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(11:15 am to 2:23 pm)
The July 2018 meeting was held in San Leandro, CA.
ATTENDEES:Aasa Thorvaldsdottir, Vesper; Edith of Swanesdale, Matins; Krysta of Starfall, Green Crown; Hirsch von Henford, Golem; Astrið of Swanesvale, Latimer; Mercy Grym, Green Cloak; Kean de Lacy, Seawolf; Gwenhwyfaer ferch Gwilym, PaL/Archivist; Angus Duncan Cameron, Cloondaran Pursuivant; Frederick of Holland, PaL; Na'arah batAurahan, PaL; Hannah Storyteller, PE; Safiya bint Zakariya al-Tayyib, PE; Faun Woods, Cornet; Carrek MacBrian, Cornet; Donovan Synklar; Domamir Vlatko Syn.
In remote attendance: Finna kottr Goðormsdóttir, Cornet.
COLLEGE OF HERALDS MEETINGS
Heralds' Meetings for 2018: September 30, November 18, and January 6, 2019 (Sunday of Twelfth Night).
Heralds' Meetings for 2019: March 10, May 19, July 21, September 15, and November 17.
Meetings usually begin at 11:00 AM and will be held at Green Crown's home unless
otherwise noted.
The DEADLINES for submission forms and documentation are: September 19, November 7, and December 19. For 2019: 2019: February 27, May 8, July 10, September 4, and November 6. Submission forms must be complete, and received either via EMAIL or hardcopy by the deadline date at midnight to be considered at the next meeting (which is about 11 days later, except December due to holidays and the roadshow meeting prep time needed). If the forms are EMAILED, then payment must arrive by the meeting day. WALK-IN submissions will only be considered if there is time, but in most cases will be delayed until the next meeting so that each submission can be reviewed fully.
REPORTS
Vesper (Aasa); Compline (Alizon): She has several senior staff positions that need changes (replacement, title and job changes). Report to Laurel is a month late due to technological issues, Laurel is aware.
Seawolf (Kean): Seawolf is working on updating ceremonies.
Sable Swan (Caoilinn): Coronet occurred. Eight new trainees! Court reports are all in. Earl Marshal and Vesper need to discuss the litany, specifically the end and whether the heralds start the fight or turn it back over to the marshals.
Stellanordica (Rodrigo): No report received.
Exchequer (Angus): Mundane life has interfered: Angus is resigning as Exchequer as soon as a replacement can be found. ASAP! This position includes completing a spreadsheet quarterly for the Kingdom Exchequer reporting on the fiscal doings of the West Kingdom College of Heralds. A job description can be found here [http://heralds.westkingdom.org/SeniorStaffDescriptions/Exchequer.php]. There is no requirement for the Exchequer to be physically located in any specific part of the Kingdom, but they must be a member of the SCA in good standing and physically located within the Kingdom of the West. Please send resumes to Aasa Thorvaldsdottir, Vesper Principal Herald at herald@westkingdom.com if you are interested in this position.
Matins (Edith): Submissions are coming in. Reminder: color copy needs to be colored with markers, not computer printed. Submissions are going up to the CoA and then being published in LoARs: the office is functioning.
Green Crown (Krysta): Suggestion that the College evaluate the available Heraldic Titles, especially if we are thinking of making a new duty-shout & information deputy (see information under Greencloak's report).
She notes that there has been an increase in the number of Herald Extraordinares being awarded throughout the Known World. The West has never participated in this form of award, but it is worth noting the increase and thus the decreased availability of potential registerable titles, should the West wish to reconsider involvement.
Banner (Anne); Emergency Deputy: Eilis: June Crown happened, courts happened, courts have been reported. Eilis requests that she be added back into the Court Reporting system so that she sees all the reports as they come through (technical glitches were causing difficulties at one point). Ceremony book updates are still in process.
Baldric (Lucius): Nothing to report.
Brachet (Cynehild): No report received.
Greencloak (Mercy); Deputies: Elinora, Safiya: Note that Safiya will move forward as a deputy, but not as a successor for this position. Following the last meeting, Greencloak changed several things for June Crown, including having a LARGE sheet for tourney assignments. This worked well but did result in some heralds not using the sign-in sheet. This process will continue to be evaluated and updated.
Suggestion: there is little to no need for a Herald's Point at Coronation events (almost everything is submitted before the event, there is usually no tourney and so no field heralds, and usually no consultation table). Therefore, there is no need to set up the Heralds Point pavilion on the main drag. Should the College reconsider this practice?
Duty shouts: Greencloak requested these be turned in prior to June Crown, which worked very well, except for the length of some requested event announcements. Much discussion ensued around event announcements. The discussion included that recent culture in the West has allowed for long, involved, and full-of-shtick announcements during Courts, and that since the current Royalty have requested no or very limited announcements during their Courts, this expectation seems to have fallen back on the duty heralds. Greencloak is working with the individuals making requests, but general consensus is that the duty shouts were still too long. Suggestions included: 1) that Greencloak, with Vesper and Royal backing, can massively shorten or decline these announcements; or 2) that perhaps another medium can be found in which to express them, such as a Kingdom Privy Press or; 3) even that the individual groups can post their own fliers announcing their events (as one group did at June Crown, and as has happened in the past). Kingdom Seneschal indicates that the Kingdom would be willing to subsidize a Privy Press.
Reminders were made that heralds do NOT have to accept all requested announcements and do NOT have to use the wording provided. Also, reminders that event announcements are officially published in The Page (and now with duplications on Facebook), and that heraldic announcements of them are not required and in the past have at times been very uncommon. To adjust this expectation may take some time and effort.
Greencloak brings up the amount of work that she is expected to cover at a Kingdom event, specifically at Crown tourneys: duty shouts, information table, and running the field heralds. She has received negative feedback (from outside the College) over the past several years focusing on her lack of attention to one of more of these areas during an event and points out that she cannot be in three places at once and that doing all this work removes the possibility of her actively participating in the event as an individual. Therefore, she requests that Vesper and the College consider whether Greencloak should be responsible for field, information table, and duty shouts. Duty shouts & info table got combined in with the rest of Greencloak to stop the populace from walking up to random heralds and asking them to drop what they were doing and make a duty shout. The suggestion: create another Vesper Deputy to handle information table and duty shouts, leaving Greencloak in charge of field heralds (signing them up, training them, assigning them to fields and rounds, checking on them during the tourney, etc.) and Banner in charge of court heralds.
Latimer (Astrið): Sine ran Table at Cynagua Spring Coronet, with assistance from Gwyn and Flieg, there were clients! Darrin also came over and joined Table for most of the event. Gwyn ran Table at June Crown, Darrin returned and helped, and again there were clients! Latimer, at this time, plans to attend and run Table at all remaining Crown and Coronet tourneys this year.
Golem (Hirsch): Some conferencing software problems with today's meeting, still working on that issue. The Awards List now has a search option for date ranges. Noting mundane names on court reports for individuals receiving their first award can be helpful, he stores that information (not visible to the public) and can reference it later. With new individuals, this can be helpful if they come up with a use-name right away, but then change it later as they learn more about the SCA.
ANNOUNCEMENTS / Other Business
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTSFacebook Page: The West Kingdom Heralds' have their own page on Facebook, announcements, help with consultation, and more are often done there:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/302970543102065/
MAILING LIST: The West Kingdom College of Heralds has a mailing list for internal communication. NOTE that we are only using this for announcements and we may eventually phase it out. Any herald is welcome to join by request. To join the list, please subscribe at wkheralds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
There are also individual mailing lists on Yahoo for the Principalities, but the traffic has gone to announcements only, and again these may be phased out in preference to the Facebook page noted above. Details can be found at the bottom of this page: I Need to Contact a Kingdom or Principality Herald
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Many interesting heraldic links can be found through the SCA Heraldry web page at http://www.sca.org/heraldry, including the Laurel home page, the on-line Armorial and Ordinary (with search capabilities) and The Academy of St. Gabriel (an onomastic and heraldic consultation service). The West Kingdom Heraldry site and the West Kingdom Awards List can be accessed through the West Kingdom site, http://www.westkingdom.org. Heraldic queries may also be addressed to Vesper at herald@westkingdom.org -- answers may take a few days.
BRACHET MEETINGS
Contact brachet@heralds.westkingdom.org for external commenting participation. A central Cynagua external commenting meeting may begin soon, so watch this space!
EXCERPTS FROM THE LOARS
The cover letters, acceptances and returns for the past can be found at http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/. If you are interested in responding to some of the calls for commentary put out by the Laurel Sovereign of Arms, please be sure to visit the site.March 2018 LoAR (printed May 21, 2018) (West - No LOI)
Cover Letter
From Wreath: IAP and ERA and other fun acronyms
A registration considered this month depended on the Existing Registration Allowance to register a portion of a design that has since been ruled unregisterable. The submission also had a step from period practice for the use of non-European fauna, per SENA A2B4b. The device was returned for use of both an Existing Registration Allowance element and a step from period practice.
SENA A2B3 states that "The use of the existing registration allowance does not allow the submitter to evade new style problems (as discussed in A.1 through A.3). It only allows the submitter to evade style problems that already exist with their registered armory." By their nature, each design element which carries a step from period practice introduces a minor "style problem" to a piece of armory; this is why inclusion of more than one will cause the design to be returned. Therefore, items that carry a step from period practice which already appear in the existing registration will continue to be allowed in a new submission relying upon the Existing Registration Allowance. However, adding an element that is a step from period practice to a design that is already reliant upon the Existing Registration Allowance for passage is grounds for return.
Commenters asked whether this ruling would impact Individually Attested Patterns (IAP). SENA A1A delineates between the two armory rule sets: Core Style, which permits steps from period practice, and IAPs, which only permit elements otherwise considered in core style as a step from period practice "when documented as being used in the time and place as the rest of the submission." Effectively, steps from period practice don't exist under IAP rules, because all items in an IAP must be demonstrated as a period practice. However, once registered, there is little to delineate between armory submitted under Core Style rules or an IAP other than a note in the LoAR.
We ask commenters to discuss under what circumstances armorial designs registered using an IAP should be considered for an ERA. Should they be treated differently than Core Style registrations? Should a design registered under an IAP but incompatible with Core Style design be allowed to subseqeuently incorporate elements of Core Style that are not documentable to the time period and culture of the IAP? For example: Should a submitter whose father has registered Japanese mon under an IAP be allowed to register his father's device, differenced by a label in the style of early English heraldry?
From Wreath: Proper Centaurs
We have very few centaurs in SCA heraldry, and even fewer that are blazoned proper. The last centaur registered with any portion of the charge tinctured "proper" is from 1989. It should come as little surprise, then, that the definition of a centaur's proper coloration has not been explicitly defined, with most of the registrations having some sort of indicator (e.g. Bay, Chestnut) for the tincture of the horse part, or otherwise blazoning the equine bits with a heraldic tincture and describing the human torso as proper. There are, however, two examples of a centaur being blazoned as proper without further description: The devices of Simonetta de Galicia, registered August 1979, Argent, a sagittary trippant proper and a lion counterrampant gules, on a chief azure three crescents argent and Tancred de Galicia, registered October 1979 (same, with an added label). Upon review of the archived artwork, both centaurs have caucasian human skin and brown horse bodies.
The centaur is a period heraldic charge, with a properly tinctured example found in the arms of De Trivilini in Insignia urbium Italiae septentrionalis: Nobilium Mediolanensium (BSB Cod.icon. 270, 410 recto). In this example, the brown horse body and caucasian-skinned human torso are identical in tincture to the registered arms cited above. We therefore accept the definition as the standard definition of a centaur proper.
From Wreath: Augmentations and badges
The December Palimpsest Rules Letter proposed new rules for adding augmentations to badges. Discussion at the Wreath meeting raised questions about whether a single augmentation could be applied to more than one item of armory, and whether the use of augmentations on branch badges should be restricted. We are directing Palimpsest to draft new versions of the proposed rules to clarify these points.
From Pelican: On Using Black's Surnames of Scotland
In most ways, Black's Surnames of Scotland is an excellent and valuable source. However, as with many sources of a certain age, Black must be used with care.
Black is most useful for documenting Scots names from the 15th and 16th centuries. Header spellings from Black are not registerable "unless they are dated or shown to be consistent with period spellings." [Duncan MacMillan, 7/2017 LoAR, A-East]
The same is true for the hypothetical Gaelic root forms listed by Black (generally in italics). His Gaelic forms are "nearly always modern normalized forms" and thus, by precedent, are not registerable without corroborating documentation from another reliable source. [Seamus Mac Enrig, 09/2006 LoAR, A-Meridies]
Scottish records from the 1400s and earlier were generally in Latin. Any spelling from 1400 or earlier that is not obviously Latinized likely was modernized by Black and needs corroboration from another source. Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (http://www.rps.ac.uk/), Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (found as part of the Dictionary of the Scots Language at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/), and British History Online (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/) can be very useful for corroborating spellings found in Black. British History Online materials may be behind a paywall, but many senior heralds have subscriptions and are willing to assist in obtaining documentation.
As always, if there are any questions about whether particular information in Black is reliable, please feel free to contact me. If I cannot answer the question myself I can refer you to a herald on my staff who can do so.
West Acceptances - March LoAR
None.
West Returns - March LoAR
None.
April 2018 LoAR (printed June 5, 2018) (West - January 2018 LOI)
Cover Letter
From Wreath: IAP and ERA and other fun acronyms
From Pelican: Hamlets
The Kingdoms of Lochac and Drachenwald both use the term "Hamlet" to apply to entities that fall somewhere between branches and households. No one had attempted to register names for these entities until recently. Therefore, the Laurel office had not established policy for whether and how names for Hamlets should be registered.
The Barony of Southron Gaard within the Kingdom of Lochac submitted two Hamlet names over the last several months. The name Hamlet of Gildenwick appeared on the June 26, 2017, Lochac Letter of Intent and then on the November 2017 Letter of Pends and Discussion. The name Hamlet of Wildmoor appeared on the October 24, 2017, Lochac Letter of Intent; it was pended awaiting the outcome of the larger discussion on Hamlets. Having now received instructions from the Board of Directors concerning the status of Hamlets, decisions on these two specific Hamlet names are included in this month's Letter of Acceptances and Returns.
Effective as of the date of issuance of this Letter, registration of the names of Hamlets is subject to the following rules:
- Only Lochac and Drachenwald may submit names and badges for Hamlets. Any other Kingdom wishing to do so must first obtain the same variance from the Board of Directors as Lochac and Drachenwald.
- Hamlet names are considered branch names for the purposes of the College of Arms. Hamlet is the designator and the substantive elements of the name must be appropriate for a place name.
- Hamlet of is considered neutral in language and time period, just like any other branch name designator. Because of the special status of Hamlets we are not currently accepting translations of the term "hamlet" into other languages.
- Hamlets may register badges but they may not register arms.
- Hamlets may not display a laurel wreath as part of their armory unless and until they transition to being official SCA branches.
- A petition of support will be required to register a name or badge for a Hamlet. We are consulting with Lochac and Drachenwald about the most practical form of such a petition given the special status of Hamlets.
From Pelican: Colors in French Inn-Sign Names
This month we dealt with the question of whether a household name based French inn-sign patterns could use the heraldic color term sable. French inn-sign names such as la maison du Chappeau rouge, l'enseigne de la Rose blanche use ordinary vernacular color terms to describe the heraldic charges. Thus, until evidence is found supporting the use of heraldic tinctures in French inn-sign names, French household names relying on the pattern heraldic charge + color must use vernacular color terms such as rouge and blanche as opposed to heraldic tincture terms.
The color terms Or and argent were used both as terms for heraldic tinctures and ordinary color terms. Thus, they may be used in inn-sign household names. In addition, period examples of period French inn-sign names show these color terms were used with the preposition de: for example, hostel du Lion d'argent and l'enseigne de la Croix d'or.
We welcome additional research on the subject of French household names and naming patterns.
From Wreath: Bisciones
A submission this month asked us to consider whether the motif of a serpent glissant palewise vorant of a demi-human was sufficiently peculiar to the Visconti family and their supporters that use of the motif should be considered presumptuous under SENA A6B1. The charge combination, blazoned by the Italians as a biscione, was used by the Visconti family almost exclusively, and chiefs of allegiance displaying the biscione were used by Visconti supporters, indicating that use in SCA armory in any form would be presumptuous. However, the tinctures of the serpent were exclusively vert or azure when used for this purpose. Therefore, we are adding the biscione, defined for our purposes as a serpent glissant palewise (vert or azure) vorant of a demi-human (of any tincture), to the list of restricted charges.
From Laurel: A Herald Extraordinary
The College of Arms has a rank of Herald Extraordinary that has a long and honored history. The rank was formally created and defined in the July 1981 cover letter by Wilhelm Laurel. The intent of the rank is to recognize and reward "... those heralds who have greatly served the College of Heralds and/or the College of Arms and have achieved the highest level of competence in heraldry."
There are a handful of people who have served for many years as our experts on specific topics and it is right that they be recognized. Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor is one of those people: she has been the go-to person on German names since before I stepped up as Pelican in 2010 and has continued that to the present. She's always been there, even though our meetings run deep into the evening in Drachenwald. For that invaluable long-term service, it pleases me to confer upon her the rank and style of Herald Extraordinary, and charge her to register a title of her choosing with the College of Arms.
West Acceptances - April LoAR
Bridget Walker. Device. Azure, a waterwheel and on a chief wavy argent three mullets azure. Claire Cameron. Name.Elizabeth Roper. Name.Nice 16th century Anglo-Scots name!
Fionnghuala inghean Raghnaill. Device. Argent crusilly fitchy, a tower purpure. Sara a la Petite Rose. Device. Per fess engrailed argent and azure, a rose purpure barbed and seeded proper and a dolphin haurient argent.The submitter requested authenticity for "English Elizabethan." Not only does this name meet this request generally, in commentary, Drauma-Ellisif found this precise name in Warwick, England in 1592.
West Returns - April LoAR
Hannah Story Teller. Badge. Gules, in fess a squirrel, maintaining a nut, and a lion Or.Sabrina de la Bere. Augmentation of arms. Or, a bend sinister azure between a rose gules slipped, leaved, and singly thorned vert and a natural leopard couchant sable and for augmentation the leopard charged on the flank with a poppy affronty Or.This device is returned for violating SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation, which states "The charges within a charge group should be in either identical postures/orientations or an arrangement that includes posture/orientation" The charges here are not in a unified arrangement, as the squirrel is sejant erect and the lion is rampant.
Some commenters questioned whether both quadrupeds being in their default posture had an effect on SENA A3D2c. Default postures are used in SCA heraldry for two reasons. The first is to shorten blazons by omitting the posture when it is so common that simply mentioning the beast brings the posture to mind. The second is to encourage use of the postures most commonly found in period for a particular beast in order to encourage a more period armorial style. However, most quadrupeds do not have a default posture, and use of a default posture in two non-identical charges that do have an assigned posture does not give the submitter the right to bypass the Unity of Posture rule. If it is possible for two animate charges in the same charge group to have the same posture, then per SENA A3D2c, they must.
This augmentation is returned for redraw. The rose in the original armory was oriented so that the slip was palewise and arched like a closing parenthesis, with the blossom placed just to dexter and following the natural curve of the slip. In the augmentation's submission, the slip is straight and oriented halfway between palewise and bendwise, with the blossom set 45 degrees off of where the slip would naturally fall. As this is neither a reproduction of the registered armory nor a blazonable variant in the orientation, it must be returned for violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms.
Some commenters questioned whether use of a poppy affronty Or as the augmentation created conflict with the badge of the Kingdom of Caid for the Legion of Courtesy, (Fieldless) A rose Or. SENA A3A3 states that "An augmentation that appears to be a display of independent armory, such as a charged canton or a single charged escutcheon, must also be evaluated as if the augmentation itself were a submission of independent armory for purposes of style, conflict, offense, and presumption." As the poppy does not appear on a shape that is considered an independent display of armory, this does not conflict with Caid's badge.
May 2018 LoAR (printed July 2, 2018) (West - February (special) LOI)
Cover Letter
From Laurel: Thanks from Known World Heralds and Scribes 2018
Thanks to the Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands for hosting Known World a few weeks ago. That's where I started in the SCA, and they pulled out all the stops to make us feel welcome. Specific thanks to Alaric MacConnal and his amazing staff; everything went smoothly and well. Thanks to Thomas Byron of Haverford and Ariella of Thornbury for welcoming us into their home (when they say their home is their castle, they're not exaggerating) Friday night and to Odriana vander Brugghe for feeding us. Thanks to all the instructors -- it was a great set of classes -- and to the performers who entertained us Saturday evening. I look forward to seeing the proceedings soon.
From Laurel: Known World 2019 and 2020
It's my pleasure to announce that the 2019 Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium will be held July 5-7, 2019, in the Barony of Coeur d'Ennui and the Canton of Axed Root, Calontir. The site will be the Holiday Inn & Suites - Des Moines Northwest, in Urbandale, IA. The event steward, Lady Alexandra Vazquez de Granada (called Shandra), will be sharing more details as the time comes.
I'm also announcing that the 2020 Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium will be held in Lochac in early July. The details will be forthcoming as they continue planning, but we wanted to give everyone time to save their pennies to join us all in Lochac.
From Wreath: On "Ululant" and Post-Period Steps from Period Practice
SENA A2B4 defines elements which are a step from period practice under core rules. They include non-European armorial elements, non-European plants and animals, and other European artifacts, all of which must be documented before 1600. These three categories are demonstrably objective.
But there's a fourth category, SENA A2B4d, which allows for certain charges and motifs which appear neither in European heraldry nor in the previously mentioned categories. These include elements such as paw prints, compass stars, and birds (other than an eagle) displayed. These are tolerated because they're remarkably popular and function effectively as armorial elements without causing undue confusion. However, inclusion or exclusion of these charges in past rulings was far more subjective, and such elements could cease being registerable if they became problematic.
It is with this background in mind that we come to the subject of ululant wolves. First appearing in the May 1982 LoAR, the use of ululant, or howling, wolves (and other canids) is long and broad, with just under 200 existing registrations of the term. The term and practice have no basis in period armory or art, but its use in post-period motifs (notably in the American southwest) has led to its popularity in the SCA.
As a head posture on a full or demi-beast, its use is not wholly remarkable. Due to period heralds being largely unconcerned with consistency in head placement and orientation on animate charges, the College of Arms doesn't grant any difference between beasts with heads guardant, regardant, or facing the same direction as the torso. In these instances, use of ululant had no impact on conflict, and was merely a note to artists to place the head in the preferred orientation for the submitter.
Heads as stand-alone charges, however, present an altogether different scenario. A head facing dexter gets a DC from either a head affronty or a head contourny, and (because SENA A5G7 grants a DC for orientation) also has difference from a head bendwise or palewise. However, ululant heads blur the distinction between orientations, with the angle of registered examples ranging from midway between fesswise and bendwise to fully palewise. This ambiguity in blazon demonstrates the problem with including this post-period motif in SCA heraldry.
Therefore, we will be discontinuing use of the term ululant in SCA armory and removing it from Appendix G. When used with a whole or demi wolf, a raised head will be treated as an unblazoned artistic detail and allowed as long as identifiability of the creature is maintained. Depictions of animal heads as stand-alone charges should have the heads in a clearly recognizable orientation, with the neck either perpendicular to the head (couped, erased) or parallel (couped close).
Pending documentation, submissions using ululant heads appearing on external letters after September 30, 2018, will no longer be registered.
From Wreath: Orientation of Maintained and Sustained Charges
In the August 2015 Cover Letter, SENA A5C3 was modified with the following ruling:
Therefore, effective immediately, we are adopting the following definition: a charge, held or conjoined, which is clearly not a co-primary charge is equivalent to the former definition of sustained if it is identifiable, no matter what its size. Sustained charges grant a cadency difference - currently referred to as a "DC". This standard is intended to include charges which are much smaller than the current definition: a charge large enough to grant difference as a tertiary charge will grant one as held/conjoined charge. Held/conjoined charges must have good contrast with their background.
While this ruling resolved the long-disputed and ultimately untenable distinction between maintained and sustained charges, subsequent interpretation of the precedent raised a new issue: If a sustained charge is the equivalent of a secondary or tertiary charge (in that it must be at least as large as a tertiary charge would be), and if both secondary and tertiary charges receive a DC for orientation, then the orientation of sustained charges must be blazonable so that they can be appropriately compared.
Unfortunately, this interpretation had the unforeseen consequence of several returns for armory with held charges blurring the distinction between orientations, despite the charges being held in a natural manner as seen in period heraldry. Emulating period heraldic style is one of the goals of the College of Arms.
Therefore, effective immediately, maintained and sustained secondary charges will no longer receive a DC for orientation, and as such will no longer be returned for blurring the distinction between orientations.
From Pelican: Alternate Titles in Latin and Estonian
The February 23 Palimpsest letter proposed changes to the Latin and Estonian lists of alternative titles. We thank ffride wlffsdotter and Pietari Uv, Töllöö Herald, for their research into Estonian titles.
We approve nobilis as a gender-neutral title in medieval Latin at the rank of an Award or Grant of Arms. This title was typically used after a given name, as in Haroldus nobilis.
In Estonian, we approve Perris Würst as a masculine title at the rank of a Coronet. This title is appropriate for an heir to the throne rather than a territorial ruler. Likewise, we approve Perris Würsti Prawwa as a feminine Estonian title at the rank of a Coronet. This title is also appropriate for an heir.
We release the following Estonian titles, since we have no evidence they were used in our period: Krahv (formerly a masculine title at the County level), Krahvinna (formerly a feminine title at the County level), Vikont (formerly a masculine title at the Viscounty level), Vikontess (formerly a feminine title at the Viscounty level), Parun (formerly a masculine title at the baronial level), Paruness (formerly a feminine title at the baronial level), and Söör (formerly a masculine title for Knight).
From Pelican: Lingua Anglica and Lingua Societatis
The March 1 Palimpsest Rules Letter proposed changes to SENA that would replace our current Lingua Anglica rules, which allow the use of modern English in names in certain contexts, with Lingua Societatis, which will permit the use of other modern languages in certain contexts. Commentary raised many excellent questions about the intent and scope of the proposed rules. Accordingly, we are directing Palimpsest to revise the proposal with the following questions in mind.
The draft rules proposed allowing submitters to use either the language of their country of residence or the language of their country of citizenship and required a letter of attestation to prove country of citizenship. Commentary was mixed about the value of Lingua Societatis for country of citizenship and skeptical of the need for elaborate attestations. We ask Palimpsest to focus on country of residence in the revised proposal.
Commenters also raised important questions about grammar for bynames using SCA branch names. The current Branch Name Allowance allows the use of registered branch names in their exact form, together with the English word "of". However, some modern languages, such as Finnish, typically render locatives in an inflected form. We ask Palimpsest to propose Lingua Societatis rules and examples that take this linguistic difference into account.
From Pelican: Changes to SENA PN.3.C
The Palimpsest February 10 Rules Letter proposed multiple changes to the personal name conflict rules in SENA PN.3.C. We are approving those changes, with the addition of some examples. We hereby direct Palimpsest to propose parallel changes to the non-personal name conflict rules.
Proposed Text
C. Standards for Identity Conflict: To be clear of identity conflict, two names must be substantially different in both sound and appearance. Because conflict is a modern concept, we consider matters such as meaning, language, etymological origin, etc. to be irrelevant for conflict. Only sound and appearance are considered for difference. Thus, the Latinized form of a name may be clear of conflict with the vernacular form. While we do not go out of our way to consider variant pronunciations, we do consider important period and modern pronunciations of name elements.
To be substantially different, a pair of names must meet at least one standard for substantial difference in sound and at least one standard for substantial difference in appearance, as described below. Names may be different in sound under one standard and appearance under another standard. Names are compared as complete items, so that Lisa Betta Gonzaga conflicts with Lisabetta Gonzaga, although the elements are different.
Analyzing substantial changes in sound often requires counting sound changes. Under these standards, a single sound is defined as a consonant sound, vowel sound, or diphthong (two vowels combined in a single syllable).
For example, the English given name Ann has two sounds: the vowel sound represented by 'A', and the consonant 'n'. For example, in the classical Roman name Gaius, the 'a' and the 'i' combine to form a diphthong that has the same sound as the vowel in the English word my. Thus, the name Gaius has four sounds: the consonant represented by 'G', the diphthong 'ai', the vowel 'u', and the consonant 's'.
A change to appearance involves the insertion, deletion, or substitution of a letter or space. Changes to accents and punctuation do not contribute to substantial changes in appearance. Changes between upper- and lowercase also do not contribute to substantial changes in appearance.
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C. Standards for Identity Conflict: To be clear of identity conflict, two names must be substantially different in both sound and appearance. Because conflict is a modern concept, we consider matters such as meaning, language, etymological origin, etc. to be irrelevant for conflict. Only sound and appearance are considered for difference. Thus, the Latinized form of a name may be clear of conflict with the vernacular form. While we do not go out of our way to consider variant pronunciations, we do consider important period and modern pronunciations of name elements.
To be substantially different, a pair of names must meet at least one standard for substantial difference in sound and at least one standard for substantial difference in appearance, as described below. Names may be different in sound under one standard and appearance under another standard. Names are compared as complete items, so that Lisa Betta Gonzaga conflicts with Lisabetta Gonzaga, although the elements are different.
Analyzing substantial changes in sound often requires counting sound changes. Under these standards, a single sound is defined as a consonant sound, vowel sound, or diphthong (two vowels combined in a single syllable).
For example, the English given name Ann has two sounds: the vowel sound represented by 'A', and the consonant 'n'. For example, in the classical Roman name Gaius, the 'a' and the 'i' combine to form a diphthong that has the same sound as the vowel in the English word my. Thus, the name Gaius has four sounds: the consonant represented by 'G', the diphthong 'ai', the vowel 'u', and the consonant 's'.
A change to appearance involves the insertion, deletion, or substitution of a letter or space. Changes to accents and punctuation do not contribute to substantial changes in appearance. Changes between upper- and lowercase also do not contribute to substantial changes in appearance.
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1. Changes to the Sound of Two Syllables: Names are substantially different in sound if changes in sound affect at least two syllables (including adding, removing, or reordering them). If the changes only affect adjacent sounds, they must affect more than two sounds to be considered under this allowance. Changes to any part of the name count, including articles and prepositions.
For example, here are some names that are substantially different in sound due to changes in more than one syllable. Richard Wainham is substantially different in sound from Richard Warman, because two syllables have changes to them. Similarly, the name Alana Red is substantially different in sound from Elena Reed, because at least two syllables change in sound. Note that the changes to the first and second vowels are not adjacent, because they are separated by the consonant sound 'l'.
For example, here are some names that are substantially different in sound due to changes that include adding or removing syllables. Maria le Smyth is substantially different in sound from Marian Smith, because the second name removes one syllable and changes the sound of another. Similarly, John de Aston is substantially different in sound from John Asson, because the second name removes one syllable and changes the sound of another. Anne Jones London is substantially different in sound from Anne Joan of London, because the second name changes the sound of one syllable and adds another. William Underthecliff is substantially different in sound from William Cliff, because the second name removes three syllables. Margaret atte Mor is substantially different in sound from Margaret de la Mor, because the change in prepositions affects the sound of two syllables. The name Margot de Blois is substantially different in sound from Margot du Bois, because both syllables in the byname have changed. Note that the change in the vowel from de to du is not adjacent to the removal of the 'l' from Blois, because these sounds are separated by the 'B' consonant sound.
For example, here are some pairs of names that are not substantially different in sound under this rule. The name Andrew Anser is not substantially different from the name Andrew Aster. The change from the 'n' to the 's' sound and the change from the 's' to the 't' sound are directly adjacent, so although these changes are in two different syllables, they are not enough to clear conflict. Similarly, the name Kathrin Tricker is not substantially different from the name Catlin Tricker. Again, the change from the 'th' sound to the 't' sound and the change from the 'r' sound to the 'l' sound are directly adjacent; moreover, the letters 'K' and 'C' represent the same sound.
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Changes to any part of the name count, including articles and prepositions.
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For example, here are some pairs of names that are not substantially different in sound under this rule. The name Andrew Anser is not substantially different from the name Andrew Aster . The change from the 'n' to the 's' sound and the change from the 's' to the 't' sound are directly adjacent, so although these changes are in two different syllables, they are not enough to clear conflict. Similarly, the name Kathrin Tricker is not substantially different from the name Catlin Tricker. Again, the change from the 'th' sound to the 't' sound and the change from the 'r' sound to the 'l' sound are directly adjacent; moreover, the letters 'K' and 'C' represent the same sound.
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2. Substantial Change to the Sound of One Syllable: Names are substantially different in sound if a single syllable between them (excluding articles and prepositions, such as de and the) is changed in sound as described here. The addition or removal of a syllable makes two names substantially different in sound. Two names are also substantially different in sound if the sound of a syllable is substantially changed in one of the following ways. If a vowel and the consonant or group of consonants on one side of this vowel is different between the two names, we consider a syllable to be substantially changed. When the sounds of the consonant or group of consonants on both sides of a vowel are completely different, we also consider the syllable to be substantially changed.
For example, both Maria Smith and Marian Smith are substantially different in sound from either Mary Smyth or Marie Smyth: Maria and Marian both have three syllables, while Mary and Marie have only two syllables, so in each case the number of syllables in the name is changed. Likewise, Phillip Hollins is substantially different in sound from Phillip Hollinshead, because the bynames have different numbers of syllables. Similarly, Dorrin Brady is substantially different in sound from Dorrin O Brady: the bynames have different numbers of syllables, and the relationship marker O is neither an article nor a preposition.
For example, Connor MacRobert is substantially different in sound from Conan MacRobert or Conall MacRobert, because the vowel and the final consonants of the second syllable of the given names are different in each case. For example, William Dulford is substantially different in sound from William Muttford, as the consonants on both sides of the vowel in the first syllable of the byname have been changed. Likewise, Mary Catford is substantially different in sound from Mary Radford, and Godric of London is substantially different in sound from Godwin of London.
For example, Brian mac Duinn is not substantially different in sound from Brian mac Cuinn, because only one group of consonants in the final syllable of the byname has been changed. (In this case, the group consists of a single consonant.) Margerie Clutter is not substantially different in sound from Margery Catter, because the given names sound identical and, although the first syllables of the bynames are different, the cl and c groups of consonants share a sound and the other consonant group is identical. Lucas Smith is not significantly different in sound from Lucas le Smyth. The only difference in sound is contributed by the word le, which is an article translating as "the" and thus cannot contribute difference under this rule. Mary Jones is not substantially different in sound from Marie Jones. While the most common modern pronunciation of the given names uses different vowel sounds for the first syllables of the given names and breaks the syllables in different places, one important late period and modern pronunciation makes both names the same (as MA-ree). Thus they conflict. While we do not go out of our way to consider variant pronunciations, we do consider important period and modern pronunciations of name elements.
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2. Substantial Change to the Sound of One Syllable: Names are substantially different in sound if a single syllable between them (excluding articles and prepositions, such as de and the) is changed in both sound and appearancesound and appearance. This means that the(orconsonants)thenames. In either case, the change in spelling (including addition or removal of letters) must affect at least two letters in thatsubstantial.
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3. Substantial Change to the Sound of a Single-Syllable Name Phrase: Two names with a comparable single-syllable name phrase are eligible for this rule. A pair of name phrases are said to be comparable if they both have the same position in the name, such as given name or first byname. Comparable single-syllable name phrases are generally substantially different in sound if a group of adjacent vowels or of adjacent consonants within a word are completely changed, so that it shares no sound in common. In rare cases, the sound may still be too similar for this rule to clear the conflict. On a case by case basis, two-syllable name phrases may be eligible for this rule, such as Harry and Mary.
For example, John Smith is substantially different in sound from Jane Smith. Anne Best is substantially different in sound from Anne West. Ellen Lang is substantially different in sound from Ellen Long. James Ed is substantially different in sound from James Lead. In each case, an adjacent group of vowels or consonants is completely changed in sound.
For example, Ema Deth is substantially different in sound from Gemma Deth. Although the given names both have two syllables, the change to the sound of the beginning of the names is enough to clear them under this rule.
For example, Matthew Joan is not substantially different in sound from Matthew Jones because the n and nz consonant groups share a sound. Richard Blott is not substantially different in sound from Richard Lot because the bl and l consonant groups share a sound. Katerine de la Mar is not substantially different in sound from Katerine de la Mor because they don't have comparable single-syllable name phrases and cannot use this rule.
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3. Substantial Change ofThe change of a single letter is sufficient for two eligible name phrases to be different in appearance, as such name phrases are quite short.names
For example, John Smith is substantially different in sound from Jane Smith. Anne Best is substantially different in sound from Anne West. Ellen Lang is substantially different in sound from Ellen Long. James Ed is substantially different in sound from James Lead. In each case, an adjacent group of vowels or consonants is completely changed in sound and appearance
For example, Ema Deth is substantially different in sound from Gemma Deth. Although the given names both have two syllables, the change to the sound of the beginning of the names is enough to clear them under this rule.
For example, Matthew Joan is not substantially different in sound from Matthew Jones because the n and nz consonant groups share a sound and a letter.groupsound and a letter.
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4. Changes to the Appearance of Multiple Letters
If a change in spelling (including addition or removal of letters and insertion or deletion of spaces) affects at least two letters or spaces, a name is substantially different in appearance.
For example, Miriam Jones is substantially different in appearance from both Mary Jones and Marie Jones. Harry Jones is also different from Mary Jones, because the first letter has been changed and another letter has been removed. However, Maria Jones is not substantially different in appearance from Marie Jones, because only one letter is changed.
For example, Colin L'Estrange is not substantially different in appearance from Colin Lestrange: the insertion of the apostrophe does not contribute to substantial difference, and no letters have been changed. The Norse names Sleitu-Einarr and Sléttu-Steinarr are substantially different from each other in appearance, but Sleitu-Einarr is not substantially different in appearance from Sléttu-Einarr, because the accent change does not contribute to difference, and thus only one letter has been changed.
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5. Substantial Change to the Appearance of a Short Name Phrase
Two names with a comparable one-word name phrase are eligible for this rule. A pair of name phrases are said to be comparable if they both have the same position in the name, such as given name or first byname. Changing one letter in words that both have four or fewer letters suffices for substantial difference in appearance. On a case by case basis, changes to the beginning of longer words, such as Harry and Larry, may also be eligible for this rule.
For example, Noe Wariner and Joe Wariner are substantially different in appearance, because we have changed one letter in a three-letter given name. However, Amice de Bailly is not substantially different in appearance from Avice de Bailly, because only one letter in a five-letter given name has changed. Mary Jones is not substantially different in appearance from Marry Jones, because one of the given names has more than four letters.
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6. Examples of Personal Name Conflict Checks
Here are some examples of pairs of names that are clear of identity conflict.
For example, Maria Smith is substantially different in sound from Mary Smyth under PN.3.C.2, because the given names have different numbers of syllables. The name Maria Smith is substantially different in appearance from Mary Smyth under PN.3.C.4, because two or more letters (in this case, two letters in the given name and one in the byname) have been inserted, deleted, or changed. Thus, Maria Smith and Mary Smyth are clear of identity conflict.
For example, Anne Best is substantially different in sound from Anne West under PN.3.C.3, because the bynames are single syllables and an entire consonant group has been changed. The name Anne Best is substantially different in appearance from Anne West under PN.3.C.5, because one letter in a four-word byname has changed. Thus, Anne Best and Anne West are clear of identity conflict.
Here are some examples of pairs of names that have an identity conflict.
For example, Richard Blott has an identity conflict with Richard Lot. Richard Blott is not substantially different in sound from Richard Lot under PN.3.C.1 because only one syllable has been changed, and thus the rule does not apply. Richard Blott is not substantially different in sound from Richard Lot under PN.3.C.2 or PN.3.C.3 because the bl and l consonant groups share a sound, and thus no consonant group has been completely changed. Because the names are not substantially different in sound under any rule, they have an identity conflict. As it happens, the names have a substantial difference in appearance under PN.3.C.4, because in changing from Blott to Lot two letters are deleted. However, because the names are not substantially different in sound and appearance, they are in conflict.
For example, Hilaris de la Barre has an identity conflict with Hilaria de la Barre. The names happen to be substantially different in sound under PN.3.C.2, because the given names have different numbers of syllables. However, Hilaris de la Barre is not substantially different in appearance from Hilaria de la Barre under PN.3.C.4, because only one letter is changed. Hilaris de la Barre is not substantially different from Hilaria de la Barre under PN.3.C.5, because the rule does not apply: the given names both have more than four letters, the change to the given names does not appear at the beginning of the names, and the bynames are identical. Because the names are not substantially different in sound and appearance, they are in conflict.
West Acceptances - May LoAR
Uther Schiemann der Hunt. Device change. Gules, a card-pique Or within a serpent in annulo head to base vorant of its own tail argent.Uther Schiemann der Hunt. Badge. Per saltire gules and sable, a card-pique within an annulet Or.The submitter's previous device, Gules, a cross gurgity Or within a serpent in annulo head to base argent, is retained as a badge.
William Talemache. Reblazon of device. Per fess embattled sable and argent, an open book Or and an oak tree eradicated vert.This submission was noted as a badge change, with the submitter retaining the previous item listed. As there was no designator attached to this or the previous badge, we have modified this submission to "New badge."
When his device was registered in February 2018 as Per fess embattled sable and argent, an open book Or and a tree eradicated vert, his tree was described as a generic tree. Our default generic tree is an oak tree, but the submitter has requested that we be explicit, and so we are reblazoning his device to reflect that.
West Returns - May LoAR
None.
In Service,
Edith of Swanesdale, PaL,
Matins Herald
SUBMISSONS – July (2018)
ITEMS SENT TO LAUREL
Per bend nebuly sable and Or, an empty embroidery quill gules.
With the submitter's permission, the image of her embroidery quill has been enlarged to more properly fill the space as a sole, primary charge. This is a change of the originally submitted image.
Training Tip: What is the primary charge on this device? This is an empty embroidery quill. A different version of the charge is also acceptable that has string wound around the quill. [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/quill-yarn-spindle/]
The submitter marked no boxes.
Cormac -- from NCS [OC&M, Ó (or O) Corrain and Maguire] p. 60, under the heading 'Cormacc': 'Cormac' dated 713-1138 and on.
Whitehart -- from NCS [R&W or Reaney and Wilson] p. 488 under the heading 'Whittard, Whitehart, ...': 'Whitehart' dated 1185.
The English name formation <given + byname> is acceptable per SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Or, a hippogriff segreant within a bordure embattled gules.
The submitter will be reminded to draw their embattlements deeper.
Training Tip: What position is this animal in? Segreant. What is different/special about this specific combination of charge and position? 'Segreant' is the equivalent of 'rampant' for quadruped creatures that also have wings and is only used for this position for this type of creature.
The submitter cares about the meaning and sound (maintain 'Justin') of the name.
Justinian -- from NCS FamilySearch C batch: 'Justinian Lyfton' christened Apr 1584, Saint Keverne, Cornwall, England. Batch # C05319-2 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5Z8-PX8].
of Rivenoak -- SCA placename locative formed per SENA NPN1.C.2.f Branch Name Allowance. Rivenoak, Shire of: This branch-name was registered in January of 1983 (via the West).
The name formation <given 'of' BranchName> is acceptable per SENA PN.1.B.2.f.
Armory:
Per pale azure and vert, in fess two corgi dogs couchant contourny Or.
The corgi is found in Wyllam Salesbury's A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe (London 1574), where there is a reference to the Korgi ne gostoc, meaning "Corgi or curre dogge". https://www.welshcorgi-news.ch/Leseecke/InfoCorgi/Meaning_eng.html.
Recent registrations of corgis include: Estienne Le Mons d'Anjou, Badge, Sept. 2017 (via Atlantia): (Fieldless) A corgi statant Or maintaining from its mouth a drop spindle vert for House of the Golden Corgi. Sibyl Brethnagh, Device, Apr. 2018 (via Atenveldt): Gules, a corgi rampant contourny Or maintaining a dagger inverted argent, a bordure embattled Or.
This device is a resubmission to Kingdom. Originally submitted in March 2018, the West Kingdom College of Heralds returned it for further work due to the cabbage head being indistinguishable from a rosebud, which is a disallowed charge. The submitter has worked with an artist to update all three charges in the depiction and is re-submitting it for consideration.
Armory:
Argent, two leeks in saltire vert overall a head of cabbage gules all between three
celery plants vert.
The heralds of the West still have trouble identifying the three small plants as celery but feel that the submitter has corrected all the concerns addressed by the previous return and that the celery is as close as possible to the period image, and so are sending it on to the SCA CoA for consideration.
See attached image for the source of the celery plant depiction.
The submitter cares about the meaning (image maker/painter/sculptor) and the gender (female) of the name.
Mairin -- per SENA PN.1.B.2.e "Legal Name Allowance: Name phrases from the submitter's legal names may be used" ... "The name phrase must be used in precisely the way that it is spelled on the legal document", image of Driver's License provided as proof.
le -- from SENA Appendix A, under French names, Descripitive/Occupational "Yes; may use article le, la, l', les or un/une or omit it".
ymagiere -- from NCS Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris by Colm Dubh, listed as "ymagier (masc.) 23 ymagiere (fem.) 1 painter/sculpture" [http://heraldry.sca.org/names/parisbynames.html].
The French name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Vert, an acanthus leaf issuant from base argent between flaunches plumetty azure and Or.
See attached image for the source of the acanthus leaf depiction.
The submitter was previously known by the unregistered "Egil Utherson".
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the sound and spelling ("it needs to be Owen, it should look and sound like Owen, please") and the gender (male) of the name.
Owen -- from NCS FamilySearch M batch (not M17 or M18): 'Owen Owensson' married to Margret Cooke Apr 1592, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. Batch # M00680-1 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL98-GPB].
Owenson -- from NCS FamilySearch M batch (not M17 or M18): 'Ales Owenson' married to John Pyke Jun 1573, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. Batch # M00680-1 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL96-4ZL].
The English name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Or, a heart gules transfixed by in fess five swords inverted palewise azure.
The device depiction has been updated, with the submitter's approval, to keep the hilts of his swords on only two levels, as close to one level as possible while still retaining identifiability.
The submitter cares about the sound (Roo/Rue/Rew) and does not care about the gender of the name.
Rew -- from NCS FamilySearch C batch: 'Thomas Rew' christened Mar 1558, Willingale Doe, Sussex, England. Batch # C05866-1 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP3Q-LT1]. The late period English usage of a surname as a given name is allowable as per the Precedent established in the April 2010 LoAR:
"The LoI also documented a pattern of English surnames being used as given names in the second half of the 16th C and early 17th C. Therefore, Alton is registerable as an English surname used as a given name following this late 16th C practice."
Note: Registerability of surnames used as a given name under this practice is limited solely to the context of this practice. Specifically, the surname must be documented as a 16th C English surname form. It will be evaluated for compatibility with the rest of the name in the same manner as a given name documented as a 16th C English given name." [http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2010/04/10-04lar.html]
Payne -- from NCS FamilySearch C batch: 'John Payne' christened Nov 1573, Great Burstead, Essex, England. Batch # C07333-2 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK62-GWL].
The English name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory: Device: Argent, a raven striking to sinister sable trussing a heart gules, on a chief sable a plate between an increscent and a decrescent argent.
Badge: (Fieldless) A raven striking to sinister sable trussing a heart gules.
The submitter cares about the sound (none noted) of the name, and (this is an update after his form was received) will not allow Any Changes: specifically he wants 'the' in between 'Rin' and 'Merchant'. We request assistance in documenting this name for the client.
Rin -- the submitter provided no documentation. The best the West Kingdom College of Heralds found was:
-- from an iffy batch of FamilySearch: 'Rin Porles' baptized Oct. 1632, Weston upon Trent, Staffordshire, England [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3R-V46C];
-- or, using the late English last-name-as-a-given-name Precedent: NCS FamilySearch 'Joane Rin' married Nov. 1578, Saint George The Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England, Batch # M01516-1 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLH8-VJY].
the Merchant -- the submitter provided no documentation. The best the West Kingdom College of Heralds found was:
--- many listings of the surname 'Merchant' but not recorded as 'X the Merchant', including from NCS FamilySearch 'James Merchant', christened July 1589 in St. Botolph Without Aldgate, London, London, England, Batch C00633-1 [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYF8-TP1].
The English name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A, although a different citation may be required depending on what documentation is found / accepted.
Armory:
Per bend sinister vert and Or, a sprig of three cherries Or and a wooden wagon proper.
The submitter sent in two different drawings on his forms: one hand-drawn line copy and one a clip-art generated color copy. I have updated his submission, with his express permission, to use the hand-drawn version for both line and color copies.
Or, a bend sinister azure between a rose gules slipped, leaved, and singly thorned vert and a natural leopard couchant sable for augmentation charged on the flank with a poppy Or.
Submission originally appeared in the West LoI from 2012-02-06 and was listed on the 05-2012 LoAR as Withdrawn by Submitter. Submitter is a member of the Golden Poppy (2006, West) and a Laurel (2011, West). According to the old West Kingdom Law Section 7.7.4 "Members of the Order of the Golden Poppy have the right to augment their arms with the golden poppies under the consultation of heralds." And under current West Kingdom Law Section 7.6 "The Order of the Golden Poppy shall be closed as of March Crown AS 51. All extant members of the Order of the Golden Poppy shall retain the honors received for their achievements related that order." [http://www.westkingdom.org/kingdom-information/laws-kingdom-west]
The augmentation was returned for redraw on the April 2018 LoAR with the commentary:
This augmentation is returned for redraw. The rose in the original armory was oriented so that the slip was palewise and arched like a closing parenthesis, with the blossom placed just to dexter and following the natural curve of the slip. In the augmentation's submission, the slip is straight and oriented halfway between palewise and bendwise, with the blossom set 45 degrees off of where the slip would naturally fall. As this is neither a reproduction of the registered armory nor a blazonable variant in the orientation, it must be returned for violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms.
Some commenters questioned whether use of a poppy affronty Or as the augmentation created conflict with the badge of the Kingdom of Caid for the Legion of Courtesy, (Fieldless) A rose Or. SENA A3A3 states that "An augmentation that appears to be a display of independent armory, such as a charged canton or a single charged escutcheon, must also be evaluated as if the augmentation itself were a submission of independent armory for purposes of style, conflict, offense, and presumption." As the poppy does not appear on a shape that is considered an independent display of armory, this does not conflict with Caid's badge.
In the July 2018 LoI the resubmission uses a redrawn image of the rose, taken directly from the image on file with the Archivist.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes, and cares about the language and/or culture (Anglicized Irish, 15th or 16th C.) of the name.
Séamus -- from NCS medievalscotland.org: Index of Names in Irish Annals: Séamus by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien) 'Séamus' nominative form in Early Modern Irish Gaelic, date range 1398 -- 1608, including 1581. [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Seamus.shtml]
McMorrough -- combination of 'Mc' and 'Morrough':
'Mc' a prefix found in NCS medievalscotland.org: Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents: Men's Names by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien): multiple instances of 'Mc+patronymic' listed, including 'David mcShane leigh McCraghe' dated 1585 [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/Masculine.shtml].
'Morrough' from NCS medievalscotland.org: Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents: Men's Names by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien): 'Brian m'Morrough gancagh M'Shei' dated 1599 [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/Masculine.shtml].
The Early Modern Gaelic name formation <given + marked patronymic> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Gules, on a pellet fimbriated argent an hourglass Or.
The depiction on this submission was altered from the original submission, with the client's express permission, adjusting the hourglass to a two-D depiction and adjusting it to be solid Or.
The submitter cares about the meaning (none noted) and gender (female) of the name. The submitter requested the byname 'Svartihestr', a direct translation of her mundane byname, but as this is disallowed per the Precedent quoted below, and at her request, we are instead submitting the name as 'Þórfinna Blackhorse'.
Þórfinna -- from NCS [Geirr Bassi] p.16 'Þórfinna' from the right side column (feminine given names).
Blackhorse -- per SENA PN.1.B.2.e "Legal Name Allowance: Name phrases from the submitter's legal names may be used" ... "The name phrase must be used in precisely the way that it is spelled on the legal document", image of Birth Certificate provided as proof.
Originally submitted with the byname 'Svartihestr' (meaning black-horse), this name cannot be created as an Old Norse byname due to established Precedent:
LoAR Dec. 2003 [https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2003/12/03-12lar.html]: "Lacking solid evidence of a clear pattern of descriptive bynames of the form [color] + [animal] in Old Norse, there is no support for the submitted Hvithestr as a plausible descriptive byname in Old Norse."
Therefor the submitter has requested that her name be submitted as 'Blackhorse' using the Legal Name Allowance.
The Old Norse name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Gules, on a bend sinister argent three horses palewise rampant contourny sable.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the language and/or culture (Germanic 12-14th C.) and gender (male) of the name. Request for AUTHENTICITY for Germanic 12-14th C.
Wilhelm -- from Medieval German Given Names from Silesia by Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott) 'Wilhelm 3: c.1400, 1411, 1495' [http://heraldry.sca.org/names/bahlow_v.htm];
from Late Period German Masculine Given Names by Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott) 'Wilhelm' [http://heraldry.sca.org/names/germmasc.html].
Appatheker -- from NCS Brechenmacher p. 36, under the header "Apotheker, Appentegger": 1263 der Appentegger Wernhar zu Konstanz = 1282 Her Wernher der Appatheker.
vom -- used as a generic toponym as listed in SENA Appendix A "Locatives based on place names use the forms von X; generic toponymics use vom Y, or another form of der; the form de X is found before about 1300. Locatives based on generic toponyms, house names or inn-sign names use the form zum Z."
Schwartzwalt -- from NCS Brechenmacher p. 582, under the header "Schwarzwald, -wälder, Swartewolt": Bernh. Swartewolf 1350, Cuongr. Swartzwalt uss der Summerowne 1443.
The German name formation <given + byname + locative> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Sable, a mortar and pestle within an orle of alder trees argent.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the sound (French) of the name.
Zénaïde -- from Le martyrologe romain published in 1866, found on Google Books, p. 192 "A Césarée en Palestine, le martyre des saintes Zénaïde, Cyre, Valère et Marcie, qui, par de nombreux tourments, parviurent avec joie au martyre." And p. 547 in a list 'Du Martyrologe Romain': 'Zénaïde, mart. à Césarée, en Palestine, 5 juin.' [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2mtmqh6hngC&pg=PA547&lpg=PA547&dq=Zenaide+Le+Martyrologe+Romain&source=bl&ots=2TAmO9niOX&sig=e7tZXR9OerY0EnbdO9c9C4auFzc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuk9WSk9bbAhUERqwKHcWWABUQ6AEIRTAE#v=onepage&q=Z%C3%A9na%C3%AFde&f=false].
from Essai de l'histoire monastique d'Orient published 1680, found on Google Books, p. 14 'Sainte Zenaïde & (s)ainte Philonille ...' [https://books.google.com/books?id=zysDAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Essai+de+L%27Histoire+Monastique+D%27Orient&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5xsPblNbbAhULbq0KHd2hAGoQ6AEILDAA#v=onepage&q=Zena%C3%AFde&f=false].
- from the 2001 LoAR "Therefore, if a saint can be documented to period, their given name may be used as a given name in an SCA name." [http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2001/09/01-09cl.htm]
Calvert -- per SENA PN.1.B.2.e "Legal Name Allowance: Name phrases from the submitter's legal names may be used" ... "The name phrase must be used in precisely the way that it is spelled on the legal document", the submitter's maiden name 'Calvert' as listed on her marriage license, copy included in packet.
The French name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Azure fretty argent and estoilly Or.
We believe this is clear of: Azure, a fret argent between in pale two mullets Or. (Jörgen Unruh, Feb. 2004).
Blazoning pattern taken from: Timotheos Vlastaris, Device, Lochac, 07/1997 Azure fretty and crusilly clechy Or.
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