LOP -1 April 2017, A.S. LI

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 1 April 2017, A.S. LI

LETTER OF PRESENTATION Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Their Royal Majesties Morgan and Elizabeth; Baroness Genevieve de Lironcourt, Aten Principal Herald; Heralds in the Atenveldt College of Heralds; and to All Whom These Presents Come,

Greetings of the New Year from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

This is the April 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Presentation; it is the second LoP issued in March, and the submissions will hopefully be included in the April 2017 Letter of Intent; it precedes the Letter of Intent with commentary made internally via OSCAR. Please have your comments made by 25 April.

Heraldry Hut: will be held on Friday, 31 March, at the home of Symond and Marta, 7:30 PM. Please email one of us if you have questions or need directions.

Please consider the following submissions for the April 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

Muiredach mac Robartaig (Granholme): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Chevronelly inverted azure and Or, on a chief-pale between two doves respectant gules, a double-headed axe Or.

The name is Gaelic. Muiredach is an Old and Middle Irish Gaelic masculine name dated 760-1257 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Muiredach / Muireadhach,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Muiredach.shtml).Robartaig is the genitive form of Robartach. Dated 757-1136 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Robartach,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Robartach.shtml). The construction using mac is for a simple patronymic byname (“Quick and Easy Gaelic Names,” 3rd Edition, Sharon L. Krossa,http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#simplepatronymicbyname). The client is most interested in a Gaelic/Scots name.

Olive Long Anne Prosper (Granholme): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly purpure and sable, on a cross rayonny Or between in chief two owls respectant argent, an increscent moon azure.

The name is English. Olive is a female given name; Olive Stillington has a christening date of 24 February 1595 in St. Martin Coney Street, York, York, English, Batch P01094-1(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J33D-F8G). Anne is a female given name and Long is a surname; Anne Long has a christening date of 21 December 1561 in Saint John the Baptist, Croyden, Surrey, England, Batch C09865-2(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKXJ-WYZ). A Long Herodias is dated 16245-1722, born in England and died in Rhode Island, with no Batch number given (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9WVV-M95)Prosper is a surname; Elizabeth Prosper’s christening date is 7 July 1601, St. Paul, Lincoln, Lincoln, England, Batch C02631-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGVM-V89). The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

There are five tinctures and three charge types in the device. According to the Pictorial Dictionary, an increscent with a human face is blazoned as an increscent moon.

Orabilis Douw (Barony of Atenveldt): NEW NAME, DEVICE and BADGE

(device) Per pale dovetailed argent and purpure, a wolf sable and a winged unicorn argent combatant, on a chief rayonny vert three thistles argent, flowered purpure.

(badge) Argent, a wolf’s head erased sable and a unicorn’s head erased purpure armed gules respectant and a point pointed counter-ermine.

Orabilis is a female given name dated to 1221 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surname: Orabel,” Talan Gwynek (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Orabel); it is also the name of two women in Black’s The Surnames of Scotland, p. 639, The daughter and heiress of Nesius, William’s son, who married before 1200, and the woman who married Adam, son or Duncan, earl of Mar, son of Gilchrist, Earl of Mar. Douw is a surname in Black, p. 218, s.n. Dove, Dow, Dowe; Ede Dow held a land in “vico boreali,” Edinburgh, 1366. The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound and the language/culture of the name (Scottish clan).

Sibyl Breathnach (BoA): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, a corgi dog rampant to sinister Or maintaining a dagger inverted sable, a bordure embattled Or.

Sibyl is a a female given name dated to 1201 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surname: Sibyl,” Talan Gwynek, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?SibylBreathnach is a Gaelic descriptive byname, meaning “Welsh” (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Descriptive Bynames,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan,

medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Alpha.shtml), I have no idea if this byname can be applied to a woman, or how it might be feminized.

I think this is a corgi (I didn’t consult on this submission, but only heard about “corgis” around the edges; there is no documentation that demonstrates this as a period breed. I believe that the dagger, albeit a maintained charge, needs to have sufficient contrast with the field.

Yagi Tenji Yoshitatsu Kakujo (Sundragon): NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Azure, on a hexagon within a hexagon voided argent a hemp leaf vert.

The name is Japanese. He wishes to drop the azana Jaku’an in favor of the following name construction. The name elements are found in Name Construction in Medieval Japan, revised edition, Solveig Throndardottir. Yagi is a surname dated to 1332, p. 329. The yobina Tenji, “sky, heaven,” is dated to 1124, p. 191. The nanori Yoshitatsu, “dragon,” is dated to 1600, p. 297. Kakujo has been previously registered; it is an imina/personal name dated to 1336. The client desires a male name and will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

SENA A4 states that “Any armorial design that does not fit within our core style rules may still be registered if it can be documented as following a pattern of period practice within the armorial style of a single time and place within the temporal scope of the Society. This time and place may be in Europe or may be from a non-European period armorial tradition, such as Islamic or Japanese heraldry. We call such a design an Individually Attested Pattern. All elements in an Individually Attested Pattern must be found in that single time and place, including charges, arrangement of charge groups, and lines of division. Documentation under the Individually Attested Pattern rules does not exempt a design from conflict, presumption, or offense rules.” The client hopes that the armory can be registered, given evidence for the hexagon shape kikko (tortoise shell) that is a recognized motif in Japanese armory. Examples of this design are found in The Daibukan (The Great Book of Heraldry) edited by Hasimoto Hiroshi circa 1591 and the Kenmon Shokamon, Hanawa Hokiichi, dated 1470.

The hemp leaf was determined to be a permitted charge in SCA heraldry in the badge registered to the client, Sable, a hemp leaf within an annulet argent., April 2015. If registered, the client’s current device, Per pale sable and vert, within a torii a lion dormant argent., should be released.

The following submissions appear in the March 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

Comment for this Letter was provided by Coblaith Muimnech, ffride wlffsdotter, Fiora Vespucci, Maridonna Benvenuti, Michael Gerard Curtememoire and Selene of the Sky.

Adelaide Duval (S. Vladimir/Ered Sul): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend sinister argent and vert, three roses purpure and a dagger bendwise sinister inverted argent.

At the suggestion of several commenters, the dagger was enlarged.

Aed Mac Eochagaín (Mons Tonitrus): NEW NAME

Apollonia Kautz (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Gules, a polypus argent, on a point pointed Or three apples one and two gules.

Aurora Rothais (S. Vladimir/Ered Sul): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Azure, a rose argent and a demi-sun issuant from base, on a chief Or, seven mullets sable.

Aurora is the client’s legal given name; documentation will be forwarded to Laurel.Rothais is an English byname dated to 1086 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 383 s.n. Rose.

We don’t do “semy of [a number]”. However, Azure, a rose argent and a demi-sun issuant from base, on a chief Or seven mullets three and four sable. should be good blazon. I am encouraged by the registration of Elana Blakefenn’s badge, Nov 2009, as Argent, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet vert, in chief seven paw prints three and four sable. [MGC]

Beth Drache (Granite Mountain): NEW NAME CHANGE from Beth of Granite Mountain

The woman Beth Green has a chirstening date of October 1544 in Hartford, Huntington, England, Batch C16869-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK2M-HZK).

Brando Coradini (Barony of Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale azure and argent, two wolves combattant counterchanged, on a chief triangular sable a sheaf of rapiers inverted proper.

There were a couple of comments on the size of the rapiers on the chief, but given the size of the chief, the client has done the best possible with the charges as he can.

Canaan Falconer (Granite Mountain): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Or, a stag’s head cabossed proper within a torc sable.

Cora Boyle (Windale): NEW NAME and NEW DEVICE: Per pale ployé throughout azure and Or, two Celtic crosses and a sheaf of arrows counterchanged.

Darius al-Gafūr (SD): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, a wolf’s head erased contourny argent and a point pointed Or.

Dominic de Grae (Barony of Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, an owl stooping argent, on a chief wavy Or a moon in her plenitude azure between two mullets vert.

Donwenna Dwn (BoA): NEW DEVICE CHANGE: Per chevron gules and sable, three walnuts and a Catherine wheel Or.

The name was registered October 2006.

It was suggested by some commenters that the blazon be modified to Per chevron gules and sable, in chief three walnuts in fess and in base a Catherine wheel Or.

Eoghan MacIver (TY): NEW NAME CHANGE, from William MacIver

Eirikr Stjarna (BoA): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, three empty embroiderers spools/quills in pall inverted gules and sable.

Charges can’t be blazoned just [tincture] and [tincture]; we have to say what goes where. I believe here we can have: Argent, in pall inverted three empty embroiderer’s quills gules lipped sable. [MGC]

Evelyn of Windale (Windale): NEW NAME

Evelyn Grace, a woman has a christening date of May 1598 in Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England Batch P00160-1(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5WX-793).

Ezekiel Crow (SD): NEW DEVICE: Gules, on a triangle within and conjoined to an annulet argent a raven regardant sable.

Fíne Ingen Ui Cheallaigh (SD): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, two swords crossed in saltire and on a chief argent, three wooden harps proper.

The final letter in OSCAR’s find of <Fíne ingen uí Scolaighe> should provide an additional syllable, making the names clear of conflict for sound under http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#PN3C2, and <Sco> is clear of <Chea> for both spelling and sound under the same rule. [MGC]

Finna Ívarsdóttir (TY): NEW NAME

Friedrich Swartzen Hut (ES): DEVICE RESUBMISSION, from Laurel June 2015:Lozengy argent and azure, a Capotain hat sable.

Michael Gerard Curtememoire comes to the rescue with several period paintings, with a portrait of James I in 1590, now in the National Gallery, http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product/87989/jamesiin1590, and “”1596 Mrs Jennyngs (b.1550-1551) in a capotain hat, Aged 45 British School,” http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/401-450/joan-alleyn/ . The website “It’s About Time,”https://bjws.blogspot.com/search?q=capotain, demonstrates several capotains, and their inclusion in 1596 portraits (evidently 1596 was a banner year for the stylish capoain). Many thanks to Gerard for digging into the history of habedashery!

Galen Peter Gilmore (TY): NEW NAME

Geraint de Grey (BoA): NEW DEVICE: Azure, a chevron Or between two mullets of eight point argent and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

Ginevra of Sofia (TY): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale gules and azure emined argent, a lion Or and an orle argent.

A map in Gerard Mercator’s 1595 map of Servia, Bulgaria, Romania shows the spelling as Soyfia.
The bordure Or had to be changed to an orle argent to avoid several conflicts.

Grimald the Faithful (TY): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale Or and sable, two badgers rampant addorsed counterchanged marked argent.

Fíne Ingen Ui Cheallaigh (SD): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, two swords crossed in saltire and on a chief argent, three wooden harps proper.

Hallbiǫrn Freysgoði: NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief Or, four Futhark runes Algiz vert.

The blazon of the drinking horns is borrowed from charges seen in the badge of Grímólfr Skúlason, Gules, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief argent a valknut between two ravens respectant sable., in September 2014. The motif as blazoned simply as three drinking horns fretted in triangle: for Siiri Toivotytär, in April 2012, and for Wulfgar Wartooth, in June 2015.

Hannah Millican (BoA): NEW NAME

Hildegard Reinharet (SD): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per fess vert and argent, a crescent argent and a domestic cat’s face sable.

Hürrem bint Osman al-Urduni (TY): NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE CHANGE from Layla bint Suleiman al-Urduni

Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between two lotus flowers in profile and a squirrel argent.

Iðunn of the Citadel of the Southern Pass (ES): NAME and DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, June 2016: Vert, two bones in saltire within a wingless wyvern in annulo argent.

ffride comments in the most recent LoP: “For completeness, here’s what I’d written previously: Lind col. 620 sn. Iðunn includes a mention from the 14th c. Flateyjarbók, of <Idunn kona Þoralfs bonda>. Looking in the Guðbrandur and Unger edition, volume 1 p. 134 (https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UmgJAAAAQAAJ&vq=Idunn&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q=Idunn&f=false) we have <Þoralfr het bonda… ok het Jdunn kona hans>. Assuming that this isn’t a normalised spelling, she could have <Jdunn> or <Idunn>, but it wouldn’t be a normalised Old Norse/”Viking Age” spelling, nor would it have her desired sound of “Id-toon”.”

Isabella Cara (TY): NEW NAME CHANGE from Ceara inghean Chárthaigh

James Shinner (BoA): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, a compass rose Or, on a chief argent three oak leaves vert.

Another documentation for the suname is James Shinner, male, married 1589 in Marytavy, Devon, England, Batch no. M05139-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2J1-SYT). [fw]

Joseph Grünewald of York (BoA): NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Iosif Syl’vestrov

Julian Faith McCabe: NEW DEVICE CHANGE: Per saltire sable and argent, two unicorn’s heads erased respectant sable.

Kathryn De Feuer (BoA): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, in pale within a stag’s antler conjoined to itself in annulo a rose and a goblet argent.

Michael Gerard Curtmoire suggested what seems to be a clearer blazon: Vert, in pale a stag’s antler conjoined to itself and a goblet, within the antler a rose, all argent.

Kidala Boskov (TY/St. Felix): NEW NAME

No one was able to document Kidala as a given name; I am sending it on for, hopefully, some information on this type of Russian name practice.

Marcus de Grae (BoA): NEW NAME

Mariette Dominique du Beau (MT): NEW DEVICE: Azure, a bat-winged mermaid erect to sinister between flaunches argent.

Occadai Dogshin (BoA): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend sinister azure and purpure, two dogs sejant erect addorsed Or.

Owain Sayer (Windale): NEW NAME and DEVICE:Per fess dovetailed vert and argent, a mortar and pestle argent and three flames azure.

Rebekah bat Mikael: NEW NAME

Runa Gigja (S. Felix/TY): NEW DEVICE: Per chevron azure and sable, two unicorn’s combattant argent and a lit Arabian lamp Or.

Ryan Thorne (TY) NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend wavy Or semy of reremice sable, and gules, in dexter base a compass star Or.

Swetiue de Torleton’ (MT): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Or, two elephants statant respectant sable maintaining in their raised trunks a heart gules.

ffride comments: “According to the abbreviations page, (g.) indicates it is a “form attested following Lat. filius or filia.” Apparently Swetiue is from The Anglo-Saxon Heritage in Middle English Personal Names: East Anglia 1100-1399 and with a bit of digging I think their source was the Pipe Rolls, with: “Leciam filiam Swetiue petentem.” (https://books.google.com.au/books?id=czYIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Swetiue%22&dq=%22Swetiue%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0a hUKEwi-pNPA17nSAhXijVQKHUjcDB8Q6AEIIzAC). I’d strongly suspect it’s declined in Latin, so the nominative would be Swetiua?”
Michael Gerard Curtememoire comments: “Consider also the image below proposed athttp://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=43019 as a badge for the Barony of the Skraeling Althing, blazoned (Fieldless) Two hares salient respectant argent sustaining in chief a heart per chevron argent and gules at http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2014/09/14-09lar.html#204 when it was returned with the comment: ‘This badge is returned for the appearance of being a device with supporters: since a heart is a medium for heraldic display, the hares appear to be supporters. The College of Arms neither protects nor regulates the use of crests or supporters, and therefore will not register any submission that appears to be one.’ Whether the rather smaller size of this heart, its being a single tincture, and/or the charges being on a field saves it from the same problem I do not know.” I hope that this is the case, and the maintained heart does not appear to be a badge supported by the elephants.

Uilliam ua Briain (BoA): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Quarterly argent and sable, a cross gules between four snakes nowed counterchanged.

It will be suggested to the client that the snakes should be centered in their own little quarters.

Yvonnet le Bouer (ES): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Azure, a lighted candle and a quill pen cross in saltire, on a chief triangular Or a cauldron sable.

“This is not a cauldron, which hangs by a bail without feet, perhttp://mistholme.com/dictionary/pot-cauldron/, which bail must be visible (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/07/15-07lar.html#146) and would badly crowd this chief. Rather, it is a three-footed pot. For the official statement, seehttp://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/11/12-11cl.html#7, “From Wreath: Blazoning Fun — Kitchen Pots and Pans”. “[MGC] The blazon will be modified.

The following are returned for further work, March 2017:

Finna Ívarsdóttir: NEW DEVICE

Argent, two ovoid annulets conjoined in fess at their smaller ends gules.

As drawn, this is the lem[ni]scate, or infinity symbol. The infinity symbol is post-period, having first been used in 1655. If the submitter can document this symbol earlier, we need copies of the documentation to register it. This submission more accurately blazons the lemniscate, but does not make it more registerable. Moreover, a single abstract symbol, or an arrangement of charges amounting to one, cannot be registered as the sole charge or charges in a device. [MGC] 
Interlaced annulets do appear in late 16th C German armory, but they might be considered an abstract symbol as well, and may need an additional charge. [CM]

The following submissions were registered by the SCA College of Arms, December 2016:

Anton Højen. Reblazon of device. Gyronny from canton Or and sable, in sinister a dolphin haurient argent. Registered in November of 1980 as Gyronny from canton Or and sable, to sinister a dolphin haurient argent, current blazoning grammar has the dolphin insinister.
Beaune de la Sorse. Badge. Per fess paly argent and gules and sable, a cubit arm issuant from base argent. Please advise the submitter to draw an equal number of argent and gules sections.
Eric the Bald. Device change. Per pale azure and sable, two bear’s pawprints argent. 
The submitter’s old device, Sable, a sledge hammer argent within a bordure rayonny Or, is retained as a badge. There is a step from period practice for the use of pawprints.
Franceska Lucrezia la Sarta. Device. Per bend sinister indented gules and purpure, a threaded needle and a natural leopard’s head cabossed Or. 
Mercurio da Spin. Device. Gyronny arrondi azure and ermine, in saltire a rapier and a comet Or. 
Natasiia Novgorodova. Name change from Mariyah al-Madiniyah and device change. Per bend argent and gules, a swan sable and a sword inverted Or. 
The submitter’s prior name, Mariyah al-Madiniyah, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter’s old device, Per pale azure and Or, a crescent and between its horns a mullet of four points all counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Rachel Phythian Sons of Scotia. Name and device. Purpure, in chief a cross formy between flaunches argent. Submitted as Rachel Phythieof Sons of Scotia, the name in this form did not match any documented naming pattern. With the submitter’s permission, we have changed the name for registration to Rachel Phythian Sons of Scotia, a construction that uses an English double surname plus a locative. Phythian is a variant spelling of Fythian, found as an early 17th century English surname in the FamilySearch Historical Records. Sons was also documented as an early 17th century English surname in FamilySearch.

The following were returned by the College of Arms for further work, November 2016:

Millicent Couture. Name. 
This name was withdrawn by the submitter after the close of commentary.

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LOI – 25 March 2017, A.S. LI

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

25 March 2017, A.S. LI

Unto Andrewe Laurel; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

This constitutes most (no, really!) of the submissions accepted at the Estrella XXXII Consultation Table. While I’m always grateful (and a little surprised) by the patience and understanding of the folks who use the the Table, I’m even more thankful for the heralds who spend hours and days on the other side of the Table, answering all sorts of questions and comments for the very new client and for the “old-timer” people who drop in – it cannot be done without you, and I hope you know that and how much I treasure you. Just so you know, Honour Grenehart served as head of Heralds’ Point for Wednesday and Thursday (and stayed shackled to the Table even after I showed up for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday hours). The Table was assisted by James of the Lake (Furison Pursuivant), Sorcha inghen Chon Mhara (Parhelium Deputy), Symond Bayard le Gris, Seamus mac Riain (Black Boar Pursuivant), Beverly FitzAlan de Stirkelaunde, Caylye Gaspur, and Colm Kile of Lochalsh and Tymothy Smythson.

1. Adelaide Duval: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister argent and vert, three roses purpure and a dagger bendwise sinister inverted argent.

Adelaide appears at p. 224 in “Sommaire de l’histoire des François,” Nicolas Vignier, published in 1579 (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k123210f/f249” ). Also noted in the May 2012 LoAR for Adelaide of Alyngton , which states: “…the Latin spellings Adalhaidis and Adalheidis are both used, as is the vernacular spelling Adaleide. This is sufficient to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt regarding the plausibility of this spelling at an earlier time.” http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/05/12-05lar.html
Duval is a 16th C. surname found in “Sixteenth Century Norman Names,” Cateline de la Mor, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/norman16.html.

2. Aed Mac Eochagaín: NEW NAME

The name is Irish Gaelic. 
Aed is a masculine given name dated 578 through 1594 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Áed / Aodh,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Aed.shtml). 
Mac Eochagaín is found in Irish Names and Surnames, Patrick Woulfe, “son of Eochagán” (a diminutive of Eochaidh), http://www.libraryireland.com/names/mace/mac-eochagain.php
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name.

The potential conflict noted by OSCAR, Aedh mac Eoghain, is under heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#PN3C2 clear for sound by addition of a syllable in Aed Mac Eochagaín.

3. Apollonia Kautz: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, a polypus argent, on a point pointed Or three apples one and two gules.

The name is German. Apollonia Dieterich has a birthdate of 1620 in Neyenhausen, Germany, Batch C94091-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ22-KRS). 
Kautz is a surname with a christening date of 1598 for Sibilla Kautz in Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, Germany, Batch C00441-2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHBV-ZZK). It is also the client’s legal surname.

4. Aurora Rothais: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Azure, a rose argent and a demi-sun issuant from base, on a chief Or seven mullets three and four sable.

Aurora is the client’s legal given name; documentation will be forwarded to Laurel. 
Rothais is an English byname dated to 1086 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 383 s.n. Rose.

The client specifically asked for seven mullets on the chief. While this is typically blazoned as an unnumbered semy, this follows the blazon for

Elana Blakefenn’s badge, as Argent, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet vert, in chief seven paw prints three and four sable. (November 2009).

5. Beth Drache: NEW NAME CHANGE from Beth of Granite Mountain

The current name was registered June 2015; please release it if the new one is registered.

The woman Beth Green has a christening date of October 1544 in Hartford, Huntington, England, Batch C16869-1(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK2M-HZK). 
Drache is an English surname dated to 1066 for Leuing Drache, in R&W, 3rd edition, s.n. Drake. p. 141. It is also registered to Rustand Drache, the client’s legal husband.

6. Brando Coradini: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale azure and argent, two wolves combattant counterchanged, on a chief triangular sable a sheaf of rapiers inverted proper.

The name is Italian. Brando is masculine given name found 20 times in “Italian Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/tratte/); it is dated to between 1406-1519 inclusive, http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/tratte/search/personinfo.php.

Coradini is a surname found in “Surnames from a 16th-Century Italian Armorial,” Coblaith Muimnech (http://www.coblaith.net/Names/ItSur/default.html). 
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name (as submitted) and the culture of the name (16th C. Italian).

7. Canaan Falconer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a stag’s head cabossed proper within a torc sable.

Canaan Bennet has a christening date of 1599 at St. Mary, Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England Batch C00629-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6Z5-SXQ). 
Edward Falconer has a christening date of 1579 at Barrow-Upon-Humber, Lincoln, England Batch C02689-3(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6Z5-SXQ). 
The client desires a male name and will not accept Major Changes to the name. He is most interested in the meaning of the name (Canaan is said to mean protector of honor).

8. Cora Boyle: NEW NAME and NEW DEVICE

Per pale ployé throughout azure and Or, two Celtic crosses and a sheaf of arrows counterchanged.

The name is English. Cora is a feminine given name dated to 1598 (christening date) in Holsworthy, Devon, England, Batch C05113-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWX8-NQD). 
Boyle is dated to 1340-1450 and 1378 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, s.n. Boyle, Boyles, p. 58.

This line of division was registered as recently as the April 2016 LoAR, to Rahil Isfahani.

9. Darius al-Gafūr: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, a wolf’s head erased contourny argent and a point pointed Or.

The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names shows 10 people named Δαρεῖος. This Greek name usually rendered in Latin as Darius or Dareus.

Al-Gafūr, “discoverer,” is found in “Arabic Names from al-Andalus: Masculine Bynames Found in al- Andalus (nisba and laqab),” Juliana de Luna, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/alandalus/mascnick.html.

The client desires a male name and will not accept Major Changes to the name.

The client will be advised to make the wolf’s head larger, to take more advantage of the field area.

10. Dominic de Grae : NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, an owl stooping argent, on a chief wavy Or a moon in her plenitude azure between two mullets vert.

Dominic is an English masculine name, entering popular use with the saint’s name and his Order’s creation (S. Dominic, 1170-1221), Withycombe, 3rd edition, p. 85. 
Grae is dated to 1572 in an English marriage record for Harriet Grae (Batch M05840-2, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-MQ1)

We’re not sure if the owl would be facing the viewer, as it is in its default orientation, but it’s a lot more identifiable if it is. The client has no objection to having it as an owl stooping gardant.

11. Donwenna Dwn: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Per chevron gules and sable, three walnuts and a Catherine wheel Or.

The name was registered October 2006.

If this is registered, please release her current device, Per chevron gules and sable, three walnuts Or and a triskelion arrondi argent.
It was suggested in the Letter of Presentation that the blazon be modified to Per chevron gules and sable, in chief three walnuts in fess and in base a Catherine wheel Or.

12. Eoghan MacIver: NEW NAME CHANGE, from William MacIver

The current name was registered July 2016. If the new name is registered, release the old name.

Eoghan is found in “Scottish Gaelic Given Names: For Men, Draft in Progress Edition,” Sharon L. Krossa, with at least one example found of the name 1501-1600 (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/gaelicgiven/men.shtml#e).

13. Eirikr Stjarna: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, three empty embroiderers quills in pall inverted gules lipped sable.

The name is Old Norse, with all elements in Geirr Bassi’s The Old Norse Name. Eirikr is a male given name, p. 9. 
Stjarna, “star,” is found on p. 28.

The name of the charges are found in the arrmoy of Bricia de Neubold, http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2007/07/07-07lar.html . There was a question of tincturing them, and Michael Gerard Cuirtmemoire suggested this. Overall, this is a nice and simple design.

14. Evelyn of Windale: NEW NAME

Evelyn is the client’s legal given name (a copy of her Arizona Identification Card will be forwarded to Laurel). Evelyn Grace, a woman has a christening date of May 1598 in Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England Batch P00160-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5WX-793). 
Windale is her shire of residence; the name was registered November 1998. 
She will accept no Major Changes to the name. (The client is nine years old and is perfectly happy with this name formation.)

15. Ezekiel Crow: NEW DEVICE

Gules, on a triangle within and conjoined to an annulet argent a raven regardant sable.

The name was registered May 2016.

16. Finna Ívarsdóttir: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse with elements found in “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html
Finna is a female given name. 
Ívarr is a masculine given name. 
According to “A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/sg-viking.html), a patronymic construction for a woman is made as -rr → -rs, hence Ívarr → Ívarsdóttir.

17. Fíne Ingen Ui Cheallaigh: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, two swords crossed in saltire and on a chief argent, three wooden harps proper.

The name is Irish Gaelic. Fíne is Old Irish Gaelic, dated 800 and 805 in “Index of Names in Irish Annals: Fíne,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Fine.shtml).

Cheallaigh is the lenited genitive form of the male given name Ceallach (ibid., http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Cellach.shtml) dated to 1251, 1278, 1281, 1371 and 1376. The familial particles are probably more accurate as inghean Uí, the feminine form for clan affiliation bynames in Early Modern Gaelic, per Sharon Krossa’s “Quick and Easy Gaelic Names” (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#clanaffiliationbyname). 
The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name (“Fee-na Kelly”). She would like it authentic for Irish (Irish Gaelic).

This should be clear of the registered <Fíne ingen uí Scolaighe> should provide an additional syllable, making the names clear of conflict for sound under http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#PN3C2, and <Sco> is clear of <Chea> for both spelling and sound under the same rule. [MGC]

18. Friedrich Swartzen Hut: DEVICE RESUBMISSION, from Laurel June 2015

Lozengy argent and azure, a Capotain hat sable.

The name was registered June 2015.

The previous submission, Lozengy bendwise azure and argent, a hat sable., was returned “for not being reliably blazonable, a violation of SENA A1C which requires that the submitted emblazon must be reproducible by a competent heraldic artist, with only normal heraldic variation, from the written blazon. Because hats have always shown a huge variety of shapes and size, we cannot define a “generic” standard hat. All registerable hats would need to be clearly defined so as to be reproducible from the blazon. Here the form of hat used was not documented to period.”
This hat is called a capatain or copotain. It is a tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical hat, usually black, worn by men and women from the 1590s into the mid-seventeenth century in England and northwestern Europe. Earlier capotains had rounded crowns; later, like later capotains, the crown is flat at the top. It was especially associated with Puritan costume in England in the years leading up to the English Civil War. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capotain)

As is usual, Wikipedia leaves much to be desired (at least for accurate illustrations of headgear in this instance). Michael Gerard Curtimoire comes to the rescue with period paintings, with a portrait of James I in 1590, now in the National Gallery, http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product/87989/jamesiin1590, and “”1596 Mrs Jennyngs (b.1550-1551) in a capotain hat, Aged 45 British School,”http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/401-450/joan-alleyn/ . The website “It’s About Time,”https://bjws.blogspot.com/search?q=capotain, demonstrates several capotains, and their inclusion in 1596 portraits (evidently 1596 was a banner year for the stylish capoain). Many thanks to Gerard for digging into the history of habedashery!

19. Galen Peter Gilmore: NEW NAME

The name is English. Galen Barrow has a christening date of 1636 in Coppenhall, Cheshire, England, GS film number 1655596 (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AGalen~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1200-1650~). 
Peter is the name of a popular Christian saint, the first Pope of the Catholic Church (Reaney and Wilson, 3rdEdition, p. 347 s.n. Peter). John Gilmore has a christening date of 1566 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England, Batch C02301-2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGS2-M8L).

20. Geraint de Grey: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a chevron Or between two mullets of eight point argent and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

The name was registered October 2000.

21. Ginevra of Sofia: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale gules and azure emined argent, a lion Or and an orle argent.

Ginevra is found in “Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427,” Arval Benicoeur (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/). 
Sofia is the capital city of Bulgaria; after a long history, by the 14th C., it had fallen to Ottoman rule, while in the past, it had been handed over to various nations and rulers (http://bulgariatravel.org/en/object/234/sofia). A map in Gerard Mercator’s 1595 map of Servia, Bulgaria, Romania shows the spelling as Soyfia(https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/30284/Walachia_Servia_Bulgaria_Romania/Mercator.html ).
SENA Appendix C allows for the mixing of Italian and Southern Slavic name elements.

22. Grimald the Faithful: NEW NAME and DEVICE
Per pale Or and sable, two badgers rampant addorsed counterchanged marked argent.

Grimald is dated to 1002-4 as a birthdate for Grimald de Plessis (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBS5-DNZ). 
The descriptive faithful appears in the early 14th C. as “sincerely religious, devout, pious” (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=faithful). 
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of the name, the given name meaning “bald helmet.”

23. Hallbiǫrn Freysgoði: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief Or, four Futhark runes Algiz vert.

The name is Old Norse. Hallbiǫrn is a masculine given name in “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,”Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.htmlFreysgoði, “priest of Frey,” is found in “Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael,http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning of the name; he will not accept Major Changes to the name.

The blazon of the drinking horns is borrowed from charges seen in the badge of Grímólfr Skúlason, Gules, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief argent a valknut between two ravens respectant sable., in September 2014. The motif as blazoned simply as three drinking horns fretted in triangle: for Siiri Toivotytär, in April 2012, and for Wulfgar Wartooth, in June 2015.

24. Hannah Millican: NEW NAME

Hannah Abbott has a christening date of 1622 in Honiton on Otter, Devon, England, Batch C05114-1(https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AHannah~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1200-1650~). 
Millican comes from the Gaelic Maolagan, “little bald/shaven one” (a priest or monk), Reaney and Wilson, 3rdedition, p. 310, s.n. Millican (header), Millikin et al.

25. Hildegard Reinharet: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess vert and argent, a crescent argent and a domestic cat’s face sable.

The name is German. Hildegard Dietrich has a christening date of 1577 in Neuenstetten, Baden, Germany Batch C93303-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NC8P-HHY). While there are a number of Rheinharts and Reinhards and similar names out there, I cannot find the spelling <Reinharet>. Reinharet is a family name, but it can be dated only to c. 1795 for the birth date of Barothia Reinharet, a German immigrant to the United States (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27GP-F6G). Can anyone help out? (The client will be happy to choose a documented spelling if Reinharet comes up empty as an in-period version.)

26. Hürrem bint Osman al-Urduni: NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE CHANGE from Layla bint Suleiman al-Urduni

Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between two lotus flowers in profile and a squirrel argent.

Hürrem was the wife of Suleiman the Magnificent and mother of Sehzade Mehmed, Mihrimah Sultan,Selim II, Sehzade Beyazit and Sehzade Cihangir (https://www.boutiqueottoman.com/who-is-hurrem-sultan-roxelana-hoyam-sultana/); the name is said to mean “laughing one” or “cheerful one” in Turkish.

Osman Gazi was the founding sultan of the Ottoman Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_I). The name is found in “Muslim Names from 1455 Istanbul,” Ursula Georges (http://yarntheory.net/ursulageorges/names/muslimNamesIstanbul.html).

If registered, release the currently-registered name Layla bint Suleiman al-Urduni.

If the new device is registered, release the currently-registered one, Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between two lotus flowers in profile and a peacock in his pride argent.

27. Iðunn of the Citadel of the Southern Pass: NAME and DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, June 2016

Vert, two bones in saltire within a wingless wyvern in annulo argent.

The client’s original name submission, Iðunn of the Citadel, was returned because she “used part of the registered branch name Citadel of the Southern Pass as her byname. In order to use the branch name allowance, she must use the entire branch name as registered. Unfortunately, changing the byname to of Citadel of the Southern Pass is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. Therefore, we must return this name.”

The CoA continues: “ffride wullfsdotter documented the submitted form of the given name in Lind, s.n. Iðunn, dated to the 14th century. We note that the Viking Age form of this name is Iðunn, which is a 9th or 10th century name from Iceland found in the Landnámabók. The submitter may wish to know that of the Citadel can be constructed as a lingua Anglica form derived from the Middle English setadell or cytadell, dated to 1542 and 1545 in the Middle English Dictionary, respectively. Unfortunately, a 16th century English byname cannot be combined with a Scandinavian given name under Appendix C of SENA. However, Idunn is a 16th century English surname found in the FamilySearch Historical Records, so can be used as a given name. Thus, the English form Idunn of the Citadel is registerable. We are unable to make this change to register this name because the change in language is also a major change.”

Ffride comments in the most recent LoP: “For completeness, here’s what I’d written previously: Lind col. 620 sn. Iðunn includes a mention from the 14th c. Flateyjarbók, of <Idunn kona Þoralfs bonda>. Looking in the Guðbrandur and Unger edition, volume 1 p. 134 (https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UmgJAAAAQAAJ&vq=Idunn&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q=Idunn&f=false) we have <Þoralfr het bonda… ok het Jdunn kona hans>. Assuming that this isn’t a normalised spelling, she could have <Jdunn> or <Idunn>, but it wouldn’t be a normalised Old Norse/”Viking Age” spelling, nor would it have her desired sound of “Id-toon”.”

The client’s original device submission, Argent, on a pale sable a bone argent, overall a wingless wyvern passant contourny regardant, its body entwined azure around the bone., was returned “for violating SENA A3E1, which states “Charge groups must be arranged upon the field in a period fashion.” This arrangement of an overall charge entwining a tertiary charge is not listed in Appendix J and would need to be documented before it could be accepted.” This is a redesign.

28. Isabella Cara: NEW NAME CHANGE from Ceara inghean Chárthaigh

The name is Italian. Isabella is a female given name found in “Italian names from Imola, 1312,” Sara L. Uckelman (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/imola.html)
Marchetto Cara, 1470-1520, was a composer and a court musician for the Gonzaga family (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marchetto-cara-mn0001178620/biography). 
The client desires a female name. If this is registered, please retain her currently-registered name as an alternate.

29. James Shinner: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, a compass rose Or, on a chief argent three oak leaves vert.

This spelling version of the male given name James is seen c. 1240 (Withycombe, 3rd edition, pp. 170-2, s.n. James).

James Shinner (male) has a marriage date of 1589 in Marytavy, Devon, England, Batch no. M05139-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2J1-SYT).
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She will not accept Major Changes to the name.

30. Joseph Grünewald of York: NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Iosif Syl’vestrov

The primary name was registered March 1995.

The new name is Russian. Elements are found in “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/).

Iosif is a masculine given name, the Russianization of Joseph; it is dated to 1541.

Sil’vestr is a masculine name dated to 1574; the patronymic would be Sil’vestrov. The variant spelling Syl’vestrov matches that of Catharin Syl’vestrova, registered June 2014.

31. Julian Faith McCabe: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Per saltire sable and argent, two unicorn’s heads erased respectant sable.

The name was registered July 2000.

If this is registered, retain the old device, Per saltire azure and vert, two unicorn’s heads erased respectant Or., registered August 2000, as a badge.

32. Kathryn De Feuer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, in pale within a stag’s antler conjoined to itself in annulo and a goblet, within the antler a rose, all argent.

Kathryn is the client’s legal given name. It seems to be a reasonable variant on Katheryn, dated to 1570 in “Feminine Given Names in 
A Dictionary of English Surnames: Katharine,” Talan Gwynek (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Katharine).

De Feuer is found in “Flemish Names from Bruges,” Luana de Grood, dated 1400-1550 (https://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/bruges/). (Most likely the de would be written in lower case.) Since French and English and compatible languages, I hope that English and Flemish are compatible as well and elements can be combined into a single name.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the meaning of the name; she would like it authentic for English and Flemish language/culture. She will not accept Major Changes to the name.

33. Kidala Boskov: NEW NAME
The name is Russian, with both elements from “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet, http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/Kidala is a byname, dated to 1618 for craftsman Grishka Kidala; can someone justify this as a given name?

Boskov is a patronymic dated to 1498, from the Bos variant Bosko, s.n. Bos.
The client desires a male name; Major changes will not be accepted.

34. Marcus de Grae: NEW NAME

Marcus Togghyll has a christening date of 1567 in Calne, Wiltshire, England, Batch C32082-5 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6MC-BL7).

Grae is dated to 1572 in an English marriage record for Harriet Grae (Batch M05840-2, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-MQ1). The client desires a male name and will not accept Major or Minor Changes to his name.

35. Mariette Dominique du Beau: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a bat-winged mermaid erect to sinister between flaunches argent.

The name was registered April 2000.

The primary charge was enlarged to make it more identifiable.

36. Occadai Dogshin: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister azure and purpure, two dogs sejant erect addorsed Or.

The name is Mongolian, and both elements are found in “Mongolian Naming Practices,” Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/mongolian_names_marta.html). Occadai is a variant translation of Ogedai; the byname means “wild.”

37. Owain Sayer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess dovetailed vert and argent, a mortar and pestle argent and three flames azure.

Owain is a masculine name dated c.1100-1171 on p. 77 of Heini Gruffudd’s Welsh Names for Children, which is a source to be used with caution: the dates are presumably accurate, but the spellings may not be. This spelling is also found as a surname in R&W s.n. Owen, dated to 1242.

Sayer is dated to 1292 for John Sayer in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd Edition, p. 394 s.n. Sayer et al. SENA Appendix C permits English and Welsh name elements to be combined.

38. Rebekah bat Mikael: NEW NAME

The name is Jewish. Rebekah is a feminine given name found in “Jewish Women’s Names in an Arab Context: Names from the Geniza of Cairo,” Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/geniza.html).

Mikael is a masculine given name; this spelling is found dated to 1279 in Withycombe, 3rd edition, pp. 218-9 s.n. Michael.

bat is the patronymic particle denoting “daughter of.”

39. Runa Gigja: NEW DEVICE

Per chevron azure and sable, two unicorns combattant argent and a lit Arabian lamp Or.

The name was registered October 2016.

40. Ryan Thorne: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend wavy Or semy of reremice sable, and gules, in dexter base a compass star Or.

Ryan is a masculine given name dated to 1595 for Ryan Burre in Saint George, Stamford, Lincoln England, Batch M03168-3, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX7Y-WBS.

Thorne is found dated to 1592 in “Surnames in Durham and Northumberland, 1521-1615,” Julie Kahan (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juetta/parish/surnames_tuv.html).

The use of a compass star is a SFPP.

41. Swetiue de Torleton’: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, two elephants statant respectant sable maintaining in their raised trunks a heart gules.

Swetiue is dated to 1207 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Swetiva,” Talan Gwynek (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Swetiva). ffride comments: “Apparently Swetiue is from The Anglo-Saxon Heritage in Middle English Personal Names: East Anglia 1100-1399 and with a bit of digging I think their source was the Pipe Rolls, with:
“Leciam filiam Swetiue petentem.”(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=czYIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Swetiue%22&dq=%22Swetiue%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0a hUKEwi-pNPA17nSAhXijVQKHUjcDB8Q6AEIIzAC). I’d strongly suspect it’s declined in Latin, so the nominative would be Swetiua?”

de Torleton’ is dated to 1207 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 440 s.n. Tarleton, Tarlton.

The client desires a female name and would like it authentic for 13th C. England

42. Uilliam ua Briain: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly argent and sable, a cross gules between four snakes nowed counterchanged.

The name is Early Modern Irish Gaelic. Uilliam is a given name dating from 1302 to 1577.

Briain is the genitive form of Brian, dating from 1258 to 1582 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Given Names,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/). I believe that the clan affiliation particle ought to be Ó.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

It will be suggested to the client that the snakes should be centered in their own little quarters.

43. Yvonnet le Bouer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Azure, a lighted candle and a quill pen crossed in saltire, on a chief triangular Or a three-footed pot sable.

The name is French. Yvonnet is a female given name found in “An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris,” Colm Dubh, http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paris.html#Y.

le Bouer is dated to 1296 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 57 s.n. Bower et al.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (13th C. French). She will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

Michael Gerard Curtmoire notes: This is not a cauldron, which hangs by a bail without feet, perhttp://mistholme.com/dictionary/pot-cauldron/, which bail must be visible (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/07/15-07lar.html#146) and would badly crowd this chief. Rather, it is a three-footed pot. For the official statement, seehttp://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/11/12-11cl.html#7, “From Wreath: Blazoning Fun — Kitchen Pots and Pans”. 

There are 30 New Names, 4 New Name Changes, 1 New Alternate Name, 26 New Devices and 3 New Device Changes: these are 64 chargeable items and Laurel should receive $256 for them. There are 1 Name resubmission and 2 Device resubmisions; these 3 items are not chargeable. There are a total of 67 items submitted on this letter.

Please Note Well! I was assisted in the preparation of this Letter of Intent with commentary provided by Coblaith Muimnech, ffride wlffsdotter, Fiora Vespucci, Maridonna Benvenuti, Michael Gerard Curtememoire (lots of this!) and Selene of the Sky.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and (endless) patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
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brickbat@nexiliscom.com

Unto Andrewe Laurel; Alys Pelican; Cormac Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

This constitutes most (no, really!) of the submissions accepted at the Estrella XXXII Consultation Table. While I’m always grateful (and a little surprised) by the patience and understanding of the folks who use the the Table, I’m even more thankful for the heralds who spend hours and days on the other side of the Table, answering all sorts of questions and comments for the very new client and for the “old-timer” people who drop in – it cannot be done without you, and I hope you know that and how much I treasure you. Just so you know, Honour Grenehart served as head of Heralds’ Point for Wednesday and Thursday (and stayed shackled to the Table even after I showed up for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday hours). The Table was assisted by James of the Lake (Furison Pursuivant), Sorcha inghen Chon Mhara (Parhelium Deputy), Symond Bayard le Gris, Seamus mac Riain (Black Boar Pursuivant), Beverly FitzAlan de Stirkelaunde, Caylye Gaspur, and Colm Kile of Lochalsh and Tymothy Smythson.

1. Adelaide Duval: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister argent and vert, three roses purpure and a dagger bendwise sinister inverted argent.

Adelaide appears at p. 224 in “Sommaire de l’histoire des François,” Nicolas Vignier, published in 1579 (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k123210f/f249” ). Also noted in the May 2012 LoAR for Adelaide of Alyngton , which states: “…the Latin spellings Adalhaidis and Adalheidis are both used, as is the vernacular spelling Adaleide. This is sufficient to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt regarding the plausibility of this spelling at an earlier time.” http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/05/12-05lar.html
Duval is a 16th C. surname found in “Sixteenth Century Norman Names,” Cateline de la Mor, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/norman16.html.

2. Aed Mac Eochagaín: NEW NAME

The name is Irish Gaelic. 
Aed is a masculine given name dated 578 through 1594 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Áed / Aodh,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Aed.shtml). 
Mac Eochagaín is found in Irish Names and Surnames, Patrick Woulfe, “son of Eochagán” (a diminutive of Eochaidh), http://www.libraryireland.com/names/mace/mac-eochagain.php
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name.

The potential conflict noted by OSCAR, Aedh mac Eoghain, is under heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#PN3C2 clear for sound by addition of a syllable in Aed Mac Eochagaín.

3. Apollonia Kautz: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, a polypus argent, on a point pointed Or three apples one and two gules.

The name is German. Apollonia Dieterich has a birthdate of 1620 in Neyenhausen, Germany, Batch C94091-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ22-KRS). 
Kautz is a surname with a christening date of 1598 for Sibilla Kautz in Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, Germany, Batch C00441-2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHBV-ZZK). It is also the client’s legal surname.

4. Aurora Rothais: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Azure, a rose argent and a demi-sun issuant from base, on a chief Or seven mullets three and four sable.

Aurora is the client’s legal given name; documentation will be forwarded to Laurel. 
Rothais is an English byname dated to 1086 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 383 s.n. Rose.

The client specifically asked for seven mullets on the chief. While this is typically blazoned as an unnumbered semy, this follows the blazon for

Elana Blakefenn’s badge, as Argent, a mullet voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet vert, in chief seven paw prints three and four sable. (November 2009).

5. Beth Drache: NEW NAME CHANGE from Beth of Granite Mountain

The current name was registered June 2015; please release it if the new one is registered.

The woman Beth Green has a christening date of October 1544 in Hartford, Huntington, England, Batch C16869-1(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK2M-HZK). 
Drache is an English surname dated to 1066 for Leuing Drache, in R&W, 3rd edition, s.n. Drake. p. 141. It is also registered to Rustand Drache, the client’s legal husband.

6. Brando Coradini: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale azure and argent, two wolves combattant counterchanged, on a chief triangular sable a sheaf of rapiers inverted proper.

The name is Italian. Brando is masculine given name found 20 times in “Italian Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/tratte/); it is dated to between 1406-1519 inclusive, http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/tratte/search/personinfo.php.

Coradini is a surname found in “Surnames from a 16th-Century Italian Armorial,” Coblaith Muimnech (http://www.coblaith.net/Names/ItSur/default.html). 
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name (as submitted) and the culture of the name (16th C. Italian).

7. Canaan Falconer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a stag’s head cabossed proper within a torc sable.

Canaan Bennet has a christening date of 1599 at St. Mary, Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England Batch C00629-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6Z5-SXQ). 
Edward Falconer has a christening date of 1579 at Barrow-Upon-Humber, Lincoln, England Batch C02689-3(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6Z5-SXQ). 
The client desires a male name and will not accept Major Changes to the name. He is most interested in the meaning of the name (Canaan is said to mean protector of honor).

8. Cora Boyle: NEW NAME and NEW DEVICE

Per pale ployé throughout azure and Or, two Celtic crosses and a sheaf of arrows counterchanged.

The name is English. Cora is a feminine given name dated to 1598 (christening date) in Holsworthy, Devon, England, Batch C05113-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWX8-NQD). 
Boyle is dated to 1340-1450 and 1378 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, s.n. Boyle, Boyles, p. 58.

This line of division was registered as recently as the April 2016 LoAR, to Rahil Isfahani.

9. Darius al-Gafūr: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, a wolf’s head erased contourny argent and a point pointed Or.

The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names shows 10 people named Δαρεῖος. This Greek name usually rendered in Latin as Darius or Dareus.

Al-Gafūr, “discoverer,” is found in “Arabic Names from al-Andalus: Masculine Bynames Found in al- Andalus (nisba and laqab),” Juliana de Luna, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/alandalus/mascnick.html.

The client desires a male name and will not accept Major Changes to the name.

The client will be advised to make the wolf’s head larger, to take more advantage of the field area.

10. Dominic de Grae : NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, an owl stooping argent, on a chief wavy Or a moon in her plenitude azure between two mullets vert.

Dominic is an English masculine name, entering popular use with the saint’s name and his Order’s creation (S. Dominic, 1170-1221), Withycombe, 3rd edition, p. 85. 
Grae is dated to 1572 in an English marriage record for Harriet Grae (Batch M05840-2, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-MQ1)

We’re not sure if the owl would be facing the viewer, as it is in its default orientation, but it’s a lot more identifiable if it is. The client has no objection to having it as an owl stooping gardant.

11. Donwenna Dwn: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Per chevron gules and sable, three walnuts and a Catherine wheel Or.

The name was registered October 2006.

If this is registered, please release her current device, Per chevron gules and sable, three walnuts Or and a triskelion arrondi argent.
It was suggested in the Letter of Presentation that the blazon be modified to Per chevron gules and sable, in chief three walnuts in fess and in base a Catherine wheel Or.

12. Eoghan MacIver: NEW NAME CHANGE, from William MacIver

The current name was registered July 2016. If the new name is registered, release the old name.

Eoghan is found in “Scottish Gaelic Given Names: For Men, Draft in Progress Edition,” Sharon L. Krossa, with at least one example found of the name 1501-1600 (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/gaelicgiven/men.shtml#e).

13. Eirikr Stjarna: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, three empty embroiderers quills in pall inverted gules lipped sable.

The name is Old Norse, with all elements in Geirr Bassi’s The Old Norse Name. Eirikr is a male given name, p. 9. 
Stjarna, “star,” is found on p. 28.

The name of the charges are found in the arrmoy of Bricia de Neubold, http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2007/07/07-07lar.html . There was a question of tincturing them, and Michael Gerard Cuirtmemoire suggested this. Overall, this is a nice and simple design.

14. Evelyn of Windale: NEW NAME

Evelyn is the client’s legal given name (a copy of her Arizona Identification Card will be forwarded to Laurel). Evelyn Grace, a woman has a christening date of May 1598 in Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England Batch P00160-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5WX-793). 
Windale is her shire of residence; the name was registered November 1998. 
She will accept no Major Changes to the name. (The client is nine years old and is perfectly happy with this name formation.)

15. Ezekiel Crow: NEW DEVICE

Gules, on a triangle within and conjoined to an annulet argent a raven regardant sable.

The name was registered May 2016.

16. Finna Ívarsdóttir: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse with elements found in “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html
Finna is a female given name. 
Ívarr is a masculine given name. 
According to “A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/sg-viking.html), a patronymic construction for a woman is made as -rr → -rs, hence Ívarr → Ívarsdóttir.

17. Fíne Ingen Ui Cheallaigh: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, two swords crossed in saltire and on a chief argent, three wooden harps proper.

The name is Irish Gaelic. Fíne is Old Irish Gaelic, dated 800 and 805 in “Index of Names in Irish Annals: Fíne,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Fine.shtml).

Cheallaigh is the lenited genitive form of the male given name Ceallach (ibid., http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Cellach.shtml) dated to 1251, 1278, 1281, 1371 and 1376. The familial particles are probably more accurate as inghean Uí, the feminine form for clan affiliation bynames in Early Modern Gaelic, per Sharon Krossa’s “Quick and Easy Gaelic Names” (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#clanaffiliationbyname). 
The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name (“Fee-na Kelly”). She would like it authentic for Irish (Irish Gaelic).

This should be clear of the registered <Fíne ingen uí Scolaighe> should provide an additional syllable, making the names clear of conflict for sound under http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#PN3C2, and <Sco> is clear of <Chea> for both spelling and sound under the same rule. [MGC]

18. Friedrich Swartzen Hut: DEVICE RESUBMISSION, from Laurel June 2015

Lozengy argent and azure, a Capotain hat sable.

The name was registered June 2015.

The previous submission, Lozengy bendwise azure and argent, a hat sable., was returned “for not being reliably blazonable, a violation of SENA A1C which requires that the submitted emblazon must be reproducible by a competent heraldic artist, with only normal heraldic variation, from the written blazon. Because hats have always shown a huge variety of shapes and size, we cannot define a “generic” standard hat. All registerable hats would need to be clearly defined so as to be reproducible from the blazon. Here the form of hat used was not documented to period.”
This hat is called a capatain or copotain. It is a tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical hat, usually black, worn by men and women from the 1590s into the mid-seventeenth century in England and northwestern Europe. Earlier capotains had rounded crowns; later, like later capotains, the crown is flat at the top. It was especially associated with Puritan costume in England in the years leading up to the English Civil War. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capotain)

As is usual, Wikipedia leaves much to be desired (at least for accurate illustrations of headgear in this instance). Michael Gerard Curtimoire comes to the rescue with period paintings, with a portrait of James I in 1590, now in the National Gallery, http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product/87989/jamesiin1590, and “”1596 Mrs Jennyngs (b.1550-1551) in a capotain hat, Aged 45 British School,”http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/401-450/joan-alleyn/ . The website “It’s About Time,”https://bjws.blogspot.com/search?q=capotain, demonstrates several capotains, and their inclusion in 1596 portraits (evidently 1596 was a banner year for the stylish capoain). Many thanks to Gerard for digging into the history of habedashery!

19. Galen Peter Gilmore: NEW NAME

The name is English. Galen Barrow has a christening date of 1636 in Coppenhall, Cheshire, England, GS film number 1655596 (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AGalen~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1200-1650~). 
Peter is the name of a popular Christian saint, the first Pope of the Catholic Church (Reaney and Wilson, 3rdEdition, p. 347 s.n. Peter). John Gilmore has a christening date of 1566 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England, Batch C02301-2 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGS2-M8L).

20. Geraint de Grey: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a chevron Or between two mullets of eight point argent and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

The name was registered October 2000.

21. Ginevra of Sofia: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale gules and azure emined argent, a lion Or and an orle argent.

Ginevra is found in “Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427,” Arval Benicoeur (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/). 
Sofia is the capital city of Bulgaria; after a long history, by the 14th C., it had fallen to Ottoman rule, while in the past, it had been handed over to various nations and rulers (http://bulgariatravel.org/en/object/234/sofia). A map in Gerard Mercator’s 1595 map of Servia, Bulgaria, Romania shows the spelling as Soyfia(https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/30284/Walachia_Servia_Bulgaria_Romania/Mercator.html ).
SENA Appendix C allows for the mixing of Italian and Southern Slavic name elements.

22. Grimald the Faithful: NEW NAME and DEVICE
Per pale Or and sable, two badgers rampant addorsed counterchanged marked argent.

Grimald is dated to 1002-4 as a birthdate for Grimald de Plessis (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBS5-DNZ). 
The descriptive faithful appears in the early 14th C. as “sincerely religious, devout, pious” (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=faithful). 
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of the name, the given name meaning “bald helmet.”

23. Hallbiǫrn Freysgoði: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief Or, four Futhark runes Algiz vert.

The name is Old Norse. Hallbiǫrn is a masculine given name in “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,”Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.htmlFreysgoði, “priest of Frey,” is found in “Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael,http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning of the name; he will not accept Major Changes to the name.

The blazon of the drinking horns is borrowed from charges seen in the badge of Grímólfr Skúlason, Gules, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief argent a valknut between two ravens respectant sable., in September 2014. The motif as blazoned simply as three drinking horns fretted in triangle: for Siiri Toivotytär, in April 2012, and for Wulfgar Wartooth, in June 2015.

24. Hannah Millican: NEW NAME

Hannah Abbott has a christening date of 1622 in Honiton on Otter, Devon, England, Batch C05114-1(https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AHannah~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1200-1650~). 
Millican comes from the Gaelic Maolagan, “little bald/shaven one” (a priest or monk), Reaney and Wilson, 3rdedition, p. 310, s.n. Millican (header), Millikin et al.

25. Hildegard Reinharet: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess vert and argent, a crescent argent and a domestic cat’s face sable.

The name is German. Hildegard Dietrich has a christening date of 1577 in Neuenstetten, Baden, Germany Batch C93303-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NC8P-HHY). While there are a number of Rheinharts and Reinhards and similar names out there, I cannot find the spelling <Reinharet>. Reinharet is a family name, but it can be dated only to c. 1795 for the birth date of Barothia Reinharet, a German immigrant to the United States (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27GP-F6G). Can anyone help out? (The client will be happy to choose a documented spelling if Reinharet comes up empty as an in-period version.)

26. Hürrem bint Osman al-Urduni: NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE CHANGE from Layla bint Suleiman al-Urduni

Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between two lotus flowers in profile and a squirrel argent.

Hürrem was the wife of Suleiman the Magnificent and mother of Sehzade Mehmed, Mihrimah Sultan,Selim II, Sehzade Beyazit and Sehzade Cihangir (https://www.boutiqueottoman.com/who-is-hurrem-sultan-roxelana-hoyam-sultana/); the name is said to mean “laughing one” or “cheerful one” in Turkish.

Osman Gazi was the founding sultan of the Ottoman Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_I). The name is found in “Muslim Names from 1455 Istanbul,” Ursula Georges (http://yarntheory.net/ursulageorges/names/muslimNamesIstanbul.html).

If registered, release the currently-registered name Layla bint Suleiman al-Urduni.

If the new device is registered, release the currently-registered one, Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between two lotus flowers in profile and a peacock in his pride argent.

27. Iðunn of the Citadel of the Southern Pass: NAME and DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, June 2016

Vert, two bones in saltire within a wingless wyvern in annulo argent.

The client’s original name submission, Iðunn of the Citadel, was returned because she “used part of the registered branch name Citadel of the Southern Pass as her byname. In order to use the branch name allowance, she must use the entire branch name as registered. Unfortunately, changing the byname to of Citadel of the Southern Pass is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. Therefore, we must return this name.”

The CoA continues: “ffride wullfsdotter documented the submitted form of the given name in Lind, s.n. Iðunn, dated to the 14th century. We note that the Viking Age form of this name is Iðunn, which is a 9th or 10th century name from Iceland found in the Landnámabók. The submitter may wish to know that of the Citadel can be constructed as a lingua Anglica form derived from the Middle English setadell or cytadell, dated to 1542 and 1545 in the Middle English Dictionary, respectively. Unfortunately, a 16th century English byname cannot be combined with a Scandinavian given name under Appendix C of SENA. However, Idunn is a 16th century English surname found in the FamilySearch Historical Records, so can be used as a given name. Thus, the English form Idunn of the Citadel is registerable. We are unable to make this change to register this name because the change in language is also a major change.”

Ffride comments in the most recent LoP: “For completeness, here’s what I’d written previously: Lind col. 620 sn. Iðunn includes a mention from the 14th c. Flateyjarbók, of <Idunn kona Þoralfs bonda>. Looking in the Guðbrandur and Unger edition, volume 1 p. 134 (https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UmgJAAAAQAAJ&vq=Idunn&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q=Idunn&f=false) we have <Þoralfr het bonda… ok het Jdunn kona hans>. Assuming that this isn’t a normalised spelling, she could have <Jdunn> or <Idunn>, but it wouldn’t be a normalised Old Norse/”Viking Age” spelling, nor would it have her desired sound of “Id-toon”.”

The client’s original device submission, Argent, on a pale sable a bone argent, overall a wingless wyvern passant contourny regardant, its body entwined azure around the bone., was returned “for violating SENA A3E1, which states “Charge groups must be arranged upon the field in a period fashion.” This arrangement of an overall charge entwining a tertiary charge is not listed in Appendix J and would need to be documented before it could be accepted.” This is a redesign.

28. Isabella Cara: NEW NAME CHANGE from Ceara inghean Chárthaigh

The name is Italian. Isabella is a female given name found in “Italian names from Imola, 1312,” Sara L. Uckelman (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/imola.html)
Marchetto Cara, 1470-1520, was a composer and a court musician for the Gonzaga family (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marchetto-cara-mn0001178620/biography). 
The client desires a female name. If this is registered, please retain her currently-registered name as an alternate.

29. James Shinner: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, a compass rose Or, on a chief argent three oak leaves vert.

This spelling version of the male given name James is seen c. 1240 (Withycombe, 3rd edition, pp. 170-2, s.n. James).

James Shinner (male) has a marriage date of 1589 in Marytavy, Devon, England, Batch no. M05139-1 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2J1-SYT).
The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She will not accept Major Changes to the name.

30. Joseph Grünewald of York: NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Iosif Syl’vestrov

The primary name was registered March 1995.

The new name is Russian. Elements are found in “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/).

Iosif is a masculine given name, the Russianization of Joseph; it is dated to 1541.

Sil’vestr is a masculine name dated to 1574; the patronymic would be Sil’vestrov. The variant spelling Syl’vestrov matches that of Catharin Syl’vestrova, registered June 2014.

31. Julian Faith McCabe: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Per saltire sable and argent, two unicorn’s heads erased respectant sable.

The name was registered July 2000.

If this is registered, retain the old device, Per saltire azure and vert, two unicorn’s heads erased respectant Or., registered August 2000, as a badge.

32. Kathryn De Feuer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, in pale within a stag’s antler conjoined to itself in annulo and a goblet, within the antler a rose, all argent.

Kathryn is the client’s legal given name. It seems to be a reasonable variant on Katheryn, dated to 1570 in “Feminine Given Names in 
A Dictionary of English Surnames: Katharine,” Talan Gwynek (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Katharine).

De Feuer is found in “Flemish Names from Bruges,” Luana de Grood, dated 1400-1550 (https://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/bruges/). (Most likely the de would be written in lower case.) Since French and English and compatible languages, I hope that English and Flemish are compatible as well and elements can be combined into a single name.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the meaning of the name; she would like it authentic for English and Flemish language/culture. She will not accept Major Changes to the name.

33. Kidala Boskov: NEW NAME
The name is Russian, with both elements from “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet, http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/Kidala is a byname, dated to 1618 for craftsman Grishka Kidala; can someone justify this as a given name?

Boskov is a patronymic dated to 1498, from the Bos variant Bosko, s.n. Bos.
The client desires a male name; Major changes will not be accepted.

34. Marcus de Grae: NEW NAME

Marcus Togghyll has a christening date of 1567 in Calne, Wiltshire, England, Batch C32082-5 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6MC-BL7).

Grae is dated to 1572 in an English marriage record for Harriet Grae (Batch M05840-2, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-MQ1). The client desires a male name and will not accept Major or Minor Changes to his name.

35. Mariette Dominique du Beau: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a bat-winged mermaid erect to sinister between flaunches argent.

The name was registered April 2000.

The primary charge was enlarged to make it more identifiable.

36. Occadai Dogshin: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister azure and purpure, two dogs sejant erect addorsed Or.

The name is Mongolian, and both elements are found in “Mongolian Naming Practices,” Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/mongolian_names_marta.html). Occadai is a variant translation of Ogedai; the byname means “wild.”

37. Owain Sayer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess dovetailed vert and argent, a mortar and pestle argent and three flames azure.

Owain is a masculine name dated c.1100-1171 on p. 77 of Heini Gruffudd’s Welsh Names for Children, which is a source to be used with caution: the dates are presumably accurate, but the spellings may not be. This spelling is also found as a surname in R&W s.n. Owen, dated to 1242.

Sayer is dated to 1292 for John Sayer in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd Edition, p. 394 s.n. Sayer et al. SENA Appendix C permits English and Welsh name elements to be combined.

38. Rebekah bat Mikael: NEW NAME

The name is Jewish. Rebekah is a feminine given name found in “Jewish Women’s Names in an Arab Context: Names from the Geniza of Cairo,” Juliana de Luna (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/geniza.html).

Mikael is a masculine given name; this spelling is found dated to 1279 in Withycombe, 3rd edition, pp. 218-9 s.n. Michael.

bat is the patronymic particle denoting “daughter of.”

39. Runa Gigja: NEW DEVICE

Per chevron azure and sable, two unicorns combattant argent and a lit Arabian lamp Or.

The name was registered October 2016.

40. Ryan Thorne: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend wavy Or semy of reremice sable, and gules, in dexter base a compass star Or.

Ryan is a masculine given name dated to 1595 for Ryan Burre in Saint George, Stamford, Lincoln England, Batch M03168-3, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX7Y-WBS.

Thorne is found dated to 1592 in “Surnames in Durham and Northumberland, 1521-1615,” Julie Kahan (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juetta/parish/surnames_tuv.html).

The use of a compass star is a SFPP.

41. Swetiue de Torleton’: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, two elephants statant respectant sable maintaining in their raised trunks a heart gules.

Swetiue is dated to 1207 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Swetiva,” Talan Gwynek (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Swetiva). ffride comments: “Apparently Swetiue is from The Anglo-Saxon Heritage in Middle English Personal Names: East Anglia 1100-1399 and with a bit of digging I think their source was the Pipe Rolls, with:
“Leciam filiam Swetiue petentem.”(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=czYIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Swetiue%22&dq=%22Swetiue%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0a hUKEwi-pNPA17nSAhXijVQKHUjcDB8Q6AEIIzAC). I’d strongly suspect it’s declined in Latin, so the nominative would be Swetiua?”

de Torleton’ is dated to 1207 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 440 s.n. Tarleton, Tarlton.

The client desires a female name and would like it authentic for 13th C. England

42. Uilliam ua Briain: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly argent and sable, a cross gules between four snakes nowed counterchanged.

The name is Early Modern Irish Gaelic. Uilliam is a given name dating from 1302 to 1577.

Briain is the genitive form of Brian, dating from 1258 to 1582 (“Index of Names in Irish Annals: Masculine Given Names,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/). I believe that the clan affiliation particle ought to be Ó.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

It will be suggested to the client that the snakes should be centered in their own little quarters.

43. Yvonnet le Bouer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Azure, a lighted candle and a quill pen crossed in saltire, on a chief triangular Or a three-footed pot sable.

The name is French. Yvonnet is a female given name found in “An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris,” Colm Dubh, http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paris.html#Y.

le Bouer is dated to 1296 in Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, p. 57 s.n. Bower et al.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (13th C. French). She will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

Michael Gerard Curtmoire notes: This is not a cauldron, which hangs by a bail without feet, perhttp://mistholme.com/dictionary/pot-cauldron/, which bail must be visible (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/07/15-07lar.html#146) and would badly crowd this chief. Rather, it is a three-footed pot. For the official statement, seehttp://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/11/12-11cl.html#7, “From Wreath: Blazoning Fun — Kitchen Pots and Pans”. 

There are 30 New Names, 4 New Name Changes, 1 New Alternate Name, 26 New Devices and 3 New Device Changes: these are 64 chargeable items and Laurel should receive $256 for them. There are 1 Name resubmission and 2 Device resubmisions; these 3 items are not chargeable. There are a total of 67 items submitted on this letter.

Please Note Well! I was assisted in the preparation of this Letter of Intent with commentary provided by Coblaith Muimnech, ffride wlffsdotter, Fiora Vespucci, Maridonna Benvenuti, Michael Gerard Curtememoire (lots of this!) and Selene of the Sky.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and (endless) patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
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brickbat@nexiliscom.com

LOI – 25 January 2017, A.S. LI

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS

Letter of Intent

25 January 2017, A.S. LI

Unto Andrewe Laurel; Alys Pelican; Brunissende Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings of the Newish Year from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the client will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Ælfgyfe Æthelwulfesdohtor: NAME CHANGE RESUBMISSION. Name change from holding name Michelle of Twin Moons, October 2016

Ths previous submission was returned because there was no name form provided.

Ælfgyfe is a female Anglo-Saxon given name dated to 1018 and found in “Anglo-Saxon Women’s Names from Royal Charters,” Marieke van de Dal (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem/). ffride wlffsdotter had previously commented that “I would be surprised if the nominative form wasn’t Old English Ælfgyfu. Sawyer 1229 begins “Ic Ælfgyfu…” [I, Ælfgyfu] (http://www.esawyer.org.uk/charter/1229.html). And while -u is a strong, feminine nominative noun ending, -e is used for feminine nouns in the accusative, dative and genitive cases. (If we assume Ælfgyfe is a nominative, weak feminine noun, you’d expect to see Ælfgifan popping up in other cases, but you don’t.)”

The PASE data base shows many examples of Æthelwulf as a male given name, http://www.pase.ac.uk/pdb?dosp=VIEW_RECORDS&st=PERSON_NAME&value=15&level=1&lbl=%C3%86thelwulf. The suffix forms a patronymic from it.

The client desires a female name; she is most interested in the spelling and language/culture of the name (9th-11th C. Anglo-Saxon).

2. Ambrose the Gutless: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, August 2016

Sable, a hand argent between in chief two bees, a bordure Or.

The name was registered August 2016.

The original device submission, Sable, a hand argent between in chief two bees Or. was returned for presumption with the arms of Isengard: Sable, a hand argent. “The hand appears to be a primary charge as it crosses the fess line. Thus there is only one DC for adding the secondary charges in chief. Drawn properly as coprimary charges, with two bees Or and a hand argent of similar visual weight (with the hand staying below the fess line), the present presumption issue would not exist.”
Adding a bordure Or appears to give the second DC needed to avoid conflict and presumption with Isengard.

3. Devorix Tiberius Catumaros: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, in pale a lion’s head caboshed and a lozenge Or charged with saltire sable and winged Or, an orle Or.

The name was inspired by the client’s gladiatorial persona. While he wanted to include something that suggested a Roman connection (the Tiberius element, the tripartite name), he is willing to move away from this, dropping the Tiberius, since neither of us are sure if the Gauls would adopt a Roman name element or how it would be used. [Tiberius appears only as a praenomen (first element) in classic Roman names.] To quote the client, “Tiberus was to indicate the roman part and Catumaros just had a nice ring. I am up for changing the Nomen + Cognomen if needs be or even remove them and get away from Praenomen + Nomen + Cognomen function.”

Moving beyond that: In correspondence with the client, he is most concerned that Devorix is maintained. ffride wlffsdotter helps immensely with “I can find the Celto-Iberian name Deivorix, however it is 3rd-1st century BCE, according to Encyclopédie de l’Arbre Celtique (http://www.arbre-celtique.com/forum/deivorix-7914.htm).” The entry reads (in French, of course) Deivorix – Nom de personne apparaissant sur une plaque de bronze inscrite en alphabet celtibère découverte à Luzaga (Espagne). ) (Teuoreikis->Devoreigis->Deivorix). Ce nom est un composé celtibère en *deivoreigis, équivalent au gaulois *devorix, signifiant : “le roi divin“, “le roi céleste“.

ffride also finds that “In this book review, p. 3 of the PDF it says:
https://www.dias.ie/wp-content/uploads/webstore/celt/pubs/celtica/c25/c25-255-295.pdf
“In pages 24-64 Freeman prints `a conservative list of Galatian personal names’…. [with] a few references to medieval insular Celtic parallels (Κατόµαροc, Gaulish Catumaros, Welsh Catmor, p. 36)” and in “Ubi Erat Lupa, a catalogue of Roman-era inscriptions has:
http://www.ubi-erat-lupa.org/monument.php?id=782 <Lucius Sempronius Catumarus>, Hungary. Ca. 90-120 CE.”

The client desires a male name.

4. François Barbe-d’Or: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister gules and argent, a Paschal lamb passant regardant proper and a cross formy gules.

François is a French male given name found in “Names from Artois, 1601,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael,http://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/french1601.html.

Barbe-d’Or is a locative byname found in “Inn Signs and House Names in 15th Century Paris,” Juliana de Luna, http://medievalscotland.org/jes/ParisInnHouseNames/.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language and/or culture of the name (French). He will not accept Major changes to the name. (He will accept having the French “c” in his name.)

The Paschal lamb registered by Galen of Bristol in March 2013 was blazoned simply as “argent,” although the cross on its banner is gules. Isabel de Annesley’s Pashal lamb, registered June 2014, is blazoned as argent, although the cross on its banner is gules and the halo is Or. Alisoun MacCoul notes in commentary for Isabel’s submission, “While the lamb is haloed Or and its banner is the standard argent and gules ensign of Saint George, of late we have been omitting such details from blazon. . .” I’m using the blazon as it was submitted.

In-kingdom commentary suggested that that banner might be drawn larger, but this wasn’t a real problem.

5. Kaylea of Atenveldt: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, a chevron enarched within and conjoined at the point to a chevron between two butterflies purpure and a tulip gules slipped and leaved vert.

Kaylea is the client’s legal given name (photocopy of her DMV driver’s license provided to Laurel).

Atenveldt is the client’s kingdom of residence; the branch-name was registered “at some point,” according to the A&O. SENA PN.1. Allows Branch Names to be used as an element of a client’s name submission.

An example of this chevron is seen in the registered armory of Hákon Þorgeirsson: Azure, a chevron enarched within and conjoined at the point to a chevron argent between a drakkar and a Thor’s hammer Or.

6. Sewenna de Carlton: NEW NAME

Sewenna is an English feminine given name dated to 1231 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Sewen,” Talan Gwynek, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Sewen.

de Carleton (with an -e-) is dated to 1031, 1240-1, and 1379; it is a locative, “from Carlton” (in Bedfordeshire, Cambridgeshire, and others) or “from Carleton” (Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, s.n. Carlton, Carleton, p. 84).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the language/spelling of the name. She will not accept Major changes.

7. Sólveig Æsadóttir: NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse.

Both Sólveig and Æsa are feminine names found in “Viking Names found in Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html. Metronymics are not commonly seen, but it appears that a name ending in -a would change to -u in the formation of a patronymic or metronymic, as seen in “A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael,http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/sg-viking.html; hence, it may be more correct as Æsudóttir.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound and language/culture of the name. She wishes it to be authentic for language/culture (ON), and time period (600-800AD).

8. Una Ǫlfúss: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a domestic cat statant erect gules maintaining a sword sable, a chief embattled gules.

The name is Old Norse. Una is a feminine given name in “The Old Norse Name,” Geirr Bassi Haraldsson, p. 15.

The byname Ǫlfúss means “desirous of beer,” in “Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html.

9. Viktoria of York: DEVICE RESUBMISION from Laurel, July 2012

Per saltire argent and purpure, in pale two crosses and in fess two dragonflies counterchanged.

The name was registered July 2012.

The original submission, Per saltire purpure and argent, a dragonfly and a rose argent barbed vert seeded gules.,was returned “returned for presumption, for combining the byname of York with armory containing a white rose. This is a violation of section XI.2 of the Rules for Submissions, and section A6E of the Standards for Evaluation, both of which discuss disallowed charge and name combinations.” The rose has been eliminated here. Her first resubmission design, Quarterly purpure and argent, in bend two dragonflies and in bend sinister two crosses counterchanged., was assuredly marshalling, and we hope that rotating the field 45 degrees is an acceptable alternative.

There are 6 New Names and 4 New Devices. These 10 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $40 for them. OSCAR counts 1 Name Resubmission and 2 Device Resubmissions. These items is not chargeable. There are a total of 13 items submitted on this letter.

I was assisted in the preparation of this Letter of Intent with ommentary provided by ffride wlffsdotter, Michael Gerard Curtememoire and Thomas de Groet.

Thank you to those who have provided your wisdom and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy 
c/o Linda Miku 
2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716 
atensubmissions.nexiliscom.com
brickbat@nexiliscom.com

LOP – 5 January 2017, A.S. LI

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 5 January 2017, A.S. LI

LETTER OF PRESENTATION Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Their Royal Majesties Morgan and Elizabeth; Baroness Genevieve de Lironcourt, Aten Principal Herald; Heralds in the Atenveldt College of Heralds; and to All Whom These Presents Come,

Greetings of the New Year from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

This is the January 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Presentation, for the January 2017 LoI; it precedes the Letter of Intent with submissions considered for the next Letter of Intent. Please have your commentary made by 20 January .

Heraldry Hut: will be held on Friday, January, at the home of Symond and Marta, 7:30 PM. Please email one of us if you have questions or need directions.

Please consider the following submissions for the January 2017 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

Áilgheanán mac Síthigh (Twin Moons): NEW DEVICE

Or, a Celtic hound passant regardant vert, in chief a sword, a Battersea shield and a boarspear Or.

The name was registered via Meridies February 2001.

We don’t register beasts or monsters drawn in a particular style or motif; a dog or boar or raven is registered as simply that, but the client can give it flourishes associated with Celtic knotwork or something like that once it has been registered. Of more concern is that the submission will be returned for the use of three dissimilar charges (sword, shield and spear) in the same charge group (here, tertiary charges on the chief). (The Battersea shield appears mostly having to do with the outline of the shield, similar to a cartouche, rather than embellishments found upon it.)

Amber Bikkadóttir (TM): NEW DEVICE

Per chevron inverted vert semy of cat’s pawprints argent, and sable, a domestic cat couchant contourny paly Or and sable and a tree eradicated argent.

The name was registered via Meridies June 2012.

The chevron inverted needs to issue from the sides of the field, not the upper corners of the field. This will reduce the space for the tree, but this seems to be permitted by the College of Arms. Please be aware that the uncolored copy of the device should match the colored copies; not being the same is a reason for return.

François Barbe-d’Or (Barony of Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister gules and argent, a Paschal lamb passant regardant proper and a cross formy gules.

François is a French male given name found in “Names from Artois, 1601,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael,http://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/french1601.htmlBarbe-d’Or is a locative byname found in “Inn Signs and House Names in 15th Century Paris,” Juliana de Luna,http://medievalscotland.org/jes/ParisInnHouseNames/. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language and/or culture of the name (French). He will not accept Major changes to the name.

The Paschal lamb registered by Galen of Bristol in March 2013 was blazoned simply as “argent,” although the cross on its banner is gules. Isabel de Annesley’s Pashal lamb, registered June 2014, is blazoned as argent, although the cross on its banner is gules and the halo is Or. Alisoun MacCoul notes in commentary for Isabel’s submission, “While the lamb is haloed Or and its banner is the standard argent and gules ensign of Saint George, of late we have been omitting such details from blazon. . .” I’m using the blazon as it was submitted.

Please consider the following submissions for the December 2016 Atennveldt Letter of Intent:

Ceallach Colquhoun (Sundragon): NEW HOUSEHOLD NAME, Red Dragon Keep

The personal name was registered June 2006.

Company of the Red Dragon is registered to Tristram O’Shee, and House of the Red Dragons is registered to Anastasia MacEwan de Ravenna and Juliana Red MacLachlan. Per SENA, 3. Substantial Change of Single-Syllable Name Element: Two names whose substantive elements are two words or less and have a comparable single-syllable name element (excluding articles and prepositions, like de and the) are eligible for this rule. Comparable single-syllable name elements are substantially different in sound if a group of adjacent vowels or of adjacent consonants within a word is completely changed, so that they have no sound in common. In rare cases, the sound may still be too similar for this rule to clear the conflict. The change of a single letter is sufficient for two eligible name phrases to be different in appearance, as such name phrases are quite short. On a case by case basis, two-syllable names phrases may be eligible for this rule, such as Harry and Mary (http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#NPN3),

Keep is an acceptable household designator, http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Designations.html#Keep. The client is willing to accept Red Dragon Keep of Sundragon if a conflict is found (Sundragon is a baronial designator register September 1984). She is most interested in the meaning of the name.

The following submissions appear in the December 2017 Letter of Intent:

Commentary was provided by Basil Dragonstrike Coblaith Muimnech, ffride wlffsdotter, Juetta Copin, Michael Gerard Curtememoire, Seraphina Delfino and Sorcha inghen Chon Mhara.

Cullen Ellis (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend sinister gules and azure, a dragon segreant contourny argent and three Celtic crosses one and two Or.

>Gallant O’Driscole (Tir Ysgithr): NEW BADGE: (Fieldless) A roundel vert conjoined in fess to two snakes nowed palewise addorsed argent.

The name was registered August 2003.

The posture for the snakes is taken from the registered armory for Justa Vucheselin von Schlangen: Sable, in pale three wolf’s pawprints between in fess two snakes nowed palewise addorsed argent. (registered January 2006)

>Gunnvarðr Egilsson (Mons Tonitrus): NEW DEVICE: Or, a phoenix head to sinister gules, a bordure engrailed azure.

The name was registered September 2015.

Compare with Fionn Bàn: Or, a phoenix azure rising from flames gules, a bordure azure. There is 1 DC for changing the tincture of the primary charge (from part azure/part gules to all gules), and 1 DC for the complex line of division on the bordure.

>Kára Hanadóttir (TY): NEW BADGE: (Fieldless) A harp sable within and conjoined to three calla lilies in triangle argent, slipped and leaved vert.

The name was registered June 2012.

“In triangle” has been used in blazonry for some long, thin charges:

East, Kingdom of the (badge, October 1987): (Fieldless) A goutte between three barley stalks in triangle Or.

Grímólfr Skúlason (badge, September 2014): Gules, three drinking horns fretted in triangle mouths inward and on a chief argent a valknut between two ravens respectant sable.
Shauna of Carrick Point (badge, March 1987): Vert, three flutes in triangle argent.

Kamejima Saburou Takauji (device, March 2003): Vert, three lathes fretted in triangle within an annulet argent.

In some cases, in annulo is retained in the blazon:

Mairghread Murdoch (device, January 2008): Argent, a thistle proper between three arrows in annulo sable flighted gules.

“In this case the phrase in annulo refers to the fact that the arrows are following each other head-to-tail. They are in as much of a circle as is possible for three long, straight charges.”

Liam Warr (TY): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, three pallets gules, a mullet of seven points sable.

The name is English. Liam is a late 16th C. English surname found in the Family Search Historical Records as Joana Liam; Female; Marriage; 1592; Elsworth, Cambridge, England; Batch: M13053-1. It can also be used as a given name by precedent. [Alton of Grimfells, 4/2010 LoAR, A-East]. Warr is dated to 10 March 1597 as the christening date for John Warr in Yetminster, Dorset, Englansd, Batch C16031-1,https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3AWarr~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1400-1650~.

Master Kedivor Tal ap Cadugon has kindly provided Permission for Liam’s device submission to conflict with his registered badge, Barry vert and Or, a mullet sable.

Músa-Sunnifa (MT): NEW DEVICE: Azure, three estoiles argent between two bendlets Or, all between two open books argent.

The name appears in the 30 November 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

This device was originally returned for violating SENA A3E1, Arrangement of Charge Groups: “This arrangement of two secondary charge groups is not listed in SENA Appendix J, and so may not be registered without documentation that this is a period arrangement of charge groups. Specifically, it would need documentation that primary charges framed by bendlets or other ordinaries appeared on a field with other secondary charges that are not peripheral ordinaries.” An example of this undocumented arrangement of charges is seen with the return of Liliona Ruth Hampton’s device submission, http://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=60977, and its return, http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2016/04/16-04lar.html#248. (Also, the blazon was incorrect, and the estoiles should be argent, and that has been corrected.)

The client has done additional work on her own and demonstrates the registration of the armory for Malkyn of the Cheviot Hills, registered December 2013, Gules, three suns between two bendlets Or, all between two bees Or marked sable., with the emblazon seen at https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=35875. The charges on Músa-Sunnifa’s submission are identical in placement to those on Malkyn’s armory, and Malkyn’s submission was registered without comment. Because of this, we send on this submission for final consideration by the College of Arms. Our blazon was modified to match the pattern of Malkyn’s.

Nikolaus Martin (TY): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale sable and gules, a chi-rho argent and a double-headed eagle Or, on a chief argent a cross of Jerusalem sable.

The name is German. Nikolaus is a male given name, second only to Johann in the period 1451-1550, according to Volkmar Hellfritzsch’s Vogtländische Personennamen (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1969) (“Late Period German Masculine Given Names,” Talan Gwynek, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/germmasc/). Martin is a patronymic surname found in “German Names from 1495: Surnames,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnames1495h-m.html. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

Tobias Wade (GM): NEW HOUSEHOLD NAME and BADGE: Per chevron inverted grady azure and argent, a sunburst Or clouded argent and two towers gules.

The name was registered June 2015.

Roan Brook loosely translates for Copper Creek, which is a commonly-known feature in the Bagdad, Arizona, mining ares. If these two words cannot be used together in this fashion, I would like to keep any changes along this line of thinking, or possibly make another submission.”–Tobias Wade. Unfortunately, most of the definitions in the COED for Roan are associated with the color/skin of animals, particularly horses, cattle, or a specific type of antelope; it is also a soft, flexible leather of sheepskin used in bookbinding. Reaney and Wilson comment that it is a locative, from Rouen, Normandy: Roen, Roan, Rone 1418-1420 (3rd edition, p. 380 s.n. Roan, Rone). Brook is a locative surname, a residence near a stream or water-meadow (and a brook is a physical geographical locale itself) (R&W, 3rd edition, p. 67 s.n. Brook et al, and p. 66 s.n. Brock et al). A 19th C. map shows UK place names of Roan Island, Loch Roan, Roanhead (Crag, Beach and Estate). After some amount of discussion, it appears that Roan, being a surname, could be used as Household of Roans Brook. I’ve spoken with the client, and he’s agreeable with this.

Vivianna Dalessana (BoAtenveldt): NAME CHANGE, from Millicent Couture, and NEW DEVICE:Argent, a fleur-de-lys and a bordure, all per pale azure and sable.

ffride wlffsdotter demonstrated in the Prosopography of the Byzantine World(http://db.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp) s.n. Dalassenos: Dalassene, magistrissa, early-mid 12th C.; Anna Dalassene, mid-11th to early 12th D.; Maria Dalassene, protoproedrissa*, mid-late 11th C.; and Xene Dalassene, nun, mid-late 11th C. The -ne ending here occurs in Byzantine Greek is because it is the feminine of –nos. ffride believes that this might be a Latinisation, given her father’s name is written as Dalassenus. If the byname is Latin, then the given name Viviana (with, again, a single -n-) also appears in 13-14th C. Italy: “Viviana,” in S. L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. (http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Viviana). SENA Appendix C says Italian and Greek name elements can be mixed. 
The client desires a female name. She also is most interested in the spelling of the name, so the Latinized form is likely more acceptable to her.

The following submissions are held or returned for further work by the Atenveldt CoH, November 2016:

Johnathan Crusadene Whitewolf (BA): NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Eber Hauer, and NEW BADGE

Per bend raguly Or and argent, a double-headed eagle sable and a boar’s tusk gules.

Christopher Devereux (Liber) was able to justify the alternate name as a period German name, which might be the only way to register it without making any Major or Minor changes. The only tooth/fang that is permitted in SCA armory is the elephant tusk. I have emailed the client to get clarification on these matters.

HELD for name and badge charge issues.

Viktoria of York (Twin Moons): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2012

Quarterly purpure and argent, in bend two dragonflies argent, and in bend sinister two crosses purpure.

The submission is in violation of SENA’s prohibition of marshalling, A.6. Armory Presumption F.2.c. Multiple Types of Primary Charges: When different sections of the field contain different types of charges, it creates the appearance of marshalling. The client has been emailed with suggestions as how to resolve this so the submission can proceed.

RETURNED for the appearance/prohibition on marshalling.

The following submissions were registered by the SCA College of Arms, October 2016:

Æsa Væna. Device. Per pale purpure and argent, two domestic cats sejant respectant counterchanged argent and sable, on a chief vert an ivy vine Or. 
Aldontza Nafarra. Device. Argent, in annulo three falcons contourny striking in annulo vert. 
There is a step from period practice for the use of charges in annulo not in their default palewise orientation.
Argouanagos of Scythia. Name and device. Argent, on a chevron between two chess knights and a wolf’s head cabossed sable a plate. 
Submitted as Argouanagus of Scythia, the wholly Greek form of the given name found in the documentation is Argouanagos. With the submitter’s permission, we have made this change.
Brígiða Finnvarðardóttir. Name. 
The submitter may be interested to know that both name elements are Norse versions of Irish names, making this an excellent name for a Norse woman with Irish roots or one living in or around Ireland.
Conrad Bombast von Trittenheim. Device change. Argent, a moth and on a chief sable four tiler’s nails argent. 
The submitter’s old device, Argent, a bat-winged manticore segreant gules, headed and winged sable, is retained as a badge.
Duncan the Sinister. Name and device. Argent, a badger rampant regardant contourny sable marked argent, a chief embattled sable. 
In February 2015, we accepted the name Xavier the Sinister (A-An Tir), ruling:
Appendix A of SENA allows the use of marked and unmarked descriptive/occupational bynames in French. Examples of descriptive or occupational bynames from the 15th and 16th centuries include Cordewanier/le CordewanierDevin/Le DevinVillain/Le Villain, and Mauwin/Le Mauwin, all found in Domhnall na Moicheirghe’s article, “Names from Lallaing 1384 – 1600” (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/lallaing_names.html). Therefore le Senestre is a plausible form of the attested 15th century French Senestre, and we can allow the lingua Anglica form, the Sinister. Based on this ruling, the Sinister is registerable here as a lingua Anglican form of a French byname. Scots and French are an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C.
Duncan the Sinister. Badge. Argent, a badger’s head erased sable marked argent between six pellets in annulo. 
Elena Maria Suberria. Name. 
The submitter’s original name, Elena Maria de Suberria, was returned on the January 2016 LoAR (R-Atenveldt) because the documentation did not support the marked form de Suberria and the submitter did not allow us to drop the preposition. As resubmitted without the preposition, the name is registrable as a combination of Castilian Spanish and Basque elements.
Elezabeth Dayseye. Device. Purpure semy of daisies Or, a unicorn couchant contourny and on a chief argent an arrow azure. 
Elise la Galante. Name and device. Or, a female archer statant drawing a bow and arrow to sinister vert, on a chief embattled azure a demi-sun issuant from chief Or. 
The word galante shows up in late period French as an adjective or occupational term, meaning “courtesan.” Numerous examples of marked occupational or descriptive bynames in French found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael’s “French Surnames from Paris, 1421, 1423 & 1438” (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423surnames.html). Therefore, a marked byname such as la galante is plausible.
The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-14th century France. This name does not meet that request because none of the elements could be documented in French for that time period.
Emeludt von Zerssen. Name (see RETURNS for device). 
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th-15th century German language/culture. This name is not authentic for that period because we were not able to find evidence of the byname that early. However, it is registerable.
Eoda Blauschild. Name change from Angelica Blauschild. 
The submitter’s previous name, Angelica Blauschild, is retained as an alternate name.
Blauschild is grandfathered to the submitter, and thus may be combined with the 8th century Anglo-Saxon given name Eoda.
Felipe Mendo de Eslava de Montoya. Name and device. Per bend sinister argent and Or, a boar statant gules and a lupine azure slipped and leaved vert. 
Submitted as Felipe Mendo de Eslava del Montoya, no documentation was provided and none could be found for this name pattern. The submitter allowed no major changes to the name, but permitted the byname to be changed to de Montoya if necessary for registration. Since such a change was necessary, we made it.
Gaius Clodius Pugnax. Name. 
The submitter requested authenticity for “Roman Republican Era.” The praenomen and the nomen were both found during the Republican era and the cognomen Pugnax was found in inscriptions prior to 79 C.E. Thus, it is possible (and even likely) that the name is authentic for Rome during the Republic, but we cannot say for sure.
Grigor Medvedev. Device. Azure, two bears combattant Or, on a chief argent three Latin crosses gules. 
Precedent states: When we re-defined the protection for the cross symbol of the Red Cross, we stated that multiple crosses will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Since there is more than one cross on this design, and both crosses are Latinate crosses, this design is not considered to infringe on the symbol of the International Committee of the Red Cross.[Alexander of Lancaster, Dec 2010, A-Outlands]
Here we have a similar situation and this device is registerable.
Jaep Van Doornik. Name. 
The byname Van Doornik was not dated to period in the documentation provided in the LoI. However, commenters found it dated to the gray period in Resolutien van Holland (https://books.google.com/books?id=x2JJAAAAcAAJ).
By precedent, “[a]lthough prepositions like van are typically found in lower case, capitalization varies in the Low Countries in period.” [Claaerkin Van Dalle, Nov 2015]. Therefore, the submitted Van Doornik is registerable.
Jakob the Bald. Name change from Garrett Fitzpatrick. 
The submitter’s previous name, Garret Fitzpatrick, is released.
The byname the Bald is the lingua Anglica form of the documented byname le Bald’, found in Reaney & Wilson dated to 1178.
James Thorn de Lyon. Badge (see RETURNS for household name). Sable, in pale a lion dormant Or and a house argent. 
Jnnifer of Mons Tonitrus. 
Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Sable, a moon in her plenitude argent and a ford proper. 
Submitted under the name Hamasaki Eiwa Miyako.
Koga Takashirou Kagehiro. Name and device. Argent, a pair of calipers, in chief a pair of katanas in saltire, a point pointed sable. 
The use of katanas, a non-European artifact, is a step from period practice.
Lilie Simmons. Name and device. Per bend argent and purpure, a dragonfly vert and a lotus blossom in profile argent. 
Liber found documentation for the female given name Lylie in the FamilySearch Historical Records dated to 1584 in London, England. As there is substantial evidence that i and y were used interchangeably in Early Modern English, the spelling Lylie supports the submitted Lilie. Nice 16th century English name!
Lucia Van Doornik. Name and device. Azure, a horse rampant and on a chief argent three tulips slipped and leaved gules. 
The byname Van Doornik was not dated to period in the documentation provided in the LoI. However, commenters found it dated to the gray period in Resolutien van Holland (https://books.google.com/books?id=x2JJAAAAcAAJ).
By precedent, “[a]lthough prepositions like van are typically found in lower case, capitalization varies in the Low Countries in period.” [Claaerkin Van Dalle, Nov 2015]. Therefore, the submitted Van Doornik is registerable.
Massimo Rosa da Milano. Name. 
Mons Tonitrus, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Sable Harps of Mons Tonitrus. Per chevron argent and sable, three harps and a bordure denticulada counterchanged. 
This badge is registered in addition to the currently registered badge for the Order.
Mons Tonitrus, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Silver Morion of Mons Tonitrus. Sable, a morion and a bordure denticulada argent. 
This badge is registered in addition to the currently registered badge for the Order.
Nia the Pict. Name and device. Gules, a natural seahorse Or and a bordure argent
As documented, this name combined a 17th century English given name with a lingua Anglica rendering of a late 3rd century Latin descriptive byname. This documentation resulted in a 1300-year gap between the elements, which is far more than what is permitted by SENA PN2C. In commentary, Aldyrne and Rocket found evidence of Nia as an 8th century Irish Gaelic male name, with an earliest date of 722 CE. Nia the Pictthus can be registered as a Gaelic name, with the lingua Anglica form the Pict based on the documented Old Gaelic descriptive byname Cruithnech. The submitter requested authenticity for “Pictish, 360 AD during the Roman invasion/occupation of Britain.” This name does not meet that request, as there is no evidence of Niaas a Pictish given name.
Runa Gigja. Name. 
Submitted as Runa Gígja, Appendix D requires that transliterations of Old Norse use or omit accents consistently throughout the name. We therefore have dropped the accent in the byname for registration. If the submitter prefers all accents to be included, she may submit a request for reconsideration.
Tóka Kolbiarnardóttir. Name change from Astríðr Kolbiarnardóttir (see RETURNS for device). 
The byname Kolbiarnardóttir is grandfathered to the submitter. Her previous name, Astríðr Kolbiarnardóttiris retained as an alternate name. The submitter requested authenticity for “Old Norse/Danish.” Although this name combines an Old Norse element with a Danish element, it is not authentic because the two elements were not found at the same place and time.

The following submissions have been returned by the CoA October 2016 for further work:

Ælfgyfe Æthelwulfesdohtor. Name change from holding name Michelle of Twin Moons. 
This submission must be returned because there was no name form provided.
Emeludt von Zerssen. Device. Argent, a chevron rompu azure between two peacocks respectant proper and a seeblatt azure. 
This device is returned for a redraw, for violating the guidelines set forth on the May 2011 Cover Letter for a properly drawn chevron; the chevron rompu here is too low. Please see that Cover Letter for further discussion and details of how to properly draw a chevron.
Finnvarðr Snæbiarnarson. Device. Per bend vert and argent, a boar’s head erased and a quiver with three arrows bendwise counterchanged. 
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 orientations of the head and quiver must be blazoned separately.
Hamasaki Eiwa Miyako. Name. 
This name must be returned because the element Eiwa is not appropriate for personal names during the SCA’s period. Eiwa is an “era” name; in other words, it was an element used to name time periods, not people. Era names were not incorporated into personal names before 1868. Additionally, Hamasaki is not a correct transliteration of the Japanese elements. Keystone advised that the correct transliteration is Hamazaki. This name would be registerable as Hamazaki Miyako, but the submitter does not allow any changes. Therefore, it must be returned. Her device is registered under the holding name Jennifer of Mons Tonitrus.
James Thorn de Lyon. Household name La Maison du Repaire du Lyon. Unfortunately, this household name must be returned, as no evidence was provided (and none was found by commenters) that it matches a period pattern for naming households or groups of people.
Mons Tonitrus, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Sable Arrows. Argent, a sheaf of arrows between flaunches sable, overall a bordure denticulada counterchanged. 
This badge is returned due to the bordure denticulada surmounting the flaunches. While flaunches may be charged, a bordure surmounting flaunches has long been cause for return. While the group has two badges registered with a bordure surmounting flaunches, those badges have a simple bordure. Therefore the grandfather clause cannot be used to register this badge as SENA A2B3 states that “Only the exact, actual elements which are registered may be used, not variants or patterns.
Mons Tonitrus, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Sable Chevronels of Mons Tonitrus. Per fess sable and argent, three chevronels braced counterchanged and on a chief embattled argent a pellet. 
This badge is returned for redraw. As depicted, there is confusion as to whether this is a per fess field with a chief that is higher than the upper section of the divided field or more likely a fess embattled that is too high on the field. On resubmission, please let the submitter know that the chief should be placed above two equally divided per fess sections.
Natasiia of Nyenskans. Name change from Mariyah al-Madiniyah. 
This name submission was withdrawn by the submitter.
Tóka Kolbiarnardóttir. Device change. Per chevron inverted argent and gules, a bear dormant sable and a mushroom argent the cap spotted gules
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states “Elements must be drawn to be identifiable.” Commenters had trouble identifying the dormant bear. On resubmission please advise the submitter to separate the limbs from the body and add more internal details so the bear is recognizable.

 

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ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 15 December 2016, A.S. LI

LETTER OF PRESENTATION Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Their Royal Majesties Morgan and Elizabeth; Baroness Genevieve de Lironcourt, Aten Principal Herald; Heralds in the Atenveldt College of Heralds; and to All Whom These Presents Come,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

This is the December 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Presentation, for the December 2016 LoI; it precedes the Letter of Intent with submissions considered for the next Letter of Intent. Please have your commentary made by December 2016.

Submission Fee Increase: The fee for new submissions by the S.C.A . College of Arms has increased to $4.00 per item. At this time, there is no intent to increase the current fee for a new submission from the Kingdom of Atenveldt ($7.00).

Heraldry Hut: will be held on Friday, 16 December, at the home of Symond and Marta, 7:30 PM. Please email one of us if you have questions or need directions.

Please consider the following submissions for the December 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

Ceallach Colquhoun (Sundragon): NEW HOUSEHOLD NAME, Red Dragon Keep

The personal name was registered June 2006.

Company of the Red Dragon is registered to Tristram O’Shee, and House of the Red Dragons is registered to Anastasia MacEwan de Ravenna and Juliana Red MacLachlan. Per SENA, 3. Substantial Change of Single-Syllable Name Element: Two names whose substantive elements are two words or less and have a comparable single-syllable name element (excluding articles and prepositions, like de and the) are eligible for this rule. Comparable single-syllable name elements are substantially different in sound if a group of adjacent vowels or of adjacent consonants within a word is completely changed, so that they have no sound in common. In rare cases, the sound may still be too similar for this rule to clear the conflict. The change of a single letter is sufficient for two eligible name phrases to be different in appearance, as such name phrases are quite short. On a case by case basis, two-syllable names phrases may be eligible for this rule, such as Harry and Mary (http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#NPN3),

Keep is an acceptable household designator, http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Designations.html#Keep. The client is willing to accept Red Dragon Keep of Sundragon if a conflict is found (Sundragon is a baronial designator register September 1984). She is most interested in the meaning of the name.

Cullen Ellis (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister gules and azure, a dragon segreant contourny argent and three Celtic crosses one and two Or.

The name is English. While Cullen developed as a surname, late period/post-1500 surnames can be used as given names (Cullen Quintrell was born about 1646 in about 1646 om Camborne, Cornwall, England,https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:94QB-YDF. James Cullen has a christening date of 1 April 1564 in Hemsby, Norfolk, England, Batch C04500-1,https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB91-3JB). Ellis is a surname associated with John Ellis, who has a marriage record dated to 26 June 1580 in Saint Giles Cripplegate, London, London England, Batch M02243-1,https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ54-J8X. The client desires a male name.

Tobias Wade (Granite Mountain): NEW HOUSEHOLD NAME, Household of Roan Brook, and NEW BADGE

Per chevron inverted azure and argent, a sunburst Or clouded argent and two towers gules.

The personal name was registered June 2015.

Roan Brook loosely translates for Copper Creek , which is a commonly-known feature in the Bagdad, Arizona, mining ares. If these two words cannot be used together in this fashion, I would like to keep any changes along this line of thinking, or possibly make another submission.”–Tobias Wade. Most of the definitions in the COED for Roan are associated with the color/skin of animals, particularly horses, cattle, or a specific type of antelope; it is also a soft, flexible leather of sheepskin used in bookbinding. Reaney and Wilson comment that it is a locative, from Rouen, Normandy: Roen, Roan, Rone 1418-1420 (3rd edition, p. 380 s.n. Roan, Rone). Brookis a locative, residence near a stream or water-meadow, (R&W, 3rd edition, p. 67 s.n. Brook et al, and p. 66 s.n. Brock et al). A 19th C. map shows UK place names of Roan Island, Loch Roan, Roanhead (Crag, Beach and Estate). House rather than Household is likely more accurate. The client is most interested in the meaning of the name.

Vivianna Dalessana (BoAtenveldt): NAME CHANGE, from Millicent Couture, and NEW DEVICE

Argent, a fleur-de-lys and a bordure, all per pale azure and sable.

The client’s original name submission, Millicent Couture, appears on the 20 September 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent; she wishes that name withdrawn. The new name is Byzantine Greek. I can find no example of the given name Vivianna, nor was one supplied. (Considering that the given name Vivian was an English masculine given name in the Middle Ages, there could be an issue here.) On the other hand, Withycombe cites the 5th C. St. Vivianus (a man), 3rd Ed., pp. 290-291, so the saint may have been familiar to people in the eastern Roman Empire. And I do find one example of the female name Viviana (single -n-) in “Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the 6th and 7th Centuries,” Bardas Xiphias,http://heraldry.sca.org/names/byzantine/early_byz_names.html. Hurrah! (The same article finds the female name Anna with two -n-). Anna Dalassena was the mother of Emperof Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118, and she served as regent in the early years of her son’s reign (http://www.roman-emperors.org/annadal.htm.). She was the daughter of Alexius Charon and a daughter of Adrian Dalassenus. She maintained her monther’s name because it had greater notoriety than that of her father or her husband. The client desires a female name and is most interested in the spelling.

The following submissions appear in the November 2016 Letter of Intent:

Commentary for the Letter of Presentation was supplied by Brenna Lowri o Ruthin, Coblaith Muimnech, Etienne Le Mons, ffride wlffsdotter, Maridonna Benvenuti and Michael Gerard Curtememoire.

Areus of Sparta: NEW DEVICE CHANGE: Sable, a trident head Or and a bordure parted bordurewise wavy gules and argent.

A division of a bordure in a similar fashion is seen in the registered armory of Akastos Theodorou, Or, a calamarie inverted sable and a bordure parted bordurewise indented argent and sable. () and in the registered armory of Marie de Roelent,Argent, three sea-horses contourny azure, a bordure parted bordurewise wavy azure and argent ( https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=55064,http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/10/15-10lar.html#307 ).

Fenrich der Stürmer Hahn (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Or, a dunghill cock rising contourny vert maintaining a spear bendwise sinister, a bordure raguly sable.

Michael Gerard Curtememoire: Actually, because we blazon bladed weapons by their blades, this is Or, a dunghill cock rising contourny vert maintaining a spear bendwise sinister argent hafted sable, a bordure raguly sable.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW ORDER NAME, Order of the Emerald Heart of Granite Mountain and NEW BADGE: Per fess indented vert and sable, in chief a bezant charged with a heart vert, a bordure erminois.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW ORDER NAME, Order of the Grace of Granite Mountain

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW BADGE: Per fess indented vert and sable, in base an ermine spot Or, a bordure erminois.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW BADGE: Sable, an ermine spot Or, a bordure erminois.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Per fess indented vert and sable, in pale an ermine statant contourny regardant ermine and an ermine spot Or, a bordure erminois.

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW HERALDIC TITLE, Erminois Pursuivant

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

A Barony is entitled to have titled pursuivant. Parker cites erminois as an heraldic fur, Or with sable spots (pp. 234-5). It appears in most of the Barony’s armory.

Michael Gerard Curtememoire: “All that is said in the head matter here is probably or certainly true, and wholly irrelevant. 
Our sources for acceptable patterns for heraldic titles seem to be “Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Overview” by Julia Smith, http://medievalscotland.org/jes/HeraldicTitles/, and “Heraldic Titles in Medieval England” by Christie L. Ward (Gunnvǫr silfrahárr),http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Heraldic_Titles.htm. Both note that the names of charges can be used, in combination with ordinary color words, not heraldic tinctures. Neither shows the name of a tincture being used by itself in a heraldic title.”

However, we’ve based the name on the Ermine King of Arms, an heraldic title associated with Brittany and an important non-SCA title; An Tir saw it protected November 2008.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: BADGE RESUBMISSION for the Order of Peregrine of Granite Mountain: Per fess indented vert and sable,an arrow and bow crossed in saltire Or, a bordure erminois.

Ignacio Diaz de Castile: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, August 2016:Pean, on a tyger rampant Or a crescent gules, a bordure embattled Or crusilly Santiago gules.

Maria de Venetia (TY): NEW NAME CHANGE

Maria as an Italian name is found several hundred times between 1457 and 1557 in 2014 KWHSS paper “Names from 15th and 16th Century Pisa,” Juliana de Luna, http://heraldry.sca.org/kwhss/2014/#Pisa.

The client asked for a more Italian or Ventian form of the name, originally submitted as Maria of Venice. Maridonna Benvenuti believes that de Venetia would be the medieval Latin spelling. “Dizionario di toponomastica. Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani.”, UTET Libreria, print, s.n.Venezia: Il nome di Venezia è una forma dotta (riprende il classico Venetia)… . A translation: the name Venezia is a learned form from the classic Venetia. pp.814-5. 
The Venetia spelling can be found in use in many Italian books when googling the name Venetia at Googlebooks. https://www.google.com/search?lr=lang_it&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=Venetia&tbs=,bkv:f,bkt:b,cdr:1,cd_min:Dec+2 3_2+1449,cd_max:Dec+31_2+1625&num=10

Mathias Steinson (TY): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Quarterly sable and azure, a butterfly bendwise sinister argent.

ffride wlffsdotter says: Diplomatarium Norvegicum has: <Jfuer Steinson> 1394 (http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst_2016.prl?b=4103&s=n&str=Steinson), and <Gudbrander Steinson> 1422 (http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst_2016.prl?b=681&s=n&str=Steinson). I think they’re both in the nominative case, but they’re certainly in Middle Norwegian (ie. still Norse).

Michael Gerard Curtememoire: Minimally clear of Anne of Caerdydd’s badge, Jan 1993, (Fieldless) A butterfly argent, wings tipped gules, and Kynedriþ filia Gerald’s device, Oct 2008, (Fieldless) A butterfly bendwise argent. I say minimally because butterflies tergiant (I find) don’t get an SC for orientation under http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#A5E5a, “[Change of Posture of] Animate Charges”, but do get a DC under http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#A5G7a, “Change of Posture for Animate Charges”. With the other DC for field(less), no conflict.

Músa-Sunnifa (Mons Tonitrus): NEW NAME

Nefratiri Ani : NEW BADGE: (Fieldless) A triskelion of human legs azure.

Valdis Skarpa: NEW DEVICE: Gules, a dragon couchant and on a chief argent three open books sable.

The following submissions are held or returnd for further work by the Atenveldt CoH, November 2016:

Johnathan Crusadene Whitewolf (BA): NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Eber Hauer, and NEW BADGE

Per bend raguly Or and argent, a double-headed eagle sable and a boar’s tusk gules.

Christopher Devereux (Liber) was able to justify the alternate name as a period German name, which might be the only way to register it without making any Major or Minor changes. The only tooth/fang that is permitted in SCA armory is the elephant tusk. I have emailed the client to get clarification on these matters.

HELD for name and badge charge issues.

Músa-Sunnifa: NEW DEVICE

Azure, in bend three estoiles between two bendlets Or, all between two open books argent.

This device is returned for violating SENA A3E1, Arrangement of Charge Groups. This arrangement of two secondary charge groups is not listed in SENA Appendix J, and so may not be registered without documentation that this is a period arrangement of charge groups. Specifically, it would need documentation that primary charges framed by bendlets or other ordinaries appeared on a field with other secondary charges that are not peripheral ordinaries. An example of this undocumented arrangement of charges is seen with the return of Liliona Ruth Hampton’s device submission, http://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=60977, and its return,http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2016/04/16-04lar.html#248. (Also, the blazon was incorrect, and the estoiles should be argent.)

RETURNED for undocumented charge arrangement.

Viktoria of York (Twin Moons): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2012

Quarterly purpure and argent, in bend two dragonflies argent, and in bend sinister two crosses purpure.

The submission is in violation of SENA’s prohibition of marshalling, A.6. Armory Presumption F.2.c. Multiple Types of Primary Charges: When different sections of the field contain different types of charges, it creates the appearance of marshalling. The client has been emailed with suggestions as how to resolve this so the submission can proceed.

RETURNED for the appearance/prohibition on marshalling.

The following submissions were registered by the SCA College of Arms, September 2016:

Andromeda Lykaina. Name change from Umm Ma’bad Amirah al-Zahra’ bint ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Azhar ibn Malik ibn Mansur.
The submitter’s old name, Umm Ma’bad Amirah al-Zahra’ bint ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Azhar ibn Malik ibn Mansur, is retained as an alternate name.
Collin de Lacy. Name and device. Sable, on a cross Or two spears in cross, the fesswise spear reversed sable, in canton a Lacy knot Or. 
The given name was presented as the submitter’s legal given name. However, the legal given name was not properly attested, as only a single herald attested to the document and no copy of the document was provided. Fortunately, the given name Collin can easily be documented in both French and English, making this name registerable.
Attestations as to the contents of legal documents such as driver’s licenses must be made by two heralds. If a second herald is not available at an event, then another SCA officer, such as a seneschal, may make the attestation in place of the second herald.
Sely Bloxam. Device change. Argent, a bend wavy azure between a gillyflower purpure slipped and leaved vert and a human footprint sable. 
There is a step from period practice for the use of a footprint.
The submitter’s old device, Per bend Or and argent, a gillyflower purpure slipped and leaved vert and a human footprint sable, is released.
Stefan Jäger von Ansbach. Badge. Paly bendy sinister argent and azure, an edelweiss blossom Or and an orle vert.

The following submissions have been returned for further work, September 2016:

Honour Grenehart. Badge. Argent goutty de vin, a labyrinth azure. 
This badge is returned for redraw. The gouttes should not appear in the argent portion of the labyrinth, as a labyrinth is a solid charge, but only be present around it.
On redraw, please advise the submitter to use gouttes of a more period shape, with a longer wavy tail.

The following is pended until the February 2017 CoA meetings for further commentary:
Areus of Sparta. Name change from Phelan Ó Coileáin. 
In commentary, Metron Ariston identified a possible presumption issue: one of the kings of Sparta was named Areus. SENA PN4D1 sets out the standards for whether a historical person is important enough to protect from presumption. It states in relevant part:
‘Sovereign rulers of significant states are generally important enough to protect. Some historical city-states are not considered significant states. Provinces or regions integrated into larger units like the Holy Roman Empire are not generally considered significant states. Sovereigns of small states that did not give rise directly to modern countries will not be protected under this clause, nor will legendary kings of any state (though these kings may be individually important enough to protect).”
Sparta was a Greek city-state. It did not directly give rise to any modern country. Commenters are asked to discuss whether Sparta nevertheless is sufficiently significant to warrant protecting its kings from presumption. Alternatively, commenters should address whether Atreus of Sparta himself was historically significant such that he should be protected from presumption.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy

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LOP – 8 November 2016, A.S. LI

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 8 November 2016, A.S. LI

LETTER OF PRESENTATION Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Their Royal Majesties Morgan and Elizabeth; Baroness Genevieve de Lironcourt, Aten Principal Herald; Heralds in the Atenveldt College of Heralds; and to All Whom These Presents Come,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

This is the November 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Presentation, for the November 2016 LoP; it precedes the Letter of Intent with submissions considered for the next Letter of Intent. Please have your commentary made by 25 November 2016.

Submission Fee Increase: The fee for new submissions by the S.C.A . College of Arms has increase to $4.00 per item. At this time, there is no intent to increase the current fee for a new submission from the Kingdom of Atenveldt ($7.00).

Heraldry Hut: will be held on Friday, 18 November, at the home of Symond and Marta, 7:30 PM. Please email one of us if you have questions or need directions.

Please consider the following submissions for the November 2016 Atennveldt Letter of Intent:

Areus of Sparta (Barony of Atenveldt): NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Sable, a trident head Or and a bordure parted bordurewise wavy gules and argent.

The client’s name change submission appears on the 20 June 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent. A division of a bordure in a similar fashion is seen in the registered armory of Akastos Theodorou, Or, a calamarie inverted sable and a bordure parted bordurewise indented argent and sable. (https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=33514)

This takes the place of a badge resubmission for Phelan Ó Coileáin, Sable, a cross alisée gules fimbriated argent. It was returned by Laurel, September 2009, for multiple conflicts, including that for the Knights Templar.

If registered, please retain his current device as a badge, Azure, a horseshoe inverted within a bordure Or.

Fenrich der Stürmer Hahn (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a dunghill cock rising contourny vert maintaining a spear bendwise sinister, a bordure reguly sable.

The name is German. He has been known as Fenris for years and wishes something more registerable. Meynhardt Fenrich Ophuss has a christening date of 5 August 1645 in Evangelisch, Kamen, Westfalen, Prussia; his father name was FenrichOphuss (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N63L-38W, Batch J95158-1). der Stürmer Hahn is said to mean “the fighting rooster/cock,” although http://www.collinsdictionary.com/translator shows stürmer as “one who is on (a labor) strike,” rather than just pugilistic. Nevertheless, Stürmer is found as a German surname for Hans Wilhelm Stürmer with a christening datd 6 November 1603 in Barfüßer Klosterkirche, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3ASt%C3%BCrmer~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AGermany~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1400-1650~, Batch C93414-1); and Hahn is found as a German surname for Ludwig Hahn with a christening date 18 July 1581 in Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, Germany (https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3AHahn~%20%2Bbirth_place%3AGermany~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1400-1650~, Batch C91613-1 ). Appendix A in SENA says double bynames are rare, so this might be possible if a “simple” descriptive byname like “the fighting cock” (minus der) is not permitted. The client desires a male name and is most interested in meaning (“the fighting rooster”), sound (as similar to Fenris as possible) and language/culture (German, 1480-1600).

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW ORDER NAME, Order of the Emerald Heart of Granite Mountain and NEW BADGE

Per fess indented vert and sable, in chief a bezant charged with a heart vert, a bordure erminois.

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

Emerald refers to a precious stone, the color of that gemstone and to a brilliant color like that of the stone (in 1598, spelled as emerold, according to the COED). Heart, in the COED, dates the meaning as “a figure or representation of the human heart; esp. a conventionalized symmetrical figure formed of two similar curves meeting in a point at one end and a cusp at the other. Also, an object, as a jewel or ornament, in the shape of a heart” to 1463: “The seid broche herte of gold to be hange, naylyd, and festnyd vpon the shryne”. The modern spelling heart is used for a stylized figure in 1529 (referring to a playing card). It is also a charge seen in Parker (http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~bprince/hr/parker/jpglossh.htm#Heart).

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW ORDER NAME, Order of the Grace of Granite Mountain

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

The Middle English Dictionary, s.n. grace, includes quotes using that specific form to mean “goodwill, kindness, favor, love,” and is dated to multiple years c. 1300-c.1500 (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED19175). Grace is a noun and not an object which is normally used in the construction of Saint + attribute. However, in this case, it is used to demonstrate by example the recipient’s virtue. The addition of the locative avoids conflict with other Order names. (The definite article the might be best deleted to follow the pattern of orders named after abstract qualities.)

This is to be associated with the Barony’s registered badge, Per fess indented vert and sable, a vol Or and a bordure erminois., registered April 2015.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW HERALDIC TITLE, Erminois Pursuivant

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

A Barony is entitled to have titled pursuivant. Parker cites erminois as an heraldic fur, Or with sable spots (pp. 234-5). It appears in most of the Barony’s armory.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Per fess indented vert and sable, in base an ermine spot Or, a bordure erminois.

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

This is intended as a populace badge.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Per fess indented vert and sable, in chief an ermine statant contourny regardant ermine, a bordure erminois.

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: BADGE RESUBMISSION for the Order of Peregrine of Granite Mountain

Per fess indented vert and sable,an arrow and bow crossed in saltire Or, a bordure erminois.

The Order name was registered April 2015.

The original submission, Per fess indented vert and sable, a falcon rising Or and a bordure erminois., was returned by Laurel April 2015 for conflict;

this is a redesign. We feel that the primary charges are thin enough so as not to obscure the complex line of division.

Granite Mountain, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Sable, an ermine spot Or, a bordure erminois.

The territorial name was registered November 2014.

This is intended as a badge for the fighters in the Barony. We believe it is clear of the device registered to Francesca da Trani, Sable, an ermine spot and an orle Or.; one DC for the orle vs. bordure, one DC for Or vs. erminois.

Ignacio Diaz de Castile (Sundragon): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, August 2016: Pean, on a tyger rampant Or a crescent gules, a bordure embattled Or crusilly Santiago gules.

The name was registered August 2016.
This device was returned August 2016 for a redraw “for violating SENA A2C2 which states “Elements must be drawn to be identifiable.” Commenters had trouble identifying the gules charges on the bordure. On resubmission, please advise the submitter to draw fewer and larger ermine spots.” This has been redone.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Adam Carlos Diaz de Castile: Pean, a tyger rampant within a bordure embattled Or charged with six crosses of Santiago gules.

Johnathan Crusadene Whitewolf (BA): NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Eber Hauer, and NEW BADGE

Per bend raguly Or and argent, a double-headed eagle sable and a boar’s tusk gules.

The client’s primary name was registered October 2015 (transferred from his deceased father).

I am assuming that the new alternate name is for a fighting unit, not a personal name, as documentation lists it as such. However, I think that as a unit, it might need a group designation.

The name is German, Eber Hauer meaning “boar tusks” (http://www.collinsdictionary.com/translator), in reference to a fighting unit that hails primarily from the Barony of Tir Ysgithr, which has a boar head on its armory.

The use of a tooth/tusk is limited because it is usually unrecognizable when used by itself (one sees them as “teeth” in skulls, the heads of boars, the heads of predators and monsters). The Pictorial Dictionary notes that a fang is visually equivalent to a drinking horn, and it has been disallowed for Society heraldry, due to its lack of ready identifiability. It does note that a tusk, an elephant’s tooth, couped and with point to chief by default, is still permitted (http://mistholme.com/?s=tooth). The client might consider such a tusk, or even wolf’s teeth, as his arms feature a wolf.

Maria of Venice (TY): NEW NAME CHANGE

The client’s previous name change (from the registered Mariyah al-Madiniyah to Natasiia Novgorodova, currently in the 20 September 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent) has been asked to be withdrawn by the client. She asks that this be considered her name change.

Maria is a female given name dated to 1186, found in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames,” Talan Gwynek, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Mary. The client would like to have the locative rendered into Italian (da Venezia, I think), Venetian (perhap da Venesia), or even into Latin, if that would be possible, a form as early in period as could be done.

Mathias Steinson (TY): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly sable and azure, a butterfly bendwise sinister argent.

Mathias is a German male given name dated to 1332, 1374 and 1388 in “”Medieval German Given Names from Silesia Men’s Names” Talan Gwynek (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html). Steinson is a nod to his legal surname, Stinson. It appears that there are a number of period German surnames Stein, but none like Steinson. On the other hand, there is an Old Norse masculine name Steinn (“Viking Names found in Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html), which would give rise to the patronymic Steinsson (“A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/sg-viking.html). Appendix C in SENA allow the mixing of German and Scandanavian name elements. The client desires a male name and cases most about having a German or Norse/Viking name.

Músa-Sunnifa (Mons Tonitrus): NEW NAME and NEW DEVICE

Azure, in bend three estoiles between two bendlets Or, all between two open books argent.

The name is Old Norse, and both elements are found in “The Old Norse Name.” Sunnifa is a female given name, p. 15, and Músa-, “Mouse-,” is a prepended byname, p. 26. The client desires a female name and it most interested in the language/culture of the name. She will not accept Major changes to the name.

Natasiia Novgorodova (Tir Ygithr): WITHDRAWAL OF NEW NAME CHANGE

This name change, from the registered Mariyah al-Madiniyah, appears in the 20 September 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent. The client has asked that it be withdrawn from consideration.

Maria is a female given name dated to 1186 in “Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Mary,” Talan Gwynek, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Mary. The client would like the locative rendered into Italian (da Venecia, I think), Venetian (da Venesia, maybe), or a form like Latin or as early in period as possible. The area was inhabited by the Veneti people as early as 10th C BCE.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice#Origins).

Nefratiri Ani (Granholme): NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A triskelion of human legs azure.

The name was registered March 1984.

Valdis Skarpa (BoA): NEW DEVICE

Gules, a dragon couchant and on a chief argent three open books sable.

The name was registered July 2012.

Viktoria of York (Twin Moons): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2012

Quarterly purpure and argent, in bend two dragonflies argent, and in bend sinister two crosses purpure.

The name was registered July 2012.

The original submission, Per saltire purpure and argent, a dragonfly and a rose argent barbed vert seeded gules., was returned by Laurel July 2012 for presumption, for combining the byname of York with armory containing a white rose. This is a violation of section XI.2 of the Rules for Submissions, and section A6E of the Standards for Evaluation, both of which discuss disallowed charge and name combinations. This is a complete redesign.

This appears to be in violation of SENA’s prohibition of marshalling, A.6. Armory Presumption F.2.c. Multiple Types of Primary Charges: When different sections of the field contain different types of charges, it creates the appearance of marshalling.

I have several questions that might help in resolving this issue:

Can this type of cross (really, an ordinary rather than a specific cross), be used in a divided field?

Is Per saltire purpure and argent, in pale two dragonflies and in fess two crosses counterchanged., permitted and clear of conflict?

Is Per saltire argent and purpure, in pale two crosses and in fess two dragonflies counterchnaged., permitted and clear of conflict?

The following submissions appear in the October Letter of Intent:

Commentary was provided by Coblaith Muimnech and Michael Gerard Curtememoire.

Alexandra Starling of Ravenspurn (Windale): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2016: Purpure, a chevron inverted of chain conjoined at the point to a lighthouse Or flammant gules. 
The name was registered July 2016.
The original submission was returned “for having the chevron of chain issuing far too high on the field. Per long standing precedent, it should issue from the sides of the field. On redesign, please keep in mind that some commenters had some trouble identifying the lighthouse, mostly due to the low contrast of the flames on the field.” The client has redrawn and adjusted the chain to be more in keeping with the placement of a chevron inverted.

Cirina Badartai (Twin Moons): NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE: Per saltire purpure and argent, in fess two feathers sable and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

Magnus Ulfsson (Twin Moons): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Or, a boar statant sable and one a chief rayonny gules a tau-rho Or.

To resolve the conflict with the other Magnus Ulfson, he has chosen the ON byname inn hugprúði “stout-hearted,” found in “Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html).

Michael Gerard Curtememoire comments further: The Bible History Daily site–which looks to be itself a wholly reliable source–lists and links to exactly one source at its parent site: “The Staurogram: Earliest Depiction of Jesus’ Crucifixion” in the March/April 2013 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, showing the same papyrus. The body of that article is unfortunately behind a membership wall, but a discussion without photographs by the same author, arguing that the tau-rho cross or staurogram is earlier than the 4th or 5th century based on the evidence of early papyri is available athttps://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/1204/staurogram%20chapter-%20Manuscripts%20volume a.pdf;sequence=1. Since we know medieval scholars saw ancient papryi, this is a small step toward the target Coblaith Muimnech correctly sets, “a period form of a symbol used in the Middle Ages or Renaissance”. 
More reliably known to medieval people are ancient coins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staurogram shows a 6th century solidus with a staurogram-topped staff. More ancient-looking copies of that coin are found elsewhere on the Net, e.g. the first image below from http://www.icollector.com/Byzantine-Emp-Anastasius-I-Solidus-498-518_i8604902 which is conveniently more readable than Wikipedia’s. A tau-rho cross much closer to the submission’s is found on a coin of the 4th-c. Arcadius, the second image here, fromhttps://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/beast_coins/22/product/arcadius_ae4__salvs_reipvblicae/52031/Defaul t.aspx 
My third image shows another one on a staff, perhaps representing a labarum, with the rho curled as in the submission, on an ancient coin otherwise unidentified at http://www.rhedesium.com/the-sign-of-christ-v-the-name-of-christ–the-vision-of-constantine.html. To quickly find it and similar images there, page-search for various Greek coins. (I’m sure a specialist numismatist could get a better source than this, but Google image search is convinced this is Victoria’s 1845 gold sovereign.) 
The rho was also commonly curled in contemporary chi-rhos (a different but often confused monogram of Christ), like three of Magnentius’s coins at https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Chrismon (one is the fourth image here). More relevantly, the staurogram is combined with the chi-rho in an 11th century sculpture in the St-Denis St- Nicholas church, Tramezaïgues, France, shown below as my fifth image from a stock-photo site,http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-sculpted-chi-rho-monogram-11th-century-in-st-nicholass-church-trame zagues-60381472.html, seen also athttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trameza%C3%AFgues_%C3%A9glise_chrisme.JPG with a better caption. 
A tau-rho cross combined with alpha and omega is also found in the catacombs according tohttps://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staurogramma, and in the baptistery of the 4th-c. church of San Giovanni in Fonte, seen athttp://ioamocastiglione.blogspot.com/2013/12/storia-della-raffigurazione-della-croce.html (page-search for battistero). 
Given all this bracketing, I am morally certain that exactly the charge here can either be found in period or at minimum could have been created in period. Moreover, I’ve seen it modernly in Roman Catholic use, often looking like the image (not shown here) at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staurogramm.

Many thanks to Michael for his exhaustive investigation!

Riane Goch (Tir Ysgithr): NEW DEVICE CHANGE: Gules, on a plate a dragon’s head erased sable impaled on a sword gules.

The following submissions were registered by the SCA College of Arms, July 2016:

Alexandra Starling of Ravenspurn. Name. 
Ravenspurn is a lingua Anglica form of the place name found as Ravenser SpurneRaven(e)ser(e), and other forms found in period in Watts. The 1597 edition of Shakespeare’s Richard II uses the form Rauen spurgh(http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Texts/search.html?e=R2_Q1&w=s&w=sd&w=marg&q=rauen). If the submitter prefers one of the attested forms, she can submit a request for reconsideration.

Callum of Skye. Name and device. Azure, on a bend between a sheaf of arrows inverted and a thistle Or, three fleurs-de-lys azure.
The submitter requested authenticity for a 12th to 16th century Scottish name. The given name Callum was documented as a Scots name from 1643, and was also documented in commentary to the late 16th century. The place name Skye was also found in a map from 1573. Although both elements are found in the 16th century, bynames tended to be inherited at this time rather than literal. Therefore, this name as a whole is not as likely in the 16th century as a form such as Callum Skyeor something like Callum [surname] of Skye, but it may be authentic.
Hunter de Grae. Name. 
Submitted as Hunter du Grae, the correct preposition is de (“of”) rather than the French contraction du (“of the”): “Submitted as Sutton du Grae, the correct preposition is de rather than the French du (a contraction of de and le). We have made this change. Ogress found de Grae as a Gaelic header form in Woulfe, with the late period Anglicized Irish forms de Gray and de Graye. Therefore, we are able to register de Grae as a Gaelic form. The Letter of Intent also included Grae as an unmarked English surname and de Gray in Scots. This name combines an English given name and Gaelic byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. [Sutton de Grae, August 2015, A-Atenveldt]”
Just as in the prior name, we have changed the preposition to the correct form, and the English-Gaelic lingual mix is acceptable under Appendix C of SENA.
Hunter is the submitter’s legal middle name, but is also a 16th century English surname that is registerable as a given name. Therefore, the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance.
We note that the Letter of Intent stated that the byname du Grae is grandfathered to the submitter because it is the byname of his legal father, Ivan du Grae. However, the father’s name is registered as Ivan of Navarette, so du Grae is not eligible for the grandfather clause.
`Izza al-Zarqa’. Device change. Purpure, two horses combattant and on a chief argent three lotus blossoms in profile purpure. 
Please advise the submitter to draw the lotus flowers more vertically centered on the chief so that they do not look as if they were issuant from the line of division.
The submitter’s old device, Purpure, two horses combattant and a chief Or, is retained as a badge.
Jacket Tyllyng. Device. Per fess azure and vert, on a fess between three lions argent a sinister fist azure. 
William MacIver. Name and device. Per saltire gules and argent, in fess two wyverns erect respectant sable.
The submitted form of the byname, MacIver, was not clearly documented before 1650 in non-normalized sources. Past registration is no guarantee of current registerability.
However, Black s.n. Ivar dates Iver as a given name spelling to the first half of the 16th century. Period forms of the submitted byname in this source include M’Euir, Makevire, and McEvir. In additon, Ogress found the name Iver M’Ever in Account of the Clan-Iver by Peter Colin Campbell, dated to 1635 (p.98, https://books.google.com/books?id=rSYAAAAAQAAJ). This example may have been normalized, but given the range of period examples, we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that the submitted form of the byname is reasonable.

The following submissions have been returned for further work, July 2016:

Alexandra Starling of Ravenspurn. Device. Purpure, a chevron inverted of chain conjoined at the point to a lighthouse Or flammant gules. 
This device is returned for having the chevron of chain issuing far too high on the field. Per long standing precedent, it should issue from the sides of the field.On redesign, please keep in mind that some commenters had some trouble identifying the lighthouse, mostly due to the low contrast of the flames on the field.

The following submissions were registered by the SCA College of Arms, August 2016:
Aibhilín Bhaireíd. Name. Submitted as Aibhilín inghean BaireídBaireíd is the Gaelic form of a borrowed Anglo-Norman surname, not a given name. Without evidence to show that a literal patronym can be formed from such a surname, we cannot register this name as submitted. In addition, due to the requirements of Gaelic grammar, the surname must be lenited. Therefore, we have removed the patronymic particle inghean and have lenited the surname: Aibhilín Bhaireíd.
Aillenn inghean Chonaill. Device. Vert, two wolves combattant Or and in base a moon in her plenitude argent. 
Ambrose the Gutless. Name. Gutless is an interpolated spelling of the early 17th century gut-less and gutlesse, found in the Oxford English Dictionary. The submitter may wish to know that literal descriptive bynames are not likely for 17th century England, but the name is registerable.
Elezabeth Dayseye. Name. 
Frederick Gloucester. Name and device. Azure, a cross between four martlets, a bordure embattled argent. 
Garrett Seaburn. Name (see RETURNS for device). Nice 16th century English name!
Ignacio Diaz de Castile. Name (see RETURNS for device). Diaz de Castile is grandfathered to the submitter, as it is part of the registered name of his father, Adam Carlos Diaz de Castile.
Sigríðr Úlfsdóttir of Aschehyrst. Device. Sable, a key inverted and on a chief argent two compass stars, the dexter sable and the sinister gules. 
There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.

The following submissions were returned for further work, August 2016:

Ambrose the Gutless. Device. Sable, a hand argent between in chief two bees Or. 
This device is returned for presumption with the arms of Isengard: Sable, a hand argent. The hand appears to be a primary charge as it crosses the fess line. Thus there is only one DC for adding the secondary charges in chief. Drawn properly as coprimary charges, with two bees Or and a hand argent of similar visual weight (with the hand staying below the fess line), the present presumption issue would not exist.
Garrett Seaburn. Device. Per bend Or four piles inverted issuant from chief azure and barry wavy argent and azure, a bend vert. 
Although blazoned on the Letter of Intent as Per bend Or four piles inverted issuant from chief azure and barry wavy argent and azure, a bend vert, this device is actually more accurately described as Per bend gyronny from chief Or and azure and barry wavy argent and azure, a bend vert. Therefore, it conflicts with the device of Úna ingenue Ragnaill:Checky sable and argent, a bend vert. There is only one DC for changing the field.
Ignacio Diaz de Castile. 
Device. Pean, on a tyger rampant Or a crescent gules, a bordure embattled Or crusilly Santiago gules. 
This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states “Elements must be drawn to be identifiable.” Commenters had trouble identifying the gules charges on the bordure. On resubmission, please advise the submitter to draw fewer and larger ermine spots.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Adam Carlos Diaz de Castile: Pean, a tyger rampant within a bordure embattled Or charged with six crosses of Santiago gules.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy

c/o Linda Miku

2527 East 3rd Street

Tucson AZ 85716

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LOP – 30 September 2016, A.S. LI

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 30 September 2016, A.S. LI

LETTER OF PRESENTATION Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Their Royal Majesties Cosmo Craven and Elzbieta; Baroness Genevieve de Lironcourt, Aten Principal Herald; Heralds in the Atenveldt College of Heralds; and to All Whom These Presents Come,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

This is the October2016 Atenveldt Letter of Presentation; it precedes the Letter of Intent with submissions considered for the next Letter of Intent. Please have your commentary made by 15 October 2016.

Submission Fee Increase: The fee for new submissions by the S.C.A . College of Arms has increases to $4.00 as of the September 2016 LoAR. At this time, there is no intent to increase the current fee for a new submission from the Kingdom of Atenveldt ($7.00).

Heraldry Hut: the September meeting was held at the home of Symond Bayard and Marta. Please contact me with questions or directions.

Please consider the following submissions for the October 2016 Atennveldt Letter of Intent:

Cirina Badartai (Twin Moons): NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE

Per saltire purpure and argent, in fess two feathers sable and a demi-sun issuant from base Or.

The name is Mongolian. Cirina is a female given name found in Mongolian Naming Practices, Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy,http://heraldry.sca.org/names/mongolian_names_marta.html. Badartai means “monk, mdendicant.” The literal term is badarcila(http://www.linguamongolia.html) but following On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names, Baras-aghur Naran (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/baras-aghur/mongolian.html), it was suggested on Facebook’s SCA Heraldry Chat that the appropriate suffix to indicate possessions (a conditiion of being a monk) would be “tai.” The client desires a female name and will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name. If registered, the client’s current name, Serena the Lavendere, should be retained as an alternate name.

Magnus Ulfsson (Twin Moons): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a boar statant sable and one a chief rayonny gules a tau-rho Or.

The name is Old Norse. Magnus is a masculine given name found in The Old Norse Name, Geir Bassi Haraldsson, p.13. Ulfr is a masculine given name, same source, p. 15. Ulfsson is an ON patronymic formed from Ulfr+son according to the patronymic formation p.17, in Geirr Bassi. Unfortunately, there is a direct conflict with Magnus Ulfson, registered March 2016. The client may wish to choose a byname that would clear the conflict: Galti is ON for “boar,” surtr “black,” inn hugprúði “stout-hearted.”

The tau-rho staurogram is one of several christograms, or monogram-like devices used by ancient Christians, to refer to Jesus. However, New Testament scholar Larry Hurtado points out that the staurogram only refers to the crucifixion, unlike others, which mention Jesus’ other characteristics. Also, the staurogram is visual—the tau-rho combinations create images of Jesus on the cross, making the staurogram the earliest Christian images of Jesus on the cross. It is created out of the Greek letters tau and rho: “In Greek, the language of the early church, the capital tau, or T, looks pretty much like our T. The capital rho, or R, however, is written like our P. If you superimpose the two letters, it looks something like this.” (http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/crucifixion/the-staurogram/)

Riane Goch (Tir Ysgithr):NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Gules, on a plate a dragon’s head erased sable impaled on a sword gules.

The name was registered December 2014.

If the new device is registered, the current device, Per saltire argent and gules, in chief two chevronels couped and in base a pair of scissors sable., should be released.

The following submissions were registered by the SCA College of Arms, July 2016:

Alexandra Starling of Ravenspurn. Name. 
Ravenspurn is a lingua Anglica form of the place name found as Ravenser SpurneRaven(e)ser(e), and other forms found in period in Watts. The 1597 edition of Shakespeare’s Richard II uses the form Rauen spurgh(http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Texts/search.html?e=R2_Q1&w=s&w=sd&w=marg&q=rauen). If the submitter prefers one of the attested forms, she can submit a request for reconsideration.

Callum of Skye. Name and device. Azure, on a bend between a sheaf of arrows inverted and a thistle Or, three fleurs-de-lys azure.
The submitter requested authenticity for a 12th to 16th century Scottish name. The given name Callum was documented as a Scots name from 1643, and was also documented in commentary to the late 16th century. The place name Skyewas also found in a map from 1573. Although both elements are found in the 16th century, bynames tended to be inherited at this time rather than literal. Therefore, this name as a whole is not as likely in the 16th century as a form such as Callum Skye or something like Callum [surname] of Skye, but it may be authentic.
Hunter de Grae. Name. 
Submitted as Hunter du Grae, the correct preposition is de (“of”) rather than the French contraction du (“of the”): “Submitted as Sutton du Grae, the correct preposition is de rather than the French du (a contraction of de and le). We have made this change. Ogress found de Grae as a Gaelic header form in Woulfe, with the late period Anglicized Irish forms de Gray and de Graye. Therefore, we are able to register de Grae as a Gaelic form. The Letter of Intent also included Grae as an unmarked English surname and de Gray in Scots. This name combines an English given name and Gaelic byname. This is an acceptable lingual mix under Appendix C of SENA. [Sutton de Grae, August 2015, A-Atenveldt]”
Just as in the prior name, we have changed the preposition to the correct form, and the English-Gaelic lingual mix is acceptable under Appendix C of SENA.
Hunter is the submitter’s legal middle name, but is also a 16th century English surname that is registerable as a given name. Therefore, the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance.
We note that the Letter of Intent stated that the byname du Grae is grandfathered to the submitter because it is the byname of his legal father, Ivan du Grae. However, the father’s name is registered as Ivan of Navarette, so du Grae is not eligible for the grandfather clause.
`Izza al-Zarqa’. Device change. Purpure, two horses combattant and on a chief argent three lotus blossoms in profile purpure. 
Please advise the submitter to draw the lotus flowers more vertically centered on the chief so that they do not look as if they were issuant from the line of division.
The submitter’s old device, Purpure, two horses combattant and a chief Or, is retained as a badge.
Jacket Tyllyng. Device. Per fess azure and vert, on a fess between three lions argent a sinister fist azure. 
William MacIver. Name and device. Per saltire gules and argent, in fess two wyverns erect respectant sable.
The submitted form of the byname, MacIver, was not clearly documented before 1650 in non-normalized sources. Past registration is no guarantee of current registerability.
However, Black s.n. Ivar dates Iver as a given name spelling to the first half of the 16th century. Period forms of the submitted byname in this source include M’Euir, Makevire, and McEvir. In additon, Ogress found the name Iver M’Ever in Account of the Clan-Iver by Peter Colin Campbell, dated to 1635 (p.98, https://books.google.com/books?id=rSYAAAAAQAAJ). This example may have been normalized, but given the range of period examples, we can give the submitter the benefit of the doubt that the submitted form of the byname is reasonable.

The following submissions have been returned for further work, July 2016:

Alexandra Starling of Ravenspurn. Device. Purpure, a chevron inverted of chain conjoined at the point to a lighthouse Or flammant gules. 
This device is returned for having the chevron of chain issuing far too high on the field. Per long standing precedent, it should issue from the sides of the field.On redesign, please keep in mind that some commenters had some trouble identifying the lighthouse, mostly due to the low contrast of the flames on the field.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy

c/o Linda Miku

2527 East 3rd Street

Tucson AZ 85716

brickbat@nexiliscom.com

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LOP – 25 July 2016, A.S. LI

ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 25 July 2016, A.S. LI

LETTER OF PRESENTATION Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Their Royal Majesties Cosmo Craven and Elzbieta; Baroness Genevieve de Lironcourt, Aten Principal Herald; Heralds in the Atenveldt College of Heralds; and to All Whom These Presents Come,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

This is the August 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Presentation; it precedes the Letter of Intent with submissions considered for the next Letter of Intent. Please have commentary to me by 15 August 2016.

Submission Fee Increase: The fee for new submissions by the S.C.A . College of Arms will increase to $4.00 (from the current $3.00) as of the September 2016 LoAR (I’m not quite sure of the actual date). At this time, there is no intent to increase the current fee for a new submission from the Kingdom of Atenveldt ($7.00).

Heraldry Hut: the August meeting will be held Friday, 19 August 2016, 7:30-10 PM, at the home of Symond Bayard and Marta. Please contact me with questions or directions.

Please consider the following submissions for the August 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

Caell Robertson (TM): DEVICE CHANGE REUBMISSION from Laurel, December 2014

Sable, two bat-winged, scorpion-tailed lions combatant Or and a bordure rayonny argent.

The name was registered June 2013.

The original submission, Sable, a winged manticore gardant Or., was returned by Laurel “for multiple conflicts. Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a manticore, manticores in period heraldry do not have wings, and have the face or head of a man. This device presumes upon the important non-SCA arms of Belgium, Sable, a lion rampant Or, and of the important non-SCA arms of the Palatinate of the Rhine, Sable, a lion rampant Or crowned gules, both with a DC for the addition of the wings, but no difference granted for the tail. This device is also in conflict with the device of Cain du Lac, Sable, a winged cat rampant Or within an orle wreathed vert and Or and the device of Cassandra Theodosius, Sable, a winged lion salient and a point pointed Or, both with a single DC for removing the secondary charge.”

If registered, his current device, Per pale argent and sable, a dolmen counterchanged., should be retained as a badge.

Elizabeth Æthelwulfes dohtor (Twin Moons): NEW BADGE

Per pale gules and sable, a Kolovrat and in chief a coronet Or.

The name was registered April 2007. The client has a Court Baroncy 23 June 2012 and a County 7 November 2015; this is to be jointly registered with Morgan Aethelwulfes sunu (name registered April 2007; Court Baroncy 23 June 2012: County 7 November 2015).

The Kolovrat ever found was uncovered in Mezine, Ukraine, carved on an ivory figurine, which dates 12,000 years, and one of the earliest cultures that are known to have used the Swastika was a Neolithic culture in Southern Europe, in the area that is now Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, known as the Vinca Culture, which dates back around 8,000 years. (http://www.slavorum.org/history-and-meaning-of-slavic-swastika-kolovrat/) ( don’t have a great feeling about the use of this charge, but I’d be willing to send it on to see if I’m just being paranoid, or the CoA is against all aspects of a swastika.)

Mons Tonitrus, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Sable, a thunderbolt between flaunches argent all within a bordure denticulada counterchanged.

This is for the Order of the Silver Thunderbolt (name registered January 1991); it is in addition to the previously-registered badge for the Order, Sable, a thunderbolt between flaunches argent all within a bordure counterchanged. (registered January 1992).

Ulrica Anna of Twin Moons (TM): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale argent and vert, a dragon segreant contourny sable and a dandelion blossom Or.

No documentation at all was provided for the name, which is grounds for it being returned. That being said, the closest I find to Ulrica/Ulrika is a post-period feminine Swedish name (all citations in Wikipedia are 1688 or later). Ana (one -n-) can be documented as a Swedish female given name 1500-1600 in “Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/swedish/smp/). Twin Moons is the client’s home residence; the branch name was registered April 1993. The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She will not accept changes to the name.

The following appear in the July 2016 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

Commentary was provided by Andreas Lucernensis, Brenna Lowri o Ruthin, Etienne Le Mons, ffride wlffsdotter. Juetta Copin. Maridonna Benvenuti, Sorcha inghen Chon Mhara.

Ælfgyfe Æthelwulfesdohtor (Twin Moons): NAME CHANGE from Holding Name Michelle of Twin Moons

Originally submitted as Oriande Æthelwulfesdohter, the name was returned by Laurel January 2016 and a holding name assigned.

Æsa Væna (Tir Ysgithr): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, January 2016: Per pale purpure and argent, two domestic cats sejant respectant counterchanged argent and sable, on a chief vert an ivy vine Or.
The name was registered January 2016. The original device was returned for contrast issues by Laurel: “Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as Per pale purpure and argent, two domestic cats sejant respectant argent and sable, on a chief vert an ivy vine Or, the vine is actually sable with Or leaves and thus has insufficient contrast with the vert chief.” A completely Or vine is now used.

Aldontza Nafarra (TY): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2012: Argent, three falcons striking contourny in annulo vert.

The name was registered July 2012.

The original submission, Argent, in pall three falcons striking, claws to center, vert., was returned “for not being reliably blazonable, which is a violation of section VII.7.b of the Rules for Submissions, and section A1C of the Standards for Evaluation, both of which require an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms. Long-standing precedent does not allow animate charges to be inverted except when they are part of a standard arrangement such as in annulo. The posture and orientation of the birds here is difficult to adequately describe, and so this must be returned.” The wings were in a “V” shape over the backs of the birds, which doesn’t follow a standard heraldic orientation of wings (not rising, not stooping, not arranged so there is a wing on either side of a bird’s body). This resolves that issue. The blazon is borrowed in part from the registered armory of Már í Miklagarði: Quarterly gules and argent, four ravens in annulo counterchanged.

Argouanagus of Scythia (BoA): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, on a chevron between two chess knights and a wolf’s head cabossed sable a plate.

Brígiða Finnvarðardóttir (Mons Tonitrus): NEW NAME

Gunnvor Orle writes: http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONNames.shtml, “Certain men’s names form their genitive in -ar. Most of these are names ending in -dr, but others are included: “…-varðr…” Hence, the submitter’s hunch is correct, Finnvarðardóttir.”

Conrad Bombast von Trittenheim (TM): NEW DEVICE CHANGE: Argent, a moth and on a chief sable four nails argent.

Duncan the Sinister (TM): NEW NAME and DEVICE and BADGE

Device: Argent, a badger rampant contourny regardant proper, a chief embattled sable.

Badge: (Fieldless) On a plate a badger’s head erased proper within an orle of six pellets.

Etienne Le Mons comments: “Since we don’t register charged roundels on a fieldless badge, this would be reblazoned as: Argent, a badger’s head erased proper within an annulet of six pellets.” (Although a badge is submitted on a square, it can be rendered upon any shape of field. Having it in annulo guarantees that the pellets are arranged in a circle around the badger’s head, too.)

Elena Maria Suberria (MT): NAME RESUBMISSION from Laurel, January 2016

The original name submission Elena Maria de Suberria, was returned because documentation supported Suberria, but not the preposition; she allowed no Major Changes to the name, so the preposition couldn’t be dropped and the submissions had to be returned. Elena is a female given name found in “Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century: Women’s Names in Alphabetical Order,” Juliana de Luna,http://heraldry.sca.org/names/

isabella/WomensGivenAlpha.htmlMaria is found as a given name and Suberria, “new-hearth,” is a 13th-14th byname, both found in “Basque Feminine Names,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael,http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/spanish/basque.html. Laurel notes that the pattern of using Basque elements with Castilian name construction is supported by the article “Basque Onomastics of the Eighth to Sixteenth Centuries” by Karen Larsdatter (http://www.larsdatter.com/basque/index.htm).

Elezabeth Dayseye (Tir Ygithr): NEW DEVICE: Purpure, semy of daisies Of, a unicorn counchant contourny and on a chief argent an arrow fesswise to sinister azure.

Emeludt von Zerssen (TM): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, a chevron rompu azure between two peacocks close regardant and a seeblatt azure.

Brenna Lowri notes corrects for the peacocks being respectant, not regardant, and for being proper.

Eoda Blauschild (Sundragon): NEW NAME CHANGE from Angelica Blauschild

Felipe Mendo de Eslava del Montoya (SD): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend sinister argent and Or, a boar statant gules and a lupine azure, slipped and leaved vert.

Finnvarðr Snæbiarnarson (MT): NEW DEVICE: Per bend vert and argent, a boar’s head erased and a quiver with three arrows bendwise counterchanged.

Harrier Herald comments: From the May 2012 Cover Letter: “In short, if the charges in a single charge group do not have comparable postures, they are not in violation of the “identical postures/orientations” part of the rule. The charge group as a whole must still be in a standard arrangement.” This precedent is not overturned by the January 2016 Cover Letter. Further, the head of a beast is a “compact” charge, while a quiver is a “long skinny” charge, so they are not comparable. There is no unity issue.

Gaius Clodius Pugnax (TM): NEW NAME

Pugnax is found as a cognomen in two sources, A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions By Lindley Richard Dean https://books.google.com/books?id=3AErAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=pugnax+cognomen&source=bl&ots=e2zXRHCVWS&sig=tMJsJF1hZNIukGJTco4gC50UdAo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivv5SFk-fMAhWypYMKHV7cCFsQ6AEIHTAA# v=onepage&q=pugnax%20cognomen&f=false; and in a 2010 submission, Aryanhwy merch Catmael was able to find cognomina with negative meanings in Kajanto, Iiro. The Latin cognomina (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1965): Examples include pugnax as quarrelsome or troublesome: Pugnax, Turbantiuis, Rixa http://atensubmissions.nexiliscom.com/8-2010LoP.shtml

Grigor Medvedev (TY): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, June 2014: Azure, two bears combattant Or, on a chief argent, three Latin crosses gules.

The name was registered June 2014. The original device submission, Azure, two bears combattant Or and on a chief argent a Latin cross between two mullets of eight points gules., was returned” for violating our protection of the Red Cross, “the use of a red straight armed cross with flat, couped ends to the arms on any white background, or in any way that could be displayed on a white background, including as a tertiary charge, even if some of the arms are elongated so that it is not blazonable exactly as a cross couped gules.” [Thomas der Kreuzfahrer, R-Middle, January 2009 LoAR]”. Changing the tertiary charges to multiple red (Latin) crosses resolves the issue; the emblems that the legal restrictions relate to are just the ones listed in the Geneva Conventions.

Hamasaki Eiwa Miyako (MT): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Sable, a moon in her plentitude argent and a ford.

Jaep Van Doornik (TM): NEW NAME

Jakob the Bald (SD): NEW NAME CHANGE, from Garrett Fitzpatrick

James Thorn de Lyon (TM): NEW HOUSEHOLD NAME and BADGE, La Maison du Repaire du Lyon: Sable, in pale a lion dormant Or and a house argent.

In Cotgreve’s 1611 A Dictionaries of the French and English Tonguesrepaire is “a lodging or haunt…the denne, or covert wherein a wild beast lurks.” It appears that the spelling for the beast should be lion, and that the placename is Lyon, and with household names registered with the CoA with those using Maison, that the article La isn’t necessary.

Koga Takashirou Kagehiro (MT): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, a pair of calipers, in chief a pair of swords cross in saltire and a point point ploye sable.

Andreas Lucernensis comments: “Are we OK with the discrepancy between generic “swords” in the blazon and the very, very specific katanas in the emblazon? Secondly, I read the calipers as primary and the swordatanas as secondary. . . but the swords a quite big. Could there be a confusion between charge groups?” I would think with the thinness of the weapons in chief, they will be considered as secondary charges, and that the calipers is very easily the sole, primary charge.

Lilie Simmons (TM): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend argent and purpure, a dragonfly vert and a lotus blossom in profile argent.

Maridonna Benvenuti: Additional docs for Simmons, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Thomas Simmons, male, 18 Nov 1580, All Saints, Bristol, Gloucester, England. Father was Thomas Simmons. (Batch) Number C17270-1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2LF-NY1

Lucia Van Doornik (TM): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Azure, a horse rampant and on a chief argent three tulips slipped and leaved gules.

Massimo Rosa da Milano (SD): NEW NAME

The name is Italian. Massimo is a male given name found in “Italian Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/tratte/. The male given name Rosa is found in “A Listing of all Men’s Given Names from the Condado Section of the Florence Catasto of 1427,” Juliana de Luna, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/condado/mensalpha.html. The locative da Milano, “from Milan,” is found in “Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names,” Arval Benicoeur and Talan Gwynek, https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/venice14/. SENA notes that double given names are seen in Italian and that locative bynames in the northern and central areas normally take theda X form. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of of the name (Italian, and wanting to be from Milan).

Mons Tonitrus, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Per fess sable and argent, three chevronels braced counterchanged and on a chief embattled argent a pellet.

This is for the Order of the Sable Chevronels of Mons Tonitrus (name registered January 1991); it is in addition to the previously-registered badge for the Order, Per fess sable and argent, three chevronels braced counterchanged and on a chief argent a pellet. (registered June 1992).

Mons Tonitrus, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Per chevron throughout argent and sable, three harps and a bordure denticulada counterchanged.

This is for the Order of the Sable Harps of Mons Tonitrus (name registered January 1991); it is in addition to the previously-registered badge for the Order, Per chevron throughout argent and sable, three harps counterchanged. (registered January 1991).

Mons Tonitrus, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Argent, a sheaf of arrows between flaunches sable all within a bordure denticulada counterchanged.

This is for the Order of the Sable Arrows (name registered November 2003); it is in addition to the previously-registered badge for the Order, Argent, a sheaf of arrows between flaunches sable all within a bordure counterchanged. (registered November 2003).

Mons Tonitrus, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Sable, morion helm within a bordure denticulada argent.

This is for the Order of the Silver Morion of Mons Tonitrus (name registered January 1991); it is in addition to the previously-registered badge for the Order, Sable, a morion helm within a bordure argent. (registered January 1992).

Natasiia of Nyenskans (TY): NEW NAME CHANGE from Mariyah al-Madiniyah

Juetta Copin comments: “If we know for sure that Nyenskans did not exist in period, I don’t think the grey-period documentation can be used to register it. (Also, it seems the correct lingua anglica form is Nyenschantz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyenschantz )”. Any assistance that can be offered in finding this as a pre-1600 settlement would be appreciated.

Nia the Pict (SD): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, a natural seahorse Or and a bordure argent.

The original name submission, Nai Metzli Quetzaxochitl, was returned by the Atenveldt CoH August 2015 for lack of documentation, other than stating that it was Mayan (my own checking showed it to be Nahuatl/Aztec, and a question as to whether a goddess name could be used for humans or not went unanswered). Nia is shown as the female *Nia Lister with the christening date of 25 February 1643, St. Mary’s Church, Gisburn, Lancashire, England, GS film 001657526,https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ANia%20%2Bbirth_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1000-1650~. The most recent registration of Pict was for Neot the Pict, November 2015. “Consideration of Pictish Names,” Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, the Late Latin term Picti (late 3rd C., probably a nickname given them by Roman soldiers), is usually derived from picti, “painted.” Neot the Pict is her lord. The client desires a female name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name.

Runa Gígja (TY): NEW NAME

Tóka Kolbiarnardóttir (MT): NEW NAME CHANGE and NEW DEVICE CHANGE from Astríðr Kolbiarnardóttir: Per chevron inverted argent and gules, a bear dormant sable and a mushroom argent, the cap spotted gules.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy

c/o Linda Miku

2527 East 3rd Street

Tucson AZ 85716

brickbat@nexiliscom.com

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