The submitter is a knight and thus entitled to the display of an orle of chain.
Submitted as Aliénor de Montserrat, no evidence was found to support the use of the accent in the given name in our period. Therefore, we have dropped the accent to register this name.
The source cited for the place name Montserrat, actually had the spelling Montferrat; however, commenters found the submitted spelling as a French rendering of the Spanish place name In Le voyage du Prince don Fernande Infant d'Espagne, Cardinal, dated to 1635 (https://books.google.ca/books?id=0ieJ3cz7rAcC&pg=PA15).
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Eilis ni Roibeard O'Boirne: (Tinctureless) A quatrefoil knot. There is a DC for tincturelessness and another DC for the difference between a four lobed quadrate cornice and a quatrefoil knot.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Eilis ni Roibeard O'Boirne: (Tinctureless) A quatrefoil knot. There is a DC for tincturelessness and another DC for the difference between a four lobed quadrate cornice and a quatrefoil knot.
Nice 13th century Gaelic name!
Nice early 1st century Roman name!
The given name was documented in the Letter of Intent from a source dated to 1630 (but based on earlier annals), and the byname was dated no later than 1325. Although the temporal gap is greater than 300 years, Berach is an Irish saint's name and attested name dated from the 7th century. 12th to 13th century forms such as Giolla Beraigh ("servant/devotee of Berach") show that this saint was venerated earlier than 1630. Therefore, we can register this name as submitted.
This name combines a Gaelic saint's name and English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
This name combines an Old Norse given name and an Old English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Eirik is a plausible Old English rendering of the Scandinavian Eirikr based on attested examples from PASE.
Submitted as Halgir Bjornsson, the submitter notified kingdom during commentary that he would like the form Halgar or Halgarr instead of the submitted form Halgir. Following the Pelican decision meeting he clarified that he would like the form Halgar if it could be documented.
Halgari is a Latin genitive (possessive) form found in the name Ormerum Halgari, for which the normalized Norwegian translation is Orm Halgeirssön. This form is found in Diplomatarium Norvegicum, dated to 1320 (http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst.prl?b=3621). The expected Latinized nominative (base) form is Halgar. Therefore, we are happy to change the given name to the submitter's preferred form.
The submitter may wish to know that the form de Sainte Clair or Sainte Claire is more likely than the submitted form. However, examples with the submitted spacing are occasionally found by the 15th century.
This device was redrawn in kingdom with the submitter's approval. The initially submitted depiction also seemed registerable.
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
Nice 15th century French name!
The submitter requested authenticity for "4th-5th C Roman Provincial". Following the Pelican decision meeting, Metron Ariston noted that a Tyrannius Rufinus (345-410 CE) was born in northern Italy, lived in Egypt and Palestine, and was ordained at Jerusalem, citing the Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.html?term=Rufinus%20of%20Aquileia). Darius is a Latinized form of a Greek name, also found as the name of a 4th century saint who was martyred in Nicaea. Therefore, this name appears to meet the submitter's request for an authentic 4th-5th century Roman name from the provinces.
Ulf was documented in the Letter of Intent as an Old Swedish given name found in Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, but was undated. Ulf is also an Anglo-Saxon given name in PASE s.n. Ulf, with numerous instances dating between the late 8th and 11th centuries. The byname trételgja is the Old Norse byname of a 6th-7th century Swedish king. Therefore, this name potentially combines an Old English given name and Old Norse byname. As both elements are dated prior to 1100 and the temporal gap is under 300 years, this is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
The submitter may wish to know that a wholly Old Norse form of this name is Úlfr trételgja. If he prefers this form, he can submit a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, Wilrich von Hessen, is retained as an alternate name.
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Both elements are found in Spain in the 16th century. In addition, this exact name is dated to 1608 in the FamilySearch Historical Records, making this an excellent late period Spanish name!
Handsome was documented as a 16th century English adjective. We note that literal bynames are not likely at this time in England, but this name is registerable. In fact, the unmarked, inherited form Handsome is a surname in 1582 England (in the FamilySearch Historical Records). We note that the marked form the Handsome is also a lingua Anglica form of the Middle English le Bel.
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Submitted as Aibhilín inghean Baireíd, Baireíd is the Gaelic form of a borrowed Anglo-Norman surname, not a given name. Without evidence to show that a literal patronym can be formed from such a surname, we cannot register this name as submitted. In addition, due to the requirements of Gaelic grammar, the surname must be lenited. Therefore, we have removed the patronymic particle inghean and have lenited the surname: Aibhilín Bhaireíd.
Gutless is an interpolated spelling of the early 17th century gut-less and gutlesse, found in the Oxford English Dictionary. The submitter may wish to know that literal descriptive bynames are not likely for 17th century England, but the name is registerable.
Nice 16th century English name!
Diaz de Castile is grandfathered to the submitter, as it is part of the registered name of his father, Adam Carlos Diaz de Castile.
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
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Nice Scots name for c.1600!
The submitter's previous name, Iollann of Glencairn, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for "500-1000 CE Roman". This is an authentic classical Roman name, but is less likely from the 6th century on. Therefore, it may be authentic for her desired time period, but we do not know for sure.
The Letter of Intent stated that the submitter's previous name, Narumi Rakeshe, is to be released. As this name is not registered, we cannot release it.
The byname Kastanrazi is glossed in Geirr Bassi as "wiggle arse". This name is not offensive:
Those present at the Pelican decision meeting did not think that Raza- is offensive, noting that "arse" does not have the same connotation as the returned "anus" or "asshole". Therefore, we are able to register this name. [Raza-Skúli, June 2015, A-Atenveldt]
The submitter's previous name, Isabella Ironstone, is retained as an alternate name.
Submitted as Rose Aileen Robertson, the second byname was changed in kingdom to Eileen because the spelling Aileen could not be documented in our period. We were unable to document the preferred spelling, so we have not restored the spelling to the submitted form.
Although Serena was documented in the Letter of Intent as a Spanish given name, it is also found in 15th century Pisa in Juliana de Luna's "Names from 15th and 16th Century Pisa" (2014 KWHSS Proceedings). Therefore, this name is wholly Italian instead of Spanish-Italian.
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The Letter of Intent stated that Hostilius is the registered byname of the submitter's father, Alexander Hostilius of Caid. However, the legal relationship was attested by two heralds rather than the submitter's father himself at the time of submission. We do not allow heralds or other third parties to attest legal relationships that they themselves are not a part of.
Luckily for the submitter, a formal letter from the father attesting to the legal relationship was provided during commentary. Therefore, the byname Hostilius can be registered to the submitter using the grandfather clause.
There is a step from period practice for the use of lightning bolts not as part of a thunderbolt.
Angus and Ian were documented in the Letter of Intent as English given names. English allows the use of double given names. In Scots, however, double given names are not a pattern found in Appendix A of SENA. Therefore, the question was raised after the Pelican decision meeting whether the English double given names could be combined with the Scots byname. In September 2014, we ruled that, "The use of double given names in Scotland is found occasionally in the 16th and early 17th centuries (FamilySearch Historical Records). As this pattern is uncommon, we decline to add it to Appendix C at this time" [Cecily Grace MacBean, A-Ansteorra]. Therefore, as the pattern of double given names is found in both England and Scotland, this name is registerable as submitted.
Nice Roman name!
The submitter's old device, Per pale azure and Or, a fleur-de-lys and a bordure counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Jericho is a lingua Anglica form of the Hebrew Yeriho or the Latin Hiericus.
The hyena is a period heraldic charge and thus does not carry a step from period practice. From the May 2006 LoAR (Oriel Gibberish, A-Calontir):
A hyena is a dog-like creature with a ridge of hair and a lion-like tail. Hyenas were known in period and are found in period heraldic tracts; Bossewell's Workes of Armorie, 1572, f. 49: "Beareth Argente, an Hien saliant Sable, and one Escaloppe sinistre d'Azure. Thys is a cruell beaste, in quantitie like unto the wolfe: & he is called Hyena of Hyando, for yt hee reyseth to hys praye with open mouth and voyce, and in his necke is heare, as in the necke of an horsse, and upon al the length of hys ridge also." While not biologically a canine, in SCA heraldry a hyena is classed as a canine and will conflict with all other canines.
The byname the Pink is a lingua Anglica form of the Middle English le Pynch.
This name combines a Dutch given name and an English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Upon his death, the submitter's registered names and armory will be released.
Hannah is grandfathered to the submitter.
The Letter of Intent stated that Sigríðr is the registered given name of the submitter's mother, Sigríðr hvíta refr, implying that it is grandfathered to the submitter. However, the legal relationship was attested by two heralds rather than the submitter's mother herself at the time of submission. We do not allow heralds or other third parties to attest legal relationships that they themselves are not a part of.
In addition, only the exact registered element can be grandfathered. Modifying the mother's name by changing it to a genitive (possessive) form and adding the marker -dottir is not covered under the grandfather clause.
Luckily for the submitter, commenters were able to document the construction of the byname, so the submitter need not rely on the grandfather clause, and we can register this name as submitted.
Jordan is grandfathered to the submitter.
The Letter of Intent stated that Sigríðr is the registered given name of the submitter's mother, Sigríðr hvíta refr, implying that it is grandfathered to the submitter. However, the legal relationship was attested by two heralds rather than the submitter's mother herself at the time of submission. We do not allow heralds or other third parties to attest legal relationships that they themselves are not a part of.
In addition, only the exact registered element can be grandfathered. Modifying the mother's name by changing it to a genitive (possessive) form and adding the marker -dottir is not covered under the grandfather clause.
Luckily for the submitter, commenters were able to document the construction of the byname, so the submitter need not rely on the grandfather clause, and we can register this name as submitted.
Commentary noted that Joshua is the submitter's legal given name. However, the attestation, by only one herald, did not meet the requirements given in the June 2015 Cover Letter. Specifically, we require documentation, such as a copy of a driver's license, showing the submitter's legal name, or an attestation from two heralds (or a herald and another officer) that includes the type of document that was witnessed and whether the name in question was a given name, middle name, or surname. Simply stating that the submitter is personally known to the herald(s) in question does not fulfill these requirements. Therefore, Joshua is not eligible for the legal name allowance for the present submission, and must be documented.
Luckily for the submitter, Joshua is found in Italian context for Jewish men in "Names of Jews in Rome In the 1550's" by Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_names.html). Therefore, we can register this name without relying on the legal name allowance.
This name combines an Italian given name and Arabic byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
This name combines an English given name and French byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
As dated in Solveig Throndardottir's Name Construction in Medieval Japan (NCMJ, revised edition), there is a temporal gap of far greater than 500 years between the surname Matsudaira (dated to 1572) and the given name Omiyame (dated to 784). However, NCMJ generally only provides a single dated example for the elements. We note that the Matsudaira line was founded in the 14th century by Matsudaira Chikauji and was named after a village (see Herbert E. Plutschow, The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context; https://books.google.com/books?id=fNQjDQ-mWYgC&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157).
Citing Bun'ei Tsunoda, Nihon no joseimei: rekishiteki tenboÌ", Keystone noted after the Pelican decision meeting that the -me suffix marks feminine given names in early Japan. Although this suffix is found as late as 1575, it largely dropped out of use by c.1450. In addition, the kanji used to write this suffix changed over time. The kanji for -me used in the attested given name Omiyame was replaced with the one used in the names Kokurome (784), Wotome (1183), and Ko'ne'neme (1572), all found in NCMJ Revised Edition, p. 102. The 8th century example of Kokurome shows that Omiyame could also have been written using the later kanji.
Although O-miya has the reading of "small" and "shinto shrine, palace", adding the suffix can make it sound like a nickname. Women in Japanese literature are occasionally referred to by nicknames, such as where they reside at court. And, in fact, {O-}miya is the name of a character in an 11th century Japanese novel, The Tale of Genji (http://www.taleofgenji.org/characters.html). Therefore, we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that the name elements are temporally compatible.
Nice badge!
Submitted as Séamus mac Néill Uí Conchobhair, we have lenited the byname due to the requirements of Gaelic grammar in order to register this name: Uí Chonchobhair.
A crowth is an anglo-saxon lyre. It is not heraldically differentt from the default lyre.
Nice 16th century English name!
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Submitted as Alexandra Ríkvé Jessen, Alexandra and Jessen were both documented for 16th century Germany, but Ríkvé is a Scandinavian name dated to the early to mid-11th century. Because this name combines two languages from different regional naming groups and the temporal gap is greater than 300 years, we are unable to register this name as submitted. Therefore, we have dropped Ríkvé with the submitter's permission in order to register this name.
Please advise the submitter to draw the front legs of the horses closer together.
Hasselbring was not documented in the Letter of Intent. In commentary, Metron Ariston found this element in the FamilySearch Historical Records from Germany, dated to 1650. In addition, she found the given names Amalie and Helena in the same source, dated to the 16th century.
Precedent states:
Questions were raised about the appropriateness of the spelling Wolfden, as the source cited, "Faire Names for English Folk," normalizes names. An examination of the source material indicates that the original form is Wolfde, which may represent Wolfden or some other spelling. Luckily, commenters were able to find the submitted spelling dated to the time of Edward III (1327-1377) in The Place-Names of Warwickshire. Therefore, it may be registered as submitted. [Alys Wolfden, July 2010, A-An Tir]
Therefore, we are able to register this element in the present submission.
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Gingras is the submitter's legal surname.
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The question was raised whether the use of the element Kin- in the given name is presumptuous. This element has the meaning of "public official/officer/noble/duke" in classical Chinese (see Solveig Throndardottir's Name Construction in Medieval Japan, revised edition, p. 192). As part of an attested given name, the use of an element that may indicate rank is not an unmistakable claim of rank. Therefore, the use of this element is not presumptuous, as it is clear it is not a form of address.
The submitter requested authenticity for a Japanese name. This name is not authentic because Akiyama is most likely a buke (military class) surname. Buke names follow the pattern of a family name/surname followed by a yobina (general use name) and a nanori (official/formal given name). This name only contains a surname and a nanori.
The submitter originally requested authenticity for a 12th century Anglo-Saxon name, but withdrew this request. The submitter may wish to know that this name is authentic for early 17th century England.
Nice 16th century Scottish name!
Commenters wondered whether this design was too close to the X-Men logo. It is not. The rotation clears the potential presumption by changing the orientation.
It also does not presume upon the important non-SCA arms of the Arch-Steward of the Holy Roman Empire: Gules, an orb Or. There is a DC for the addition of a tertiary charge group and, by precedent, there is at least a DC between an orb and a roundel [Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, A-Caid, May 2010 LoAR].
Submitted as Worshipful Company of Artificers, precedent implies that [designator] of Artificers is too generic to be registered:
[registering Company of Artificers of Marinus] Submitted as Company of Artificers, we have with the consent of the submissions herald, added the phrase "of Marinus" to make it less generic. [Marinus, Barony of, September 1996, p. 3]
The December 2002 Cover Letter states that the addition of a branch name does not make such a non-personal name less generic:
A submission this month raised the issue of generic identifiers again. Given the confusion that exists regarding what is and is not a generic identifier, as well as how generic identifiers are used, we are providing a clarification of this issue.
Generic identifiers are descriptions that may be associated with registered items (mainly badges) to identify the use of that item. Unlike registered names (award names, order names, guild names, household names, et cetera), generic identifiers are not registered as an independent item and are not protected from conflict. This does not mean that the group may not use this identifier, but simply that we will not limit the usage of that identifier to a single group.
Names that fall into the generic identifier category are names that would reasonably be used by more than one branch for common functions of the branch. All kingdoms can have a university. All baronies can have a baronial guard. All groups can have an equestrian guild.
Adding the name of the branch to the description does not affect generic identifiers (because branch identifiers are transparent for conflict). As an example, Outlands Equestrian Guild falls into the generic category because the only thing that would differentiate it from Equestrian Guild of Calontir are the branch identifiers Outlands and of Calontir.
However, later precedent shows that Worshipful Company of X is not generic when a branch name is included:
Submitted as a badge for The Most Worshipful Company of Æthelmearc Cooks and Bakers, as that name is neither registered nor a generic identifier we are unable to make this association. Recent precedent states:
Which gets us to the main question -- is Worshipful Company of X, where X is a generic descriptive element a generic identifier? The January 1993 coverletter [sic] had this to say on the subject "A better term might be "job-description": a simple declaration of the intended use of the badge...So long as the badge is associated with a purely functional name, it's [the name] neither checked for conflict during submission or protected from conflict afterwards." The addition of the adjective Worshipful lifts this out of the realm of purely functional, even through the adjective is part of the designator and not part of the descriptive element. [Lochac, Kingdom of, A-Lochac, 08/2004]
[Æthelmearc, Kingdom of, October 2006, A-Æthelmearc]
Therefore, we uphold the precedents that Worshipful Company of X is not generic as long as a branch name is also included and have added of Dragonship Haven in order to register this guild name. This ruling does not mean that generic identifiers in general can be made registerable in this manner.
The use of jessant-de-lys with anything other than a lion's or leopard's head is a step from period practice.
Submitted as Halldís Úlfsdottir, the accent in the given name was inadvertently dropped by kingdom: Halldis Úlfsdottir. We have restored the given name to the submitted form. In addition, we have modified the byname in order to use accents consistently throughout the name: Úlfsdóttir.
Submitted as Hrafn Is-augu, the constructed byname Is-augu was intended to mean "ice-eyes". In commentary, ffride wlffsdotter found examples such as hrakauga ("crack-eye"), járnauga ("iron-eye"), and krókauga "hook-eye" in Tilnavne i den islandske oldlitteratur by Finnur Jónsson (http://heimskringla.no/wiki/Tilnavne) and in Lind Personbinamn. However, all of these examples use the singular form "eye". Therefore, we have changed the byname to the singular form Isauga ("ice-eye") to register this name.
Nice Welsh name for around 1200!
The submitter's previous name, Rys Waytheman, is retained as an alternate name.
Morwenna is an English saint's name.
This is the defining instance of the corncrake in Society armory. This bird is described in "De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen" and the spelling "Corne Crake" dated to 1455 in the OED.
For purpose of conflict checking, the bird is considered poultry-shaped.
This order name follows the pattern of naming an order after a founder. In this case, Mud is a late period English surname used as a given name.
The pattern Order of the [Metal] Tower is grandfathered to the submitter.
The submitter requested authenticity for a Japanese name, but with no specific time period.
The given name Kiku was popular in the Muromachi period (1333-1573). However, Keystone noted in commentary that it is very unusual for a monothematic feminine given name like Kiku to be used without a prefix or suffix. In this case, Kiku is attested during the Muromachi period (1333-1573). At that time, according to Solveig Throndardottir's Name Construction in Medieval Japan (NCMJ, revised edition), "the o- prefix to women's names became universal for the buke class. Further, their names were frequently followed by the common name of a father, a husband, or another male relative." Therefore, the given name plus the honorific would be O-kiku, with or without the male relative's common name.
In addition, Keystone considered the surname Yamada to be unlikely, as it is a kuge (imperial court nobility) name. NCMJ states that women retained their uji (clan names) throughout life and these uji were combined with their personal names by the Kamakura period.
Therefore, this name is not authentic, but it is registerable.
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Commenters noted that the documentation included in the Letter of Intent supported the form Lucentio instead of the submitted form Lucenzo. However, -zo and -tio are occasionally used interchangeably in 16th-17th century Rome and its environs. Lorenzo/Lorentio and Vincenzo/Vincentio are found in Descriptio Urbis: The Roman Census of 1527 by Egmont Lee (https://books.google.com/books?id=lt6UAAAAIAA). The byname Fiorentio is found in Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi, "Names of Jews in Rome In the 1550's" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/Jewish/rome_article.html), and the form Fiorenzo is found in Martyrologio Romano (https://books.google.com/books?id=rk5LAAAAcAAJ), published in Bracciano in 1621. Therefore, we can register the name as submitted.
This name combines a Spanish given name and an Italian given name and byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Commenters asked if this name was obtrusively modern. PN2E of SENA states:
No name will be registered that either in whole or in part is obtrusively modern. Something is said to be obtrusively modern when it makes a modern joke or reference that destroys medieval ambience and drags the average person mentally back to the present day. Obtrusiveness can be either in the written form or when spoken. A period name that has a modern referent will not generally be considered obtrusively modern. Only extreme examples will be returned.
For example, names that have been ruled obtrusively modern and hence returned include Porsche Audi, Artemisian Tank Corps, and Geky Herald (pronounced like "Geeky Herald"). Names like Edmond Fitzgerald, Red Boke Herald, Drew Steele, and Mould de Cheder have been allowed.
Best Pickle Ambberger is no more obtrusively modern than Mould de Cheder, cited above.
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
Nice 16th century English name!
This exact name is found in England in 1589 (in the FamilySearch Historical Records), making this an excellent 16th century English name!
The submitter's previous name, Rose Papellon, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter's old device, Lozengy argent and azure, on a pale argent a heart gules, is retained as a badge.
This exact name is found in England in 1589 (in the FamilySearch Historical Records), making this an excellent 16th century English name!
This name does not conflict with the registered name Elizabeth de Rose because a syllable (de) has been removed and a consonant has been changed in the byname (s versus w). Therefore, this name is clear under PN3C1 of SENA.
This name also does not conflict with the registered name Elizabeth Rea because the bynames are substantially different in sound and appearance. Therefore, this name is clear under PN3C2 of SENA.
The Letter of Intent requested association with Lochac Cook's Guild. There are two issues with that request: the name is not registered and it cannot be registered to the submitter. The use of Lochac implies that it is a Kingdom guild and thus it cannot be registered to individuals. By itself, Cook's Guild is a generic identifier and thus also not registerable. Thus, we are registering this badge without the association.
Please advise the submitter to draw the wire bail to chief, clearly above the body of the cauldron.
Rowany is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Victoria is the name of a Byzantine saint and is also the legal given name of the submitter.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a penguin.
The Letter of Intent requested the association of this badge with "Antarctic Territories". This name is not registered and "Antarctic Territories" is not sufficiently generic to be associated here without an explicit name submission.
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When this submission was returned previously, we did not mention that the bird violated our prohibition against inverted animate charges. As the submitter solved the issue that was brought up, we are registering this device. However, the prohibition of inverted animate charges is still in force.
Nice 15th century Florentine name!
We note that an acceptance of this addition by Petros was included in the submission packet.
This name combines an English given name and a Gaelic byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
Please advise the submitter to draw the crescents larger.
The submitter requested authenticity for "mid-15th century Florence". All of the elements are found in Florence in 1427, so this name meets the submitter's request.
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The submitter's previous name, Andrew MacBain the Purple, is released.
The submitter's previous augmentation, Purpure, a winged sea unicorn between in fess two rapiers and for augmentation on a chief wavy argent a dragon passant vert sustaining a harp Or, is released.
This exact name is found in England dated to 1564, 1577, and 1587 (in the FamilySearch Historical Records), making this an excellent 16th century English name!
The submitter requested authenticity for pre-10th century Scandinavian Norse. This request was not summarized in the Letter of Intent. Luckily for the submitter, we had enough information to consider this request instead of pending the name for further research.
The given name and the father's given name are found on Swedish runestones. We can't be sure of when these particular runestones were carved, so this name may or may not meet the submitter's request for an authentic pre-10th century Scandinavian name.
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Submitted as Eoin mac Màrtainn, the byname should have an acute accent instead of a grave accent (á instead of à). We have corrected the accent in order to register this name.
The submitter requested authenticity for "16th c Scotland". Although Eoin appears as a Scottish Gaelic name in the 15th century Islay Charter, we do not have any instances of this name in 16th century Scotland. Mártainn is a 16th century Scottish Gaelic element. As we only have evidence of Eoin as an Irish Gaelic name in the 16th century, this name does not meet the submitter's request for an authentic 16th century Scottish name, but it is registerable.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Heian-Kamakura, Japan". This name is an authentic late 12th century Hei'an era name, meeting the submitter's request.
Nice 15th century Scots name!
This name combines a Polish given name and a Romanian byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
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The submitter's previous name, Alditha de la Tye, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for "1st-2nd century Roman". This name is plausible for the 1st century CE, so meets this request.
There is a step from period practice for having a group of any charge other than a fleur-de-lys surmounting the orle.
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Submitted as Alexander Gerritsen of Torthorwald, called Gerrit's Ekie, the apostrophe would not have been used in period. Therefore, we have removed it.
The overall pattern of a full name with a nickname or alias was documented for late period Scotland, with examples such as Walter Lytle in Bombie, callit Wattis Kinds and Christie Armstrong, called Armstrong's Christie. However, Alexander and Gerrit were documented in the Letter of Intent as Dutch given names, and Gerritsen was documented as a Dutch patronym. Evidence of this pattern was not demonstrated for the Netherlands in our period; therefore, we need to redocument these elements for the English/Welsh regional naming group.
Alexander and Gerrit are both late period English given names found in the FamilySearch Historical Records, dated to the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Gerrit is most likely derived from the given name Gerard (see Bardsley, s.n. Garrard), forms of which are found in England from at least the early 13th century (Middle English Dictionary). Late period English inherited bynames such as Nicollsen, Stevensen, and Johnsen (FamilySearch Historical Records) show that Gerritsen is a plausible constructed surname for the 16th century.
Ekie is a possible spelling of the late 16th century English given name Eky, found in 'Border Papers volume 2: June 1596', in Calendar of Border Papers: Volume 2, 1595-1603 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-border-papers/vol2/pp133-145). Examples of ie/y switches in the terminal syllable include Anthony/Anthonie, Geoffry/Geoffrie, and Avery/Averie, all found in the FamilySearch Historical Records.
Aliases also appear in various English and Welsh court documents. One example is Thomas Gouk otherwise called Gandre of London 'purser', found in 'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1361' (Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol11/p239). Another is John Toky called Banbury of Lymeryk in Ireland, found in 'Close Rolls, Richard II: December 1381' (Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II: Volume 2, 1381-1385, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/ric2/vol2/p47). Court documents from Wales include examples such as Jankin ap Ieuan ap Howell, otherwise Jankin Vachan, of Kevencarnau in the county of Glamorgan, labourer, found in 'Glamorgan Calendar Rolls and Gaol Files: 1542-94' (Cardiff Records: Volume 2, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cardiff-records/vol2/pp152-165).
Although it is unlikely that such complex names were used in everyday life, they are clearly found as documentary forms. Therefore, we can register full names with aliases for the English/Welsh regional naming group.
The submitter's previous name, Brion Gennadyevich Gorodin, is retained as an alternate name.
Euthymius is a Latinized form of the Greek Euthymios, found at "The Prosopography of the Byzantine World (PBW)" (http://www.pbe.kcl.ac.uk/data/D26/F36.htm).
This name combines a Latin given name and a Greek byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. If the submitter prefers the wholly Greek form Euthymios Alakaseus, he can submit a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, Michael of Darkwater, is retained as an alternate name.
Please advise the submitter to draw fewer and larger ermine spots.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
The submitter requested authenticity for "15th-16th century Sicilian".
Both elements are found in The Jews in Sicily, Volume 10 Notaries of Palermo: Part One, by Shlomo Simonsohn (https://books.google.com/books?id=PNmvCQAAQBAJ), dated to the 15th century. Therefore, this name meets the submitter's request for an authentic 15th century Sicilian name.
The submitter's previous name, Úlfarr veiðimaðr Eysteinsson, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for "11th-14th century German". The place name Darniburc was dated in the Letter of Intent to the 11th century. Commenters noted that the preposition de is more likely at this time. However, instances of von and its variant vone are found in Socin, p. 246, citing an 11th century charter. Therefore, this name meets the submitter's request for an authentic 11th century German name.
The submitter may wish to know that a later form of this placename is Derenburg, found as a header form in Hermann Oesterley, Historisch-geographisches wörterbuch des deutschen mittelalters (https://books.google.com/books?id=I5IOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA120). It is dated to 1306 in Urkundenbuch des Hochstifts Halberstadt und seiner Bischöfe: 1304-1361, edited by Gustav Schmidt (entry no. 1783, p. 28, https://books.google.com/books?id=KPkUAAAAQAAJ). Derenburg was also found in sources from the 15th and 16th centuries, and is the modern form of this place name.
If the submitter prefers the form Anna von Derenburg, which is authentic from the early 14th century to the end of our period, she can submit a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for "13-14 cent France/Northern Spain". Both the given name and byname are found in Paris in 1292, so this is an authentic 13th century French name.
The submitter's previous name, Bera Eðvarðardóttir, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for "13-14 cent France/Northern Spain". Both the given name and the masculine form of the byname are found in Paris in 1292, so this is an authentic 13th century French name.
Nice badge!
The submitter's old device, Per pale sable and azure, a horse rampant and a mount argent, is retained as a badge.
Submitted as Dómarr Grimsson, the byname was correctly changed in kingdom to Grímsson to use accents consistently throughout the entire name. However, the given name Dómarr is a legendary name, not used by normal humans. Therefore, we have changed the given name to the submitter's preferred spelling Dómari, found in Nordiskt runnamnslexikon.
The submitter may wish to know that this exact name is found in the FamilySearch Historical Records, dated to 1624, so it is an excellent late period English name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Venice. The given name was documented to 16th century Venice in the Letter of Intent, and the occupational term Cavalieri ("silkwoman") is found in 16th century Vicenza in Domenico Bortolan's Vocabolario del Dialetto Antico Vicentino (Dal Secolo XIV a tutto il Secolo XVI) (http://archive.org/details/vocabolariodeldi00bortuoft). As both elements are found in or near Venice in the 16th century, this name appears to meet this request.
Liadain is found in The Book of Leinster, c.1160, as a variant of the name Liadan. Líadan is also the name of an Irish saint.
This name combines a Gaelic given name and English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
This name combines a Middle Irish Gaelic given name and an Old Norse byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
The submitter's previous name, Kors Damiszoon, is retained as an alternate name.
This name combines a French given name and Latinized English byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA.
His previous device, Argent, a griffin sejant sable, on a chief gules a crescent Or, is retained as a badge.
Please advise the submitter to draw the cross, and thus the wolf's head, slightly smaller.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
None.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Because of its lack of contrast, small size and significant overlap by the raven's foot, the maintained ring loses identifiability. This issue was not raised at the time of the previous return in 2014 because at that time maintained charges had more latitude with regard to contrast and identifiability. However, the precedent of August 2015, which allows maintained charges to contribute for difference also requires that maintained charges have to be identifiable and have good contrast or else be cause for return.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
This device is returned for presumption, for having the appearance of marshalling.
SENA section A6F2c states "When different sections of the field contain different types of charges, it creates the appearance of marshalling."
This is the situation for this submission. We have two of the quarters with a boar's head on an Or field and the two other quarters with Or estencelly on an azure field, giving the appearance of the quartering of these two arms.
We also remind heralds and submitters that appeals should have some sort of justification. The Administrative Handbook clearly states "All appeals should be supported by new documentation, other proof that the original submission was returned in error or compelling evidence that the submission was not properly considered at the time of return."
This badge is returned for running afoul of SENA A2A which states "On first registration of any particular element, documentation must be presented that the element and its depiction may be registered. This means presenting evidence that the element is eligible to be registered and that the specific depiction is attested or is otherwise compatible with period style." No documentation was provided by the submitter or during commentary indicating that a grillage made of something other than metal (the material, not the tincture) was a registerable charge.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
This device is returned for presumption with the arms of Isengard: Sable, a hand argent. The hand appears to be a primary charge as it crosses the fess line. Thus there is only one DC for adding the secondary charges in chief. Drawn properly as coprimary charges, with two bees Or and a hand argent of similar visual weight (with the hand staying below the fess line), the present presumption issue would not exist.
Although blazoned on the Letter of Intent as Per bend Or four piles inverted issuant from chief azure and barry wavy argent and azure, a bend vert, this device is actually more accurately described as Per bend gyronny from chief Or and azure and barry wavy argent and azure, a bend vert. Therefore, it conflicts with the device of Úna ingenue Ragnaill: Checky sable and argent, a bend vert. There is only one DC for changing the field.
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had trouble identifying the gules charges on the bordure.
On resubmission, please advise the submitter to draw fewer and larger ermine spots.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Adam Carlos Diaz de Castile: Pean, a tyger rampant within a bordure embattled Or charged with six crosses of Santiago gules.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
This submission has been withdrawn.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
None.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters confused this design with a vol or a massacre.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
None.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
This device is returned for violating SENA A2C1 which states that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms". The awl used here does not match the shapes that have been documented so far and no documentation was provided. The documented shapes are illustrated in the 08/2005 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2005/08/05-08pics.doc)
On resubmission please advise the submitter to be careful about the tinctures used (the "gules" appeared as tenné) and that the shield fits the approved form. Each of these issues is also grounds for return.
This badge is returned for violating the following precedent:
In this submission the chevron inverted and the tree can only be interpreted as co-primary charges, as they are of approximately equal visual weight and neither occupies the center of the shield. This combination of ordinary with non-ordinary charge in a single charge group produces an unbalanced design. Without period evidence for such a design, it is not registerable. [Issobell nic Gilbert, April 2005, R-Caid]
Which is confirmed by SENA A3D2:
Mixing Ordinaries and Other Charges: While charge groups may have different types of charges, charge groups consist of either identical ordinaries or complex charges. Thus, a single charge group may not mix ordinaries with non-ordinaries or mix two types of ordinaries.
The same issue applies here - the chevron and the foi can only be interpreted as co-primary charges.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
None.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a chevron gules fimbriated, the chevron looks like it is actually the field, seen between two chevronels. SENA A3C states: "As central ordinaries with two ends which are voided would give the unmistakable appearance of being multiple ordinaries, they may not be voided." As this cannot be a chevron voided, this is two chevronels. As they are both on the gules portion of the field they are thus incorrectly placed on the field and this device must be returned for redraw. This problem could be avoided if the chevron did not share a tincture with the field.
This device is returned for contrast issues. Because of the high degree of internal detailing the quill pen appears sable and has insufficient contrast with the azure field. Starting with the August 2015 Cover Letter ruling that gives difference for maintained charges, all charges must have good contrast with the background on which they lie.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
None.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
This device is returned for not being reliably blazonable, which is a violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms. As depicted, the wolves and rune appear to be in the same group but their arrangement is not blazonable because of their relative size and similar positions in the gyrons. The wolves can be blazoned as in annulo (which is a step from period practice) but there is no reliable way to blazon the relation of the rune with them.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
None.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
This device is returned for running afoul of SENA A2A which states "On first registration of any particular element, documentation must be presented that the element and its depiction may be registered. This means presenting evidence that the element is eligible to be registered and that the specific depiction is attested or is otherwise compatible with period style." No documentation was provided by the submitter or during commentary indicating that dividing per fess a section of a per fess field was a registerable field division. Without evidence of such a (double) division, it can't be registered.
Commenters also indicated that this design ccould also be perceived as a per fess field with a charged base indented. Designs ambiguous in their interpretation are also grounds for return.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Óláfr Sælendingr Haraldsson: Azure, a chevron inverted and in chief an increscent argent. There is only one DC for changing the type of the secondary charge.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable."
Commenters were unable to recognize the perruque and generally assumed that it was an inverted flame. The period examples of that charge have a more regular wider lower portion and some internal details.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Commenters had trouble identifying the sable creature, generally confusing it with a sheep or cat. The submitter is encouraged to look at the image of a bear in the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry for assistance in drawing the head so that it appears more bear-like.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This name is identical in sound and nearly identical in appearance to her primary name, Eleonora Rose, registered elsewhere on this letter. The question was raised during the Pelican decision meeting whether we allow the registration of a name that is identical to another name by the same submitter, even taking into account that a submitter is automatically assumed to grant him or herself permission to conflict.
Admin Handbook section III.C.3 states, "The owner of any item may allow the registration of a specific submission that would otherwise conflict, as long as the new item is not identical to the registered one." Furthermore, PN3C of SENA states, "For identity conflict, any change to appearance and sound is sufficient to allow the registration of a personal name with a letter of permission to conflict. A submission identical to the registered item will not be registered even with permission to conflict."
Thus, under our current conflict standards, we require a change in both sound and appearance for a submission to be non-identical for the purposes of III.C.3 of the Admin Handbook. As this alternate name is identical in sound, we ordinarily cannot register it. However, it is not clear whether this applies to an item submitted by the same individual. Therefore, we are pending this item to allow commentary on whether the same submitter can register multiple personal or non-personal names that are considered to be identical in sound and/or appearance under SENA's conflict rules.
This was item 5 on the Lochac letter of May 31, 2016.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
- Explicit -
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