Æthelmearc Letter of Report Æ114
November 30, 2008 (AS 43)


Greetings from Alheydis Garnet,
I would very much like to thank those who commented on this month's enormous letter: Ailis Linne, The Aibhainn Ciach Ghlais Heraldic Dismay, the Heronter Heralds division of the Heraldic Flying Circus and Moving Company, and Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon!
The items accepted on this letter have been forwarded to Laurel for further consideration, where we expect they will be decided on in March of 2009.

1: Adrienne MacLeod - New Name & New Device Accepted
Argent, a bear statant sable between three roses gules barbed and seeded azure.

2: Aíbell ingen Diarmata - Resub Device Accepted
Or, flaunches gules and in fess three snails counterchanged.

3: Ailis Linne - New Badge Accepted
(Fieldless) a mullet of five points voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet azure.

The submitter provided additional documentation during in-kingdom commentary, which may be viewed at: http://www.aeheralds.net/Letters/AE114/commentary/ae114ailis.html

4: Alheydis von Körckhingen - New Release of Badge Accepted
Azure, a decrescent argent within an orle Or.

 5: Alianor de Ravenglas - New Device Accepted
Argent, a bend azure between two ravens and a chief sable. 

6: Battista di Lupo Speranza - New Name Accepted & New Device Returned
Per bend sinister sable and vert, a compass star and a wolf dormant argent.

The device conflicts with Kathleen O'Ferrall, Per bend sinister sable and vert, a mullet of seven points and an owl argent, registered in July of 2006 (via Atenveldt). It was noted that the wolf was not easily identifiable, and was, in fact, mistaken for a lion.

7: Beowulf fitz Malcolm - Resub Device  Accepted
Quarterly purpure and sable, a sun eclipsed of the field, a bordure embattled argent.

8: Bj{o,}rn Ulfreksson - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per pale Or and azure, a bear rampant sustaining a spear counterchanged. 

9: Bj{o,}rn Ulfreksson - New Badge Accepted
Per pale Or and azure, a bear's head cabossed counterchanged. 

10: Cainder ingen Chonchobair - New Name Accepted & New Device Returned
Argent, a saltire gules between in fess a thistle proper and a shamrock vert.

The device conflicts with:
  • Fitzgerald, Argent, a saltire gules, registered in December of 1994 (via Laurel) - Important non-SCA arms
  • Ireland, Ancient, Argent, a saltire gules, registered in December of 1994 (via Laurel) - Important non-SCA arms
Although two distinct secondary charges are added in Cainder's device, these form a single secondary charge group and thus count for only one CD.

11: Cainnech Chille Dhara - New Name & New Device Accepted
Argent, a spear gules winged sable. 

12: Charles de Pomerai - New Name & New Device Accepted
Or, a lion rampant and in chief three apples gules, a bordure engrailed sable. 

13: Christina Buttermann - New Name Accepted & New Device Accepted with reblazon
Per chevron Or and sable, two roses sable and a harp, forepillar in the shape of a harpy, wings elevated and addorsed, Or. 

14: Christopher Logan of Lockley - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per pale purpure and argent, a cross of Jerusalem counterchanged. 

15: Christopher Logan of Lockley - New Badge Accepted
Vert, on a cross argent between in chief two lion's heads erased addorsed Or a cross potent purpure.

16: Ciaran Ó Tighearnaigh - New Name Changed

Submitted as Ciaran Faolán Ó Tighearnaigh. The name Faolán can only be seen here as either a second given name or an unmarked patronym. Use of double given names and unmarked patronyms in Gaelic have both been cause for return in the past [Aislinn Fiona of Rumm, 08/01, R-An Tir]. I have therefore dropped the second given name in order to make the name registerable. The Heronter Heralds noted the registered name Ciarán mac Tighearnáin registered in March of 2000 (via Atlantia). These names are clear because the relational particles mac ("son") and Ó ("grandson") differ in both sound and appearance and differ in meaning.

17: Conrad Kienast - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per bend sinister urdy argent and vert.

18: Cormac O'Gadhra - Resub Device Accepted
Per chevron sable and vert, a lion dormant and in chief a decrescent argent within a bordure ermine.

19: Dominic Beniamin - New Name Accepted

20: Eckhart von Insterburg - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per bend sinister argent fretty vert and azure, in base a winged lion sejant argent.

21: Edward of Blackthorn - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per pale pean and gules, a bull rampant argent.

22: Egill the Dane - New Alternate Name Changed & New Badge Accepted
Brecc Ruad
(Fieldless) An acorn vert capped Or.

Submitted as Brecc Ruadan Finn, the name was changed at kingdom. The name <i>Ruadan</i> can only be seen here as either a second given name or an unmarked patronym. Use of double given names and unmarked patronyms in Gaelic have both been cause for return in the past [Aislinn Fiona of Rumm, 08/01, R-An Tir]. In consultation with the submitter, Ruadan has been replaced with the descriptive byname Ruad. The descriptives Ruad (meaning "red") and Finn (meaning "fair") would appear to be be contradictory. In consult with the submitter, the second descriptive has been dropped.

23: Fáelán mac Geróit - New Name & New Device Accepted
Quarterly argent and sable, a wolf's head cabossed counterchanged maintaining in its mouth three thistles slipped inverted counterchanges argent and gules.

24: Felicitas Flußmüllnerin - New Name & New Device Accepted
Sable, on a nesselblatt Or a waterwheel gules.

25: Fiachna mac Cennétig - New Name & New Device Accepted
Quarterly vert and azure, a heraldic dolphin naiant embowed between three pairs of battle axes in saltire Or.

26: Fiona ingen ui Fhaolain - New Device Accepted
Azure, a greyhound courant between three coneys sejant argent.

27: Fridrich Flußmüllner - New Name & New Device Accepted
Sable, on a schnecke Or issuant from sinister chief, a waterwheel gules.

28: Gabriel Hawkes - Resub Device Accepted with change of blazon
Per chevron Or and purpure, an angel argent wings inverted and haloed and maintaining in front a sword palewise inverted and a bordure embattled sable.

The descriptor "straight" (sword) was eliminated from the proposed blazon.

29: Gabriel Hawkes - New Badge Accepted
Per chevron Or and purpure, two fleurs de lys sable and a winged sword argent, a bordure embattled sable.

30: Gareth Whytebull - New Name Accepted

31: Garran Ó Murchadha - New Name Accepted

32: Geoffrey le Warde - New Name & New Device Accepted
Vert, a sword inverted and on a chief argent three mullets vert.

33: Gilles de Beauchamps - New Badge Accepted
(Fieldless) An escallop vert.

34: Gillian de Marisco - New Name & New Device Accepted
Azure, a caravel to sinister argent, in chief a dragon volant to sinister Or.

35: Gillian Llywelyn - New Household Name Accepted
House Blackhart

36: Gwyneth de Neutone Hille - New Name & New Device Accepted
Argent, a tree blasted vert atop a mount sable charged with a stag's head cabossed argent.

37: Hans zem Dragen - New Name & New Device Accepted
Gules, a bend bendy sinister argent and sable between a drawn bow bendwise with arrow bendwise sinister point to dexter base, and a sword bendwise Or.

The blazon was made more specific in response to commentary.

38: Helene al-Zarqa' - New Device Change  Accepted
Azure, a double-headed eagle displayed argent and on a chief indented Or three semi-minums azure.

39: Ingirídr Hikri Fridriksdóttir - New Device Change Accepted
Argent, a cameleopard statant purpure.

40: Ingunn Halldorsdottir - New Name & New Device
Per bend sinister wavy vert and argent, a Thor's hammer Or and a fox rampant proper.

41: Isabel la Roja - New Name & New Device Accepted
Or, a dragon-headed bow vert.

42: Ishiyama Gen'tarou Yori'ie - New Name & New Device Accepted
(Fieldless) On a hexagon Or a rabbit's head cabossed sable.

Note this precedent:
Fieldless badges consisting only of forms of armorial display, such as escutcheons, lozenges and delfs, are not  acceptable since in use the "shield" shape does not appear to be a charge, but rather the field itself. This presents an entirely different armory for view.  (Stephen Wolfe, September, 1993, pg. 25)
I am not aware of the hexagon having been used as a form of armorial display in European heraldry.
Regarding the use of polygons as charges, the LoAR of September 2006, s.n. Gustav Emile der Dunkele Rotvogel, states, "The use of a pentagon is a step from period practice. We are only aware of four-sided polygons (e.g., delfs and lozenges) in period European heraldry; hexagons are found in Japanese mon."

43: Isobella MacClure - New Name & New Device Accepted
Azure, a crescent Or and on a chief argent three ravens sable.

44: Jacob of Dunmore - New Name Accepted

45: Jehan de la Marche - New Augmentation of Arms Accepted
Gules, a crow rising, pierced by an arrow, both argent, and for augmentation, issuant from chief a demi-escarbuncle argent.

46: Jyne Stillwell - New Name Accepted

47: Kara Ivarsdottir - New Name & New Device Accepted
Vert, on a lozenge argent a turtle tergiant vert.

48: Karsten the Black - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per chevron Or and sable, a demi-eagle reguardant gules issuant from the line of division and on a Tau cross Or five mullets of eight gules.

49: Katharine of Caithness - New Name Accepted

50: Kilian Helm - New Name Accepted

51: Ko'uchi Hideko - New Name Changed & New Device Accepted
Per fess argent and azure, a raven volant and a cutlass fesswise reversed within a bordure counterchanged.

Submitted as Kou'ichi Hiteko, the name was changed at kingdom to match the documentation that was provided on both the submission form and on the Pennsic worksheet.

52: Lazarus Iunius Severus - New Name & New Device Accepted
Gyronny sable and argent, eight arrows points to center counterchanged.

53: Lidia Allen - New Name Accepted

54: Livia Valentini - New Name & New Device Accepted
Sable, a weaver's knot and in chief a label Or.

55: Lorenzo di Raffaele fabro - New Name Accepted

The occupational byname was inadvertantly capitalized on the ILoI and is here corrected to lower case, as it appears on the submission form.

56: Magge Illefoster - New Name Accepted

57: Marcán an Fhasaigh - New Name & New Device Accepted
Azure, a tetraskelion of horse's heads conjoined within an annulet argent.

58: Margarete Pomeroy - New Name & New Device Accepted
Argent, a lion rampant and in chief three apples gules, a bordure engrailed sable.

59: Matatias filius Lie Blunde - New Device Accepted
Argent, a Hebrew letter resh and a chief sable.

60: Mikesch Synner - New Name & New Device Accepted
Or billety gules, a lion bendy gules and argent.

61: Muirgheal inghean Dhubhghaill - New Name Changed

Submitted as Muirgheal inghen Dubhghaill, the name was changed at kingdom to correct the spelling of the relational particle and for lenition of the patronym following post-1200 practice. The name, as originally submitted, mixes characteristics of pre- and post-1200 forms. Since the given name, as submitted, is post-1200, the byname was changed to be fully post-1200.

62: Olafr the mercenary - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per pale argent and gules, in dexter a cross formy fitchy at the foot sable.

63: Olrik von Wolfstein - New Name & New Device Accepted
Sable, a lion's head erased between three triquestras and a cross of Santiago at the foot argent.

The cross was reblazoned as a cross of Santiago with a request to the College of Arms and Wreath for clarification on what characteristics define a cross of Santiago and what variations on same are registerable.

64: Pavel Dudoladov - New Device  Accepted
Per pale gules and vert, three trumpets bells to base argent.

65: Qara Erdene - New Name & New Device  Accepted
Argent, on a fess bretessed purpure a polar bear statant argent.

The blazon was corrected to reflect that the fess is bretessed, not embattled-counterembattled.

66: Rachel Dalicieux - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per pale purpure and sable, two cats sejant respectant and in chief three eighth notes argent.

67: Rober de Saint-Venant - New Name & New Device Accepted
Argent, on a fess cotised vert a horse courant argent.

68: Rober de Saint-Venant - New Badge Accepted
Argent, a horse courant vert.

69: Rodrigo de Vega - New Name & New Device Accepted
Argent, semy-de-lys sable, a pile sable and overall a chevron counterchanged Or and sable.

70: Rose Moone - New Name Accepted & New Device Returned
Azure, a decrescent within seven mullets in annulo argent.

The device conflicts with Diana de Savigny, Azure, a decrescent within seven trees in orle argent, registered in August of 1978 (via Caid).

The LoAR of January 2002, s.n. Agripina Argyra, commenting on the submitted badge, Purpure, a tower within five compass stars in annulo Or, states:
Conflict with a badge of Roland O'Donnell, Purpure, a tower within an orle of lions rampant Or. There is a CD for the change in type of secondary charges. There is normally a CD for changing the arrangement of a group of unnumbered (and thus "many") charges from in orle to in annulo, even on a round badge form. However, Roland's emblazon shows that there are only seven lions in his group of unnumbered charges. Because there are relatively few charges in both these secondary charge groups, the difference in arrangement is much less obvious than when there are eight or more charges in each group. Most of the charges in the two groups are in the same place on the field, and would likely to be in the same place on the field on any shape of escutcheon. Therefore, there is no difference for the change in arrangement, and nothing for the change in number from five to seven charges by RfS X.4.f.

Rose's device and that of Diana de Savigny present nearly exactly the same conflict as the one described above. In both devices, the secondary charges are numbered (and thus not "many") and are specifically numbered less than eight. The placement of the trees in Diana's device and the mullets in Rose's device would be expected to be in roughly the same places on the field whether place in annulo or in orle.

71: Sabine la courratierre de chevaux - New Name & New Device Accepted
Argent chapé sable, a sea horse vert.

72: Sarjun al-Rashid - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per pale argent and gules, a dumbek and a hand counterchanged and on a chief triangular azure an anvil argent.

73: Sarjun al-Rashid - New Badge Accepted
Per bend azure and gules, a bend between an arm fesswise embowed and an anvil argent.

The modifier "embowed" was added to the blazon.

74: Séamus Rogan - New Name & New Device Accepted
Or, a dragon-headed bow sable.

75: Seanait inghean Nessan - New Name Accepted

Note that the submitter has requested authenticity. We suspect that both the given name and relational particle need to be made contemporary with the early patronym and suggest Ségnat ingen Nessan. Since this is a change in response to a request for authenticity, rather than purely a registerability issue, we defer to Wreath on the matter in order to avail the submitter of the greater resources of the entire college.

76: Sion the Lost - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per pale azure and vert, a bend sinister between a compass rose and a candle argent.

77: Tafrara N Doukkala - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per chevron argent and sable, a demi-sun issuant from the line of division gules and a hare salient contourny argent, in base a crescent Or.

78: Uaithne mac Faelain - New Name & New Device  Accepted
Per bend sinister vert and gules, a mullet of sixteen points counterchanged Or and argent.

79: Uhtred aet Pyttasburh - New Name & New Device Accepted
Per bend sinister Or and vert, a yew tree and a stag rampant to sinister counterchanged.

80: Wilhelm von der Schwarzstrom - New Name Accepted


This concludes our Letter of Report Æ 114 dated November 30, 2008.