Commenters questioned whether Saint Claire needed to be changed to Sainte Claire. However, Green Staff was able to find medieval examples of bynames using the submitted spelling. Therefore, this can be registered as submitted.
The submitter's previous name, Ylaire le Enguigniur, is released.
Blazoned when registered in October 1994 as Sable, a wolf's head erased Or between the horns of a crescent and on a chief argent three mullets sable, the crescent is the primary charge, with the wolf's head a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in January 1995 as Vert, a sea lion statant Or within the horns of a crescent argent and a chief embattled ermine, the crescent is the primary charge and the sea-lion is a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in November 1988 as Per bend purpure and gules, in bend sinister a mullet bendwise sinister between the horns of a crescent bendwise and a cinquefoil, all argent, the crescent and cinquefoil are primary charges, with the mullet a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in November 1988 as Per bend purpure and gules, a mullet bendwise sinister between the horns of a crescent bendwise, all within a bordure argent, the crescent is the primary charge and the mullet is a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in January 1993 as (Fieldless) A rose within and conjoined to a crescent purpure, this is a primary crescent and a secondary rose.
Submitted as Feradach MacTralin MecDomongart, the name had several small issues. First, in Gaelic, there is a space between the relationship word (mac/mec) and the patronym. In this structure, these words are also written in lowercase. Second, Domongart is the nominative form the name; the required form in this position is a genitive (possessive) form that is lenited. That form is Domongairt. We have made those changes in order to register the name.
The submitter is a duchess and thus entitled to display a coronet.
Please advise the submitter to draw the needles thicker, so that they are easier to identify.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
Submitted as Wulfhrafn of Cimbri, the name was changed at kingdom to Hrafna-Úlfr of the Cimbri. The submitter then indicated that he would prefer the form Ulfrhrafn of the Cimbri.
The name Ulfrhrafn was not documented. No evidence could be found that a dithemic name using -hrafn as a second element existed in Old Norse. However, this could be registered as a given name Ulfr and a byname hrafn.
No evidence was presented nor could any be found that the term Cimbri or even the group was still in use by the time Old Norse comes into use. Without such evidence, this combination of name elements cannot be registered. Therefore we have dropped the locative byname in order to register the name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of pawprints.
Please advise the submitter to draw the pawprints larger to fill the available space.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Cristaine Milton, both the forms and the documentation have Cristiane. While kingdom never confirmed that it was a typographical error, apparently the same typographical error was made and corrected on the internal letter. We have made that change in order to register the name and meet the submitter's intent.
Nice 14th century English name!
Sufficient evidence, primarily in German armory, of simple charges in gules on sable fields was provided to allow this device to be registered as a documented exception. The high-contrast bordure is entirely unremarkable.
Her previous device, Argent, on a pall vert three dolphins haurient contourny Or and on a chief purpure three escarbuncles Or, is released.
Submitted as Dragano Chavalerio, the byname is the Venetian term meaning "knight" which is not registerable (though starting next month it would be registerable by a knight). On the February 2012 Cover Letter, we upheld precedent saying that the change to a family name form like Visconti is sufficient to remove this problem. Thus, the family name Chavaleri is registerable. We have made that change in order to register the name.
This name was pended from the December 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Blazoned when reblazoned in May 2007 as (Fieldless) A heart sable within the horns of and conjoined to a crescent argent, this is a primary crescent and a maintained heart.
Please advise the submitter to draw the rays of the sun longer, so it is more readily identifiable.
Nice name for England around 1200.
Submitted as Jean Marc aus noir main, this byname mixes plural aus with the singular form of the word "hand." Additionally, the word main is feminine, so that the form of the adjective required is noire. The grammatically correct form for much of period for the byname is a la noire main (the modern spelling would be à la noire main). We have made that change in order to register the name. We note that the plural would be aux noires mains.
Submitted as Johanna_van der Luyden, the byname van der Luyden was not dated to before 1650. The submitter authorized the change to Johanna van Leydan if this element could not be registered. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Unfortunately, this name in either form conflicts with the registered Johan van Leyden. The submitter authorized the addition of the element Renard in order to register the name. We have made that change in order to register the name.
This name mixes French Renard with an otherwise Dutch name. This mix is a step from period practice.
If the submitter prefers, this name will be clear of conflict under the Standards for Evaluation, which go into effect next month. She may request reconsideration under those standards if she desires.
The submitter may want to know that the Latin byname meaning 'cat' would be cattus or more frequently catus. However, the name is registerable as is.
Submitted as Salvador Ordoñez, the submitter requested authenticity for c. 1100 Spain. The submitted form is likely for the 16th century. A likely form for around 1100 is Saluador Ordonnes (based on dated forms from Diez Melcon's Apellidos Castellano-Leoneses: Siglos IX-XIII, ambos inclusive). We have made that change in order to meet the submitter's request.
The name was documented as a mix of Italian and English. However, Simone is found in Scotland in 1593 as well, making this name entirely late period English and Scots.
The submitter's previous name, Kenneth of Hellsgate, is released.
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in June 1983 as Azure, in fess a decrescent Or enclosing within its horns a millrind argent, this is a primary decrescent and a secondary millrind.
This does not conflict with the registered Wulfgar of the Wood. These names would conflict if Wulf were a diminutive of Wulfgar and other names starting with Wulf-. However, it is not clear that it is such a diminutive. As such, they are compared on sound and appearance only, and are substantially different in sound and appearance.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century English; this name meets that request.
The submitter requested authenticity for Mongolian; while our resources for Mongol names are slim, this appears to meet that request.
The submitter's previous name, Hue de Givors, is retained as an alternate name.
Submitted as Signy Hera, precedent required that a descriptive byname in Old Norse be changed to lowercase. This month, we are changing precedent (see the Cover Letter for more details) to allow descriptive byname to be registered either in lowercase (as they often are in both period and modern documents) or in uppercase (matching our typical spelling of modern names).
This byname does need one change; the name of the animal was feminized from the documented heri to hera. However, animal bynames in Old Norse do not match the gender of the given name; men have bynames that mean "cow" instead of "bull," for example. Therefore, we changing the byname to the documented Heri.
This item was pended from the November 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Blazoned when registered in June 1998 as Or chapé, a compass star within and conjoined to an increscent vert, this is a primary increscent and a secondary compass star.
Newcomer Encampment is a generic identifier.
Blazoned when registered in September 1971 as Vert, a martlet migrant bendwise sinister Or, orbed gules, between the horns of a crescent per pale Or and argent, this is a primary crescent and a maintained martlet.
Blazoned when registered in August 2001 as Per fess azure and vert, a lozenge ployé within and conjoined to the horns of an increscent a bordure argent, this is a primary increscent and a secondary lozenge.
Blazoned when registered in November 2003 as (Fieldless) A lozenge ployé within and conjoined to the horns of an increscent argent, this is a primary crescent and a secondary lozenge.
Blazoned when registered in January 2006 as (Fieldless) A rose proper within and conjoined to a crescent Or, this is a primary crescent and a secondary rose.
This badge was pended from the November 2011 LoAR, until the discussion on how to blazon this design motif was completed. As set forth on the Cover Letter, this is a primary crescent and a secondary cross.
This badge is not in conflict with the important non-SCA badge of Richard I of England, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as (Tinctureless) Between the horns of a crescent an estoile, or with the important non-SCA flag of Mauritania, Vert, a crescent and between its horns a mullet Or. In both cases there is a CD for fieldlessness and another CD for changing the type of the secondary charge, Richard's estoile and Mauritania's mullet.
While this spelling of the given name is not dated to period (unlike Ealusaid) it is plausibly compatible with late period Gaelic spellings.
This does not conflict with the registered Isabel Gregor. The given names are etymologically linked, but were not used interchangeably. Thus, we compare them on sound and appearance only, and they are substantially different in sound an appearance.
The depiction here of the somewhat low-placed chevron is grandfathered to the submitter.
His previous device, Vert, on a chevron argent three castles fesswise sable and in chief a beaver statant, maintaining in its sinister forepaw a broken collar argent, is released.
The submitter's previous name, Agiluf Stahlschmidt, is released.
Blazoned when registered in January 2006 as Per pale vert and purpure, an estoile within and conjoined to a crescent bendwise sinister Or within a bordure Or mulletty of six points sable, this is a primary crescent and a secondary estoile.
Blazoned when registered in March 2008 as Or, between the horns of a decrescent a triquetra, an orle purpure, this is a primary decrescent and a maintained triquetra.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th to 14th century Welsh. Unfortunately, we could not confirm that the byname was in use before the 16th century. This name is authentic for 16th century Wales.
His previous name, Wolfram Brant, is retained as an alternate name.
This name was pended from the November 2011 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Submitted as Grimmsfield, the submitter intended -field as the designator for the household name, pointing to period archery fields as a model. While Xfield is a reasonable placename, a household name refers to a group of people. The names of certain kinds of buildings - house, hall, inn - were also used to describe the corporate body of people who lived or worked there. However, a generic place name does not appear to have been used to describe a group of people. A group of people who met at Grimmsfield to shoot archery might be known as Grimmsfield Company or Grimsfield Militia.
The submitter did not allow changes, but explicitly authorized the change to The Honorable Company of Grimmsfield. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Submitted as Order of Ullrs Bow, Ullr is the name of a Norse god. The name is incorporated into many placenames, including Ullarve "temple of Ullr." As we allow the use of non-Christian deities in order names, we will allow the use of the name here. However, Ullrs mixes Norse and English in a single word. Therefore, we will use the lingua Anglica form with the same meaning, the Bow of Ullr, a change the submitters allow.
This is a nice late period Scots name; the submitter may want to know that it is not a Gaelic name.
Nice device!
Reblazoned in November 2011 as Azure, in pale a flame Or issuant from a crescent, a bordure embattled argent, this is a primary crescent and a secondary flame.
Blazoned when registered in September 1988 as Argent, semy-de-lys sable, a dragon passant within the horns of a crescent gules, the crescent is the primary charge and the dragon is a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in June 1988 as Sable, a fleur-de-lys within the horns of a crescent Or, the crescent is the primary charge and the fleur-de-lys is a secondary charge.
Blazoned when registered in February 1990 as Gules, a rose between two crosses fleury and a mount Or, the crosses and rose are co-primary charges.
Please advise the submitter to draw the bend sinister wider.
Blazoned when registered in August 2003 as Argent, in sinister chief a mullet between the horns of a decrescent vert and a gore azure, this is a primary decrescent and a secondary mullet. The gore naturally forces the charges to sinister chief.
This name is completely Italian; Mona is found in 1427 Florence (it's a diminutive of Simona).
Submitted as Ponç lo Bonòme, the spelling of the byname is the modern Occitan one. Commenters were able to find period spellings in French and Catalan; the latter support Bon Ome as a plausible byname spelling, and that is enough to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt here. The examples do not, however, support either the spelling of the name as a single word or the use of the accent.
Blazoned when registered in December 1999 as Sable, two stags attires Or issuant from between the horns of a crescent argent, this is a primary crescent and secondary stags attires.
Blazoned when registered in December 1989 as Sable, a mullet within the horns of a decrescent argent, all within a bordure argent, semy of leaves vert, this is a primary decrescent and a secondary mullet.
We note that the armory was registered under the holding name Talena of Western Seas, which was never properly changed to Talena Blackwolf of Evanshire. They are the same person; this is fixed on the Errata Letter.
Submitted as Anneka Dubrovskii, the byname needs to be feminized to Dubrovskaia. We have made that change in order to register the name.
This name mixes a Swedish given name and Russian byname. This mix is a step from period practice.
This heraldic title is documented as a family name/byname. While the evidence for this pattern in German is weak (there is a single example, which may not even be a title), the pattern is found in English and French. Therefore, we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and register this as submitted.
Please advise the submitter to draw the fess narrower. Ideally it should be no more than a third of the field.
Submitted under the name Neassa inghean Cearnach.
Submitted as Elena Pengrych verch Rhys, Welsh grammar requires that feminine descriptive bynames use the mutated form (which changes the initial sound of the word). That form is Bengrych; we have made that change in order to register the name.
Changing the tincture of the hair of a mermaid proper is not significant enough to change its status as a neutral tinctured charge. Please advise the submitter to use less internal detailing on the tail, so it is more obviously vert.
The normal word order in Hungarian puts the byname first, making this Katona János; the inverted order is registerable, but is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Jorczyk von Ottengrun the spelling Jorczyk was not dated to before 1650. Dated spellings included Girczik and Jersigk (from Siebicke, s.n. Jorg). The spelling Jerczyk is a reasonable interpolation, given German spellings. However, no evidence could be found for the spelling Jor- before 1650. We have changed the spelling to Jerczyk in order to register the name.
While the occupational bynames in Italian that commenters could find appear with no article, an occuaptional byname with an article "the" (lo in this case) is plausible and can be registered. Therefore this can be registered as submitted.
This name mixes a German given name and an Italian surname; this mix is a step from period practice.
Please advise the submitter to draw the cross somewhat larger, in order to fill the available space and to help in its identifiability.
Blazoned when registered in May 1984 as Sable, a butterfly between the horns of a crescent and in chief three plates, one and two, argent, the crescent is the primary charge and the butterfly is a secondary charge.
Vatavia is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This name mixes an Old English given name and a Middle English byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
Submitted under the name Michele dei Medici.
This name mixes a Hungarian given name and a Romanian byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
His previous name, Manfred de Outremer, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for 5th-6th century Welsh. We cannot confirm that the given name was in use quite that early, but the name is certainly plausible for not long after this time.
Nice device!
Submitted under the name Richard Anderson of York.
Please advise the submitter to draw the acorns larger to better fill the available space.
Submitted as Rosza de Saint-Chéron, the spelling of the byname with an accent is not documented to before 1650. We have therefore changed it to the dated Saint-Cheron.
Ségnat is the name of a saint (found for example in a 12th century list of virgin saints). Therefore it is registerable under the saint's name allowance.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Italy. This name is definitely authentic for the 15th century; it seems likely to be authentic for the 16th century as well, though commenters could not find evidence that the given name continued in use in the sixteenth century.
Blazoned when registered in August 1989 as Sable, a horse's head couped within a decrescent argent, this is a primary decrescent and a maintained horse's head.
Nice late 13th century Parisian name!
Precedent says:
[a label dovetailed throughout] A peculiarity of SCA blazon is that the standard label is throughout by default, but the dovetailed label is couped by default. The blazon in this submission label is both dovetailed and throughout, and both these details must be blazoned. [Kharra Unegen, 07/2002, A-Atenveldt]
After some research, much provided by Gunnvor silfraharr, we see no reason why the specific details of a label need to be blazoned, as the depictions vary only slightly over different times and cultures. There has never been difference granted between labels throughout or not, or dovetailed or not, and we see no need to change that. Therefore, we will cease blazoning the exact style of label, and leave the specific stylings up to artistic preference.
Submitted as Vimundr Sialfison, the byname is incorrectly formed. Norse grammar requires the father's name be changed to the genitive (posssessive) form, Sialfa, making the byname Sialfason. We have made that change in order to register the name.
The submitter allows the registration of any name that is at least one syllable different from his registered name.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for all armory which is one countable step (CD) from his device.
Nice badge!
This badge registration does not violate the ban on devices for the consort as set forth on the December 2003 Cover Letter, as its intended use is indeed as a badge and not as arms.
Alanna is the submitter's legal given name.
The byname of Ravenstar is grandfathered to the submitter, as it is part of her mother's registered name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the point of the per pall division slightly lower on the field, to avoid being confused with a chief triangular.
The submitter's previous name, Christos di Cherubino, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of the Barony of the Angels, Gules, a seraph's head Or faced proper.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badges of the Barony of the Angels, Gules, a seraph's head Or faced proper and (Fieldless) A set of seraph's wings Or.
The submitter also has permission to conflict with the badge of Giuseppe Francesco da Borgia, Per saltire gules and sable, a cherub Or.
Blazoned when registered in February 1986 as Azure, a swordfish palewise haurient embowed to sinister argent, the swordfish is more bendwise sinister than palewise.
Coldwood is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted under the name Caitilin inghean Chainnigh.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
Submitted under the name Tjolnir Egilsson.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Wolfgang Eber von Lüchtringen, Gules, three wolves heads erased argent. There is one CD for the change in type of at least half of the primary charge group, and another CD for the change of arrangement from two and one to one and two.
Submitted under the name Connor MacKay.
Submitted under the name Connor MacKay.
This name mixes Hebrew and Arabic; this mix is a step from period practice (as names did not combine Hebrew and Arabic orthography). The submitter may want to know that the completely Arabized form would be Daniyal al-Andalusi.
There is a step from period practice for the use of pawprints.
While it was documented as a combination of English and German, this name is completely late period German.
The submitter's previous name, Katarina von Freiburg, is released.
Nice late 16th century Anglicized Irish name!
Nice device!
Her previous device, Argent, a bear rampant vert and on a bordure sable three thistles Or, is released.
Submitted under the name Gwenhwyvar verch Ieuan.
The Letter of Intent asked for help documenting the byname with the umlauts; Holly found a spelling that uses a different way of writing the same character (Waechter) dating to 1608. Therefore, this can be registered as submitted.
The submitter asked for assistance documenting Horst outside of a literary context. It is found in Germany as a masculine given name in 1642.
The submitter expressed interest in a name sounding like Ilya. She may want to know that Elya is found as a masculine name in London in 1319.
This name mixes a Spanish given name and a French byname; this is a step from period practice.
This name mixes an English given name and a French byname; this is not a step from period practice.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of Clan Chlurain, Per fess gules and Or, a sheep passant argent, maintaining under its sinister foreleg a tub sable. There is one CD for the change of field, and another CD for the unforced change of arrangement on the field.
Submitted under the name Jehanne Johnstone.
This name mixes an English given name and an Occitan byname; this mix a step from period practice.
Submitted as Katryne Morgant_, this name conflicts with the (newly) registered Catriona Morgan, registered in February 2012. The submitter authorized the addition of the element of Mowill in order to clear possible conflicts. We have added that element in order to clear the conflict and register the name.
The submitter's previous name, Solveig Anderhalfholt, is released.
As per the recent precedent on sustained charges set forth on the February 2012 Cover Letter, this is a primary raven and a secondary fish.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
Submitted as Lucete la tabouréesse, the byname has two small problems. First, the accents in the 1292 Paris census (the source of the name) appear to be modern editorial additions and must be dropped by precedent. Second, the pattern for feminization cited in the Letter of Intent would give the spelling taboureresse. We have changed the byname to that spelling in order to register it.
Please advise the submitter to draw the lyre larger, to fill the available space.
Blazoned when registered in December 1991 as Purpure, within the horns of a decrescent a wolf's head erased contourny argent, this is a primary decrescent and a secondary wolf's head.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint.
His previous device, Gules, an open book azure en soleil Or, on a chief argent a bear passant sable, is retained as a badge.
Submitted under the name Maria de Moura.
Blazoned when registered in May 2005 as Sable, between the horns of a crescent pendant a cloud argent, the cloud is a maintained charge.
Nice device!
As documented, this name mixes Norwegian and English; however, both elements are found in England as well.
Nice late period French name!
Reuben can be documented as a masculine English name, dated to the 1590s. The byname is the lingua Anglica form of the Middle English byname le Queynte (dated in Reaney and Wilson s.n. Quant to the 13th century).
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as On a chalice Or three lozenges vert, the lozenges here were the equivalent of jewels, and so do not count as tertiary charges.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of the Kingdom of Northshield, Sable, a peacock in its pride within a bordure embattled Or, registered elsewhere on this letter.
Nice 13th century French name!
This name mixes an English or Spanish given name with a German byname; either mix is a step from period practice.
Her previous device, Argent, a harp vert between three foxes courant gules within a bordure dovetailed vert, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th-11th century Novgorod. The name certainly is authentic for Russia c. 1100, but we do not know if Svoi was used in Novgorod specifically at that time.
Submitted as Þóðrekr ógæfa, the given name is a typographical error for the documented Þjóðrekr. The author of the article has already changed it to the documented form. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Submitted under the name Thomas mac Bryan.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the non-period ululant posture.
While commenters were concerned about the form aff Broen, the submitter included evidence of the period phrase aff Broen and of bynames using aff X in period. Therefore this can be registered as submitted.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a triskelion of pink sinister flamingo's wings proper, a pink flamingo can only be proper because we can identify it as a flamingo, a crane-shaped bird. A flamingo's wing, however, is not distinguishable from any other bird's wing, and so when colored pink is no difference from gules. Therefore, we have reblazoned the wings as simply a triskelion of sinister wings gules.
There is a step from period practice for the more than 300 year gap between the given name spelling and the byname spelling. However, as that is the only step from period practice, this name can be registered.
Eowyn is the submitter's legal name.
Blazoned when noted in the Ordinary and Armorial in December 1994 as (Tinctureless) An estoile between the horns of a crescent, we are clarifying the blazon as a primary crescent and secondary estoile.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Caitlin nic Aindreis of Dumbarton, Purpure, a ship on a chief argent three quatrefoil knots purpure.
Nice 13th century English name!
Nice Latinized English name for around 1200!
Nice late period Polish name!
Blazoned when registered in February 1999 as Per fess rayonny sable and gules, in chief a mullet of seven points between the horns of a crescent argent, the crescent is the primary charge and the mullet is a secondary charge.
This does not conflict with the registered Melisant le Piryere. There are changes to both syllables of the bynames, and the first syllables are substantially different.
The submitter requested authenticity for 1490 York. While the more likely form for this time is William Castleford, Eastern Crown was able to find a Willelmus Wressell in 1480s York; this is enough to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that a vernacular Willelm might have been found in 1490.
His previous device, Or, a mascle sable within a bordure azure, is released.
Submitted as Arnvaldr Arnsson, the correct genitive form of the patronymic is Arnar, rather than Arns, making the byname Arnarson. We have made that change in order to register the name.
Nice 15th century Venetian name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Italy; this name meets that request.
Blazoned when registered in November 1999 as (Fieldless) A mullet within and conjoined to a decrescent Or, this is a primary decrescent and a maintained mullet.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a lightning bolt not as part of a thunderbolt.
Blazoned when registered in July 2003 as Per bend gules and sable, within the horns of an increscent a human skull facing dexter argent, this is a primary crescent and a maintained human skull.
Nice Icelandic Old Norse name!
Precedent says:
A human breast is an allowed charge that has one clear difference (CD) from a roundel. It must have gouttes, and the gouttes must be visible. This means that they need some contrast with the breast but need not have good contrast. (We realize that the one period example of a breast, in the arms of Dodge, is a breast proper with argent gouts; however, SCA heraldry does in fact make some distinctions that period heraldry did not. As we will allow a breast that is not proper, we are requiring some contrast with the gouttes to ensure its identifiability.) The tincture of the gouttes must be blazoned. As in the arms of Dodge, the gouttes may extend beyond the edge of the breast. The gouttes do not count as tertiary charges; they are part of the charge as a whole. [Tetchubah of Greenlake, A-Caid, January 2008 LoAR]
A period depiction of the arms of Dodge may be seen in Dennys' The Heraldic Imagination on page 144.
The submitter's previous name, Theodric von Rostock, is retained as an alternate name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
His previous device, Per pale gules and sable, a cross moline between in dexter two increscents and in sinister two decrescents argent, is retained as a badge.
The place name cylnum was constructed. Green Staff was able to find a place in Ekwall whose likely Old English form was Cylnum.
Precedent warns that Searle's Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum should be used cautiously. This is true of any source. In the particular case, there are two issues. First, undated names and name elements should only be used when other sources (or dated citations from the same source) make it clear when and where those names or name elements were in use. Second, Searle tends to standardize all names, including continental ones, to standardized Old English forms. Some of these forms never appeared anywhere and are not considered currently registerable. However, most dated Old English names found in Searle are registerable in the forms found in the book.
This does not conflict with the registered Erik Eriksson. The given names are significantly different in sound and appearance, as the first syllables are completely different (Al- vs. E-) and the second syllables have differences in the vowel and the final consonant cluster.
Submitted as Arye ben Lazar, the submitter indicated that he preferred the given name Ari. Both are found in medieval Jewish contexts. We have made that change in order to satisfy the submitter's request. We note that the patronym Lazar is dated to 14th century Germany in the Academy of Saint Gabriel report 2753.
This does not conflict with the registered Ari ben Eleazar. Lazar is a diminutive of Eleazar. When used as given names, diminutives conflict with their parent names. However, when used in bynames, such names conflict only if they are too similar in sound and appearance (the Rules for Submissions use Hobson and Robertson as the example for this).
Nice 16th century French name (for France or the French-speaking parts of Belgium).
Bronwyn is found as an English feminine name in 1620.
Please advise the submitter to draw the chevron inverted starting a little lower on the sides of the shield, so that it does not appear to touch the upper corners of the field.
Submitted under the name Cailin mac Aindriú.
Blazoned when registered in March 1993 as Per fess sable and gules, all estencely argent, a mullet of seven points within and conjoined to a decrescent argent, the decrescent is the primary charge and the mullet is a secondary charge.
Nice 15th century Spanish name!
Blazoned when registered in March 1993 as Sable, a wolf's head couped within a crescent inverted argent, a bordure argent semy of hearts sable, the crescent is the primary charge and the wolf's head is a maintained charge.
Nice late period Anglicized Irish name!
This name mixes an Old English given name and a Middle English byname; this mix is a step from period practice.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the non-period ululant posture.
The submitter requested authenticity for Irish Gaelic. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Normally, this would require us to pend the item for further research. However, in this case, commenters have dated the elements to around 900, so we can confirm that this name is authentic for Gaelic around 900.
This device is not in conflict with the device of Brendel the Swordfish, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Azure, a swordfish haurient contourny bendwise sinister argent. There is one CD for changing the number of primary charges, and another CD for changing the orientation of half the charge group, from bendwise sinister to palewise.
Submitted under the name Ellisoun Elfynstone.
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of a byname formed from a place found in the Domesday Book as Aluuoldelei.
His previous device, Argent, a wolf's head ululant issuant from base and on a chief embattled sable a bezant between two towers argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice 15th century Italian name!
His previous device, Per pale sable and Or, a Maltese cross gules, is retained as a badge.
Please advise the submitter to draw the broad-arrows somewhat larger, so they are more noticeably part of the secondary charge group along with the sword.
Nice 15th century or later Italian name!
Please advise the submitter to draw the border somewhat narrower, which will grant more room for the primary charges.
There is a step from period practice for the use of natural tigers.
Submitted under the name Isabel Taylor.
Nice 15th century Italian name!
Blazoned when registered in September 1983 as Gules, a compass star within and conjoined to a decrescent argent, within a mascle issuing from each corner three strawberry leaves Or, this is a primary decrescent and a secondary compass star.
Submitted as Jean LeBref, no evidence was presented nor could any be found for the spelling and capitalization LeBref. Dated forms supported Lebref or Le Bref. As adding the space seems the smaller change, we have changed it to that form in order to register it.
The submitter requested authenticity for France; this name is authentic for the 15th century.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
Nice 16th century English name!
Submitted as Kjell Smiðr, the byname was changed at kingdom to smiðr. This month, precedent was changed to allow descriptive bynames in Old Norse to be registered either capitalized or lowercase. We have therefore restored the submitted spelling.
Kjell was not dated in the article cited in the Letter of Intent. Luckily, Gunnvor silfraharr was able to date that given name to Sweden before 1420. Thus, this name mixes Swedish and Old Norse, which is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Constantine Angelos Spartenos, this name mixes an English Constantine with an otherwise Byzantine name. Consultation with the submitter made it clear that he preferred the Byzantine Konstantinos We have made that change in order to register the name.
Nice device!
The given name Lionetta was constructed from the masculine Lionetto on the Letter of Intent. However, Lionetta is found 8 times in Pisa between 1478 and 1556.
Submitted as Luca Sogliani, the submitter indicated that he preferred the name Sogliano if it could be documented. It is found as a patronym in 1427 Florence. Thus we have changed the byname to Sogliano to meet the submitter's request.
The byname is the lingua Anglica form of the Middle English le Vayre.
Nice device!
This name mixes an English given name and a German byname; this is a step from period practice.
This name mixes an English given name and an Italian byname; this is a step from period practice.
Commenters discussed whether combining the byname von Bremen with the arms of the city of Bremen, Gules, a key bendwise wards to chief argent, was presumptuous. Precedent says:
Note that chiefs of allegiance are not bestowed honors, like augmentations, and their use is not presumptuous. They are a period method of declaring allegiance in armory. They are very frequently seen in certain parts of Italy, and one of the most common was a chief 'of the Empire', which is to say on a chief Or an eagle sable. [Gaius Annaeus Maso, A-East, April 2010 LoAR]
Furthermore, as Bremen was a free Hanseatic city, the byname von Bremen is not claiming to be a ruler of that city. This is a nice use of a chief of allegiance.
Nice device!
Blazoned when registered in July 1991 as Argent, a wolf's head erased vert within the horns of a crescent counter-ermine, the crescent is the primary charge, and the wolf's head is a maintained charge.
The submitter requested authenticity for 8th century Irish. Because the patronym Eoin has not been found in Ireland before the 13th century, we cannot meet that request. We also have no evidence that the given name was used at that time. However, the name is registerable as is.
This name mixes a Middle Gaelic given name with an Early Modern Gaelic byname. That mix is a step from period practice. If the submitter wants a wholly Middle Gaelic name, she might consider Ruadnat ingen Eoain (the byname uses a different borrowing into Gaelic of "John").
Her previous device, Gules, on a lozenge argent a rose sable, a bordure invected argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice late period English name!
Submitted as Siiri Toivosdottir, the name was changed by kingdom to Siiri Toivotytär to make the byname completely Finnish.
Unfortunately, commenters could find no evidence that Siiri is dated to before 1690. Gunnvor silfraharr found a 15th century Norwegian form, Siri (in Diplomatarium Norvegicum). We have made that change with the submitter's permission in order to register the name.
The byname change was not necessary, as names in the documentation regularly mix Finnish name elements with the markers son and dotter (one notable example is Toiuarasson, which uses a name that is closely related to the submitted one) . The submitted Toivosdottir is plausible with one small change; the only form documented with these Finnish elements is dotter. The suitability of that element can be seen through the 1572 Toiuarasson, derived from a closely related name element. So the byname is registerable as Toivosdotter. We have changed it to that form to bring it closer to the submitter's original form.
Commenters discussed whether or not the depiction of the C-clefs in this device matched period exemplars. While many period C-clefs were drawn either like a normal script C, or more elongated vertically, these C-clefs match the ones in MS 034, 15th C Italy, seen at http://www.schoyencollection.com/music2.html.
Eastern Crown was able to date Tam as a masculine given name to 1621 in Scotland.
Submitted as Titus Caninus Marianus, the name does not match the pattern for the Roman tria nomina, which follows the pattern praenomen nomen cognomen. This name has praenomen cognomen cognomen, which no one could find evidence for. There are two easy fixes. One is to change the middle element to the nomen Caninius; another is to flip the elements and make the middle element the nomen Marius, from which Marianus is derived. After consultation with the submitter, we have changed the name to Titus Marius Caninus in order to register it.
Nice device!
The submitter requested authenticity for Highland Scotland in the Tudor or Elizabethan period. This name is authentic for sixteenth century Scots, which was spoken in some parts of the Highlands in that period.
Commenters discussed whether or not the argent markings on the badger's head were allowable on an argent field. The key concern is identifiability; in this case, the markings largely do not touch the field, and the charge is clearly identifiable as a badger's head.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Ro Honig von Sommerfeldt, Sable, a peacock in his pride and a chief Or, registered elsewhere on this letter.
This name combines a Gaelic given name and first byname with an English second byname. This combination is a step from period practice.
Commenters were able to find evidence for Alasdair as a 1586 given name form; earlier citations only have it as a genitive (possessive) form, used only in bynames.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.
Please advise the submitter to draw visible legs on the dove. Adding the expected tuft on the dove's head would further help its identifiability.
Submitted as Arif al-Arabi, the name was changed at kingdom to `Arif al-A`rabi to match the documentation they could find. Unfortunately, the documentation has a typographical error; the correct form of the byname is al-`Arabi. We will register names using a relatively casual transliteration that omits the letter ayn (which is transcribed `). We have thus restored this name to the submitted form.
The submitter requested authenticity for 1100-1250, as part of the forces of Saladin. While some Persian names were used in Arabic context at that time, we cannot confirm that `Arif was borrowed in this way. Thus, we cannot confirm that the name is authentic for this time. However, it seems likely that it could appear as an Arabic name at this time.
Blazoned when registered in November 1991 as Argent, two eagle's wings conjoined gules, holding in saltire two axes, within a bordure sable, this is more accurately described as a single wing with a hand at each end.
Cedwyn is the name of a saint.
Blazoned when registered in April 1998 as (Fieldless) A compass star Or within and conjoined to the horns of an increscent argent, this is a primary increscent and a secondary compass star.
Charges on bends in period heraldry are often tilted so their "main" axis follows the bend. For quadrupeds passant, statant, courant, couchant and dormant, their main axis is horizontal, such that when placed upon a bend they appear to be climbing upwards along it all in a line. For quadrupeds in more upright postures, namely rampant, salient, sejant and sejant erect, their main axis is vertical, such that when placed upon a bend they are one above the other. Thus when blazoning charges on bends not in their default orientation, we will strive to blazon the orientation of their main axis. In this case, the foxes are oriented exactly as one would expect were they directly on the field.
Blazoned when registered in August 1989 as (Fieldless) A tower azure within and conjoined at base to a decrescent argent, this is a primary decrescent and a maintained tower.
This name mixes a French given name with an English byname; this is not a step from period practice.
Please advise the submitter to draw the chevron more centered on the field. See the May 2011 Cover Letter for more details of how to properly draw chevrons.
Submitted as Stroinek Conatyn, the byname is not properly constructed. The patronymic suffix for names ending in -a is -in not -yn. In Russian, unlike English, i and y are not interchangeable. We have changed the name to that documented form in order to register the name.
Blazoned when registered in January 1973 as Azure, a dondril blossom proper within a decrescent argent, this is a primary decrescent and a maintained flower. The term "dondril" is ambiguous; this flower best resembles a lily, and is gules.
Blazoned when registered in June 1981 as Sable, a bezant between the horns of a crescent, all within nine mullets in annulo argent, we are clarifying the primary charge group.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Russian. The given names meet that request (including the double given name). The byname possibly can be constructed with earlier elements, but is not documented before the 16th century. Thus we cannot be sure that this name meets the submitter's request, but it is registerable.
The submitter's previous name, Anthony Westley, is released.
The submitter's previous name, Valeria Tertia Alexandrina, is released.
Submitted as Thorsteinn Raudskeggr, the name was changed at kingdom to Thorsteinn raudskeggr. As the Cover Letter discusses, we have removed the requirement that descriptive bynames in Old Norse be capitalized. Thus we can restore this to the submitted form.
The submitter's previous name, Ivan Ivanovitch Serebrenikov, is retained as an alternate name.
Blazoned when registered in June 1989 as Argent, a demi-fleur-de-lis within and conjoined to a crescent vert, all within an orle sable, this is a primary crescent and a maintained demi-fleur-de-lys.
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
None.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability...Identifiable elements may be rendered unidentifiable by significant reduction in size..." In this case, the glaive in particular is so small that commenters had difficulty identifying whether it was a glaive, a spear, or perhaps a needle. Both the sword and the glaive should be drawn somewhat larger in order to be identifiable.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of John the Brewer, Argent, a blackletter initial 'B' between two birch leaves sable, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant argent. There is one CD for removing the secondary birch leaves. Precedent says:
We do not grant difference between single letters, even when they are in different alphabets; we therefore cannot grant difference between a chi-rho and a feogh rune. [Constantina von Ravenna, R-West, May 2008 LoAR]
Likewise, there is no difference granted between a 'B' and a chi-rho.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Elzbieta Rurikovskaia, Argent, a cross formy and on a chief azure three crosses formy argent. There is one CD for the addition of the bordure. As there are more than two types of charge on Raphael's field, this is not simple armory for the definition of X.4.j.ii, and so there is no CD for the change in type only of the tertiary charges. It should be noted this would not be a conflict under the newly approved standards, but the combination of a charged chief and a bordure may need to be documented.
There is a step from period practice for counterchanging a bordure over a chief.
This item was pended from the December Letter of Acceptances and Returns for further commentary. After the end of commentary, commenters found evidence of Caer Mab as a grey period Welsh placename (as a field name). Therefore this was pended to allow further commentary. However, this is not the sort of place name that was used to create the names of groups of people using Teleu. The places used to create such names are of regions and other larger places. No evidence of a type of group that could be registered with that sort of place name was offered either. Barring such evidence, this name cannot be registered.
This badge was pended from the November 2011 LoAR, until the discussion on how to blazon this design motif was completed. As set forth on the Cover Letter, this is a primary crescent and a maintained flame.
This badge is not in conflict with the important non-SCA badge of Richard I of England, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as (Tinctureless) Between the horns of a crescent an estoile, or with the important non-SCA flag of Mauritania, Vert, a crescent and between its horns a mullet Or. In both cases there is a CD for fieldlessness and another CD for removing the secondary charge, Richard's estoile and Mauritania's mullet.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Táriq ibn Jelal ibn Ziyadatallah al-Naysábúrí, Per fess vert and bendy Or and purpure, in chief a crescent Or. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but no difference granted for the maintained charge.
This badge was withdrawn by the submitter.
The Letter of Intent requested that we reblazon Patrick's device based upon the artwork present in the Kingdom files, in which the compass star is separated into eight elongated lozenges. However, the artwork in the Laurel files shows a typical compass star; as the artwork at Laurel is the definitive version, we will not reblazon the device.
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn chevron inverted; the chevron inverted here is too high on the field. While a chevron inverted may move upwards to accomodate charges placed below it, it should still be clearly the sole primary charge and not give the forbidden appearance of being in a primary charge group comprised of an ordinary and other charges. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw a chevron inverted.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as an estoile of eight points alternating straight and rayonny, save for the internal detailing this is identical to a sun, and has been reblazoned that way.
This device is returned for violating section VII.7.b of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "[e]lements must be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a competent blazon." Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as crosses fleury charged with a bezant, these aren't crosses fleury, but more closely resemble in cross a bezant conjoined to four fleurs-de-lys bases to center. However, that isn't an adequate blazon, as there is some separation between the bezant and the fleurs-de-lys. Without a way to adequately describe the charge, this cannot be registered.
This device is returned for lack of documentation for European knowledge of ginkgo before 1650. This is a violation of section VII.4 of the Rules for Submissions, which states "The use of flora and fauna native to the New World, Africa, Asia, and other non-European locales will be registerable if it is reasonable to believe that Europeans knew them in period." No such documentation was provided and none was found by commenters.
Unfortunately, this conflicts with the registered Genevieve d'Anjou. While the vowel sounds of the last syllable of the byname are quite different, that is not sufficient to make these names substantially different in sound. The consonants at the end of the submitted name are silent.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of the Barony of Windmasters' Hill, (Fieldless) An annulet argent hurty. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but nothing for the change in tincture only of the tertiary charges. It should be noted this would not be a conflict under the newly approved standards, but the motif of alternating tinctures of identical charges in a semy would need to be demonstrated in period armory.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating section VIII.4.d of the Rules for Submissions which requires that "modern style in the depiction of individual elements or the total design may not be registered." This modern "apostrophe" style of gouttes is not registerable without period evidence. Gouttes should ideally be drawn with wavy tails.
Please advise the submitter to draw fewer and larger gouttes upon resubmission.
The name Neassa is not registerable:
Neassa is an Early Modern Irish Gaelic... form of the name Ness listed in Ó Corráin & Maguire (p. 145 s.n. Ness). This name is only given in legendary contexts and as the name of a mother and a sister of saints. Unlike the names of saints, the names of their relatives listed in their legends are not automatically registerable.... Lacking evidence that any form of Ness was used by humans in period, it is not registerable. [LoAR 10/2002]
In resubmission, the submitter may want to consider the 1603 English given name Nesscia from the IGI Parish Records Abstracts.
In addition, the byname is incorrectly formed, as Cearnach is the nominative form of the father's name. The genitive (possessive) form is Cearnaigh, and in a woman's byname, it must be lenited, making it inghean Chearnaigh.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Christine of Calontir.
Unfortunately, this name creates the appearance of a relationship with the registered Andrew of York; Anderson means "Andrew's son." As such, it cannot be registered without permission to presume this relationship.
His device has been registered under the holding name Richard of Wyvern Cliff.
None.
This device is returned for using wax-based pencils or crayons on the submission forms, which has been cause for return since the May 2011 Laurel meetings.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Tanczos Istvan, Per chevron potent and gules.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Roderick McCracken, Sable, a calamarie argent. There is one CD for the change in field. We grant difference in cephalopods only based on which end is up; an polypus inverted and a calamarie both have their tentacles to chief, so there is no CD for orientation, and we do not give difference for a sole primary versus a sole primary issuant from base.
This is an appeal of the Laurel return of this device in August of 2011. At that time, two conflicts were called: one with Bela of Eastmarch for which the submitter had permission to conflict and a second with Eadwine be Bocce Sele. The second conflict was reblazoned at that time as Ermine, a wyvern erect azure, maintaining in both legs a partly open book argent bound gules.
The appeal focused on two issues. First, it argued that the conflict with Eadwine was not called in the first return of this device in March 2006, and therefore the submitter should be given the benefit of the doubt. However, this is not Laurel policy. While we generally give submitters the benefit of the doubt when a style problem is not noted in a return, we have not done the same for conflicts. Dolphin noted precedents from 2003 and 2010 upholding this principle.
Second, it argued that the reblazon of Eadwine's device was not correct, as the wyvern is more properly statant. Unfortunately for this argument, Eadwine's wyvern was ruled to be equivalent to erect in September 2009, long before this reblazon. There are several things that lead us to retain this blazon (and thus the conflict). First, the wyvern's feet are in front of the body, maintaining a book, rather than partially or completely underneath it, as one would expect with a statant or passant posture. The fact that more than half of its body is vertical, rather than horizontal, again is typical of an erect posture, though the tail behind the body is not. However, as recently as January of this year, a wyvern with the tail behind the body was registered as a wyvern erect (though with an artist's note).
Given these considerations, this submission remains in conflict with Eadwine be Bocce Sele; we apologize to the submitter that this conflict was omitted in the 2006 return.
This device is also returned because no submission forms were received: a violation of section IV.C of the Administrative Handbook, which requires a complete set of paperwork be included with appeals.
Unfortunately, this conflicts with the registered Caelainn ingen Chainnig. While there are minor changes to the given name, they are not sufficient to make the names significantly different in sound.
Her device has been registered under the name Caitilin of Bhakail.
This device is returned for violating the ban on so-called "slot-machine heraldry", section VIII.1.a of the Rules for Submissions, for having three types of charges in the same group. Here the hawk and the duck are practically the same size, causing them to be counted as separate charges. A properly drawn hawk trussing a bird would have the hawk as obviously the main charge, with the trussed bird smaller and decidedly less important.
Unfortunately, this name conflicts with the registered Conor MacKaine. The bynames are not significantly different in sound.
This does not conflict with the registered Conal McKay. The difference between Conal and Connor is equivalent to the difference between Conan and Connor or Colin and Coinneach, both of which are by precedent clear of conflict.
His device has been registered under the holding name Connor of the East.
This name conflicts with the registered Gwenhwyvar verch Owein. The change to the byname only affects the first vowel; these elements were previously ruled to conflict in October 2006.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Gwenhwyvar of Settmour Swamp.
This device is returned for violating the ban on so-called "slot-machine heraldry", section VIII.1.a of the Rules for Submissions, for having three types of charges in the same group. Here the eagle and the duck are practically the same size, causing them to be counted as separate charges. A properly drawn eagle trussing a bird would have the eagle as obviously the main charge, with the trussed bird smaller and decidedly less important.
Unfortunately, this name conflicts with the registered Thomas macBriar, which was registered in August of 2011, after this name was already in submission. The change to only the last consonant of the byname is not enough to make the names significantly different in sound.
His device has been registered under the holding name Thomas of Bhakail.
Unfortunately, the given name Tjolnir is found only in Translations from the Icelandic. It is probably an error for Fjolnir, which is found in other sources. Unfortunately, it is only a legendary name, often found as a name/attribute of Odin. Barring evidence of its period use by real humans, this name cannot be registered.
His device has been registered under the holding name Colin of Ruantallan.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating section VIII.1.c.i of the Rules for Submissions which requires that "[c]harges may only be drawn in perspective if they were so depicted in period armory." The maintained book here should be redrawn to either be a standard open book, not in perspective, or a closed book.
None.
This device is returned for redraw, for blurring the distinction between the primary and secondary charge groups. Here the pale lozengy is so narrow as to not be as prominent as the surrounding crosses of lozenges. Please advise the submitter that in period armory, lozenges conjoined into an ordinary are typically blazoned as fusilly and have their long axis perpendicular to the ordinary. In this case, the lozenges making up the pale should be wider than they are tall, making the pale distinctly the primary charge.
This household name conflicts with the registered Knight's Rest. In the registered name, Rest is the designator
This name has structural issues as well. The submitter states that Juliana de Luna's "Compound English Placenames" includes examples of Haven following "last names." However, he did not present specific examples, and commenters found no clear examples that were bynames that were not placenames. Examples of a pattern of surname+haven (that is not a place name) must be given in order to register this as submitted. Finally, the submitter should either add a designator or make the case that Haven refers to a group of people, as opposed to a place.
There are multiple mundane orders of the Southern Cross that still exist today: the most important is the Brazilian order of that name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Southern_Cross). This conflicts with these orders and cannot be registered.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Alistair Kirk, Quarterly ermine and Or, a compass-star azure. There is one CD for the change of field, but as Finn's compass star is forced to chief, there is no CD for arrangement.
This device is also returned for conflict with the badge of Alys Carvelsdatter, Quarterly arrondi Or and argent, a compass star, the chiefmost point broken to sinister, azure. There is one CD for the change of field, but nothing for the forced move to chief, nor do we grant difference for the broken point on Alys' compass star.
This device is also returned for conflict with the badge of Tómmán Dallas Sare, Checky argent and sable, a mullet of four points azure. There is one CD for the change of field, but we grant no difference between a mullet of four points and a compass star.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of the Principality of Tir Rígh, Azure, a compass star azure fimbriated argent.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.3 of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "Elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability...Identifiable elements may be rendered unidentifiable by...being obscured by other elements of the design." Here, the placement of the wings obscures the left and right arms of the cross, such that it looks more like a pale with a roundel than a cross. If the wings issued from the ends of the arms of the cross, it would be far more identifiable.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submissions which requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." Commenters were unable to reliably identify the holly leaves on the bordure here. Turning the leaves to follow the line of the bordure would help in giving them more room to be larger and more identifiable, as would having a thicker bordure.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
This name has multiple issues that need to be addressed before it can be registered. First, the elements Jaboa and Manul were not dated to period. Second, no evidence was presented that a three element name consisting of two animal names and a color is a reasonable construction in Mongolian. Barring evidence of these things, the name cannot be registered.
This device is returned for violating section VIII.1.a. Tincture and Charge Limit, which says "As a rule of thumb, the total of the number of tinctures plus the number of types of charges in a design should not exceed eight." This device has a complexity count of nine, with five tinctures (argent, sable, gules, vert, and Or) and four types of charge (crequier, chief, moon, cat's head). While allowances may be given for good period style, and the arrangement of charges here does follow period patterns, the different tinctures on the crequier gave some commenters difficulty in identifying it, as it is a rather stylized charge. Reducing the tinctures used overall would decrease the complexity count, but making the crequier a single tincture would probably be the best option.
Please advise the submitter, upon resubmission, to either draw the cat's heads with better erasing, or as couped.
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn per chevron inverted field division; the field division here is too high. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw per chevron inverted.
This household name submission is missing two pieces of key evidence that would be necessary to register it. First the submitter needs to show that this is a plausible construction. All the examples of clan names (which this is) that commenters could find in Latin have names that are identical to nomens, though feminized to match the gender of the word gens. No evidence was presented that this element was a nomen or otherwise matched a pattern of Roman clan (gens) names. In this case, the word Carraca refers to a particular type of coach, and evidence would have to show that particular types of vehicles and not just more generic words were used to form names for a gens.
We note that a medieval Latinized inn-sign name could be derived from the standard Latin word for wagon, carrus.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a pile inverted embowed throughout, this is an excellent and unexceptional depiction of a per chevron ployé throughout field.
This device is returned for violating section VII.7.b of the Rules for Submissions, which requires that "[e]lements must be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a competent blazon." There is no way to adequately describe how the butterflies are tinctured here, some entirely sable and some entirely gules. The only example of randomly tinctured charges in period armory that commenters could immediately come up with is the English panther's spots. Without further documentation, randomly tincturing charges is not registerable.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Jason Seaborn, Vert, a merman proper crined Or tailed and maintaining in the dexter hand a trident argent. There is one CD for the change of field, but no difference is grantd for the tincture of the primary charge, which is effectively entirely argent in both designs, nor for the removal of the maintained trident. There is no difference granted between one aquatic humanoid and another.
Without further evidence that the silkie or selkie was known in period, we will no longer register the charge. There will be an exception granted for a timely resubmission from this submitter.
This device is returned for using a non-period depiction of a shoe, which is a violation of section VII.3 of the Rules for Submissions which states "Artifacts that were known in the period and domain of the Society may be registered in armory, provided they are depicted in their period forms." Stacked heels appear to be post-period, and even raised heels were relatively rare. The turn-down of the upper also appears to be post-period. Drawn as a period shoe, or with documentation that this depiction matches a period shoe, this would be registerable.
Please advise the submitter, upon resubmission, to draw the fess narrower; ideally, it should be no wider than a third of the field.
None.
Andros is the submitter's legal given name.
The submitter included a letter from a professor of classics as documentation for the byname. However, that letter does not include any indication of when that form is dated to: whether it's modern, medieval, or Classical. It also gives no sources for the statements in the e-mail. Without this additional background information, we cannot register this byname.
Metron Ariston offered various Classical Greek forms of the byname, including Korkuraios (from the LGPN) and Kerkuraios (from Liddle and Scott's dictionary). Either of these would be registerable. However, either is a larger change than the submitter allows.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of the Shire of Glaedenfeld, Quarterly argent and vert, four fleurs-de-lys counterchanged. There is one CD for the change of field, but nothing for the forced change of arrangement of the charges.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as four goutte d'eau conjoined in cross points to center, commenters could not reliably identify the charge or charges within the annulet, as the gouttes were drawn without wavy tails. Most felt this overall motif looked more like a propeller of some type, which is obtrusively modern. The charge within the annulet has been reblazoned as a quatrefoil, although a properly drawn quatrefoil would have a slightly larger center. The annulet is also unacceptably thin, being little more than a single line.
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Çinara Suberria, (Fieldless) A cherry blossom within and conjoined to an annulet argent. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but no difference granted between a cherry blossom, which is a cinquefoil, and a quatrefoil.
This device is returned for redraw, for blurring the distinction between the primary and secondary charge groups. Here the torque is somewhat smaller than the horse, yet not quite as small as would be expected if the horse alone were truly a primary charge and centered upon the field. If the torque and horse are meant to be co-primary charges, with the oak leaf as a secondary charge, the torque should be drawn larger.
This device is returned for having been computer color-corrected on the Letter of Intent, which has been cause for return since the March 2009 Laurel meetings. Submission heralds are reminded that the image on the Letter of Intent in OSCAR must match the submission forms. In this case, both the physical forms and the packet scan clearly showed the emblazon having been colored with markers, but the image on OSCAR was clearly computer-colored. There is no issue with computer coloring or printing itself (although most printer inks aren't as stable as markers, and a shift in color by the time of the decision meeting can be cause for return) as long as the forms and the emblazon in OSCAR match.
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Under the current Rules for Submissions, this device is in conflict with the important non-SCA arms for the Counts of Toulouse, Gules, a cross of Toulouse Or. There is a CD for the addition of the chief, but as a cross of Toulouse can be described as a key cross voided of a cross clechy, there is no CD for changing the tincture only of the tertiary cross clechy. Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, this would not be in conflict, as there is one DC for the addition of the chief and another DC for changing the tincture of the tertiary cross clechy. Therefore, this device is pended until the new standards take effect.
This was item 15 on the Caid letter of January 15, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this name conflicts with the registered Fellowship of the White Bear. Once the newly approved Standards for Evaluation are in place, these two items will be clear of conflict, as Bear and Boar may be compared as single syllable words in a non-personal name whose substantive element is two words or fewer. As the vowel sound in that word has been completely changed, the names are clear of conflict. Therefore, this is pended until the new standards take effect.
This was item 2 on the Calontir letter of January 23, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this conflicts with the registered Michelina Medici. Michelina is a diminutive of Michele, as the name Michele was used by both men and women. This is pended as the conflict will not exist under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, given that the sound and appearance of multiple syllables is changed between these two names.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Michele of Forgotten Sea.
This was item 20 on the Calontir letter of January 23, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this device is in conflict with the device of Durko Vadas, Sable, on a mullet of seven points inverted Or a single-headed chess knight purpure, a base rayonny Or. Existing precedent does not grant difference between a mullet of seven points and a sun. There is only one CD for the change in type and tincture of the tertiary charge. Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, this would not be a conflict, as there would be one DC for changing the type of the tertiary charge, and another DC for changing the tincture of the tertiary charge. Therefore, this device is pended until the new standards take effect.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this device is in conflict with the device of Kourost Bernard of the East Woods, Sable, a sun Or eclipsed sable. There is a CD for adding the base, but nothing for the difference in tincture only of the tertiary charge. Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, this would not be a conflict, as there is one DC for adding the base, and another DC for changing the tincture of the tertiary charge. Therefore, this device is pended until the new standards take effect.
This was item 31 on the Calontir letter of January 23, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this device is in conflict with the device of Aleksandra Alekseeva, Per chevron gules and sable, two mullets of six points and a galleon Or. There is one CD for changing the number of primary charges. The bottommost charge in both devices is considered half the charge group, but in Heinreich's case current precedent requires two changes to the "lesser" half of a charge group divided by the field in order to equal one CD. Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, this is not in conflict, as there is a substantial change in number of the primary charge group under A5E3. Therefore, this device is pended until the new standards take effect.
This was item 23 on the East letter of January 19, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this name conflicts with the registered Jeene Johnston; the given names are both variants of Jehanne/Jean. The various spellings of this name were used interchangeably and as such, conflict. The bynames are variants of the same name as well, and were pronounced almost identically. As neither element is significantly different, they cannot be clear of conflict.
Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, the given names are compared purely on sound and appearance. As Jehanne and Jeene have different numbers of syllables and different vowel sounds, the names are clear of conflict. Therefore, this name is pended until the new standards take effect.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Jehanne of Bergental.
This was item 29 on the East letter of January 19, 2012.
Unfortunately, under the current Rules for Submissions, this lovely Portuguese name for around 1400 conflicts with both the registered Mariota de la Moor and the registered Mairi Muir. In the first case, the name Mariota is a diminutive of Mary/Maria and thus conflicts with it. Mairi is similarly not different enough in sound and appearance from the given name. The bynames are similarly not substantially different in sound and appearance.
Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, these names will be clear of conflict. Under these standards, the sound and appearance of the entire names are compared. In each case, two syllables or more are changed in sound and appearance, making them clear of conflict. Therefore, this name is pended until the new standards take effect.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Maria of Smoking Rocks.
This was item 39 on the East letter of January 19, 2012.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as two pink flamingo's wings conjoined proper, a pink flamingo can only be proper because we can identify it as a flamingo, a crane-shaped bird. A flamingo's wing, however, is not distinguishable from any other bird's wing, and so when colored pink is no difference from gules. Therefore, we have reblazoned the wings as simply two wings conjoined gules.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this device is in conflict with the device of Bjarni Kenhelm, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as Argent, an eagle's wing beginning and terminating in hands gules maintaining in chief two axes in saltire, a bordure sable. There is one CD for the change in number of primary charges, but nothing for the removal of the maintained axes. Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, this is not in conflict, as there is a substantial change in number of the primary charge group under A5E3. Therefore, this device is pended until the new standards take effect.
This was item 57 on the East letter of January 19, 2012.
This device is pended to discuss whether or not a mount should be granted difference from a plain base. General SCA precedent has typically treated enarched as an artistic variant of a straight line, drawn to illustrate the curvature of the shield. However, the mount is a period charge, which may be distinct from a plain base. As a base enarched can be visually identical to a mount, we would like to see more research of how period armory handled bases and mounts.
If a plain base is considered no different than a mount, this device is in conflict with the device of Christian of Orange, Argent, an orange tree fructed proper issuant from a mount vert. There is a CD for adding the stag, but nothing else.
This was item 2 on the Lochac letter of January 26, 2012.
The submitter indicated that he preferred the form mac Talorggen if possible. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. We are pending it to allow commenters to research it further.
We note that in several cases, the genitive form of this name appears to be the same as the nominative form.
This was item 9 on the Middle letter of January 22, 2012.
The submitter requested authenticity for Scottish Gaelic. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. This is pended to allow commenters time to look at Scots Gaelic forms of the byname.
His armory has been registered under the holding name Cailin of Roaring Wastes.
This was item 13 on the Middle letter of January 22, 2012.
This device is pended for discussion on how we wish to treat runes in armory, if they are registerable, not registerable, or registerable with a step from period practice. Runes themselves, at least some version of them, were in use during period. However, the form of runes most commonly used in SCA armory is the Elder Futhark, which may not be appropriate in heraldic contexts.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a pawprint. If runes are ruled to be a step from period practice as well, this device must be returned.
As we treat runes just like other letters and symbols, there is no concern of violating the so-called "slot machine" rule, for use of more than two types of charge in the same group. The charge type is the same, no matter whether the symbols are identical or not.
This was item 23 on the Middle letter of January 22, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this name conflicts with the registered Alyssa Elphinstone. Ellisoun is a diminutive of Alis, while Alyssa is a Latinized form of the same name. As such, they conflict.
Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, these names will not be in conflict, as the given names have changes to multiple syllables. They have substantially different last syllables, as well as changes to the first syllable. As such, this is pended until the new standards take effect.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Ellisoun of the Middle.
This was item 24 on the Middle letter of January 22, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this name conflicts with the modern actress Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth and Isabel were used interchangeably in 15th century England and thus conflict.
Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, we compare names solely on sound and appearance, and these names will not conflict. Therefore, this name is pended until the new standards take effect.
Her device has been registered under the holding name Isabel of North Woods.
This was item 41 on the Middle letter of January 22, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this conflicts with the registered Tatheg O'Brian. Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, these names will be clear of conflict. Under these standards, the sound and appearance of the entire names are compared. In each case, two syllables or more are changed in sound and appearance, making them clear of conflict. Therefore, this name is pended until the new standards take effect.
This was item 77 on the Middle letter of January 22, 2012.
Under the current Rules for Submissions, this conflicts with the registered name Katarina Scryvener. Under the newly approved Standards for Evaluation, these names will be clear of conflict. Under these standards, the sound and appearance of the entire names are compared. In each case, two syllables or more are changed in sound and appearance, making them clear of conflict. Therefore, this name is pended until the new standards take effect.
This was item 1 on the West letter of January 30, 2012.
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