AETHELMEARC

Ailleann inghen Proinnsias. Name.

Submitted as Ailléan inghen Proinnsias the documented form of the given name is Ailleann. We have corrected this.

Anna Browere. Name and device. Or, a rapier bendwise sinister between two sheaves of paint brushes sable within an orle of grape vines vert, fructed proper.

Anna im Turm. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Submitted as Anna von dem Turm, no documentation was presented for that form. We have corrected it to the documented form found in Brechenmacher's Etmologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen.

Archibald of Stoke on Trent. Name.

Beautrice Hammeltoune. Household name House Kyngesbridge.

Broccán of Sunderoak. Name and device. Per bend sinister raguly sable and argent, an axe and a dragon passant counterchanged.

Cassandra Pendorayl. Name.

Catelin the Patient. Device change. Purpure, a swan naiant to sinister within an orle of fleurs-de-lys argent.

Her former device Per bend sinister engrailed purpure and plummety bendwise argent and vert, a swan naiant to sinister argent., is hereby released.

Coletta Briant. Name.

Connor Forbes. Name.

Corwyn Montgomery. Name.

Elina Einarsdottir. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Elspeth Barraclough. Device. Per chevron sable and argent, a lightning bolt fesswise argent and a mullet of four points quarterly gules and sable.

Lucretia DeSantis. Device. Purpure, a bend Or overall a wolf statant, on a chief argent three increscents purpure.

Sara Charmaine of Falkensee. Badge. Per pale purpure and Or, an ermine spot counterchanged.

Sigeric the Quiet. Name.

Tatsukawa Jirou Nakatsuna. Name and device. Argent, a lotus blossom affronty, in chief a dragonfly volant bendwise sinister and another bendwise azure.

Wilhelm Balles. Name.

AN TIR

An Tir, Kingdom of. Acceptance of badge transfer. Azure, a compass star voided argent.

Arontius of Bygelswade. Badge for Justin Case. Per pale gules and sable, a winged cat sejant reguardant argent, a bordure ermine.

Arontius of Bygelswade. Badge. (Fieldless) On a flame azure a quill pen argent.

Astriel of Smael Nest. Transfer of badge. Azure, a compass star voided argent.

Deorwine aet Earneleia. Badge. Or, on a tree eradicated azure an eagle’s head erased Or.

Emma Okenrode. Name.

Halima al-Rakkasa. Name and device. Gules, a crescent, on a chief argent two pallets wavy azure.

Ingvar the Restless. Device. Azure, an owl affronty between six mullets of eight points in annulo argent.

ANSTEORRA

Alexander Peregrine. Device. Argent, a pile gules and overall a chevron counterchanged, in chief a fleur-de-lys argent.

Beorhtric Folcwinesone. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, three cubit arms conjoined in pall each sustaining a smith’s hammer and a bordure counterchanged.

Found on the LoI as Beorhtlic Folcwines sunu, it was submitted as Beorhtlic Folcwineson. Beorhtlic was glossed as a constructed name from the OE protheme Beorht-, and lic, which, based on Searle's Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, the submitter thought was a OE deuterotheme. Unfortunately, in this case Searle is incorrect and lic is not a deuterotheme. Therefore, we have substituted the closest documentable name. We have changed the byname to a form closer to what was originally submitted, based on exemplars found in Tengvik's Old English Bynames.

Brian Aaron Cameron. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Ceinwen ferch Rhuel. Device. Sable, a fess argent fretty azure between three swans naiant argent.

Eleanor d’Eresby. Name.

Emilie Penrose Blackwell. Name.

Fergus Stout. Name change from Gwydion ap Dafydd.

His former name Gwydion ap Dafydd is hereby released.

Faoiltighearna MacEanruig. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Fridemunt von Kostenz. Name and device. Barry wavy argent and vert, a cow couchant guardant Or and a chief sable.

Gerold von Drachenhöle. Name and device. Per bend azure and sable, a dragon segreant Or and a wolf rampant contourny argent.

Johann von Sternberg. Device. Sable, semy of compass stars elongated palewise, a chevron Or.

This is clear of Tadg mac Aodháin uí Chonchbhair, Per chevron sable semy of compass stars Or, and purpure, a chevron and in base an Irish harp Or. A semy is a separate group of secondaries from the harp, giving one CD for the difference in the fields, and one for the addition of the harp.

Katarzyna Szare Oczy. Name and device. Per pale purpure and argent, in pale a chevronel couped counterchanged and two Catherine’s wheels Or.

Krzysztof Kopernik. Name.

Lissette de Meyeners. Device. Argent, in fess two annulets interlaced and on a chief gules a quill pen bendwise sinister argent.

Marcus Blackwell. Name.

Morgan MacAlpin. Name.

Niklas Vasilevich. Name and device. Sable, a double-headed eagle, a bordure engrailed Or.

Nice armory!

ARTEMISIA

Armand le Mort. Name and device. Sable semy-de-lys Or, three death heads argent.

Submitted as Armand des Mortes, no documentation was presented for the byname des Mortes. Therefore we have changed it to the closest documentable period form.

Breock of Whitby. Badge. (Fieldless) A brown urchin statant atop a strawberry fesswise reversed proper.

Conrad von Zuberbuehler. Badge. Gules, an hourglass between three mullets, one and two, argent.

Doug Petard. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Argent, in sinister chief a tau cross gules and a gore sable.

The armory was submitted under the name Terrance Petard Cheredame.

Ivan of Zemgale. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Konrad von Krixen. Name and device. Paly bendy argent and vert, a double-headed eagle displayed and on a chief sable three chalices argent.

ATENVELDT

Aurochsford, Shire of. Name.

Submitted as Aurochs Fiord, that combined words from two different languages in the same phrase, which violates our rules. We therefore have substituted ford for fiord, so the entire name is in English, and uses a word with the meaning that they thought fiord meant. Furthermore, we have made it one word which is closer to what they originally wanted.

Josef the Unkempt. Device. Azure, on a pale between four lozenges argent, a raven contourny sable.

ATLANTIA

Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane. Badge reblazon. Azure, semy of cat's faces Or.

We have reblazoned this to better reflect the actual picture in accordance with the submitter's wishes.

Anton Tremayne. Badge. Azure, three sharks naiant in annulo argent, a bordure Or.

Bastian de la Salle. Device. Per pale embattled argent and vert, a rapier inverted sable and in pale three fans argent.

Brendan Mad. Badge. Vert, a round buckle Or.

Danr Bjornsson. Name and device. Argent, an ivy leaf per pale vert and sable.

Dolce dei Bracchi. Name and device. Gules, a greyhound courant between three triquetras Or.

Dosso Bracchetto. Name and device. Per fess Or and gules, a greyhound dormant and a triquetra counterchanged.

Submitted as Dosso di Bracchetto, Brachet/Braquet, where Bracchetto is derived from, is not a given name, but a byname. Therefore we have eliminated the inappropriate di.

Isabel Ulfsdottir. Name.

Katerina Kristanovna Volokhova vnuka. Name and device. Argent, a wolf couchant contourny sable on a chief azure, three roses argent.

Submitted as Katerina Kristanovna Volokhovna vnuka, patronymics ending in -ovna cannot include vnuka after it. Therefore we have dropped the n in Volokhovna to make it conform to proper Russian grammar in order to register the name.

Mieszko Ziele ski. Badge. Per bend sinister sable and azure, a bend sinister between four roundels argent.

Reina mit dem goldene Hunde. Name.

Submitted as Reina mit den Golden Hunde, Hund is masculine. In the dative it would be Hunde, as submitted. Therefore the adjective takes an e as well. And, the dative of der is dem, not den. We have made these changes to put the name into the correct grammatical form, following exemplars from Brechenmacher's Etmologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen. We have also changed the capitalization to follow the exemplars.

Rüdger von Staufen. Name and device. Per chevron vert and sable, a sword argent between in chief two lion's heads cabossed Or.

Sarah bat Yaakov. Name.

Willem of Bruges. Device change from badge. Sable, an amphora, on a chief argent three flames gules.

His former device Azure, an amphisbaena and on a chief argent three scorpions gules. is hereby released.

CAID

Alexander Baird. Badge. (Fieldless) A wake knot palewise within and conjoined to a mascle sable.

Ann Travers of Amberlye. Name.

Aonarrach Faol Mag Uidhir. Badge. (Fieldless) A wolf passant reguardant paly Or and gules.

Nice armory!

Bridget Lucia Mackenzie. Device. Per bend purpure and Or, a cross of St. Bridid and a castle counterchanged.

The question was raised in commentary regarding banning this cross, since it is an SCA invention and relies on its identifiability from the woven straw internal detailing. However, there are period charges that do just that, for instance moons in their plenitude, so we see no reason to ban this cross.

Claryce of Manchester. Name.

Note: Claryce is the submitter's legal name.

Demetrio Giovanni Valentino. Device. Purpure, a round shield Or surmounting a sword inverted all within a bordure argent.

This was pended from the January 1999 LoAR.

Elva Mac Askil. Name and device. Argent, a brown mouse rampant proper and in chief an oak branch fesswise reversed vert.

Heatherwyne, Shire of. Badge. (Fieldless) Issuant from an anvil sable, three sprigs of heather purpure, slipped and leaved vert.

Ioanna Rudrig. Device. Or, three willow branches of three slips inverted pendant proper.

Karina de Elephantide. Name change from Carina de Elephantide.

Muirgheal inghean Sheumais. Name and device. Argent, three escallops azure and on a chief sable an arrow reversed argent.

Sarah Croft. Name and device. Argent, on a pile inverted azure between two stags combatant proper, a mullet argent.

Sorcha inghean ui Uidhir. Name and device. Vert, a ferret rampant and a bordure engrailed argent.

Submitted as Sorcha inghean mhic Uidhir, the patronymic was incorrectly constructed. We have corrected it.

Starkhafn, Barony of. Order name for The Order of the Sparkes of Starkhafn and badge. Per chevron azure estencely argent, and sable, a chevron, a bordure argent.

A question was raised as to the appropriateness of the order name. Many period order names were formed from heraldic charges. Estencely is also known as a semy of sparks, so it is acceptable as an order name.

Nice cant!

Thomas Wynne. Name and device. Vert, on a chevron between three tygers sejant argent, three caltrops purpure.

Wolfgang Neuschel der Grau. Device. Azure, three sackbuts, a bordure argent.

DRACHENWALD

Gormlaith ingen Muiredaig. Name.

Uta Boucht. Name and device. Azure, a water-lily plant eradicated argent, flowered Or.

Submitted as Uta Bouchte, no documentation was presented for the final e in Bouchte. Therefore we have removed it.

MERIDIES

Elizabetta Maria de Calabria. Name and device. Per pale gules and sable, two rapiers inverted crossed in saltire Or, overall a rose argent barbed and seeded proper.

Eórann inghean Bhroin. Device. Per chevron vert and Or, two harps forepillars to center Or and a closed book palewise sable.

Felicia Heather of Newcastle. Name (see PENDS for device).

Note: Heather is dated in Bardsley's Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames as a surname to 1633.

Francesca de Foggia. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Gavin MacGregor of Perth. Device. Per saltire gules and sable, a thistle within an orle Or.

Michael Robertson. Holding name and device (see NAMES for returns). Or, a cross formy fitchy and on a chief sable, two wolves heads erased Or.

The armory was submitted under the name Hamish Robertson.

Meleri verch Adam. Device. Sable, on a pale argent, endorsed Or, a rose gules, slipped and leaved vert.

Muirghein inghean Rioghain. Name.

Submitted as Muirghein inghean Rioghan, the patronymic needs to be put into genitive. We have done so.

Settimio d'Olivio. Name and device. Argent, a lion-dragon and, a bordure gules.

Talan Cam vap Morcant. Device. Gules, on a chevron between three crosses crosslet argent, three pheons sable.

Tomas O Niallagain. Device. Gyronny vert and argent, three lizards tergiant conjoined in annulo Or.

Tor An Ríogh, Shire of. Name change from Riviere de Sang, Shire of and device change. Purpure, a winged stag segreant within a laurel wreath argent.

Their former name Riviere de Sang, Shire of, and their former armory Argent, a bend sinister wavy gules between a laurel wreath proper and a tower vert., is hereby released.

Ulrich Schwarzwolf. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Ursula Sturlasdatter. Device. Per bend vert and sable, on a bend between two wolves statant argent, three roses gules between two bendlets gules.

Valamir von Straubing. Device. Argent, a wyvern erect vert, a bordure sable decrescenty Or.

This was pended from the January 1999 LoAR.

MIDDLE

Aldiana Dragonetti. Name.

Arabella Jennet Davidson. Name.

Brigit ingen Thighernáin. Name.

Diarmait Ó Corragáin. Name and device. Or, a portcullis gules and on a chief sable three open books Or.

Duvessa of Movilla. Name.

Gwendolen de Lindsay. Name and device. Per bend sinister Or and sable, a unicorn rampant guardant and a butterfly counterchanged.

Even though the unicorn is guardant, as drawn in this submission the horn, the most prominent feature of a unicorn, is obvious and so this depiction of a unicorn guardant is registerable.

Hakim al-Rashid. Name.

Isabella de Corbie. Name change from Madgalen Fairchilde of Corbie Glen and device change. Or, a corbie close sable, a bordure embattled per pale sable and gules.

Her former name Madgalen Fairchilde of Corbie Glen and her former device Per pale ermine and gules, a corbie close sable beaked and membered Or and in chief two roses counterchanged gules and argent. are hereby released.

John of Hró gerisfjör r. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Checky gules and argent, three maunches sable.

The armory was submitted under the name John le Browne.

Nice armory!

Merideth ni Shionnaigh. Device. Vair, a fox passant gules.

Morwenna Llyn Llydaw. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Red Spears, Barony of. Order name for Order of the Boars Heart (see RETURNS for badge).

Red Spears, Barony of, Order name for Order of l’Épée Rouge.

Roger de Bar. Device. Sable, a scorpion tergiant and in chief five fleurs-de-lys Or.

Rurik Brattahildski. Name.

Submitted as Rurik Brattahild, Rurik is a Russian name, of Norse origin. Norse names use unmodified placenames as epithets. Making it an adjective (the person from X) is common. We have done so.

Sidric Swano. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Tigernach mac Éoghain ua Áeda. Name and device. Per pale argent and gules, a cross crosslet counterchanged, on a chief sable three wolves’ heads erased argent.

Tsivia bas Tamara of Amberview. Device change. Azure, a doe lodged Or gorged of a coronet and chained, on a chief embattled argent a sun in splendor gules.

This hereby overturns the ban on people of baronial rank using coronets in their arms. Henceforth, in addition to royal peers, court barons/esses may use coronets in their arms. Note: this does not include territorial barons/esses, since that is not a permanent rank. Just as a sitting king/queen/prince/princess cannot put a coronet on their arms until after they have attained the rank of count/ess or viscount/ess, since, while it is rare, there have been cases of royalty who have not completed their reign, neither can a territorial baron/ess, unless they are already a court baron/ess, use a coronet, since they have not attained a permament barional rank.

This was probably one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make as Laurel, as there were strong arguments on both sides, with people whose opinions I valued making cogent arguments to both keep and overturn the ban.

However, the Society has changed a great deal since the ban was first put into place, in the early 80's. One of these changes is that we hold historical recreation to be our ideal goal, however unrealized this goal may be. The equation of a crown/coronet (or any other charge) in a coat of arms with the rank of the bearer is almost entirely post-period. While we have no intention of overturning our rules on reserved regalia, we see little point in having regalia reserved in one situation but not another. (We exempt the laurel wreath from this decision, since it is reserved to official SCA groups, not individuals.) Therefore, as we said above, effective with this decision, and having discussed this with Laurel designate, court baron/ess may use a coronet in their arms, so long as it does not use the embattlements of county rank, or the strawberry leaves of ducal rank.

Val d'Azur, College of. Name.

Submitted as Azure Vale, College of, normal word order in French is noun + adjective, not adjective plus noun. So, based on the exemplar of La Côte d'Azur, we have reversed the order of the words.

OUTLANDS

Alric Wytyngton. Name and device. Azure, a pall between three trefoils Or.

Anne Aliz de Bâle. Badge (Fieldless) On a cinquefoil Or five fleurs-de-lys bases to center purpure.

Céline Jeanne de Hermain. Badge. Argent, five fleurs-de-lys in annulo base to center sable.

Chinua Al-Naran. Name.

Submitted as Chinua Al Naran, Mongols did not as a rule use three-part names. Fortunately, Pennon has pointed out that there is an uncommon but attested pattern of hyphenated names, to which this submission can easily be made to conform. We have taken his suggestion.

Edmund of Rhuddlan. Device. Erminois, a reremouse displayed head facing sinister, sable and a chief embattled gules.

Pierre Gaston de Vallier. Device. Sable, a lion between three fleurs-de-lys argent, on a chief embattled Or three fleurs-de-lys azure.

Robert of Deerbourne. Device. Or, a bend wavy azure surmounted by a stag lodged contourny proper.

Signy of Stavanger. Device. Azure, a compass-star elongated to base between in base two rabbits sejant erect respectant, a bordure argent.

SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM

Alabama, State of. Arms. Quarterly: 1, France modern; 2, Quarterly Leon and Castile; 3, the Union flag; 4, Gules on a saltire azure thirteen mullets argent; on an inescutcheon paly argent and gules, a chief azure.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Carmichael of that Ilk. Arms. Argent, a fess wreathed azure and gules.,

Based on other Scottish arms that we protect, we have decided that these are important enough to protect.

Connecticut, State of. Arms. Argent, three grapevines leaved and fructed entwined about poles palewise proper.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Estonia, Republic of. Arms. Or, three lions passant guardant in pale azure.

Laurel has recently been in Estonia and is personally aware that these are used there.

Great Britain. Augmentation for Baronets. Argent, a sinister hand appaumy gules.

The majority of the college who commented felt that this was important enough to protect.

Hawaii, Kingdom and Republic of. Flag. Barry of eight argent, gules and azure, in canton the Union Jack.

Hawaii, State of. Arms. Quarterly barry of eight argent, gules and azure, and Or, on an inescutcheon vert between two staves palewise in bend sinister sable each capped by a roundel pierced argent, a mullet Or.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Latvia, Republic of. Arms. Per fess azure and per pale argent and gules, a demi-sun issuant from the line of division and a lion and a griffin combattant counterchanged.

Lithuania, Republic of. Blazon change. Gules, a knight armed cap-à-pie mounted on a horse salient argent, brandishing a sword proper and maintaining a shield azure charged with a patriarchal cross Or mounted on a horse salient argent.

This blazon more accurately reflects their arms.

Maryland, State of. Arms. Quarterly: 1 and 4 paly of six Or and sable, a bend counterchanged; 2 and 3 quarterly argent and gules, a cross bottony counterchanged.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Massachusetts, Commonwealth of. Arms. Azure, an Indian statant affronty, maintaining a bow to dexter and an arrow to sinister Or, in canton a mullet argent.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Michigan, State of. Arms. Per fess azure and barry wavy argent and azure, in fess a hunter statant affronty maintaining a gunstock brown, atop a peninsula vert issuant from dexter, and a demi-sun issuant to chief from the line of division Or.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Missouri, State of. Arms. Per pale: dexter, gules, a bear passant to sinister guardant argent, on a chief invected azure a crescent argent; sinister, argent, the arms of the United States.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

New Jersey, State of. Arms. Azure, in pale three plows argent.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

New York, State of. Arms. Per fess: azure, a sun Or, and a landscape consisting of mountains vert, through which flows a river azure, on the river a lymphad and a sloop in full sail proper.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Ohio, State of. Arms. Per fess azure and Or, a river running at the foot of mountains between in chief a demi-sun and in base a sheaf of arrows inverted and a garb, all proper.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, State of. Arms. Azure, an anchor Or.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Silesia. Arms. Or, on an eagle displayed sable a kleestengl, with a cross issuant to chief argent.

Slovak Republic, the. Arms. Gules, a patriarchal cross argent issuant from a trimount azure.

Slovenia, Republic of. Arms. Azure, on a mountain of three peaks argent two bars wavy azure in chief three mullets of six points Or.

Vermont, State of. Arms. Per fess Or and vert, a mountain range issuant from the line of division azure, overall a pine tree proper between in base three garbs in bend Or and a cow statant gules.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

Washington. Arms. Argent, two bars, in chief three mullets gules.

While these are already protected, they are protected under George, not under Washington. This is to allow it to be index under Washington as well.

William and Mary in Virginia, College of. Arms. Vert, a college argent, issuant from chief a demi-sun Or.

Wisconsin, State of. Arms. Or, on a plate between a plow, a crossed shovel and pick, a cubit arm maintaining a hammer, and an anchor, all proper, the arms of the United States within the words "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in orle sable.

Evidence was presented that these were arms, versus a seal for the state.

TRIMARIS

Darkwater, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Acorn Glade. (Fieldless) Four oak leaves conjoined in saltire stems to center gules between four acorns conjoined in cross caps to center Or.

This was pended from the December 1998 LoAR.

WEST

Geoffroi Bonfils. Device. Azure, on a pile wavy Or a cockatrice passant sable.

He has permission to conflict with Maire Siobhan ni Sheanain, Azure, on a pile wavy Or three water bougets two and one azure.

Merewen the Dark. Device. Per chevron sable and azure, two sun and a crescent Or.

Rodrigo Bernardez. Name.

Solveig Ivarsdotter. Device. Vert, three cat's faces Or, a bordure argent.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR FURTHER WORK:

AETHELMEARC

AEthelmearc, Kingdom of. Badge for Equestrian Guild. Gules, a single-headed chess knight reversed argent.

This conflicts with Keriane St John of Shaddoncarraig Purpure, a horse's head erased to sinister argent., with one CD for the difference in the fields. The single-headed chess knight is not a period charge. Therefore difference is based on a visual comparison. The details of the chess knight’s base are the only difference, and are too trivial to be significant.

AEthelmearc, Kingdom of. Order name for Order of the Sylvan Nightingale and badge. (Fieldless) A rose leaf inverted Or distilling a goutte de sang.

The order name is being returned for not following the requirements of the rules for order names. The moreso since the definition for "sylvan" being relied upon as being period appears to make the word a noun rather than an adjective. RfS III.2.b.ii. requires that "Names of orders and awards must follow the patterns of the names of period orders and awards. These are often the names of saints; others are similar to sign names (see RfS III.2.a.iii). Some examples are: the Order of Saint Michael, the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, the Brethren of the Sword, the Order of the Garter, La Toison d'Or (the Order of the Golden Fleece), the Order of the Golden Rose, the Order of the Star, the Order of the Swan, La Orden de la Jara (the Knights of the Tankard), the Order of Lilies." None of the exemplars use two nouns in a row without a conjunction.

The badge is being returned for nonreproducibility. No blazon could be constructed that would adequately reproduce the emblazon.

Anna von dem Turm. Device. Argent, in pall a tower between three crows sable.

This conflicts with the arms of Marco Polo Argent, three roosters sable, beaked and armed gules. If this was drawn with the tower clearly as a primary, it would clear that conflict.

Anna von dem Turm. Badge. (Fieldless) Atop the sinister chief corner of a tower a crow sable.

This conflicts with Freehold Turris Nimborum Barry wavy argent and azure, a tower issuant from base sable., Elaine Ladd Per fess wavy argent and barry wavy azure and argent, in chief a tower sable enflamed proper., and Harold Breakstone Or, a castle triple-towered sable, pennants flotant to sinister vert. In each case there is one CD for fieldlessness, but nothing for the crow.

al-durr al-jabal al-mukhfi. Name change from Dur of Hidden Mountain.

This is being returned for lack of documentation for the submitted name. The submitter has been trying to submit variations of this name for a number of years. The most recent incarnation of this name (Dur al Jabal abu Neefa min al-Machfi Jabal Bey al-Ferrangi) was returned in the LoAR of December 1995, p. 17, for multiple reasons, some of which apply to the submission at hand. That return, in relevant part, states:

"here are several problems with the name. ... (3) Durr is `pearls', not `pearl'; the singular is durra. More important, it isn't an ism, though it may occur as part of a laqab (cognomen or epithet). ... (5) No one was able to support machfi, apparently intended to mean `hidden', though Laurel found mikhbaye and mah'ba glossed as `hiding place'. Moreover, we have no documentation for the construction of the phrase al-Machfi Jabal, which does not appear to match that of attested locative bynames....

In short, the name is incorrectly constructed, inadequately documented, and presumptuous (as presumption is defined in the Rules for Submissions); since he permits no changes, each of these problems would by itself be sufficient grounds for return. (LoAR December 1995, p. 17)"

Finally, and of vital importance to this submission, the LoAR stated that "Any future submission along these lines should be accompanied by adequate documentation for all of the elements and for the grammatical constructions used...." (Ibid.) Based on the information in the LoI, this has not been done.

al-Jamal says in his commentary:

"Annemarie Schimmel, Islamic Names, p. 46, cites Shajarat ad-Durr (d. 1250) as a feminine name. (She was the first Sultana of the Bahri Mamluks, who overthrew the last of the Ayyubid rulers in Egypt and established the Mamluk dynasty.)

Jaschke’s English-Arabic Conversational Dictionary

p. 321 — durr = pearls, durra = a pearl

p. 333 — jabal = mountain (jibal = mountains)

no citation for mukhfi

p. 214 — hide = khabba, hiding place = mikhbayi

Elias English-Arabic Dictionary Romanized (which documents a different dialect of Arabic than Jaschke)

p. 152 — pearl = luli’ya

p. 93 — hide = hab’bi (hab’ba); hiding place = mah’ba, mahabi (all with a stressed "h")

Finally, the overall construction does not match Arabic practices in forming geographical bynames (what he apparently is trying for is the Arabic form of "Dur of Hidden Mountain"). The name as constructed, were the individual elements correct (which they are not), would be translated as "hidden mountain pearl", not "pearl of hidden mountain".

The bottom line? The submitter does not have a given name in the submitted form (as noted in the LoI), has not shown the use of durra (pearl; or durr, pearls) as a name element for men, and still has not documented either the name as a whole or the individual elements. This last affects his "alternative forms" as well. Nor has he followed the explicit instructions given by Pelican in the last return regarding "adequate documentation for all of the elements and for the grammatical constructions used". Nor can I find support for the name as a whole or for the individual elements (besides jabal, mountain) in any of my books.

Based on al-Jamal's commentary we are returning this name for lack of documentation.

Elina Einarsdottir. Device. Counterermine, a unicorn couchant argent gorged with a garland of daisies proper, on a base azure, three plates in chevron.

This is being returned for violating the rule of tincture by having an azure base on a counterermine field. Counterermine is considered a color, not a metal or neutral, since it is primarily sable.

Feliciano Grimaldi. Household name for The Company of the Righteous Bastard.

This is being returned for non period style. It is not constructed in the manner that period names for companies were constructed. Furthermore, as with the return of the Artemisian Tank Corps (returned Feb 91), though the parts of the name may be period, the name as a whole is decidedly modern

Miriam Meggett. Badge. (Fieldless) A pitcher argent.

This conflicts with a badge of the Kingdom of the Outlands Gyronny from dexter chief Or and vert, a mug argent. There is only one CD for fieldlessness.

Peregrine of Thescorre. Device. Argent, a chevron rompu gules, in base a compass rose sable.

This is being returned for a redraw. The charge in base is not a compass rose, since it is missing the fleur-de-lys at the top pointing north.

AN TIR

James the Obscure. Name.

No paperwork was received for this submission so it must be returned.

ANSTEORRA

Brian Aaron Cameron. Device. Per bend sinister rayonny vert and ermine, in dexter chief a sheaf of arrows inverted argent.

This conflicts with Rannulf of Arrow's Keep Azure vetu, a sheaf of three arrows inverted argent. There is a CD for the change of field, but nothing for position since it is a forced moved since argent arrows cannot overlie ermine.

Faoiltighearna MacEanruig. Device. Azure, on a plate a wolf’s face sable, a bordure rayonny argent.

This is being returned for a redraw. The "rayonny" is not rayonny, or clearly any other line of division.

Robert Carmichael. Device. Argent, a fess wreathed Or and azure.

This conflicts with the arms of Carmichell of that ilk, Argent, a fess wreathed azure and gules., with one CD for the tincture of the wreathing, which we have decided are important enough to protect.

This was pended from the December 1998 LoAR.

Suzanne de la Ferté. Device. Argent, three artist’s brushes in pale and a pair of flaunches azure each charged with a feather argent.

This is being returned for a redraw. The flaunches are drawn so largely that there is little room for the paint brushes. From any distance they are unrecognizable.

ARTEMISIA

Catalina Giacomusica. Name and device. Argent, a winged cat sejant sable and a bordure rayonny purpure.

The name is being returned for incorrect construction. The byname was glossed as being a constructive surname from elements Giacomo and Musica. However, Giacomazzi and Giacomuzzi are not compounds; they are elaborations of Giacomi. This type of construction needs documentation.

The armory is being returned for a redraw. The wings on the cat, while not clearly any specific kind of wings, are closest to butterfly wings. We have not allowed butterfly wings (except on butterflies) since 1983.

Colin Tyndall de ffrayser. Badge. Per pale sable and gules, a cinquefoil Or.

This conflicts with a badge of Caid (Fieldless) A rose Or barbed and seeded vert. with one CD for fieldlessness.

Colin Tyndall de ffrayser. Badge. (Fieldless) A dragon segreant sable crowned Or, maintaining a pennoncelle per pale sable and gules charged with a cinquefoil Or.

This conflicts with the badge of Eric of Dragonslaire A dragon salient sable breathing flames gules. There is no difference for the posture, nor for the insignificant flames nor the maintained banner, leaving only the one CD for the absent field. Furthermore, charged banners are checked for conflict against already registered armory. The banner conflicts with the badge of Caid for the Legion of Courtesy (Fieldless) A rose Or barbed and seeded vert.

Ivan of Zemgale. Device. Gules, on a pale argent a lion rampant to sinister purpure.

This conflicts with Canada, Gules, on a pale argent a maple leaf gules, with Katherine Linnet Holford, Gules, on a pale argent a domestic cat statant reguardant, back arched, between two cinquefoils in pale, sable, and with Peru, 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. In each case, there is only one CD for the multiple changes to the tertiary charge(s).

Terrance Petard Cheredame. Name.

The name is being returned for lack of documentation. No documentation was presented and none could be found for Terrance as a period given name. No documentation was presented for Cheredame except that it was a constructed name.

The armory was registered under the holding name Doug Petard.

ATENVELDT

Brian Brock. Device. Azure, a hand couped sustaining a sheaf of three arrows fesswise reversed within a bordure embattled argent.

This conflicts with the Order of the Gauntlet of Caid Azure, a dexter gauntlet sustaining by the blade a sword fesswise, a bordure embattled argent. We give no difference between a hand and a gauntlet, leaving only one CD for the difference in the sustained charges.

ATLANTIA

Tridroichead, Canton of. Name and device. Azure, a triquetra within and fretted with another, on a chief wavy Or, three laurel wreaths vert.

According to the LoI:

"The name is intended to be Gaelic for "three bridges." [Room Irish] notes -drohid as a common second element in modern Irish place names, from droichead "bridge" (p.133), and tri- "three" as in Trileac (p.122). Submitted as Thriur Droicead, we have changed the name according to e-mail correspondence from Harpy (docs to Laurel) as allowed by the group."

This violates the Administrative Handbook by not giving a summary of the documentation. However, if the e-mail from Harpy had 100% supported the form submitted we would have been loath to punish the group for the failure of the submissions herald and would probably have registered the name. However, Harpy's e-mail express doubt that this is the correct form. Therefore, we are returning this for lack of documentation.

Since the name is being returned we are returning the armory as well, since we do not create holding names for groups. We are declining to rule on the suitability of the triquetra within and fretted to another at this time.

CAID

Hawken of the Greenbriar. Reblazon of device. Per bend sinister sable and purpure, a bend sinister gules fimbriated between a tower and an eagle argent.

This is being because the charge in base is not an eagle, since it is missing the distinctive tuft. Therefore, we cannot reblazon the bird as an eagle. Furthermore, this is not a reblazon, but rather a device change, and if this is resubmitted with a correctly drawn eagle, it will need to be paid for.

Starkhafn, Barony of. Badge. Sable, a candle issuant from a handleless flat candlestick argent lit proper.

This conflicts with Myrkfaelinn, Dominion of Sable, a candle enflamed and environed of a laurel wreath proper. There is one CD for the removal of the laurel wreath, but Myrkfaelin's candle is white, so there is nothing for the difference in the candle, and nothing for the addition of the handleless flat candlestick.

DRACHENWALD

None!

MERIDIES

Francesca de Foggia. Device. Lozengy argent and azure, a fleur-de-lys gules.

This conflicts with the arms of the City of Florence Argent a fleur-de-lys gules., with one CD for the change of the field.

Hamish Robertson. Name.

Black 's Surnames of Scotland (p. 719 under Seumas) says "Seumas. The Gaelic spelling of James. Often incorrectly Englished Hamish, which is the English pronunciation of the vocative form (G. Sheumais)." Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (p. 144 under Hamish) says, "an attempt to render phonetically Sheumais, the vocative of Seumas, the Gaelic form of James (q.v.). Scott has a Hamish MacTavish, but the present vogue of the name seems to be due to the novels of William Black (1841-98), very popular in their day." Presumably Withycombe is referring to the author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) in this reference. No evidence has been found to show that Hamish is anything but a post-period form. In-period renderings of Hamish are Seumas in Gaelic and James in English.

The armory was registered under the holding name Michael Robertson.

Ulrich Schwarzwolf. Device. Sable, on a chevron argent, a double bitted axe between two wolves combattant sable.

This conflicts with Rafaella d’Allemtego Sable, on a chevron throughout argent an escallop vert. (registered 3/99). There is only one CD for the cumulative total changes to the tertiaries.

MIDDLE

Christina de Avochelie. Household name for Domus Amicorum.

This is being returned for non-period style. No documentation was presented to show that this follows the pattern of period household names. Possible models include Scottish clans (Clan Stewart), ruling dynasties (House of Anjou), professional guilds (Baker's Guild of Augsburg, Worshipful Company of Coopers), military units (The White Company), and inns (House of the White Hart).

John Black. Name.

This conflicts with John Blacas Blacas is a form of the Old English word that became Black. Reaney & Wilson's Dictionary of British Surnames (p. 46 under Black) list se blaca dated to 964, Blac to 1086, leblac to 1130, and le Blacke to 1275.

John le Browne. Name.

This conflicts with four different John Browns found in the Encyclopedia Britannica. under their own entry, who are therefore important enough to protect.

The armory was registered under the holding name John of Hró gerisfjör .

Kurdun þe Pilegrim. Device. Gules, atop a quadruple mount couped, a peregrine falcon rising, wings inverted and addorsed, maintaining in its dexter talon an open book argent.

This conflicts with Jehan de la Marche Gules, a crow rising, pierced by an arrow, both argent. There is one CD for the addition of the mount.

Even if there had been no conflict we would have been forced to return this for presumption. The quadruple mount overwhelmingly resembles a crown, [and the submitter is not entitled to display one on her arms.] (Laurel had been inclined to allow the charge, but at the Laurel meeting where it was viewed, my staff, who had not seen the LoI, immediately started looking for evidence of her entitlement to use a crown, since they all thought it was one until the blazon was read. This served to change our mind.). The submitter is correct in stating that it is a period charge. However, that is not relevant in matters of presumption.

Morwenna Llyn Llydaw. Device. Or, on a hurt, a seahorse erect contourny argent.

This conflicts with Ekaterina Vladimirovna, Or, on a hurt a horse’s head couped argent. There is only the one CD for the changes to the tertiary group. If there had not been a conflict this would have been returned because the field is not Or, but orange.

Red Spears, Barony of. Badge. (Fieldless) On a heart Or fimbriated gules, a sheaf of boarspears gules.

This is being returned for several reasons. First, no armory forms were received for this submission.

However, even if forms had been received, we would have returned it for violating our rules on layering. The fimbriation is so wide that visually this appears to be (Fieldless) On a heart gules, another Or, charged with a sheaf of three boar spears gules., which is four layers.

Finally, a heart is a shape for heraldic display, so this could also be blazoned as Or, a sheaf of boarspears, a bordure gules. Fieldless badges should not consist of just a shape for heraldic display with a charge or charges thereupon as it looks like a display of arms. (You can't distinguish (Fieldless) An escutcheon gules charged with a rose Or. from a display of Gules, a rose Or.

Sidric Swano. Device. Azure, a pall between three swans argent.

This conflicts with Ailith ferch Dafydd Azure, a pall between a Celtic cross and two unicorns combattant argent. There is only one CD for the change to type of secondary group.

Valley of the Three Walls, Canton of the. Name and device. Per fess sable and vert, a fess embattled-counter-embattled and in chief a chalice within a laurel wreath Or.

The name is being returned for clarification of the groups wishes. While submitted as a new name, in February 1999 we registered Canton of the Three Walls for the group. Note: this return has no bearing on the suitability or lack there of, of the name Canton of the Valley of the Three Walls.

The armory is being returned for a redraw. While blazoned as a laurel wreath, the charge in chief was not identifiable as any heraldic charge.

OUTLANDS

Steitan der Bogenschütze. Name change from Steitan Bogenschütz.

This is being returned for lack of documentation for the der. No documentation was presented and none could be found, nor was there any in the original submissions package.

SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM

Colorado, State of. Arms. Per fess: gules, a range of mountains sable capped argent; and Or, a pickaxe and hammer crossed in saltire proper.

No evidence was presented for these being the state's arms versus their seal.

Delaware, State of. Arms. Per fess Or and argent, a fess wavy azure between a garb bendwise, an ear of maize bendwise sinister slipped, and an ox statant proper.

No evidence was presented for these being the state's arms versus their seal.

Maine, State of. Arms. Argent, a pine tree, at its foot a moose deer couchant, all proper.

No evidence was presented for these being the state's arms versus their seal.

New Mexico, State of. Arms. (Fieldless) A bald eagle displayed, wings inverted, grasping arrows in its talons, overall to sinister a Mexican eagle close, maintaining in its beak a serpent and in its talons a cactus, all proper.

No evidence was presented for these being the state's arms versus their seal.

Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of. Arms. Per fess azure and vert, on a fess Or between a ship on the sea in full sail, all proper and three garbs Or, a plough gules.

No evidence was presented for these being the state's arms versus their seal.

South Carolina, State of. Arms. (Fieldless) A Palmetto tree atop a seashore, maintaining at the top of its trunk two round shields, that to dexter inscribed "MARCH 26", that to sinister inscribed "JULY 4", at its base a log erased at both ends; conjoined to the trunk of the palmetto two sheaves of spears crossed in saltire, bound by a scroll charged with the words "QUIS SEPARABIT"; in base the words "MELIORAM LAPSA LOCAVIT" above the number "1776", all proper.

No evidence was presented for these being the state's arms versus their seal.

Texas, Republic of. Flag (1836-1839). Azure, a mullet Or.

No evidence was presented that this was clearly used by the Republic of Texas.

Virginia, Commonwealth of. Arms. Argent, a cross gules between four escutcheons (respectively: quarterly France and England, Scotland, Ireland, and quarterly France and England), each crowned Or.

No evidence was presented for these being the state's arms versus their seal.

Virginia, Senate of. Arms. Argent, on a cross gules between four escutcheons (respectively: quarterly France Modern and England, Scotland, Ireland, and quarterly France Modern and England), each crowned Or, a gavel argent.

No evidence was presented to show that these arms were important enough to protect.

WEST

None!

The following items are pended to the September, 1999 Laurel meeting.

ATLANTIA

Colin O'Bryan. Badge for John O'Bryan. Quarterly Or and gules, an eagle displayed argent between four crescents counterchanged.

The LoI had the field as Quarterly argent and gules.

MIDDLE

Talon Ravensclawe. Device. Per pall Or, gules, and vert, two arrows in saltire Or and in chief a claw couped contourny gules.;

The LoI left out the tincture of the claw.

MERIDIES

Felicia Heather of Newcastle. Device. Azure, two unicorns rampant addorsed and on a chief wavy Or a four towered castle sable.

The LoI had the unicorns as argent.

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