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The May meeting was held in San Leandro, CA.
ATTENDEES:Alyce de la Rue de l'Arbre-Sec, Queen; Alizan De la Fontaine, Vesper; Edith of Swanesdale, Matins; Krysta of Starfall, Clerk of the College; Ari Ella, Green Cloak; Astrið of Swanesvale, Green Banner; Gwenhwyfaer ferch Gwilym, Baldric; Frederick of Holland, PaL; Hannah Storyteller, PaL; Aasa Thorvaldsdottir, PaL; Faun Woods, Cornet; Domamir Vlatko syn, PEaL; Raev Kolfinnsson, PEaL.
In remote attendance: Hirsch von Henford, Golem; Finna kottr Goðormsdóttir, Rivenoak Pursuivant; Na'arah bat Avraham, Pinnacle Pursuivant; Lindsay Gower; Siggi of Bearhaven.
COLLEGE OF HERALDS MEETINGS
Heralds' Meetings for 2019: 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. Meetings for 2020:
January 5 (at Twelfth Night), March 8, May 17, July 12, September 20, and November 15.
The DEADLINES for submission forms and documentation are: 2019: July 10, September 4, and November 6. 2020 Deadlines: December 18, 2019 for the January meeting, February 26, May 6, July 1, September 9, and November 4. 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 (Alizan): The office changed over at Beltane. Vesper has sent in her first report to Laurel. The Ceremony Book changes are currently under review by Acting Green Crown. Roster letters went out en masse. Heralds who reached out to say they did not receive theirs were sent one individually. If you did not receive a roster letter, please send an email to Vesper's address.
Vesper is actively recruiting new heralds and has started receiving responses. She is currently seeking applicants for Green Trumpet and Green Crown.
The Society Clarion Herald has requested a conference call to review the updates to the Heraldry Resources website. We're trying to set that up so it coincides with the July meeting. Stay tuned.
She is working through the materials held by Vesper, some of which are no longer in use by or of use to the College. She is working to archive, store, or pass on items as appropriate.
Seawolf (Domamir): Investiture happened. Her Highness' name is Thyri (pronounced "theory"), please take note and properly pronounce. The Beacon of the Mists ceremony needs to be added into the ceremony books. Ari Ella wrote a new version of the rapier champion ceremony, which needs to go to Green Crown for review and approval prior to being officially added to the ceremony book.
Sable Swan (Caoilinn): No report received.
Stellanordica (Rodrigo): No report received.
Exchequer (Domamir): Q1 2019 report submitted and accepted.
Matins (Edith); Deputy (Hannah): Submissions continue to come in and get processed. Please continue to work with submitters on properly filling out forms, sending digital files, etc. as several came in this time with administrative issues.
To prepare to convert to digital archives: Hannah worked with another kingdom and was successful in receiving the Exchequer spreadsheets they use.
Matins will accept submissions at June Crown (in Oertha) on Saturday at consultation table. Submitter to provide fees (including exact change, as needed).
Tech Tip: When accessing information through a Google account, and when you have more than one Google account: use Incognito mode to open a new window. This allows you to log in only to the Google account you want to access, without defaulting you to your primary account.
Clerk of the College (Krysta): Nothing to report.
Green Crown (Eilis): Report sent via Flieg: Beltane happened, court heralds were assigned and switched in and out with great ease. At Mists Investiture, Kingdom-level heralds appeared.
Baldric (Gwenhwyfaer): There will not be a heralds track at June A&S Collegium. Discussion to add a heralds track to Kingdom A&S Tourney in the fall.
Brachet (Kean): He is settling in to his new position as Brachet, and has commenced commenting. Nothing further to report.
Green Cloak (Ari Ella): Ari Ella will not be able to make June Crown: Rodrigo and Sapphira will be running the field heralds. She has sent them the forms to use for sign ups and assignments. A tournament occured (March Crown), 13 heralds signed up on her form + consultation table. She will update the Voice heraldry page by sending Hirsch updated forms for sign-ups and assignments of voice heralds.
Gwenhwyfaer taught a class at Beltane alongside Green Cloak. Four new heralds were persistent in attending the class.
Green Trumpet (vacant): Deputy Support: Juliana of Sunset Shire: New Senior Staff position. This position will oversee Town Cry (formerly called Duty Shout) and Heralds Point (information). If interested in this position, please contact Vesper.
The duties of this position include: for Kingdom events: staff and manage information point out of Heralds Point, staff and manage town cries. Store, transport, and arrange set-up & pack-down of Heralds Point to all Kingdom events, specifically: Crown Tourneys (March, June, October), Beltane & Purgatorio Corontations, West-An-Tir War, Great Western War in coordination with Green Cloak.
Green Banner (Astrið): Consultation happened at March Crown and Mists Coronet. Gwenhwyfaer will arrange to get the books and run table at Cynaguan Coronet.
Consultation Table will be at June Crown.
Golem Herald (Hirsch): The Awards List is working fine. Some folk don't read instructions too well, but that's about par for the course, so sometimes he has to send out questions or corrections. If that's the worst to happen we're in good shape.
The Roster system had some minor issues that our new Vesper tripped over (with new people being added), but the error message that was coming up was actually harmless (although the wording was truly bizarre - he wrote the code and had to think about it as it wasn't his error, it was generated by the software he's using). He realized the error wasn't necessary anyway as the code dealt with the situation and removed it in two places. It looks like it's all working fine now.
The Heralds' Handbook got updated after he received his roster letter and noted (Aasa and himself) hadn't updated the senior heralds titles mentioned in the Enclosure Letter based on changes in November ... so he updated the roster letter, then updated the Heralds' Handbook, and decided to see where senior staff positions were mentioned where the title had changed. He believes those are good now. In the process he also noted some oddities where apostrophes (can't was "cant" in places, and so on) were not there. Again, he believes he fixed those and uploaded them.
Otherwise, he hasn't heard any issues with the website, the Award List, etc. So we're all good. Reminder: if you have a problem with the site, the only way for him to know is if you tell him!
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.January 2019 LoAR (printed April 1, 2019) (West - October 2018 LOI)
Cover Letter
From Laurel: Commenters of Note
We're starting a new monthly feature to thank commenters who've been useful. As with other items, we're going to range broadly from month to month. We hope that commenters will look to see when they appear, and that principal heralds will pay attention to when their heralds are mentioned here.
This month, I want to thank the long-term commenters, many of them former Sovereigns, who are helpful month in and month out. Then next month we'll move on to people who are doing great work right now and will do more in the future.
On the armory side, one of the people we rely on more than we probably should is Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, Batonvert Herald. For those who don't know Bruce (does anyone not know Bruce?), he was Laurel King of Arms back in the 1990s and the creator of the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry (now at http://mistholme.com/pictorial-dictionary-of-heraldry/). Bruce is a legend, but one who keeps building that legend month after month.
We also depend month after month on Jeanne Marie Lacroix, Noire Licorne Herald. She was Wreath Queen of Arms from 2005-8. She's active as an armory commenter, but also as a name commenter. She's an expert on genealogical sources; we'd never use FamilySearch like we do if she hadn't helped us to understand how to, and how not to, use it.
On the names side, Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane, Metron Ariston Herald, has been commenting longer than most of us have been in the SCA. While she took a break after being Laurel Queen of Arms from 1986-1990, she's been an active commenter for decades. And she remains our most prolific commenter month after month.
And last but not least, Lillia de Vaux, Crampette Herald and Alys' predecessor as Pelican Queen of Arms (2014-16), continues to do great work. We often joke that there's a Pelican brain trust running from me, to Lillia, to Alys; without her, we'd do even more work at Pelican meetings than we already do.
From Wreath: Charges In Annulo Not In Their Default Orientations
Recently, edge cases involving charges in annulo not in their default orientation have led to complex explanations for why one form of this practice is acceptable while another is not. And while we readily acknowledge that the rules for heraldry are frequently complex and require guidance at this level of detail, there is a step from period practice for charges arranged in annulo not in their default orientation.
Some steps from period practice which fall under SENA A2B4d are fairly straightforward (e.g. use of a paw print), and have required little to no clarification over the years. Others are more complicated, but are kept on due to their substantial popularity (e.g. the use of the displayed posture for birds other than an eagle). But when a step from period practice becomes the source for a substantial number of returns due to the complex issues surrounding its continued implementation, then they prove to be more trouble than they're worth, including the use of ululant wolves, dragons displayed, or dormant quadrupeds.
Which brings us back to charges in annulo. In the December 2017 return of Branán Mac Branáin's device, it was ruled:
In annulo is a term used to describe charges arranged in such a ways that they form an annulet, or circle. It is possible for a number (usually 6 or more) of any type of charge to be in annulo by following the path of the annulet, and certain long, skinny charges like serpents or stag's attires can be in annulo with only one charge. However, when there are five or fewer charges in the charge group, the ability of charges to represent an annular formation becomes more difficult and dependent upon the shape and orientation of the charges. Three wolves rampant, heads to center, cannot be in annulo, because their arrangement and orientation do not suggest an annulet. However, three wolves courant can be in annulo, provided their bodies curve and conform to the shape of an annulet.
The ruling has had to be refined a few different times in 2018, each time adding to the canon of precedents addressing this practice. And each time, it has become more and more clear that the use of charges in annulo not in their default orientation bears the same problematic ambiguity and complexity that led to the discontinuation of the previously mentioned postures.
We therefore ask for commentary on what form, if any, charges in annulo not in their default orientation SCA armory should allow. We request commenters to find examples of charges in annulo in period armory, in any orientation, as well as examples of charges (other than serpents nowed or in annulo) whose postures and orientations are substantially modified from their typical form in order to depict a shape that they would not normally form.
From Wreath: The Limits of Artistic License
This month we were asked to consider a new badge from the Kingdom of Ealdormere, featuring a triquetra inverted surmounted by a wolf's head. This badge has been used by the kingdom for a while as a variant of their populace badge, under the false impression that a triquetra inverted is a reasonable artistic variant of a trillium. Examples of the Royal arms have likewise been depicted in recent years with a triquetra in lieu of the registered trillium, especially on the kingdom website and some Royal regalia.
While we do not wish to stifle anyone's artistic endeavors, we feel it appropriate to take this moment to note that the triquetra and the trillium are not only two different charges, they are substantially different. Any depiction of Ealdormere's arms that use a triquetra instead of a trillium is a completely different set of arms altogether. We also caution any SCA branch against using armory not registered to it in official regalia or publications.
Submitters and consulting heralds alike are more generally cautioned against overuse of the advice "register what will pass, then use whatever you want." If the difference between the submitted artwork and the design that the submitter intends to use is blazonably different (or worse, if there is a DC or an SC between the two), then this falls outside the scope of artistic difference and should be actively discouraged.
From Wreath: Volant
The October 2018 Palimpsest Rules Letter proposed revising SENA A5E5a to place volant and volant contourny in the same group of postures as displayed, in accordance with instructions on the May 2014 Cover Letter. We are approving this change, with the addition of the posture volant wings addorsed.
New Text
Birds have comparable postures, in the following groups:
- displayed, volant, and volant contourny
- close, naiant and the contourny versions of these
- rising, striking, roussant, volant wings addorsed, and the contourny versions of these
Insert/Delete Version
Birds have comparable postures, in the following groups:
- displayed, volant, and volant contourny
- close, naiant and the contourny versions of these
- rising, striking, roussant, volant wings addorsed and the contourny versions of these
From Laurel: Form Letters for Exchanges of Registered Items
The following suggested form letters for exchanging the status of registered items are hereby added to Appendix D of the Administrative Handbook.
Exchange of Registered Items
Exchange device for badge
I, [Legal name] known in the SCA as [SCA name], wish to make my badge "[Blazon of Badge]" my device and retain my current device "[Blazon of Device]" as a badge.
Date
Signature of Legal Name
Exchange alternate name for primary name
I, [Legal name] known in the SCA as [SCA name], wish to make the following alternate name "[Alternate SCA name]" my primary name and retain my current primary name "[Current Primary name]" as an alternate name.
Date
Signature of Legal Name
West Acceptances - January LoAR
Adhemar de Corbie. Name and device. Per chevron argent and ermine, a chevron and in chief two ravens sable. Alana Patryson. Name and device. Per pale wavy argent and azure, a Savoy knot palewise and a unicorn counterchanged. Alric Skegglauss. Name and device. Per saltire sable and gules, in pale a wolf's head couped argent and a dragon's head couped Or.Asger Úlfriksson. Name (see RETURNS for device).This name combines an Old English given name with an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C as long as both elements are attested before 1100 as is the case here.
Bleda of Golden Rivers. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Sable, a winged serpent glissant contourny Or.This name combines an Old English given name with an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C as long as both elements are attested before 1100 as is the case here.
Freydís Úlfsdóttir. Name change from Farleigh de Grey.Submitted under the name Bleda the Hun.
Ginevra Lorenzo. Device. Or, a compass rose, on a mount azure a drakkar argent.The submitter requested authenticity for 9-11th century Norse. This name meets that request as it is authentic for 10th century Iceland.
The submitter's previous name, Farleigh de Grey, is retained as an alternate name.
Hannah the Storyteller. Name change from Hannah Story Teller.Artist's note: Please be sure to fill in all of the colors on the shield.
Hawise de Pevensey. Name and device. Per pale vert and Or, a unicorn contourny argent and a griffin gules, in chief a rose purpure.The byname the Storyteller is the lingua Societatis form of the attested Middle English byname le Storiere.
The submitter's previous name, Hannah Story Teller, is retained as an alternate name.
Johanna Englehardt. Name and device. Azure, a unicorn passant argent armed and crined, on a chief embattled Or three crosses fleuretty purpure.Nice 13th-14th century Middle English name!
Artist's note: Please provide contrasting internal detailing on the rose to aid in identifiability.
Johannes MacYnun. Name.Artist's note: Please make sure the line of the division of the chief is properly horizontal.
Kathleen Erin-go-burne-the-Bragh. Reblazon of device. Vert, a chalice argent sustaining in chief a flame Or.Submitted as Johanne_ McYnun, two corrections to the name were necessary for registration. First, by longstanding precedent, Mc- in Scots names is a scribal abbreviation that must be expanded to Mac- for registration. We have made this change.
Second, in the documentation provided on the Letter of Intent, Johanne is not the nominative form of the given name; it is the ablative case of the Latinized given name Johannes. As only the nominative forms of given names can be registered, we have changed Johanne_ to Johannes for registration.
The submitter may be interested to know that any one of the Scots forms of John found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Index of Scots names found in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/scots/dost/john.html) would also be appropriate with the submitted surname. If he prefers any of these forms, he may make a request for reconsideration.
This name conflicts with Johannes Mikkinen. The given names are identical and, although they are different in appearance, the bynames are pronounced more or less identically. Fortunately, after the close of commentary, Johannes Mikkinen provided permission to conflict.
Kean de Lacy. Household name Company of the White Fox.Blazoned when registered in January 1974 as Vert, a chalice argent containing flames Or, the flames here are substantial enough to be considered a secondary charge.
Lavina Stevenson. Name. Liam Stevenson. Name. Luxia Sabina. Name change from Lisette la Serena.Submitted as Company of the Argent Fox, precedent states that names based on English inn sign names cannot use heraldic tinctures as color terms. They may use only the ordinary color term, such as Black, Red, Blue, etc. [Eliseva bat Yisrael, June 2015 LoAR, R-Caid]. With the submitter's permission, we have changed the name to Company of the White Fox for registration.
Magnus Harou. Name and device. Azure, a wolf's head erased contourny within an orle argent.The submitter's previous name, Lisette la Serena, is retained as an alternate name.
Mang von Weissel. Name change from Özbeg of Gyldenholt.This name combines an English given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Permission was obtained from the Shire of Greyhope for this device to conflict with their badge, Azure, a greyhound's head erased contourny within a mascle argent.
Maurya Etain Sableswan. Badge. (Fieldless) A stag's head cabossed argent sustaining in its antlers a demi-sun Or. Miles FitzRolf. Name and device. Sable, a dragon dormant to sinister and in chief between two arrowheads inverted gules fimbriated Or, a label argent.Submitted as Mang von Weisel, we were unable to find Weisel as a period spelling of a place name. Fortunately, after the close of commentary, Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor found Weissel as a place name in a 1639 copy of a 15th century German document. Therefore, we have changed the name to Mang von Weissel for registration.
The submitter's previous name, Özbeg of Gyldenholt, is released.
Morgan Frederic Ward. Alternate name Shibata Yasutake. Odd inn Fundni. Name and device. Per bend purpure and vert, a bend between three arrows bendwise inverted and two rabbits salient argent.FitzRolf is the registered surname of the submitter's parent.
The submitter provided attestation that he is the son of Jon FitzRolf, called the Lean, who also provides permission to conflict with his device, Sable, a dragon dormant to sinister and in chief two arrowheads inverted, all gules, fimbriated Or. The father's existing registration of fimbriated complex charges, fimbriated secondary charges, and dormant dragons clears this submission from the otherwise necessary return for these features.
Petra von Weissel. Name.Odd was documented on the Letter of Intent as a 14th century English name. This given name cannot be combined with the Old West Norse byname inn Fundni because English and Old Norse can be combined only if both elements are attested prior to 1100 C.E. Fortunately, Odd also appears as a Old Danish form in Lena Peterson's Nordiskt runnamnslexikon The Old Danish Odd can be combined with an Old West Norse byname, allowing the name to be registered.
The submitter may also be interested to know that Oddr inn Fundni, a fully Old Norse form of the name, is also possible. If he prefers this form, he may make a request for reconsideration.
Ræv Kolfinnsson. Name and device. Per pale vert and sable, a winged fox segreant, a bordure Or. Rodrigo de Reinosa. Name change from Fathir von Trier.Submitted as Petra von Weisel, we were unable to find Weisel as a period spelling of a place name. Fortunately, after the close of commentary, Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor found Weissel as a place name in a 1639 copy of a 15th century German document. Therefore, we have changed the name to Petra von Weissel for registration.
The submitter requested authenticity for an unspecified time period, language or culture. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, Seraphina Ragged Staff identified the authenticity request during commentary, allowing sufficient time for research. This name likely is not authentic because, although both elements are German, they are dated approximately 100 years apart.
Ruprecht Keller. Name and device. Argent, an arm embowed azure maintaining a key bendwise sable.Nice 16th century Spanish name!
The submitter's previous name, Fathir von Trier, is retained as an alternate name.
Þorvaldr Fiaksson. Name and device. Per pale argent and sable, on a pale gules between two birds striking respectant counterchanged a lightning bolt Or.Nice late 15th century German name!
Tómas Rauðr Oddsson. Name and device. Argent goutty de sang, in fess a comet between two swords sable, a base indented gules. Úlfrikr inn gamli Ragnarsson. Name.Originally submitted as Þorvaldr Fiaksson, the name was changed at Kingdom to Þorvaldr Fiakson because Kingdom was unsure how the genitive (possessive) form of Fiak would be spelled. The normal way an Old Norse masculine name ending in a consonant makes its genitive is by adding an -s. Therefore, the byname should be the originally-submitted Fiaksson. We have made this change for registration.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a lightning bolt outside the context of a thunderbolt.
The submitter requested authenticity for 9-10th century Old Norse language. This request was not summarized on the Letter of Intent. Fortunately, Seraphina Ragged Staff identified the authenticity request during commentary, allowing sufficient time for research. This name appears to meet that request.
West Returns - January LoAR
Asger Úlfriksson. Device. Azure, a tree blasted argent and on a chief Or a dragon passant gules.Bleda the Hun. Name.This device is returned for conflict with the arms of the Barony Beyond the Mountain, Azure, a tree eradicated argent and on a chief enarched Or a sun gules charged with a laurel wreath Or. There is one DC for change in type of tertiary charge. However, we do not grant difference for the presence, absence, or changes to quaternary charges (see the April 2014 return of the device of David Straker Whittaker).
Upon resubmission, please make the wings of the dragon larger.
Christopher of York. Device change. Sable, a natural tiger's head cabossed Or marked sable, a bordure embattled ermine.This name must be returned because it presumes on the historical figure Bleda, King of the Huns and co-ruler with his more famous brother Attila. Under PN4D1 of SENA, "[s]overeign rulers of significant states are generally important enough to protect." There should be no question that the Huns were a very significant political entity in the Early Middle Ages. The Huns had a major impact on Europe during the 4th through 6th centuries, attacking and harassing both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. During Bleda's reign, the Huns forced the Eastern Roman Empire to sign a treaty giving the Huns significant trade rights as well as the right to receive annual tribute. Bleda and his brother Attila waged war against the Empire for violation of the treaty, razing a number of cities, and ultimately forcing Emperor Theodosius II to accede to their demands. After Bleda's death, the Huns continued their campaigns into both Italy and Gaul. Even after the Huns ceased to be an active threat to Europe, they continued to be key figures in European legends, including the Nibelung legend.
Accordingly, as the sovereign ruler of a significant period political entity, Bleda, King of the Huns, is protected from presumption. Commenters and heralds at the Pelican decision meeting found this name to be an unmistakable claim to be the historical Bleda.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Bleda of Golden Rivers.
Jane the Reborn. Name change from Aldwin Wolfling.This device is returned for conflict with the device of Thomas Naupegos, Sable, a natural panther's head cabossed Or and a bordure embattled argent. There is one DC for changing the tincture of the bordure. The sable markings do not contribute to difference from an unmarked cat's head, nor is there a difference between a natural panther's head and a natural tiger's head.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a natural tiger's head.
Richard of Greyefalle. Badge. Ermine, on a paw print gules a "square buckle palewise" Or.This name must be returned for lack of documentation. The Letter of Intent argued that the byname the Reborn is reasonable based on the fact that the word regenerat appears in Middle English. However, there is no evidence that regenerat or "reborn" was used as a byname for a person. We also could not find any English bynames with similar or related meanings that would support a naming pattern. There were several period English bynames that referred to piety or religious faith, but none of them used the language of "rebirth" sometimes seen in late period (and modern) Protestant writings. Probably the closest period byname we found was la Converse (Reaney & Wilson s.n. Converse, dated to 1214), which referred to someone who had converted from secular to religious life. However, we do not believe that this descriptive byname fairly supports the lingua Societatis form "the Reborn" -- we read it more as "the Convert."
Commenters did find the unmarked Reborn as a late 16th century English surname. However, this surname appears to be a variant spelling of the attested Rayburn or Ryburn, both of which were place names that gave rise to surnames. It does not support the kind of descriptive byname desired by the submitter.
We would change the name to the attested Jane _ Reborn, but the submitter allows no changes.
Úlfrikr inn gamli Ragnarsson. Device. Per pale sable and argent, a chevron and in chief a wolf and a unicorn combatant counterchanged.This badge is returned for redraw. Commenters struggled to identify the tertiary charge, and very few could recognize it as a buckle. This is due in large part to the lack of detail in the drawing, but also in the buckle's internal structure: it appears to have an extra bar where none should be on a buckle. If the buckle's exact shape isn't crucial to the submitter, he might consider resubmitting with a lozenge-shaped buckle (often blazoned as an "arming buckle") or a round buckle, the forms of the charge most often found in period armory.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a paw print.
Valicinia of the Mists. Name.This device is returned for violation of SENA A6F, the appearance of marshalling. The design appears to dimidiate Sable, a chevron between in chief two wolves combatant argent with Argent, a chevron between in chief two unicorns combatant sable. SENA A6F3c notes that per pale fields with multiple charges need an overall charge that has poor contrast with part of the field to avoid the appearance of marshalling.
Upon resubmission, the submitter might consider a chevron singly tinctured, which would provide poor contrast with half of the field and avoid the appearance of marshalling. The submitter should be advised that charges only in chief can push a chevron to base; doing so with this design would give the wolf and unicorn a greater amount of space to expand and aid in identifiability.
This name must be returned because it does not contain a given name. Valicinia was documented in the Letter of Intent as a place name and we were unable to find any evidence of its use to identify a person.
February 2019 LoAR (printed April 28, 2019) (West - November, 2018 LOI)
Cover Letter
From Pelican: Widening the Scope of Registerable Names - An Ongoing Discussion
We recently asked for commentary on whether we should change the requirement that only names from cultures with direct contact with medieval or Renaissance Western Europe should be registered. We made this request in light of the recent change in the Society's Mission Statement to omit express references to Western Europe.
There was a great deal of interesting discussion concerning the effects of the change in the Mission Statement and whether and how that change should affect the College. This discussion will not end with the decision on any one name. We will continue to consider whether and how to embrace cultures outside of Western Europe and those in direct contact with Western Europe prior to 1650.
Among other things, we will be undertaking a project to identify precisely which cultures and languages would be affected by removing the "direct contact with Western Europe" requirement. We have also put out a call for more specialists in non-European languages to come forward and assist Pelican and the College with names questions. That call has produced quite a lot of interesting volunteers and we hope, over the next several months, to make productive use of their services and create some new resources for submitters and heralds interested in non-Western European cultures.
From Pelican: Handling Possible Mistranscriptions in the FamilySearch Historical Records
Recently there has been much discussion in commentary about whether certain records from the FamilySearch Historical records are incorrectly transcribed from the original documents. A few commenters have access to the original source records being used by the creators of the FamilySearch Historical Records; however, this access is not generally available (Pelican does not have this access, for example). Moreover, reading original hand-written period documents is a very specific skill that we cannot reasonably expect every book herald to possess.
Therefore, starting with the items on this month's Letter of Acceptances and Returns, when a citation from FamilySearch is challenged in commentary or the Pelican decision meeting based on a possible mistaken transcription from the original source document, the submitted name element can be supported in one of two ways: (1) a total of three citations from reliable batches in FamilySearch showing the same spelling; or (2) a single citation to another reliable source showing the same spelling. For names or spellings documented through FamilySearch that are unusual, we suggest (but do not require) that submitters and consulting heralds provide more than a single citation if possible, in case the transcription is challenged in commentary.
From Pelican: Registering Korean Names
This month we reconsidered the precedent that only "late period Korean names are registerable under the standards of SENA." [Jeong Cheongju Han, 2/2015 LoAR, A-Trimaris] Based on new evidence, we now overturn that precedent and rule that Korean names attested from the 13th century onwards may be registered.
New research was provided showing contact between Korea and Western Europe prior to the 16th century. The thirteenth-century European writer William of Rubruck encountered Koreans during his travels in the East and describes their distinctive dress and head-dresses. His writings refer to them as Caule, which appears to be a phonetic rendering of the Chinese term for Korea. At the end of the 13th century, Marco Polo writes of encountering Koreans in the Mongol Court, including military units from "Cauli" who pledged loyalty to Kubilai Khan. During the 13th and 14th centuries, while Korea was a vassal state of the Mongol Empire, there was extensive interaction between the Mongol Court and Korea, with personnel from both courts traveling between the two fairly regularly. Europeans living in the Mongol Court described interactions with Koreans to both William of Rubrick and Marco Polo. Economically, medieval Korea was considered part of the Silk Road and archeologists are uncovering more and more evidence of Mediterranean goods having been in medieval Korea (including a recent find of Mediterranean glass goods in a 5th century Korean tomb).
In short, rather than being isolated or unknown, medieval Korea was part of the lively culture and commerce of Asia. As part of that larger culture, and particularly through its integration into the Mongol Empire, Koreans and Korea were known to Western Europe from at least the 13th century onwards. Accordingly, based on this new evidence, Korean names attested from the 13th century and later are registerable.
From Pelican: Presumption in Japanese Names
In two submissions this month, questions were raised about whether the Japanese name element transliterated as -hito should be considered presumptuous. One of the kanji that is transliterated as -hito is used solely by the imperial family. However, there is also a second kanji that is transliterated as -hito that was and continues to be used in the names of ordinary people. For example, Name Construction in Medieval Japan identifies at least three persons whose names incorporated the element -hito but who were not part of the imperial family: Satake Yoshihito (a bushi, 1572), Toshihito (Heian era) and Arihito (uncertain, 1600). In addition, it is unclear whether the Nara-era poet Yamabe no Akahito had any affiliation to the imperial family. In modern Japan, names ending in -hito (using the kanji not associated with the imperial family) are fairly common. For example, Yoshihito is the given name of several notable Japanese sports figures.
Under PN4B2 of SENA, "[d]ynastic names used by both a royal family and normal people are acceptable." The examples of multiple names of ordinary people ending in -hito ordinarily would be sufficient to allow registration of a name using that element. However, the present issue is complicated by the fact that -hito is a transliteration of two distinctly different Japanese kanji. After consulting many people expert in Japanese and several native speakers of the language, we conclude that the transliteration -hito is not presumptuous because it is understood by native Japanese speakers as encompassing both the kanji used by the imperial family and the kanji used by ordinarily people. As concisely stated in commentary by Miura Suzume, "From a native (Japanese) perspective, if the name is not both spelled "[x][imperial kanji]" and pronounced "[x]hito", there is no presumption, period."
Accordingly, a given name ending in -hito is not in itself presumptuous. However, combining a given name using this ending with other allusions to the Japanese imperial family or other name elements strongly associated with the Japanese imperial family may still create an overall effect of presumption.
From Pelican: Using Generic Toponyms in Local Branch Names
The question was raised this month whether a generic toponym - in this case, the Gaelic term for harbor or port - can be registered as a branch name. Several commenters asserted that we do not do so. However, no one was able to identify a precedent so stating. Further, we have in the past registered branch names such as Barony of the Bridge, Barony of the Steppes, and Barony of the Isles, all of which are based on generic toponyms. These past registrations suggest that there was not, in the past, a ban on branch names based on generic toponyms.
SENA does not prohibit the registration of generic toponyms as branch names. Nothing in the NPN sections of SENA addresses the question of generic toponyms for branch names. On the subject of genericness, GP2A of SENA states in relevant part:
Some items are considered too generic to be registered. This means that they may be used by anyone and may not be reserved to one person or group by registration. One such category is generic identifiers such as Brewer's Guild and Queen's Guard. These names may be used by any branch to identify the owner or association of a badge, but no group may register them. Another category that may not be registered is an armorial design consisting only of abstract charges such as letters, runes, Arabic script, astrological symbols, and the like. Such a registration might prevent someone from using a form of their name or monogram. These generic items are not restricted by the College of Arms, but may not be registered to anyone. Other such categories are a personal name consisting of only a single given name or armory consisting of only a plain tincture. Such registrations might prevent people from using those given names or colors.
Further, NPN2E states:
E. Generic Identifiers: As discussed in GP.2.A, some items are considered too generic to be registered; this means that they may be used by anyone and may not be reserved to one person or group by registration. One category of items that may not be registered is generic identifiers like Brewer's Guild and Queen's Guard; these names may be used to identify the owner of a badge or to designate its intended use, but no group may register it (and hence prevent others from registering it). These generic items may be used by anyone without registration, but may not be registered to anyone.
Naming a branch after a generic toponym such as the Field, the Port or the Wood does not have the same effect as registering a generic term such as Baronial Guard to a single group. Any group may have a field, wood or port. Most groups are not named after them, however. In addition, because we now focus only on sound and appearance for determining conflicts, registration of Canton of the Caladphort does not prevent registration of Shire of the Harbor. Therefore, the main reason for refusing to register generic terms does not exist when dealing with generic toponyms used as branch names. We are not giving a monopoly on a type of land or landmark by allowing the use of generic toponyms in branch names.
In addition, naming places based on generic toponyms was a period practice. Watts' Cambrige Dictionary of English Place Names provides several examples of such names, including (among others) period places named la Pool(e), Felda (field) and Hill(e). Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor provided a number of examples of period German place name based on generic toponyms, such as Bruck/Brugge ("bridge") and Hof (farmstead). Therefore, allowing such place names in the Society promotes good recreation.
Starting with the publication of this letter, generic toponyms can be used as the substantive element of a local branch name in the form [Designator] of the [Generic Toponym] (or the same form in an appropriate language). Under NPN1A, the language of the designator determines the language for the preposition and article. Therefore, this month we are registering the branch name Canton of the Caladphort even though Caladphort is a Gaelic word.
The only generic toponyms that cannot be used as substantive elements are those which are already reserved by Corpora for use as local branch designators, which are listed in Appendix E of SENA. Thus, a group cannot be the Shire of the Shire, for example.
From Palimpsest: Appendix A Changes for Jewish and Mongol
The November 8, 2018 Palimpsest Rules Letter proposed changes to the Jewish and Mongol tables in Appendix A. We are approving these changes as proposed. This allows for double given names in Ashkenazic Hebrew names without further documentation of the pattern. This also allows for Mongol tribe names, marked patronymics, descriptive bynames, and certain double bynames without further documentation of the patterns.
For the full text of the updated tables, see:
http://yarntheory.net/ursulageorges/palimpsest/appendixa_draft.html
From Palimpsest: SENA A5C3 change
The August 2015 Cover Letter allowed maintained charges to count for difference. This removes the statement in SENA A.5.C.3 that they do not count for difference.
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3. Some Changes Which Do Not Count for Difference: Changes that are smaller than a cadency step, as described below, do not contribute to difference between two armorial designs, no matter how many of them there are. These sorts of changes were often understood as artistic variation or details which could be included or omitted in display of the armory. This includes differences in artistic style and details such as arming and languing. It also includes minor variation in the placement of charges and changes in outline due to different artistic representations. Additionally, for certain charge types, all variants of that charge are considered equivalent for conflict purposes.
For example, a lion Or armed gules, where the claws and teeth are red, would not be different from a lion Or, where the lion is wholly gold, nor would either be different from a lion Or langued azure, where the mouth is open with a blue tongue. A moon in her plenitude, with a face on it, would not be different from either a moon or a roundel.
For example, a lion is not different from any other type of natural feline. This includes, but is not limited to: a domestic cat, a catamount, a mountain lion, an ounce, a tiger, and so on. However, a lion is different from a heraldic tyger, which is a heraldic monster. Other types which include many variants are dogs (variants include wolves and foxes) and swords/daggers.
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3. Some Changes Which Do Not Count for Difference: Changes that are smaller than a
cadency step, as described below, do not contribute to difference between two armorial designs,
no matter how many of them there are. These sorts of changes were often understood as artistic
variation or details which could be included or omitted in display of the armory. This includes
maintained charges and style,
including like
For example, a lion Or armed gules, where the claws and teeth are red, would not be
different from a lion Or, where the lion is wholly gold, nor would either be different from
a lion Or langued azure, where the mouth is open with a blue tongue. A moon in her plenitude,
with a face on it, would not be different from either a moon or a roundel.
Similarly, a dragon maintaining a sword would not be different from either a dragon
maintaining a mouse or a dragon and the exact positioning of the maintained sword would
likewise not matter
For example, a lion is not different from any other type of natural feline. This includes,
but is not limited to: a domestic cat, a catamount, a mountain lion, an ounce,
a tiger, and so on. However, it (which includes
West Acceptances - February LoAR
Aasa Thorvaldsdottir. Badge. (Fieldless) A chicken per pale azure and Or. Aasa Thorvaldsdottir. Badge. (Fieldless) A musical note azure.`Ali ibn Kar{i-}m al-Ghan{i-}. Name change from Quentin Sablestar.Nice badge!
Aonghus Wyldsmyth. Name and device. Gules, in saltire two hammers, a bordure embattled argent.The byname al-Ghan{i-} means "the wealthy" in Arabic. Questions were raised in commentary about whether this phrase was used as a byname by ordinary people or whether it was found solely as an epithet of Allah. Phrases that were used solely as epithets of Allah are considered presumptuous and may not be registered. [Asil al-Sami, 8/2018 LoAR, A-Gleann Abhann] Phrases such as al-Rashid, which were applied both to Allah and to ordinary people, can be registered.
Heralds at the Pelican decision meeting found evidence of a person named 'Uthman al-Ghani who lived in Mecca during Muhammed's lifetime. Based on this evidence, the byname al-Ghan{i-} can be registered.
The submitter's previous name, Quentin Sablestar, is retained as an alternate name.
Bartholomew de Canterbury. Name change from Sveinn Grímarsson.This name combines a Gaelic given name with an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
The submitter may be interested to known that Angus is found as a given name in 16th century Scots language records. If he prefers Angus Wyldsmyth, he may make a request for reconsideration.
Bran MacMurphie. Name change from holding name Bran of Rivenoak.Nice English name for the 13th century onwards!
The submitter's previous name, Sveinn Grímarsson, is retained as an alternate name.
Ciarán mac Ultáin. Name and device. Vert, a chevron fracted between three pine trees and an owl rising wings displayed argent. Ciarán mac Ultáin. Badge. Vert, an owl rising wings displayed and in base two pine trees argent. Edith of Swanesdale. Badge. (Fieldless) A squirrel contourny maintaining an acorn Or. Edith of Swanesdale. Reblazon of device. Or, a squirrel contourny maintaining an acorn and a bordure gules.The submitter originally desired the name Bran mac Morchadha, but that name conflicted with the registered Bran Mac Murchada. He added a third byname, mhic an cùbair, to clear the conflict.
The name then appeared on the Letter of Intent as Bran mac Morchadha mhic an cùbair, with notes that the submitter desired a form of the modern Irish surname Murphy and an occupational byname meaning "cooper" or "barrel-maker." Unfortunately, we could not find evidence for cùbair as a term for "cooper" in pre-17th century Gaelic. It appears to be an entirely modern construction borrowing from the English word cooper.
Several options for the desired name were documented in commentary and at the Pelican decision meeting. At the submitter's request, we have changed the name to Bran MacMurphie, an Anglicized Irish form of the desired name. Bran is a 16th century Anglicized Irish male given name found s.n. Brian in "Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents," by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/Masculine.shtml). MacMurphie is a 16th century or early 17th century Anglicized Irish spelling found in Woulfe p. 395 s.n. Mac Murchaidh.
By changing the byname to MacMurphie, the name is now clear of the registered Bran mac Murchadha under PN3C2. Murphie has two syllables while Murchadha has three.
The submitter originally requested authenticity for 11-12th century Irish for Murphy. However, he withdrew that request after the close of commentary in favor of the registered name. Bran MacMurphie is authentic for 16th century Ireland.
Genevieve d'Aigues-Mortes. Name.Blazoned when registered in August 2001 as Or, a squirrel sejant erect to sinister and a bordure gules, the squirrel is maintaining an acorn, a charge which now counts for difference, and the default posture of a squirrel is sejant erect.
Hindrek Keuenpoeyck. Badge. (Fieldless) On an open scroll sable an Arabic letter Zayn argent. Morgan Frederic Ward. Badge for Shibata Yasutake. Per pale gules and sable, in pale a plate charged with four gouttes de poix in cross, bases inward, and a whelk fesswise Or.Submitted as Geneviève d'Aigues-Mortes, the grave accent in the given name is a modern editorial addition that must be removed for registration. [Genevieve de la Marre, 1/2014 LoAR, A-Caid] We have done so for registration.
Morgan Frederic Ward. Release of badge. Per pall argent, gules, and sable, a pall within a bordure erminois. Nettie of Summers Hall. Name and device. Purpure, a butterfly and on a chief wavy argent three roses purpure.The depiction and arrangement of the gouttes duplicate those found on the submitter's registered device, and are thus permitted under the Existing Registration Allowance.
Rivka of Shushan. Name.Nettie is the submitter's legal given name.
Summers Hall is a constructed English place name. In commentary, Lillia Crampette gave several instances of similarly-constructed English place names, including Spicers halle (MED, 1458) and Bisshops Hall (Mills London, 1495).
Artist's note: Please center the butterfly on the field, increasing the size of all of the charges to fill the available space.
Roric of Summers Hall. Name and device. Sable, an elephant contourny barded and on a chief wavy argent three mullets azure.Shushan, also known as Susa, is the modern name of a Near Eastern city, mentioned in the Bible, which has existed since 4200 B.C.E. Modern sources refer to the city as both Susa and Shushan. Therefore, either spelling can be used as the lingua Societatis form of the place name.
The submitter may be interested to know that we documented Rivka m'Shushan as a period Hebrew form of the name. If she prefers this form, she may make a request for reconsideration.
Titus Octavius Novellus. Name. Winifred de Canterbury. Name.Submitted as Rurik of Summers Hall, the name in that form was not registerable because it combined the Russian Rurik with a constructed English byname, a combination not permitted under Appendix C. Fortunately, heralds at the Pelican decision meeting found the Latinized English name Roricus dated to circa 1100 C.E. The probable vernacular form is Roric. Accordingly, at the submitter's request, we have changed the name to Roric of Summers Hall for registration.
Summers Hall is a constructed English place name. In commentary, Lillia Crampette gave several instances of similarly-constructed English place names, including Spicers halle (MED, 1458) and Bisshops Hall (Mills London, 1495).
West Returns - February LoAR
William Gallagher. Name.This name must be returned due to lack of documentation. We have no evidence for Gallagher as an unmarked surname prior to 1650 C.E. We do have evidence for marked forms of the name in Anglicized Irish, including O Galleghure, O'Gallocher, O'Gallaghor, O'Gallogher and O'Galloghor. We would change the name to use one of these forms or use the interpolated spellings O Gallagher or O'Gallagher, but the submitter does not allow any changes. Therefore this name must be returned.
In Service,
Edith of Swanesdale, PaL,
Matins Herald
SUBMISSONS – May (2019)
ITEMS SENT TO LAUREL
The submitter notes she has gone by the previous (unregistered) name of 'Strata of Ottersdam'.
The West Kingdom College of Heralds requests assistance in documenting this name.
The submitter cares about the gender (female) of the name and marked no other boxes.
Adhela - from a list of 'Dutch Women's Names before 1150' by Kees Nieuwenhuijsen, Living History Studies [http://www.keesn.nl/names/en44_list_fx.htm].
of Ottersdam - 'there is an Ottersdam road area in the Netherlands'. The submitter has no documentation of its existence in period, but writes that the name follows acceptable practice for places name as she understands it. A Google search of 'Ottersdam Bruchem Netherlands' brings up a list of sites showing the modern location.
The Dutch name formation [given + locative byname] can be found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Quarterly sable and argent, a tree counterchanged and in chief three fountains.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the gender (female) of the name.
Aislinn - the West College requests assistance in documenting this name
inghean Ui Gallchobhair - from NCS Quick and Easy Gaelic Names, Formerly Published as "Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames", 3rd Edition, by Sharon L. Krossa [http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#clanaffiliationbyname].
The Gaelic name formation [given + patronymic] is found in NCS Quick and Easy Gaelic Names, Formerly Published as "Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames", 3rd Edition, by Sharon L. Krossa [http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#clanaffiliationbyname].
Armory:
Argent, a dragon couchant contourny wings elevated and addorsed purpure between three
triquetra vert.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the meaning, spelling, language and/or culture of the name (being the son of Aelle and the spelling of 'Alric', being Saxon) and gender (male) of the name.
The submitter requests AUTHENTICITY for 6th century Saxon (language/culture and time period).
Submitted as 'ALRIC ALLESUNU', the submitter clarified that he wishes to register 'Alric Aellesunu'. The West suggests that this name should likely be 'Alric Ælles sunu' and have changed it to this for submission, as the submitter requests Authenticity. The submitter was contacted, and is willing to accept this change.
Alric - from the Academy of St. Gabriel article Anglo-Saxon Names by AElwyn aet Gyrwum 'Alric' [https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/aelfwyn/bede.html].
Ælles sunu - 'Alle' from the Academy of St. Gabriel article Anglo-Saxon Names by AElwyn aet Gyrwum 'Alric' [https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/aelfwyn/bede.html] and '-sunu' from the SCA College of Arms Precedent June 2003:
"Ingwulf Wulfes sunu. Name.
Listed on the LoI as Ingwulf Wulfsone, this name was submitted as Ingwulf Wulfsin. The submitter requested authenticity for 7th C Saxon and noted that the sound "wolf's son" and Saxon language/culture were most important to him. Kingdom changed the byname to a theorized Old English form in an attempt to meet the submitter's request for authenticity and his desired sound.
No support was provided in the LoI that either Wulfsin or Wulfsone were properly constructed. Patronymic bynames in Old English are typically formed by placing the father's name in the genitive case and appending a form of sunu 'son'. A 7th C example of this type of construction is found in Gösta Tengvik, Old English Bynames (p. 158 s.n. Hussan sunu), which dates Hering Hussan sunu to 603. Metron Ariston provided support for an appropriate form of the submitted byname for Old English:
Redin (Studies in Uncompounded Personal Name in Old English, p. 10) notes the given name Wulf in that spelling. Therefore, Wulfessunu should work as an Old English patronymic form since he indicates that the Saxon environment is important to him.
We have changed this name to the byname provided by Metron Ariston, and have added the space before sunu as seen in the 7th C example found in Tengvik, in order to make this name authentic for the submitter's desired time and culture."
The Saxon name formation [given + patronymic] is found in the same documentation.
Armory:
Vert, a goat's head erased between two flaunches argent, upon each a compass star vert.
The device emblazon was changed from the original image, with the submitter's approval, to adjust the mullets to match the current description of a compass star and to adjust the 'goat's head erased' to be more proportionate to period examples and less stretched out.
There is an SFPP for the use of compass stars.
The submitter cares about the meaning (none noted) and gender (female) of the name.
Originally submitted as 'Aalys de la Rue de l'Arbre-Sec', the submitter preferred the spelling 'Alyce', and the West Kingdom College of Heralds was able to document this spelling. The submitter, present at the meeting, approves the change.
Alyce - 'Alyce' English feminine given name dated to 1548/0 in NCS Mari ingen Brian meic Donnchad's "Feminine Given names in the Registers of the Church of St. Mary's Dymock" [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/Dymock/dym_women.shtml].
de la - French locative formation for 'from the (feminine)' from SENA Appendix A.
Rue de l'Arbre-Sec - from Dictionnaire topographique et historique de l'ancien Paris (avant l'annexion) pg. 11 [http://books.google.com/books?id=mfdAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22Rue+de+l%27Arbre%22+%22dictionnaire+topographque)&source=bl&ots=isibMyXmCX&sig=ACfU3U3_wk6KwA-pmoNIG3tZej2S8T-_iQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis1JagsIriAhWJoJ4KHUb0A-oQ6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Rue%20de%20'Arbre%22%20%22dictionnaire%20topographique)&f=false].
'It is my desire to have my last name some French form of 'of the trees/forest' (De l'Arbre).'
The French name formation [given + locative] is acceptable per SENA Appendix A. English and French are an acceptable combination per SENA Appendix C.
Armory:
Sable, a crow displayed and on a chief argent two crows addorsed regardent sable.
The submitter wishes for the birds to be crows, not ravens, and provided updated artwork to more clearly show this distinction. (Yes, she is working to register 'a murder of crows'.)
There is an SFPP for for the use of a displayed bird that is not an eagle.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the gender (male) of the name.
The submitter requests AUTHENTICITY for 6th century Ireland (language/culture and time period).
Cattuvir - 'Cattuvir' (battle man) (pronounced 'Cath-oo-veer') c. mid to late 6th Century Ogham Stone (268, Dromore III).
Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1949. Cited in: McManus, Damian. A Guide to Ogam. Maynooth: Sagart, 1997. Pp. 102-103, 105. cf. "CIIC 268. Dromore III, Co. Waterford." Ogham in 3D. March 08, 2019. Accessed March 18, 2019. [https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=Dromore&stone=268._Dromore_III].
mucoi Luga - 'mucoi Luga' (descedant of Lug) (pronounced as spelled) c. early to mid 6th Century Ogam Stone (266, Dromore I).
Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart. Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1949. Cited in: McManus, Damian. A Guide to Ogam. Maynooth: Sagart, 1997. Pp. 112. cf. "CIIC 266. Dromore I, Co. Waterford." Ogham in 3D. March 08, 2019. Accessed March 18, 2019. [https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=Dromore&stone=266._Dromore_I].
The Irish name formation [given + patronymic] is found in SENA Appendix A.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the spelling ('as written') and gender (female) of the name.
Cecilia - from NCS Family Search B-batch: Cecilia Galte, buried 02 Aug 1600, Stokesby, Norfolk, England [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCQH-ZZL].
Nailo - from NCS Family Search B-batch: George Nailo Sr., mentioned in the record of Margaret, buried 09 Sep 1628, Lenham, Kent, England [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZSB-SJL].
The English name formation [given + byname] is acceptable per SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Per bend Or and gules, a squirrel rampant and a dragon counterchanged.
Submitter approves changing the squirrel to rampant to meet Unity of Postures rules for her primary charge group.
Submitted as 'Christiana of Dangeld Tor' the submitter agreed to update the spelling to the currently registered 'Danegeld Tor' - Shire in the West Kingdom.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the sound (none noted) and gender (female) of the name. The submitter withdraws the notation of caring about the language and/or culture (Viking) of the name.
Christiana - from NCS Withycombe, p. 65, dated 1199, 1285, 1424
of Danegeld Tor - with the Branch Name Allowance (SENA PN1.B.2.f) from the Shire of Danegeld Tor, registered to the West, April 2011.
Name formation [given + of Branch Name] is found in SENA PN1.B.2
Armory:
Per chevron purpure and gules, a chevron between a sun and three hearts Or.
The West College requests assistance documenting this name.
The submitter will NOT accept ANY changes and cares about the gender (male) of the name. The submitter will NOT allow the creation of a holding name.
Guillermo - from NCS Batch C89269-2, Guillermo Antonio Duran, christened Nov. 1600, OLOT, GERONA, SPAIN [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5NY-5MK].
del Norte - 'indicates I am from "the North"'.
'de Norte' - found multiple surnames from Spain via Family Search: NCS Batch K89494-1, Ana Maria De Norte, christened 1640, EL SALVADOR,AZAGRA,NAVARRA,SPAIN [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRPV-Q8G].
The Spanish name formation <given + placename> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Argent, a fox rampant proper maintaining a lute purpure, a bordure sable.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the gender (male) of the name.
Ívarr - from the Viking Answer Lady: Ívarr, Yngvarr: Found in Old Danish as Iwar, in Old Swedish as Ivar, and in OW.Norse as Ívarr. The origin of this name is unclear. Fellows-Jenson states that the first element is probably from Ingi-, as *Inhu-harjaz > Primitive Scandinavian *Ihu-harjaR > *Ihu-harR > Ívarr. If this is correct, then the second element -arr is derived from either *harjaR, Old Icelandic herr, "army, warrior" or from *gaiRaR, Old Icelandic geirr, "spear". A side form of the name, Yngvarr, exists, derived from *Inzu-harjaz > Yngvarr. Appears in Irish sources as Inwar and Imhair. Nordiskt runnamnslexikon argues that the first element derives from Primitive Scandinavian *iwa, "yew-tree, yew-bow", related to Old icelandic ýr, plural ífar. Runic examples in both the nominative and accusative case appear as iuar. Appears in the Anglo-Scandinavian place-names Geresbi, Ieresbi and the names Yward, Iuer, Iver, Ywerker. [http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#i]
Eiríksson - from NCS Geirr Bassi p. 9 'Eiríkr. Formed to the patronymic per Geirr Bassi p. 17 following the pattern of " -r > -s: Grímr > Grímsson".
The Scandinavian name formation [given + patronymic] is acceptable per SENA Appendix A.
The submitter will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares about the gender (female) of the name.
Ottilie - from NCS Socin, p. 93, under the header <Otilia>. <Ottilie> is dated to 1295.
Huber - from NCS Socin, p. 475, as <Hüber>, dated to 1299 and 1300.
The German name formation [given + byname] is found in SENA Appendix A.
Armory:
Azure, an open book argent, on a chief embattled Or three roses proper.
Joint Badge with Catriona Morgan.
Previous submission was Per pale gules and argent, a sword inverted sable between two lions addorsed counterchanged all between four hearts counterchanged argent and purpure, a bordure raguly sable.
and was returned on the June 2018 LoAR with the comments:
"This badge is returned for lack of documentation of the number and arrangement of the charge groups. SENA A3E1 requires that armory with three or more charge groups on the field must either have the arrangements appear in Appendix J, or otherwise provide documentation for that arrangement of charges. This badge has four charge groups directly on the field: The primary charge is the sword, which is flanked by one secondary charge group, the lions, which are in turn surrounded by a second secondary charge group, the roses, all of which are within the third secondary charge group, the bordure. The closest pattern in Appendix J is "A primary charge group, a secondary charge group around the primary charge group (semy, in orle, or numbered charges), and a peripheral ordinary." This only includes one secondary charge group around the primary charge, not two, and so must be individually documented."
The resubmission has removed a set of charges to meet the pattern of 'a primary charge group, a secondary charge group around the primary charge group, and a peripheral ordinary'.
Blazon:
Per pale gules and argent, a sword inverted sable between two lions rampant addorsed
counterchanged, a bordure raguly sable.
RETURNS
Or, on a sun vert a spindle bendwise sinister argent.
This badge is Returned for Conflict: Rodema de Rohan, device associated registered in January of 1973: Or, a compass-star vert.
There is one DC for the addition of a tertiary charge, but two such DCs are needed to clear conflict. There is no difference between a sun and a compass star.
Per chevron gules and sable, in saltire an arrow and a battle ax argent.
This device is returned for a per-chevron line of division that does not meet current Precedent and is not clearly a per-chevron division compared to a complex-line chief.
The West College recommends that the submitter work with a herald to re-submit an image with a properly placed line of division.
As of the May meeting, no conflicts were found with this device.
Per chevron counter ermine and gules, in base a sea unicorn argent.
This device is returned for administrative reasons: no SCA name was provided for registration. The West College recommends the submitter work with a herald to find a documentable name and resubmit her device when she is ready to submit a name.
Argent, a winged fox segreant Or.
A conflict for this badge was found: Ingolf of Clontarf, device registered Feb. 1989 (via the West): Per bend purpure and sable, a bat-winged jackal rampant Or. There is one DC for the field change, no differences for jackal -> fox and bat-winged -> winged.
The submitter provided research materials in support of an Individually Attested Pattern. He provides images of Or animals on argent fields in a variety of combinations included a winged quadruped, several non-winged quadrupeds, a bird, and a head. All of these images are from one armorial, illustrated by Virgil Raber, c. 1522-1548 [http://bilderserver.at/wappenbuecher/VirgilRaberEXAv2_52z2/].
Winged Fox: pg 74, 702
Boar: pg 706
Lion's Head: pg 858
Cat With Pickax: pg 768
Lion: pg 806
The submitter contends that these images show the period use of a single Or primary charge animal against a field of argent in sufficient quantity and variety to support his armorial submission.
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