Nice badge!
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
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The tincture of the sticks of a folding fan is an unblazonable detail. They may have no contrast with the field as long as the charge is identifiable.
Submitted using the Legal Name Allowance for the given name, we need not rely on this for registration. Aurora is the Latin name for the Classical goddess of the dawn, and there is a pattern of borrowing such names into English, Italian, French, etc.
Submitters are reminded that an appropriately redacted copy of the identification being relied upon, an attestation of the documentation being relied upon that meets the requirement of Administrative Handbook IV.C.2, or an attestation of the legal name based on the letter found in Appendix D of the Admin Handbook is required when using the Legal Name Allowance.
Ansteorra is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Blazoned when registered in August 1979 as Purpure, on a chevron Or another sable, thereon a Maltese cross between two goblets Or, we are clarifying that the chevron is fimbriated and the goblets are palewise.
Commenters noted the resemblance of the roundel and mullets to Dragon Balls from the Dragon Ball media franchise. Despite this resemblance, this badge is not obtrusively modern. SENA A3F3 notes: "References that [...] are close to core style period armory will generally not be returned under this rule." A sole primary charge with multiple tertiaries fits squarely into core style, particularly when the charges are both incredibly common.
This device does not have an issue with unity of orientation under SENA A3D2c, as long charges such as swords are not comparable with compact charges such as crescents. It also does not have an issue with unity of arrangement under SENA A3D2e, as the charges are in the default arrangement for two types of charge on a divided field and reasonably fill their space, so their arrangement does not need to be blazoned.
Commenters discussed whether the patronymic name Mac _ Culloch was appropriate for a feminine name in Gaelic, and the general consensus was that this would not be an appropriate spelling in Gaelic, which uses literal patronyms. Fortunately, Lillia Crampette was able to find examples of inherited Scots feminine bynames using the desired spelling and spacing, and we have registered this name as submitted.
This name combines a Gaelic given name with a Scots byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
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Submitted as Belka Malutka, the byname was not correctly formed. The submitter wanted a byname meaning "small", but all examples were masculine bynames. Fortunately, ffride Morelle was able to find sufficient evidence to justify feminine descriptive bynames in Russian, using the descriptive ending ka. Maliuta is a Russian masculine descriptive byname meaning small, and we may create a similar feminine byname using the suffix ka instead of a. We have therefore changed this name to Belka Maliutka for registration.
The leaves on the bordure are oriented to follow the bordure instead of being all palewise. This is the expected orientation for charges on a bordure and is not a step from core practice. We direct Palimpsest to add this information to SENA Appendix G.
Nice cant on a given name meaning squirrel.
There is a step from core practice for the use of charges in orle not in their default orientation.
Submitted as Order of __ Guardian of the Crane, this order name was not correctly formed. While Guardian is an acceptable synonym for watchman, a documented heraldic charge, the pattern Order of + [Heraldic Charge] of the [Heraldic Charge] is not documentable. Fortunately, Lillia Crampette was able to document atte Crane as a locative byname, and Order of + the [Heraldic Charge] + of + [Locative] is an acceptable and documentable order name pattern. We have therefore changed this to Order of the Guardian of _ Crane for registration.
Submitters are reminded that prior registration is not a guarantee of future registration. Our rules are constantly evolving, based on available data, and what may have been registrable in the past, based on limited data, may not be registrable now, due to increased data proving that the earlier registration followed an inconsistent or incorrect pattern.
We direct Palimpsest to add the pattern Order of the [Heraldic Charge] of [Placename] to SENA Appendix E.
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We direct Morsulus to note that this is a Guild Name in the O&A.
Submitted as Order of Palma Fronde of the Barony of Atenveldt, the Latin grammar in the substantive element was not properly formed. With the submitter's permission, we have corrected the grammar and changed this order name to Order of Frons Palmae of the Barony of Atenveldt for registration.
The previous order name, Order of the Palm Leaf of the Barony of Atenveldt, is released.
As it has been over a decade since our last registration of a quarrel, we take this opportunity to redocument the charge. A quarrel is a period charge, found in the canting arms of Archer in Armorial lorrain de la première moitié du XVIe siècle (Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Français 18649), p. 56 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8528581h/f60.item), where it is blazoned as ung garrot. The Dictionnaire du Moyen Français defines this term, sv. garrot2, as "Gros trait d'arbalète" ("Large crossbow bolt").
Submitters and consulting heralds are reminded that charges that have not been registered before (and charges that have not been registered in a decade or more) should be documented as part of the submission.
The end-blown flute called a ney or nay in Persia and Arabia, and the Karg{i} düdük in Turkish, has been known for approximately 4000 years, and is registered here using the modern common English language spelling ney, using the lingua Societatis allowance.
The word shamsheer can be documented to being used in the English language to 1634, per the OED. The spelling shamshir is the standard lingua Societatis English spelling for this type of sword.
The July 2024 Cover Letter overturned precedent and noted that "Submitters whose tone markings were stripped out of their names for registration are invited to submit a request for reconsideration to restore the tone markings as appropriate."
While the name was not originally submitted with tone markings, that was likely at the advice of the consulting herald due to existing precedent. Therefore, we are happy to accept this request for reconsideration and register this name with its tonal markings.
Nice late 16th century Anglicized Irish name!
Submitted under the name Sancho Cristoval Maestas el matador de los puercos de Salazar.
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Submitted as Gunther le French Fry, commenters and heralds at the meeting unanimously felt that the byname le French Fry pulled "the listener out of a medieval mindset". The French fry is a 19th century invention, and is undoubtedly a modern reference. Fortunately, the submitter accepted dropping French, to make the by name the attested name de Fry. We have therefore made this change for registration.
There is a step from core practice for the use of an overall charge surmounting a fimbriated ordinary.
Artist's note: Please draw a larger horse and narrower bendlets so more of the horse lies on the field.
Nice 15th century English name!
Submitted as Meleri Athro, this name combines a feminine given name with a masculine occupational byname. Welsh requires that the grammatical gender of each name element matches. The feminine form of Athro is Athrawes and we have therefore changed this name to Meleri Athrawes for registration.
This device was pended on the June 2025 LoAR to redraw it with a field tincture that is identifiable as azure and make the unicorn larger and better centered to make it more clearly not barely overall. The submitter provided new artwork that corrected these issues.
The submitter's prior name, Amye of Newcastle Under Lyme, is released.
Submitted as Titania Cypsele, the byname was not correctly formed. The name pattern cited, [given name} + [given name], is only found in a Hellenistic and Imperial-era Greek names in an Egyptian context. While Titania is indeed documented as a cognomen in Hellenistic Egypt, Cypsele is not. Additionally Cypsele is documented as cognomen, and we do not see patterns in either fully Greek or mixed Latin/Greek names that consist solely of two cognomen. Further, from the full name examples cited in the documentation, (for example Flavia Titania and Valeria Titania), Titania appears to be Latinized.
Taking each element in turn, Alisoun Metron Ariston was able to document the masculine Greek name Titanios, from which the feminine Titania can be constructed, albeit in a Spartan Greek context.
The byname element, Cypsele, is slightly trickier. The given name Cypselos is not seen in an Egyptian context, and so cannot be used as an unmarked patronymic. Additionally, the Romanization is inconsistent, as in most Romanization schemes, the byname would start with K rather than C. We may form the patronymic Kypselou from this name however, and the name pattern [given name] + [patronymic] is an accepted name pattern in Ancient Greek.
We have therefore changed this name to Titania Kypselou for registration.
The submitter's prior device, Vert, a stag's head cabossed argent, a bordure argent mullety vert, is released.
The submitter's prior name, Rolland de Quincy de Rouen, is released.
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Submitted as Augusta Beglau, the documentation for the byname did not support the use of Beglau as a byname. While the cited website claims that the earliest use of this name was in 1612, we have no supporting evidence for that claim. We have therefore changed this to the attested name Augusta Begau for registration.
In general, the website namecensus.com is not an accurate source of data and should not be used as the sole source of name documentation.
Nice cant!
This is the defining instance of a double-key, with bits (the part of the key with wards) on opposite sides of the shank. It is a period charge found in the arms of Underwalden, 1605 (Siebmacher plate 222), and as the crest of Froberg, 1580 (Baszler Chronick, München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Res/2 Helv. 170, p. 54).
Submitters and consulting heralds are reminded that charges that have not been registered before (and charges that have not been registered in a decade or more) should be documented as part of the submission.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a fish, aside from flat fish such as chabots, in the tergiant posture, which we direct Palimpsest to add to SENA Appendix G.
The name elements Feodor and Tyresson are registered to the submitter and used under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter's prior name, Feodor Tyresson, is retained as an alternate.
While this personal name may look like a non-personal name, it follows no registerable non-personal name pattern that uses the designator House. Thus, this is a personal name, that follows attested patterns for personal names. Furthermore, we do not have any issues of presumption upon an already registered name.
As this is the first registration of a moonflower in over 20 years, and the charge was not documented at that time, we take this opportunity to document it. Moonflowers are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of South and North America in places inhabited by humans in period, so are acceptable charges per SENA A2B2b. The moonflower is considered a trumpet-shaped flower when in its default orientation in profile, and a few-petaled flower with five petals when affronty.
Submitters and consulting heralds are reminded that charges that have not been registered before (and charges that have not been registered in a decade or more) should be documented as part of the submission.
The submitter's prior device, Per bend sinister argent and vert, a hedgehog rampant sable and an arrow bendwise sinister Or, is retained as a badge.
Nice cant!
Submitted as Niall Mac Morna, no evidence could be found for the use of the given name Morna being used with mac rather than Ua to signify the patronymic. The patronymic construction mac generally signifies descent from a particular person -- the literal translation of this is "son of", and is a literal patronymic. The signifier Ua, however translates to "descendent of", and can be a literal as well as an allegorical or historical relationship. As the only documented form of the byname is Ua Morna, and there is some doubt as to whether the O'Morna clan was named for an actual, historical person (in which case mac would be appropriate), we have changed this name to Niall Ua Morna for registration.
The helmet is considered argent for the purpose of conflict, which we request Morsulus to note in the O&A.
This badge was pended on the June 2025 LoAR to redraw the panda in a period posture.
The June 2025 LoAR disallows the motif of a charge hanging from the horn of an increscent or decrescent; however, as the submitter's device uses this motif this is registerable under the Existing Registration Allowance.
Submitted as a French given name with an English byname, we need not rely on the lingual mix, as this can be documented as an entirely English name. The given name Seraphin can be dated to 1588 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5KD-N3V?lang=en, batch M00143-1) and both the ph/f switch and the dropping of the terminal e were common in English in this era. Therefore, Serafine Sawyer can be documented as an entirely English name.
Nice device!
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge for Magdalena Ott, Argent, a grey domestic cat sejant proper atop a trimount azure.
The submitter's prior device, Vert, a sea-wyvern maintaining a pitcher, a mountain argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice cant!
Nice cant!
Commenters questioned whether a real person could be named after a semi-legendary figure such as the Welsh bard Taliesin. Taliesin was considered a historical person by writers in period, much like several saints whose actual existence is questionable by modern historical standards. Further, given that 12th-16th century English is full of examples of people named after explicitly mythological characters like Achilles, Helios, Hermes, Venus, Vulcan, etc., naming a child after a Welsh bard who was believed at the time to be a real person is plausible.
The submitter's prior name, Talcan Whitehart, is released.
This combination of name and armory is not an unmistakable claim of superhuman abilities, magical powers, or divine origin per SENA A6G. The armory contains two symbols related to the story of the birth of Taliesin, but this is no more than one would expect in armory canting on the name of a mythological character, and is not an unmistakable claim to being the legendary bard.
This is the defining instance of valerian in Society armory. Valerian can be found in chapter 424 of The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes by John Gerard from 1597, so is an acceptable charge per SENA A2B2b.
Nice cant!
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Artist's note: Please draw fewer and larger fleurs-de-lys.
Ansteorra is the registered name of an SCA branch.
As it has been over a decade since the last registration of a chemise we take this opportunity to redocument the charge. A chemise is a period charge, found in the arms of Mondunno in the 16th C Grand armorial colorié (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 5232), f. 541v.
Submitters and consulting heralds are reminded that charges that have not been registered in a decade (and charges that have never been registered before) should be documented as part of the submission.
This device conflicts with the badge of Hroerekr Steinbjarnarson, Sable, a bear's head erased argent muzzled gules crowned of a county coronet Or, with a DC for adding the crescents but no difference for removing the muzzle or crown. However, Hroerekr Steinbjarnarson has provided permission to conflict, allowing this device to be registered.
This is the defining instance of a bladed katabami in Society armory. This is a period Japanese heraldic charge representing a wood sorrel leaf with blades between the lobes. A bladed katabami is considered to be equivalent to a three-petaled flower for the purposes of conflict.
This is the defining instance of woodlice in Society armory. Woodlice may be a period charge; the arms of Lässe, in Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft, p. 751 include a charge that certainly look like woodlice. Even if they aren't, woodlice lived in areas where humans lived in period, so are acceptable as a constructed charge under SENA A2B2b.
The arrangement of two rows of charges in bend is unusual, but is attested in the period example. Without evidence that this arrangement was considered different from it in period, it will be considered equivalent to six charges in their default arrangement on either side of a divided field. We decline to rule at this time as to the registerability of this arrangement on an undivided field.
Nice cant!
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Nordmark is the registered name of an SCA branch. As the submitter lives in a country where Swedish is an official language, the Swedish preposition av ("of") is appropriate when forming a locative byname under the Branch Name Allowance.
Nice device!
The adjectival locative Cronacher has been constructed by adding er to the city name of Cronach, which is a demonstrated pattern for locative bynames in German. We direct Palimpsest to add this locative formation to SENA Appendix A.
The submitter's prior name, Ludewic Nilsson, is released.
Dun in Mara is the registered name of an SCA branch.
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Submitted as Elisende DeJong, the documentation for the byname supports the spelling de _ Jong, rather than the submitted spelling. Additionally, the documentation for the given name documented Elisend_ and not Elisende. Fortunately, Lillia Crampette was able to document Elisende to 1648 France. As the submitter allows all changes provided the sound remains the same, we have changed this name to Elisende de _ Jong for registration.
Dutch and French are an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice 13th century Latinized Welsh name!
Submitted under the name Manga inn kyrra kottr.
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Blazoned when registered in May of 1996 as Or, on a chevron azure between three ravens rising contourny sable three crescents Or, we are clarifying that the crescents are palewise rather than following the direction of the chevron.
Nice cant!
Nice Egyptian name for approximately 650 BCE!
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Appearing on the LoI as Chrétien De Leau Du Pont, this was originally submitted as Chrétien de l'Eau Dupont and changed at kingdom due to lack of documentation. Commenters were able to provide support for the submitted bynames, thus we can restore this name to its submitted form.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy.
Artist's note: Please use a thicker bordure to allow more room for larger fleurs-de-lis.
This name combines a Welsh given name with an Irish Gaelic byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Artist's note: Please ensure the field is clearly Or; as submitted it is very close to blurring the line between Or and vert.
Nice cant on a byname meaning "fox"!
This device was pended on the June 2025 LoAR to redraw the unicorn atop the trimount so that it matched the pattern documented in the Individually Attested Pattern.
This device has charges with poor contrast with the background on which they are placed, in violation of SENA A3B4a, and has a complexity count of 10, in violation of SENA A3E2. Documentation was provided by the submitter showing that all elements of the design are found in period Hungarian armory, giving examples of armory of a similar complexity with low contrast primary charges and high contrast secondary charges. Based on this evidence, this device is registerable as an Individually Attested Pattern.
Artist's note: Please draw more prominent engrailing on the fimbriation.
Nice badge!
Artist's note: Please draw fewer and larger ermine spots.
Nice cant!
Submitted as Sæhildr fiskreka, the byname was incorrectly inflected at Kingdom to agree with the gender of the given name. However, the byname ends with a gerund, reki from the verb reka meaning "driving", and therefore does not require inflection. We have therefore changed this to Sæhildr fiskreki for registration.
Shaeolaura is the submitter's legal given name.
This badge has a charge with poor contrast with the background on which it is placed, in violation of SENA A3B4a. Documentation was provided by the submitter showing that all elements of the design are found in period Italian armory, giving examples of armory of a similar complexity with primary charges counterchanged over low contrast divided fields, and multiple examples of Or charges on argent and argent charges on Or. Based on this evidence, this badge is registerable as an Individually Attested Pattern.
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Submitted as Emerald Abbey of the Loch_, no evidence could be found to support the construction "Abbey of the" + [placename].
The substantive element Emerald can be constructed as a saint's given name, per Elisabetta Makejoye's article Gemstone Names in 16th Century England (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/gemstones.html). This gives us Emerald Abbey.
The use of a locative after the substantive element is also well documented, see for example, Trinity Abbey in Wexford [02/2020, A-Caid]. Unfortunately, as an entire name phrase must be in a single language, commenters were unable to find the Loch as an English locative. The closest that could be found as a placename was Lochyl, which can be dated to 13th century Norfolk.
Thus, with the submitter's consent, we have changed this name to Emerald Abbey in Lochyl for registration, following the documented name pattern [Saint's name] + Abbey of [Placename].
Submitted under the name Aislinn MacCuithein.
Nice cant on a byname meaning fox!
The submitter requested authenticity for "Viking". This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent but was fortunately noted by Ollivier Ragged Staff with enough time for commenters to respond. Kingdoms are reminded that all requests for authenticity must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to avoid a name being pended for further research.
Submitted as Hjordis Feilan Styrkarrskona, the nominative marker was not dropped in the submitted spelling, but was in the documentation. We have therefore changed this to Hjordis Feilan Styrkarskona for registration. This name meets the submitter's authenticity request.
Nice cant on a byname meaning 'wolf'!
Submitted as Katerina av Sørøya, that locative is based on the modern spelling of the island's name, Sørøya. Spellings found in the 16th and 17th century include Søderøy, Sørøenn, Sorøenn, and Sørøen. With the submitter's approval we have changed this to the attested 1530 spelling, i Søderøy, for registration. If the submitter is interested in a locative based on one of the other attested spellings, they may make a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century France/Brittany. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent but was fortunately noted by Ollivier Ragged Staff with enough time for commenters to respond. Kingdoms are reminded that all requests for authenticity must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to avoid a name being pended for further research.
This name may meet the submitter's authenticity request. However, we cannot be sure that double given names are documentable to as early as the 13th century in France.
There is a step from core practice for the use of charges arranged in annulo which are not in their default palewise orientation.
As this is the first registration of a Japanese stream since they were disallowed in 1995, we will note that this stylized form of stream is a charge found in period Japanese heraldry. It is different enough in appearance from the streams found in European heraldry that we will continue to include the word Japanese in the blazon to allow for accurate reproduction.
Nice cant!
Blazoned when augmented in November of 1988 as Per pale sable and azure, three mullets one and two within a laurel wreath argent, we are clarifying that the mullets are the augmentation.
This device was pended on the June 2025 LoAR to redraw the Bowen knots in a period style.
The submitter requested authenticity for 15th century Japan. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent but was fortunately noted by Ollivier Ragged Staff with enough time for commenters to respond. Kingdoms are reminded that all requests for authenticity must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to avoid a name being pended for further research.
As submitted, the name is authentic for 16th century Japan. We cannot however date all elements back to 15th century Japan, to meet the submitter's authenticity request.
Nice device!
The submitter requested authenticity for Spanish. This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent but was fortunately noted by Ollivier Ragged Staff with enough time for commenters to respond. Kingdoms are reminded that all requests for authenticity must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to avoid a name being pended for further research.
The given name was documented in French, however, heralds at the meeting were able to find several instances of the desired spelling in CORDES dated between 1358 and 1569, and the name element Tirado to 1560. Together with the documentation for the locative byname, we can say that this name meets the submitter's authenticity request.
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Submitted as Alexandra de Gévaudan, the byname did not match the documentation submitted. We have therefore changed this to Alexandra du Gévaudan for registration.
This combines a Latin (Italian) given name and a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
This device does not presume upon the charge reserved for Royal consorts and Members of the Order of the Rose, a chaplet of roses. The presence of the strawberries is enough to remove that appearance.
Artist's note: Please draw the wreath more circular. As emblazoned it has an outline more like a mullet of six points, which is visually confusing.
SENA A6G says: "A combination of name(s) and armorial elements may not contain an unmistakable claim of superhuman abilities, magical powers, or divine origin. In general, three or more allusions will be considered a claim of powers while a single allusion will not be considered a claim of powers, though it may be obtrusively modern under section A3F3." As this armory only has two references to the god Anubis, it may be registered.
Submitted under the name Anoubis Phylax.
Submitted as Aodhán de faie, the byname documented Faie as capitalized. We have therefore made this change for registration.
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an Anglicized Irish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
This device was pended on the June 2025 LoAR to redraw the head to be identifiable as a coney.
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This badge does not conflict with the device of Lavinia of the Tyrol, Per bend sinister Or and vert, ermined Or, in dexter chief a harp vert. There is a DC for removing the field, and a DC for adding the crown. As noted in the September 2025 return of the badge for the Bardic Champion of Østgarðr, adding a crown to an inanimate charge is a DC (except when considering conflict with one of the restricted charges with crowns listed in Table 3 of the Glossary of Terms).
The submitter is a royal peer of county rank and thus entitled to display a crown.
the Outlands is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitted as Róisin O'Ceallaigh, the byname could not be documented to pre-1600 CE. While Woulfe provides an entry for this name, it is not dated. Fortunately, Brían dorcha ua Conaill was able to document multiple instances of the Gaelic byname Ui Cheallaigh to the late 14th and early 15th centuries. As the submitter desires a feminine name, and the given name is feminine, we must also add the feminine patronymic marker inghean. We have therefore made these changes for registration. If the submitter is interested in the Anglicized Irish name Róisin O'Kelly, they may make a request for reconsideration.
Nice late 16th century English name!
This is the defining instance of a salmon-spear in Society armory. This is a period charge, found in the arms of Ränntl c. 1550 (Neustifter Wappenbuch, Neustift, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift Cod. s.n.). Like the eel-fork [Varukh syn Iarygin, 12/2014, A-Gleann Abhann], this charge defaults to points downward, which we direct Palimpsest to add to Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms.
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As noted on the May 2025 Cover Letter, "Charge groups of four charges in cross or in saltire should normally consist of identical charges or two pairs of different charge types in a balanced arrangement (such as two charges in pale and two charges in fess. Any other grouping of four charges in cross or saltire will need to be shown to be compatible with period style with examples." However, that restriction only applies to items appearing on Letters of Intent dated after October 1, 2025. As this item was submitted before that date, we are able to register it.
Submitted as Aurélie l'archère, no evidence could be found for the accented forms of either the given name or the byname, nor could the given name be clearly documented to period. Fortunately, commenters documented Aurelie to at least the grey period. Therefore, we have changed this name to Aurelie l'archere for registration.
Submitted as Christopher McEntee, we do not register the prefix Mc as it is a scribal abbreviation for Mac. We have therefore used the full form for registration.
As modified, this is a nice late 16th century Anglicized Irish name!
Nice late 16th century English name!
Nice 16th century French name!
This armory uses a flory ordinary, which has demi-fleurs-de-lys issuing from both sides of the ordinary, in line with each other (as opposed to the attested flory-counterflory, which has the tops of the fleurs-de-lys in line with the bottoms of the fleurs, in alternating orientations). Though we allow chiefs and bordures flory with a step from core practice, SENA Appendix F2 does not list flory as a complex line that is attested to period armory, so it must be documented for use with double-sided ordinaries. Luckily, John Guillim's 1610 manuscript of A Display of Heraldry includes an example of this complex line on f. 8r, "Or, a Barre betwixt 2 Barrulets flored G[ules]". Though this isn't an identical usage, it is similar enough that we will allow double-sided ordinaries flory, though we will consider it a step from core practice if used in a design that also features other charges, which we direct Palimpsest to add to SENA Appendix G.
Upon their death the submitter grants blanket permission to conflict with their device and registered names, and transfers all badges to the Barony of Glyn Dwfn. If the barony doesn't accept the transfer, blanket permission to conflict with the badges is granted.
Nice 13th century name from Essex!
As noted on the May 2025 Cover Letter, "Charge groups of four charges in cross or in saltire should normally consist of identical charges or two pairs of different charge types in a balanced arrangement (such as two charges in pale and two charges in fess. Any other grouping of four charges in cross or saltire will need to be shown to be compatible with period style with examples." However, that restriction only applies to items appearing on Letters of Intent dated after October 1, 2025. As this item was submitted before that date, we are able to register it.
The falcon's head is considered half sable and half argent, which we ask Morsulus to note in the O&A.
Nice cant!
Submitted as Nevara Bogi, the given name could not be documented to period. Fortunately, Rúnfríðr Rocket and Jeanne Marie Palimpsest were able to document both the given name Navarre, and the byname, Bogi, to late period France, removing the lingual mix, and making this an entirely French name. We have therefore changed this name to Navarre Bogi for registration.
The full-size emblazon of this device provided in commentary is not much bigger than the OSCAR thumbnail. Submissions heralds are reminded to take care when changing artwork on submissions. See the June 2025 Cover Letter for details.
Nice late 16th century English name!
The submitter requested authenticity for "11-12th century Irish". This name meets that request.
Blazoned when registered in December of 1971 as Argent, a sprig of three copihues proper [Lapageria rosea], there is no defined proper for copihues, so we are explicitly noting the tinctures. We are also taking this opportunity to remove the Linnaean classification.
Artist's note: Please draw the sword and wings larger so more of them lie on the field.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Takeda Heitarou Kinsuke, Azure, a Japanese crane displayed argent. There is a DC for adding the chief, but none for the type of bird. Per SENA Appendix M1d, there is only difference given between two different categories of birds displayed "if they are emblazoned in a way that makes the category clear". Commenters could not clearly identify that the bird in this submission was a swan-shaped bird rather than a crane-shaped bird.
This badge is returned for conflict with An Tir's badge for the Order of La Mano d'Oro, Purpure, a dexter hand within a double tressure Or. There is a DC for removing the tressure, but none for the addition of the ribbon; the ribbon here is effectively a worn item, and worn items do not typically count for difference.
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This household name is returned under SENA NPN4C: Claim of Powers. Commenters agreed that a household name that implied that the members were swamp witches was an unmistakable claim to supernatural powers. While both "Swampe" and "Wytch" were common bynames in period, the name phrase "Swamp Witch", used in a context that explicitly states a group or indeed, a home for swamp/bog witches/hags is an unmistakable claim of supernatural powers for the members of the group.
This item has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This badge is returned for having three types of charge in the same charge group, in violation of SENA A3D2a, Slot Machine. Precedent says: "When part of a primary charge group, a wreath and what it surrounds are co-primary charges" [Wyldewode, Canton of, 01/2017, R-Ansteorra]. This applies not just to wreaths, but to any "charge-within-charge" in a non-central position on the field [Micahel Corey, 03/2009, R-Atenveldt]. Therefore, in this submission the trees, heart, and flame are all in the same charge group.
This badge is also returned for having a voided charge as part of a primary charge group that has more than three charges, in violation of SENA A3C.
This personal name does not follow any documented Spanish name pattern, and nor could any bracketing examples of the form [Given Name] + [Given Name] + [Byname] +[Descriptive Phrase] + [Locative Byname] be found in the available data. Therefore, we must return this name. This name would be registerable without the descriptive phrase as Sancho Cristoval Maestas de Salazar. However, as the submitter allows only grammatical changes, we cannot make this change for registration. Additionally, there are several bynames/occupational terms that would convey a similar meaning to the intended 'killer of pigs', such as Carnicero 'butcher' or Montero 'huntsman',, if the submitter wishes to use any of those instead.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Sancho of Vallis Aeris.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns)
This badge is returned for using an undocumented style of fimbriation.
In the return of the device of Erlendr Jafnakollr in Feb 2020, Per fess sable and azure, conjoined in pale a demi-roundel gules fimbriated argent and a demi-sun Or eclipsed sable each issuant from the line of division, which also has a fimbriated demi-charge issuing from the line of division, we wrote: "We decline to rule at this time on the acceptability of the fimbriation. If a similar element is included on resubmission, the submitter should be prepared to argue - preferably with period evidence - why this is an acceptable depiction of fimbriation." No evidence of this has been provided.
SENA A3C notes that "All central ordinaries may be fimbriated, even those with complex lines, as long as there are no breaks in the outline of the ordinary." As ordinaries are the simplest case of fimbriation, it is reasonable to extend the restriction against fimbriating charges with breaks in their outline to other charges. Without documentation of the practice, we will not allow fimbriated charges issuing from lines of division. We direct Palimpsest to open a Rules Letter to add this information to SENA A3C.
This name was withdrawn by the submitter.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Brienus the Silent, Purpure, six annulets, three, two, and one, argent. There is a DC for the change in field tincture, but there is no difference for number between six and semy, nor any difference for arrangement.
This device is returned for having poor contrast between the wolf and the field, per SENA A3B4a. Charges on fretty are considered to be overall, with the fretty primary, despite not using overall in the blazon. Overall charges must have good contrast with the field.
Submitted as Manga inn kyrra kottr, the first descriptive byname was not correctly formed. Bynames that are weak adjectives may use inn (masculine) or in (feminine), but do not have to. Here, kyrra is feminine, so it would be either kyrra or in kyrra. We would have changed to the byname to in kyrra for registration as the smallest change; however, as the submitter limited the allowed changes to the addition of accent marks we must return the name.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Manga of Árdchreag.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
This heraldic title is returned under SENA NPN5B5 -- Offensiveness by Association.
Unfortunately, due to the negative connotations, we must return this name under SENA NPN5B5. Concerns were raised in commentary as to whether the substantive element Sable Massacre could be deemed as an offensive term due to the modern and period meanings of "massacre", i.e. "mass slaughter/murder", particularly given the ruling in the acceptance of the household name Company of the Silver Massacre [A-East - 12/2024. In this ruling, we ruled that the household name was acceptable, as the addition of a color word not commonly associated with violence or slaughter, namely silver, did not rise to the level of offense required for a return.
In the case here, we are aware that Sable Massacre Pursuivant is based on the charge that is the group's populace badge, Argent, a massacre within a bordure embattled sable, and that this heraldic title was submitted based on the heraldic charge, with absolutely no intent of causing offense. In the context of that blazon, the stag's massacre is not a source of offense, not least because sable describes both the antlers and the bordure, and is so far audibly removed from the charge, that any offensive connotations do not arise.
However, the substantive element in this heraldic title is Sable Massacre, a term which in the current politic climate could be seen as a reference to racial violence and ethnic cleansing. "Sable massacre" can easily translate into modern English as "black massacre or slaughter".
There are several other words that can be used to describe this charge that do not give the same connotations, such as attire, or antlers. Either of these would convey the imagery of the charge on their populace badge, without giving rise to a term that could appear to be condoning or advocating racial violence.
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(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns)
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This name is returned as we were unable to adequately document the byname MacCuithein to period. While the surname appears in Black's Surnames of Scotland as a header spelling, there is no dated form for the spelling, nor could documentation be found.
This badge is returned for dividing a charge into ten gyrons. Precedent says: "In the return of the device of Edborough Kellie in April 2007, the March 1983 precedent barring charges gyronny of greater than eight pieces was once again upheld. Barring evidence of charges divided into more than eight gyrons, this precedent stands." [Druisten Hrafnsson, 08/2017, R-Lochac]
This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Odriana vander Brugghe, Sable, an ear of wheat argent. Despite both maize and wheat being period charges, there is too much visual similarity between the two to grant a DC.
If registered, this would have been the defining instance of maize in Society armory. Maize is a period charge, found in the arms of Hernando de la Parra from 1560.
As the device is being returned, we can't accept the blanket permission to conflict.
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns) (to Meridies pends)
This name is returned under SENA PN4C -- Claim of Powers. This states that names may not contain an unmistakable claim of supernatural or superhuman abilities, magical powers, or divine origin. Anoubis is the name of the Egyptian God and guardian of the afterlife and underworld, and Phylax means guardian. Thus, this name would be an unmistakable name to being Anoubis the Guardian, i.e. of divine provenance, and similar in tone to Thor of the Thunder or Hermes the Messenger. Therefore, we must return this name.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Anoubis of Brendoken.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Jay Fare Whitewolf, Per pale gules ermined argent and counter-ermine, a wolf rampant argent. There is a DC for changing the field tinctures. Any other DC would have to come from the difference between a wolf and a werewolf.
Precedent says: "While the enfield appears in period, the only period examples we can find are supporters. As such it is impossible to tell whether enfields were considered different from canines in period as charges on the shield. With that in mind, we are left with visual differences; at least three-quarters of an enfield is canine, and the avian forelimbs often appear close to hands, as do those of canines in period heraldry. There is not enough visual difference to give a CD between canines and enfields" [Anacletus McTerlach, 07/2004, R-Meridies]. Similarly, the only period example we have of the werewolf is from a single crest. As there is much less visual difference between a werewolf and a canine than there is between an enfield and a canine, a DC is not available here.
On resubmission, the submitter should ensure the werewolf is drawn like our period example, with human-like ears on the sides of the head, rather than pointed ears on the top of the head.
This device is returned for having an undocumented arrangement of charges. Precedent, upheld as recently as March 2024, says, "Properly drawn, a pile (inverted or not) should not have room for a charge between its point and the opposite edge of the shield." [Magnús h{o,}ggvandi, 10/2007, R-Gleann Abhann].
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation, which states, "A charge group in which postures for different charges must be blazoned individually will not be allowed without period examples of that combination of postures." A "bow and arrow" is considered a single, compact orientable charge, as is the plant, so they are comparable. In the submitted design, the orientation of the bows and arrows must be blazoned separately from the flower, as we treat the flower's orientation as palewise, even though it isn't blazoned.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 3 on the An Tir letter of July 14, 2025.
This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 4 on the An Tir letter of July 14, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the bordure. In the submitted emblazon the traits of the checky are wider than the bordure itself, making the pattern difficult to identify. The traits of checky on a bordure should be at most half the width of the bordure, if the checky is "cut from cloth" style, and at most a third the width of the bordure if the checky follows the line of the bordure.
This was item 1 on the Drachenwald letter of July 29, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the wings of the shark so they don't overlap the dorsal and pectoral fin. As emblazoned this overlap hinders identifiability.
If the redraw is accepted, this is the defining instance of a thresher shark in Society armory. As an animal known to humans in period this is a registerable charge per SENA A2B2b.
This was item 15 on the Lochac letter of July 28, 2025.
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This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 3 on the Meridies letter of August 1, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the lion and roses to make the lion clearly the primary charge. As emblazoned, they blur the line between a primary charge with secondary charges and co-primary charges.
This was item 1 on the West letter of July 29, 2025.
This device is pended to redraw the wolf and roses to make the wolf clearly the primary charge. As emblazoned, they blur the line between a primary charge with secondary charges and co-primary charges.
This was item 4 on the WEST letter of July 29, 2025.
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- Explicit -
Created at Tue 23 Dec 2025 04:23:19 PM CST