1: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Order Name
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 1998, via Æthelmearc.
Order of the Silver Stirrup
Silver - Oxford Universal English Dictionary, rev. ed., 1917, v. 8, p. 1895, cites "silver" as an adjective "made or consisting of silver" to OE.
Stirrup - Oxford Universal English Dictionary, rev. ed., 1917, v. 9, p. 2023-2024, cites "stirrup" as a noun "a contrivance supended from the side of a saddle to serve as a support for the foot of the rider" to ME.
The order name fits the <color>-<object> form of "Black Swan", "Golden Apple", "White Eagle" etc.
Herald of Record: Garnet
2: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Transfer of Heraldic Title
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 1998, via Æthelmearc.
Comet Pursuivant
The Kingdom of Æthelmearc desires to transfer the heraldic title, Comet Pursuivant to the Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands. This is permitted per the Administrative Handbook, II.B.4.b., which states:
b. Other Branch titles: Titles for heralds in service to local branches. These may be registered to the kingdom to which the branch belongs or to the branch in which they will be used, at the discretion of the kingdom. In either case, the kingdom must approve the form of any heraldic title.
Herald of Record: Silver Buccle/Garnet
3: Aileisabaiþ Hlasa - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language (Visigoth) most important.
Culture (Visigoth) most important.
This name is intended to be Gothic for "Elisabeth the cheerful."
Aileisabaiþ - Gothic for "Elizabeth" Codex Argentius Upsaliensis <http://app.ub.uu.se/arv/codex/faksimiledition/jpg_files/136lc1u.html> shows this name. A transcription at Project Wulfila <http://www.wulfila.be/gothic/browse/text/?book=3&chapter=1>, shows Luke 1:7 states
jah ni was im barne, unte was Aileisabaiþ stairo, jah ba framaldra dage seinaize wesun. -- And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
hlasa - Gothic for "merry, cheerful, joyous". Project Wulfila <http://www.wulfila.be/gothic/browse/token/?ID=T47033> refers to Hlasana and quotes Corinthians II, 9:17 from the Codex Ambrosianus
hvarjizuh swaswe fauragahugida hairtin, ni us trigon aiþ þ au us nauþ ai, unte hlasana giband frijoþ guþ . -- Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.Further, an analysis from the same site states: Lemma *hlas : adjective (inflection: Adj.a). This is a strong Masculine Accusative Singular with its adjective form ending in -a. This is supported by the Indo-European Etymological Dictionary <http://www.indo-european.nl/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=leiden&morpho=0&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cgothic &first=1881> shows that the Gothic hlas* means "cheerful, merry, happy" and is derived from the Latin hilaris and the Greek hlasoza. It is confirmed by the Germanische Bibliothek at Project Wulfila <http://www.wulfila.be/lib/streitberg/1910/HTML/B058.html>. The Wikipedia article on Gothic language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language> Shows that the weak declension masculine adjective ends in -a: as laga manna. This is confirmed by An Introduction to Gothic, Lesson 4 <http://members.terracom.net/~dorothea/david/gothic/lesson4.html>.
On Gothic naming practices: Academy of St Gabriel, Report 1928 <http://www.s-gabriel.org/1928>, dated 11 February 2000, reports that
We also found some examples of Gothic bynames recorded in contemporary Latin records. A typical example of a woman's name is <Isilo cognomento Sisina>, recorded in Iberia in 803. This name men "Isilo nicknamed Sisina."From this example and others in the same report, we believe the scribal form would have been Aileisabaiþ (Aileisabaith) cognomento Hlasa. We believe that dropping cognomento, which is a scribal tool that logically would not have been used in common practice does not pose a problem here.
Heralds of Record: Herveus/Garnet
4: Alessandra Grazzini - New Name & New Device
Gules, a decrescent argent and in chief three mullets Or
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Italy, 15th century.
Language (Italian) most important.
Alessandra - This names appears in Jo Lori Drake (Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale), Italian Renaissance Women's Names <http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/italian.html>.
Grazzini - Family Names Appearing in the Catasto of 1427 <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/family_names.html>, cites this name.
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
5: Alethea Cowle - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for England, 16th century.
Alethea - Header form in Withycombe who states, "the earliest example noted in England was Aletheia Talbot who married the Earl of Arundel in 1606." This places the given name in the SCA "grey area", but as such it should be registerable. This should especially be true as it seems highly likely that Mistress Aletheia was older than 6 at the time of her marriage.
The on-line "English Women Writers" website, <http://www.itergateway.org/mrts/earlywomen/index.cfm?action=showwriter&id=378> cites Aletheia Talbot as having lived from 1584-1654. She wrote several texts. Further the same site <http://www.itergateway.org/mrts/earlywomen/index.cfm?action=showwriter&id=379>, cites Aletheia Talbot (1584-1654) as the daughter-in-law of Anne Howard (DeAcre) (1557-1630). This brings the name into the "pale".
Cowle - Reany & Wilson, p. 113, sub Cowell, Cowwell cites Henry de …. Cowle to 1511. Also Arthur William Moore, "The Surnames and Placenames of the Isle of Man," p. 61, cites "McGilCowle, McCowle, McCowell, Cowle [1511] "
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd Du
6: Cristiano Martelli - New Name
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Italy, 15th century.
Cristiano - Josh Mittleman & Brian Scott (Arval Benicouer & Talan Gwynek), "Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names", <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/venice14/venice14given.html#table>, cites this name.
Martelli - "Family Names Appearing in the Catasto of 1427" <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/family_names.html> cites this name.
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
7: Debatable Lands, Barony-Marche of the - New Acceptance of Transfer of Heraldic Title
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in December of 1975, .
Comet Pursuivant
The Barony-Marche desires to accept the transfer of the heraldic title, Comet Pursuivant, from the Kingdom of Æthelmearc. This is permitted per the Administrative Handbook, II.B.4.b., which states:
b. Other Branch titles: Titles for heralds in service to local branches. These may be registered to the kingdom to which the branch belongs or to the branch in which they will be used, at the discretion of the kingdom. In either case, the kingdom must approve the form of any heraldic title.
Heralds of Record: Garnet/Silver Buccle
8: Egill the Dane - Resub Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 1992, via the East.
[Fieldless] An acorn bendwise Or
His previous badge submission, [Fieldless] An acorn vert capped Or, was returned by Laurel in March, 2009, with the following comment:
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Alyne Strangwych, (Fieldless) An acorn vert, and the badge of Muin maqq Mínaín, Argent, an acorn enflamed vert. The cap is less than half the charge, so there is not a CD for changing the tincture of only the cap, leaving a single CD for the submission being a fieldless design. The enflaming on Muin's badge is not large enough to count for difference.This submission fixes the conflict by changing both the tincture and the orientation of the acorn.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
9: Maeve ni Siurtain - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in May of 1987, via the East.
[Fieldless] A chamfron azure charged on the forehead with a crescent argent
A chamfron is defined by The Free Dictionary <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chamfron> as "Armor used to protect the front of a war horse's head in medieval times." from "[Middle English shamfron, from Old French chanfrein : Latin cāus, horse-muzzle, heavy necklace (from Greek kēos + Latin frēnum, bridle, bit)" There are any number of highly stylized chamfrons pictured on-line. One such can be found at <http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll89/KookyEd/chamfron.jpg>. The chamfron as been used in the SCA previously, particularly in a badge registered by the Kingdom of Caid, for the Order of the Chamfron, Azure, a chamfron within a bordure embattled argent
Herald of Record: Elizabeth Law
10: Ottilige von Rappoltsweiler - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Germany.
Ottilige - Bahlow, Hans. Deutschland Geographiche Namenwelt, p. 360, sub Ottilie, cites this name <n.d>
Rappoltsweiler - Dauzat, Albert and Rostaing, Charles. Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Lieux de la France, p. 566, sub Ribeauville, cites this place name <n.d.>
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
11: Petr Kotok - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2007, via Æthelmearc.
Quarterly gules and sable, a sickle within a bordure Or
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
12: Raven Whitehart - Resub Device
OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of March 23, 2009 as submitted.
Per chevron embowed argent and vert, two ravens purpure and a stag salient argent
Her original submission, Argent, two ravens purpure and on a point pointed vert a stag salient argent, was returned by Laurel in July, 2009, with the following comment:
This device is returned for blurring the distinction between a point pointed and a per chevron ployé line of division. The top of the line of division on this submission rises only to the center of the field. A per chevron line should ideally reach nearly to the top of the field. A point pointed should rise no higher than the bottom third of the field.This resubmission attempts to resolve the problem by substituting the point pointed with the per chevron embowed line. I believe that the line should be drawn higher into the chief of the field.
Herald of Record: Yvianne de Castel d'Avignon
13: Ullrych Sturm - New Device
OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of October 25, 2009 as submitted.
Paly bendy azure and argent, three chevronels sable
His name appears on AE 121, which was ruled on at Laurel in February. We await the results, but I firmly believe the name has been/will be registered. Just in case it is needed, the submitter has a letter of permission to conflict from Sitric McConnel:Checky vert and Or three chevronels sable, registered September, 1999, via Artemiesia.
Herald of Record: Garnet