ÆTHELMEARC COLLEGE OF HERALDS - commentary archive
Letter of Intent #124
Egill the Dane

Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ124, January 3, 2010
 
Commenting work done January 21 & 28, 2010.
 
1: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Heraldic Title
 
Nesselblatt Herald
 
Name Clear.
 
2: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Heraldic Title
 
Tabor Herald
 
Name Clear.
 
3: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Heraldic Title
 
White Conye Herald
 
Name Clear as Spelled.
 
4: Ariella of Thornbury - New Badge
 
Argent, in pale two hearts gules winged Or.
 
Device Clear.
 
For instructive interest only:
 
Augaire Uisnigh|9412O|d|Argent, a griffin sejant between in pale two hearts gules.||AR|FIELD:argent|GRIFFIN:1:gules:sejant:spna:t1|HEART:2:gules:second
 
Eliska z Jihlavy|0607W|b|(Fieldless) A heart gules winged Or.|(Full form: Eli{sv}ka z Jihlavy)|HEART:1:gules:spa|NO|WINGED OBJECT:1:multicolor neutral:spa:~ gules:~and or
 
Elizabeth Æthelwulfes dohtor|0705A|d|Argent, in pale three hearts gules, each charged with a mullet of four points Or.||AR|FIELD:argent|HEART:3:g3pa:gules|INPALE:3:g3pa:gules|STAR:3:of 4:or:t1:tertiary:unc
 
Jeene MacDoughal|9601Q|d|Gules, in pale two winged hearts Or.||FIELD:gules|GU|HEART:2:g2pa:or|INPALE:2:g2pa:or|WINGED OBJECT:2:g2pa:or
 
5: Cainder ingen Chonchobair - New Device
 
Gules, on a shamrock argent a thistle proper.
 
Device Clear, near hit or miss:
 
Maura MacPharlane|0007Q|b|(Fieldless) On a shamrock Or a thistle proper.||FLOWER-THISTLE:1:tertiary:vert|FOIL-3:1:or:spa|NO
 
6: Desiderata Drake - Resub Device
 
Azure, in a pale a duck's head and two swords in saltire, on a chief wavy argent, three hearts gules.
 
Device Clear.
 
7: Duncan von Halstern - New Badge
 
Per pale purpure and sable, a lion rampant and a bordure argent
 
Device Clear.
 
8: Edward Harbinger - New Household Name & New Badge
 
House of the Woolf and Thymble
 
Name Clear.
 
[Fieldless] A wolf's head sable sustaining in its mouth a thimble argent
 
Device Clear.
 
9: Elss von Augsburg - New Name & New Device
 
Per pale gules and Or, in fess two fleurs-de-lys counterchanged.
 
Name Clear. Device Clear. Caution, check with important historical armory in France, probably OK.
 
10: Giovanna Elisabetta Cellini - Resub Device
 
Purpure, on a pile between two lions Or, a cross bottony purpure
 
Device Clear.
 
The blazon and emblazon do not match for the following reasons: The lion is rampant in attitude by default, these appear to be almost salient, or at least somewhere between salient and rampant, a small matter. These lions are combatant, and no such  posture is indicated. Is this a default position when dealing with two lions?
 
11: Ian Damebrigge of Wychwood - New Device Change
 
Per saltire Or and vert, on a pale cotised sable a crescent and overall an owl rising wings displayed and inverted argent.
 
Old Item: Per saltire argent and Or, on a pale endorsed sable in chief a crescent Or., to be retained.
 
Device?
 
This is a tad complex. May not be the best for period style.
 
12: Ian Damebrigge of Wychwood - New Badge Change
 
(Fieldless) On the bowl of a spoon inverted argent a blackletter miniscule h sable.
 
Old Item: (Fieldless) On the bowl of a spoon argent a blackletter miniscule h sable., to be released.
 
Device Clear.
 
13: Ian of the Debatable Lands - New Name & New Device
 
Per pale azure and Or, a duck naiant counterchanged.
 
Name Clear. Device Clear
 
14: Lasairfhíona inghean Uí Ceallaigh - New Name
 
Name Clear. Near Hits or Misses:
 
Lasairfhíona inghean Uí Ghallchobhair|0712H|N||
 
Submitter desires a feminine name.
 
This is a kingdom-level resubmission. The submitter's previous submission of Lasairíona Ó Ceallaigh was returned at kingdom for using the modern form of the femininate given name in combination with a masculine formation of the patronym.
 
15: Myskia Náttfara - New Name
 
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language (Norse) most important.
 
Name Clear.
 
16: Riversedge, Shire of - New Device
 
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in February of 2004, via Æthelmearc.
 
Or, on a bend wavy cotised azure a laurel wreath palewise Or.
 
Device Clear.
 
17: Solveig Throndardottir - New Household Name & New Branch Name
 
Should Read "& New Badge"
 
The Fellows and Poor Scholars of Minerva Hall
 
Sable, on a pale Or between two fasces argent bladed Or and banded gules an owl rising wings displayed sable.
 
Name Clear.
 
Device Clear. Close on complexity, with elements as given.
 
Closest example with related elements:
 
Ragnarr Arnbjornsson|0702M|b|Argent, on a pale between two axes addorsed sable an owl contourny argent all within a bordure azure.||AR|AXE:2:of 1:sable:second|BIRD:1:argent:close to sinister:owl:tertiary|BORDURE:azure:pl:surrounding 1 plus:unc|FIELD:argent|PALE:1:charged:pl:sable:spna
 
18: Tafrara n Dukkala - New Name Change From Holding Name
 
Old Item: Frances of Misty Highlands, to be released.
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language (Amazigh; NOT Islamic) most important.
Culture (Amazigh; NOT Islamic) most important.
 
The submitter's prior submission of Tafrara N Doukkala was returned by Laurel in March 2009
 
Name Clear as spelled.
 
19: Violante de Luna - New Name & New Device
 
Azure, three crescents inverted argent.
 
Name Clear as spelled.
 
Device Clear. Near Hits or Near Misses:
 
Aylwin Greymane|9205W|d|Azure, on a chevron between three increscents argent, two compass stars palewise azure.||AZ|CHEVRON:1:argent:charged:pl|CRESCENT:3:argent:increscent|FIELD:azure|STAR:2:azure:t2:tertiary:unc
 
Iror of Crystal Mynes|0403K|d|Gyronny sable and argent, three crescents inverted gules.||CRESCENT:3:g3pa:gules:pendant|FIELD:multicolor neutral:~ argent:~and sable|GYRONNY:argent:pl:t1:~and sable
 
Kenric Burn of Northampton|9702E|d|Per chevron argent and gules, three increscents counterchanged.||CRESCENT:3:group primary:increscent:multicolor|FIELD:multicolor neutral:~ argent:~and gules|PC:argent:pl:t1:~and gules
 
Savaric de Miraval|9503W|d|Per chevron Or and azure, three crescents pendant counterchanged.||CRESCENT:3:group primary:multicolor:pendant|FIELD:multicolor neutral:~ azure:~and or|PC:or:pl:t1:~and azure
 
Definition of the month: in its vigilance - This is used for cranes. It is like statant. The head it up. One leg is raised and it is holding a rock.
 
Please let me know if this format is acceptable to you, thanks. Sorry for the eleventh hour cram...
 
Yours, Egill