Druim Doineann is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Adiantum is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Order of the Silver Fern, the Barony agreed to add the name of the group to the order name in response to a request from the Board of Directors of SCA-New Zealand. A silver fern is one of the national symbols of New Zealand. The Board of Directors of SCA-New Zealand requested that Adiantum grant blanket permission to conflict with this order name in case someone from New Zealand wants to use Silver Fern as an order name, household name or heraldic title in the future. By adding of Adiantum to the order name, the Barony has effectively done the same thing.
Adiantum is the registered name of an SCA branch.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
This device relies on the blanket permission to conflict for Emma de Fetherstan's device, Quarterly per fess indented argent and gules.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Quarterly per fess indented fleury at the points argent and gules, a bordure azure semy of escallops Or, is retained as a badge.
We are explicitly overturning the November 1999 ruling that states "There is no evidence that bevilling was used with a per pale line of division." This field division is found in the 15th century treatise Armorial et Traité d'Héraldique. Additionally, the 14th century Armorial Bellenville shows the arms of von Zirn, blazoned Gules, a pale offset argent, which follows a similar path to this line of division. This is sufficient documentation to allow this field division.
Nice badge!
Nice name for much of the Graecophone eastern Roman Empire from approximately 250 -- 300 C.E. through the early sixth century!
The submitter's previous device, Per chevron argent and azure, two lynxes passant sable and a crow argent maintaining a drop spindle argent threaded Or, is released.
Submitted as Award of the Sea_Otter, the heraldic charge is spelled Sea-Otter. We have changed the order name to be consistent with how we record the name of the charge.
With rare exceptions, the use of the hyphenated "sea-[creature]" refers to a monster created by combining a demi-[creature] with a fish tail. Such is the case with this submission, whose blazon should not be confused with a natural sea otter.
Nice badge!
Originally submitted as Order of the Beacon of Insula Magna, the order name was changed at Kingdom to Order of the Beacon of the Isle because Insula Magna could not be documented. In commentary, Lillia Crampette constructed Insula Magna as a Latinized English place name based on attested examples. Accordingly, we have partially restored the originally-submitted form and are registering this order name as Order of the Beacon de Insula Magna. The preposition de rather than of is used with Insula Magna because Insula Magna is a Latinized form. Combinations of English and Latin in the same name are found frequently in period, particularly in Middle English texts, and therefore can be used in this name.
Narwhal is the lingua Societatis form of the name of an animal known in period as the Monoceros marinus (1580), among other names. As an animal known to Europeans in period, it is a plausible heraldic charge and can be used to name an order.
Seagirt is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Seagirt is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter's previous device, Per fess argent and azure, an orca naiant embowed counterembowed proper in chief a laurel wreath vert, is retained as ancient arms.
"Foresters" is a generic identifier. However, the Barony should be aware that "guild names and order names that have the appearance of professions, such as Scholar or Artificer, may add a branch name to avoid the ban on generic names." [An Tir, Kingdom of. Order name Order of Scholar of An Tir, 11/2017 LoAR, A-An Tir] This name could be registered in the form Company of the Foresters of Seagirt or Worshipful Company of the Foresters of Seagirt.
"Courtiers" is a generic identifier. However, the Barony should be aware that "guild names and order names that have the appearance of professions, such as Scholar or Artificer, may add a branch name to avoid the ban on generic names." [An Tir, Kingdom of. Order name Order of Scholar of An Tir, 11/2017 LoAR, A-An Tir] This name could be registered in the form Company of the Courtiers of Seagirt or Worshipful Company of the Courtiers of Seagirt.
"Scholars" is a generic identifier. Precedent states: "Scholar is clearly a generic term, even though this order name happens to have been constructed based on a surname used as a given name. Many Kingdoms already use the term Scholar for various official and unofficial ranks within their communities. For example, in Meridies, members of the Order of the Athanor are styled as "free scholars." As another example, because of its historical use by the London Masters of Defense, rapier students in many Kingdoms use the style "scholar." Just like a Queen's Guard, many Kingdoms already have scholars, making the term generic." [An Tir, Kingdom of. Order name Order of Scholar of An Tir, 11/2017 LoAR, A-An Tir] However, the Barony should be aware that the same ruling states that "guild names and order names that have the appearance of professions, such as Scholar or Artificer, may add a branch name to avoid the ban on generic names." This name could be registered in the form Company of the Scholars of Seagirt or Worshipful Company of the Scholars of Seagirt.
"Sergeants" is a generic identifier. However, the Barony should be aware that "guild names and order names that have the appearance of professions, such as Scholar or Artificer, may add a branch name to avoid the ban on generic names." [An Tir, Kingdom of. Order name Order of Scholar of An Tir, 11/2017 LoAR, A-An Tir] This name could be registered in the form Company of the Sergeants of Seagirt or Worshipful Company of the Sergeants of Seagirt.
This badge does not conflict with the device of Ann Etheridge of Somerset, Argent, a harp proper, stringed sable, entwined about the pillar three thistles slipped and leaved proper. There is a DC for fieldlessness and another for the addition of the secondary thistles. The heads and most of the leaves of the thistles appear on the field, and they are readily identifiable, which meet the requirements for maintained charges.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th-12th century Norse culture. Both name elements are found in Landnámabók, making the name authentic for 9th-10th century Iceland. It may be authentic for later as well but we cannot say with certainty.
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This device was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
The submitter's previous badge, (Fieldless) In fess a rose branch slipped and leaved and a natural dolphin conjoined in annulo argent, is released.
There is a step from period practice for having the charges oriented in annulo.
Nice 16th century English name!
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This badge was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
Nice English name from circa 1300 onwards!
Submitted as Chenti-cheti-m-hotep of Artemisia, the submitter requested two changes to his name based on commentary: (1) a slightly different transliteration of the Egyptian given name, Chentichetihotep; and (2) replacing of Artemisia with a classical Greek byname, Artemisios. We have made the requested changes.
The name Chentichetihotep was originally recorded in hieroglyphics in the 3rd century B.C.E. The submitter provided multiple examples of inscriptions during this era that recorded personal names multilingually, in hieroglyphic Egyptian script, Demotic Egyptian script, and Greek. Given this evidence, we see no reason why names recorded in hieroglyphics should not be registerable as long as the name is transliterated into Latin characters as required by PN2D. See the Cover Letter for more details.
Artemisios is a classical Greek byname meaning "belonging to or associated with Artemis." It was also used to denote someone from a location associated with or named for the goddess, which makes it a particularly appropriate byname for someone from Artemisia. In light of the extensive cultural contact between Egypt and the Greeks, a classical Greek byname and a 3rd century B.C.E. Egyptian name can be combined. See the Cover Letter for more details.
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There is a step from period practice for the use of a New World plumeria.
Artist's note: Please provide internal detailing for the sea-tortoise to aid in identification.
Commentary raised the question of whether difference should be granted for the knot's orientation, given the return of the badge for the Lochac Fibre Guild, LoAR of August 2019. In this case, the submitter was explicitly told in the prior return of this badge that changing the knot's orientation would be worth difference. We will stand by that advice in this case, and decline to rule on whether the August 2019 precedent on Wake knots applies to Cavendish knots as well.
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Artist's note: Please make the pomegranate smaller and the hilt of the sword longer, to aid in identification.
Submitted as Raziya al-Shirazi, the name was not properly constructed. The byname al-Shirazi is masculine. In Arabic, however, bynames must agree with the gender of the given name to which they refer. Therefore, we have changed the byname to the feminine form al-Shiraziyya for registration.
This badge was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
There is a step from period practice for charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
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The Letter of Intent did not fully document the pattern of this constructed place name. Fortunately, Lillia Crampette constructed Ayresgarde from the attested Middle English surname Ayre plus the generic toponym -garth which often mutated into -garde.
Nice early 14th century Italian name!
This name is clear of the registered Jehan de la Marche. If Jehan is pronounced as two syllables (Je-han), then this name is clear under PN3C2 by the addition of a syllable: Jane vs. Je-han. If Jehan is pronounced as one syllable, like the French Jean, then is clear under PN3C3 because the initial consonant and the vowel sound are different and at least two letters have changed.
This name is also clear of the registered Jeanne de la Mer under PN3C1 and PN3C4. The vowel in the given name is changed. There is also a change in the vowel of the byname plus the addition of the -che sound and letters at the end.
Nice French name from the 15th century onwards!
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Marina Teresa Caminate, there was a typo in the byname. We have corrected it to the spelling Caminante found on the form and in the documentation.
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Submitted as Ælfgifu æt S{ae-}_, the byname was not correctly formed. Old English locative bynames formed with the preposition {ae}t use the dative form of the place name. The dative form of S{ae-} is S{ae'}m. We have corrected the name accordingly.
Artist's note: Please draw fewer, larger scales.
Caid is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter's previous device, Argent, on a pale between two lightning bolts palewise azure, a blonde angel with her hands clasped behind her back proper, winged and vested of a loincloth Or, is retained as a badge.
Nice 13th century Latinized English name!
Nice 13th century English name!
Artist's note: Please draw the cinquefoil larger.
Nice Roman name for the last two centuries of the Republic!
Artist's note: Please draw more prominent spots to aid in identification.
Submitted as Ermenberga _ Adalhild_, the name was not properly constructed. It used either a double given name or an unmarked matronymic byname, neither of which are appropriate for Frankish elements. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to an attested pattern, Ermenberga quae cognominabatur Adalhilda, meaning "Ermenberga, who was called Adalhilda."
Submitted as Hatori Shouko, one minor spelling change is required for registration. In commentary, S{o,}lveig Þrándardóttir, the author of Name Construction in Medieval Japan, noted that her book contains a typo and that the clan surname should properly be spelled Hattori. We have made this correction for registration.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
Submitted as Kallistrate Pyrrides, the byname was not correctly formed. Greek patronymics need to use the genitive form of the father's name. As the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the byname to Purrou to use the standard genitive form.
Nice 15th century German name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a garden rose.
The Principality of the Mists is the registered name of an SCA branch.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
Submitted as Torcaill mac Séamuis, the submitter requested that the given name be changed to Torquill, an attested Scots form of the same name. We have made the change.
This name combines a Scots given name with a Gaelic byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
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Submitted as Brandulfr Baucom, the spelling of the byname on the Letter of Intent was a typo. We have corrected the byname to Baucum as shown on the form and in the documentation.
Baucum is the submitter's legal surname.
This submission has permission to conflict with the device of Lothar of Atlantia, Or, a dunghill cock rising azure between three flames gules.
This name combines a French given name and an Italian byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter may be interested to know that Coppino di Gentile is an authentic Italian form of the same name from the 1427 census of Florence. If the submitter prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
This name was pended on the May 2019 Letter of Acceptances and Returns for research and commentary on the byname de Lanci. Commenters were able to document Lanci as a variant spelling of a period French place name. Accordingly, this name can be registered.
This name combines an English given name with a French surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Nice late 16th century English name!
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Nice 16th century Italian name!
The submitter is a court baroness and thus is entitled to display a coronet.
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Although this household name conflicts with the registered heraldic title Harpy Herald, Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, the owner of that title, has given this household permission to conflict. Under NPN3E, this name can be registered with permission to conflict.
There is a step from period practice for use of a gore with another charge directly on the field.
Although Henricus was documented in the Letter of Intent as a Latinized English given name, it also appears as a Latinized form in Dutch, making this a nice 16th century Dutch name!
The submitter may be interested to know that Henric Vroom is an entirely vernacular Dutch form, also authentic for the 16th century. If the submitter prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
There is a step from period practice from the use of a voided octagon as a non-European charge. Voided octagons as enclosures are found in Japanese mon.
Submitted as White Bear Company of Septentria, this household name did not follow an attested period pattern. As we explained on the June 2017 Letter of Acceptances and Returns:
Submitted as Black Boot Company, no evidence could be found to support the pattern of this household name. In December 2013, we ruled that the correct form of a company name using the pattern Color + Heraldic Charge is Company of [color] [charge]:
Submitted as Red Dragon Company, commenters could not find evidence of a company name using the pattern X Company, where X is a charge or a color + charge. However, the pattern Company of the X can be justified as the lingua Anglica form of an order name or fraternal organization. Although the submitter did not allow major changes, he permitted the change to Company of the Red Dragon. We have done so in order to register the name. [Tristram O'Shee, 12/2013 LoAR, A-An Tir]
Neither the Letter of Intent nor commenters provided any documentation inconsistent with this precedent. Accordingly, with the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Company of the Black Boot for registration. [Mael Eoin mac Echuid. Household name Company of the Black Boot, A-East]
Accordingly, as the Barony allows all changes, we have changed the name to Company of the White Bear of Septentria for registration.
Septentria is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Septentria is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Brendan Firebow, (Fieldless) Three acorns in pall conjoined by the stems Or. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and another for type of primary charge.
Although questions were raised about the given name in commentary, Spana is listed in at least one version of Landnámabók as a variant form of the attested name Svana. Therefore, the submitter is entitled to the benefit of the doubt that Spana is a period name.
The shire's previous device, Sable, on a flame argent a lizard tergiant fesswise vert, all within a laurel wreath argent, is retained as ancient arms.
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Artist's note: Please draw all charges larger.
The spelling Alastar appears in the Gaelic Annals of Loch Cé, referring to events in the 16th century.
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an English surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Nice badge! The submitter has permission for her badge to conflict with the badge of Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, Per pale vert and Or.
Artist's note: Please draw the seeblätter larger.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a New World hummingbird.
There is a step from period practice for loading a bow with an item other than an arrow.
There is a step from period practice for loading a bow with an item other than an arrow.
Submitted as Corotica merkka Senebelenae, the marker merkka is not appropriate for this name. We were unable to find firm support for the form merkka or merka as a vernacular Brythonic marker. Moreover, the rest of the name is Latin and would not have used a vernacular patronymic/matronymic marker in any event. As the submitter allows all changes but specifically does not want the Latin marker filia, we have registered the name with an unmarked matronymic (an attested pattern for Latinized British names) in the form Corotica _ Senebelenae.
Artist's note: Please draw the heads of the rams attached to the body of the torc.
This badge was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
Note: This depiction of a hazel branch is from the submitter's device, and is allowed under the Existing Registration Allowance.
This submission has permission to conflict with the device of Magdalena von Regensburg, Quarterly vert and argent, two hinds trippant argent.
This device was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
This device was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
The submitter is a court baroness and is thus entitled to display a coronet.
Nice badge! The submitter has permission for his badge to conflict with the badge of Aliener Salton, Per pale purpure and Or.
Submitted as Order of The Sea-Urchin of Østgarðr, we do not capitalize the articles in order names. Therefore, we have changed the name to Order of the Sea-Urchin of Østgarðr to use our standard style.
Østgarðr is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This badge was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified time, place or culture. Shiklah is a 9th century Arabic given name. However, we were unable to put a precise date on the Arabic epithet al-Zarqa', although it appears as a name in literature from the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 C.E.). Thus, we cannot say for certain whether this name is authentic for 9th century Arabic, but it may well be.
This device was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
Rose is the submitter's legal surname.
Rose is the submitter's legal surname.
Submitted as Vindiorix Ordowik, the byname did not use the same transliteration conventions as the given name. PN2D requires names to use a single consistent transliteration system. As the submitter allows all changes, we have corrected the name to Vindiorix Ordovix for registration.
The submitter's previous name, Finn the Black, is retained as an alternate name.
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This device was pended for redraw on the June 2019 LoAR.
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Agaricus is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice device!
This name combines an English given name with a French surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
Although Daniel was documented in the Letter of Intent as a French given name, this name also appears in Scots records, making this name entirely Scots.
This name is clear of the registered Donal MacLaren under PN3C2 and PN3C4: Don- vs. Dan- and -al vs. -i-el.
The submitter requested authenticity for the culture of Schwaben (SW Germany) in the 13th-14th century. This name is authentic for 14th century Schwaben.
The submitter's previous name, Adrian Neggerstein, is released.
Nice 13th century Latinized Welsh name!
The submitter may be interested to know that Ieuan Melinyt is the vernacular Welsh form of the same name. If he prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
Artist's note: Please make the identifying features of the arrow larger to aid in identification, and please fill the eye and nasal cavities in with the tincture of the skull.
Although Isabella was documented on the Letter of Intent as an Occitan given name, it is also found in Italian records, making this name wholly Italian.
Nice 10th-11th century Old English name!
This name combines an Old English given name with an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C when both elements are dated prior to 1100 C.E., as is the case here.
When this name was registered, we noted Casa dei Libri as an alternative registerable form. The submitter has requested reconsideration and we are happy to make this change.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Normandy. Unfortunately, we have no evidence of the name Sabine in France prior to the mid-16th century. However, Sabine and its variant Sabina were found in England in the 14th century.
This name combines an English given name and a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter's previous device, Per chevron inverted urdy sable and argent, a natural leopard salient contourny argent spotted sable between two lightning bolts in pile argent, is retained as a badge.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for all armory which is one countable step (DC) from this device.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for all armory which is not identical to this badge, which means at least a blazonable difference.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for all armory which is one countable step (DC) from this badge.
Lillia Crampette did an excellent job in commentary constructing Strathcorbie as a compound Scots place name based on attested period examples.
This name includes a claim to be the daughter of Giovanni da Verona. There were several period artisans named Giovanni da Verona, including a 15th-16th century artist, sculptor and monk who is mentioned in Giorgio Vasari's 16th century history of Italian artists, Le Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori, et scultori italiani. PN4D prohibits registration of a name that "make claims to be a direct relative of a protected individual." Therefore, we pended this name on the May 2019 Letter of Acceptances and Returns for discussion of whether any of the men named Giovanni da Verona are important enough to protect. We conclude that they are not, allowing this name to be registered.
There were at least two Renaissance artists and one Renaissance musician named Giovanni da Verona. One of them (interestingly, not the one named in Vasari's book) has an Encyclopedia Britannica entry. The Giovanni da Verona referred to by Vasari has short entries in several standard art history reference works, including The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance and Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts.
PN4D1 states:
Names of important non-SCA individuals are protected from presumption. People who are not important enough to have an entry in a standard print encyclopedia, such as the Encyclopedia Britannica, are generally not important enough to protect. Newly famous individuals may rarely be considered important enough to protect even if they have not yet appeared in a print encyclopedia. Individuals who do have an entry must be further considered.
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Individuals whose names are recognized by a significant number of people in the Society without having to look them up in a reference are generally important enough to protect. Individuals recognized only by specialists in a subject are unlikely to be important enough to protect. Individuals who are only recognized with the assistance of reference books are unlikely to be important enough to protect.
Individuals whose work and/or life are still influential today are generally important enough to protect. Those whose work significantly shaped the course of world history, science, or the arts are generally important enough to protect. This is generally measured by examining measures like the length of encyclopedia articles about the person and his/her work, numbers of search engine hits for the individual, and the like.
Although this was a close call, several factors weigh against protecting the historical Giovannis. None of them are known for establishing a particular style of art or creating a particularly famous piece along the lines of a Mona Lisa or a Sistine Chapel ceiling. The articles about them are very short -- a few hundred words -- as compared to the articles devoted to more significant artists in the same period. The Wikipedia article about the 15th-16th century artist, sculptor and monk -- the best known of the three Giovannis -- is a stub. Even Vasari, his contemporary, does not devote an entire section of his book to Giovanni da Verona, just a mention. The other Giovannis are even less well known. The musician of this name is only mentioned on the third page of Google hits for the name. The Renaissance humanist with the article in the Encyclopedia Britannica is far better known under the name Fra Giovanni Giocondo (c.1433-1515). The fact that there were multiple men named Giovanni da Verona, all working during the period broadly defined as the Italian Renaissance, further undercuts their individual fame. In short, no matter which man it refers to, Giovanni da Verona is far from a household name. As we cannot say that any of their work is still widely influential today, they are not significant enough to protect from presumption.
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Owl's Nest is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Silesia. This name meets that request.
Submitted as Melkorka Farmarðr, the byname was submitted in the masculine form. However, nouns used as Old Norse descriptive bynames must agree with the gender of the given name. As the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the name to Melkorka Farkona, using the feminine form of the noun.
The Letter of Intent argued that Morna was a hypothetical Gaelic given name based on the attested Gaelic clan Ua Morna. In that construction, however, Morna is a genitive form. Given names can only be created from the nominative form of a name. We have not been able to identify any attested Gaelic given name that resembles Morn-. Further, no evidence that the clan name was based on a given name (as opposed to an epithet). While submitters are entitled to the benefit of the doubt, getting from Ua Morna to Morna as a Gaelic given name requires one too many leaps of logic.
Fortunately, heralds at the Pelican decision meet found two ways to document Morna that are compatible with the late-period English surname Talen. Jeanne Marie Noir Licorne found evidence of Morna as a gray period English surname, which can be used as a given name by precedent. Elizabeth Lions Blood found evidence of Morna as a 16th century German given name, which can be borrowed into English under the February 2015 Cover Letter. Therefore, this name can be registered as submitted.
The submitter's previous name, Muirenn inghean Chiaráin, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter's previous device, Per chevron Or and azure, a compass star gules, is released.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.
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Submitted as Adriana des Fleurs, the name was not grammatically correct for a French inn-sign byname. The correct construction for a French inn-sign byname is Adriana aux Fleurs.
Brunissende Wreath Emerita documented de Fleurs as the byname of the author of L'Amant mal traicte de s'amye, published in 1546 (https://books.google.com/books?id=rgM8AAAAcAAJ). As this byname is closer to the submitted form than the inn-sign construction, we have changed the name to Adriana de_ Fleurs for registration.
Nice 14th century English name!
Submitted as Brenden Shannon _ Lochlainn, this name was not correctly constructed. The element Lochlainn is a Gaelic given name. However, Gaelic does not allow unmarked patronymic bynames. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Brendan Shannon Ó Lochlainn, using a grammatically Gaelic Clan Affiliation-style byname.
This name combines two English given names with a Gaelic byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
This submission has permission to conflict with the device of Christopher of Haslingden, Quarterly sable and gules, all platy.
The submitter grants permission for any future submitter to register a name that is not identical to this registered name.
The submitter's previous device, Per bend sinister argent and sable, a club bendwise sinister and a skull counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Nice Japanese name for the early Kamakura period!
Submitted as Kathryne Sommerfeldt of the Dark Horde, the submitter requested that the phrase of the Dark Horde be omitted if possible. She had added that phrase because her prior submission, Kathryne Sommerfeld had been returned for conflict on the January 2013 Letter of Acceptances and Returns:
Unfortunately, this name conflicts with the registered Cathlin Somerfeld. The changes to sound of the names only affect the first consonant of the second syllable of the given name, which is not enough to make them clear of one another. Her device has been registered under the holding name Kathryne of Three Hills.
The January 2013 return was in error. The registered name is Cathlin Somerfield, not Somerfeld. Kathryne Sommerfeldt does not conflict with Cathlin Somerfield under PN3C1 and PN3C4. There is one change in sound and appearance of the given name: Kath-ryne vs. Cath-lin. The necessary second change in sound and appearance is in the byname: Sommerfeldt vs. Somerfield.
As the phrase of the Dark Horde is no longer needed to clear a conflict, we have omitted it for submission, as the submitter requested.
The submitter grants blanket permission to conflict for any name that is at least one syllable different from this registered name.
The submitter grants blanket permission to conflict for any armory that is not identical to her device, Azure, a winged lozenge and a bordure argent.
The submitter's previous device, Vert, on a fess argent three triskelions of spirals sable, is retained as a badge.
Royal University is a generic identifier.
Nice 16th century Turkish name!
Artist's note: Please draw the crescent larger.
The submitter's previous name, Uta von dem Lindenwald, is released.
Submitted as Seitz Kirbrich, the submitter requested that the given name be spelled Sietz if it could be documented. The spelling Sietz appears in 16th century Germany in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Therefore, we have changed the name to match the submitter's request.
Nice late 16th century southern German name!
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Questions were raised in commentary about whether this name presumes on Anya Seton (born Ann Seton), an author of popular historical biographies in the mid-20th century, or Lady Ann Seton, 17th century Countess of Traquair. This name presumes only if these women are important enough to protect under PN4D.
PN4D1 states:
Names of important non-SCA individuals are protected from presumption. People who are not important enough to have an entry in a standard print encyclopedia, such as the Encyclopedia Britannica, are generally not important enough to protect. Newly famous individuals may rarely be considered important enough to protect even if they have not yet appeared in a print encyclopedia. Individuals who do have an entry must be further considered.
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Individuals whose names are recognized by a significant number of people in the Society without having to look them up in a reference are generally important enough to protect. Individuals recognized only by specialists in a subject are unlikely to be important enough to protect. Individuals who are only recognized with the assistance of reference books are unlikely to be important enough to protect.
Individuals whose work and/or life are still influential today are generally important enough to protect. Those whose work significantly shaped the course of world history, science, or the arts are generally important enough to protect. This is generally measured by examining measures like the length of encyclopedia articles about the person and his/her work, numbers of search engine hits for the individual, and the like.
Applying this test, Ann Seton, Countess of Traquair, is not important enough to protect. She does not have her own entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica or even in Wikipedia. Although the Seton family was quite prominent in Scotland, Lady Ann is not famous in her own right.
Anya Seton was a best-selling author and several of her books were made into movies. She has her own article in the Encyclopedia Britannica, a Wikipedia entry, and appears on several lists of "best historical fiction authors." Nevertheless, other than Pelican, no one at the Pelican decision meeting had heard of her. Even in historical romance fan circles, Ms. Seton is no longer widely remembered. She is not, therefore, significant enough to be protected from presumption.
As neither Ann Seton nor Anya Seton are significant enough to protect, this name is not presumptuous and can be registered as submitted.
Nice English name from circa 1400 onwards or 16th century Scots name!
This order name follows the pattern of naming orders after places. Commanders Castle is a constructed English place name based on the pattern of Family Name + Castle, which was documented in commentary by Arnbjørn Karlsson.
Caer Anterth Mawr is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Caer Anterth Mawr is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This order name follows the pattern of naming orders after places. Tower Rising is a constructed English place name based on the pattern of Toponym + Family Name found in Juliana's "Compound Placenames in English" (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/EnglishCompoundPlacenames/).
Nice device!
Submitted under the name Sabine d'Anjou.
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This household name was pended on the May 2019 Letter of Acceptances and Returns for discussion of whether the Italian tribe known as the Sabines was important enough to protect from presumption. They are not. Although the kidnapping of the Sabine women by the Romans was a frequent subject of Renaissance and Baroque art, the Sabines themselves are not "influential today" and did not "significantly shape[ ] the course of world history, science, or the arts." NPN4D1. Therefore, the Sabine tribe is not protected from presumption and this name can be registered.
Some commenters suggested that this name was offensive because the abduction of the Sabine women by Romulus and his men is often called "the rape of the Sabine women." This objection is directed at the wrong target. The Sabine women were the victims, not the perpetrators, of the assault. Their conduct was not offensive and their name is not offensive.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird in a displayed posture that isn't an eagle.
Artist's note: Please draw the legs with more separation from the tail feathers.
Submitted as Hróðgeirr svartihi{o,}rtr, the constructed byname was intended to mean "black stag." However, as stated in multiple past precedents, we have no evidence to support the construction Color + Animal in a single Old Norse descriptive byname. [Sorcha rauðrefr, May 2012, R-East; Fiallarr rauðulfr, 08/2008 LoAR, R-West]. As no new evidence has been presented to justify compound Color + Animal bynames in Old Norse, this type of byname continues to be unregisterable.
Double descriptive bynames are permitted in Old Norse. [Sorcha rauðrefr, May 2012, R-East] With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Hróðgeirr inn svarti hj{o,}rtr, using one descriptive byname meaning "black" and another meaning "hart" or "stag."
Odin is the submitter's legal middle name. However, they need not rely on the Legal Name Allowance because Odin is also an attested Norwegian given name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird in a displayed posture that isn't an eagle.
Submitted under the name Fedelm ingen Coblaith, that name was pended as Fedelm Arilith on the August 2019 LoAR.
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Submitted as Arnórr Músa, the byname was not correctly constructed. As submitted, it uses the genitive (possessive), rather than the nominative form of the descriptive. We have changed the name to the grammatically-correct Arnórr Mús_.
No documentation was provided and none could be found for the heraldic practice of a frog holding a charge with its tongue. However, commenters seemed generally supportive of the practice, and it does not hinder the identifiability of either charge. Therefore, we will allow the practice of frogs maintaining insects with their tongues as a step from period practice; for other charges, this will be disallowed without evidence.
Submitted as Elizabet Merrick, the submitter requested that the byname be spelled Meyrick if it could be documented. Meyrick was documented as a 16th century English surname in commentary. Accordingly, we have changed the name to the requested form.
Nice 16th century English name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird in a displayed posture that isn't an eagle.
Gisela is a gray period German given name borrowed into English under the February 2015 Cover Letter.
Submitted as Grissel Merrick, the submitter requested that the byname be spelled Meyrick if it could be documented. Meyrick was documented as a 16th century English surname in commentary. Accordingly, we have changed the name to the requested form.
Nice 16th century English name!
There is a step from period practice for a central charge on a gyronny arrondi field drawn with the corners of the field in the center of a gyron.
Originally submitted as Gwladus Vacahan wreic Tursten, it was changed and resubmitted at Kingdom as Gwladus Vachan uxor Torstini to match the documentation that could be found. Based on documentation provided in commentary, and with the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Gwladus Vachan uxor Tursteni, which is closer to what was originally submitted.
Nice 13th century Anglo-Welsh name!
A triskelion arrondi is a step from period practice for being an armorial motif not attested in period armory [Miakushka Loshkina, March 2019 LoAR].
Submitted as House Golde Ravyne, this household name conflicted with the registered House Golden Raven and Atlantia's heraldic title Golden Raven Pursuivant. In Middle English, one of the possible pronunciations of Golde uses two syllables: Gold-eh. As Golde can be pronounced with two syllables, it is not different from Golden. The difference between Raven and Ravyne (a variant spelling of raven) is not enough to clear the conflict.
The submitter consented to remove the terminal -e from Gold, making it clear that the word is one syllable. Gold has long been recognized as significantly different from Golden because it is one syllable and Golden is two. With this change, the names are clear of conflict.
The pattern House X cannot be documented in English. In this case, the submitter can use this pattern under the Existing Registration Allowance based on the construction of his previous household name.
The submitter's previous household name, House Greygriffin, is released.
Submitted as Ismay Delay Vert, the submitter requested that the bynames be changed to de Lever if it could be documented. Lever is an attested English place name, with the byname de Lever found in 'Close Rolls, Henry VI: October-November 1423', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 1, 1422-1429, ed. A E Stamp (London, 1933), pp. 122-124. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen6/vol1/pp122-124). Therefore, we have made the submitter's requested change.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
Submitted as Leane Merrick, the submitter requested that the byname be spelled Meyrick if it could be documented. Meyrick was documented as a 16th century English surname in commentary. Accordingly, we have changed the name to the requested form.
Nice 16th century English name!
A triskelion arrondi is a step from period practice for being an armorial motif not attested in period armory [Miakushka Loshkina, March 2019 LoAR].
Artist's note: Please draw the garbs with more stalks of wheat
Submitted as Quintus _ Corvus Tertius, the name lacked a nomen, consisting of only a praenomen and two cognomina. This is not an attested pattern for Roman names. After being offered several options in commentary, the submitter requested the addition of the nomen Valerius. We have made the change to Quintus Valerius Corvus Tertius for registration.
Nice device!
There is a step from period practice for a quadruped in a sejant erect affronty posture that is not a lion.
The byname of Crete uses the lingua Societatis name of a place attested in period.
The submitter's previous name, Salaria of Lesbos, is retained as an alternate name.
The Letter of Intent documented Ryston as a place name. However, the marker ap is not used with place names -- it is used only with a father's given name to form a patronymic byname in Welsh. Fortunately, Jeanne Marie Noir Licorne was able to document Ryston as a 16th century English surname that can be used as a given name by precedent. We have numerous attested examples in Wales of the construction ap + English given name. Therefore, this name can be registered as submitted.
Submitted as The House of the Fox and Moon, the leading The is not registered as part of non-personal names. We have dropped it for registration.
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Submitted as Abigail Delia St. John, this name could not be registered in this form. St. is a scribal abbreviation for Saint, which we do not register. [Damaris Saint Cloud, 10/1999 LoAR, A-Atenveldt] Although the submitter did not allow changes, she specifically consented to allow St. to be expanded to Saint for registration.
Delia was documented in the Letter of Intent as the submitter's legal middle name. However, the submitter does not need to rely on the Legal Name Allowance as Jeanne Marie Noir Licorne found evidence of Delia as a gray-period English given name.
Artist's note: Please provide internal detailing to aid in identification of the charges.
Submitted as Ælfwynn æt Weald_, the byname was not correctly constructed. In Old English, locative bynames need to take the dative form of the place name. The dative form of Weald is Wealde. Therefore, we have changed the name to Ælfwynn æt Wealde for registration.
Although this might be considered a joke name, it is a registerable one. By longstanding precedent, "[t]he fact that this is a 'joke name' is not, in and of itself, a problem. The College has registered a number of names, perfectly period in formation, that embodied humor: Drew Steele, Miles Long, and John of Somme Whyre spring to mind as examples." (Porsche Audi, August, 1992, pg. 28) When considering the registration of joke names, the key question is whether the joke is necessarily a modern one: "Joke names have long been registered, when the reference was not modern." [Mould de Cheder, 2/2011 LoAR, A-Trimaris] This joke is not modern; it does not make a modern reference and does not require modern knowledge to understand. Therefore, the name can be registered.
Bernadette is the submitter's legal given name.
Eskalya is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This name combines an Italian given name with two Spanish bynames, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Scythia is the lingua Societatis name of a place known in period.
This name is not presumptuous under PN4D because (based on our most current evidence) the historical Bleda, king of the Huns, was never known or recorded as Bleda of Scythia.
Submitted as Noah Noff_ Con Sequence, the spelling Noff was based on a mistranscribed record from the FamilySearch Historical Records. The February 2019 Cover Letter established the alternative documentation required to support a spelling based on a mistranscribed FamilySearch record. Unfortunately, we were unable to find that alternative documentation. However, we did find evidence of Noffe as a 16th century English surname. As the addition of an -e is a minor change, we have changed the name to Noah Noffe Con Sequence for registration.
Questions were raised in commentary about the transliteration of the given name from kanji. The formal transliteration of the name under the Hepburn system is H{o-}j{o-}. However, Appendix D states that, for transliteration of Japanese names, "[w]e have registered the Hepburn system, as well as that system with two modifications: one that omits all macrons (long marks) and another that that uses ou for o-macron." Therefore, either Hojo or Houjou is a registerable simplified transliteration of H{o-}j{o-}. Both of these transliterations are used in scholarly works. Therefore, this name can be registered.
Kinehild is a properly constructed Old English name from the attested elements Kine- and -hild. This constructed Old English name can properly be combined with the 14th century Middle English byname le librari.
The submitter's previous name, Cynehild Cynesigesdohtor, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
Eskalya is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Reblazoned in November 1977 as Per bend sinister sable and vert, a sword bendsinisterwise and a tower Or, the reblazon erroneously dropped embattled. We're also clarifying the orientation of the sword.
Pillow was documented as the submitter's legal name. However, the submitter need not rely on the Legal Name Allowance because Pillow is also a 16th century English surname that can be used as a given name by precedent.
Oertha is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The term "pillow" is interchangeable with the more standard "cushion," and is used here for canting purposes.
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.
Nice 16th century Turkish name!
Goldheart is a plausible late-period form of an inn-sign byname. As noted in commentary by Seraphina Ragged Staff, we have several period examples of inn-sign names and related bynames where color and heraldic charge are combined into a single word, including Whytehorse, Whitelomb, blackeboye, and Grayhorse.
The submitter's previous name, Tatiana Todhunter, is released.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This badge is returned for lack of documentation. The last registration of a dragon's scale was from 1994, and no evidence was provided to demonstrate the use of this charge in period.
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2c, which requires that charges in the same charge group be in a unified orientation and arrangement. In this submission, the dice, which are in the same charge group as the chess knight, are blazoned in fess, an arrangement that does not include the chess knight.
Upon resubmission, please either make the gouttes substantially larger so that they can be recognized as secondary charges, or leave them out of the submitted emblazon entirely; we recommend the latter, to avoid other potential issues with SENA A3D2c.
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None.
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None.
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None.
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None.
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None.
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This name change was withdrawn after the close of commentary.
This submission has been withdrawn by the submitter.
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None.
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This badge was pended on the May 2019 LoAR for further discussion on the depiction of a fretty bordure. Originally submitted with a very tight fretty pattern with roundels in every open space, the redrawn design has no roundels and shows almost no overlap between the bendlets, appearing in certain sections less fretty and more like an orle dancetty throughout. No evidence was provided and none could be found of a fretty ordinary where every overlap of the lathes was almost entirely obscured by the line of division. Fretty, when it appears on an ordinary, should have enough density of frets that at least two rows of overlaps can be clearly seen. Absent documentation for this depiction of fretty, it is returned.
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None.
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The December 2007 precedent ruling that identical maintained charges do not contribute to the appearance of marshalling is overturned (see the Cover Letter for complete details). Therefore, this device is returned for violation of SENA A6F2d, which states that "When any section of such a field contains...multiple charges of different types..., it creates the appearance of marshalling." In this design, there are domestic cats and daisies on both sections of the field, which runs afoul of this rule.
This badge is returned for lack of documentation. No evidence was provided and none could be found for this form of a fan of feathers in period.
Submitted as Ntisa Knarrarbringa, the given name is not registerable because it is a runic form of an Old Norse name. Under SENA PN2D, only transliterated forms put into Latin script can be registered. The transliterated form of this name is Ádísa. However, the submitter did not like Ádísa or any of the other options offered to her. At her request, we are returning the name.
This device is returned for lack of documentation of the posture. No evidence was provided for sea-monsters created from quadrupeds in an affronty posture. The submitter cited the January 2018 Cover Letter, which limited affronty quadrupedal postures to sejant erect affronty, used as a step from period practice for all creatures other than lions, and asked whether this ban extended to sea-creatures. Absent evidence for the practice in period, sea-creatures based on quadrupeds should not be depicted affronty, but instead appear in profile.
Were sea-creatures affronty allowable, there would still be an issue of identifiability that would need to be addressed. The limbs of the sea-urchin appear entirely within the silhouette of the body, and submitters struggled to identify the creature other than as a "puff-ball."
This name must be returned for presumption under PN4B1. Roy is a period variant spelling of the French title Roi or "king." PN4B1 states that "[g]iven 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." Because Roy is followed by a locative byname, this name can be read as a claim to be the King of a place named Basillon. Therefore, the name is presumptuous and cannot be registered.
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None.
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This device is returned administratively. When first uploaded, the form that appeared on the packet, signed by the submitter, had no emblazon on it at all, and a form was not provided prior to the end of the commentary period. This alone would be grounds for return. However, when a form with an emblazon was finally uploaded after the close of commentary, it had a computer-generated image superimposed over a photograph of a signed device form.
We do not require signatures to prove that submitters have seen and approved the emblazons provided on LoIs. However, when there is sufficient reason to doubt that the submitter has seen the artwork, much less approved it for submission, then it is incumbent upon the submissions herald to attest that the submitter is aware and in support of the provided artwork. As no attestation was provided, and as the late form was a particularly questionable composite image, this submission must be returned.
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This badge is returned for lack of documentation for this depiction of a single dandelion seed. While substantial evidence was provided for dandelions, no evidence was provided and none could be found to support this or any depiction of the single seed in period.
In addition, this badge is returned for identification issues. Commenters struggled to identify the charge as a dandelion seed, with some thinking it looked more like a calamarie.
In addition, this badge is also returned for visual conflict with the badge of Gæira Aggadóttir, (Fieldless) A calamarie bendwise sinister argent. The visual similarity of this depiction of a dandelion seed with a calamarie, especially with the tentacle-like depiction of the pappus, causes there to be a distinct visual similarity between the two charges.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Frederic Badger, Sable, a chalice within an orle argent. There is one DC for the addition of the secondary charge. Per the January 2015 return of the badge of the Barony of Bergental, there is no DC between a mazer (a footed bowl with no stem) and a cup or goblet.
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This device is returned administratively. The form provided in the packet is not in color, nor does it match the image on the Letter of Intent. Furthermore, there was no indication on the Letter of Intent that the submitter approved the redraw.
This device is returned for several conflicts, per the following rulings:
"Nautilis [sic] and snail shells, being very nearly round, are not granted any difference for the change of orientation and the orientation does not need to be blazoned." [Katharine of Caithness, LoAR of Feb 2011]
"Therefore, unless future evidence to the contrary is presented, all shells will be considered to conflict with all other shells." [Theodosia Ouranos of Constantinople, LoAR of May 2010]
Conflicts include, but are not limited to:
the Kingdom of Atlantia's badge for the Award of the Silver Nautilus, (Fieldless) A nautilus shell argent, with one DC for the field but nothing for either the type of charge or its orientation.
The badge of Iago ab Adam, (Fieldless) An escallop argent, with one DC for the field, but no difference for orientation.
The badge of Tachibana Tsukime, Sable, an escallop potent, with one DC for the tincture of the shell.
The device of Jantien van Vranckenvoert, Sable, an escallop within a bordure argent, with one DC for removing the bordure, but no difference for type or orientation of shell.
The Kingdom of Atlantia's badge for the Royal Bard (reg. June 1998 via Atlantia), (Fieldless) A whelk shell palewise argent, with one DC for the field, but no difference for orientation.
Given the plethora of conflicts, we decline to rule at this time whether there is a DC between a snail and a snail's shell.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Lucrezia Serafini da Roma, Sable, a wolf's head cabossed argent and a bordure argent semy of estoiles of eight rays sable, with one DC for the addition of the decrescent. Normally estoiles and mullets have a DC between them. However, we have examples of suns in period armory depicted exclusively with rays or points, always with eight or more protrusions. As such, estoiles of eight rays and compass stars, being mullets of eight points, are artistic variants of suns, and therefore have no DC between them.
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Caer Anterth Mawr is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The question was raised during the proofing process about whether a millrind was an independent charge when it appeared on a millstone, or was an artistic detail. This is an important distinction; if the former is true, then this armory would would need to be returned as an independent display of Argent, a millrind azure, a millstone being indistinguishable from a roundel.
However, there are conflicts regardless of interpretation. If considered as Argent, a millrind azure, it must be returned for conflict with the device of Llywelyn ab Adda, Argent chaussé dovetailed, in chief a millrind azure, with one DC for the field but none for the forced move to chief. If the millrind is considered an artistic detail of the millstone, and no longer a tertiary charge, then the badge must be returned for conflict with the badge of Erryk Blackwolf, Per bend sinister sable and gules, a plate, and the device of Edwin Bersark, Gules, a roundel so drawn as to represent a round shield battered in long and honourable service, argent, granting only a DC for the field for each item.
As there are conflicts regardles of interpretation, we decline at this time to rule whether a millrind is an independent charge or an artistic detail when it appears on a millstone.
This name must be returned because it conflicts with the registered Sabine d'Angers. Precedent states:
Submitted as Katherine d'Angers, this name conflicts with the registered Katherine d'Anjou. There is only one syllable of difference. The literary name Berengaria was added as a second given name in order to clear the conflict. [Katherine Berengaria d'Angers, 3/2014 LoAR, A-East]
Given the refinements in the name conflict rules of SENA since March 2014, we were asked to re-examine this ruling.
As the given names are identical, the conflict analysis focuses on the bynames. PN3C states that, to be clear of conflict, "a pair of names must meet at least one standard for substantial difference in sound and at least one standard for substantial difference in appearance, as described below." (emphasis added).
Anjou and Angers differ in spelling significantly: -jou vs. -gers. Under PN3C4, the two names are clear on appearance.
However, Anjou and Angers differ in sound by only the single vowel sound at the end. For a French speaker, the sounds are roughly An-zhoo vs. An-zhay. PN3C2 states: "If a vowel and the consonant or group of consonants on one side of this vowel is different between the two names, we consider a syllable to be substantially changed." (emphasis added). In the case of Anjou and Angers, the vowel sound is changed but the consonant sound is not, even though the consonant is represented by a different letter. Therefore, because there is not a substantial difference in sound under PN3C2, the two names do in fact conflict.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Stacy of Skerjastr{o,}nd.
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This device is returned due to lack of documentation for the breed of dog depicted (Norwegian elkhound). The submitter should consider a period breed of dog, especially one used in heraldry (e.g. a talbot, greyhound, mastiff, etc.).
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Talan Gwyn Aderyn, Azure, two chevronels braced, in chief an owl displayed argent. There is a single DC for changes to the secondary charge.
This badge is returned administratively. The line drawing of the submission is missing the outline of the plate, making the two depictions substantially different (with the heart becoming the primary charge instead of the plate). As there is a substantial difference between the two designs, pending the armory for redraw is not an option.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Harold Breakstone, Or, a castle triple-towered sable, pennants flotant to sinister vert. There is one DC for fieldlessness, but no difference between a castle and a tower, and nothing for the pennants, which are considered an artistic detail. This leaves the roundel in base as the only other potential source of difference.
The placement of the roundel in base, especially entirely within the bottom band of the tower, gives it the appearance of a door or window, which is an artistic detail that does not count for difference. The simplicity of the charge, its size, and its placement off-center, all lead it to appear to be an architectural feature of the tower, which does not grant difference from a simple, unmodified tower.
This device is returned for redesign. In order for the bull's head to be a central primary charge, it must cross the line of division. However, it is an inherently triangular charge, and if part of it crosses a per chevron inverted line of division, then most of the line of division will be obscured, as it is in this submission. For this reason, we are returning the badge for redesign rather than attempting to redraw it.
This name must be returned because Hanzô is not a properly-constructed male nanori. Nanori were created using kun'yomi (original, indigenous Japanese) readings of kanji. The proposed construction Hanzô uses on'yomi (Chinese) readings of kanji. We presently have no evidence for nanoris constructed in this fashion.
For a potential resubmission, the submitter should know that the element Han- is attested only in feminine given names. Further, the use of the circumflex on the final o is not a proper Japanese transliteration. The kanji in question should be transliterated as -zou. In addition, the submitter should be aware that Totori as an uji name element fell out of use after 1180.
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None.
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- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This badge is pended to discuss whether the historical, monstrous depiction of a whale should conflict with a natural dolphin. Precedent states that there is no DC between a "heraldic" whale (not attested to period armory) and a heraldic dolphin (Gryffyth ap Madyn, December 2010, reaffirmed April 2019), and there is no DC between a heraldic whale and a natural whale, nor between a heraldic dolphin and a natural dolphin (August 2005 Cover Letter). However, no precedent was found that confirmed whether natural dolphins should conflict with heraldic whales.
We ask commenters to address the following questions:
Are the existing precedents still appropriate? That is to say, is there just cause for continuing the policy that there is no DC granted between mammalian sea-creatures of both heraldic and natural varieties?
Should this ruling extend to say that heraldic whales and natural dolphins have no distinct change between them?
This was item 22 on the An Tir letter of July 24, 2019.
This device is pended for redraw due to the line art not matching the color emblazon, and for almost all of the identifying features of the raven appearing on the azure portion of the field. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
This was item 36 on the An Tir letter of July 24, 2019.
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We presently have no evidence of a fur, such as erminois, being used to create a heraldic title or name an order on which a heraldic title might be based. We are pending this heraldic title for more research as well as for discussion of whether, as a matter of policy, furs should be treated like other heraldic tinctures for the purposes of creating heraldic titles and order names even in the absence of evidence.
This was item 3 on the Atenveldt letter of July 30, 2019.
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This device is pended for redraw due to identifiability issues of both the mastiff's heads and the rose. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
This was item 24 on the Caid letter of July 31, 2019.
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Justice was documented in the Letter of Intent as an English surname. However, an English substantive element cannot be combined with a French designator in the same household name under NPN1B3 and NPN1C1. Fortunately, Ursula Palimpsest found Justice as a surname in a French record from 1403.
Even though the name is documented, questions were raised at the Pelican decision meeting as to whether this name presumes on the DC comics (and movies) organization the Justice League or their headquarters, the Hall of Justice. Particularly given the recent Justice League movie, these questions merit further discussion. Therefore, we are pending this item for discussion of presumption.
This was item 6 on the Ealdormere letter of July 25, 2019.
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This badge is pended for redraw due to the per chevron line of division being too low and for blurring the distinction between charge groups. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
This was item 4 on the Meridies letter of July 31, 2019.
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This device is pended to discuss the potential for substantial difference for the type of flower. Under current precedent, this would be returned for conflict with the device of Jonas Aquilian, Azure, three roses argent, as there is only a DC for changing the type of a flower, but none for orientation. However, to the best of our knowledge no research has been done into the treatment of flowers by heralds for the purposes of determining conflict. Is substantial difference for certain kinds of flowers as primary charges, similar to the landmark bird or cross rulings, appropriate? If so, what categories of flowers are supported by period evidence? We ask the College for commentary on this matter.
This was item 1 on the Middle letter of July 24, 2019.
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This badge is pended for redraw due to the depiction of the flame being unidentifiable by any commenter. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
This was item 8 on the Northshield letter of July 29, 2019.
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This device is pended for redraw due to the height of the per chevron line of division and the depiction of the rayonny jags. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
This was item 6 on the Outlands letter of July 31, 2019.
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Submitted as Paul Delay Vert Cronk_, the submitter requested the form Paul de Lever Cronk if it could be documented. We were able to construct de Lever Cronke as a byname based on a compound Middle English place name.
"Compound Placenames in English" by Juliana de Luna (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/EnglishCompoundPlacenames/) demonstrates the pattern of compound place names based on an existing place name with a family name following it, including examples such as Akton Burnill. Lever is an attested English place name found in 'Close Rolls, Henry VI: October-November 1423', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 1, 1422-1429, ed. A E Stamp (London, 1933), pp. 122-124. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen6/vol1/pp122-124). Cronke is a surname found in 'Staffordshire Lay Subsidy 1332-3: Offlow hundred', in Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. 10, Part 1, ed. G Wrottesley (London, 1889), pp. 102-111. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/staffs-hist-collection/vol10/pt1/pp102-111). Therefore, based on the patterns in Juliana's article, Lever Cronke is a plausible constructed English place name, with elements dated early enough to make the use of the preposition de plausible as well. Accordingly, we have changed the name to Paul de Lever Cronke to meet the submitter's request.
Questions were raised at the Pelican decision meeting as to whether this name is obtrusively modern because the phrase "Pull the lever, Kronk!" from the Disney movie The Emperor's New Groove enjoyed some fame as a meme. 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.
The majority of the heralds at the decision meeting (including those with children) were not familiar with the reference. However, because the test for obtrusive modernity is the effect of the name on a general audience, we are pending the name in the form Paul de Lever Cronke for additional discussion on this issue.
This was item 24 on the Trimaris letter of July 10, 2019.
This device is pended for redraw due to the artwork of the augmented device not matching the base coat. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
A triskelion arrondi is a step from period practice for being an armorial motif not attested in period armory [Miakushka Loshkina, March 2019 LoAR].
This was item 30 on the Trimaris letter of July 10, 2019.
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This device is pended for redraw due to the depiction of the comets blurring the distinction between comets and mullets of eight points. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
This was item 4 on the West letter of July 31, 2019.
This name is pended for discussion of whether it presumes on the historical figure Bernal Diaz, also known as Bernal Díaz del Castillo. Diaz was a conquistador and author of The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, which details Hernán Cortés' expedition against the Aztecs. Diaz's work is one of the most important sources of information about the 16th century Spanish invasion of Mexico. As he is known in many sources as simply Bernal Diaz we must undertake the presumption analysis.
This was item 5 on the West letter of July 31, 2019.
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