ÆTHELMEARC
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Letter of Intent #121 Delftwood Blowhards
Heraldic Commentary Group
September
2009 1:
Angellino the bookmaker -
New Device No conflicts
found 2: Bera of
Tavastland -
New Name
Change “Bera - Geirr Bassi, p. 14,
counts 2
occurrences of Bera in the Landnámabók”. – Typo:
name is found on page 8 Icelandic given
name with Finnish byname.Check SMP or
Viking Answer Lady for ‘Bera’ 3: Catherine of
Oakden -
New Household Name OSCAR finds the name
registered
exactly as it appears in February of 2003, via Æthelmearc. Scholars
Way Unsure if this is
passable as is.There is no evidence that this is the medieval name for this
route nor
that people in medieval times would name themselves after a route. 4: Ciara
de Ros -
New Name
& New Device Name: Dictionary of
Aintly Women? Otherwise, we
find no problems with the name. Device: Re-copy the
black and white, and re-color with marker.Is this indented? There may be precedent for dancety chiefs to
be
blazoned indented. Note: did not
conflict check 5:
Dáithí mór mac Chernaich - New Name & New Device Name: Note: typo in given
name documentation
(Diati not Diathi) Looked in OCM and
didn’t find given
name What does
‘mor’ mean? Was not able
to check the links to verify documentation Device: Chevron should
be steeper, but probably does not need to be returned for a redraw No conflicts
found 6: Duncan
von Halstern - New
Badge There is a
weird line on the .PDF version near where the lion is standing.A fold of the paper? Note: did not
conflict check 7:
Elizabeth Archer -
New Name & New Device We like the
name Armory: does
this conflict with the archery marshal badge?