can only firmly be dated to the 12th century; while we know it was used earlier, we do not know how much earlier. The submitter might be interested to know that this name is definitely authentic for the 12th century in Iceland.
Commenters questioned whether or not this name violated the Administrative Handbook III.A.10. It does not. Any change in pronunciation is enough to satisfy this rule; in this case, the submitter's legal name has a terminal s on the byname where the submitted name does not. This change would not count for difference under SENA, but that is not the standard to which we are held here.
This arrangement of gingko leaves is one of a pair of examples dated to 1470, seen in Kih{o-}'s Japanese Heraldry Database (http://mon.xavid.us/#Plant:%20Gingko).
There is no step from core practice for the use of the gingko leaf.
Nice device!
This arrangement of gingko leaves is one of a pair of examples dated to 1470, seen in Kih{o-}'s Japanese Heraldry Database (http://mon.xavid.us/#Plant:%20Gingko).
There is no step from core practice for the use of the gingko leaf.
Nice badge!
This arrangement of gingko leaves is one of a pair of examples dated to 1470, seen in Kih{o-}'s Japanese Heraldry Database (http://mon.xavid.us/#Plant:%20Gingko).
There is no step from core practice for the use of the gingko leaf.
Nice badge!
This arrangement of gingko leaves is one of a pair of examples dated to 1470, seen in Kih{o-}'s Japanese Heraldry Database (http://mon.xavid.us/#Plant:%20Gingko).
There is no step from core practice for the use of the gingko leaf.
Nice badge!
Commenters questioned whether the preposition de needed to be added to this household name, resulting in the name Casa de Caravana. It does not. Italian household names based on the pattern Casa [Surname] appear with or without the article in the second half of the 16th century. Therefore, we may register this name as submitted.
Submitted as Jaida al-SaHraa', this name is not constructed correctly. Names composed of elements in non-Latin scripts must use a single transliteration or transcription system per SENA Appendix D. Using the same transcription system as the given name Jaida for the Arabic locative meaning 'woman from the Sahara' yields the standard spelling al-Sahrawiyya. We have made this change for registration.
The submitter might be interested to know that another valid way to transliterate the byname would be as-Sahrawiyya. This spelling more closely reflects the way the byname would be pronounced. If they are interested in the name Jaida as-Sahrawiyya, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Jasmine was originally documented as the submitter's legal name. However, they need not use the Legal Name Allowance. The plant jasmine was known by that name in the 16th century in England; it appears in A Niewe Herball or historie of plantes published in 1586 in English (https://books.google.com/books?id=t5pkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA763&dq=Jasmine&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjujsCd5Ov9AhVjl4kEHSorB6sQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=Jasmine&f=false). Therefore, this name follows the attested pattern of naming women after plants/flowers in English. See Alys Mackyntoich, "Flower Names for Women" (updated March 2023) (https://ogresshoard.blogspot.com/2023/03/flower-names-for-women.html).
Nice 15th century Florentine name!
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
There is a step from core practice for the use of compass stars.
This badge does not conflict with the device of Mitchell Greycloak, Or, an orm's tail couped sable, flukes vert. There is a DC for the difference in tincture of the primary charge, and at least a DC for the difference between a fox's tail and an orm's tail, which has a pentagonal shape.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Sable semy of thistle heads argent, on a chief Or a rose proper slipped and leaved vert, is released.
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This badge was pended on the November 2022 LoAR to redraw the hearts at a size more appropriate for charges co-primary with the cloud.
This is the defining instance of the parasol or umbrella. The umbrella was invented over 4000 years ago and used in early civilizations in Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and China. They were initially employed as parasols to provide shade from the sun. In Europe, they became a feminine accessory beginning in the 16th century. To distinguish them from the ombrellino -- an ecclesiastical charge with a cross at the tip and a lance for the shaft -- we will use the term parasol. However, at this time we decline to consider whether a DC exists between the two.
By default, a parasol is open. Palimpsest is directed to update Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms to reflect this.
There is a step from core practice for the use of triskelions of spirals.
Vindheim is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Vindheim is the registered name of an SCA branch.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
Submitted as Áedammair ingen Uí Dubhain, the submitter requested authenticity for 750-1050 Ireland. Accents in Gaelic names must be used or omitted consistently. In addition, during this time frame, the letter b would not be lenited. Removing the lenition and making consistent use of accents results in the byname ingen Uí Dubáin. As the name Áedammair ingen Uí Dubáin meets the submitter's authenticity request, we have made these changes to register this name.
Submitted as Alyna de la Vega, this name combines an English or German given name with a Spanish byname. This lingual mix does not appear in SENA Appendix C. Though the submitter allowed no changes, they explicitly consented to change the given name to the attested Spanish name Alyana to resolve this lingual mismatch. We have made this change for registration.
Submitted as Waramund der Lewe von Odenwald, the German locative Odenwald represents a region, not a town. Therefore, the particle should be vom. We have made this change for registration.
The submitter's previous name, Dougal MacRae, is released.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
Blazoned when registered in September 2010 as Argent, a natural panther sejant regardant purpure and in base three keys in fess wards to base azure, we are clarifying that these are keys inverted, not keys fesswise with the wards pointing to base. See the Cover Letter for a discussion on the orientation of keys.
This badge was pended on the November 2022 LoAR to redraw the skull to be identifiable as a maintained charge.
The submitter's previous name, Ulrica Anna of Twin Moons, is released.
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The submitter requested authenticity for the Ukrainian language/culture. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent; fortunately, it was noted in a timely fashion by Lilie Ragged Staff. Kingdoms are reminded that all requests for authenticity must be summarized on the LoI to ensure a name does not need to be pended for further research.
This name does not meet that request. The byname of Kyiv is a lingua Societatis form; while we know that the town of Kyiv existed during our period, we do not know how a locative byname based on Kyiv would have been written in period Ukrainian. If we knew the medieval Ukrainian form of this byname, combining it with the given name would yield an authentic Ukrainian name circa 1600.
The submitter might be interested to know that the bynames Kyivska and z Kýjeva/Kyjeva are plausible for medieval Ukrainian; however, we do not have any evidence of their use at this time. If they are interested in either of these bynames, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Astriðr i Hlymriki, the spelling of the Old Norse byname meaning 'of Limerick' is i Hlymreki. We have made this change for registration.
Submitted as Baldric_ of Stierbach, the submitter indicated a preference for the spelling Baldrich if such could be documented. Ursula Serpent and Scolastica la Souriete were able to provide such evidence. We are happy to make this change for registration.
Stierbach is the registered spelling on an SCA branch.
Submitted as Bogoslov Vynohrad_, this name is not constructed correctly. The submitter intended this byname to be botanical, based on the modern Ukrainian word for 'grape'. Botanical words in medieval Slavic languages take the genitive (possessive) form when used as a byname; here, vynohrad is in the nominative case. Medieval Russian gives us a similar byname, Vinogradov, and grey period documents show the Ukrainian Vynohradjenko 'blessed grape'. Our limited understanding of medieval Ukrainian shows a genitive (possessive) form that does not differ from medieval Russian. Therefore, we have changed this byname to Vynohradov as this is the smallest change we could make for registration.
If the submitter is interested in the Ukrainian byname Vynohradjenko, he may make a request for reconsideration.
Hewlett is the submitter's legal surname; however, they need not rely on the Legal Name Allowance. Hewlett is a period English surname dated to the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Artist's note: Please draw the eagle larger to permit the tertiary charges to be larger and more identifiable.
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
ffride Morelle was able to find this exact place name dated to the 14th century, making this a nice branch name!
Black Diamond is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Blazoned when registered in December 1980 as (Fieldless) Eight keys in cross parted, addorsed in pairs, all conjoined at the base by links of chain, Or, the keys are joined at their tops not their bases. The proper term for the loop at the top of the key is bow.
Blazoned when registered in December 1980 as Azure, eight keys in cross parted, addorsed in pairs, all conjoined at the base by links of chain, and the whole environed of a laurel wreath, all Or, the keys are joined at their tops not their bases. The proper term for the loop at the top of the key is bow.
This armory was retained as the canton's ancient arms in April 2009.
the Wanderer is the lingua Societatis form of the constructed Middle English byname le Wanderare.
This name combines a Scottish Gaelic given name and an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
There is a step from core practice for a bend bevilled with charges around it.
Nice Irish Gaelic name from the late 14th century onwards!
Submitted as Seraphine of Stierbach, the submitter asked for a form of the given name without a terminal e if such could be documented. Lillia Crampette and Nest Crane were able to find both Serafin and Seraphin in Polish records. Therefore, we are able to meet the submitter's request to drop the terminal e and have done so for registration. If the submitter prefers the spelling Serafin, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Stierbach is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Tarke is an English given name borrowed into German according to the February 2015 Cover Letter.
This name combines a German given name with a Polish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
SENA Appendix J permits overall charges to overlay non-peripheral secondary charge groups in addition to primary charge groups.
Submitted as Þórví Sinsdóttir, this name is not constructed correctly. An Old Norse patronymic byname formed from the given name Sinir would begin with the genitive form Sinis-, resulting in the feminine byname Sinisdóttir. We have therefore made this change for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for Scandinavian or Norse. As modified, this name meets that request; it is an authentic Old East Norse name from the areas modernly known as Denmark and Sweden dated circa 1050.
the Towers is the registered name of an SCA branch.
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Montengarde is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The question was raised in commentary about whether this would be considered an argent labyrinth, and therefore lack contrast with the field. By precedent:
There are two different depictions of labyrinths in Society heraldry. The defining instance from March 2001 depicts the labyrinth with the floor as the same tincture as the field, and the walls in a contrasting, blazoned tincture. This device depicts the labyrinth as a solid roundel in the blazoned tincture, with the walls functioning as diapering in an unblazoned tincture. Both depictions are reasonable interpretations of the available documentation, and should be considered equivalent for purposes of conflict checking. [Nicaize Maupetit, 01/2018, A-Ansteorra]
The current submission is the same type of depiction as the defining instance, and so is correctly blazoned as a labyrinth sable.
The submitter's use of "pink wild roses proper" is supported by the Existing Registration Allowance. These roses will conflict with gules roses.
The submitter's use of "pink wild roses proper" is supported by the Existing Registration Allowance. These roses will conflict with gules roses.
The submitter's use of "pink wild roses proper" is supported by the Existing Registration Allowance. These roses will conflict with gules roses.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
Nice classical Greek name!
Nice device!
This name combines an English given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a lightning bolt outside of a thunderbolt.
Artist's note: Please draw fewer, larger invections on the chief.
Youth Pentathlon Champion is a generic identifier.
This name combines an Italian given name and a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Submitted as Daði Freman, this name combines an Old Norse given name with a Middle English byname dated post 1100. This lingual mix is not permitted per SENA Appendix C; Old Norse elements may only be combined with English elements dated before 1100. One spelling of the byname compatible with the given name is Fríman. As this is the smallest change we can make in order to register this name, we have made this change for registration.
This name combines an Old Norse given name and an Old English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter might be interested to know that the period spellings Freóman and Frigman would also be compatible with the Old Norse given name Daði. In addition, the lingua Societatis form Freeman, based on the Old Norse byname karl, would also be registerable with the given name. If the submitter is interested in any of these options, they may make a request for reconsideration.
This badge does not conflict with the device of John Shark the Wanderer, Azure, a shark's tooth point downward proper. There is a DC for removing the field and another for orientation of the tooth, as the tooth in John's device has its roots to chief and that in the current submission has its roots to base.
We decline at this time to rule whether there is a DC for type between these two charges.
Nice 16th century English name!
This badge is not too simple to register under SENA GP2A and A3E3; the standard in both of those sections is that the design cannot consist only of abstract symbols. As this design includes charges (the gouttes) that are not abstract symbols, this is registrable.
This device was pended on the November 2022 LoAR to allow time to process a blanket permission to conflict with the device of Bertram {o,}lfúss, Sable, a raven and a base urdy argent, with which it conflicts. The blanket permission to conflict appears elsewhere in this letter.
Blazoned when registered in March 2000 as Argent, on a bend sable between two frogs vert a heart between two keys wards to chief argent, we are clarifying that these are keys inverted, the keys are bendwise with the wards to dexter chief. In other words, they are in their default orientation, following the line of the bend. We are reblazoning to clarify their orientation. See the Cover Letter for a discussion on the orientation of keys.
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
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Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter's previous device, Gules, on a fess between two open books and a harp Or, three equal armed Celtic crosses sable, is released.
Submitted as Fleur Barinou, no suitable evidence could be found for the spelling of the byname. The submitter provided an image of a record from FamilySearch historical records in support of this spelling, but a closer examination revealed the spelling was actually Barincou. With the submitter's express permission, we have made this change for registration.
The byname Pals was originally presented on the Letter of Intent as Dutch; however, a closer look at the documentation did not support this byname in the Dutch language. Heralds at the Pelican meeting were able to find the byname Pals in German, allowing us to register this name as submitted.
This name combines a Dutch given name and a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice badge!
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Ashkenazic culture. This name meets that request.
The submitter's previous name, Geoffrey Geometer, is released.
Nice early 16th century Dutch name!
The submitter indicated an interest in a Viking Era Old Norse name. They may be interested to know that the name Ubbe is Old Swedish, past the end of the Viking Era. The form of this name in use during the Viking era was Ubbi. If they are interested in the name Ubbi Hr{oe}reksson, they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, Aldred Ketcham, is released.
The designator for this household name is -h{o,}ll; the name Ubbah{o,}ll means 'Ubbi's hall'. Palimpsest is directed to add this Old Norse designator to SENA Appendix E4.
The submitter might be interested to know that the expected personal byname based on this household name is í Ubbah{o,}ll.
The prior household name, House of Ketcham, is released.
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Commenters noted that the given name was a modern header form and questioned the use of the {.z} and {l/} in this name. The attested forms include the Latinized Dirsizlaua, Dyrsislaua, and Dzerzslawe, among others. The prototheme is spelled Dzierz-, Dzierz-, Dziersz-, and Dzier{.z}- in Polish-language records dated between 1563 and 1640-1 in Zofia Abramowitz et al, S{l/}ownik Historycznych Nazw Osobowych Bia{l/}ostocczyzny (XV-XVII w.), s.n. Dzierszek. In general, we find {.Z}/{.z} and {L/}/{l/} in 16th-17th century Poland, and there is some evidence that they could be used interchangeably at this time. For example, we find the given names Stanislaw/Stanis{l/}aw and Helzbieta/Hel{.z}bieta, and the surname Zerebilo/{.Z}erebi{l/}o. However, in this source, modern surnames starting with {.Z} are found in late period forms starting in either Z or {.Z}, but modern forms starting with Z were not rendered with {.Z} in period.
Given the above, the submitted spelling is consistent with late period Polish spelling conventions and we can register this name.
The submitter indicated an interest in a spelling of the byname with two ts at the end. However, the submitter also indicated an interest in a byname from Norman England. Commenters were not able to find the spelling Gyllott dated any earlier than the late 15th century. If they are interested in the name Giles Gyllott, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice 13th century English name!
Artist's note: Please draw fewer, larger ermine spots.
The submitter requested authenticity for an early 15th century Northern European given name. This given name meets that request as it is found during the early 15th century in Scotland and Denmark, among other places. However, the entire name is not authentic because it uses a registered SCA branch name as a byname.
Okynfirth is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Artist's note: please draw the maintained mullet so that it's clearly being held by the badger.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
There is a step from core practice for the use of a lightning bolt outside of a thunderbolt.
Nice 16th century English name!
Nice badge!
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
Panther Vale is the registered name of an SCA branch.
There is a step from core practice for the use of the posture sejant erect affronty for non-lions.
Artist's note: Please draw this with the fox's forelegs not overlapping the wings.
This is the defining instance of a cicada in Society armory. Though the charge is found in John Guillim's A Display of Heraldrie, blazoned as a harvest-fly, the emblazon in this submission is more closely based on the cicadas found in a 16th century Italian publication, Opera quae extant o`mnia, hoc est, Commentarii in VI. libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medica materia : adjectis in margine variis Graeci testus lectionibus, ex antiquissimis codicibus desumptis, qui Dioscorides depravatam lectionem restituunt by Pietro Andrea Mattioli.
This cicada is in an unblazoned variant of the volant-en-arrière posture, the default for most winged insects, by precedent:
The default posture for a bee, as with most winged insects, is volant-en-arrière: the equivalent of tergiant, but usually with the wings spread. As drawn here, the bee's wings are more folded back along its body. We see this frequently in period emblazons of flies, for example, and consider it an unblazonable variant of the volant-en-arrière posture. [Cordeilla Sharpe, 09/2019, A-East]
The submitter requested authenticity for Norse. This name does not meet that request. While both of the bynames k{o,}ttr and eyverska are found in the Landnámabok, making them 9th-11th century Old West Norse from Iceland, the given name Dagny cannot be dated any earlier than the 14th century.
Nice cant!
Nice 16th century French name!
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice canting device!
The submitter requested authenticity for Dutch. This name does not meet that request. No evidence for the given name Fenneke could be found in Dutch before the mid-17th century, though it could be found as early as the 15th century in Low German.
Though bridges in period are sometimes depicted with towers, and this has been considered the default depiction in SCA armory, there are period examples drawn as simply as the one in this submission. For example, the bridge of one arch ("un pont ... de una arcada") in the arms of De Pontos de Rossello on f. 22r of the 16th century "Nobiliario de armas de Valencia, Aragón y Cataluña" (https://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000118746&page=27) is emblazoned as a simple arch with no towers, embattlements, or ornamentation of any kind. Based on this, going forward we will consider the presence or absence of towers to be an optionally blazonable detail that is not worth difference.
The byname of Nagybánya is lingua Societatis for the Romanian city Baia Mare.
The submitter may be interested to know that Kolosvari Arpadne Julia was able to construct Nagybánya as a plausible 16th century Hungarian spelling for the city Baia Mare. In addition, she provided evidence of the spelling Isaac in 1592. SENA Appendix A says Hungarian locatives may appear unmarked. If the submitter is interested in the name Isaac Nagybánya, they may make a request for reconsideration.
of Falkonmore is the registered SCA byname of the submitter's father, used here via the Existing Registration Allowance.
Quintavia is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice 16th century English name!
Nice 16th century Dutch name!
Commenters wondered about the dogs' tails lying in the indents of the bordure. By precedent:
Because a bordure denticulada is a type of embattled bordure, the spaces between the embattlements are part of the field. A charge on the field may extend into the space between the embattlements without overlying the bordure, just as charges are routinely drawn as extending into the spaces between the indentations of an indented chief without overlying the chief. [Janina Krakowska, 02/2006, R-Atlantia]
We hereby expand this precedent to include all complex lines; the spaces are part of the field, and are fair game for parts of charges to occupy.
There is a step from core practice for specifying the breed of a dog beyond those attested in period blazon.
Nice device!
The submitter's prior device, Per pale argent and azure, a hedgehog statant between three crosses clechy fitchy counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a bordure flory.
Nice cant!
Blazoned when registered in May 2005 as Per chevron vert and sable, a chevron between two lozenges ployé and a key wards to chief argent, we are clarifying the orientation of the key. It is palewise and is in the default orientation for keys. See the Cover Letter for more information.
Sky is the submitter's legal given name.
Nice cant!
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Submitted as Takara_ no Tora, this name is not constructed correctly. The underlying characters of the uji name show that it is Takara-no-Himatsuri; the name cannot be separated to just use Takara alone. Accordingly, we have made this change for registration.
The submitter might be interested to know that the hyphens are not necessary in this name. If they are interested in the form Takara no Himatsuri no Tora, they may make a request for reconsideration.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskele.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskele.
Panther Vale is the registered name of an SCA branch.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
The submitter grants permission to conflict for all armory that is at least one countable step (DC) from this device.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter's previous name, J{o,}rundr Bjarki, is retained as an alternate.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
This name combines a French given name and an Italian byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice device!
Nice cant!
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There is a step from core practice for charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
Nice 16th century Scots name!
Submitted under the name Varie Jackson.
Blazoned when registered in November 2003 as Or, a cross sable between in bend two candles enflamed and in bend sinister two keys wards to chief gules all within a bordure sable, the keys are palewise with the wards in chief, not fesswise with the wards pointing to chief. We are reblazoning to clarify their orientation; as noted in the Cover Letter, they are in the default orientation for keys.
This device was pended on the September 2022 LoAR to allow for consideration of the intended submission.
This device was pended on the September 2022 LoAR to allow for consideration of the intended submission.
Submitted as Gali Wyn von Ansteorra, SENA PN1B2f requires that locative bynames using the Branch Name Allowance can only use a lingua Societatis form for languages normally spoken in the area; therefore, von Ansteorra would only be allowed in areas where German was usually spoken. As German is not one of the languages normally spoken in Meridies, we have therefore changed the locative to of Ansteorra for registration.
In addition, no evidence could be found for the given name Gali with a single l; the FamilySearch record included in the submitter's documentation showed a different given name when its underlying image was examined. Commenters did find suitable evidence of the given name Galli in a time and place compatible with the rest of the name elements. We have made this change for registration.
Ansteorra is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Artist's note: Please draw the dovetails of even width.
The byname of the Valley is the lingua Societatis form of the French byname del Val.
This badge does not use a reserved charge. What is reserved to the Order of Knighthood is a white/argent belt. By repeated precedent, an ermined fur is treated as a different tincture than its background tincture, so the belt in this submission is not argent.
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
Reblazoned in June 2015 as Sable, a double-headed lion queue-forchy contourny maintaining a sword inverted and on a bordure embattled argent an orle of keys reversed sable, that can be interpreted as an orle of keys, each key fesswise reversed. However, the keys follow the line of line bordure, aligned bow to wards, thus this is actually an orle of keys in orle.
Submitted as Legion of the Dark Horse, this household name is not constructed correctly. The submitter asserted that Dark Horse was the direct opposite of Pale Horse, which appears as Companions of the Pale Horse in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna. While this would be true for an order name, order names and household names do not always follow the same patterns. The submitters did not provide any evidence of military companies or other household names following the same pattern as Pale Horse or Dark Horse. Therefore, we cannot use that pattern to construct a household name based on a military company. Commenters were able to construct the full name Dark Horse. This allows us to register a military company based on the full name of the company's leader, resulting in the household name Legion of _ Dark Horse. We have made this change for registration.
Legion is an acceptable household designator based on the March 2010 Cover Letter; Palimpsest is directed to add this designator to SENA Appendix E4.
Artist's note: Please avoid having gouttes lying behind the points of the base.
Submitted as Lavinia Vincenzo, the submitter indicated a preference for the surname Vicenza if such could be documented. Vicenza is a city in Italy; according to SENA Appendix A, locatives may appear unmarked in Italian names. Therefore, we are happy to make this change for registration.
Submitted as Magnus Bogsviegir, the Old Norse byname meaning 'bowman, archer' is Bogsveigir. We have made this change for registration.
Nice 13th century English name!
Artist's note: Pales in period armory were typically drawn with fewer than half the spots seen here.
Nice name from 1415 in Paris!
This does not conflict with Lyrel-Phillipa of Eden's Hall badge, Azure, a martlet voided argent, as the martlet is essentially azure fimbriated argent. For conflict purposes the marlet is azure, which we ask Morsulus to note in the O&A.
Nice badge!
Submitted as Hrafna-Sigrid Úlfsdóttir, this name is not constructed correctly. The prepended byname Hrafna is Old Norse, while the given name Sigrid is a 15th century Swedish form. No evidence was provided, nor could any be found during the commentary process, for combining these two elements to form a single name phrase. The submitter opted to resolve this lingual mismatch by switching the order of the name elements and removing the hyphen, creating the name Sigrid Hrafn Úlfsdóttir. We have made this change for submission.
This name combines a Swedish given name with an Old Norse double byname. As both of these languages appear in the same language group in SENA Appendix C, they may be combined when the elements are dated within 500 years of each other as is the case here.
Loch Stockingborough is the registered name on an SCA branch.
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Nice device!
The submitter's former primary name, Aveline de la Rocha, becomes an alternate name.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Or, issuant from a three-legged pot three mushrooms vert, a bordure quarterly vert and sable, is released.
This badge is not in conflict with Jana Aoibea's badge for the House of the Blackened Pot, Or, a cauldron suspended from a tripod sable, with a DC for fieldlessness and another for removing the tripod. Past precedent declared:
The tripod [in the House of the Blackened Pot's badge] is not significant enough to contribute difference. [Beinntheine, Shire of, 03/2000, R-Meridies]
This precedent was set before maintained charges were worth a difference. As the tripod has at least as much visual weight as a typical maintained charge, we therefore overturn the March 2000 precedent and declare the tripod to be equivalent to a maintained charge.
This badge is also not in conflict with the badge for Mons von Goarshausen, (Fieldless) Issuant from a pipkin sable a flame gules, with a DC for fieldlessness and another for removing the flame.
Nice badge!
The chains in this device are a decorative detail not worth difference, and we ask Morsulus to note this in the O&A.
There is a step from core practice for the use of the sejant erect affronty posture by a quadruped other than a lion.
The submitter requested authenticity for Norse. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent but was fortunately noted by Lilie Ragged Staff with enough time for commenters to respond. Kingdoms are reminded that all requests for authenticity must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to avoid a name being pended for further research.
This name meets that request, as it is an authentic 9th-11th century Old West Norse name from Iceland.
The submitter might be interested to know that the word borsuk 'badger' enters the Polish language in the second half of the 16th century. The word found for badger during most of our period is ja{z'}wiec. Bynames based on this word are dictus Yaswecz/Iaswecz (14th century) and Iazvyeczsky/Iaswyeczky (15th century). If the submitter is interested in any of those bynames, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice cant!
Nice French name for 1292 in Paris!
Submitted as Moyen Berendi, no documentation was provided and none could be found for the given name Moyen. The submitter explicitly allowed a change to the attested given name Moyn, and so we have made that change for registration.
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Submitted as Ciarán _ Fintan, this name is not constructed correctly. Fintan is a Gaelic given name; the Gaelic language does not use unmarked patronymic bynames. Though the submitter allows no major changes, they explicitly consented to adding the element macc in order to solve this issue. We have therefore changed this name to Ciarán macc Fintan in order to register it.
Jararvellir is the registered name of an SCA branch.
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The submitter might be interested to know that another valid way to transliterate the byname is az-Zahra'; this transliteration more closely reflects the pronunciation. In addition, the scholarly transliteration of the name includes macrons resulting in the name {A-}mina al-Zahr{a-}'. If they are interested in either that name or the name Amina az-Zahra', they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's prior device, Per fess purpure and Or, a hummingbird volant, wings addorsed, and three roses counterchanged barbed and seeded proper, is retained as a badge.
Rio de las Animas is the registered name of an SCA branch.
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The submitter requested authenticity for "14th century Austrian". This name does not meet that request. Neither element could be found documented to the 14th century in Austria. The given name was found in 15th century Germany, while the byname is based on the 15th century German name of a town in Slovakia.
Nice device!
Submitted as Ibrahim ibn Da'ud al-Qal'at Fimi al-ma`r{u-}f bi-Petrus, this name is not constructed correctly. The name phrase bi-Petrus combines Arabic bi with Italian Petrus; without evidence of such mixes within the same name phrase, this combination may not be registered. The name Petrus appears in Arabic as Butrus; we have made this change to both resolve the lingual mix and to partially meet the submitter's authenticity request. In addition, in the name phrase al-ma`r{u-}f, the letter alif (`) should be a letter ayn ('). We have also made this change for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for "11-13th century Norman/Arab/Byzantine culture of Sicily". This name may meet that request. We do not have enough information from this time period or place to make an educated decision on the authenticity of this name at this time.
The submitter's previous name, Donnchadh mac Fail, is released.
Tracy is the submitter's legal given name.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This name is returned for presumption against Frederick III of Sicily, whose name appears in Latinized documents as Fridericus. Frederick III was King of Sicily from 1295 to his death in June 1337. He is known for important constitutional reforms in the Kingdom of Sicily, including the Constitutiones regales, Capitula alia, and Ordinationes generales which led directly to one of the high points of Sicily's history. As such, he is important enough to protect. Accordingly, as this name is identical to the famous king, it must be returned.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Robert of Æthelmearc.
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None.
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This order name was withdrawn by the submitters.
This order name was withdrawn by the submitters.
This order name was withdrawn by the submitters.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Cadell ap Hubert, Argent, the astronomical sign of Sagittarius and a gore sinister azure, as well as with the device of Maaicke van Zanten, Argent, the kanji for "bright" and a base wavy azure, with a single DC for the type of secondary charge. Under our existing standards, no difference in type is granted between letters and abstract symbols.
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None.
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None.
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None.
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None.
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This submission has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This submission has been withdrawn by the submitter.
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None.
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None.
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This device is returned for presumption against the important non-SCA badge of Edward III of England, (Fieldless) A sunburst Or issuant from clouds proper. There is a DC for adding a field, but no other.
This submission has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This badge is returned due to the lack of identifiability of the spoon. Having the whole of the bowl either hidden or having low contrast means only the handle is clearly visible, and we do not believe this issue can be adequately addressed by pending this for a redraw. Possible solutions would be either removing the spoon entirely or making it a metal.
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This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Osanna Elze Mailander, Purpure semy of daisies proper, a butterfly Or. As period heraldic cicadas are effectively indistinguishable from period heraldic butterflies there is no DC between the two charges for type. There is also no DC for posture; precedent says:
The default posture for a bee, as with most winged insects, is volant-en-arrière: the equivalent of tergiant, but usually with the wings spread. As drawn here, the bee's wings are more folded back along its body. We see this frequently in period emblazons of flies, for example, and consider it an unblazonable variant of the volant-en-arrière posture. [Cordeilla Sharpe, 09/2019, A-East]
This cicada is in a similar posture to Cordeilla's bee, so is also considered to be in that unblazoned variant of volant-en-arrière. This leaves only a single DC for removing the secondary charges.
This badge also conflicts with the device of Anna Gareysin, Purpure, a butterfly and in chief three hearts Or, with a single DC for removing the secondary charges.
This badge also conflicts with the device of Ase Addæottir, Purpure, a butterfly between in cross four spears issuant from the edge of the field points to center Or, again with a single DC for removing the secondary charges.
This badge also conflicts with the device of Gunnar Mulcha of Odin's Seat, Counter-ermine, a butterfly Or, with one DC for changing the field tincture.
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None.
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This badge is returned for offense. The azure and argent tinctures, combined with the tentacles holding drinking vessels, clearly marks this badge as a reference to the joke phrase "Hail Hydrate," itself an evocation of the phrase "Hail Hydra". References to the Hydra organization or its logo in armory is demonstrably offensive to a significant percentage of the organization and thus returnable under SENA A7B4. See the Cover Letter for more details.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Thelin von Kallenbach, Vert, a domestic cat salient and in canton a snowflake argent. There is a DC for changing the type of secondary charge, but in both pieces of armory the secondary charge is in canton, so there is no difference for arrangement.
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None.
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None.
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This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Markus den gode, Or, a spider within a bordure sable. There is a single DC for changing the tincture of the primary charge.
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This title is returned for conflict with the registered Fountain Pursuivant. One of the period spellings of fountain is fontayne; the letters i and y are interchangeable in English. This means that their pronunciation in period would have been identical, and we cannot grant difference between them. As there is also no difference given for designators in non-personal names, this means there is fundamentally no difference at all between these two heraldic titles and we are forced to return this submission.
This badge is returned for presumption of the reserved motif of Heraldic offices, Two straight trumpets in saltire, bells to chief. The Letter of Intent raised the question of whether Herald Extraordinary was a heraldic office; it is not. Herald Extraordinary is a rank, and has been considered such since its establishment on the July 1981 Cover Letter.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Aturdokht of Dark River, (Fieldless) A yale rampant vert, spotted and armed argent, breathing fire proper. We grant no difference between a yale and an antelope, and SENA A5G3a states "Some creatures, such as panthers and yales, are often but not always spotted; the absence or presence of these spots does not contribute to difference". Therefore, there is only a single DC for adding the field.
This device is also returned for conflict with the device of Styrkárr Bjarnarson, Or, a yale rampant guardant vert bezanty armed gules. As we grant no difference between yales and antelopes, no difference for head position, and no difference for removing the spots, there is no difference between this device and Styrkárr's.
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Aturdokht of Dark River, (Fieldless) A yale rampant vert, spotted and armed argent, breathing fire proper. We grant no difference between a yale and an antelope, and SENA A5G3a states "Some creatures, such as panthers and yales, are often but not always spotted; the absence or presence of these spots does not contribute to difference". Therefore, there is only a single DC for fieldlessness.
This badge is also returned for conflict with the device of Styrkárr Bjarnarson, Or, a yale rampant guardant vert bezanty armed gules. As we grant no difference between yales and antelopes, no difference for head position, and no difference for removing the spots, there is only a single DC for removing the field.
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- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This name is pended to discuss the difference between the Arabic masculine given name `{A-}mir with the protected Arabic title Am{i-}r. The underlying Arabic characters for each item have two changes to sound and appearance between them; the change in appearance disappears in the transliteration. In addition, we allow macrons to be dropped for registration but the macrons here inform the quality of the vowels and directly contribute to the difference between the given name and the title.
We specifically are seeking feedback on these two issues so that it can inform this submission as well as future submissions containing elements whose original languages use non-Latin scripts. These languages can sometimes be at an artificial disadvantage due to our gaps in education and understanding.
This was item 15 on the An Tir letter of November 11, 2022.
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This name is pended to address the authenticity request. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent, and it was not identified with enough time for commenters to properly evaluate whether or not this name is authentic for the Dutch language.
This was item 9 on the East letter of November 30, 2022.
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This device is pended for redraw to remove the thin-line cotising around the wolf. In the September 2018 return of the device of Gassion de Beaumarchais we ruled:
This device is returned for cotising a non-ordinary. The mullets have a distinct white outline around their existing black outline that commenters at the decision meeting could not ignore.
Though it's been quietly allowed in the past, we are explicitly ruling that electronic coloration of submissions is acceptable, provided the coloration is thorough and tinctures identifiable. In this instance, the anti-aliasing settings of the software led to artifacts around both the mullet and the line of division which presented as thin-line cotising; the colorist also neglected to fill in part of the field on the sinister side.
In this submission the wolf has the same issue.
Nice cant!
This was item 4 on the Meridies letter of November 2, 2022.
This name is pended for additional commentary and to provide Kingdom the opportunity to provide a new submissions form. Submitted as Rhea ní Siacais, the submitter requested a change to the name Varie Jackson. No correction was issued on the item in OSCAR, nor was a new form provided in the packet; the only verification came in comments nearly a month and a half into the commentary process. As the submitter's intent was not verified in a timely manner, we are pending this name to allow extra time for commentary on the new name.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Brooke of Loch Cairn.
This was item 5 on the Meridies letter of November 2, 2022.
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This device is pended for redraw to ensure the forms match the artwork that appeared on the LoI.
This was item 1 on the Northshield letter of November 30, 2022.
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This device is pended for redraw to increase the size and decrease the number of ermine spots. Period examples of ermine animate charges typically have about 12 to 15 spots; this dragon has over 100.
This is the defining instance of the bottle gourd, also known as the calabash, a fruit which has been cultivated by humans for millennia. Examples of this fruit depicted in the Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne can be found in the article "First Known Image of Cucurbita in Europe, 1503-1508" by Harry S. Paris, et al, Annals of Botany, 98(1), July 2006, pp. 41-47 (https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/98/1/41/240153).
This was item 2 on the West letter of November 30, 2022.
This name is pended to allow commenters more time to find evidence of double bynames in Middle Mongolian.
This was item 7 on the West letter of November 30, 2022.
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