Commenters questioned whether or not the prohibition on using baby animals in blazon applies to non-personal names. We decline to rule on that question at this time. The word cub was used in the 16th century to describe a "crib for fodder; a chest, bin, or other receptacle" (OED s.v. cub, n2.b). This is not unlike the attested heraldic charges of bucket and tub. Therefore, we can consider a cub as a plausible heraldic charge and this order name may be registered as submitted. See the Cover Letter for more information.
This order name was submitted with the attested pattern Order of the X, where X is a heraldic charge, in this case, a gemstone. Previous precedent has disallowed this pattern when it involved the specific name for gemstones [Gyldenholt, Barony of. Order name Order of the Citrine, 10/2016, R-Caid] and upheld as recently as 2020 [Iron Mountain, Barony of. Order name Order of Vulcans Moon, 01/2020, A-Meridies]. We hereby overturn this precedent based on new evidence. In grey period France we find diamonds as a heraldic charge, while in grey period Italy we similarly find rubies in canting arms. Further, we have historically treated order names as pan-European, rather than limiting patterns by specific countries or languages. Therefore, even though the examples are from France and Italy, the named gemstone jasper seems like a plausible heraldic charge in English based on the available evidence. Accordingly, we may register this order name as submitted. See the Cover Letter for more information.
Blazoned when registered in February 2012 as Sable, a sprig of three pomegranates gules seeded argent slipped vert, we are clarifying the position of the pomegranates which are arranged one and two.
The submitter requested authenticity for "15-16th century Italian peninsula". This name meets that request; it is authentic for Rome circa 1480. The given name can be found dated to 1484 in "Italian Men's Names in Rome, 1473-1484" by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/Studium/GivenAlphaExamples.shtml#Giovanni). The byname can be dated to 1475 in the Alberici biography at Accademia Moroniana, maintained by Claudio De Dominicis (http://www.accademiamoroniana.it/Biografie/ALBERICI.pdf).
Nice Russian name circa 1300!
Submitted as a falcon, the bird in this badge has none of the characteristics that would identify it as such: a smooth head, jesses, bells, or a hood. Therefore, we have reblazoned it as an eagle.
Delftwood is the registered name of an SCA branch.
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This name combines a Spanish given name with a double Portuguese byname, an acceptable construction per SENA Appendix A and lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Submitted as Ascelin De Dynam, the preposition de is not capitalized in English names documented to the 13th century, as this one is. We have therefore made it lowercase for registration.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous name, Ascelina Belle, is retained as an alternate.
There is a step from core practice for the use of animate charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
Submitted as an acorn slipped and leaved, we are instead blazoning the charge in base, which consists of two oak leaves and an acorn, as an oak sprig. See the Cover Letter for more information.
Submitted as Ástriðr Vilborgardóttir, diacritical marks must either be used or omitted consistently in Old Norse. The attested Old Norse feminine given name is Ástríðr, with a diacritical mark on the i. Therefore, we have made this change for registration.
The submitter's previous name, Tófa Ullstrengr, is released.
By default, a bee is tergiant, head to chief. Palimpsest is directed to update Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms.
The submitter's previous device, Azure, a calamarie and on a chief wavy argent a bar wavy azure, is released.
Submitted as Boreas Loukou, the submitter requested the name Boreas Loukas if such could be documented. The name Boreas Loukas combines two Greek given names in the nominative case, which is not a pattern that was documented previously. However, the book Because I am Greek: Polyonymy as an Expression of Ethnicity in Ptolemaic Egypt by Sandra Coussement has two examples of Greek full names that are composed of two unmodified Greek given names. In addition, three examples of this pattern can be found in "A Sixth-century Tax Register from the Hermopolite Nome" by RS Bagnall, JG Keenan, and LSB MacCoull. This evidence dates the name construction pattern of two Greek given names in the nominative case to Hellenistic and Imperial-era Egypt. Therefore, we have made the change requested by the submitter for registration. Palimpsest is directed to add this pattern to SENA Appendix A.
The given name Brandubh is already registered to this submitter and is used here via the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter's previous name, Brandubh mac Cairbre, is retained as an alternate.
An Tir is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The ermine spots on the sides of the bordure are tilted to follow its curvature. This is very common in period depictions of ermine bordures.
Nice device!
Elianna is the submitter's legal given name.
Nice badge!
The name phrase Finn Grim is already registered to this submitter and is used here via the Existing Registration Allowance.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
As it has been over a decade since the last registration of a seax, we are reviewing what period evidence we have for this charge.
Precedent says, "The semicircular notch at the back of the blade is the distinguishing feature of a seax." [Armilda of Lydia, 09/1984, R-Ansteorra] This is the definition we've used since then, but it doesn't align with what the actual weapon by that name looks like.
The most well-known, and likely earliest, example of the seax in heraldry is in the flag/arms of Essex. The earliest known description of this armory is from Richard Verstegan's 1605 A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence (https://www.google.ca/books/edition/A_Restitution_of_Decayed_Intelligence_In/Rw1X61sPVoAC), where he discusses the arms of "Erkenwyne king of the East-Saxons": three [hand-seaxes] argent, in a field gules. The earliest known emblazons of this armory are found marking Essex in the 1611 map The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine (https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-ATLAS-00002-00061-00001/1), with the swords having a slight curve towards base and a notch about halfway down the blade on the top edge; and in John Speed's 1611 The History of Great Britaine, p. 300 (https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_History_of_Great_Britaine_Vnder_the/L9DE_ER5tAsC), where they are drawn bending towards chief, with the notch on the bottom edge towards the tip of the blade, much like modern depictions.
As the notched form cannot be reliably dated to period, and as the notch is not a feature of actual period artifacts, we hereby overturn the 1984 precedent. We will still allow the notched form, but the notch is no longer a defining feature of the charge, and the difference between the notched style and more realistic depictions will not be blazoned or worth difference (as with any sword).
Artist's note: Please draw the seax with a balanced tang and either no protruding guard or a slightly-protruding but symmetrical oval guard, to better match extant finds.
This name was pended in April 2023 to discuss the differences between the Arabic masculine given name `{A-}mir with the protected Arabic title Am{i-}r. There are more than two changes to spelling and two changes in sound between the two Arabic words represented by the characters in their original script. While the changes in appearance disappear at first glance in some standard transliterations, they do not disappear in all standard transliterations; one valid transliteration of the given name is Aamir, while the same transliteration system for the title would yield the word Amiir. In addition, no matter which standard transliteration system you use to compare these words side by side, the two words will never be identically transliterated within the same system. This demonstrates that these two words are indeed considered different to an Arabic speaker. See the Cover Letter for more information.
Further, we look to SENA PN4B1 for guidance on how a name that appears to be a claim to rank may be used. The byname al-{S.}i{k.}ill{i-} means 'the man from Sicily'. The name "Amir the man from Sicily" does not make a claim to be the ruler of Sicily. A byname indicating rulership of Sicily in Arabic would either be transliterated as ul-{S.}i{k.}ill{i-} or {S.}i{k.}illiyya (without the definite article). Therefore, this name cannot be interpreted to be a claim to rank, and we may register it as submitted.
Blazoned when registered in January 2011 as (Fieldless) In pale a hawk's foot bendwise reversed argent sustaining a plate, we are clarifying the orientation of the hawk's foot in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the foot is simply in its default orientation, not bendwise reversed.
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Submitted as Ana_Bele De Saxham, the submitter indicated a preference for the single given name Anabele instead of the double given name Ana Bele if such could be documented. ffride Morelle and Scolastica la souriete were able to find the name Anabele in "The Poll Taxes of 1377, 1379, and 1381: Part 3 Wiltshire" by Carolyn C. Fenwick dated to 1379. Scolastica was able to further document the byname de Saxham from this same volume dated to 1381. As the article de was not capitalized this early in English, we have made it lowercase for registration.
Nice late 14th century English name!
Submitted as a barn swallow, this is a post-period name for the bird commonly known in Europe as simply a swallow so we have chosen to use the period name.
Nice Roman name for the first two centuries of the Empire!
Submitted as Hrafna of _ Eldern Hills, this name has two problems. First, no documentation could be found for the given name Hrafna; instead, the closest given name found in Old Norse is Hrefna. In addition, the branch was registered as the Eldern Hills. When using the Branch Name Allowance, the name of the branch must be used exactly as it is registered. We have therefore changed this name to Hrefna of the Eldern Hills for registration.
the Eldern Hills is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Hrólfr Gledill, the Old Norse byname 'the glad' is Gleðill and not Gledill. The letter d is not an acceptable substitute for the letter ð. Therefore, we have changed this byname to the attested Gleðill for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for 800-1000 AD Norse. As modified, this name meets that request. It is an authentic 9th-11th century Old West Norse name from Iceland.
Blazoned when registered in October 2015 as Sable, in pale two eagle's feet couped inverted Or, we are clarifying the orientation of the eagle's feet in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the feet are in their default orientation.
Submitted as Ísbjørn Drager, no documentation was provided for the byname Drager. The submitter opted to change this element to the attested byname dreki. In addition, the submitter requested the spelling Ísbi{o,}rn for the given name to be more temporally compatible with the byname. We are happy to make these changes for registration.
Submitted as Klauss Luinstra van Wiesenfeuer, this name uses the registered name of an SCA branch as its locative. It must therefore use the English article of rather than the Dutch article van, as the submitter is not located in a place that can use Dutch as a lingua Societatis option. We have therefore made this change for registration.
Wiesenfeuer is the registered name of an SCA branch.
We thank Sara Beacon for providing evidence that the style of hat in this submission was found in the early grey period.
Artist's note: Please draw the marigolds in a more period style; a woodcut from 1598 showing a marigold can be seen at https://www.marlowe-society.org/our-policy/the-marigold-emblem/, and a grey period example of marigolds in armory is found in the early 17th C Armorial de Waignart, vol. 1 p. 358 (https://www.armarium-hautsdefrance.fr/document/20685).
The given name Lyra was originally documented in Ancient Greek, which is not a language compatible with the rest of this 16th century Italian name. Beatrice Crescetis and Sisuile Butler were able to find the given name Lira dated to 1618 in France. Previous precedent allows us to swap the letters i and y in French, giving us the plausible spelling Lyra [Lynette Semere, 03/2013, A-Atlantia]. French and Italian can be combined in this time period per SENA Appendix C. Therefore, we may register this name as submitted.
Nice device!
Submitted as Signý bjarka Sigurðadóttir, this name is not constructed correctly. The word bjarki is a noun which does not change to match the gender of the given name. In addition, the genitive (possessive) form of the given name Sigurðr is Sigurðar-. We have therefore changed this name to Signý bjarki Sigurðardóttir to register it, as this is the smallest change we can make to do so.
The submitter might be interested to know that the words bera and birna are two words in Old Norse that specifically mean 'she-bear'. If they are interested in either the name Signý bera Sigurðardóttir or Signý birna Sigurðardóttir, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Blazoned when registered in November 2016 as Vert, an eagle's foot couped contourny Or, a tierce argent, we are clarifying the orientation of the eagle's foot in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. While the leg portion is palewise, the claws point to sinister chief. Therefore, the foot is considered to be bendwise sinister.
Bordermarch is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Umm Al-Jafna Nalkah, the letter a in the name element al-Jafna should not be capitalized. We have therefore made it lowercase for registration.
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Nice badge!
Submitted under the name Ellisif Ulfsdottir.
Blazoned when registered in August 1981 as Sable, an iris within an annulet, argent, we are clarifying that the iris is slipped and leaved.
Submitted under the name Sigrun Eiriksdottir, that name was changed to Thorunn Eiriksdottir in April 2023.
This name combines an English given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
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The submitter originally documented this byname as an unmarked Anglicized Irish patronymic byname. However, unmarked patronymic bynames are not found in that language. Jeanne Marie Palimpsest was able to find the surname Callaghan in an English context dated to 1641, making this a wholly English name.
This device was pended for redraw on the April 2023 LoAR to increase the size of the maintained roundel. Quarterstaff provided new artwork which the submitter approved.
This device was pended for redraw on the April 2023 LoAR to redraw the salamander in a blazonable posture. Quarterstaff provided new artwork which the submitter approved.
Farrah is the submitter's legal middle name. In period, this name element is found as a surname, so it may be used as a surname for registration.
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Myrgan Wood is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This device does not conflict with the badge of Brendan Strongbow, Or, a drawn bow with arrow nocked sable flighted gules, the device of Eoghan O Suileabhain, Or, a bow reversed sable between flaunches gules, or the device of Robyn the Sharpe, Or, a crossbow palewise inverted sable. We consider a bow with arrow nocked to be a single charge, and a bow combined with a non-arrow to be two charges. By precedent, "While a bow with an arrow nocked is treated as a single charge (for complexity counts originally), a bow with a random charge nocked is not. [...] Fenna's device has a primary bow with a maintained key, two separate charges, while the submitted badge has a primary bow-with-arrow-nocked. Technically, under our current policy of nocking, there is an SC for change of the number of primary charges from two to one." [Arn Hold, Barony of, 08/2019, A-Artemisia]. Under these guidelines, the current submission is clear of conflict with each of the registered items by an SC for the change in number of primary charges.
There is a step from core practice for loading a bow with an item other than an arrow.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
The submitter requested authenticity for "pre-12th century Norse". This name does not meet that request. While the byname beinsmiðr is plausible, we do not have evidence of its use during our period at this time.
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Nice Classical Greek name!
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter's previous device, Sable, a tree eradicated Or and in sinister chief an increscent moon argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice device!
Submitted as Eagle Demoret, a timely correction was issued reflecting the submitter's preference for the spelling de Moret. We are happy to make this change for registration.
This name combines an English given name and a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in June 2017 as Per pale vert and purpure, a boar's head cabossed between in base a pair of bird's feet erased argent, we are clarifying the orientation of the bird's feet in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to chief so the feet are inverted.
The submitter documented the given name Tomas from "The Old Norse Name" by Geirr Bassi, where it appears as an Old Norse name of Christian origin. Outside of this source, we could find no evidence of this given name before 1154 (Lind Dopnamn cols 1027-1028, s.n. Thomás). This makes it too late to be combined in a patronymic byname with a French given name, as such combinations are not permitted post-1100. Fortunately, the given name Elizabet appears in Latinized German records dated to 1221 (DMNES s.n. Elizabeth). Post-1100, the German and Scandinavian regional naming groups may be mixed if the elements are dated 300 years apart or less, as is the case here.
This name combines a German given name with an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice 15th century Latinized Hungarian name!
The submitter might be interested to know that the name Soldos Gaspar would be a nice vernacular Hungarian name for this same time period. If they are interested in this name, they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified language/culture. 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 Demotic Egyptian name.
The submitter's previous name, Meredithe Spelman of Canterbury, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter's previous name, Blackledge le Scott, is retained as an alternate.
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in December 2014 as Azure, in pale an eagle's foot couped bendwise inverted clutching a flame Or, we are clarifying the orientation of the eagle's foot in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the foot is simply in its default orientation, not bendwise inverted.
Submitted as Rose Þorsteinsdóttir, the submitter expressed a preference for the given name Rós if such could be documented. This Gaelic given name appears in "Index of Names from Irish Annals" by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan dated to the 15th century (https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Rois.shtml). Accordingly, we have made this change for registration.
Þorstein is the registered name of the submitter's father, and it is used here via the Existing Registration Allowance.
Originally submitted to the Caid College of Heralds in November 2018 as Sauvage le'Brigande de Gestas, kingdom dropped the element de Gestas due to insufficient documentation. The name was subsequently registered in May 2019 as Sauvage le_brigand_, with the LoAR noting: "Submitted as Sauvage le brigande, the spelling brigande is the feminine form. French grammar requires that the preposition and the gender of the descriptive byname agree. As Sauvage is a masculine given name, we have changed the name to Sauvage le brigand_ to make the entire name masculine and match the documentation." Per the Administrative Handbook IV.F, a request for reconsideration may be made for changes made either by Kingdom or Laurel. The submitter provided evidence that Gestas was known to people at least by 1620, when it appeared on a map of the Béarn region of France. While the correction to the French grammar still applies, we are happy to restore the locative de Gestas to this name given the attested data.
As discussed on the June 2023 Cover Letter, these walnuts are in their default orientation, with the seam running palewise.
Nice cant!
The submitter's previous primary name, Hroudland von Freising, is now an alternate name.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Shannan O'Duncan, (Fieldless) A mushroom purpure. Along with the DC for fieldlessness, there is a DC for adding a crown on an inanimate charge.
The submitter is a royal peer of ducal rank and thus entitled to display a ducal crown.
The submitter is a royal peer of ducal rank and thus entitled to display a ducal crown.
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The use of pawprints is a step from core practice.
Blazoned when registered in June 2017 as Purpure, in pale three falcon's feet couped inverted within a bordure Or, we are clarifying the orientation of the falcon's feet in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the feet are in their default orientation.
The use of a fleury counter-fleury line of division between Or and azure sections of the field does not presume against the arms of France.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice device!
The charge in base, consisting of an oak leaf and acorn of roughly equal visual weight, is considered an oak sprig. See the Cover Letter for more information.
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Blazoned when registered in December 2010 as Gules, an eagle's foot bendwise sinister couped, a bordure argent, we are clarifying the orientation of the eagle's foot in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the foot is simply in its default orientation, not bendwise sinister.
Blazoned when retained as a badge in December 2010 as Per pale sable and gules, an eagle's foot bendwise sinister couped, a bordure argent, we are clarifying the orientation of the eagle's foot in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the foot is simply in its default orientation, not bendwise sinister.
Millrinds default to palewise. We direct Palimpsest to update Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms.
Nice badge!
Submitted as a pearl, we have reblazoned the charge in base as a plate. Despite our occasional past registrations of pearls as stand-alone charges, none of those included any documentation for pearls as charges in period armory. If such evidence is provided the submitters may make a request for reblazon.
When originally submitted, Laurel originally modified this name for registration in January 1992 according to the contemporary understanding of Gaelic grammar and Anglicization rules. On reconsideration, the submitter provided ample evidence that their original submission is a plausible Anglicization of the constructed Gaelic toponym Loch daimh na ri. We are therefore happy to accept this request for reconsideration.
The submitters' prior branch name, Shire of Lough Davanree, is released.
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Nice late 15th century Dutch name!
The hurst is oriented with its long axis following the line of the bend (ie. with the trees themselves bendwise sinister). This is the expected orientation of a long charge such as a hurst on a bend.
Nice cant!
The use of an abstract geometric shape such as an icosahedron is a step from core practice.
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Human youths and children were found in period armory, though not frequently. Siebmacher has examples of a youth ("Jung") in the canting arms of Jungen (plates 208 and 214), and children "Kind[er]" in the arms of Newburg (plate 220). Though there are no particular features in this submission that make the person clearly a child, neither is there anything that would clearly make them not a child. Under the same philosophy found in the December 2020 Cover Letter item "From Wreath: On Monster Parts", as there is no compelling reason not to blazon this as a child we will defer to the submitter's requested blazon.
A jackdaw proper is mostly black, with a lighter (white through dark grey) patch on the back of its head and neck, and will be considered sable for the purposes of contrast and conflict. We direct Palimpsest to make this addition to Table 4 in the Glossary of Terms. Jackdaws are considered regular-shaped birds for conflict purposes.
This name was pended in April 2023 to address the authenticity request for Dutch. This name does not meet that request. While Lillia Crampette was able to construct the byname ten Bruggencate from period evidence, this exact byname does not appear to have been in use in the Dutch language during the time period covered by the Society. The earliest that evidence could be found of this byname is 1759 (as ten Bruggen Cate).
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Rhiannon de Carreg Cennen, (Fieldless) A unicorn's horn Or. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and at least a DC between a unicorn's horn and a stag's attire.
This badge also does not conflict with the badge of Ellen of Two Lines, Vert, a ram's horn Or. There is a DC for removing the field, and at least a DC between a ram's horn and a stag's attire.
This badge also does not conflict with the badge of Hafr-Tóki, Sable, a stag's antler in annulo conjoined to itself Or. There is a DC for removing the field, and a DC for orientation between a stag's antler in annulo and a stag's attire palewise.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the armory of Hürrem bint Osman al-Urduni, Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between two lotus flowers in profile and a squirrel argent.
The submitter is a court baron and thus entitled to display a coronet.
The submitter's previous device, Per fess gules and argent, a lion rampant gardant counter-ermine, is retained as a badge.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The use of a compass star is a step from core practice.
The submitter's previous device, Argent, on a pale azure between two lions combatant gules three fleurs-de-lys argent, is released.
Blazoned when registered in October 2015 as Per chevron inverted azure and vert, a hawk's foot couped inverted and two trees Or, we are clarifying the orientation of the hawk's foot in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the foot is in its default orientation.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice cant!
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
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Blazoned when protected in September of 1995 as Gules, on a pale argent an escutcheon of PERU (Per fess, per pale azure and argent and gules, a vicuna statant contourny Or, a cinchona tree couped proper, and a cornucopia Or) within a laurel wreath and ensigned by another vert, we are clarifying the orientation of the cornucopia.
Palimpsest is directed to update Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms to note that a cornucopia effluent is fesswise with its fruit to dexter.
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The submitter's previous name, Astriðr suðreyingr, is released.
Traveller is an English descriptive byname. Such bynames may either use or omit the article the/le per SENA Appendix A.
The wooden parts and bonnet of a covered wagon are each half the charge, much like ships and sails.
In our previous registrations of covered wagons we have not discussed the charge's historicity. Covered wagons are period artifacts, which can be found in manuscript illustrations at least as far back as the 14th century. An example of a covered wagon as a heraldic charge can be found in the early grey period arms of Caretti in Giacomo Fontana's 1605 Insegne di vari prencipi et case illustri d'Italia (https://edl.cultura.gov.it/item/oz5dkdlrly).
Wagons and carts are presumed to be made of wood, so when proper are brown. We direct Palimpsest to update Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
Submitted as House Stellarum, this name is in violation of SENA NPN1B which says in part, "In general, if the lingua Societatis form of a designator is used, any prepositions and articles which join the designator to the substantive element must be in the language of the designator." The designator House is in English. Therefore, all of the articles and prepositions for this household name must also be in English. However, Latin substantive elements modify their case in a way that English no longer does. The construction House of the Stellarum would not be grammatically correct. The Latin plural nominative noun stellae 'stars' becomes the plural genitive (possessive) case stellarum where English adds of the instead; therefore, House of the Stars in English becomes Domus Stellarum in Latin. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the designator of this household name to Latin Domus to solve this issue.
The submitter might be interested to know that House of the Stellae would also be a way to solve this issue. If they are interested in this name, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice 9th-11th Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter's previous name, Isabelle Lucas, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter's previous device, Ermine, on a chief purpure three fleurs-de-lys argent, is retained as a badge.
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The coronet is metal on metal, which would normally be grounds for return. However, the submitter's current device has a Rottweiler's head issuant from an Or collar which has exactly the same issue. Therefore the lack of contrast is allowed under the Existing Registration Allowance.
There is a step from core practice for specifying the breed of a dog beyond those attested in period blazon.
The submitter is a court baroness and thus entitled to display a coronet.
For conflict purposes, the head is sable; it is primarily sable with tan markings. Morsulus is asked to note this in the O&A.
The submitter's previous device, Ermine, a Rottweiler's head couped contourny proper issuant from a collar Or, is released.
This name was pended in April 2023 for additional commentary and to provide Kingdom the opportunity to provide a new submissions form. The new submissions form was provided for the packet in a timely fashion, solving this administrative issue.
The submitter requested authenticity for "16th c. pirate". There is not enough information in the authenticity request for us to make an educated judgment on what the submitter means by the term 'pirate'. As far as we have evidence for, pirates during our period were named just like ordinary people. However, the submitter might be interested to know that this is a nice 16th century English name.
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Blazoned when registered in August 2021 as Gules, a bear passant argent charged on the shoulder with an eagle's foot bendwise sinister inverted erased sable, in base a bear's paw print argent, we are clarifying the orientation of the eagle's foot in accordance with this month's Cover Letter. The claws are pointed to base so the foot is simply in its default orientation, not bendwise sinister.
Nice late 16th century English name!
The submitter requested authenticity for "10th-11th century Gotland, Sweden". 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 may meet this request. It is certainly authentic for West Scandinavia during the end of the submitter's requested time period, but we do not have the evidence to say for sure whether or not the name might have been specifically found in Gotland.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
Blazoned when registered in September 1999 as Per pall Or, gules, and vert, two arrows in saltire Or and in chief a claw couped contourny gules, the arrows are inverted (points to chief). A claw is a single toenail. We are clarifying that this is a bird's foot couped and it is co-primary with the arrows. The claws are pointed to sinister base, so the bird's foot is bendwise.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
The Letter of Intent stated that the submitter requested authenticity; however, it did not specify that the authenticity request was for "1st to 5th Century A.C.E. Imperial Rome". This request was fortunately noted by Jeanne Marie Palimpsest with enough time for commenters to respond. Kingdoms are reminded that all requests for authenticity must be properly summarized on the Letter of Intent to avoid a name being pended for further research.
This name meets that request. It is definitely authentic for the Roman Empire in the 2nd century C.E. It may be authentic for other centuries, but we do not have enough evidence to say for sure.
The submitter's previous name, Sian verch Gruffydd, is retained as an alternate.
The tree in this submission is drawn in such a way as to make the brown trunk much more prominent than the green leaves. Despite this, and to allow for the fact that the tree could be emblazoned in many different ways, we consider this tree proper to be vert for the purposes of conflict and contrast, as described in Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
The submitter's previous device, Or, on a bend sable between two griffins passant vert, three escallops palewise Or, is retained as a badge.
Nice Florentine name from 1427!
The submitter's previous name, Hlíf Angarsdottir, is released.
This name combines a French given name with a Middle English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter requested authenticity for 11th to 12th century French. This name does not meet that request. We do not currently have evidence of the given name Jacqueline this early in the French language. In addition, we could not find evidence of the byname de Alexandria in the French language.
The submitter might be interested to know that there is ample evidence of contact between the Frankish people and the Middle East during the Crusades, and many Franks in Outremer for this purpose took locative bynames from that region. An authentic name for the requested time period of the 12th century might contain a Frankish feminine given name and a locative from an area in this region ruled by the Franks such as Jaffa, Bethlehem, Sidon, or Nazareth.
There is a step from core practice for the use of an animate charge tergiant inverted.
The default posture for frogs is tergiant, head to chief. We request Palimpsest to update Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms.
There is a step from core practice for the use of an animate charge tergiant inverted.
Nice 13th century English name!
There is a step from core practice for the use of an overall charge surmounting a fimbriated ordinary. As this motif comes up regularly, we direct Palimpsest to add it to SENA Appendix G2.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Irish Gaelic, preferred not absolutely necessary". This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that all authenticity requests must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to ensure a name does not need to be pended for further research. Fortunately, Lilie Ragged Staff was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond.
This name meets that request, as all of the name elements are found in Irish Gaelic dated to the 11th century.
Submitted as Niáll Einarrson, this byname was not constructed correctly. The genitive (possessive) form of the given name Einarr is Einars-, resulting in the patronymic form Einarsson. We have made this correction for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Vendel/Norse 7th to 9th century". This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that all authenticity requests must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to ensure a name does not need to be pended for further research. Fortunately, Lilie Ragged Staff was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond.
This name meets that request, as all of the elements can be found dated to the end of the requested time period in the Norse language.
The submitter's previous name, Rhodri ap Rhydderch, is retained as an alternate.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
This name combines an Italian given name and a Spanish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter requested authenticity for "9-11Cen Scandinavian". This name does not meet that request. Though the construction of the byname Tr{o,}llsbani is plausible, we do not have any evidence of its use in our period at this time.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns) (to Outlands pends)
Loch Gryffyn is the registered name of an SCA branch.
There is a step from core practice for the use of triskeles.
Nice cant!
Nice 15th century Italian name from Ferrara!
This device does not conflict with the badge of Bianca Drago, Purpure, a dragon in annulo, head to chief and on a chief argent, three roses purpure. There is a DC for the field tincture and a DC for removing the wings of the dragon.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns) (to Trimaris pends)
This name was pended in April 2023 to allow commenters more time to find evidence of double bynames in Middle Mongolian. Ursula Serpent was able to provide enough evidence to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that this name is registerable as either a double descriptive byname followed by the given name Qulgana, or a single descriptive byname followed by the two-element given name Qara Qulgana. As both ways of interpreting this name are plausible, we decline to rule on the broader question of double descriptive bynames in all Middle Mongolian names at this time.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This name and device must regrettably be returned, as Ister is deceased. We have some precedent regarding registering submissions that were in process prior to the submitter passing away; however, this submission does not fall under that rubric as it did not appears on a Letter of Intent until well after his death. By precedent:
The Admin Handbook is not explicit regarding the deceased, but does repeatedly reference the owner with regards to registered items. In the case of items registered to individuals that then pass away, ownership is determined by a heraldic will or legal heir. In the case of a submission by a deceased individual, there is no owner, therefore it cannot be registered without an appeal to the Board." [Gawyne d'Ibelin, 03/2014, R-Lochac]
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Andrew of Seldom Rest, Or, a dragonfly displayed gules. There is a single DC for changing the tincture of the dragonfly.
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Ragnar Leifsson, Vert, an oak sprig fructed within an annulet of rope nowed in base Or. There is a single DC for removing the annulet of rope.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Christine the Accursed, Azure, a chrysanthemum in profile slipped and leaved Or. There is a DC for the tincture of the field, but nothing for removing the slip and leaves, and nothing between types of multi-petaled flowers in profile.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
None.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
None.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns) (to Atenveldt pends)
None.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
None.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Keridwen of Montrose, reblazoned on this letter as Sable, an iris slipped and leaved within an annulet argent. There is a DC for adding the secondary mullets; but nothing for the difference between a tachibana and an iris.
If registered, this would have been the defining instance of a tachibana, a stylized orange blossom found in period Japanese armory, which is slipped and leaved by definition.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Susannah of York, Argent, a lily slipped and leaved purpure. There is a single DC for adding the voided triangle.
This is also returned for the voiding of a secondary charge which is disallowed by SENA A3C.
This badge is returned for use of a proper tincture not appropriate for the charge. SENA A3B1 says: "tools that can reasonably be wooden can be described as a wooden X proper, and are brown". For an object to "reasonably be wooden" it must have existed as a wooden object before it became a heraldic charge. Although it is possible that someone may have carved such a cross from wood before it was adopted as the insignia of the Knights of Santiago, the same could be said for any charge; this argument would not be enough to allow a wooden lion proper, and it is also not sufficient to support this submission.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2b: "a single charge group may not mix ordinaries with non-ordinaries or mix two types of ordinaries". The charge in chief was originally submitted blazoned as a pile, and was changed to a triangle inverted throughout after internal commentary pointed out potential style issues. Alternate blazons may sometimes be used to avoid style issues, but the blazon must still be reasonable. We do not consider the charge in chief to be a triangle inverted throughout, any more than we'd consider a pale in the same position to be a billet throughout.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
This device was pended for redraw on the April 2023 LoAR to change the style of the trivet. The original emblazon used a long-legged version of a trivet that is too close in appearance to the disallowed triskelion gammadion. While Quarterstaff provided new artwork, no acceptance was received and we therefore return the submission for further work.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
None.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
None.
(to Laurel acceptances) (to Laurel returns)
None.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This order name is returned for violation of SENA NPN2E, Generic Identifiers. Any Kingdom may have a company of scribes, and it therefore follows the example in the rules of Brewer's Guild. The Kingdom of Meridies may use this name as a badge association, but this name may not be registered as it would prevent any other group from using the name Company of Scribes.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
This submission has been withdrawn by the submitter.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
None.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
None.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns) (to Outlands pends)
None.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns) (to Trimaris pends)
None.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This order name is pended to discuss whether or not the real-world order Order of the Golden Apple should continue to be protected. Submitted as Order of the Golden Apple of Blackstone Mountain, Kingdom changed this name to Order of the Gold Apple of Blackstone Mountain to avoid presumption with the Order of the Golden Apple, protected in August 1987 (under Bourbon). SENA NPN4B2 notes in the example: "We would not register Order of the Ermine of the West because this name appears to reference a regional offshoot of a protected historical knightly order, the Order of the Ermine, which was founded by a fourteenth-century Duke of Brittany." This order was founded in 1394 as Ordre de la Pomme d'Or, which is how it was known during our period, and we protected this form in 2008.
We specifically are seeking data that shows whether Ordre de la Pomme d'Or was known by the name Order of the Golden Apple or, lacking this data, arguments why we should continue to protect the English name of this order. In addition, we seek commentary on whether or not we should continue to protect this order at all.
This was item 3 on the AEthelmearc letter of April 20, 2023.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
This device is pended for redraw to draw the ford with the top trait argent so it has sufficient contrast with the field.
If the redrawn device is accepted the submitter's previous device, Sable, a lotus flower in profile argent and on a ford proper an increscent Or, is to be released.
This was item 5 on the Ansteorra letter of April 4, 2023.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
This name is pended for further information. The submitter requested authenticity for "Viking expansion era". This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. While this request was identified by Lilie Ragged Staff in a timely fashion, there was not enough information in the commentary to determine whether or not this name is authentic. "Norwegian, with the Viking expansion to the East" in the submitter's original language/culture request refers to the Old West Norse language at the founding of the Kyivan Rus' state, which is the late 9th century; this state existed through the mid-13th century. We are specifically seeking commentary as to whether this name meets that request.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Ellie of Atenveldt.
This was item 2 on the Atenveldt letter of April 30, 2023.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns) (to Atenveldt pends)
This device is pended to redraw the lion's head in a more period and recognizable style.
This was item 1 on the Atlantia letter of April 21, 2023.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
This order name is pended to await the outcome of the group advancement.
This badge association is pended to await the outcome of the order name submission.
This was item 4 on the East letter of April 30, 2023.
This order name is pended to await the outcome of the group advancement.
This badge association is pended to await the outcome of the order name submission.
This was item 5 on the East letter of April 30, 2023.
This order name is pended to await the outcome of the group advancement.
This was item 6 on the East letter of April 30, 2023.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
This device is pended to redraw the roses in their default arrangement. Precedent says "the default arrangement for three charges above a per chevron line of division is in chief in fess" [Sebestyen Anastasia, 10/2018, R-Æthelmearc].
This was item 4 on the Lochac letter of April 28, 2023.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This device is pended for redraw to place the heads more centrally on the field and reduce the height of the mountain, to avoid the appearance of all three charges being in the same charge group.
This was item 4 on the Meridies letter of April 5, 2023.
This badge is pended to redraw the notes at a size more appropriate for charges co-primary with the crescent and make the arrangement more clearly in cross.
This was item 7 on the Meridies letter of April 5, 2023.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
This device is pended to discuss potential conflict of the armory on the maintained flag with the badge of Hilary of Serendip, (Tinctureless) The letter S with the upper arm reflexed into the foreparts of a salamander, and the badge of Hal Ravn, (Tinctureless) The letters M and X, the latter with a bar above it (Roman numerals for nine thousand).
Versus Hilary, is the addition of the salamander parts enough so that the charge is not an abstract one?
Versus Hal, should there be difference granted in number between a single symbol and two symbols, or are multiple symbols together a single charge?
This was item 2 on the Outlands letter of April 25, 2023.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns) (to Outlands pends)
This device is pended to allow commentary on the correct artwork. The emblazon that appeared in the LoI is not on the correct shield shape, and no replacement was made, as required by the Administrative Handbook:
If an emblazon image is completely incorrect, it may be replaced within seven days of the publication of the Letter of Intent with a correction noting the replacement. After seven days or if the correction is a redraw of the original emblazon, the associated armorial item should be withdrawn using a correction to the original item and then resubmitted on a new Letter of Intent.
Submission heralds are reminded that emblazons in OSCAR must match the emblazons on forms.
This was item 6 on the Trimaris letter of April 23, 2023.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns) (to Trimaris pends)
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