This device conflicts with the device of Ábi{o,}rn Hallstenson, Sable, two bendlets Or, with a single DC for adding the secondary cinquefoil. However, Ábi{o,}rn has on file a blanket permission to conflict for any submission with one DC granted, allowing this device to be registered.
This badge conflicts with the device of Ábi{o,}rn Hallstenson, Sable, two bendlets Or, with a single DC for adding the overall cinquefoil. However, Ábi{o,}rn has on file a blanket permission to conflict for any submission with one DC granted, allowing this badge to be registered.
Nice 16th century Welsh name!
Nice 14th century Italian name!
Submitted as Bianca di Tomasi, no evidence could be found for this spelling of the byname. The attested spelling during our period is Tommasi. We have therefore made this change for registration.
Artist's note: Please draw the anvil in a period style. Period horned anvils, both in manuscript depictions and in armory, either had a solid base or pointed feet, rather than the arched base seen in modern depictions. Some period Italian heraldic examples can be seen in the mid-15th C Stemmario Trivulziano (https://archive.org/details/stemmario_trivulziano/page/n158/mode/1up) and the mid-16th C Insignia V (https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00001430?page=295).
Submitted as Order of the Golden Apple of Blackstone Mountain, this name was pended on the July LoAR to discuss whether or not the real-world order Order of the Golden Apple should continue to be protected. Overwhelming consensus was that it should. We have therefore changed this order name to Order of the Gold_ Apple of Blackstone Mountain in order to register it.
The submitter's previous device, Azure, a chevron rompu inverted in chief three candles in candleholders argent, is released.
The submitter's previous badge, Azure, a polypus and a chief Or, is released.
The submitter might be interested to know that Willem Boge Walker would be a wholly Dutch version of this name. If they are interested in this name, they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter might be interested to know that the English given name Eleanor appears in Scots records as Helenour. If they are interested in either of the wholly Scots names Helenour Dunbar Morland or Helenour Dunbar af Morland, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice late 16th century French name!
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This name combines an Italian given name and a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter might be interested to know that Alissandra de la Fontaine would be a wholly French version of this name. If they are interested in this name, they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th C Turkish. This name meets that request.
The submitter requested authenticity for "mid to late Imperial Rome". This name meets that request.
Submitted as Blue Spider Fairy, this name is obtrusively modern. The submitter opted to change the byname to of Three Mountains to resolve this issue, and we have made this change for registration.
Three Mountains is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter might be interested to know that their name in this spelling would most likely be found near the end of the Society's period of study. There are several other Irish Gaelic versions of this name that would be found earlier: Ciarán húa Murchada (Old Irish), Ciarán úa Murchada (Middle Irish), and Ciarán úa Murchadha (Early Modern Irish). If they are interested in any of these variant spellings, they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for Tudor or Elizabethan. This name does not meet that request. All of the elements of this name would not have been found together until the early 17th century. While this does not preclude registration, it does not meet the submitter's requested time period for authenticity.
The submitter's previous name, Jacob Faulkbourne, is released.
Nice 14th century French name!
Nice 16th century English name!
Nice name from the 1640s of a Scot living in Poland!
This, along with the next item, is the defining instance of a leather mask. The mask in this submission is based on a 13th century mask found in Novgorod.
This device does not conflict with the device of Titus Marius Maximillianus, Gules, three skulls Or. There is a DC for the change in field tincture, and at least a DC between these masks and skulls, in part because on a properly drawn skull the field should not show through the eyes and mouth. Because of the potential similarities between skulls and masks, going forward we will be enforcing the proper depiction of skulls through redraws or returns rather than just with artist's notes.
The submitter's previous device, Sable, a cross moline argent, in canton a bezant, is retained as a badge.
This, along with the previous item, is the defining instance of a leather mask. The mask in this submission is based on a 13th century mask found in Novgorod.
Nice device!
The submitter's previous device, Argent, a sheaf of peacock feathers proper and on a chief sable two rapiers in saltire proper, is retained as a badge.
Nice English name from the 13th century onward!
Commenters questioned whether use of the byname Freyin was a claim to rank. It is not. Per precedent upheld as recently as January 2020 [Thaddaeus Jarlsson, 01/2020, A-Outlands], we allow "the claim to be related to a kind of person with rank (when that claim does not imply a rank on the part of the submitter)." The German word Freyin/Freiin was only used as a title by the unmarried daughter of a Freiherr. As it does not imply that the submitter themselves is entitled to the rank of Baroness, we may register this name as submitted.
Nice late 15th century German name!
This is a period arrangement of crescents, found in the arms of Büchberg in Scheibler's Armorial (https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00007174?page=262) and Abbot Ulrich Rösch's book of heraldry (https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/1084/128/0/). It's a challenging motif to blazon, made more so by the fact that in the first source the orientations are effectively a decrescent, a crescent pendant, and a crescent bendwise, and in the second two decrescents and a crescent bendwise sinister inverted. The blazon we have settled on adequately describes both of these depictions.
This name combines a Frankish given name and an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter's previous name, Þóra Jórsalafari, is retained as an alternate.
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The submitter requested authenticity for 15th-16th century Denmark. This name does not meet that request. While Sara al-Garnatiyya found evidence of the given name Amalia in late 16th century Germany, it cannot be dated earlier than the early 17th century in Denmark.
Nice 16th century English name!
There is a step from core practice for the use of an overall charge surmounting a fimbriated ordinary.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Aalina Godwyn de Coteswaud, Vert, a bend sinister sable fimbriated and overall a stag trippant argent.
The submitter's previous device, Argent, a pine tree couped and on a chief vert three mullets argent, is released.
The submitter might be interested to know that Fiachu Úa Amargein is a wholly Middle Irish Gaelic version of this name, appropriate for 900-1200 C.E. If they are interested in this form of the name, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Florie Porterfleuer, the byname in the cited documentation is actually Portefleur. We have corrected this typographical error in order to register the name.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
Submitted as Kali Hróbartsson, this name is not constructed correctly. The submitter intended the byname to be a patronymic based on the given name Hróbjartr. We have therefore corrected the byname to Hróbjartsson for registration.
Submitted as Sæbjørn Ødegaard, the byname was not constructed correctly. The submitter indicated an interest in a Viking-age name, but the spelling Ødegaard is post-Viking-age. The submitter opted to change the byname to the earlier form í Eyðigarði. We are happy to make this change for registration.
The submitter's previous name, Giovanni Antonio di Napoli, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter requested the use of the named motif, star of Ansteorra. There is a step from core practice for the use of a mullet of five greater and five lesser points.
The submitter's previous device, Quarterly gules and Or, a mermaid dexter arm raised argent between three mullets of eight points counterchanged Or and sable, is retained as a badge.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Germany. This name might meet that request, but we cannot be sure. We have evidence of the spelling Wolfgang in the 11th century and the 15th century, but no direct evidence of this spelling in the 14th century.
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Nice 16th century English name!
This device does not presume upon the badges of the Order of the Pelican, (Tinctureless) A pelican in its piety and (Tinctureless) A pelican vulning itself. See the Cover Letter for more details.
Nice cant!
The name element Musashi is a kemy{o-}. See the Cover Letter for more information.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
Submitted under the name Domnall Dé hAoine.
The submitter's previous device, Per pale vert and argent, a compass star counterchanged, on a chief sable a spear argent, is released.
There is a step from core practice for the use of pawprints.
This name was pended on the July LoAR for further information on whether or not it meets the submitter's request for authenticity of "Norwegian, with the Viking expansion to the East". This is an authentic Old West Norse name from the 11th century forward, such as might have been found in Norway. However, we do not have enough information about what the request means to the submitter to know if this information answers their question.
The submitter requested authenticity for "early period Scandinavian". This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that all authenticity requests must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to ensure a name does not need to be pended for further research. Fortunately, Lilie Ragged Staff was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond.
This name meets the submitter's request.
Nice c.1600 Spanish name from Granada!
Blazoned when registered in January of 1973 as Per chevron Or and sable, two crawfishes combattant erect gules and a pelican displayed argent, beaked and membered proper, we are clarifying that the bird is a natural pelican. See Cover Letter for details.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The submitter might be interested to know that the name Katerine la Douce, without the h in the given name, would be authentic for 1292 in Paris, France. If they are interested in this name, they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter's previous name, Katherine of the Doves, is retained as an alternate.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
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Blazoned when registered in August 1982 as Argent, a unicornate pegasus rampant sable, armed, crined and winged sable, chased argent, within a winged annulet sable, we would today blazon the arming, crining, and winging as argent, not sable chased argent.
Blazoned when registered in April 1999 as Per fess wavy sable and barry wavy argent and azure, a mermaid erect to dexter proper, armored and maintaining a crossbow argent, the mermaid has brown hair, not Or as is the default. We have also taken this opportunity to include the mermaid's skin color in the blazon.
Blazoned when registered in August 2001 as (Fieldless) A heart argent pierced by two arrows inverted in saltire sable, these are more properly crossbow bolts.
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Submitted as Cynethrythe of Arcenefelde, the spelling Cynethrythe is the genitive (possessive) case. This name was documented from "Anglo-Saxon Women's Names from Royal Charters," by Marieke van de Dal (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem/). However, as we noted in the April 2017 Cover Letter:
The article "Anglo-Saxon Women's Names from Royal Charters," by Marieke van de Dal (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem/) should be used with caution. While the bolded header forms in the article are always the nominative forms, the various spellings under the header are not. In the last several months we have had numerous submitters relying on unbolded spellings as if they were alternate spellings, when in fact those spellings each represented the name in a different case and were not usable as given names.
The nominative form of this name is Cynethrytha. As given names must be registered in the nominative case, we have made this change for registration.
Moonstone is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice name for Nara era Japan!
Nice 15th century Florentine name!
A recorder proper is made of wood and is thus brown. Palimpsest is directed to update Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms with this information.
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The submitter's previous name, Helvig Ulfsdotter, is retained as an alternate.
Nice device!
Submitted as Valdis Marcusdóttir, this name is in violation of SENA PN1B1. The byname Marcusdóttir combines Norwegian Marcus with Old Norse -dóttir. Lacking evidence that these two languages were combined in the same name phrase, we cannot use them together this way. ffride Morelle was able to find the suffix -dottir without the diacritical marking in Norwegian contemporary with the given name Marcus. With the submitter's express permission we have therefore removed the marking for registration.
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Nice classical Greek name!
Submitted under the name Magdalena de l'appetit.
Ben Dunfirth is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This badge does not conflict with the badge for the Canton of Cairn Fell, Per pale sable and Or, an oak sprig vert fructed proper. There is a DC for removing the field, and a DC between ash leaves and oak leaves. We decline to rule on whether there is a DC between this branch and a sprig, or whether the inversion is worth difference.
Documentation supporting an Individually Attested Pattern of gules charges on sable fields was provided by the submitter and commenters, allowing registration of this device.
Nice English name from the 13th century on!
This badge does not presume upon the fictitious Guardians icon from the animated series ReBoot. SENA A6D says, in part, "In rare cases, armory associated with fictitious characters and entities may also be considered important enough to protect, when both a significant number of people in the Society recognize the armory of the entity without prompting and the use of the armory of the entity would generally be considered by those people a clear reference to that entity. Only a few pieces of fictitious armory have ever been ruled important enough to protect." The Guardians icon does not rise to this level of importance.
Nice Early Modern English name!
The submitter's previous name, Juliana Scrivener, is retained as an alternate.
Nice 15th century Irish Gaelic name!
Holloway was documented as the submitter's legal surname; however, they need not rely on the Legal Name Allowance. Scolastica la souriete found evidence of this byname dated to 1571 in England making this a nice late 16th century English name.
This is the defining instance of a sliding door bolt, a period charge found in the canting arms of Catenatcci (It. catenaccio = door bolt, deadbolt) in Insignia Lucensium, Senensium, Pisanorum, Pistoianorum, Volterranorum, Aretinorum, Cortonensium, Borgo a S. Sepolcro (BSB Cod.icon. 278), f. 166r. The default orientation of a sliding door bolt is fesswise with the handle to sinister; we direct Palimpsest to update Table 5 in the Glossary of Terms.
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
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The submitter's previous name, Ibrahim al-Rashid ibn Musa, is released.
The submitter requested the charge in chief be blazoned as a puma. As this word can be dated to the grey period, unambiguously describes the charge, and is a common modern term likely to be understood by most people reading it, we are happy to comply with the submitter's request.
This household name follows the attested pattern of households named after ships. The submitters provided evidence from Compt Buik of David Wedderburne (1587-1630) and An Buik conteaneand the Intressis of Schippis dischairgeand at ye port of Dundie begynning in ye moneth of Nouember in Anno Domini 1580 of a pattern of ships called the [inanimate object]: "the Primrose" (Compt Buik), "ye post", "ye vynd" and "the Diamont"/"the Dyamond" (Intressis). A cave is a period heraldic charge found in Spain and grey period Italy; one of the period spellings of cave is cafe.
Capitalization in period English documents when referencing non-personal names is not consistent, as demonstrated in the sources provided by the submitters. Therefore, this name may be registered as submitted without any capitalization to match the available data. The submitters are to be commended for their research.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
There is a step from core practice for animate charges in annulo not in their default orientation.
Submitted as Familia Viridis Canis, this name is not constructed correctly. The submitter intended the Latin word familia to be the designator in this household name. However, no evidence was provided that this designator was used with substantive elements in the pattern [color][charge]. Groups using the word familia described themselves exclusively with Roman gentes, such as familia Claudia. The substantive element Viridis Canis is not a Roman gens and therefore may not be used with the designator familia. We have therefore changed the designator to the attested Latin word Domus, which can be used with the pattern [color][charge], in order to register this submission.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Commenters questioned whether this name conflicted with the registered Thóra Úlfsdóttir. It does not. Because the given name Thóra may also be spelled Þóra, both Thóra and Jóra are short enough to be considered for conflict under the Harry/Mary rule, SENA PN3C3. As the first consonant sound is entirely different, these two names do not conflict.
The submitter's previous name, Katerine atte Wyshe de la Rye, is retained as an alternate.
This badge does not conflict with the device of Finán mac Crimthainn, Azure, a fox passant Or and a chief argent. There are DCs for both the type and the tincture of the secondary charge.
Submitted as Martina _ de la Rosa, this name conflicts with the registered Martin de la Rosa. While the given names Martin /mar-TEEN/ and Martina /mar-TEE-na/ are different enough in sound per SENA PNC32, this is the only change between these two names. A single letter is not enough difference in appearance to clear these names per SENA PN3C4. The submitter opted to add the second given name Maria to this name to clear the conflict, and we have done so for registration.
As modified this is a nice 16th century Spanish name!
This badge does not presume upon the arms of the Dauphin, Prince of France, Or a dolphin haurient azure finned gules, nor does it conflict with the Kingdom of Atlantia's badge for the Order of the Narwhal, (Fieldless) A narwhal hauriant azure armed Or. In both cases there's a DC for fieldlessness. Though fish in period armory were sometimes depicted with scales, these were typically drawn naturalistically, following the curve of the fish's body or only appearing on the fish's back. The papellony in this submission is clearly drawn as a field treatment, and as such is considered a different tincture from plain azure, giving the required second DC.
Nice 16th century English name!
Nice cant!
This is the defining instance of the word using in SCA blazon. See the Cover Letter for more details.
Nice English name circa 1600!
Appearing on the Letter of Intent as Thora i Heiðaby, the submitter indicated a preference for the name Tora if such could be documented, with a byname meaning 'from Hedeby'. Gunnvor Orle found evidence of the given name Tora dated to 1440 and 1552 in Norway. Accordingly, we are able to change the given name as requested.
The submitter further expressed a preference to drop special characters and accents. A form of the locative contemporary to the given name is Hedby, dated to 1585 and 1593. This places the given name and byname within 30 years of each other. To meet the submitter's preference for a lack of special characters and accents, we have changed the byname to i Hedby.
As modified, this is a nice 16th century Norwegian name!
The submitter might be interested to know that there are four spellings of this locative byname that would be contemporary with the 1440 citation of Tora: c. 1440 i Hæidaby, i Hæidabø, i Heiderbø and 1455 i Heydobø. If the submitter is interested in any of these 15th century Norwegian options instead, they may make a request for reconsideration.
This device does not conflict with the badge of Humfrey Matthew Lovett, (Fieldless) A sea-dog rampant argent. There is a DC for adding a field, and, though a sea-dog is a quadruped and not a fish-tailed demi-dog, there is at least a DC between a sea-dog and a wolf.
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This name combines an Irish Gaelic given name and an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The use of charges with a per bend bevilled field is a step from core practice.
Artist's note: Please draw the hat in a more period style; period sugar-loaf hats were typically taller and had narrower brims than the submitted depiction.
Submitted as Koðrán de Greystoke, this name is in violation of SENA PN1B1. The given name Koðrán is Old Norse but the Middle English byname de Greystoke can only be dated as early as 1167. SENA Appendix C permits combinations of Old Norse and English, but only when all name elements can be dated prior to the year 1100 C.E. The submitter opted to change this name to the wholly Norwegian Kodran i Graastoch to solve this issue. We have therefore made this change for registration.
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The submitter's previous name, Jane Winter, is retained as an alternate.
Documentation supporting an Individually Attested Pattern of symmetrical complex charges counterchanged over sable and gules was provided by the submitter, allowing registration of this device.
This badge conflicts with the badge for Adrienne Furet, (Fieldless) A ferret passant sable, with a single DC for fieldlessness. However, Adrienne has on file a blanket permission to conflict with their badge for any submission that is not identical allowing this badge to be registered.
The submitter's prior device, Per chevron gules and sable, two eagles striking respectant and in chief three sheaves of arrows Or, is retained as a badge.
This household name follows the attested pattern House of/de [locative].
This badge does not presume upon the badges of the Order of the Pelican, (Tinctureless) A pelican in its piety and (Tinctureless) A pelican vulning itself. See the Cover Letter for more details.
This badge does not conflict with the device of Damian Papyngeye, Plumetty argent and vert, a popinjay purpure. There is a DC for removing the field, and a DC for the difference between a popinjay and a crow.
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
Trinette is the submitter's legal given name.
Though this is not the defining instance of a wombat in SCA armory, this is the first registration of one in over 35 years, so we take this opportunity to confirm that, as this animal existed in the same area and time as humans, it is registerable per the change to SENA A2B2b that appears on the Cover Letter.
The submitter has permission to conflict with Courtney of the White Meadow, Azure semy of delfs, a polar bear statant contourny argent.
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Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The Japanese name Shingen is a houmyou. For purposes of our rules, houmyou should be treated like a yobina/kemy{o-}/ts{u-}sh{o-} (ordinary/use name) or a jitsumei/imina (true name). See the Cover Letter for more information.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
Nice device!
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This household name follows the attested English household pattern [Designator] of [Surname].
As grey is a common color found for owls in the wild, and both period practice and SCA practice use grey as a blazonry term, it is acceptable for use in this order name and we may register it as submitted. See the Cover Letter for more information.
This name combines an Old Irish Gaelic given name with a Middle English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
There is a step from core practice for the use of triskelions of spirals.
This name combines an Italian given name with a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice 12th century Scottish Gaelic name!
Tunheim is the submitter's legal surname.
The submitter might be interested to know that the locative í Túnheimi would be contemporary with the given name. If they are interested in the name Sveinn í Túnheimi, with or without the accents, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Submitted as Tom Holiday, this name is in violation of the Administrative Handbook, III.A.10. While the submitter's legal name is not identical to what was submitted, it is a nickname which qualifies as a "common use name" as defined by this section of the rule. The submitter indicated a preference for the byname Tintinnabulum. A tintinnabulum is a small tinkling bell that has been known by this name since the 14th century (OED, s.v. tintinnabulum). Similar English bynames include Chime, Bell, Bellchamber, Beller and Ringer. Given these examples, Tintinnabulum is a plausible English byname. We have changed this name to Tom Tintinnabulum for registration.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
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Submitted as Annie Chaee, no suitable documentation could be found for the byname. The submitter also indicated an interest in the byname Chai. Jeanne Marie Palimpsest was able to find the byname Chay in 16th century England; there is ample evidence of an i/y swap in the English language during this time period to say that the spelling Chai is plausible. Therefore, we have changed this name to Annie Chai for registration.
Nice 16th century English name!
al-Barran is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter requested authenticity for Gaelic. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that all authenticity requests must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to ensure a name does not need to be pended for further research. Fortunately, Ollivier Le Floch was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond.
This name does not meet that request. While the given name can be found in Early Modern Irish Gaelic, the byname relies on the Branch Name Allowance. While such names are registerable, they are not considered authentic.
There is a step from core practice for the use of an overall charge surmounting a fimbriated ordinary.
The given name Hannah is already registered to this submitter and is used here via the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Scandinavian anywhere in period, ON preferred". This name does not meet that request. The given name Hannah was not adopted into Old Norse and is only registerable with the Old Norse byname svíðin via the Existing Registration Allowance.
Haven is the submitter's legal given name.
Aarquelle is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Muirenn an Liath, this name is not constructed correctly. The adjective liath means 'the grey'; adding the article an (meaning 'the') is therefore not necessary. We have removed it for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for 10th century Ireland. As modified, this name meets that request.
This device does not conflict with the badge of Aileen Fitzwilliam, (Fieldless) A seal sejant argent. There is a DC for adding a field, and at least a DC for the change in posture from the horizontal naiant/sejant to the vertical haurient/erect. We ask Palimpsest to update SENA Appendix L1f to reflect this.
Nice 16th century English name!
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
This device was pended on the July LoAR to allow commentary on the correct artwork.
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Adriann is the submitter's legal given name.
This name was originally documented as a 16th century German given name and an Old Norse byname. While these two languages may be combined throughout our period, the name elements must be dated no more than 300 years apart. That was not the case as submitted. However, Lillia Crampette found evidence of the Latin name Augustus in a French context dated to the 8th and 9th centuries. The French vernacular form of this name would be August. As French and Scandinavian may be combined during this period per SENA Appendix C, we may register this name as submitted.
Blazoned when registered in August of 1977 as Gules, a pale Or between a gearwheel and a pelican, wings elevated and addorsed, both argent, we are clarifying that the bird is a natural pelican. See Cover Letter for details.
Nice 15th century Polish name!
Nice late 15th century Spanish name!
The submitter's previous badge, Or, an orca urinant proper and in chief two ducks rising addorsed wings displayed vert, is released.
The submitter requested authenticity for 15th century Italy. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that all authenticity requests must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to ensure a name does not need to be pended for further research. Fortunately, Lilie Ragged Staff was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond.
This name meets that request. It is authentic for late 15th century Rome.
Blazoned when registered in January of 1974 as Quarterly Or and argent, three mullets of six points bendwise purpure, the mullets are in bend, not bendwise.
Submitted as Mouri Tsubakie, a timely correction noted that the submitter preferred the transliteration M{o-}ri Tsubakie. As noted in SENA Appendix D4b either transliteration is acceptable, therefore we are happy to make this change.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Japanese naming conventions in Late Period/Momoyama Era/1550's". We do not have enough firm dates available to us for Japanese names to say for sure whether or not this name meets that request.
As this is the first registration of paulownia leaves in nearly 40 years we take this opportunity to note that they are an attested charge in period Japanese heraldry.
The submitter requested authenticity for early period Pictish. This name may meet that request, but we cannot say for sure. The given name Nadbroicc appears in an Irish context in the Book of Lecan. While it is recorded as the name of a Pictish woman, this book was written in Middle Irish. We do not have sufficient data to determine whether this specific spelling would have been used by the Picts.
The submitter's previous name, Ommadan ingen Ruaidrí Uí Gallchobair, is retained as an alternate.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
None.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
This device is returned for having two overall charge groups, which is disallowed under SENA Appendix I4: "There can be only one overall charge group in any design."
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Talanque, Azure, a horned demon's head erased Or. There is a DC for the tincture of the primary charge. By precedent there is no difference between a demon's skull and a human skull [Rhys ibn al-Makhdoom, 12/2017, A-Atenveldt]; likewise, there is no difference between a demon's head and a human head.
This device is also returned for the use of a reserved charge; the headdress closely resembles crowns from the ancient Near East, and no evidence has been presented that the submitter is entitled to use a crown in their armory.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Konstantinos of Rath an Oir, Purpure, a chi-rho and a chief Or. By precedent, we consider two bars in chief as equivalent to a chief barry: "[Reblazoning ... in chief two bars wavy ... to ... a chief barry wavy ...] As the requested blazon is a reasonable description of the armory, the request is granted." [Amye Goldwyn, 11/2018, A-Middle] Considered in this way, there is a DC for changing the tincture of the chief, but no difference between different abstract symbols.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns)
None.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
This name is returned for lack of documentation. No evidence could be found for the byname Dé hAoine, nor could evidence be found that bynames in Irish Gaelic were created from the names of the days of the week. Commenters found evidence for the similar byname na h-Aoine in Early Modern Irish Gaelic (na h-Aíne in earlier forms of Irish Gaelic). As changing Dé to na is considered a major change which the submitter does not allow, we are forced to return this name at this time.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
None.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
None.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
This device is returned for having the appearance of marshalling, per SENA A6F2d: "When any section of such a field contains ... multiple charges of different types, or multiple charge groups, it creates the appearance of marshalling."
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
This device is returned for the unicorn's eye being closed. On the January 2018 Cover Letter it was ruled that "armory submissions with asleep or unconscious animals will be returned."
This device is also returned for the goutte distilling from the eye. This design blurs the distinction between the goutte being a tertiary charge, which would be worth difference, and an artistic detail (similar to vulning), which would not. Beasts or their heads distilling gouttes from their eyes will not be registerable without evidence for the practice in period armory.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns) (to Drachenwald pends)
This name is returned for a lack of documentation. No documentation was provided and none could be found supporting the byname de l'appetit. We could not find evidence of persons being described with abstract nouns such as 'of the appetite'. We do have evidence of bynames such as le Pigh (MED s.v. pigge) and le Glutun (MED s.v. glotoun), but these are concrete nouns. Abstract nouns predominantly become adjectival bynames. Without further demonstrating a pattern of abstract nouns being used as descriptive bynames, we are forced to return this name at this time.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Annette of Ealdormere.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
This badge must be returned for conflict with the device of Sorcha MacLeod, Sable, three wolf's teeth issuant from sinister and a chief argent. There is one DC for the removal of the chief, but per the August 2023 Cover Letter, there is no difference granted between three or more wolf's teeth.
This badge is also returned for conflict with the device of Thomas Hendersonne, Per pale indented sable and Or. As wolf's teeth are considered equivalent to per pale indented, there is a single DC for changing the tincture of half the field.
This badge also conflicts with the badge of Elisabetta Tommaso di Carduci, Per pale offset sable and argent, with a single DC for changing the type of complex line. However, Elisabetta has granted blanket permission to conflict for any armory not identical to her badge.
This badge also conflicts with the device of Vémundr Syvursson, Pily barry argent and azure. As Sable, four wolf's teeth argent is equivalent to Pily barry argent and sable, there is a single DC for changing the tincture of half the field. However, Vémundr has granted blanket permission to conflict for any armory not identical to his device.
This device is returned for using a disallowed motif. By precedent:
This device is returned for lack of documentation for an orle of birch. The charge is depicted as a skinny orle with birch leaves issuing to either side. We allow charges such as an orle of ivy vines, since, as noted in the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry, "Unlike other slips ... vines are often placed as ordinaries". Without evidence that tree slips or branches could be placed as ordinaries like vines are, motifs such as this will not be registerable. [Solana of al-Barran, 08/2023, R-Outlands]
This order name was pended on the July LoAR to await the outcome of the group advancement. It has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This order name was pended on the July LoAR to await the outcome of the group advancement. It has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This order name was pended on the July LoAR to await the outcome of the group advancement. It has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This association was pended on the July LoAR to await the outcome of the order name submission. As the submitter has chosen to withdraw the order name, we are unable to make this association.
This association was pended on the July LoAR to await the outcome of the order name submission. As the submitter has chosen to withdraw the order name, we are unable to make this association.
This household name is returned for presumption against the Flying Tigers, a World War II American squadron of P-40 pilots. This squadron was the subject of a 1942 film, a 1999 film, has its own entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica and a heritage park honoring them opened in China in 2015. Given the prevalence of this squadron, its name is important enough to protect from presumption and we are forced to return this household name.
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Fionna Ramsay of Bronwyn Vale, Argent, in fess a patriarchal cross gules distilling a goutte de poix between two pine trees proper and with the device of Styrbjorn Hrolfsson, Argent, three pine trees couped proper, in chief a battle-axe fesswise reversed, edge in chief, gules. In both cases there is a DC for removing the secondary charge, but no difference for changing the type or tincture of less than half the primary charge group.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
None.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns) (to Gleann Abhann pends)
None.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This submission was withdrawn by kingdom.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
None.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
This household name is returned for lack of documentation. The submitter intended Kvasir to be a theophoric placename in Old Norse. However, no evidence was provided that the Norse people ever worshipped Kvasir as a deity in the same way they worshipped gods such as Týr, Þórr, and Freyja, whose names do appear in a number of Old Norse placenames. Lacking this evidence, Kvasir may not be used in the construction of theophoric placenames in Old Norse and we are forced to return this name. We will continue to register these types of names in Old Norse provided that evidence can be provided of the deity's worship by ordinary people.
This augmentation is returned for fimbriating a secondary charge. SENA A3C says, "Voiding and fimbriation may only be used with ordinaries or simple geometric charges when they are part of a primary charge group. Peripheral ordinaries may not be voided or fimbriated, nor may other secondary, tertiary, or overall charges." Alternate blazons may sometimes be used to avoid style issues, but the blazon must still be reasonable. A "voidable" charge on an identical charge has the unmistakable appearance of fimbriation.
This augmentation is also returned for presumption. SENA A6C says: "The use of a charged lozenge as arms of pretense or an augmentation is vanishingly rare. We will not consider a single uncharged lozenge, a single lozenge with a single, non-ordinary, tertiary charge, or multiple lozenges to be a display of independent armory nor its use to be presumptuous." Since the augmenting charge could reasonably be interpreted as a lozenge of pretense displaying Or, a bordure sable it needs to be conflict checked as independent armory, under which reading it has an identity conflict with the device of Malik ibn Qarin ibn al-Maridi ibn Jinni al-'Abdari al-Shaybani, Or, a bordure sable. We typically do not penalize submitters for the shape their armory is displayed on, treating "Or, a bordure sable" as different from "Sable, an escutcheon Or" because they would not look the same as each other on any shape besides an escutcheon, but in the case of arms of pretense the display shape is defined in the blazon, leaving no leeway for differing shapes.
We do not need to consider the lozenge as a display of Sable, a lozenge Or, which would also conflict with the badge of S{o,}lveig Þrándardóttir, (Fieldless) A lozenge Or, since SENA A6C exempts lozenges charged with a single, non-ordinary charge from being considered as a lozenge of pretense.
This device is returned for insufficient contrast between the lower mushroom and the field. SENA A3B4a says, "Charges must have good contrast with the background on which they are placed." By precedent "contrast is considered for each [charge] separately, not for the group as a whole." [Auðr Véarnardóttir, 07/2020, R-Outlands].
This device is also returned administratively for use of a non-standard escutcheon.
This badge is returned for poor contrast between the maintained secondary charge and the field.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
This device is returned for having a peripheral charge overall. SENA Appendix I says "An overall charge group is a charge or group of charges which crosses the center of the field" and "An overall charge must overlie a primary charge". Whether one regards the bordure or the mountain as the overall charge, these requirements aren't met in this design.
This device was pended on the July LoAR to discuss potential conflicts.
This badge is returned as the banner displaying Argent, a chi-rho vert conflicts with the badge of Hilary of Serendip, (Tinctureless) The letter S with the upper arm reflexed into the foreparts of a salamander. While we do not consider the banner of a Paschal lamb for conflict when it is displaying the flag of Saint George, Argent, a cross gules, as that is part of the definition of the charge, when any other armory is used it must be considered as an independent display. Hilary's charge is an abstract symbol, as is the chi-rho in the current submission, so there is a single DC for adding the argent field.
We decline to rule at this time on whether the flag also conflicts with the badge of Hal Ravn, (Tinctureless) The letters M and X, the latter with a bar above it (Roman numerals for nine thousand).
This device is returned for having an undocumented arrangement of charge groups on the field: a primary charge group (the beetle), with maintained secondary charges (the fly-whisks), with two other separate secondary groups (the crescent and the stars). This arrangement is not listed in SENA Appendix J, so requires documentation to be registered.
If registered, this would have been the defining instance of fly-whisks in Society armory. A fly-whisk is a tool used to swat flies; a period example can be found in the 3rd century BCE Didarganj Yakshi statue from Patna, India.
There is a step from core practice for the use of compass stars.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
None.
(to Trimaris acceptances) (to Trimaris returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Hendrika van Sitteren, Argent, a wagon wheel sable and a ford proper. There is a single DC for the tincture of the wheel.
This submission was withdrawn by the kingdom.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns) (to West pends)
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This device is pended to redraw the chevrons. All period examples of chevronels couped that commenters could find were symmetrical, while the chevrons in this submission are couped vertically on one edge and horizontally on the other.
This was item 10 on the AEthelmearc letter of September 29, 2023.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
This transfer is pended until the January 2024 LoAR to allow time to process the acceptance.
This was item 5 on the An Tir letter of September 8, 2023.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This name is pended for further discussion. The given name Gudinna is fundamentally the same as the Swedish word for 'goddess'. We ask commenters to consider whether we should allow the registration of given names that can be translated as "God/dess of <Place>" or "God/dess of <Group>", and whether such names are in violation of either SENA PN4B1 "Use of Elements that Appear to Be Titles", SENA PN4C "Claim of Powers", or SENA PN4E "Claim of Non-Human Status." We ask particularly that commenters examine languages spoken by cultures with heavy religious traditions when considering the use of such given names.
This was item 1 on the Drachenwald letter of September 30, 2023.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns) (to Drachenwald pends)
This badge is pended for redraw to increase the visibility of the ermine spots on the gryphon's head. As drawn they are nearly indistinguishable from internal detailing.
The submitters requested that the badge be associated with Hammar Ulf. We are unable to make the association as the household name was returned on the August 2023 LoAR.
This was item 3 on the Gleann Abhann letter of September 9, 2023.
This badge is pended to redraw the cross. As drawn, the cross blurs the lines between multiple types of cross that have an SC between them, resembling a cross moline, a cross formy, and a Maltese cross in different respects.
This was item 4 on the Gleann Abhann letter of September 9, 2023.
This badge is pended to await the outcome of the Rules Letter regarding fimbriation (see Cover Letter for details).
Under the current rules and precedent, this badge would be returned for conflict with the device of Morgan ap Llewellan Peregrine, Sable, a roundel sable fimbriated and divided by a line forming a hawk's head facing sinister argent. SENA A5C1 states "Blazons that are unregisterable under our core style rules (such as blazons that would produce quaternary charges or contrast issues) or that require unlikely understandings of an armorial design do not need to be considered for conflict purposes, unless that blazon is due to the use of an Individually Attested Pattern, is due to voiding or fimbriation, or is the existing blazon of a piece of registered armory." This would force us to consider the sable roundel fimbriated in Toyotomi's device as a plate charged with a pellet (which is charged with a quaternary plant worth no difference). Considering Morgan's device in the same way means there is only a single DC for changing the field tincture.
The submitter has permission to conflict with Róise inghean Aibhne, Purpure, on a plate a domestic cat sejant sable.
This was item 6 on the Gleann Abhann letter of September 9, 2023.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns) (to Gleann Abhann pends)
This badge is pended to await the outcome of the Rules Letter regarding fimbriation (see Cover Letter for details).
Under the current rules and precedent, this badge would be returned for presuming upon the arms of Barbados, Azure, on a pale Or a trident head sable. SENA A5C1 states "Blazons that are unregisterable under our core style rules (such as blazons that would produce quaternary charges or contrast issues) or that require unlikely understandings of an armorial design do not need to be considered for conflict purposes, unless that blazon is due to the use of an Individually Attested Pattern, is due to voiding or fimbriation, or is the existing blazon of a piece of registered armory." This would force us to consider the current submission as Azure, on a pale Or a pale sable, with quaternary charges that do not count for difference. Considered this way, this badge only has one DC from Barbados for changing the trident head to a pale.
This was item 6 on the Lochac letter of September 28, 2023.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This device is pended to redraw it on a standard escutcheon and to increase the size of the escarbuncle.
This was item 10 on the Northshield letter of September 30, 2023.
This device is pended to redraw it on a standard escutcheon.
This was item 15 on the Northshield letter of September 30, 2023.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
This device is pended to redraw the dog. Between the unusual head shape and docked tail, commenters were unable to identify the beast as canine.
This was item 3 on the West letter of September 30, 2023.
(to West acceptances) (to West returns) (to West pends)
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