This order name follows the pattern Saint's name + object of veneration as documented in "Medieval Secular Order Names" by Juliana de Luna, http://heraldry.sca.org/names/order/new. Crown is a 16th century English surname that can be used as a given name. The spelling treasure is a variant form of the heraldic charge tressure, so described in Guillim's A Display of Heraldrie published in 1611.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice Middle French name!
Brienne is the submitter's currently registered given name, used via the Existing Registration Allowance.
Precedent currently disallows most types of bynames based on adjectives in the past tense:
No new evidence was provided for the use of abstract adjectival past participle bynames in English, so they continue to be unregisterable. [Elizabeth Tender Herte, 02/2010, A-Atlantia]
Lillia Crampette, Alys Ogress and Scolastica la souriete were able to find a pattern in Middle English for bynames based on reputations such as le Trume 'steadfast, true', Wellbyloved 'well-beloved', and le Cursede 'cursed'. These bynames appear in the Middle English Dictionary with or without the article and also occur in the past participle form. Given the new evidence presented, we hereby partially overturn this precedent. Adjectival bynames based on a person's reputation may be registered in the past participle form, and this byname may be registered as submitted. See the Cover Letter for more information.
The submitter's previous name, Brienne Lachlan, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter's previous device, Argent, a chevron couched from sinister, overall a fess, a bordure sable, is released.
Artist's note: Please position the tails so that they do not obscure the foxes' feet and legs.
Catherine is the submitter's legal given name. Aksu is the Lingua Societatis form of a Mongolian city that existed during the SCA period.
The submitter requested authenticity for the 1200s Silk Road at the juncture of Mongolia, China, and Russia. We cannot say if this name meets that request. While the given name Catherine was popular across many Christian cultures in period, we could not find any definitive evidence that it would have been used by a Christian woman who came from Aksu. We do not have a great deal of data concerning names from this region and encourage additional research in this area.
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Eadmond de Eoforwiscir_, there were several issues with this name. The spelling of the given name on the form (Eadmund) does not match the spelling of the given name on the Letter of Intent (Eadmond). This appears to have been a typo. As the spelling on the form is registerable, we have restored it for registration. If the submitter prefers the spelling Eadmond, he may make a request for reconsideration.
In addition, the submitter indicated a preference for the Old English spelling of the locative. To meet this request, we have changed the preposition from Latin de to its Old English counterpart, æt. Further, the locative Eoforwicsir needs to be placed in the dative case to follow the rules of Old English grammar. Finally, one of the letters 'c' appears to have been inadvertently dropped during entry. We have made all of these changes for registration. If the submitter prefers the Latin preposition, he may make a request for reconsideration.
As modified, this is a nice pre-Conquest Old English name!
Though this surname was originally documented from grey period FamilySearch records, Sara Torch found it dated to 1590 in "Surnames in Durham and Northumberland, 1521-1615" by Julie Kahan (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juetta/parish/surnames.html).
Nice 16th century English name!
The submitter's previous device, Per pale sable and gules, a raven displayed ermine and a bordure argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice device!
Nice badge!
The submitter's previous device, Argent, on a chevron vert between a longbow fesswise and an eagle's head erased sable two fish respectant argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Spots following the line of a cross are rare but may be found in, for example, Armorial de Flandres, 16th C Flemish (Arras, Bibliothèque municipale, 0154 (0108)), f. 15r. On other ordinaries like bends, chevrons, saltires, and bordures, it's quite common to have bendwise or fesswise spots. We thank Iago Boar for providing an example of Azure, a cross argent ermined Or, with five ermine spots: three palewise at chief, center, and base; and two spots heads to center on the dexter and sinister arms.
There is no longer a step from core practice for the use of New World dogwood blossoms. See this month's Cover Letter for details.
There is no longer a step from core practice for the use of New World dogwood blossoms. See this month's Cover Letter for details.
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Nice device!
Nice 16th century Hungarian name!
The March 2012 LoAR states: "the use of a depiction of a modern rose in profile is now a step from period practice. There is no difference granted between a modern rose in profile and a heraldic rose, and the difference will not be blazoned [...]" [Jahh{a-}f ibn 'Aw{a-}nah, 3/2012, A-East]. The Feburary 2016 acceptance of the badge of Rose atte Whitoke went further, saying "[t]he rose was drawn as a garden rose. We do not blazon this variant; but its use is a step from period practice."
Iago Boar provided a citation for the garden rose in profile: Nobleza del Andaluzia, 1588 Spanish (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España MSS R10805, R26842), p. 85). Bruce Batonvert also notes the canting arms of da Roxato depicted in Stemmario Trivulziano, c.1450, fol.312, which are clearly a rose, but clearly also not the classic heraldic rose.
Accordingly, we overturn both precedents, and remove the step from core practice for the use of a garden rose. Stemmed roses are stemmed roses, and the choice between typical heraldic depiction or a more naturalistic depiction such as this is artistic license.
The submitter's previous device, Azure, three seeblätter inverted and a chief triangular Or, is released.
Nice device!
Submitted as Emyrs of the Opens Hand Inn, no documentation was provided and none could be found for the construction of the byname. When presented with options, the submitter chose the form Emrys atte Hand, which is suitable for someone named Emrys from the inn sign of the Hand. We are happy to make this change for registration.
This device was pended for redraw on the November 2020 LoAR.
This is the defining instance of an escarpment. An escarpment is a rocky face along the dexter or sinister flank of the shield, extending to and along the base, upon which beasts may be found climbing. It is found as a period charge in a number of sources, including:
Traités de blason, 15th C French (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 23077), f. 7r [from which this depiction is taken]
Abbot Ulrich Rösch's book of heraldry, 1462-1491 German/Swiss (St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1084), p. 158
Wappenbuch Beyeren (French copy), c 1480 French (Detmold, Lippische Landesbibliothek, Mscr 3a), p. 55
Armorial, 16th C French (Arras, Bibliotheque municipale 0263 (0181)), f. 48r
Siebmacher, 1605, where it is found in the arms of Wildperger (f.41), and of Geitzkoffler zu Haunsheim (f.43).
There were a few ways this charge was blazoned, but frequently the blazons unsatisfyingly just term it a rock. To distinguish it clearly from a plain rock or mount or stone, we are taking a hint from Rietstap, who for Gall of Gallenfels blazoned their armory De sin. à un rocher escarpé d'arg., [...], and choose to call this an escarpment which while post-period is an apt description of this charge in English.
For purposes of charge group theory, we will consider the escarpment to be similar to a peripheral ordinary, and therefore a secondary charge.
It is noteworthy that all depictions identified were found with a beast climbing the escarpment. Future submissions with escarpments lacking such a beast may require documentation.
We do not at this time contemplate whether a DC exists between an escarpment and a trimount. If no DC exists, then this badge would conflict with the device of Peter of Smithfield, Argent, a lion azure atop a trimount vert. However, Peter has granted blanket permission to conflict to all non-identical armory and we need not consider it further.
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
Nice 16th century English household name!
The heraldic posture rampant is Middle English for the attested form ramping, found as White Ramping Lyon in Juliana de Luna's "Dictionary of Inn-Sign Names in Medieval and Renaissance England" (KWHSS 2017). While the only evidence we have is for rampant lions and griffons, this is sufficient to allow the posture for all quadrupeds in household names based on inn signs.
This device was pended for redraw on the November 2020 LoAR.
Artist's note: While we were content to use the submitter's winged unicorn as-is, we recommend increasing the prominence of the horn. For example, unicorns from Germany and related cultures often sported very thick horns, and following their example will aid in identification against the ray of the sun.
Submitted under the name Ducky of Wealdsmere, which was pended on the November 2020 LoAR.
Nice 13th century French name!
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Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the knitting needles and flaunches.
As of the January 2021 Cover Letter, there is no longer a step from core practice for using a charge on the field along with a gore.
Nice device! Nice cant!
Submitted as Eithne _ ingen Diarmata, this name conflicts with Ena inghean Diarmata. One of the variant pronunciations of Ena is /EN-na/, while Eithne is pronounced /EN-ya/. As the vowels are all the same, the change in sound of a single consonant is not enough difference. When presented with options, the submitter chose to add a descriptive byname, an tSúasáin 'of the hair (of the head)'. However, this version of the byname could not be found prior to the 16th century, too late to be compatible with the rest of the name. The synonym Cíabach, 'having long locks', dates to the 12th century and is compatible with the rest of the name. We have therefore added the lenited form of this byname to clear the conflict and register this name.
The submitter requested authenticity for 8th or 9th century Irish. This name does not meet that request, as no descriptive byname for 'hair' could be found that early. The descriptive byname used in this name can only be dated as early as the 12th century.
There is a step from core practice for charging a schnecke.
Nice device!
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the owl.
Nice device!
Being only two-legged, this monster is not an amphisbaena.
Being only two-legged, this monster is not an amphisbaena.
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the ermine spots.
Additionally, Kingdoms are reminded that replacing the emblazon area substantially in size or shape is grounds for an administrative return. This submission approaches that limit.
This is an example of a field found on the Navarre roll, which Spanish blazon calls triangulado, and which we have called lozengy couped in fess. It has been used a handful of times in SCA heraldry, though not in many years; Gough uses "lozengy couped fesswise" or "lozengy couped per fess" in A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry (https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Glossary_of_Terms_Used_in_British_Hera/p6pfAAAAcAAJ, pp. 48 and 208).
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the field.
Submitted as Séighín_ Brecc, the given name was not in the correct case. Given names must be in the nominative (direct) case. Placing the given name in the nominative case results in the name Séigíne. We have made this change for registration.
Nice 14th-15th century German name!
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This device was pended for redraw on the November 2020 LoAR.
The submitter's previous device, Gules, on a bend wavy azure fimbriated and cotised three mullets palewise argent, is retained as a badge.
This badge was pended for redraw on the November 2020 LoAR.
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The descriptive byname the Blue is Lingua Societatis for Arabic al-Azraq.
This name combines an Italian given name and an Arabic byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C. If the submitter is interested in a fully Byzantine version of the same name, Bonos Benetos, he may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, Simeon the Palmere, is released.
Nice badge!
This name combines a Greek or Italian given name with an Arabic byname, either of which is an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
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The submitter is a royal peer and a member of the Order of Chivalry, and thus entitled to the use of both coronets and an orle of chain in their armory.
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Nice badge!
Nice 15th century Spanish name!
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Nice Roman name for the 1st and 2nd centuries C.E.!
Nice English name from the 13th century onward!
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Commenters questioned the use of the Dutch preposition van with the English place name Stretford in the same name phrase, ordinarily a violation of SENA PN1B1. Lillia Crampette was able to find numerous examples of this pattern in several grey period Dutch documents. Therefore, this mixed language byname may be registered.
This name combines a Dutch given name and preposition with an English place name, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice badge!
The submitter requested the term moose be used instead of the period term elk. We are unable to fulfill that request. Noting the September 2015 Cover Letter:
The Oxford English Dictionary gives a first occurrence of the word moose in 1568 as meaning "Pottage; stewed vegetables; a dish of this." Clearly, this has no relation with the creature. The use of moose for the elk is an Americanism and, again according to the OED, the earliest use of the close spelling "mooses" for the elk is dated to 1707. A quote from 1637 "The Elke, which the Salvages call a Mose" makes it exquisitely clear that the creature was known by the English speakers as elk. Therefore, we chose to use the English period term for the creature, which is elk.
This should not come as a surprise as this is not the first example of charge where we have decided to use a more period word for a charge. For example, the creatures modernly known as turtles are regularly reblazoned as tortoise, even though the use of the word turtle for the sea tortoise is dated to 1657. Similarly, on the March 2012 cover letter we declined to use the word "squid", dated to 1613 and opted to use the word "calamarie" (dated to 1567 under <calamary>, n.) to replace the modern term "kraken".
Adding to this, Nicholas Schwarzdrachen noted references of the term dating as early as 1614, where from S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2), viii. v. 755, we read that "Captaine Thomas Hanham sayled to the Riuer of Sagadahoc 1606. He relateth of their beasts..redde Deare, and a beast bigger, called the Mus." This merely reinforces the existing precedent, based on the preference of period terms from European blazon: The River of Sagadahoc, known today as the Kennebec River, is in the present-day state of Maine. A short-lived colony by that name was chartered by James I in 1606 and established the following year by the Plymouth Company. Its southern counterpart was Jamestown.
A cant is a matter of interpreting an emblazon, potentially aided by but not necessarily dependent upon the blazon itself. This point is magnified because the cant on the branch's name, "moose forest" (to give a modern rendition), is in Finnish: no choice of English terms would provide the sounds present in the hamlet's name, Hirwisalo. Nevertheless, regardless of the term used in nominally English-language blazon -- whether the period elk or post-period moose -- the palmate-antlered head among the trees clearly reflect the name of the hamlet in whatever language, and the cant is therefore valid.
Nice badge and nice cant! We thank the kingdom for bringing it to our attention, giving us the opportunity to appreciate the hamlet's excellent choice. We invite all kingdoms to raise cants to our attention.
Precedent has previously disallowed the registration of this byname:
Consistent with past precedents, gandr is an improper claim of magical powers and cannot be registered as a name element. Therefore, this name must be returned. [Alfdís Gandr, September 2017, R-Lochac]
The end of SENA PN4C reads, "There are examples of attested given names and bynames that are claims to magical abilities or other superhuman abilities. Such names will not be registered unless they can be demonstrated to have been used in contexts that are not claims to magical abilities. Use of them by multiple individuals is often sufficient to do so, unless they all were understood to have the same magical power." The byname Gandr is such an example. It was documented as the byname of two different non-magical persons in Tilnavne i den Islandske Oldlitteratur by Finnur Jónsson.
Given this evidence, we hereby overturn this precedent and this name may be registered as submitted. We decline at this time to rule on other bynames that may claim magical powers; the Rules Letter released on February 14th proposes changes to make the language of SENA PN4C easier to understand.
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This name combines a Gaelic given name and an Anglicized Irish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the charges.
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the dove and the musical note.
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the crosses.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Isolde Corby, Azure, a decrescent and a gore sinister argent.
To be consistent with the defining instance in the badge of Estelle de la Mer, (Fieldless) A panther passant contourny argent spotted of diverse tinctures incensed proper and maintaining a quince Or slipped and leaved vert, we define the default orientation of the quince as stem to base.
The submitter's previous device, Azure, five pears in saltire Or slipped and leaved vert, is released.
Nice device!
To be consistent with the defining instance in the badge of Estelle de la Mer, (Fieldless) A panther passant contourny argent spotted of diverse tinctures incensed proper and maintaining a quince Or slipped and leaved vert, we define the default orientation of the quince as stem to base.
The submitter's previous badge, (Fieldless) A winged pear slipped and leaved Or, is released.
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the sea-wolf.
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Upon their death, Aislinn Chiabach transfers to Bróccín McUyvr:
Their registered name, Aislinn Chiabach;
Their registered device, Per fess sable and purpure, a jester's cap lozengy bendwise sinister purpure and argent belled and a bat argent;
Their registered badge, (Fieldless) A heart lozengy purpure and argent within and conjoined to a mascle sable.
Nice Czech name for the late 15th and 16th centuries!
Nice device!
The submitter requested authenticity for mid to late 14th century French. This name meets that request.
Nice device!
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Ansteys Darcy, (Fieldless) A Heneage knot gules. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and another for the difference between this knot and a Heneage knot.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Wake, (Tinctureless) A Wake knot. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and another for the difference between this knot and a Wake knot.
Nice English name from the early 14th century on!
Nice 16th century English name!
The submitter's previous name, Francesco Gaetano Greco d'Edessa, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Edith Winter, Per saltire sable and azure, four roses Or.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a paw print.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a paw print.
Nice badge!
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Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the horses and the candle's flames.
The submitter's previous device, Vert, a standing balance Or, a bordure compony argent and sable, is retained as a badge.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th-15th century English. This name meets that request.
On the August 2020 Cover Letter, we stated that "[b]ecause of the identifiability issues presented and outstanding questions regarding their sources, variant and non-traditional forms of ermine spots are disallowed unless accompanied by documentation of the form to period. The common depiction of an ermine spot as a tail with three dots does not require documentation. Any depiction used must remain at least as identifiable as its source." We accept the ermine spots here as sufficiently "tail with three dots", though it lacks the hair found almost universally on the ermine spots attested in our resources.
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the ermine spots.
Nice English name circa 1200!
As of the January 2021 Cover Letter, there is no longer a step from core practice for using a charge on the field along with a gore.
Nice device!
With the badge of Groza Novgorodskaia, (Fieldless) A salt barrel argent, pended for redraw elsewhere on this letter, this is one of two variant, defining instances of a salt barrel. This variant is dated to a depiction of the arms of Saltzman found in a 16th century German armorial (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol 223), f. 27v. A variety of other examples of this and the other design may be found, including:
Wernigeroder (Schaffhausensches) Wappenbuch (München, BSB, cod. icon. 308n), f. 209v
Hofkleiderbuch des Herzogs Wilhelm IV. und Albrecht V, 16th C German (München, BSB, cgm 1952), p.67
Sammelband mehrerer Wappenbücher, 1530 German (München, BSB Cod.icon. 391), f.174v
Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft: Virgil Raber, 1548 German (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol. 220), p. 446
Neustifter Wappenbuch, mid-16th C, fol.173
Nice badge!
There is a step from core practice for the use of lightning bolts outside of the context of a thunderbolt.
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The submitter requested authenticity for the Irish language and/or culture. This name does not meet that request as neither element can be found in an Irish context.
As submitted, this is a nice 16th century English name.
Submitted as Astriðr suðeyingr, the byname was documented from Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html). Further research from Cleasby-Vigfusson's Icelandic Dictionary of Old Norse and other sources revealed a typo in the cited article; s.n. Suðr-ey shows the form Suðreyingr as a noun. Cleasby-Vigfusson notes that this noun means 'from Sodor'. We have added the r for registration.
Commenters questioned whether the noun needed to agree in gender with the given name. Precedent says it does not:
This name uses the feminine form of the attested Old Norse descriptive byname inn danski. As a general rule, descriptive bynames based on nouns in Old Norse do not change spelling to match the gender of the given name; descriptive bynames based on adjectives, however, generally do change for gender. Because inn danski is a weak adjectival byname, the feminine form, in danska, must be used with the female given name Asta.[Asta in danska, A-An Tir, December 2019]
The feminine form of this noun would be suðreying. If the submitter is interested in that form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice device!
Submitted as Azalais lo Tort_, the byname was submitted in its masculine form. Descriptive bynames in Occitan must match the gender of the given name. We have therefore changed the byname to the feminine form la Torta for registration.
Nice device!
Nice cant!
Nice Roman name for the 1st and 2nd centuries C.E.!
Nice device!
Nice 14th-16th century French name!
Nice 16th century Estonian name!
The submitter requested authenticity for Scottish language/culture. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, Lilie Ragged Staff identified the request in time for commenters to research it. Kingdoms are reminded that authenticity requests must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to avoid having a name pended for further research.
This name meets that request, as it is authentic for circa 1300 and circa 1600 in Scotland.
Nice device!
Nice 15th-16th century French name!
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter requested authenticity for Polish language and culture. This name meets that request as it is authentic for the late 16th century.
This is the defining instance of the apricot, which was known in Europe (and, indeed, with varieties throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, and Asia, to many lands) with the common species cultivated in Armenia since ancient times, though research suggests its earlier domestication in Central Asia. It is a round fruit, like the plum or peach, and gets no difference for type.
Nice English name for the 13th-15th centuries!
This name combines an English given name with a Gaelic byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Adora is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice device!
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
Artist's note: Please increase the thickness of the fimbriation to improve identifiability.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Eithne Tonfelen, Azure, a bear statant Or within an orle of bees Or marked sable.
Nice device!
Nice 16th century name from Switzerland!
Nice device!
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Submitted as Jeanne Marie dite Voss de Charnoy, this name was not properly constructed. Dite is a French word but as submitted Voss is German, resulting in a mixed language name phrase and a violation of SENA PN1B1. Fortunately, Nicholas Schwarzdrachen and Lillia Crampette provided evidence of dit_ and Voss in English contexts, both solving the issue and making the entire name phrase English. We have therefore removed the terminal e from dite for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for late period (post 1400s) in the region of Flanders. This name does not meet this request as it combines French and English elements. A French ekename (nickname) based on "called the fox" would be dite la renarde, and it would come after the byname. If the submitter wishes the authentic, fully French name Jeanne Marie de Charnoy dite la renarde, she may make a request for reconsideration.
This name combines an English ekename with a French double given name and locative byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
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Though this byname was originally documented in French, Seraphina Delphino found it in English which makes this a fully English name.
Kingdoms are reminded of the January 2021 Cover Letter discussion on the requirements of line art. Because this submission predates that Cover Letter, it is given benefit of the doubt with respect to the light grey lines of the fox.
Submitted as Hildiborg Gunnarsdóttir, no documentation was presented and none could be found for the given name. ffride Morelle provided documentation for the attested form Hildeborg. We have made this change for registration.
Nice 16th century French name!
Submitted under the name Marianna de Mantegna y Tasso.
Submitted as Tomyris of the _ Tigrakhauda, the byname was meant to be a reference to the Saka Tigrakhauda people. This tribe was not referred to by simply the Tigrakhauda but as the Saka Tigrakhauda. We have therefore added the descriptor Saka to the byname in order to register it.
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Commenters questioned whether the character Emily the Strange was important enough to protect. She is not. Though the associated badge is evocative of imagery associated with the fictional character, this specific design is not used by her. Therefore, this badge may be registered.
Nice 16th century English name!
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The submitter's previous device, Per fess engrailed argent and azure, a rose purpure barbed and seeded proper and a dolphin haurient argent, is released.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This badge is returned for multiple conflicts.
the device of Arenvald von Hagenburg, Per chevron chequy Or and azure and sable, in base a dragon segreant Or
the device of Brian the Inquisitive, Per fess rayonny argent, ermined gules, and gules, in chief a dragon rampant Or
the badge of the Barony of Rhydderich Hael, Per pale vert and sable, a dragon segreant Or
the device of Godwin of Edington's device, Per saltire sable and gules, a dragon segreant Or
For each, there is a DC for fieldlessness. Wings normally count for half the tincture, so considered with the body, this monster is more than half Or and therefore there isn't a DC for difference in tincture versus any of the dragons considered above. Nor is there a DC for placement on the field because we don't grant a DC for placement when compared to a fieldless badge. Therefore the second DC has to come from the difference between this monster and a dragon.
The September 2017 return of the badge of Izabella del Cacco, (Fieldless) A chimerical beast with the upper half of a dragon and the lower half of a wolf segreant gules, stated:
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Bela of Eastmarch, Gyronny sable and argent, a dragon rampant gules, armed and webbed vert. There is one DC for the field. However, in commentary the only noticeably lupine part of the beast was the bushy tail. Commenters noted that the scaly belly from the dragon portion of the charge extended well down into the lower half of the charge, and while the hindpaws are distinctly different from the foreclaws, there just isn't enough that reads "wolf" to grant a second DC.
If the submitter wants to continue to pursue registration of this chimerical monster, we recommend making a clearer distinction between the halves of the body, including termination of the belly scales farther up the torso, shaggier hindquarters, and a longer bushy tail. That said, the most recognizable part of the wolf is the head, and the wings and head of the dragon so dominate the design even in concept that we acknowledge it will be difficult to depict the wolf portions sufficiently to clear conflict.
The most lupine feature in this design is the head; and given the variety of dragon head depictions it is even less distinctively lupine than a wolf's tail. Given the variety of dragon head depictions in period armory, similarly to Izabella's badge the lupine head and forelimbs of this monster are not distinct enough, on their own, to provide sufficient visual difference from a whole dragon to clear the conflicts noted above.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
None.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
None.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
None.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
None.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Elsa die Kleine, Per chevron azure and argent, two musical notes and a mouse statant counterchanged. There is only one DC for change of type of half of the primary charge group from mouse to trillium. Unfortunately for this submission, "[N]o difference is granted between different letters/symbols" [Galti Patreksson, April 2019, R-Calontir], and thus there is no change in type between the musical notes and the G-clefs, both of which are forms of musical notation.
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This device is returned for our inability to reliably blazon the arrangement of the rose and arrows in such a way that it could be reproduced by a person unfamiliar with the device in question.
While the rose is indeed "between", its arrangement with the arrows is more specific than that and needs to be described. They are conjoined, but conjoined with a particular arrangement that might be termed "between the petals", though that would probably put the arrows in between the petals rather than outside the whole flower; or the arrangement might be called "conjoined at the barbs", but there are no barbs. One commenter suggested "barbed of arrows", but again the arrows are wholly outside the flower, not emerging as barbs do. If they were treated as barbs then the question of whether they provide difference would also need to be considered.
Lacking a reliable blazon, we are unable to register this device.
Additionally -- though it has no bearing on the decision to return -- it is noted that we do not blazon roses as double roses unless the inner rose is a different tincture: "Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as double roses, we only blazon such roses as double roses if the two layers are of different tinctures. There is no difference between a rose and a double rose where the blossom is all one tincture and thus we have reblazoned these." [Kassandra de Haas, July 2016, A-Ansteorra]
This badge is returned for our inability to reliably blazon the arrangement of the rose and arrows in such a way that it could be reproduced by a person unfamiliar with the badge in question.
While the rose is indeed "between", its arrangement with the arrows is more specific than that and needs to be described. They are conjoined, but conjoined with a particular arrangement that might be termed "between the petals", though that would probably put the arrows in between the petals rather than outside the whole flower; or the arrangement might be called "conjoined at the barbs", but there are no barbs. One commenter suggested "barbed of arrows", but again the arrows are wholly outside the flower, not emerging as barbs do. If they were treated as barbs then the question of whether they provide difference would also need to be considered.
Lacking a reliable blazon, we are unable to register this badge.
Additionally -- though it has no bearing on the decision to return -- it is noted that we do not blazon roses as double roses unless the inner rose is a different tincture: "Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as double roses, we only blazon such roses as double roses if the two layers are of different tinctures. There is no difference between a rose and a double rose where the blossom is all one tincture and thus we have reblazoned these." [Kassandra de Haas, July 2016, A-Ansteorra]
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns) (to Calontir pends)
None.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
None.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
None.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
None.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns) (to Gleann Abhann pends)
This name is returned for conflict with Inn of the White Hart registered to Ardgal mac Domnaill in October 2013 via Caid. Changing the designator from Inn to Citadel does not count for difference per SENA NPN3C, nor does removing the space in the substantive element Whitehart.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Aleit de la Thomme, Vert, a lion dormant to sinister and a chief enarched argent. There is one DC for changing the type of peripheral ordinary (which subsumes the difference between straight and enarched lines, so they do not contribute additional difference), but there is no DC granted between couchant and dormant.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
This name is returned for violating SENA PN1B1, which requires that "A registerable name phrase must follow the rules of grammar and structure for a single time and place. It may not mix languages unless that mixing of languages within a name phrase is attested as a period practice." As submitted, this name combines two Italian bynames with the Spanish byname construction de A y B. Since neither byname is Spanish, they may not be combined in this manner. While the name Marianna Mantegna Tasso would be registerable, dropping the elements de and y is a major change which the submitter does not allow. Therefore, we are forced to return this name.
Their device has been registered under the holding name Maeve of Carraig Ban.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
This order name is returned for obtrusive modernity. The Battle Star was an award given by the US Navy during World War II and the Korean War. In addition, a majority of heralds and non-heralds alike were immediately reminded of science fiction battlestars, such as the Marvel superhero Battlestar and more notably, Battlestar Galactica. Battlestar Galactica is so popular in modern culture that the original 1978 series had a reboot in 2004 and is scheduled for another reboot in 2022. With such an immediately recognizable sound, this name unfortunately drags the listener by the scruff of the neck into the modern age and it must be returned.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
None.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns)
- Explicit littera renuntiationum -
This badge is pended awaiting the decision of whether to remove protection for the flag of Libya, Vert, and for plain-tinctured flags generally. Commenters raised the question of protecting Gules, which was used as flags for several post-period states: the Maldives (1796-1903), the Sultanate of Aussa (1734-1936), and the Sultanates of Muscat (18th century, until 1820) and later of Muscat and Oman (1856-1970). The motivation for protection was that, at present, we protect Libya.
If protection is removed from Libya and other plain-tinctured flags, then the question of protecting Gules is removed from consideration of this badge. If protection is maintained, then we will need to consider whether to protect Gules for any or all of the states mentioned above. If protected, then this badge will be returned.
The question of Libya is posed on the February 14, 2021 Rules Letter, to be considered in May 2021.
This badge is not in conflict with the armory of the Counts of Auvergne, Or, a gonfanon gules. There is a DC for fieldlessness and, given a lack of evidence for gonfanons and pennons being used interchangeably in period, we grant a DC for the difference between the two.
This was item 1 on the AEthelmearc letter of November 27, 2020.
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This transfer is pended to allow time for the acceptance by Elizabeth Darnley to be processed. The acceptance appears on the January 31, 2021 LoI from the Kingdom of the East, to be considered in April 2021.
This was item 2 on the Calontir letter of November 5, 2020.
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This badge is pended to redraw the rapier and sewing needle to improve the identifiability of each as well as to adjust their arrangement to be clearly in saltire.
This was item 8 on the East letter of November 30, 2020.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
This badge is pended for redraw to correct the art. While the art was based on the arms of Pötschner dated to 1502, the art itself consisted only of the regions between the expected lines of the figure, leading to a collection of disjointed shapes.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Devora bat Shimshon, (Fieldless) A cauldron argent. There is a DC for fieldlessness and at least a DC for the difference between a salt barrel and a cauldron.
With the badge of Maggie Wryght, (Fieldless) A salt barrel per fess purpure and azure, accepted elsewhere on this letter, this is one of two variant, defining instances of a salt barrel. This variant is dated to 1502 in a watermark showing the arms of Pötschner. A variety of other examples of this and the other design may be found, including:
Wernigeroder (Schaffhausensches) Wappenbuch (München, BSB, cod. icon. 308n), f. 209v
Hofkleiderbuch des Herzogs Wilhelm IV. und Albrecht V, 16th C German (München, BSB, cgm 1952), p.67
Sammelband mehrerer Wappenbücher, 1530 German (München, BSB Cod.icon. 391), f.174v
Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft: Virgil Raber, 1548 German (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol. 220), p. 446
Neustifter Wappenbuch, mid-16th C, fol.173
a 16th century German armorial (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol 223), f. 27v.
This was item 6 on the Gleann Abhann letter of November 21, 2020.
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This augmentation is pended to obtain permission to conflict from the Kingdom of Lochac. Charged lozenges are forms of display which must be checked for conflict, and in this instance there is conflict with the standard augmentation currently registered to the Kingdom of Lochac, Quarterly azure and argent, on a cross gules four mullets of six points argent. If this submission lacked the bordure Or, using the standard augmentation exactly, permission would have been implicit.
This was item 16 on the Lochac letter of November 27, 2020.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This name is pended to discuss whether or not it is obtrusively modern. The byname Owell comes from Howell and should be pronounced /OW-ell/. However, enough commenters and non-commenters alike pronounced it /OH-ell/, eliding the sound of the w, that it potentially becomes problematic when combined with the given name. While we do not consider deliberate mispronunciations when considering obtrusive modernity, more than half of those who were asked responded with the problematic pronunciation. Such a pronunciation cannot, therefore, be considered a deliberate mispronunciation. Commenters are encouraged to consider SENA PN2E:
E. Obtrusive Modernity: 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.
Examples of names that rise to the standard of obtrusive modernity in the rules are Porsche Audi, Artemisian Tank Corps, and Geky Herald (pronounced like "Geeky Herald").
Similarly, examples of names that do not meet this standard are Edmond Fitzgerald, Red Boke Herald, Drew Steele, and Mould de Cheder.
The question is: does this name rise to the level of Geky Herald (where Geky is a variant of the surname 'Geggie' and should be pronounced /GAY-key/ or /GAY-jee/) or not?
This was item 3 on the Meridies letter of November 1, 2020.
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