The only documentation supplied for the group name was a list of translations of elements, which were found in an unspecified online English-Gaelic dictionary. No hard copy printouts of the website were provided. The first problem with the name is that it lacks a required designator "Shire of". Adding the designator would be a major change, which the submitters do not allow. As for the construction of the Gaelic, Members of the College found documentation for the Gaelic word river as abhainn. However, the College found no support for the word naimh at all. Online searches would seem to indication that the correct word for "bright" would be geal. The meaning of the preposition ri seems to be more at "towards, against, engaged at" rather than "of." Without sufficient documentation for the submitted construction, and without an appropriate group designator, this name must be returned.
A device, Barry of eight sable and azure, a lanter environed of a laurel wreath and a triquetra Or, is returned firstly for lack of an accompanying name, and secondly for violation of RfS VIII.2.b.iv: "Elements evenly divided into multiple parts of two different tinctures must have good contrast between their parts."
2: Barak Elandris Bear the Walsbane - New Augmentation of Arms Accepted as Redrawn with Reblazon
Per chevron inverted grady sable and Or, masoned sable, a bear's paw print Or, and for augmentation in chief a demi-escarbuncle argent.
The emblazon submitted and published on the ILoI used a line of partition that was significantly debased, compared to the submitter's registered emblazon. In order to avoid the necessity of registering a change to the underlying registered device, the augmentation was redrawn with the line of division in it's correct place. In the redrawn augmentation, the size of the bear's paw print is somewhat reduced to make room for the augmentation charge. The redrawn emblazon is shown here.
Or gouty de sang, a cat couchant guardant and on a chief sable an ax fesswise to sinister, blade to base, Or.
The question was raised as to whether the byname required a feminine suffix yielding Kriegerin (or similar). Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman), "Women's Surnames in 15th- and 16th-Century Germany" [http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/womenssurnames.html] discusses the use of femine suffixes in German women's bynames, and notes the following percentages of unmodified bynames in various High German data sets:
Rottweill, 1441 - 5.5% of the bynames are unmodified
Kulmbach, 1495 - 11.3%
Nürnberg, and surrounding areas, 1497 - 5.7%
Azure, on a bend argent cotissed Or a rose gules barbed, stemmed and leaved vert.
5: Briana de Mendoza - New Name Accepted & New Device Accepted as Redrawn with Reblazon
Gules, an eagle argent and a bordure argent semy of cedar trees vert.
Concern was raised that the cedar trees, as drawn on the submitted emblazon, were not identifiable as cedars rather than generic pine trees, and that they were not easily indentifiable as trees. The cedars have been redrawn at kingdom, as shown here.
Per pale purpure and Or, a quatrefoil and in chief three decresents counter-changed.
(Fieldless) An otter's head cabossed azure sustaining in its mouth a reed pen argent.
The question was raised at kingdom as to whether the reed pen is sustained or maintained. We have asked Wreath for judgement.
Gules, a mouse rampant contourny argent, in base three fleurs-de-lys two and one Or.
The name was submitted to kingdom as Daiwyn ap Cadwaladwr. The submission form noted that the submitter "has a mild preference for a name without [sic] 'ap,' if possible." Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Compleat Anachronist #66, "A Welsh Miscellany," pp 29-30, states in part:
It sometimes happened that ap or
ferch would be omitted in a patronymic... This became even more common
towards the end of our period when the particles seem almost optional:
A man might be called <A ap B ap C>, <A ap B C>, <A B ap
C>, or <A B C> at various times in the same document. This
should not be confused with the modern practice of given [sic] a person
two or more given names. To take a real example from the late-period
record mentioned above, <Owen Thomas Mathias Brown> is the son of
<Thomas Mathias Brown> and the brother of <Lewis Thomas
Mathias Brown>
Although the name list in this source is no longer acceptable as sole
documentation for a name, the cover letter to LoAR April 2007 notes
that "the information about name formation is still acceptable as sole
documentation for naming paterns."Gules, a stag at gaze and on a chief argent three bickerns gules.
As Myfanwy notes, one of the front legs of the stag appears to be slightly bent. However, the position of the hoof seems to be resting on the "ground", on the same plane as that of the corresponding rear hoof. Thus, the posture appears to be clearly statant. We defer the Wreath as to whether an artist's note is sufficient, or whether a redraw is in order.
Gyronny Or and sable, three griffins segreant gules.
Argent, on a chevron between three ships in full sail azure three escallops argent.
Per pale azure and argent, three wolf's heads erased counterchanged.
Per chevron inverted azure and vert, in chief a cat dormant Or and issuant from dexter base three wolf's teeth argent.
As Solveig noted in commentary, an adult bushi would be expected to have a nanori, in addition to the zokumyô. However, Name Construction in Mediaeval Japan, p. 68, states that "normative practice for all others [other than the kuge and buke classes], as demonstrated by census records, was clan name followed by zokumyou (vulgar name)." Since the submitter has not requested authenticity to either the kuge or buke class, the name may be forwarded as submitted. The submitter will be advised that a nanori may be desirable, depending on his persona's social status.
Quarterly gules and sable, a bezant between eight sickles, hafts to center, in annulo Or.
We note the following precedent:
Elijah Tynker. Device. Per pale
argent and sable, in pale a sickle and roundel counterchanged.
This device must be returned, as by long standing precedent, a single abstract symbol may not be registered. As previously noted, "[<i>in pale a fleam inverted and a roundel</i>] ... the combination of the fleam inverted and the roundel creates the appearance of a single charge -- a question mark -- instead of two separate charges. [Dafydd Ó Nuallain, 11/99, R-East]." On resubmission the submitter should show evidence that the use of punctuation marks - or a combination of charges that appears to be a punctuation mark - is compatible with period heraldic practice. [December 2005, Outlands]
Here, the sickles all share the same roundel, which is significantly
larger than each sickle. We defer to Wreath as to whether this design
runs afoul of the cited precedent.This device must be returned, as by long standing precedent, a single abstract symbol may not be registered. As previously noted, "[<i>in pale a fleam inverted and a roundel</i>] ... the combination of the fleam inverted and the roundel creates the appearance of a single charge -- a question mark -- instead of two separate charges. [Dafydd Ó Nuallain, 11/99, R-East]." On resubmission the submitter should show evidence that the use of punctuation marks - or a combination of charges that appears to be a punctuation mark - is compatible with period heraldic practice. [December 2005, Outlands]
We note also the visiual similarity to a sun and note several possible visual conflicts as follows:
Wendryn Townsend (1/73 ??) --
Azure, a sun in glory Or.
William Allan (1/73 ??) -- Barry of six gules and argent, a sun in his glory Or.
Macedonia (badge [important non-SCA flag], 12/94 Laurel) -- Gules, a sun Or.
Macedonia, Republic of (badge [important non-SCA flag], 12/94 Laurel) -- Gules, a sun of eight straight rays throughout Or.
We defer to Wreath for judgement as to whether the submitted design
conflicts visually with a sun.William Allan (1/73 ??) -- Barry of six gules and argent, a sun in his glory Or.
Macedonia (badge [important non-SCA flag], 12/94 Laurel) -- Gules, a sun Or.
Macedonia, Republic of (badge [important non-SCA flag], 12/94 Laurel) -- Gules, a sun of eight straight rays throughout Or.
Submitted to kingdom as Willehalm Stürmer, the submitted spelling of the byname appears only as an undated alternate header form, which is insufficient for registration. It was changed at kingdom for registerability, and to comply with the submitter's request for authenticity.
(Fieldess) A stirrup Or strapped gules.