Submitted as Andriú mac Domhnall, the byname was not correctly constructed. Gaelic patronymic bynames use the genitive (possessive) form of the father's name. Therefore, we have changed the name to Andriú mac Domhnaill to use the correct grammar.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-13th century Viking Rus. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, Seraphina Ragged Staff identified the authenticity request during commentary, allowing sufficient time for research.
This name does not meet the submitter's request because one of the given names is a 14th century saint's name and the patronymic is derived from a 15th century male name. In addition, none of the elements are Scandinavian/Viking in origin. However, the name can be registered.
This name was originally submitted as Domus ad Multas Vias but, after the close of commentary and the Pelican decision meeting, changed at the submitter's request to Crosweyhouse. As we did not have time between the request and the issuance of the Letter of Acceptances and Returns to check for conflicts properly, this name was pended for such consideration on the February 2019 Letter of Acceptances and Returns. After review and commentary, the name is accepted.
This device does not conflict with the device of Edward of Crofton, Per pale argent and azure, a fret cotised counterchanged. Per the September 2004 registration of the device of Marie of Doune, Gules, a saltire and in chief an oak leaf fructed Or:
This is clear of Rhiannon Ansachd, Gules, a saltire cotised Or, as cited on the LoI. There are CDs for number and type of secondary charges. As period blazons give (for example) a bend between two cotises, the cotising on all sides of a multi-sided ordinary necessarily involves more than one secondary charge.
Therefore, there are two DCs for changing the type and number of secondary charges from multiple cotises to a single bordure.
The submitter's previous device, Azure, a fret couped argent, on a bordure argent an orle of oak leaves in orle vert, is retained as a badge
There is a step from period practice for the use of New World dogwood blossoms.
There is a step from period practice for the use of New World dogwood blossoms.
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Nice 16th century German name!
This device does not conflict with the device of Anne of Gyllingeham, Vert, on a pile cotised argent a poppy affronty gules seeded sable slipped and leaved vert. There is a DC for removal of the tertiary charge, and a DC for the number of cotises.
Nice device!
Originally submitted as Alan ap Gruffydd, the name was changed to Alan ap Gruffyd_ to match the documentation that Kingdom could find. In commentary, Kean Brachet documented Gruffydd to 13th-16th century Wales, allowing us to restore the name to its originally-submitted form.
Nice late 13th century Welsh name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th century Irish culture. This request was not summarized in the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, Seraphina Ragged Staff identified the authenticity request during commentary, allowing sufficient time for research.
This name likely is not authentic for the 12th century for two reasons. First, the name Aife or Aoife did not become part of the Irish Gaelic naming pool until after the Anglo-Norman invasions in the late 12th century. Second, around 1200 C.E., Gaelic spelling shifted significantly. This name is entirely in post-1200 spelling. In pre-1200 Gaelic, the name would likely be spelled as Aife Ruad ingen uí Cnámsige. If the submitter prefers this form, she should make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Roman 2nd Century, Reign of Commodus." Although it is registerable, this name does not meet this request. Roman names without cognomina generally appear in the late Republic or early Imperial period. By the reign of Commodus, a name written down as only a praenomen and nomen was likely only a portion of a longer name abbreviated in writing.
Although an authenticity request appeared on the Letter of Intent for this name, that request did not appear on the submitter's form. The submitter subsequently clarified that, while she preferred a 14th century German name, she did not request authenticity.
Artist's note: Please draw the bear with internal detailing to aid in identification.
Blazoned when registered in September 2017 as (Fieldless) In pale a greyhound passant argent collared azure conjoined to an arrow fesswise reversed argent, the greyhound is the primary charge with the arrow secondary.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Per bend sinister argent and azure, a bend sinister counterchanged, overall an ape sejant erect sable collared and chained gules, is retained as a badge.
Nice 15th century French name!
Aquaterra is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter's previous name, Philip Berenger de Greylonde, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter's previous device, Gules, a garb Or and on a bordure argent an orle of ivy vine vert, is released.
This badge does not conflict with the device of Aliena of the High Reaches, Azure, a mountain of three peaks issuant from base and in chief a compass star argent, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter. Upon review of the registered emblazon, Aliena's mountain is a primary charge, with the point crossing the fessline, while the compass star is much smaller, giving an SC each for type and number of the primary charges and a DC for the addition of a secondary charge.
This badge does not conflict with the device of Aliena of the High Reaches, Azure, a mountain of three peaks issuant from base and in chief a compass star argent, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter. Upon review of the registered emblazon, Aliena's mountain is a primary charge, with the point crossing the fessline, giving an SC each for type and number of the primary charges and a DC for the addition of a secondary charge.
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Nice early 15th century Florentine name!
Nice badge!
Submitted as Richildis zum Hasen, the submitter requested the spelling Richilde for the given name if it could be documented. Heralds at the Pelican decision meeting were able to document Richilde in French in Les grandes annales & histoire generale de France, published in 1579. Therefore, we have changed the name to Richilde zum Hasen to meet the submitter's request.
This name combines a French given name and a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
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This device conflicts with the device of Kotek Torzhokskoi, Chevronelly inverted gules and Or. Kotek provides blanket permission to conflict with armory that is not identical to the registered device, allowing this submission to be registered.
Nice device!
Submitted as Shouty Herald, this heraldic title is too generic to be registered. Shouting or "being shouty" is a characteristic shared by heralds generally. We have consistently returned titles that refer to common aspects of the herald's job. For example, the title Boke Herawde was returned in July 2004 with the following explanation:
Reluctantly, I must declare this title too generic to register. One of the common definitions of generic in the OED is "Of a name or designation (as for some type of product): that is used generally for the article, etc., that it describes, and is therefore not admissible as a trade mark; not protected by legislation, non-proprietary." This definition closely fits the common SCA term "book herald," a term near and dear to the hearts of many research heralds or, as I heard from many of them when this title was discussed, book heralds. [Northshield, Kingdom of, 7/2004 LoAR, R-Northshield]
More recently, we returned the heraldic title Nayme Herald on the same basis. [Trimaris, Kingdom of, 12/2010 LoAR, R-Trimaris]
However, heralds at the Road Show at Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium generally agreed that Shout_ Herald was sufficiently less generic to be registerable. Shout is a 16th century English surname found in the Family Search Historical records and thus can serve as the basis for a heraldic title. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the title to Shout_ Herald.
Nice name for France circa 1600!
The submitter's previous name, Marguerite fileresse de saie, is released.
Nice buke-type Japanese name!
The submitter has permission for this submission to conflict with the device of Koga Takashirou Kagehiro, Argent, a pair of calipers, in chief a pair of katanas in saltire, a point pointed sable. Kagehiro also attests that the submitter is his son, which allows the submitter to register a katana as an Existing Registration Allowance.
This device does not conflict with the device of Sven Förlorad, Quarterly arrondi sable and Or. There is a DC for changing half of the tincture of the field, and another between plain and arrondi field divisions of four or fewer parts.
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There is a step from period practice for the use of footprints.
In the July 1998 registration of the submitter's name, it was attested:
Daniel is the legal son of Theo of Mightrinwood whose name was registered in 1979. Theo of Mightrinwood died in October 1997. Normally we would not register a name of this form, since it is a violation of VI.3 begins, "Names that unmistakably imply ... close relationship to a protected person ... will generally not be registered." However, based on prior instances of allowing the legal heir to grant permission to conflict or releasing submissions, we will register this, since Daniel is Theo's legal son and heir.
Based on this attestation, the submitter has the right through the Existing Registration Allowance to register a fimbriated sun of eight wavy rays based on Theo's registered device, Purpure, a sun of eight wavy rays sable, fimbriated Or. The executor of Theo of Mightrinwood has granted permission for the submitter to conflict with Theo's device, which has only one DC from the submitted armory from the addition of the dovetailed bordure.
Blazoned when registered in December 1996 as Or, an orca urinant proper flaunches azure, we are adding the preposition to clarify the blazon.
Submitted under the name Seinean Velte.
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Submitted as Anna z Sedl{cv}any, the submitted spelling of the locative byname could not be attested in period. Fortunately, Lillia Crampette found an attested period example of the byname z Sedl{cv}an_ based on the same town. With the submitter's permission, we have changed this alternate name to Anna z Sedl{cv}an_ for registration.
Commenters asked whether this presumed on either the badge of Lancaster, (Fieldless) A rose gules, or else on regalia for the Order of the Rose, whose members frequently wear a necklace with a single rose pendant to indicate their membership in said Order.
While wearing a necklace bearing the Lancastrian rose may indicate support for/affiliation with the House of Lancaster, especially in a late 15th century English context, it has long been ruled that badges that depict garments or accessories neither reflect the use of the garment itself nor restrict anyone from wearing said garment as depicted (cf. Herveus d'Ormonde, (Fieldless) A belt in annulo gules, 4/2001). This armory therefore does not equate to wearing the badge of Lancaster as a pendant.
For the sake of argument, let us assume that the above statement was not true. A necklace with a single rose does not presume upon the rights of the Order of the Rose. The registered regalia for the Order is (Tinctureless) A wreath of roses. That members of the Order do not choose to display their regalia has no bearing upon this discussion. Adoption of regalia not protected Society-wide, such as the custom of wearing spurs by the Order of Knighthood, likewise has no bearing on official registration (again, see Herveus d'Ormonde, 4/2001). A necklace with a single rose pendant as a physical item does not claim membership in the Order of the Rose; a badge depicting such a necklace presumes even less. The SCA does not restrict its participants from wearing the badges of ancient houses such as the rose of Lancaster, so there is no presumption there, either.
Hedeby is the lingua Societatis form of the name of a documented Viking Age Danish trading settlement.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a valknut.
Artist's note: Please give a bit of space between the noses and tails of each coney.
The submitter's previous device, Per pale azure and purpure, a chevron between three hawk's heads erased argent, is released.
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Nice 16th century English name!
The submitter's previous name, Godfrey filius Eduinus, is retained as an alternate name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a hummingbird.
The submitter's previous device, Per bend azure and argent, a cross gurgitée argent and three mullets purpure, is released.
Some commenters were concerned that this name was an obtrusively modern reference to the "Bad Wolf" story arc in the first season of the revived Doctor Who television show. PN2E 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.
While some people at the Road Show at Known World Heralds and Scribes Symposium saw the reference, many did not or were not aware of the story arc. This name may reference Doctor Who in a sidelong fashion, but it is not the kind of extreme example of modernity that requires a return.
This device emblazon replaces the submitter's previous device emblazon, registered in November 2014, which depicted the bear in a manner the submitter did not desire. The previously registered emblazon was redrawn without the submitter's permission or approval prior to reaching Laurel; this is a correction of emblazon.
Absent clerical error or unapproved redraw, if a submitter wishes to revise their emblazon, it should be submitted as a device change, with the accompanying paperwork and submission fees. In order for the submission to be considered an emblazon correction, the blazon should remain the same.
Artist's note: Please draw fewer, bolder crenelations on the line of division.
The submitter's previous device, Per bend gules and argent, an axe bendwise and a bear passant counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Vert, on a pale between four tankards Or, a crowth vert, is retained as a badge.
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Nice 10th-11th century Old English name!
Nice 16th century German name!
Artist's note: Please draw the musical notes larger and bolder to aid in identification.
Submitted under the name Laraine De Leigne, that name was pended as Laraine de Lanci on the May 2019 LoAR.
Submitted as {O-}tomo _ Yukime, during commentary S{o,}lveig Þrándardóttir pointed out that, because {O-}tomo is an uji-type family name, this name could be rendered as {O-}tomo no Yukime. The submitter indicated that she prefers the suggested form, so we have made this change for registration.
The submitter's previous name, Svala Úlfsdóttir, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice 13th century English name!
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Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger to fill the available space.
This name is clear of the registered Jürgen Grünewald under PN3C1 and PN3C4 because there are two differences in sound and appearance. The vowel in the given name is different: Jür- vs. Jörg. The second syllable in both names differs: -gen vs. von.
Submitted as Gesellschaft der Sterne_, a question was raised in commentary whether this order name presumes on the several real world Orders of the Star(s). None of the real world Orders of the Star(s) are significant enough to protect from presumption. Both the German and the French medieval Orders of the Star(s) fell out of use in the 14th century. Other Orders of the Star are distinguishable because they include the name of the country giving the order, i.e., the Star of Ethiopia. Therefore, per the August 2015 Cover Letter, with the addition of the branch name, this name can be registered. With the Barony's permission, we changed the name to Gesellschaft der Sterne von Knight's Crossing, using the lingua Societatis form of the preposition.
Nice late 14th century Swedish name!
Submitted as Saidra von Yschil, that form violated PN2C2b because it mixed two regional naming groups and there were more than 300 years between the dates for the elements. Saidra is Latinized French dated to 823, while Yschil is (probably Latinized) German dated to 1262. With the submitter's permission we have changed the byname to a 9th century Latinized German form, de Iscula, eliminating the problematic temporal gap.
This name combines a Latinized French given name with a Latinized German byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
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Trinovantia Nova is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter may be interested to know that, in the form Aveline du Lyon, this name would be authentic for late 13th century Paris. If the submitter prefers this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Although Dorothea was originally documented as German on the Letter of Intent, Nicolaa Rouge Estoille and ffride wlffsdotter provided evidence for the name in 15th century Danish, making this name entirely Danish.
Nice 15th century Danish name!
Although Gelleia is a feminine name, she can use a Middle English occupational/descriptive byname in the form le X because such bynames are not necessarily literal. Examples of this pattern can be found in Reaney & Wilson: s.n. Cropper ("cropper or reaper"), Alice le Crappere (1315); s.n. Parker ("park keeper"), Claricia le Parkeres (1327), and s.n. Retter ("net-maker"), Alice le Retour (1279).
Nice badge!
Nice English name for the late 13th and early 14th centuries!
Nice 16th century English name!
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Submitted as Arone MacInstalker, the submitter requested the spelling Aaron for the given name if it could be documented. Commenters documented Aaron as a 16th century English given name. Therefore, we have changed the name to Aaron MacInstalker as requested.
Submitted as Clan MacInstalker, it was unclear whether this name was correctly constructed. Evidence shows Clan in Scots used with given names and simple patronymics. Questions were raised about whether Clan would be used with late-period inherited surnames like MacInstalker. Given the choice between a pend for additional research and registration as House of MacInstalker, using an attested pattern for household names based on inherited surnames, the submitter opted for the change.
This household name follows the pattern of naming military companies after the full names of their founders or patrons. Examples of this pattern in 16th and early 17th century English include Blue Coats of Captain Roger Sydnam (1573) and Sir John Suckling's Troop (1640s). Setting Sun was documented as an English given name and surname.
There is a step from period practice for the mullet elongated to base.
Submitted as Alexandre Li Espaignois d'Orlienz, the submitter preferred the byname l'Espagnol if it could be documented. Heralds at the Pelican decision meeting found l'Espagnol as a French descriptive term used for a person from Spain in Les après disnées du seigneur de Cholières by Nicolas de Cholières, published in 1587. Therefore, we have changed the name to Alexandre l'Espagnol d'Orlienz as requested by the submitter.
The submitter's previous name, Alexandre Bautista de la Mar, is released.
The submitter's previous device, Purpure, on a cross between four galleons Or, five roses sable, is released.
Reblazoned in March 2001 as Azure, a compass star and a mountain of three peaks issuant from base argent, the mountain is a primary charge while the compass star is visually much smaller. The charges are thus reblazoned as such.
The submitter's previous device, Per pale sable and purpure, two birds respectant argent and an oak leaf inverted Or is released.
The element d'Allaines-le-Comte is already registered to the submitter as part of his personal name, and thus did not require new documentation under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter depicted the ladle in trian aspect, which has been disallowed in recent submissions. However, the depiction closely matches that of the submitter's legal wife, Isabella d'Allaines-le-Comte, Vert, a cauldron with flames at its bottom and on a chief Or two ladles in saltire vert, and is therefore allowed under the Existing Registration Allowance.
With this action, the previously joint badge is now solely owned by Eleanor FitzPatrick.
Note: This is the Duncan Kerr registered in the East, not the one registered in Caid.
This badge was previously jointly owned with Duncan Kerr.
Note: This is the Duncan Kerr registered in the East, not the one registered in Caid.
The submitter requested authenticity for late 15th century German. This name partially meets that request. Both the given name and the surname are from the late 15th century. However, we could not find Meittingen as early as the 15th century; it is attested only in the gray period. If the submitter wishes to drop the locative byname von Meittingen and have a completely authentic late 15th century German name, she may make a request for reconsideration.
This name combines Turkish and Arabic elements, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter's previous name, Erin inghean Chonchobhair, is retained as an alternate name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the displayed posture by a bird other than an eagle.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
This name combines an English given name with a Gaelic byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Nice 16th century Gaelic name!
The request for reconsideration is well-founded. The header form in Woulfe actually shows Ó Brádaigh and the name should have been registered in that form. We apologize for the inadvertent error and are happy to make the correction.
Nice Roman name for the last century of the Republic and the first century of the Empire!
This name combines an English given name with a Gaelic byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Schönnase is a constructed German byname with the intended meaning 'beautiful nose'. Various 'nose' bynames in Bahlow (Gentry), s.n. Nase include Heseken ("with the nose"), Halfnase ("half nose"), Ruwenese ("crude nose"), dated 1386, 1376, and 1299, respectively. Descriptive bynames with the meaning "beautiful" + body part include Schönhaar ("beautiful hair", c.900), found in Bahlow (Gentry), s.n. Schönle(in); Schönfu{ss} ("beautiful foot", 1578), found in Brechenmacher, s.n. Schönfu{ss}; and Sconehals ("beautiful throat", 1349), found in Brechenmacher, s.n. Schönhals. Therefore, this construction is reasonable and can be registered. We commend the consulting herald(s) who put together these examples, as they provided precisely the information needed to support a constructed byname.
Nice 16th century Scottish name!
Submitted as Zari_ Bandak, the given name was not correctly constructed. Ursula Palimpsest documented Zariy as the correct construction for a Persian given name meaning "little yellow one," based on multiple examples of the Zar- root and the -iy suffix used in attested Persian names. Accordingly, we have changed the name to Zariy Bandak for registration.
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This device does not conflict with the device of Kenric aet Essexe, Per pale and chevronelly Or and sable. The submitted device is a grid-like pattern as described by A5F1b, and Kenric's device is not. There is therefore an SC on field-only armory between per pale and chevronelly of two tinctures and a grid-like field division of those same tinctures.
SENA A5F1b does list per pale and chevronelly as being grid-like, but a discussion with the drafters of SENA indicates that this was an error. We direct Palimpsest to revise A5F1b to reflect the intent of the authors, paly and chevronelly.
The submitter's previous device, Paly chevronelly inverted purpure and Or, is retained as a badge.
The name as submitted is registerable, but the submitter may be interested to know that a fully Greek form of the name is Elias Rhodios. If he prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
This name combines a French given name with an English given name and surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter requested authenticity for "8th-11th century Slavic (Opolans)." Unfortunately we are unable to date either of the name elements as early as the 8th-11th centuries. Primislava is dated to the 12th century, and the byname is dated to the late 14th century.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the displayed posture by a bird that isn't an eagle.
Submitted as Sancta _ Rogues, Sancta is not only a name but also a form of address or title used for saints in period. PN4B states "Given names that are identical to titles and forms of address may be registered in contexts that make it clear that they are given names and not titles." Unfortunately, the use of an unmarked byname does not make it clear that Sancta is not a form of address or title for someone named Rogues.
As the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the byname to a marked patronymic in the form Sancta fille Rogues, a construction found in Picardy contemporaneously with the name elements.
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The submitter's previous name, Muirenn ingen Donngaile, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter's previous name, Faraldr Eðvarðarson, is retained as an alternate name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a cross nowy.
Nice classical or Hellenistic Greek name!
Nice 15th-16th century Gaelic name!
This name is clear of the registered Elizabeta de Porta by the different number of syllables in the given names: E-liz-a-be-ta vs. E-lis-a-bez.
Nice mid-12th century Latinized French name!
The submitter's previous name, Signý Jósepsdóttir, is retained as an alternate name.
Hunter is the submitter's legal given name.
Submitted under the name Iudicael filius Argentokoxi.
Almanza is the submitter's legal surname.
Phoenix Glade is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The spelling Charminster does not appear in any of the cited documentation for the place name. However, looking at the various 14th-15th century spellings of the place name, Charminster is a valid interpolated spelling and can be registered.
Submitted as Min Soo Yun, the name did not use an internally consistent Romanization system. As stated in Appendix D to SENA, "We require each submission to follow a single transliteration system, as different systems may use the same letter to indicate different sounds." For this name to be internally consistent, it should be recorded as Min Su Yun or Min Suyun. As the submitter originally requested the name with three elements, we have changed the name to Min Su Yun for registration. If she prefers Min Suyun, she may make a request for reconsideration.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the displayed posture by a bird other than an eagle.
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Nice 11th-12th century Gaelic name!
The submitter may wish to know that the given name is not pronounced like "trigger" but rather more like "true-ger" or "trugger."
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None.
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There is a step from period practice for the use of a valknut.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-14th century Danish. Although this name can be registered, the elements are not close enough in language and time for the name to be considered authentic. Folmar is Danish, dated to 1408, while lækner is found in Norway in 1336.
Submitted as Gráinne inghean úi Uilliam, one of the diacritical marks was inadvertently misplaced during data entry. We have corrected the name to Gráinne inghean uí Uilliam for registration.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
Submitted as Kseniia Khulan, the name was not correctly formed. Khulan is both a male and female Mongol given name. However, Mongol does not use unmarked patronyms or matronyms. Using a grammatically correct Mongol patronymic, the name becomes Khulan-u Kseniia. As the submitter allows all changes and cares most about preserving the meaning of the name, we have made this change for registration.
This name combines a Russian given name with a Mongol patronymic, a permissible lingual mix under Appendix C.
This name combines a Dutch given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Artist's note: Please give some space between the coils of the serpent.
Submitted as Seamus _ Suileahbhan, there is no evidence for Suileahbhan as an unmarked byname in period Gaelic. The cited documentation shows Suileabhan only as the header form, with the form in the source document being the Anglicized Irish O Sullevan.
With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Seamus Ó Suileabhain to use a properly marked form of the Gaelic byname.
Thoma was documented in the Letter of Intent only as the dative form of the French Thomas. Dative forms of given names were not used to form surnames in French. Fortunately, during commentary, Jeanne Marie Noir Licorne found Thoma as a Spanish surname, allowing the name to be registered as submitted.
This name was originally submitted as a combination of Old English and Dutch. However, as documented in the Letter of Intent, there were more than 300 years between the name elements, which is not permitted. Fortunately, Jeanne Marie Noir Licorne redocumented Liefsson in Old Danish. Old English and Old Danish elements can be combined as long as both elements are dated before 1100 C.E., which is the case here.
Although we changed the language of the byname from Dutch to Old English, that change did not alter the spelling and thus is not considered a "change" by precedent. [Lucian Artz, November 2011, A-Atlantia].
Note: This bird's skull has a long, pointed beak that's half the overall height of the skull, clearly marking it as a bird's skull. This meets the requirements for identification established in the January 2018 return of Kade Tatter Skirt's device and badge: "The examples of non-human skulls in period armory are limited, and have distinguishing features (such as the horns of the bull found in the arms of Capo di Vacca in the Insignia nobilium Patavinorum, BSB Cod.icon. 275:23v) that aid in identifiability. They are also affronty. With two exceptions, both registered prior to 1990, non-human skulls in SCA armory are likewise distinguished by either horns/antlers or, in the sole example of an elephant's skull, tusks. This last example had tusks that were as tall as the skull itself and spanned the width of the device, to make up for the lack of identifying trunk of the elephant. Without these distinctive identifying features, it becomes difficult to identify the animal whose skull is being displayed, and indeed there is little to differentiate the skull of a horse from one from another ungulate, such as a pig."
The submitter is a court baroness, and is thus entitled to display a coronet.
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Originally submitted as Quentin the Iron Gryphon, after the close of commentary and the Pelican decision meeting the submitter requested a change to Gryphon de Quentin, which he had submitted originally but which somehow had been changed at Kingdom. This request was not made within sufficient time before the drafting and proofing of the Letter of Acceptances and Returns for research and conflicts checks. Therefore, this name was pended on the January 2019 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to allow for additional research and commentary. With the benefit of research by our wonderful commenters, this name is accepted.
This name combines an English given name and a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
None.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns)
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D1, the "sword and dagger" rule, which disallows the use of visually similar but blazonably different charges. In the June 2017 return of the device of Geraint de Grey, Azure, a chevron Or between two mullets of eight points argent and a demi-sun issuant from base Or, it was ruled: "Mullets of eight points and suns do not have a DC between them, and cannot be used on the same device; the use of demi-suns and mullets of eight points is just as visually confusing."
As compass stars are mullets of four greater and four lesser points, they are equivalent to mullets of eight points, and thus have no DC from a sun or demi-sun.
This badge is returned administratively. In the November 2018 return of this submission, it was ruled:
"This badge is returned administratively. It was submitted with the association "for Silver Hand Herald." Submitters are not allowed to register armory for officers that fall under the auspices of Society-level officers that have registered badges. As the College of Arms has a badge for heralds, Vert, two straight trumpets in saltire, bells to chief Or, badges for subsidiary offices may not be registered. The sole exception to this rule is for tinctureless seals for principal heralds of kingdoms, under SENA A3A2.
Please note that a badge exists for Silent Heralds at the Society level, Vert, in saltire two trumpets Or surmounted by a dexter hand appaumy argent. If Silver Hand Herald serves in the capacity of Principality Silent Herald, the office should use either this badge, the main herald's badge, or a tabard in the arms of the Principality, depending on the situation.
The submitter modified the design of the badge, but noted on the submission form that the badge is "for Silver Hand Herald," running afoul of the same reason for return given in November 2018.
To reiterate: Badges already exist for both the office of Herald and the office of Silent Herald. With the exception of a tinctureless seal for the principal herald of a kingdom, no territory may register a badge for a heraldic office.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
None.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
None.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
This name must be returned because there is no documentation supporting the given name Seinean. The scanned record from FamilySearch Historical Records does not actually show the name Seinean; it appears instead to be a name starting with a D. We could find no other evidence in FamilySearch or any other source for Seinean as a name.
The Letter of Intent mentioned that a similar name, Sinion, was found in an acceptable batch on FamilySearch. However, there is no indication that the submitter actually consented to Sinion if the submitted name could not be registered. Therefore, we are returning the name rather than making a change the submitter may not want.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Shannon of Atenveldt.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
This name must be returned because there is no support for the constructed byname dýrskelfir, which the submitter intended to mean "terror of deer/beasts." There is no evidence of the element dýr, meaning "beast," being used in compound bynames. The few bynames that use the element -skelfir refer to groups of humans, rather than to animals. Accordingly, dýrskelfir does not meet the requirements of PN1B2b for constructed name phrases.
For resubmission, the submitter may be interested to know about the byname veiðikona, meaning "huntress," which would be appropriate for a woman known for hunting deer. In addition, a woman known for hunting might simply be known by the epithet dýr. Although the submitter allows all changes, we are reluctant to make major changes without the submitter's input, which we were unable to obtain before this Letter of Acceptances and Returns was issued.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
None.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
None.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns) (to Caid pends)
This device change is returned for conflict with the device of Elsa die Kleine, Per chevron azure and argent, two musical notes and a mouse statant counterchanged. There is no DC between a field per chevron drawn throughout and one that is not throughout. While the mouse differs in both type and tincture from the knot, and is considered half of the primary charges, SENA A52d limits the number of changes that can be derived from the bottom charge of three charges arranged two and one: "In each of these special cases, a maximum of one distinct change, as defined in A.5.G, can be derived from changes to the smaller of the sections defined as half under these rules." There is, therefore, only one DC for collective changes to half of the primary charge group.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
This device is returned for obtrusive modernity. When discussed at the KWHSS Roadshow, the response from the audience was immediate and universal; the choice of charge, orientation, and tinctures were unmistakably reminiscent of the flag and motifs of the Soviet Union. To paraphrase the oft-quoted standard for obtrusive modernity, the viewer is grabbed by the scruff of the neck and hauled, willingly or unwillingly, into the modern century (Portia Audi, 8/1992).
Upon resubmission, the submitter might consider a change in tincture, orientation of the primary charge, or addition of charges not associated with the Soviet bloc (i.e., avoid hammers, mullets, and the like).
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
None.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
This submission has been withdrawn by the kingdom.
This device is returned for obtrusive modernity. When discussed at the KWHSS Roadshow, the response from the audience was immediate and universal. Especially when combined with the submitted name, which the submitter intended to mean "little yellow one," the choice of charges, arrangement, and tinctures gave an unmistakable impression of the Minions creatures from the Dreamworks film series Despicable Me who are yellow humanoids who wear goggles that frame their large, round eyes, and dress in blue overalls. To paraphrase the oft-quoted standard for obtrusive modernity, the viewer is grabbed by the scruff of the neck and hauled, willingly or unwillingly, into the modern century (Portia Audi, 8/1992).
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Willa of Loch Soilleir, Purpure, a sea-horse Or and a unicorn salient respectant argent. There is one DC for changing the sea-horse to a pithon.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
None.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Siobhan MacKee, Or, an owl facing sinister between two flaunches vert. There is a DC for changing the type of secondary charge, but none for arrangement, which is forced in both instances by the nature of the charges.
This name must be returned for violating PN2C2. As documented in the Letter of Intent, the name elements were not within 500 years of each other as required by PN2C2a. The reference to "E 191" in the documentation for Iudicael was not a date, it was a manuscript reference. The earliest English reference to Iudicael was in the 9th century, more than 500 years after the single early 3rd century evidence of Argentokoxos.
Although we were able to document Iudicael earlier in time, it was as a Breton name, which is not from the same regional naming group as Argentokoxos, the Latinized name of a Scottish chieftain. Therefore, to be registered, the name elements had to be within 300 years under PN2C2b, which they were not.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Joseph of Iron Mountain.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3b2, which requires that charges have good contrast with their fields. The magpies, predominantly sable, have poor contrast with the azure field.
The submitter attempted to provide an IAP for late-period German armory to justify the use of low-contrast magpies. However, the documentation provided no examples of the use of English-style fords (a base wavy barry wavy argent and azure), nor of the layout of the charges as submitted, nor a pattern of magpies with tails crossed, nor for the pattern of charges as laid out in this submission. For these reasons, the IAP is insufficient to document the submitted design.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
None.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
While paw prints are a step from period practice, footprints of mythological animals are a bridge too far. This device is therefore returned for lack of documentation of the primary charge.
Commenters also noted a lack of identifiability of the charge, which will impede registration even if documentation is provided.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
None.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This device is pended for redraw due to the depiction of the text on the chief not matching the documentation given. Wreath has provided new artwork which has been accepted by the submitter.
This was item 3 on the Caid letter of April 15, 2019.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns) (to Caid pends)
This device is pended for redraw due to lack of identifiability of the primary charge. Wreath has provided new artwork which has been accepted by the submitter.
There is a step from period practice for the use of lightning bolts outside of the context of a thunderbolt.
This was item 18 on the Meridies letter of April 30, 2019.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
This device is pended for redraw due to the depiction of the hawk being difficult for commenters to identify. Wreath has provided new artwork which has been accepted by the submitter.
This was item 1 on the Northshield letter of April 24, 2019.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
- Explicit -
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