Greetings from Alheydis Garnet,
We would very much like to thank those who commented on these items: Aryanhwy merch Catmael, The Heronter Heralds, Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon and the Raven’s Tongue Commenting Group!
The items accepted on this letter have been forwarded to Laurel for further consideration, where we expect they will be decided on in October of 2007.
1. Aíbell ingen Chernacháin - New Name Accepted with change
The name was submitted to kingdom as <Aibell ingen Chernachain>, without any acute accents. The Academy of Saint Gabriel report provided as documentation indicates accents over the -i- in Aíbell and the second -a- in Chernacháin. The additional documentation found at kingdom corroborates the use of the accents. I have therefore added the accents to better reflect the documented forms.
2. Aíbell Shuluaine - Change of name from Aíbell Shúlglas accepted
It was unclear as to whether this should be treated as a change of name or a “request for reconsideration”/appeal. I have treated it as a “change of name”, and thus kingdom will pay fees, so as to err on the side of safety rather than have the item returned for lack of payment. Note that the submitter did remit fees to kingdom.
Although the LoAR in which her nme was registered with changes indicates decisively that the originally submitted form is incorrect, the submitter accepts all changes and is revising her preferences to indicate that sound, rather than meaning, is most important. Thus, although it is likely that Laurel will change the name, the changes may be different than those made it the time of the prior registration. Therefore, I feel this should be forwarded for further consideration
3.
Aurelio
di Baldasare - New Name Accepted with change
The given name was originally submitted to kingdom as Aurèlio. As Albion noted in her commentary, the accents in the documentation source, Felice, are for pronunciation only and do not reflect period orthography. I have therefore removed the accent in the given name.
4. Clemente de Warrewyk - New Name and Device Accepted
Per saltire Or and sable, four anchors counterchanged.
5. Clewin Kupferhelbelinc - New Name and Device Accepted
Per bend gules and azure, a bend between two tankards Or.
6. Collette de Paris - Device Change Accepted with revised blazon
Azure, a lion of Saint Mark statant guardant and on a chief argent three fleurs-de-lys azure.
7. Eilonwydd verch Llewelyn Sutor Gwynedd - New Name and Device Accepted with change to name
Per pale argent and vert, an oak leaf and an acorn inverted counterchanged, in base a baronial coronet Or, all within a bordure embattled purpure.
We did not find sufficient evidence for the constructed given name Eilonwydd. I considered changing the given name at kingdom to Eiliwedd, which seems to be the documented given name that is closest to the submitted form. However, in order to give the submitter the benefit of the entire College’s resources, I have elected to forward the given name as submitted with the request that the College of Arms provide further research if possible, and that Pelican make changes necessary in light of any further research.
The Welsh word for daughter was submitted to kingdom as ferch. I have changed this to the 13th century form verch.
The patronym was submitted to kingdom as Llewellyn, which is an Anglicized spelling. I have changed the medial double-l to a single-l, to reflect Welsh pronunciation of the medial L-sound and to reflect documented period spellings.
The locative was submitted to kingdom as à Gwynydd. The proposition as submitted is French. Evidence suggests that Welsh locatives usually used no preposition at all, and if any were used, it would be the Latin de. I have dropped the preposition entirely. Also, the documentation that was found indicates that the spelling should be Gwynedd, and I have changed it accordingly.
8. Etain Eame - New Badge Accepted
Sable, two cubit arms fesswise hands clasped argent, a bordure Or.
I have forwarded Myfanwy’s suggestion for reblazon with supporting research to Wreath for consideration.
9. Fionnait inghean Chonchogaidh - New Name Accepted
10. Fredeburg von Katzenellenbogen - New Badge Accepted
(Fieldless) A yale rampant contourny vert, spotted and armed argent.
11. Gabriel Hawkes - New Name and Device Accepted with revised blazon
Per chevron Or and purpure, an angel argent maintaining a straight trumpet palewise inverted sable, in chief two tau crosses, a bordure embattled sable.
12. Godke de Grote - New Name Accepted
13. Grímr Kveld-Úlfr - New Name Returned
Regrettably, the byname presents problems. Laurel precedent states:
Return of Kveldulfr av Ulfsgaard :
"Kveld-Ulfr" may well be a unique name like "Skalla-Grimr": the adjective "kveld" was added to the given name "Ulfr" for the grandfather of Egil Skallagrimsson, a famous berserker. He was apparently given the name because he only came alive in the evenings and possibly because he was considered by some to be a werewolf in actuality. (LoAR 30 Oct 88, p. 13)
Return of Kostbera Kveldulfsdottir :
"Kveldulf is a unique name, applied to the grandfather of Egil Skallagrimsson, given to him because he came alive only at night and apparently had werewolf-like tendencies. As a unique name, its use in a patronymic form is a claim to relationship, which is disallowed by RfS V.5." (LoAR 4/91 p.14).
Kveldufr is not a byname, as such. It is the given name Ulfr with a prepended modifier. If the name were not unique, and were therefore registerable, it would be registerable as a given name, or as the given-name portion of a patronym.
The name submitted here uses the given name Grimr with the modified given name Kveldulfr. It would need to be returned for using two given names without a byname – a construction unattested in Norse. However, because the name Kveldulfr is apparently unique to one historical figure, it has been returned as both a given name and as a patronym. Therefore, this name is returnable both because of the overall construction, and for the use of the unique name Kveldulfr.
14. Hauoc the Wild - New Device (kingdom-level resubmission) Returned
Per chevron gules and sable, an eagle displayed within a bordure Or.
Regrettably, This conflicts with Athelwulf the Ancient of the Dry Lands (reg. 01/1985 via Atenveldt), "Gules, a duck displayed, head affronty, within a bordure Or," with a CD for the field, but none for the type of bird.
This also conflicts with Adenwald the Hazardous (reg. 04/1991 via Atlantia), "Per chevron azure and plumetty azure and argent, a hawk displayed, wings inverted, all within a bordure Or," with a CD for the field. Per precedent, there is no CD for the change in wing position:
[<field> a hawk displayed wings inverted, <tincture> vs. many cases of <different field> an eagle displayed <same tincture> ] "In each case, there is only one CVD, for the field." [implying no difference for hawk to eagle, or for inverting wings] (LoAR 7/90 pps. 11-12).
15. Helewys Spynnere - New Device Accepted
Or, on a cross gules five quatrefoils argent seeded Or.
16. Henryk Bogusz herbu Zagłoba - New Name and Device Accepted
Azure, in pale a scimitar fesswise and a horseshoe inverted argent.
17. Leiðólfr grímr - New Name Accepted with change
18. Margretha la Fauvelle - New Name and Device Accepted
Per saltire vert and Or, a sun in splendor counterchanged.
19.
Marianna Molin di Salerno - New Device Accepted with revised blazon
Azure goutty d'Or, six lymphads sailing to sinister Or, charged on each sail with a martlet Volant to sinister gules, a base Or.
As Albion noted, the charged sails must be independently checked for conflict. Checking for conflict against Or, a marlet volant to sinister gules, the closest we find is:
Maelon ap Prydydd of Carnach (2/1988 via the West), Or, a falcon statant to sinister, wings elevated and addorsed, gules between three estoiles sable. (1 CD for posture; 1 CD for removal of the estoiles.)
20. Megan the Mad - Device Change Accepted
Azure semy of ducks naiant Or, a rapier bendwise sinister inverted argent.
21. Miyao Kaneko - New Device Returned
Argent, a Japanese iris sable.
The central charge was blazoned as a “Japanese iris.” However, in Western heraldry, an iris flower, whether a German bearded iris or a Japanese iris, would be emblazoned as it appears in nature. Therefore, the emblazon cannot be reliably recreated from the submitted blazon. The Rules for Submission state:
"Any element used in Society armory must be describable in standard heraldic terms so that a competent heraldic artist can reproduce the armory solely from the blazon. Elements that cannot be described in such a way that the depiction of the armory will remain consistent may not be used, even if they are identifiable design motifs that were used before 1600." (RFS,VII,7,b)
In addition, any kamon I was able to find in Matsuya that include the motif described as “iris” universally show the iris flower in profile, rather than affronty, as emblazoned here. Selected examples of these iris motif kamon are viewable online at: http://www.otomiya.com/kamon/plant/kakitsubata.htm.
I find two kamon in Matsuya that are similar to the submitted emblazon. The first may be found on page 142, box number 1. It may also be viewed online at: http://www.otomiya.com/kamon/plant/fuji.htm, near the bottom of the page. This is a stylized representation of a fuji-flower, or wisteria. However, several notable points of difference exist between the submitted emblazon and the wisteria kamon. The wisteria kamon is inverted, compared to the submitted emblazon. Also, the rounded petals are tri-lobed, and the leaves are rounded, rather than angular.
The second is on page 60, box 8 of Matsuya, and is viewable online at: http://www.otomiya.com/kamon/plant/katabami.htm (second row, center). In this stylized depiction of a katabami (wood sorrel), the diamond shaped elements have more concave sides, and the rounded elements are bi-lobed. There is also a roundel in the center. Note that the actual wood sorrel blossom has five petals, so the bi-lobed shapes in this kamon are likely meant to depict the leaves of the wood sorrel, which are shamrock-shaped.
Because the submitted blazon does not accurately describe the emblazon, and because I am at a loss as to how to blazon the submitted emblazon in such a way as to satisfy the requirements of RfS VII.7.b, I feel I must regrettably return this device.
22. Miyao Kaneko - New Badge Accepted
(Fieldless) A dragonfly bendwise sable.
Although close, this is clear of both Eymund víss, Argent, a dragonfly bendwise sable winged gules, and Ysenda de Gray, Argent, a dragonfly bendwise gules winged sable. (Both were registered via Caid in April 2005. Each had a letter of permission to conflict with the other.) In each case there is 1 CD for fieldlessness and 1 CD for change of tincture to half the primary charge.
23. Reyni-Hrefna
- New
Name and Device Accepted with revised blazon
Quarterly
arrondy
widdershins sable and vert, five arrows fracted in mullet argent,
fracts to
center.
Regarding the name, please note the commentary accompanying the registration of Yxna-Sigarr, February 2005, via Caid:
Although the name presents the appearance of a single name, it is, in fact, a prepended byname and a given name. This formation is not uncommon in Old Norse, although such combinations often became given names themselves. We have registered such names in the past without comment, notably Burlu-Oláfr, registered January 1992.
The device was submitted with the following blazon: Quarterly arrondy sable and vert, a mullet of five fracted arrows argent fracts to center. The submitting herald later noted the erroneous omission of the word widdershins, which we have added at kingdom. On the suggestion of Myfanwy’s commentary, because the arrows are not conjoined, we have revised that portion of the blazon.
24. Rhiannon filia Catell - New Name and Device Accepted
Per bend azure and
vert, a
seahorse erect argent and a chief Or.
25. Sibilla Griffyn - Change from Holding Name Siobhan of Misty Highlands Accepted
26. William Parris - Change of Name from William FitzGeorge of Gloucester Accepted
27. Zianna beguy urdina de Zabaleta - New Name and Device Accepted with revised blazon
Quarterly purpure and sable, a seahorse contourny Or between four crosses of lozenges in saltire counterchanged argent and Or.
28.
Zianna beguy urdina de Zabaleta - New Badge Accepted
(Fieldless) A cross gringolé purpure with snake heads argent.
This
concludes our Letter of Report Æ 105 dated June 28, 2007.