The submitter requested authenticity for Hellenistic Greece. The name meets that request, specifically for the 1st century BCE.
Nice mid-16th century Polish name!
This device does not conflict with the device of Veronica of Silver Desert, Purpure, three lozenges Or. There is a DC for the field tincture. As lozenges and passion nails are both period charges which are identifiably different, and there is no evidence of them being used interchangeably in period armory, there is at least a DC between them.
Nice device!
This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to redraw the per chevron line of division more centered on the field.
Nice Imperial Roman name!
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns)
Nice 16th century Irish Gaelic name!
Nice device!
There is a step from core practice for the use of a charged complex line tierce.
Blazoned when registered in January 1974 as Vert, a candle and candlestick flamant Or, we are clarifying that the candle is in the candlestick.
The submitter's prior device, Sable, a bend purpure fimbriated and in sinister chief a Maltese cross argent, is retained as a badge.
Artist's note: Please draw fewer and larger ermine spots. The vast majority of ermine fields found in period armory had fewer than 20 spots.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
Nice cant!
Nice device!
This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to redraw the fleurs as issuing from the leopards' mouths.
A leopard's head jessant-de-lys is considered a single charge, so this design does not run afoul of SENA A3D2a, Slot Machine.
Submitted as Iudita of Berest'e, we have changed this to Iudita Berestskaia for registration, per the submitter's wishes for a Russian locative meaning "of Breste"
The submitter's prior name, Gunther of Orkney, is released.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
Blazoned when registered in May of 1986 as Sable, a tongue of flame gules, fimbriated, within an annulet sundered in chief argent, we are clarifying that the annulet is the primary charge and the flame is a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in July 1974 as Per pale azure and Or, a candle argent, sconced sable, enflamed proper, fimbriated counterchanged, we are clarifying that the candle is in a flat candlestick.
Blazoned when registered in April 2005 as Per chevron inverted argent and vert, a brown bear's head erased proper and two candles enflamed and ensconced argent, we are clarifying that the candles are in flat candlesticks.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
Based on the Hanzi characters desired by the submitter, this is a nice Ming dynasty Chinese name!
This is the defining instance of a golden pheasant in Society armory. As an animal known to humans in period, this is an acceptable charge. When proper it has a gules body with azure wings and Or markings; for conflict purposes a golden pheasant is considered half gules and half azure.
This is also the defining instance of a Chinese calligraphy brush. Evidence was presented in the Wreath meeting that brushes like this date to at least the early 16th century. A Chinese calligraphy brush will be treated as identical to an artist's paintbrush for the purposes of conflict.
Nice cant!
Commenters raised the question as to whether this name presumed upon the name of the Pride and Prejudice character Catherine de Bourgh. However, the submitted name is clear both aurally (Cat versus Cath and lin versus rin) and visually of the fictional Catherine de Bourgh.
The submitter's prior device, Sable, a fret the saltire parted and fretted, on a chief argent three annulets gules, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th century Irish. Submitted as Finn Lachlannaigh Ó Domnall, we have changed this to Finn Lochlannach Úa Domnail with the submitter's permission, in order to satisfy the submitter's authenticity request for 10th century Irish.
The submitter requested authenticity for Italy. The submitter should be aware that the byname di Ghibellino is the Italianized form of the German Ghibelline, taken from the name of a faction in the Holy Roman Empire. This name is an authentic Italian form of the name of a German person visiting Italy, but not an authentic name for someone native to Italy. We are not certain whether this meets the submitter's request or not.
If the submitter is seeking the name of a native Italian, they may be interested to know that that castrum Gebelline is a 15th century place name in Sicily, which would make Giovanni de Gebelline an authentic 15th century Italian name. Alternatively, Giovanni Gibillinus or Iohannes Gibillinus are authentic13th century Italian forms. If the submitter prefers either of these forms, they may make a request for reconsideration.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a pawprint.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century Gaelic/Scottish. 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, Ollivier Ragged Staff was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond. As we cannot document the given name as a feminine given name to the 13th century this name is registrable as a combination of an English given name and a Gaelic byname, a permitted linguistic mix per SENA Appendix C, but it is not authentic.
Submitted as House Hollycross, we have with the submitters' approval changed this to Hollycross House for registration, as the pattern <House> <Name> is not an attested household name pattern in period.
The ash branch is fructed of ash keys, which is the expected fructing for that type of branch so does not need to be blazoned. Ash keys are brown when proper, which we direct Palimpsest to add to Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
Nice device!
The submitter's prior name, Randall de Gloucester, is retained as an alternate.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
Nice device!
The submitter's prior name, Ludovico da Venezia, is released.
Blazoned when registered in January 1992 as Per bend sinister Or and gules, a scythe bendwise sinister and a candle ensconced counterchanged, we are clarifying that the candle is in a flat candlestick and is lit.
Submitted as an elfbolt, our last registration using this term was in 2007. While these were certainly known in period, elfbolt does not appear to be a period term for this charge. Going forward we will blazon them as stone arrowheads instead.
This device does not conflict with the device of Adelicia Marie d'Argent, Argent, a sheaf of three peacock feathers proper, tied Or. There is a DC for the change in arrangement from in sheaf to in pall inverted, and another for orientation for inverting at least half the charge group.
The submitter's previous household name, House of Gallow Glass, is released.
Submitted as Quinn's Inn, we have changed this to Quinns Inn for registration, as the possessive apostrophe is a post-period English grammar style.
In July 2012 Pelican ruled that "barring evidence that Niamh was used by non-legendary human beings or falls into another registerable category (like a saint's name), it will not be registered after the December 2012 meeting." [Niamh Fhinn, 07/2012, A-Atenveldt]. However, SENA PN1B2d2 has recently been revised. It now states that the "names of characters from the life stories of saints (like the parents and siblings of saints) and the names of characters from stories that take place in legendary times are treated in the same manner as other literary names."
Therefore we must ask if the Niamh of Irish legend is an ordinary human (and the name thus registerable), or a superhuman character (and the name thus unregisterable). In some stories of Oisín she is one of the daughters of Manannán mac Lir, a god of the sea, and thus superhuman. However, in other stories she is a mortal princess of Munster who eloped with Oisín to Ulster but committed suicide when her father's army arrived in pursuit. So, while legendary, Niamh is an ordinary human in at least some of the legendary stories in which she appears, and the name, in a period spelling, is registerable.
The next issue is determining what the period spelling of the name is. Ó Corrain & Maguire in Irish Names shows Niamh only as the modern spelling (following the colon); the form before the colon is Niam. The Book of Magauran, a 14th century family poem-book does have the spelling Niamh. While in that case it does not seem to be the name of an ordinary human, it is sufficient to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that Niamh is a period spelling for the legendary Niam in a time period compatible with the rest of the name. We can thus register this name as submitted.
Blazoned when registered in March 1982 as Per chevron sable and argent, a broken chain in chevron and a candle sconced and enflamed counterchanged, we are clarifying that the candle is in a flat candlestick.
The submitter's prior device, Per chevron argent and paly gules and Or, two krisses inverted gules and a hart's head couped affronty sable, is retained as a badge.
There was some discussion as to the appropriate feminization of the new byname. Per precedent, we do not consider names registered under the Existing Registration Allowance to be gender neutral. Thus, a byname must match the gender of the given name. As sliabh is a masculine noun, it is lenited by the definite genitive article an. In this case, the lenition of s- after an is ts-. So the submitted an tSleibhe is correct for of the mountain. Such definitive genitive bynames do not decline depending on the gender of the base name.
We thank Brían dorcha ua Conaill for his invaluable help with Gaelic grammar.
The submitter's prior name, Siobhan Revina, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter's prior device, Per pale azure and argent, in fess a sword between two sea-wyverns respectant counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
The submitter's prior device, Sable, an ankh Or between three bees proper, is retained as a badge.
Nice late 16th century English name!
Submitted as Welf Mustonen, we have changed this name to Welf Mustoinen for registration with the submitter's permission. The byname as submitted is a modernized form, rather than one of the dated forms found in the documentation.
This combines a German given name, an Italian surname, and a German locative, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns) (to Caid pends)
Nice late 15th century Spanish name!
There is a step from core practice for piles which extend between 75% and 85% the length of the shield. We direct Palimpsest to add this to SENA Appendix G2.
Nice 14th century English name!
Submitted as Debora de Ffrogenhole, we have changed this to Debora de ffrogenhole, with the submitter's permission, for registration. Per https://www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/2020/01/two-fs-a-capital-idea/ certain medieval English legal hands (i.e., semi-standard forms of writing) did not use the capital 'F' as part of their script. In these hands, the initial 'f' was doubled to represent the capital 'F'. Thus, the byname here can be written as either de Frogenhole or as de ffrogenhole, as a simple matter of orthography. The submitter expressed a preference for the double-f form which is what we have registered here.
Going forward, we will register either the double lowercase-f version of such names or the single, uppercase-f version of those same names, as these are functionally the same name. We will not, however, register versions with the Ff form, as functionally that would translate to fff using those scripts.
The submitter requested authenticity for 3rd century Roman. Unfortunately, as the Ancient Western Roman civilization spanned from 753 BCE to 476 CE, we do not know which 3rd century this authenticity request refers to. As naming practices changed significantly between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, we cannot say whether this name meets the submitter's authenticity request.
This device does not presume upon the mon of the Emperor of Japan: (Tinctureless) A sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum. There is a DC for adding the field, and a DC between a multi-petaled flower affronty and one in profile.
Nice cant!
Commenters questioned whether we allow orles with complex lines, particularly with the complex line on only one edge. There are precedents disallowing certain complex lines on orles - bottony/trefly in the case of Katerina Saunfayle in January 2015 and issuing acorns leaved in the case of Margaret Hepburn of Ardrossan - but in both of those decisions the issue appears to be the lack of documentation for the complex line itself, rather than its use specifically on an orle. John Guillim, in his 1611 A Display of Heraldrie, cites examples of both an orle engrailed and an orle engrailed on its inner edge. We see no reason a complex line could not be applied to the outer edge instead, so will allow orles with complex line on either or both edges, provided identifiability is maintained.
This name combines a French given name and an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter's prior name, Siobhán le Blake, is retained as an alternate.
Nice badge!
The submitter's prior name, Cearan Mac Brendan, is retained as an alternate.
This name is clear both visually and aurally of the registered name Sólveig Brúnsdóttir, registered in August 2018. The change of Brúnsdóttir to Briansdóttir introduces a change in two letters and the addition of a syllable in the byname, thus clearing this name of conflict under PN3C2 and 4.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns) (to Calontir pends)
This name does not violate SENA PN1B1, Single Time and Place, nor SENA PN1B2c, Lingua Societatis Allowance. In this case, Idiot is a Lingua Societatis form of the Norse byname Fífl, which is a pre-pended byname.
The Glossary of Terms defines a name phrase as "A component of a name, such as a given name or a byname", thus a pre-pended byname is a name phrase in its own right, and not a name element (defined in the Glossary of Terms as a part of a name that forms a name phrase). That a name phrase is attached to another name phrase with a hyphen, does not change this definition.
Thus, this name is of the form <prepended byname>-<given name> <locative>, and as such, PN1B2c "Lingua Societatis Allowance", which allows a name phrase to be rendered in Lingua Societatis is not violated, and languages are not mixed in the same name phrase.
Blazoned when registered in July 1996 as Per saltire argent and gules, a candle and candlestick flammant issuant from base gules between two spearheads argent, we are clarifying that the candle is in the candlestick.
Submitted as Tomás O'Gríobhta, the name improperly combined the Anglicized Irish O' with the Gaelic Gríobhta. In addition, the submitter appears to have misspelled the clan ancestor's name in the byname. Therefore, we have corrected the name to the fully Gaelic Tomás Ó Griobhtha for registration. This is to keep the language of the byname internally consistent.
As corrected, this is a nice late 16th century Irish name!
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
This device does not conflict with Ansteorra's badge for the Chronicler, (Fieldless) A mullet of five greater and five lesser points distilling gouttes Or. There is a DC for adding the field. We have previously not given a DC for removal of the gouttes in Ansteorra's badge [Brendoken, Barony of, 10/2015, R-Meridies]; an examination of Ansteorra's badge shows that the gouttes are significant enough for there to be a DC for their removal, so we are overturning the 2015 precedent.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns) (to Ealdormere pends)
Blazoned when registered in January 1985 as Sable, a sun eclipsed within a bordure argent, we are clarifying the tincture of the tertiary roundel. While early SCA blazon defaulted to sable eclipsing, it no longer has a default. The roundel is indeed sable.
The submitter requested authenticity for Old Norse. This name meets that request.
Artist's note: Please leave more space between the pale and the endorses.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to redraw the bars with detailing that makes clear they are the overall charge.
Nice Roman name from the 3rd century CE!
This name combines a Dutch given name with a German byname, an acceptable linguistic mix under SENA Appendix C.
Under the new marshalling rules accepted on this month's Cover Letter, the plain sections remove the appearance of marshalling per SENA A6F5e.
The submitter's prior name, Gaylord of Saint Monica, is released.
The submitter provided sufficient evidence that what we have blazoned as six crescents in estoile is a period motif that was sometimes found in heraldic contexts. The arrangement in estoile is not registerable for charges other than crescents without period evidence of the practice.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
South Downs is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter's prior device, Per chevron sable and paly argent and sable, two pheons inverted argent, is retained as a badge.
Submitted as ironweed sprigs, the emblazoned sprigs only have a few small leaves, and no flowers, only flower buds, so are not identifiable as any specific type of sprig. Sprigs with flower buds are vanishingly rare in period armory, and the only examples we have also include fully bloomed flowers as well, which aids in identification. We have therefore blazoned these as generic sprigs.
Had the sprigs been identifiable as ironweed, this would have been the defining instance of ironweed in Society armory. No evidence was provided with the submission showing that this plant was found in the same areas as humans in period; submitters and heralds are reminded that such evidence is a requirement for defining instances or when a charge has not been registered in over a decade.
Submitted as Engenulf d'Èvreux, the grave accent in the byname cannot be documented to period orthography. Nor was it documented to this specific byname. Therefore, we have changed this to Engenulf d'Evreux for registration.
Nice device!
Submitted as Orel Dimitrii'vich, the patronymic byname was not correctly formed. To correct the issue, we have, with the submitter's permission, changed this to Orel Dimitr'ev_ for registration in order to correctly form the patronymic.
Submitted blazoned as quill pens, the emblazon clearly shows feathers instead. Precedent says, "A quill pen, made of a feather that has been largely stripped of fletchings and with the end carved into a functional nib, is frequently confused with a feather. However, we register the image and not the blazon, and the artwork provided by the submitter shows a fully fletched feather, with fletchings covering 80% or more of the length of the charge." [Daniela Schwartzhaupt, 01/2019, R-Atlantia]
This badge does not violate our Unity of Posture and Orientation rules. There are enough examples in period armory of two identical inanimate charges facing in opposite directions (while still being oriented along the same long axis) that we will allow such motifs, similar to how we allow animate charges in orientations such as passant counter-passant. We direct Palimpsest to update SENA A3D2c to clarify this.
Blazoned when registered in December 1982 as Argent, a rushlight bendwise proper, the dexter chief tip enflamed Or, supported by a three-legged iron stand sable, we are clarifying the tincture of the rushlight and the charge group. The rushlight and stand are co-primary charges.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
Blazoned when registered in October 1992 as Sable, a bend sinister vert fimbriated between a tree eradicated and a lit candle ensconced argent, we are clarifying the type of candlestick.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a pawprint.
Nice Old Norse name for 9th-11th century Iceland!
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns) (to Middle pends)
This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to redraw it on our standard shield shape, and to use a recognizable depiction of a lute.
This is a posthumous transfer in accordance with Franklin's heraldic will.
This device was pended on the May 2024 LoAR to redraw the lion with open eyes.
Submitted under the name Minamoto Ryuutarou Kazunori.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to redraw the cormorants in a heraldic posture.
Blazoned when registered in April 1991 as Per fess gules and sable, a mullet of six points argent and two lit candles ensconced Or, we are clarifying that the candles are in flat candlesticks.
The submitter requested authenticity for 1560's Japanese. We cannot definitively say whether this name is authentic for that time and place, as the given name is constructed rather than attested. However, the Satomi clan is documented to have been active in 1560s Japan, thus this name is plausible, and registrable, if not wholly authentic.
Nice device!
This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to redraw the pen to be central so it is clearly overall.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns) (to Trimaris pends)
Blazoned when registered in April 1995 as Per bend sinister sable and azure, two candles argent enflamed proper ensconced Or, we are clarifying that the candles are in flat candlesticks.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Italian, any time frame, reference not birds is acceptable". 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, Ollivier Ragged Staff was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond.
This name is authentic for 15th century Florence.
Blazoned when registered in June of 1975 as Sable, a sea-unicorn Or, tailed vert, fimbriated argent, armed and unguled argent, involved to sinister, we are clarifying the posture of the monster and updating the blazon to align with current standards.
Submitted as a corvid, this category is too broad to be useful for blazon, as it includes not just crows, ravens, and rooks, but also (most) magpies, nutcrackers, and jays, among others. Instead, we have blazoned the bird as a corbie, a term well established in Society blazon which encompasses both ravens and crows.
The submitter's prior device, Or, a fox salient proper and issuant from base a demi-sun, a chief triangular sable, is retained as a badge.
Nice name for circa 1600 CE England!
The submitter's prior name, Aldwin Wolfling, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century England. This name likely meets that request, however the spelling of Brewer can only be documented to 1319 CE, rather than in the 13th century. Thus, while this name is registrable and likely authentic, we cannot state its authenticity with certainty.
There are several attested versions of Brewer in the data, including la Brewere, le Brewer, and le Bruer. If the submitter is interested in any of these, they may submit a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as an alternate name, the primary name also submitted on this letter has been returned. We are therefore registering this name as a primary name.
This device does not violate our Unity of Posture and Orientation rules. See the acceptance of the badge for the Barony of the Osprey elsewhere on this letter.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice cant!
Commenters raised the concern that this name was an unmistakable relationship claim that the submitter is the father of Alan MacRonan MacCalum. However, Coluimb is Gaelic, while MacCalum is Scots. The combination of pronunciation and spelling of Calum versus Coluimb is sufficient to clear the two names of conflict. Thus, this name is accepted.
Submitted as Sigfrøðr Ölfúss, we have changed this to Sigfrøðr {O,}lfúss for registration. The o-umlaut is a typographical convention for representing o-ogonek in certain typefaces. We only register the o-ogonek.
The submitter requested authenticity for 9th - 10th century Iceland. Unfortunately, as both elements of this name cannot be documented in Iceland, this name does not meet that request.
This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to redraw the tertiary charge.
This is the defining instance of a mannarese in Society armory. The mannarese is a type of sword used by the Waldensians in period, fashioned from a farming implement. It resembles a falchion, but with a more squared-off tip and a knuckle guard/belt hook at the pommel-end which curves back over the hand and does not reconnect to the body of the weapon.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
None.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns)
This name is returned for being overly generic. Many groups can, and do, have a guild of toolmakers and may identify a badge as belonging to that guild as a generic identifier without registering it. Registering such a name to any one branch or person would establish conflict, preventing others from using it [Worshipful Company of Moneyers, 07/2022 A-Northshield].
Precedent allows for a branch name locative to be added to clear genericness [Dragonship Haven, Barony of, 08/2016, A-East]. However, if this is to be used, the submitter must be the Branch and not an individual submitter [Worshipful Company of Moneyers, 07/2022 A-Northshield]. Individuals are permitted to set up guilds and these guilds do not need approval from the relevant landed nobility, unless they intend to use the name of the Branch to clear genericness.
Guild and its variant spellings are acceptable household designators, and we instruct Palimpsest to update SENA Appendix E with this information.
This name is returned as the given name relied on SENA PN1B2e "Legal Name Allowance", and no legal name documentation per AH IV2 was provided.
Additionally, while Kara can be documented as a late period English or German name, it cannot be documented to Old Norse. Thus, there is no way for this name to fulfil the submitter's authenticity request for Old Norse.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This name is returned. The grave accent above the o is a post-period orthographical notation in Scottish Gaelic. As the submitter specified no changes, we are forced to return this item. If the submitter wishes to resubmit this name, in period Gaelic the name was rendered either as mac Leoid or as mac Leóid. Alternatively, the name is found in period Scots as MacLeod, again without any accent.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
None.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
This order name is returned as Leather-Bound Book does not follow a recognized order name pattern. While Leather-bound initially appears to be an adjectival description of a heraldic charge, this adjective refers to the material that the book is bound in, not a clear visual descriptor of the charge [CL 06/2017]. Further, we do not have evidence of literal materials that an object is made out of being used as part of an order name. The order name Order of Leathers Book would be registerable if the submitter wishes to go this route.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
None.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
This name is returned under SENA PN3D, Standards for Relationship Conflict. The name as submitted is an unmistakable claim that the submitter, Dimitri Sokolov (Dimitri, son of Sokol), is the father of Anastasiia Dmitrieva Sokolova (Anastasiia, daughter of Dimitri, son of Sokol), even though there is a change in appearance of the name. The change in appearance here is necessitated by grammar, thus the relationship conflict stands.
The submitter may either obtain permission to claim a relationship (see AH Appendix D) or add an element to remove the identity claim.
This household name is returned under SENA NPN3D, Standards for Affiliation Conflict. As submitted, the household name Muscovy Company of Calafia is an unmistakable claim that the Barony of Calafia owns the Muscovy Company of Calafia.
Dropping the locative leaves us with Muscovy Company. The Muscovy Company was an English trading company chartered in 1555 CE. Given its importance as the first major chartered joint-stock company, and its continued existence to the present day, we deem the Muscovy Company important enough to protect. Thus, this name presumes upon an important real-world entity, and we are forced to return this household name.
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3C, which disallows voiding of secondary charges, aside from charges that are voided as part of their definition. By precedent, mullets of more than six points are too complex to be voided and interlaced as secondary charges [Ariel Lovechild, 11/2011, A-Ansteorra]. We direct Palimpsest to draft a Rules Letter to update SENA A3C to make this clear.
It is also returned for the use of compass stars voided and interlaced. The use of compass stars is a step from core practice. Modifying them by voiding and interlacing moves them even further from core practice, and they will not be registerable without documentation.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns) (to Caid pends)
This badge is returned for using three charges in an in annulo arrangement. Per the August 2019 Cover Letter:
Though these lightning bolts are arranged two and one, there is no way to blazon their orientations, or the fact that they are bent into circular arcs, without blazoning them as in annulo.Likewise, three charges cannot be arranged "in annulo" as their placement can be more accurately described as "one and two" or the default for three charges, "two and one."
There is a step from core practice for the use of lightning bolts outside of a thunderbolt.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns) (to Calontir pends)
None.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
This badge is returned for multiple conflicts. Based on the similarity of head and body shapes, we will grant no difference between a wombat and a bear. Per SENA A3B1 grey proper charges are interpreted as either sable or argent based on which is most favorable to registrations.
If the wombat is considered to be sable, this conflicts with the device of Ursula Georges, Gules, a bear passant sable and the device of Diego Mundoz, Quarterly gules and Or, a bear statant reguardant sable. If the wombat is considered to be argent, this conflicts with the badge of the Barony of Septentria, Gules, a bear passant argent, the device of Isibel sviðanda, Per fess rayonny azure and gules, in chief a bear passant argent, the device of Fergus Mór Per pale sable and gules, a bear passant argent, and the device of Alan Silverbear Sable, in base a polar bear statant argent. In each case there is only a single DC for fieldlessness.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns) (to Ealdormere pends)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Sadhbh inghean Uí Chonghail, Sable, a bull's head caboshed within an orle argent. There is a single DC for changing the orle to a cloud, but no difference between a bull's head caboshed and a bull's skull.
This name was returned on the June 2024 LoAR.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
None.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Wahriia of Saint Christina the Astonishing, Device, Vert, a thylacine rampant to sinister Or marked sable. There is a DC for the tincture of the field, but nothing for the type of primary charge as thylacines are considered canines for the purposes of conflict, per the June 2024 LoAR.
This name is returned as the byname "of the Cerulean Sea" does not follow any attested constructed placename pattern. The examples provided in the documentation do support the locative construction of the Sea, however, there is no established pattern for a toponym of the form < Color > + Sea. We require three such examples to establish a pattern.
Additionally, while the name was submitted under the Legal Name Allowance, no evidence or attestation was provided that Heather is the submitter's given name. However, as that name element is already registered to the submitter, Heather can be used under the Existing Registration Allowance.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
None.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns) (to Middle pends)
This name was pended on the May 2024 LoAR to await the decision on whether or not the kanji transliterated as ryuu can be used in a yobina or jitsumei.
This name is returned as we have no evidence to support a Japanese kanji to support the use of the transliteration ryuu in a given name element versus a surname element [Togashi Ryuukata, 09/2024, R-Middle].
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name James of Plattefordham.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
This badge is returned for having a charge not drawn in a period fashion. This device was pended on the June 2024 LoAR to draw the zulfikar in a period fashion. The submitter has not accepted the proposed redraw and we therefore return the submission for further work.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns) (to Trimaris pends)
This name is returned under SENA PN2E: Obtrusive Modernity. Per SENA, obtrusive modernity is defined as [a name that] makes a modern joke or reference that destroys medieval ambience and drags the average person mentally back to the present day. Commenters unanimously agreed that the name as submitted was easily read as "Mad Scientist", a concept that does not occur in-period. This reference rips listeners out of a period aesthetic and drags them into the 21st century. Thus, this name is returned for obtrusive modernity.
This device is returned for lack of documentation for square crackers. No evidence was provided, and none could be found, that these are a period charge, or that they fit our requirements for a constructed charge.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This name is pended while the group's status is confirmed. If confirmed, the previous group name Fire Mountain Keep will be released.
This device is pended while the group's status is confirmed.
If confirmed, the previous device, Per fess embattled argent and azure, a demi-dragon rampant issuant from the line of division vert, in base a tower argent enflamed at the battlements gules within a laurel wreath argent, will be released.
This was item 3 on the An Tir letter of July 28, 2024.
This name is pended while the group's status is confirmed.
If confirmed, the previous badge, Per chevron sable and gules, a bordure embattled argent masoned sable, will be released.
This was item 4 on the An Tir letter of July 28, 2024.
This name is pended to discuss whether this name is an identity conflict with the author Margaret Frazer, whose works include a novel set at Pennsic. Given this connection, the author is more likely to be widely known within the SCA, and thus the potential for identity confusion greater.
This was item 10 on the An Tir letter of July 28, 2024.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This badge is pended to redraw it so that the form outline is not obscured. See the July 2024 Cover Letter for more details.
A wren proper is mostly brown with white or light brown markings and is considered brown for purposes of conflict and contrast. We direct Palimpsest to add this information to Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
This was item 8 on the Ansteorra letter of July 26, 2024.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
This device is pended to redraw it on our standard escutcheon, and to enlarge the reindeer and wreaths. As drawn the wreaths are not identifiable even at full size.
This was item 1 on the Atlantia letter of July 2, 2024.
This device is pended to redraw the primary charge. Submitted as a goose with human feet, as drawn the bird more closely resembles a duck.
This was item 3 on the Atlantia letter of July 2, 2024.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
This device is pended to redraw the skull to improve its identifiability.
This was item 5 on the Caid letter of July 26, 2024.
This device is pended to redraw the wheel as co-primary with the boars. As emblazoned, the boars cross the fess-line and the wheel does not, making the wheel a secondary charge in the same charge group as the flame and the mullet in violation of SENA A3D2a.
This was item 6 on the Caid letter of July 26, 2024.
This badge is pended to redraw it so that the form outline is not obscured. See the July 2024 Cover Letter for more details.
In the return of the submitter's previous submission, (Fieldless) An eye argent irised and irradiated Or winged to chief of wings addorsed argent, we noted, "If a similar motif is resubmitted, the submitter should also provide evidence for winging inanimate charges to chief in period armory." The submitter has provided evidence of a 15th century impreza showing an eye winged in this fashion.
This was item 27 on the Caid letter of July 26, 2024.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns) (to Caid pends)
This device is pended to redraw the frog. As submitted, the frog appears to be missing its front legs.
This was item 4 on the Calontir letter of July 5, 2024.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns) (to Calontir pends)
This device is pended to allow time for discussion on the emblazon. The emblazon was missing from OSCAR and only added in a comment. Per the Administrative Handbook VB2h, this should have been noted in a correction. This requirement was raised in commentary, but the correct action was not taken. Submissions Heralds are reminded that they should be reading commentary on their letters.
This was item 1 on the Ealdormere letter of July 31, 2024.
This badge is pended to redraw it so that the form outline is not obscured. See the July 2024 Cover Letter for more details.
This was item 4 on the Ealdormere letter of July 31, 2024.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns) (to Ealdormere pends)
This badge is pended to redraw the cat's wings as sable marked argent. As submitted the wings are divided in an unblazonable way; the division is neither per pale nor per bend.
This was item 4 on the East letter of July 26, 2024.
This badge is pended for redraw to make it clear that the polypus is sustaining the rainbow. As submitted the polypus is overlapping the rainbow in an unblazonable way.
This was item 5 on the East letter of July 26, 2024.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
This badge is pended to redraw it so that the form outline is not obscured. See the July 2024 Cover Letter for more details.
This was item 5 on the Meridies letter of July 8, 2024.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
This device is pended to redraw the line of division lower on the field. As submitted it is almost entirely above the center line.
There is a step from core practice for the use of pawprints.
This was item 1 on the Middle letter of July 31, 2024.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns) (to Middle pends)
This badge is pended to redraw it so that the form outline is not obscured. See the July 2024 Cover Letter for more details.
Under the new marshalling rules accepted on this month's Cover Letter, the identical primary charges in each section remove the appearance of marshalling and the secondary swords do not create that appearance, per SENA A6F4b and A6F6b.
If this device is accepted, the submitter's previous device, Azure, an East Asian dragon in annulo and on a chief argent three fraises purpure, will be retained as a badge.
This was item 3 on the Trimaris letter of July 18, 2024.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns) (to Trimaris pends)
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