This is the defining instance of a nadeshiko, a stylized carnation found in period Japanese armory. We have opted to use the Japanese name to distinguish it from the gillyflower, which is also a stylized carnation. A nadeshiko is considered a few-petaled flower.
This badge was pended on the January 2024 LoAR for redraw to increase the identifiability of the head.
The submitter originally documented the byname Caredig using the Legal Name Allowance. However, Lillia Crampette provided evidence of its use as an adjective meaning 'loved, beloved, dear' with this spelling dated to 1567. As descriptive bynames are suitable in Welsh per SENA Appendix A, this adjective would be suitable as a 16th century Welsh descriptive byname.
Nice 16th century Welsh name!
This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to redraw the line of division higher on the field.
There was some concern amongst commenters that this was also the submitter's modern use or legal name, and therefore a violation of the Administrative Handbook III.A.10. The submitter has since clarified that it is not, and therefore we may accept this name with no changes.
Submitted as Sebastién Dufay, the spelling Sebastién can only be dated as early as the 18th century. The submitter has allowed a change to Sébastien; accordingly, we have made this change for registration.
This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to redraw the serpent so that it cannot be mistaken for an annulet.
This order name was pended on the March 2024 LoAR to await the finalization of the Rules Letter dated January 31, 2024, which evaluated the level of protection offered to Society-wide orders. The changes proposed on that Rules Letter have been accepted. Accordingly, we may register this name as submitted.
Submitted as Ulfgeirr Bjornson, kingdom issued a correction to change the byname to Bjornsson based on available documentation. Lillia Crampette was able to find the submitter's preferred spelling in Sweden dated to 1344, allowing us to restore the submitted name for registration.
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The submitter's prior name, Ærindis Hrafnildardóttir, is released.
The submitter requested the use of the named motif, star of Ansteorra. There is a step from core practice for the use of a mullet of five greater and five lesser points.
As our last registration of a clover blossom was nearly 40 years ago, we take this opportunity to redocument the charge. Clover was known in period, and a depiction of it can be found in the 1568 edition of I discorsi di m. Pietro Andrea Matthioli.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a pawprint.
The submitter's former primary name, Elina Ulfsdottir, is now an alternate.
Nice English name from the 15th century onward!
The submitter's prior name, Cassion Jaskólski, is released.
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Submitted as Einarr Birgirson, this name is not constructed correctly. During the Viking Age, a patronymic byname formed from the Old Norse given name Birgir uses the genitive (possessive) case Birgis-, resulting in the byname Birgisson. We have made this change for registration.
The submitter might be interested to know that both given names Einarr and Birgir persist into later period in Scandinavia. A later period form of the patronymic byname uses the genitive possessive form Birgirs-, resulting in the byname Birgirsson. If the submitter is interested in the medieval Norwegian name Einarr Birgirsson, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Eiríkr inn faukr, this name is not constructed correctly. Old Norse generally uses the particle inn with weak adjectives. The word faukr is a strong noun, so this name does not use the particle. We have therefore dropped it for registration.
The submitter's prior name, Konrad Rickert, is released.
The co-primary wolf's teeth in this device only need to be considered as charges, not as a field division. See the Cover Letter for details.
The submitter's prior device, Per bend sable and gules, three crescents and three wolf's teeth issuant from dexter argent, is retained as a badge.
This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to redraw the pile and the cotise.
Nice cant!
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This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to redraw the crows in a blazonable posture.
Appearing on the LoI as Asvor Gudleifdottir, the byname contains a typographical error; it was submitted as Guðleifsdottir. We have restored that form for registration.
The submitter's prior name, Corlis Mueller, is retained as an alternate.
Nice early 17th century English name!
There is no Unity of Posture issue for the alphyns. As noted in the November 2012 Cover Letter:
With three charges in a group on the field, the default arrangement is "two and one". The vast majority of these arrangements all face in the same direction, but the upper two charges may be addorsed or respectant/combatant. No examples were found where the bottommost charge did not face in the same direction as at least one of the uppermost charges.
We ask Palimpsest to open a Rules Letter to add an example of this type of motif to SENA A3D2c.
This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to redraw the sun to use equal-length points and rays.
There is a step from core practice for the use of compass stars.
Submitted as Entet von Kleinberg, this name is not constructed correctly. The given name from the Dutch language group and dated to the 10th century, while the byname is from the German language group and dated to 1497. This results in more than a 300 year gap between name elements that are a lingual mix , making this name in violation of SENA PN1B1 and SENA Appendix C. The earlier form of the submitted byname is de Clenenberga, dated to 1220. This is early enough to be combined with a 10th century given name and remain within the 300 year gap. Accordingly, we have made this change for registration.
This name combines a Frisian given name and a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice name for 1292 in Paris, France!
Appearing on the LoI as House of the Home Hearth, the name appeared on the form as House of _ Home Hearth. We have changed the name to match the submitted form for registration.
This armory was submitted under the name Leone d'Amore.
This name combines an Irish Gaelic given name and an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice name for late 15th century Spain!
This armory was submitted under the name Konrad Stahli.
Submitted as Úlfarr Waltharison, no evidence was provided for the submitted byname. Fortunately, Alys Ogress was able to document the given name Walther in the Diplomatarium Norvegicum dated to 1429. This allows for the patronymic Walthersson in 15th century Norway which is temporally compatible with the Old Norse given name Úlfarr per SENA PN1B. Accordingly, we have made this change for registration.
Artist's note: Please draw the antlers closer in tincture to the "argent to light yellow brown" specified for the attires of stags proper in Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
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This device does not conflict with the device of Leonidas Balsamon, Per pale azure and Or, two lions combatant and a base counterchanged. There is a DC for removing the base and a DC between the postures of the felines.
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As they have roughly equal visual weight, the arch and savage are considered to be in the same tertiary charge group. The savage's club is considered artistic license per SENA Appendix I3 and I6.
Some commenters wondered whether this submission was too allusive to the frost giants of Norse myth, particularly as depicted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although evocative in combination with the submitter's registered name (and with the submitted household name), SENA currently does not have any rule about name/armory combinations that are obtrusively modern or that appear to be a claim of non-human origin. We request that Palimpsest create a Rules Letter to modify A6 to address this type of combination of name and armory.
Blazoned when registered in December of 2020 as Argent, a goat clymant contourny sable and a brown talbot rampant proper, there is no default arrangement for two charges on an undivided field, so we are clarifying the arrangement of the charges.
Ealdormere is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter's previous name, Kráku-Hallr Gunnarsson, is retained as an alternate.
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This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to await the outcome of proposed rule changes to SENA A6F on the Palimpsest Rules Letter dated January 5th. The new section A6F1d says, "Per pale designs without any charges do not have the appearance of marshalling if at least one section is a plain tincture or fur (such as vair or argent ermined gules) that we do not protect as arms", which clears this design from having the appearance of marshalling.
Nice device!
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter's previous name, Wir Coleshulle, is retained as an alternate.
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Commentary was raised about the use of a red dog being obtrusively modern when combined with the registered given name Clifford. However, while SENA's personal name rules include the phrase "Something is said to be obtrusively modern when it makes a modern joke or reference that destroys medieval ambience and drags the average person mentally back to the present day," the armory rules regarding obtrusive modernity (SENA A3F3) specify only that consideration be given to "overt reference to modern insignia or designs." Further, "References that require explanation to be seen as modern or are close to core style period armory will generally not be returned under this rule." A sole primary charge with a tertiary charge is well attested in period armory. As such, it is not considered obtrusively modern under the guidelines currently in SENA (though note that elsewhere on this letter we have directed Palimpsest to create a Rules Letter to address name/armory combinations).
This name combines an Old English given name and an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Submitted as Isabella di Mele _ Fiori, Kingdom changed this name to Isabella di Mile Fiori as no documentation could be found to support the name element Mele. However, making this change created a lingual mismatch; the article di is Italian but the given name Mile is French. SENA PN1B1 prohibits elements from two different language from being used in the same name phrase. The submitter approved a change to Isabella _ Milia di Fiori to solve this issue. Milia is a 16th century Italian feminine given name, making the entire name Italian. However, Fiori was documented as an Italian family name, which are marked with the articles de, delli or degli. As the change from di to de is the smallest that we can make to register this name, we have chosen that option. Accordingly, we have made these changes for registration.
As modified, this is a nice 15th century Florentine name!
If the submitter is interested in either the name Isabella Milia delli Fiori or Isabella Milia degli Fiori, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice cant!
The submitter's former primary name, Titus Quintilius Calidus, is now their alternate.
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Submitted under the name Liv Ivarsdatter.
Submitted as Magdalena Margarethe Kauffman, the submitter indicated an interest in the spelling Kaufmann if it could be documented. Jeanne Marie Palimpsest was able to find evidence of this spelling temporally compatible with the other two elements in this name. We are happy to make this change.
The double given names were documented as Middle Low German names from Latvia. The submitter might be interested to know that Kopmansche is the form of the byname that would have been found in Latvia during the same time period as the given names. If they are interested in the name Magdalena Margarethe Kopmansche, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice name from the late 16th century in Antwerp, Belgium!
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This name combines an Irish Gaelic given name and an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter requested authenticity for early 16th century Germany. This name meets that request.
Nice cant!
There is a step from core practice for the use of a comedy mask and/or a tragedy mask.
The submitter requested authenticity for French. This name meets that request as it is authentic for late 16th century French.
Gwyntarian is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Artist's note: Please avoid overlapping the arrows by the maintained charges to aid in identifiability.
As this is the first registration of a partridge in Society armory in over 40 years, we take this opportunity to redocument the charge. Partridges are period charges, found in the canting arms of Nicholas Partrych in Stowe MS 692, 'goullz a une fece dor et asur verre entre trois besans sur chacun besant une perdrix de champ a ung bordeure dor billette de sable' (Gules, a fess vairy Or and azure between three bezants each charged with a partridge gules, a bordure Or billety sable). The partridge is considered a poultry-shaped bird for purposes of conflict. We direct Palimpsest to update SENA Appendix M1d with this information.
Nice Spanish name circa 1600!
Nice 16th century English name!
The submitter requested authenticity for "Japan, any era". This name does not meet that request. While the byname is constructed correctly, we do not have any evidence of its use during our period at this time.
Artist's note: Please draw the heart larger to aid in identifiability.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice device!
Artist's note: Please draw the flowers more evenly distributed over the bordure, and with rounder petals to aid in identifiability as forget-me-nots.
Submitted as Magnus Gleðill Vermundsson, this name is not constructed correctly. The expected patronymic form temporally compatible with the given name is Vermundarson, while in later periods it becomes Vermundzson. As the submitter indicated that the sound Vermundsson was most important, we opted for the later period form for registration as it preserves the desired sound. If they are interested in the name Magnus Gleðill Vermundarson, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Mahala was documented as the submitter's legal name; however, they need not rely on the Legal Name Allowance. This feminine English given name appears dated to 1624 in FamilySearch Historical Records.
Nice English name from the 14th century on!
Nice 16th century English name!
This name combines an Irish Gaelic given name with a Scots given name and byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
This name combines an English given name and descriptive byname with a French patronymic, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice Old Norse name for 10th century Iceland!
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Nice cant!
Artist's note: Please draw the tower and bezants so that they are closer in visual weight, as the charges are co-primary.
Nice 16th century English name!
Artist's note: Please draw the guitar in a period style; period guitars had four or five courses of strings. Guitars with six strings appear to be an 18th century innovation.
A frying pan defaults to palewise, handle to base. When it is fesswise, the handle is to sinister. Palimpsest is directed to update Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms with this information.
The submitter's prior device, Sable, on a pale gules fimbriated argent in chief in fess an oak leaf between a pair of attires Or, is retained as a badge.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass rose.
Northshield is the registered name of an SCA group.
The submitter requested authenticity for German. This name meets that request, as it is authentic for circa 1600 in Germany.
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Nice badge!
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This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to redraw it on our standard escutcheon shape.
This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR to redraw the melusine in a period style.
This device was pended on the January 2024 LoAR for redraw as the pegasus was barely overall.
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The submitter's prior device, Per bend sinister vert and azure, a stag's head erased contourny argent attired Or and a wolf's head erased argent, is released.
Submitted as Talorc de Taigh Muir, this name is not constructed correctly. The byname de Taigh Muir was intended to be a Scottish Gaelic locative byname. Previous precedent says, "While locative bynames (like of Kreiton) appear in Scots and Anglicized Irish records, their use in Gaelic is quite different. Current research has found no examples of locatives in Scottish Gaelic that are not part of chiefly titles. [July 2003, Magy of Kreiton, A-Meridies] While we know that locative bynames existed in Scotland during the submitter's requested time period of the 6th century, we do not know how these names might have looked in the Scottish Gaelic language. The submitter opted to change the byname to the attested 3rd century Caledonian byname Veda to solve this issue. Accordingly, we have done so for registration.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This device has been withdrawn by kingdom.
This device is returned for presuming upon the arms of the Emperor of Constantinople, Gules, a double-headed eagle Or. There is a single DC between the "regular-shaped" eagle and the crane-shaped flamingo. See the Cover Letter for details.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Eric Foxworthy, Sable, a winged fox rampant within a bordure argent. There is a single DC for adding the tertiary charges.
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None.
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None.
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This name and device are administratively returned. They are submitted on a version 3.0 submission form; the February 2023 Cover Letter mandated that any submission received after December 31, 2023, must be on the version 4.0 submission form. Exceptions were made for submissions received at Pennsic on the 3.0 submission form, which does not apply here. Therefore, we are forced to return these submissions.
This name is administratively returned. It is submitted on a version 2.0 submission form; the February 2023 Cover Letter mandated that any submission received after December 31, 2023, must be on the version 4.0 submission form. Exceptions were made for submissions received at Pennsic on the 3.0 submission form, which does not apply here. Therefore, we are forced to return this name.
The submitter's armory is registered under the holding name Scott of Ponte Alto.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Leone D'Amore, this name contains a typo; the name on submission form is Leone d'Amore.
This name is administratively returned. It is submitted on a version 2.0 submission form; the February 2023 Cover Letter mandated that any submission received after December 31, 2023, must be on the version 4.0 submission form. Exceptions were made for submissions received at Pennsic on the 3.0 submission form, which does not apply here. Therefore, we are forced to return this name.
The submitter's armory is registered under the holding name Jared of Storvik.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge for Eryl the beehyrde, Vert, an oak sprig and an orle argent. Despite the leaves and acorn being drawn as three separate charges overlapping, this meets the definition of an oak sprig as set out on the July 2023 Cover Letter, so there is no difference for the type of primary charge, leaving only a single DC for changing the orle to an arrow.
This name is returned for a violation of SENA PN3D. As submitted, this name could be interpreted as Rose the daughter of Alis Grenewode. The name Alis Grenewode was registered to another submitter in August 2023. Without a letter of permission to presume the relationship as outlined in SENA PN3E, this name may not be registered as submitted and we are forced to return it. Though the submitter allows all changes except for the spelling of the given name, any change we would make to remove the appearance of a relationship is a major change. These include dropping or changing the second given name and adding a locative, such as a branch name. Given the multitude of possible solutions, we are not comfortable making such a large change to this name to register it.
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None.
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This household name is returned for violation of SENA NPN4C - "Names that Claim Powers". Commenters agreed that a household name that implied that the members were Frost Giants was an unmistakable claim to supernatural powers. While both "Frost" and "Giant" were common bynames in period, the name phrase "Frost Giant", used in a context that explicitly states a company or band of Frost Giants is an unmistakable claim of supernatural powers for the members of the group.
We ask Palimpsest to open a Rules Letter that updates SENA PN4C - Names that Claim Powers to be more in line with SENA PN4B1 - Use of Elements that Appear to Be Titles.
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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 heraldic title was pended on the November 2023 LoAR to consider the question of conflict by translation of Society-wide orders.
This heraldic title is returned for presumption against the Order of the Rose. While this title is in Italian and the registered order is in English, this case is one of the few times that we consider presumption by translation. Therefore, we are forced to return this title.
This device is returned for lack of documentation for the peripheral charge. Blazoned as an orle of lily of the valley, the expected emblazon for that would be multiple lily of the valley plants arranged in orle. The submitted emblazon has blossoms that more closely resemble bellflowers slipped, with the blossom of each plant overlapping the slip of the next one. In the August 2023 return of the device of Solana of al-Barran we wrote:
We allow charges such as an orle of ivy vines, since, as noted in the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry, "Unlike other slips ... vines are often placed as ordinaries".
Without evidence from period armory that floral slips could be placed as ordinaries like vines are, motifs such as this will not be registerable.
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None.
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None.
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This device is returned for using the restricted motif of France, Three or more Or fleurs-de-lys on an azure background.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Albrechtus Vagus, Per pall arrondi sable, azure and argent. There is no difference for the type of field division. There is also no DC under SENA A5G1a, as less than half the tincture of the field has changed: both devices have argent along the sinister edge of the field and azure along the dexter.
This device is also returned for conflict with the badge of Sechen Dogshin, Per pall inverted arrondi azure, gules and ermine. There is no difference for the type of field division, and only a single DC under SENA A5G1a for change in tincture of at least half the field: both pieces of armory have azure along the dexter edge of the field, but the gules section on Sechen's is mainly along the sinister edge, while the gules in the submitted item is mainly along the chief.
See the Cover Letter for details on how these conflicts were assessed.
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- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This device is pended to redraw the serpent. This serpent does not taper at all along its length, so is missing one of the key details which distinguishes serpents in annulo from annulets. As noted in precedent:
Serpents in annulo have an obvious bulge where the head is, and typically taper towards the tail as well as often being drawn with such details as eyes, nostrils, and indications of scales. ... Having too slight a visual difference [between serpents in annulo and annulets] will be grounds for return for blurring the distinction between the charges. [Archibaldus Duns Scotus, 08/2022, A-Caid]
This was item 8 on the An Tir letter of January 28, 2024.
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This device is pended to redraw the raven in period heraldic style. The bird here is based on one from a coin, and does not resemble artwork from period armory. It also has a hooked beak, making it unidentifiable as a raven.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a valknut.
This was item 1 on the Ansteorra letter of January 28, 2024.
This name is pended for further research and discussion into the use of titles as surnames in China. Per SENA PN4B1, we do not allow the registration of name elements that are also used as titles that may presume a rank higher than what was considered European gentry in pre-1650 Europe. The concern was raised during commentary that the Chinese surname Situ was also an appointed title given to someone who would by European standards be roughly a Minister or local Governor. Maral of Dragon's Mist provided information that this was indeed the case during the Zhou and Han-Liao dynasties and that it was considered a title of "great prestige." However, by the time of the Song dynasty, Situ is included in the "Bai Jia Xing - the Hundred Family Surnames", a compendium of 507 common Chinese surnames compiled during the Song dynasty.
By the same token, Wang, a title which we protect on the Alternate Titles list, was also initially used as a title meaning 'King', reserved for the dynastic kings of the Shang and Zhou period. However, again, by the time of the Song dynasty, Wang is included in the "Bai Jia Xing".
The College of Arms requests input from commenters about how Chinese titles that were also used as surnames were handled in China pre-1650. In particular, we are concerned about where a name element would have been placed, whether different characters were used to indicate titles versus names, and whether a name element is acceptable as a name in some periods of Chinese history, but not in others.
This device is pended to redraw the serpent. This serpent does not taper at all along its length, so is missing one of the key details which distinguishes serpents in annulo from annulets. As noted in precedent:
Serpents in annulo have an obvious bulge where the head is, and typically taper towards the tail as well as often being drawn with such details as eyes, nostrils, and indications of scales. ... Having too slight a visual difference [between serpents in annulo and annulets] will be grounds for return for blurring the distinction between the charges. [Archibaldus Duns Scotus, 08/2022, A-Caid]
This was item 10 on the Ansteorra letter of January 28, 2024.
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This device is pended awaiting the outcome of the February 14 Rules Letter. Under our current rules, this device conflicts with the device of Sheela de Presle, Vert, on a roundel azure fimbriated an armoured horse's head erased, in base a triquetra argent, with a single DC for removing the secondary triquetra, as both pieces of armory need to be treated as equivalent to Vert, on a roundel argent a roundel azure, with quaternary charges worth no difference. If the proposed rule change is implemented, these devices will no longer conflict.
This was item 6 on the Atlantia letter of January 31, 2024.
This badge is pended to redraw the charges in cross.
The submitted emblazon, best described as in pale a flame and three hearts two and one, violates SENA A3D2c, which states "Many charges have comparable posture and/or orientation; this rule applies to a group of charges with comparable postures. This section does not apply to charges in a group which do not have comparable posture or orientation though the charges must still be in a blazonable arrangement." The flame and hearts are in comparable categories, both being compact orientable charges. The arrangement of the hearts must be blazoned separately from the flame in order to adequately describe their positioning.
As this style issue can be solved with only a small change to the design - centering the two outer hearts to put the charges clearly in cross - we are pending it to make this change.
This was item 8 on the Atlantia letter of January 31, 2024.
This badge is pended for redraw to conjoin all the charges with the annulet. As emblazoned, only two of the three mullets touch the annulet, and the pawprint doesn't touch the annulet at all, making the entire arrangement unblazonable.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a pawprint.
This was item 9 on the Atlantia letter of January 31, 2024.
This name is pended to request further information about the surname Dadiani. Regarding this noble family, the Smithsonian Institution in association with the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (http://www.nplg.gov.ge/dadiani/en/houseofdadiani.html), has this to say:
After the break-up of the united Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century, Odishi became a part of the Kingdom of Imereti, and the Dadianis began a long struggle to gain the title of mtavari (Principal). This created an obvious conflict with the Kings of Imereti, because a Principal's powers were, for all intents and purposes, the same as those of a King.
It was not until the middle of the 16th century that Levan I Dadiani was formally recognized by the Ottoman Empire, which dominated western Georgia at the time, as Principal of Odishi, thus making Odishi independent of the Kingdom of Imereti. For centuries afterward--until both Imereti and Odishi were swallowed up by the Russian Empire in the 19th century--the Kings of Imereti intermittently sought to regain control over Odishi through intrigue or force. However, they were never successful.
We ask commenters to consider the question: is Dadiani more like Hohenstaufen and Sforza (which are protected) or Tudor, Bourbon, and Stuart (which aren't)?
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th-15th C Georgia. This request will be addressed when this name is decided.
This was item 15 on the Atlantia letter of January 31, 2024.
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This name is pended to await the decision on the Palimpsest Rules Letter dated March 24, 2024. This letter discusses a proposal to allow the Scandinavian regional naming group to be combined with the English/Welsh and Gaelic regional naming groups through the end of our period. As submitted, this name combines 16th century English given name with a 15th century Danish byname. SENA Appendix C currently does not permit this lingual mix because the elements are dated beyond the 1100 cutoff currently allowed in the rules. If the submitted proposal is accepted, this name may be registered as submitted. A decision on this name will be made when a decision on the Rules Letter appears on a published Cover Letter.
The submitter requested authenticity for Denmark 1400s. This request will be addressed at the time that this item is decided.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Krista of Bryn Madoc.
This was item 3 on the Meridies letter of January 9, 2024.
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This transfer is pended awaiting confirmation of acceptance of the device.
This was item 12 on the Middle letter of January 31, 2024.
This badge is pended to redraw the iris with more and smaller flames.
This was item 13 on the Middle letter of January 31, 2024.
This badge is pended to redraw the table to align with period examples; tables in period armory were typically depicted in trian aspect so the top surface was visible.
This was item 18 on the Middle letter of January 31, 2024.
This name is pended for further documentation. The underlying kanji for the given name Ryuukata, do not match in type as is required per SENA Appendix A and the attested names we currently know about. As documented, the element ryuu is found only in surnames, using an on-yomi reading. This is not typically found in given names, and it cannot be registered in one unless we can find evidence of its use there. In attested given names, this same kanji is read as tatsu, using the kun-yomi reading.
We are pending this to ask commenters to specifically search for evidence of kanji that could be transliterated as ryuu in given names. The other two kanji for the given name, ka and ta, can both be found with on-yomi readings in elements which we consider as given names in the Society.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Japan, any era". This request will be addressed when this name is decided.
This was item 23 on the Middle letter of January 31, 2024.
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This badge is pended to redraw the hare in a period posture. As emblazoned the hare is "sitting like people" rather than the sejant erect found for quadrupeds in period armory.
This was item 3 on the Northshield letter of January 9, 2024.
This augmentation is pended to redraw the tree to match that on the submitter's registered device. The tree in this submission is not eradicated, as it only has an amount of root showing that one would expect to find above ground, while the tree in the registered armory is clearly eradicated. Though this distinction is not worth difference, it is blazonable, and emblazons for augmentations may not have blazonable differences from the registered base armory.
This was item 9 on the Northshield letter of January 9, 2024.
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This name is pended to await the decision on the Palimpsest Rules Letter dated March 24, 2024. This letter discusses a proposal to allow the Scandinavian regional naming group to be combined with the English/Welsh and Gaelic regional naming groups through the end of our period. As submitted, this name combines an Old Norse given name with a Middle English byname. SENA Appendix C currently does not permit this lingual mix because the elements are dated beyond the 1100 cutoff currently allowed in the rules. If the submitted proposal is accepted, this name may be registered as submitted. A decision on this name will be made when a decision on the Rules Letter appears on a published Cover Letter.
This was item 3 on the West letter of January 25, 2024.
Submitted as Niàn Tíe, the order of elements in Chinese names places the family name Tíe first. We have therefore reversed the order of elements.
This name is pended to await the decision on the Laurel LoPaD dated April 15, 2024. This letter discusses whether or not tone markings should be permitted in the registration of Chinese names, among others. Current precedent prohibits the registration of such markings. If this precedent is overturned, this name may be registered as modified. This name will be decided when that letter appears on a published LoAR.
This was item 4 on the West letter of January 25, 2024.
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