This depiction of a comet, based off the comet from the Bayeux Tapestry, is permitted under the Existing Registration Allowance.
Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands Brewers Guild is a generic identifier.
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
Artist's note: Please provide internal detailing for the birds.
Nice mid-14th century English name!
Commenters asked whether this design should be returned for marshalling. Please see this month's Cover Letter.
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Nice English name for circa 1300!
Although the name appeared on the Letter of Intent as Declán Tyrall, both the form and the documentation had the surname as Tyrell. We are registering the surname in that form.
Declán is a Gaelic male saint's name, which can be combined with an English byname under Appendix C.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Norman in Ireland in the 14th C." This name is not authentic because we currently have no evidence of non-Anglicized Gaelic given names being combined with English surnames.
The submitter gives blanket permission to conflict for any name that differs by at least one syllable from this registered name.
The submitter gives blanket permission to conflict for any armory that is at least one countable step (DC) from this registered device.
Submitted as Gungreda the Goode, we could find no support for the given name. The sources cited in the Letter of Intent were modern mis-transcriptions of period documents that showed the name as Gundreda. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to the attested Gundreda.
Submitted as Hallbjörn Skjalda-Hrafnsson, the umlaut in the given name is incorrect. An o with an umlaut is an older typographical convention for rendering an o-ogonek ({o,}). We register the o-ogonek in Old Norse names rather than the o-umlaut. Therefore, we have changed the given name to Hallbj{o,}rn.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
Kenna is either a grey period German given name borrowed into English per the February 2015 Cover Letter or a 17th century English surname used as a given name.
This name was pended on the January 2020 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to allow several issues to be addressed: (1) the form provided by the submitter did not provide an address or other contact information; (2) the requested name required an attestation of legal relationship, letter of permission to claim a relationship and proof of the submitter's legal name. After the close of pend commentary, these materials were provided.
Leif is the submitter's legal middle name. As it is a given name by type, he can use it as his Society given name under the Legal Name Allowance.
Mána-Rauðr is the registered name of the submitter's parent. The submitter has permission to use a name that claims the relationship.
Accordingly, we can now register this name.
This decision, like all of the decisions for An Tir this month, was made by Cormac Wreath.
This badge was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
Submitted as Otilia Murder Pixie, this name was obtrusively modern. PN2E of SENA sets a high standard for obtrusive modernity:
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.
Longstanding precedent defines the test for obtrusive modernity as whether the name "grab[s] the listener by the scruff of the neck and haul[s] him, will he or nill he, back into the [21st] Century." [Porsche Audi, 08/1992 LoAR, Caid-R]
The fact that Otilia Murder Pixie was intended as a joke name does not, by itself, make it obtrusively modern or otherwise unregisterable. 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]
Even applying the fairly liberal standard for obtrusive modernity, this name grabbed too many listeners by the scruff of the neck and dragged them into the 21st century. Commenters in OSCAR and at the Pelican decision meeting almost uniformly found this name to be a disruptive modern reference. The byname Murder Pixie steps over the line to modern gaming humor.
With the submitter's permission, we have changed the bynames to the attested German surname Mörder, which is found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "German Names from Nürnberg, 1497" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/german/surnamesnurnunid.html).
Nice late 15th century German name!
Nice Spanish name from the 15th century onwards!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a New World raccoon.
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Submitted as Dagmær Spandöttir, the byname was not correctly formed. First, it uses the incorrect genitive (possessive) form for the parent's name. The genitive of Spana is Spanu. Second, the element -dóttir properly uses an acute accent mark over the o, not an umlaut. Therefore, we have changed the name to Spanudóttir.
Old Norse matronymic bynames are rare, but they are attested. [Álfrún Gunnvarardóttir, 10/2010 LoAR, A-Ansteorra] Therefore, they may be registered even though they are not among the common patterns found in Appendix A.
Questions were raised in commentary about whether the underlying parent's name should be Svana rather than Spana. Spana may be a spelling error in the source manuscript. However, the fact that Spana does appear in a period manuscript is enough to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that it might have been a period name. However, should the submitter prefer the byname Svanudóttir, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Artist's note: Please draw the primary charge a bit larger and center it within the mushroom ring.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Isolda Swanild, Kingdom issued a timely correction clarifying that the surname is intended to be Swonild.
As corrected, nice 13th century English name!
Submitted as Valeria Nimmira, the byname was not correctly formed. The source inscription gives the name element as Nimmire. Based on the content of that inscription and some parallel inscriptional material from the same area of North Africa, Nimmire does not appear to be a Latin element or even a Latinized foreign name element, but rather seems to be a Neo-Punic name used as a cognomen without any Latinization at all. Therefore, the element Nimmire would not become Nimmira as argued in the Letter of Intent.
We have multiple examples of people named in Roman inscriptions with foreign elements (e.g., Greek, Gaulish, British) in the cognomen position, particularly in the later Empire. Consistent with how foreign name elements were treated in Roman inscriptions, this element should remain unchanged, even when used by a woman. Therefore, we have changed the name to Valeria Nimmire to match the documentation.
We thank Alisoun Metron Ariston for her assistance with this submission.
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Artist's note: Please center the line of division vertically at the fess line.
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Angel is a gray-period English given name borrowed into German under the February 2015 Cover Letter.
There is a step from period practice for using a dragonfly inverted.
This device does not pose a Unity of Orientation issue, as one is a long inanimate charge and the other is an animate charge. Please see the July 2019 Cover Letter for more information.
Nice late 16th century English name!
In commentary, the evidence of Catriona as an English given name from the FamilySearch Historical Records was shown to be a mistaken transcription. As this particular submitter relied in good faith on documents and articles put forth as reliable, this will be the last registration of Catriona. Effective as of the date of this letter, Catriona will not be registerable until new evidence supporting it is found.
As explained in the May 2009 Cover Letter, the blazon here indicates that the arrow is the primary charge and the serpent the secondary charge. Had they been co-primary charges, the blazon would have been Argent, an arrow sable and a serpent entwined vert.
Nice English name from the 15th century onwards!
Nice 16th century Scots name!
The given name Fabio is already registered to the submitter and thus is treated as neutral in time and language under the Existing Registration Clause, PN1B2g, and can be combined with the Byzantine family name Komnenos.
The submitter's previous name, Fabio Ventura, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice 16th century Norwegian name!
Submitted as Hallvarðr Ásgeirrson, the patronymic was not correctly formed. Old Norse patronymics use the genitive (possessive) form of the father's name plus -son. The correct genitive form of Ásgeirr is Ásgeirs. Therefore, we have corrected the name to Hallvarðr Ásgeirsson for registration.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
Submitted as Caileigh of Loch Ridge, we have no evidence showing Caileigh as an attested period given name. At the submitter's request, we have changed the name to Kay Leigh of Lochridge. Kay is both a masculine and feminine English given name found in "Something Rich and Strange: "Undocumentable" Names From The IGI Parish Records" by Alys Mackyntoich (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/SomethingRichandStrange.html). Leigh is an English surname found in "Surnames in Durham and Northumberland, 1521-1615" by Juetta Copin (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juetta/parish/surnames_l.html). Lochridge is the lingua Societatis form of the attested Scots place name Lochrig.
The submitter requested authenticity for "anything passable close to Loch Ridge." She has confirmed that Kay Leigh of Lochridge satisfies her request. However, this name is not authethentic for England or Scotland because it uses the lingua Societatis form of an attested period place name, rather than the period form.
Artist's note: Please draw the flames bolder and thicker to aid in identification.
This name combines a North Slavic (Polish) given name and a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a New World species of hawk.
Nice 16th century French name!
The Letter of Intent did not provide any documentation for the byname Talmotte. Fortunately, Lillia Crampette was able to provide sufficient information from which to construct the byname as a 15th century Middle English form.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the displayed posture by a bird other than an eagle.
Submitted as Sinéad inghean Uilliam, we were unable to document the spelling Sinéad to period. However, a different spelling of the same name is registerable. By precedent, "Seonaid is registerable as the standardized Gaelic form of a woman's name that appears as Soonayd and Soynoid in the Book of the Dean of Lismore." [Seonaid inghean Uí Mórdha, 11/2019 LoAR, A-Atenveldt]. As the submitter allows all changes, we have changed the name to Seonaid inghean Uilliam for registration.
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an Anglicized Irish byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Questions were raised in commentary as to whether Urseius Ferox, the Roman jurist who flourished between the time of Tiberius and Vespasian, was significant enough to protect from presumption. PN4D1 states:
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.
The historical Urseius Ferox is not recognized by a significant number of people within in the Society. With a few exceptions, even those who studied law or classics have not heard of him. He is not regularly studied in law schools unless one happens to take a course in early legal history. Even then, he is not a major subject of study. The lack of any existing copies of his work is an important factor in this analysis -- he is known only through citations by other authors and one Roman author's commentary on his work. Therefore, the historical Urseius Ferox is not significant enough to protect and this name can be registered.
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Submitted as Agnarr mýr, the submitter relied upon a mis-translation of the word mýr. Mýr does not mean "ant," it means "moor, bog, swamp." At the submitter's request, we have change the byname to maurr, the Old Norse term for "ant" according to Cleasby-Vigfusson. The use of maurr as descriptive byname is consistent with other attested examples of Old Norse bynames based on insects, including fluga (fly, gnat), kleggr (horse-fly), and lúsi (louse).
Nice armory!
The submitter may be interested to know that, in the spelling Elizabeth de Kirkpatrik, this name would be authentic for the mid-14th century in Scotland. If the submitter prefers this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Ellerete L'Houliere, medieval French did not elide la before an H. Therefore, we have changed this name to Ellerete la Houliere for registration.
Nice late 13th century French name from Paris!
Submitted as Ffernfael of Caerleon, we were unable to document the spelling Ffernfael to period. However, the spelling Ffernuail appears in Oxford Jesus College MS. 111 (The Red Book of Hergest), dated between 1300 and 1425. Ffernuail is therefore registerable as a Welsh literary name.
Caerleon is the lingua Societatis form of a place name documented to period.
This badge was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
There is a step from period practice for the use of kanji.
The submitter requested authenticity for Icelandic language/culture. This name is authentic for Iceland for the 9th-15th centuries.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
Commentary raised the question of whether this submission runs afoul of SENA A3D2a, Slot Machine, which reads "There are some period examples in which a single charge group contains charges of more than one type. Therefore, we allow two types of charges in a single charge group. Common patterns change the centermost of charges in a row or the bottommost of charges arranged two and one. However, a charge group with more than two types of charges is not allowed." While the crescents in chief are in different orientations, they are not of different types, and so A3D2a does not apply.
Commentary also raised the question of whether this submission runs afoul of SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation, which reads "The charges within a charge group should be in either identical postures/orientations or an arrangement that includes posture/orientation (in cross, combatant, or in pall points outward, for example). A charge group in which postures for different charges must be blazoned individually will not be allowed without period examples of that combination of postures. Arrangements of charges which cannot be blazoned will not be allowed. Some standard arrangements for period charge groups are discussed in Appendix K." Since the crescents in chief are in different orientations, it would seem that A3D2a would apply. However, A3D2c continues (emphasis added): "[...] However, crescents, increscents, decrescents, and crescents pendant were used occasionally in the same armory, so armory which includes more than one of these is allowed." Thus, explicitly, A3D2c does not apply in this case.
In support of SENA's assertion, Temperaunce located several examples of period armory demonstrating this: from St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1084, p. 268 - St. Gall Abbot Ulrich Rösch's book of heraldry (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/1084), p. 268, showing Azure, an increscent, a decrescent, and a crescent pendant argent; seen again in Anton Tirol's Wappenbuch (https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0000/bsb00001649/images/index.html) f. 75r, with Azure, a crescent, an increscent, and a descrescent argent found on 116v; and in Scheibler'sches Wappenbuch - BSB Cod.icon. 312 c (https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0000/bsb00007174/images/?nav=1&seite=00262&viewmode=1), p.257, showing the unusual Per fess sable and azure, a decrescent, a crescent pendant, and a crescent bendwise argent. [Noting the base crescent of the latter is the only one that is bendwise.]
We reaffirm SENA's allowance of three crescents of varying orientation in a single charge group.
The Letter of Intent relied on the Existing Registration Allowance to document the given name Wanda. However, Wanda is also an attested late 16th century English name found in the FamilySearch Historical Records.
By precedent, the Wanderer is registerable as a lingua Societatis form of the constructed Middle English byname le Wanderare. [Trumbrand the Wanderer, September 2015, A-Ealdormere] It can also be documented as the lingua Societatis form of the attested German byname Wanderer, found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "German Names from Nürnberg, 1497" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/german/surnamesnurnunid.html). In either case, the byname is registerable.
The submitter's previous name, Wanda Ostojowna, is released.
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Nice 15th century Swedish name!
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
Although the Letter of Intent documented Gabrielle as a French given name, Elizabeth Sable Chime also found it in 16th century England, making this name entirely English.
Sigelhundas is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice 11th century Arabic name from al-Andalus!
Submitted as Jadvyga apie Samogitia, we could find no evidence for the preposition apie used with a period Lithuanian place name. Samogitia is both the period Latinized form of the place name and the modern form. Therefore, with the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Jadvyga of Samogitia, using the lingua Societatis form.
The Letter of Intent documented Prefontaine as the submitter's legal surname. However, the submitter does not need to rely on the Legal Name Allowance because Elizabeth Sable Chime found Prefontaine as a gray period French surname.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Germany. Unfortunately, the only evidence we have for Strickenfaden dates that element to the late 14th century.
The submitter's previous name, Johanna Katrin Jensdatter, is released.
Sigelhundas is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Originally proposed as a raven, commenters agreed they could not distinguish any specifically "raven" details. Lacking a cant to rely upon, we have blazoned it as a bird.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century England. 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. Thanks to additional research done by Lillia Crampette, this name meets this request.
This device relies on the blanket permission to conflict for Ekaterina Stepanova doch' Novgorodskaia's badge, (Fieldless) A delf gules.
Artist's note: Please add some internal detail to the falcons to differentiate them from other raptors.
Sigelhundas is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice 16th century English name!
Nice German name from the late 15th century onwards!
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Nice late 16th century French name!
Nice badge!
Basilissa is both a Greek feminine given name and a Greek alternative title for Crowns. PN4B1 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. For example, a given name like Regina may be registered in a name like Regina the Laundress or Regina Smith." In this case, the byname Artemidorou is a patronymic, not a locative, which makes it clear that the given name is not a title.
The submitter's previous name, Althea of Caid, is released.
Nice badge!
This name combines a French given name with an Iberian (Basque) surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the displayed posture by a bird other than an eagle.
The Letter of Intent argued that this was a Roman name with Flora as the nomen based on a catacomb inscription. However, this argument misread the documentation. Flora is not a nomen, but a cognomen. We have no evidence supporting the pattern of using two cognomina without a nomen gentilicium.
Fortunately, Flora and Alexandra are both 16th century Italian given names. Italian allows unmarked matronymic bynames. Therefore, this name is registerable exactly as submitted as a 16th century Italian name. Even though the submitter allows all changes, by precedent, a "change" that does not change the spelling of the name is not considered a "change" at all. [Lucian Artz, 11/2011 LoAR, A-Atlantia]
If the submitter truly wants a Roman name, then commenters suggested Floria Alexandra. If the submitter prefers this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Giulia _ Gonzaga, this name was pended on the January 2020 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to discuss whether it presumes upon the Italian Renaissance woman of the same name, daughter of Ludovico Gonzaga, lord of Sabbioneta and Bozzolo, and wife of Vespasiano Colonna, count of Fondi and duke of Traetto.
PN4D1 states in relevant part:
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.
The historical Giulia Gonzaga meets the standard for protection. She not only ruled Fondi and Traetto in her own right after her husband's death, she made her court a cultural center and inspired poets and artists. During her lifetime, Giulia was painted by Titian, del Piombo, and other artists and was the subject of poetry. Her most significant contributions, however, were in spreading the Protestant Reformation in Italy. Giulia was the confidant of numerous authors and preachers of the Reformation (particularly reformer Juan de Valdes and humanist Pietro Carnesecchi) and helped to spread their works in Italy. Several popular history books address Giulia's contributions to the Reformation. People who are not experts in either Italian or religious history recognized her name. All of these factors combined entitle her to protection from presumption.
Upon being advised of the presumption issue, the submitter requested to add a patronymic byname to distinguish herself from the historical Giulia Gonzaga. Marco is an attested Italian male given name for most of period. The pattern Given Name + Patronymic + Family Name is found in Appendix A. As Giulia di Marco Gonzaga, this name no longer presumes on any historical figure and has no relationship conflict with any registered SCA name. Therefore, we are registering the name in this form.
Nice northern Italian name from the 14th century onwards!
The submitter's previous name, Jolie Delarue, is retained as an alternate name.
Upon his death, the submitter leaves all of his registered names and armory to Uhtred Ivarsson.
Kale is part of the submitter's alternate registered name, Kale al-Raqqasa. Therefore, Kale falls under the Existing Registration Allowance and is treated as neutral in language and time, and may be combined with the Old Norse Hrafnsdottir. Questions were raised in commentary about gender agreement of the given name and the byname, but this is not an issue because Kale was originally documented and registered as a feminine given name.
The submitter's previous name, Brigida Hrafnsdottir, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter's name was originally registered as Róis ni Brian in April 2007 based on the then-current precedent stating that the given name Róisín was not registerable. However, on the January 2020 Cover Letter, we reversed that precedent based on new evidence documenting Róisín as a 15th-16th century Gaelic feminine name. The submitter then filed a request for reconsideration. We are happy to change her name to Róisín ni Brian based on the new precedent.
The submitter's previous name, Róis ni Brian, is released.
Nice 16th century English name!
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Although Nemesis is the name of a Greek goddess, there is a well-attested pattern of Greek personal names taken from the names of gods or goddesses. LGPN has 10 examples of real people who bore the name Nemesis. Therefore, this given name can be registered.
Some commenters were concerned that this name is a presumptuous claim to be the goddess. However, the cult of the goddess Nemesis was centered at Rhamnous, not Athens. Although Athens had a festival dedicated to Nemesis, she did not have a particular association with that city the way, for example, Apollo was associated with Delphi or Aphrodite was associated with Cyprus. Finally, there is no evidence of the goddess recorded as "Nemesis of Athens." PN4D states in relevant part:
For individuals important enough to protect, we protect all forms in which their name was known, including in other languages, but not hypothetical forms. We only protect names that are used either today or in the time when they were alive to refer to these protected persons. For example, we protect Christopher Columbus, Cristobal Colon, Christophorus Columbus, etc. as these were known forms of the name of the famous explorer. However, while Carlos V of Spain was also the count of Barcelona, we do not protect him as Carlos of Barcelona, as his name was not recorded or referenced in this form.
Thus, while this name may put one in mind of the Greek goddess, it is not presumptuous.
Artist's note: Increasing the width of the cotises and the space between it and the pile will increase identifiability.
This month, the evidence for Heather as a female given name in the FamilySearch Historical Recordsd was shown to be a mistaken transcription. However, the name remains registerable because Heather is also a 16th century English surname which can be used as a given name by precedent. See the Cover Letter for more details.
Nice English name from the 13th century onwards!
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a cross nowy.
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This item is clear of the device of Uaithne mac Faelain, Per bend sinister vert and gules, a mullet of sixteen points counterchanged Or and argent. There is 1 DC for the field, and 1 DC for the difference between comet (where the beard defines the charge) and a non-elongated mullet.
For the same reasons, this item is also clear of the device of Alessandra Gioielliere, Vert, a mullet of four points per bend sinister Or and argent. While Alessandra's mullet is very slightly elongated to base, the degree of elongation is so negligible that treatment as a non-elongated mullet is appropriate.
Nice badge!
Submitted as Edricus filius Offaeus, the byname was not correctly formed. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to the grammatically correct Edricus filius Offae_ for registration.
Nice 16th century German name!
Nice English name from the 13th century onwards!
Nice device!
Kaarnemaan is the Finnish adjectival form of the registered SCA branch name Kaarnemaa, which is a permissible byname under PN2C2. As a form of a branch name, it is treated as neutral in time and language and thus can be combined with the English Rosalin.
Nice device!
Nice 16th century German name!
Nice name for a person from the Netherlands/Low Countries living in England in the late 16th century!
The submitter's previous name, Mór inghean Bhriain, is retained as an alternate name.
Nice 16th century English name regardless of gender!
Nice badge!
Nice device!
Nice late 15th century Spanish name!
Nice device!
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Nice cant!
This name combines a French given name with an English surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
This name combines a Dutch given name with an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Nice device!
Artist's note: Adding some detail to the bottle will help distinguish it from other charges of similar shape.
The submitter's previous device, Purpure, a horse rampant and on a chief Or three mullets of four points purpure, is retained as a badge.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
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Submitted as Order of the Fyre of Saint Skye, this order name was originally submitted to Kingdom as Order of Skye Fyre. It was returned at Kingdom for not following an attested pattern of order names. However, Order of Skyes Fyre does follow an attested pattern. [See Carillion, Barony of. Order name Order of Irons Bell, 11/2014 LoAR, A-East] At the Barony's request, we have changed the name to Order of Skyes Fyre for registration.
The barony is allowed use of a snowflake via SENA A2B3, the Existing Registration Allowance.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the displayed posture by a bird other than an eagle.
Submitted as Gowane mac Aoidh, Gowane was documented as a Scots surname. There is no evidence for Scots surnames being used as given names. Fortunately, Gowan_ is a gray period English surname found in the FamilySearch Historical Records in a record with a visible attached primary source document. That surname can be used as a given name per precedent. Therefore, with the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Gowan_ mac Aoidh.
This name combines an English given name and a Gaelic surname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
Nice badge!
The submitter's previous device, Ermine, a wolf's head erased contourny gules and on a chief azure three arrows palewise argent, is released.
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
Nice 16th century Japanese name for a buke (military class) woman!
Submitted as five sakura blossoms, notable for the cant on the submitter's name, we are reminded that canting is a function of the armorial design, not necessarily the blazon itself. Where canting via the blazon uses uncommon terms, the blazon may be altered to suit the needs of the heraldic community without invalidating the cant:
Submitted as a "noisette," a cant on the submitter's name, the blazon was changed for clarity. In the May 2007 registration of the device of Jeneuer le Geliner, it was ruled:
The submitter requested that the hen be blazoned as a geline for the sake of the cant. This term is not a standard heraldic term, nor is it a common modern term. Given the difficulty one would have in determining what a geline is, we decline to use it in this blazon.
We wish to inform the submitter that cants needn't be blazoned. The arms of the Earls of Arundel, with their martlets, are canting arms: but you'd only know that if you knew that the French for "swallow" is hirondelle. The martlets aren't blazoned that way; but that doesn't stop them from canting. The same is true here.
The above ruling is directly applicable here as well. The blazon will be difficult to understand if the term noisette is used; and the cant will still be there, even if the term hazelnut is used. We are all in favor of cants, but not at the expense of blazon reproducibility. [Amelot Noisete, Feb. 2018, A-Æthelmearc]
Nice cant!
Submitted as five sakura blossoms, notable for the cant on the submitter's name, we are reminded that canting is a function of the armorial design, not necessarily the blazon itself. Where canting via the blazon uses uncommon terms, the blazon may be altered to suit the needs of the heraldic community without invalidating the cant:
Submitted as a "noisette," a cant on the submitter's name, the blazon was changed for clarity. In the May 2007 registration of the device of Jeneuer le Geliner, it was ruled:
The submitter requested that the hen be blazoned as a geline for the sake of the cant. This term is not a standard heraldic term, nor is it a common modern term. Given the difficulty one would have in determining what a geline is, we decline to use it in this blazon.
We wish to inform the submitter that cants needn't be blazoned. The arms of the Earls of Arundel, with their martlets, are canting arms: but you'd only know that if you knew that the French for "swallow" is hirondelle. The martlets aren't blazoned that way; but that doesn't stop them from canting. The same is true here.
The above ruling is directly applicable here as well. The blazon will be difficult to understand if the term noisette is used; and the cant will still be there, even if the term hazelnut is used. We are all in favor of cants, but not at the expense of blazon reproducibility. [Amelot Noisete, Feb. 2018, A-Æthelmearc]
Nice cant!
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
Nice early 14th century Arabic name!
Artist's note: Fewer, larger beehives as well as a broader bend would increase their identifiability.
Nice English name for circa 1200!
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
This armory was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
There is a step from period practice for the use of the displayed posture of a bird other than an eagle.
This device was pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR.
This name was pended on the January 2020 Letter of Acceptances and Returns to allow the branch to provide a valid, properly dated petition of support. After the close of commentary on the pend, the branch provided the necessary dated petition. Accordingly, the name can now be registered.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Irish culture. This is an authentic Anglicized Irish name for that time period.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Coedwer, Kingdom provided a timely correction noting that the desired byname is Coedwr as reflected in the documentation. We are registering the name in the corrected form.
Nice 14th-15th century Welsh name!
Nice device!
Nice 13th century English name!
This name combines an English given name with a Gaelic byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter's previous name, Alyson Ariana Allyn ferch Rhys, is retained as an alternate name.
Artist's note: Please us fewer, larger tortoises to aid in their identification.
Submitter's previous device, Gyronny of six from dexter chief argent and gules, a puffin close proper. [Fraticula artica], is retained as a badge.
The charge depicted is not a hand of glory and thus is registerable.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
Nice Russian name from the 1530s!
The use of a triskele, or triskelion arrondi, is a step from period practice.
Nice 9th-10th century Icelandic name!
The submitter's previous device, Per pale argent and purpure, a reremouse displayed within a bordure dovetailed semy of crescents, all counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Stephenson is the submitter's legal surname.
Nice device!
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
Submitted as Declan Mac an Bhreithiún, the submitter requested authenticity for 11th century Irish culture and allowed all changes. Based on the detailed research done by Brian dorcha ua Conaill, we have changed the spelling of the name to a pre-1200 Gaelic form, Declan mac an Breithemon in order to meet the submitter's authenticity request.
Submitted as Donnchadh Mac Phail, the submitter requested authenticity for "12th-15th century Scottish Highlands - Cornish influence is fine too." This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, Lilie Pantheon identified the authenticity request during commentary, allowing sufficient time for research. The name as submitted was not authentic because it combined a Gaelic given name with a Scots byname.
The name can be made authentic with a small spelling change. As Donnchadh mac Fail, the name is entirely Gaelic with both elements found in 15th century Scotland. As the submitter allows all changes, we have made this change to meet his authenticity request.
The submitter's previous name, Talan Penkarou, is retained as an alternate name.
Although Heather was documented as the submitter's legal given name, she does not have to rely on the Legal Name Allowance because Heather is also a 16th century English surname which can be used as a given name by precedent.
The submitter requested authenticity for mid-16th century England. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, Lilie Pantheon identified the authenticity request during commentary, allowing sufficient time for research. This name is English, but is more appropriate for the late 16th century (1580s and later).
Nice canter!
Submitted as Maerwynn verch Eadweard, the name required two changes to be registerable. First, the spelling of the given name was not supported by the documentation. We have corrected the given name to Mærwynn to match the documentation.
Second, the byname was not correctly formed. Eadweard is not a Welsh name; it is Old English. Although we have evidence of Middle English and Early Modern English names being used with the Welsh marker verch, we do not have similar evidence for Old English. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the byname to verch Edward to use a 13th century Anglo-Welsh form of the byname, which is registerable because it is well within 500 years of the given name.
The submitter requested authenticity for Welsh language or culture. We cannot make this name authentic for Welsh because the elements Mærwynn and Eadweard/Edward are English, not Welsh. The name can be made authentic for 11th century Old English either as Mærwynn filia Eadweardi (Latinized) or Mærwynn Eadweardes dohtor (vernacular). If the submitter prefers either of these forms, she may make a request for reconsideration.
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
"Curmudgeon" is a generic identifier.
Nice badge!
Nice English name from the 15th century onwards!
Nice late 15th century German name!
Nice device!
(to West acceptances) (to West returns) (to West pends)
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This device is returned for lack of identifiability of the primary charge. Commenters found it impossible to identify without turning the artwork 180 degrees. While this would normally be pended for redraw, at the decision meeting it was pointed out that the artwork was taken directly from the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry, and that the artist himself, Bruce Batonvert, had commented, "Like other commenters, I didn't recognize the overall charge until I read the blazon. (Given the presence of the needle, I'd assumed it was some strange sort of sewing tool, a period seam-ripper or something.) There are many charges that are inherently unidentifiable when inverted... mostly animate charges, but apparently also the morion. If it's inherently unidentifiable when inverted, the problem won't be fixed by a Redraw -- it will require a redesign. Which means returning this, to allow the client to do so." We concur; pending this design for a redraw would only delay the inevitable. We strongly encourage the submitter to return the morion to its full and upright position upon resubmission.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns)
Pended on the January 2020 LoAR for discussion of conflict, this badge has been withdrawn by the submitter
This device must be returned administratively. Administrative Handbook V.B.2.e requires that "An accurate representation of each piece of submitted armory shall be included on the Letter of Intent...Both the black-and-white and colored emblazons must be included in OSCAR." This submission was missing the line drawing of the artwork on the Letter of Intent, and no correction was issued at any point in the commentary process. We note that a timely correction within seven days of publication is acceptable for missing or inappropriately loaded art on a Letter of Intent.
This device is returned for running afoul of SENA's complexity rules. The submission has three types of charge (peaoock, unicorn, goutte) and six tinctures (Or, vert, azure, sable, argent, gules) for a complexity count of nine, one more than is generally allowed under Core Rules.
While we allow some minor artistic features of a beast to have poor contrast with the field, such as the socks or tip of the tail of a fox, or the beard and tufts of this unicorn here, any important identifying features must have good contrast with the field. The horn and hooves of this unicorn do not have good contrast with the field.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This device was withdrawn by the submitter.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
This was an appeal of a kingdom return for violation of SENA A3B1 which states, "If [fields or charges] are over half color, they are treated as colors and have good contrast with metals. If they are over half metal, they are treated as metals and have good contrast with color." As both the field and the charge are 2/3 metal, they count as metal for purposes of contrast.
The submitter appealed, citing SENA A3B3b, "Elements Divided in Three Parts: Elements divided per pall or per pall inverted must have one part that has good contrast with the other two parts. No two parts may share a background tincture, but a part may share a tincture with another part which is multiply divided as long as identifiability is maintained."
In the Letter of Intent, Golden Pillar notes that "SENA A3B3b is about contrast between sections of a single layer, SENA A3B1 is about contrast between one layer and another layer, and that therefore Golden Pillar is not confident in the success prospects of this appeal." We concur. This badge is therefore returned for lack of contrast in violation of SENA A3B1.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
This name must be returned because it presumes on Alexios Komnenos, the name of multiple Byzantine Emperors. Under PN4D1, as the sovereign ruler(s) of a significant state (namely, the Byzantine Empire), Alexios is important enough to protect. In particular Alexios I Komnenos is important enough to protect because of his significant impact on world history. His call for Western European assistance against the Turks led directly to the First Crusade.
PN4D of SENA states that, "[f]or individuals important enough to protect, we protect all forms in which their name was known, including in other languages, but not hypothetical forms. We only protect names that are used either today or in the time when they were alive to refer to these protected persons." Alexios Komnenos is recorded as Alexis Komnenos in a very large number of modern history books, including several books published by scholarly sources such as Cambridge University Press. We cannot ignore this very common alternate spelling. Therefore, this name must be returned as presumptuous.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
This item is returned for conflict with the device of Brendel the Swordfish as reblazoned in April 2012, Azure, a swordfish haurient contourny bendwise sinister argent, with the comment "Blazoned when registered in February 1986 as Azure, a swordfish palewise haurient embowed to sinister argent, the swordfish is more bendwise sinister than palewise." There is a DC for the field, but the registered emblazon of Brendel's swordfish proves to be substantially in this same posture, except a negligible portion of the tail. Therefore there is no DC for posture. In addition, we do not normally grant difference for type of fish.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
This item is returned administratively for lack of an appropriate black and white form. The Administrative Handbook, section IV.C.1 states in part (emphasis added): "Black-and-white generally means 'coloring book style' or 'line drawing', though black portions may be colored in." What was received was merely a black and white, grey-scale scan of the colored submission. Kingdoms are reminded that these issues are best addressed at kingdom.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns) (to Avacal pends)
This item was withdrawn by the submitter.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
This item is returned for using a complex line on a pale couped, without providing documentation to support the practice: "Due to lack of documentation and identifiability issues, billets with complex lines will not be registered after the November 2015 decision meeting without evidence of period practice." [Jevon Fairbairn, R-Caid, May 2015]
A pale couped and a billet are identical.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
None.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
This item is returned for conflict with the badge of Isolde Corby, Azure, a decrescent and a gore sinister argent [Aug 2004, Atlantia]. There is a DC for the difference in type between the secondary gore and bear, but no DCs for position, since the placement of the gore is dictated by its type.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
Pended for redraw on the February 2020 LoAR, this submission has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This item is returned for per SENA A3D2a, the "slot-machine" standard, which disallows more than two types of charges in a single charge group. As drawn the rapier and sewing needle are sufficiently large that they have become co-primary with the eagle. On resubmission, reducing their sizes relative to the eagle will allow them to be a secondary group.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird in a displayed posture other than an eagle.
This item is returned for conflict with the device of Edith Winter, Per saltire sable and azure, four roses Or [Dec 2013, Lochac]. There is one DC for the field, but no DC for changing the type of less than half the primary charge group.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
None.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
None.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
None.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
Unfortunately, this device conflicts with the device of the late Kelson de la Croix, Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated argent, between a Latin cross and an olive branch bendwise sinister argent, with 1 DC for change in type of the secondary charges.
The submitter included permission to conflict, but that permission did not include evidence - whether a heraldic will or an attestation by the signer - that the person providing permission was Kelson's legal or heraldic heir. We understand and sympathize with the problem of demonstrating this when the owner died decades ago. It is for that reason that we allow the heir to attest to that relationship. Such evidence was not included in that case. As such, we cannot accept that permission to conflict.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
None.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
This item is returned for lack of contrast between the astrolabe and the field. An astrolabe consists of a solid disk, with interior lines to show the rete (i.e., the star-net) and the rule (the pivoted sighting-arm). As depicted, the entire disk of the astrolabe has been colored sable, with the details chased argent.
If the astrolabe were argent, this device would be in conflict with the Barony of Loch Salann's badge for the Order of the Crystal of the Salt Wastes (reg Mar 1984), Sable, a plate within a bordure Or. There is a DC for the difference between the chaplet and the bordure but there is no difference granted between a roundel and an astrolabe.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns) (to West pends)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This device is pended for redraw due to lack of identification of the secondary charge. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
This was item 5 on the An Tir letter of March 10, 2020.
This device is pended for redraw due to the undocumented depiction of the Oriental abacus. Wreath staff has redrawn the artwork and sent it to the submitter for approval.
There is a step from period practice for the use of an Oriental abacus.
This was item 11 on the An Tir letter of March 10, 2020.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This item is pended for redraw. Commenters had difficulty identifying the badgers.
This was item 2 on the Avacal letter of March 29, 2020.
This item is pended for redraw. Commenters had difficulty identifying the tyger, seeing a canine or draconine head on the feline body.
This was item 5 on the Avacal letter of March 29, 2020.
This item is pended for redraw to adjust the posture to a clear sejant.
Sejant is the historical default posture for conies. Parker, sv hare states: "They are more frequently represented as sejant, and if no description is given they would be drawn so."
This was item 15 on the Avacal letter of March 29, 2020.
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns) (to Avacal pends)
This device is pended for redraw. As depicted, the intended rose's petals have been drawn divided, forming an unnamed polyfoil. Additionally, the primary charges should be raised closer to center, since they are not specifically resting upon the base.
This was item 5 on the Northshield letter of March 26, 2020.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
This device is pended for redraw to more clearly depict the identifying elements of a Torah, including thick rolls, large disks and handles on either end of the rollers.
There is no Unity of Orientation issue between the spool and the open Torah scroll. In the June 2018 return of Geiri Smiðsson's device, Per saltire azure and Or, in pale a mallet and a mattock argent it was stated that "As the charges are comparable in type, being both long inanimate charges, they have comparable orientations, which much be unified for registration." However, the two charges in the present case are not generally comparable in orientation: while a properly-depicted spool has a readily-established, fixed axis, a moderately-open scroll does not. When closed, the orientation is reasonably defined by the handles. When open substantially, the orientation may be dominated by the unrolled parchment. However, when open moderately, maintaining a roughly compact aspect, an open scroll's orientation is -- absent other information -- indeterminate. While ambiguity of orientation is normally returnable, for an open scroll to be moderately open is a perfectly valid thing, particularly for a Torah scroll where this is the normal practice. Therefore, since this mutability of orientation is not a feature of the spool, we cannot call the orientations comparable.
This ambiguity of orientation does, naturally, present a question for blazoning the orientation of compact open scrolls: When presented with an open scroll that is unrolling palewise or fesswise, what is the orientation we attribute to it? Absent additional information identifying the type of scroll or its content, we will presume it is intended to depict a palewise orientation regardless of the direction the scroll unrolls.
This was item 9 on the West letter of March 31, 2020.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns) (to West pends)
- Explicit -
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