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Letter of Intent #127
Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Feast of St. Bernard of Montjoux
28 May, AS XLV
Greetings from Myfanwy!
Herein pray find commentary on Æ #127. Everything has been
conflict-checked through the February LoAR ( meant to get this out a
couple of days ago, but Life intruded)
I remain your servant and the Society’s.
Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
myfanwy@consolidated.net
Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
1.Æthelmearc,
Kingdom of (transfer of
Heraldic Title Ravenstongue Pursuivant to Barony of Thescorre
Seems
pretty straightforward. Is there any
sort of other paperwork that has to be involved? I
know that group armory has to have a
petition of support.
2. Antoinette de
Lorraine
I
don’t have the sources cited but both can be found on Google Books.
The
first cite can be found at [URL:
http://books.google.com/books?id=nuyx5E_
wp7QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22The+Rise+and+Fall+of+Renaissance+France%22&source=bl&ots=ZXd2gebaz9&sig=8GLRxT09jKlJ7stNWtVd1oq_z5c&hl=en&ei=nIbgS9vaBoSClAeIhbTCCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAw#v=snippet&q=Antoinette%20de%20Bourbon&f=false];
it says in part:
Though Vassy was not a large
town, its Reformed church was a
flourish- [sic] ing one. A few
months before the massacre, the bishop
of Châlons had attempted to persuade
the inhabitants to live as good
Catholics, but he had been
challenged by the local pastor and driven
out of the town under a volley of
abuse. The dowager duchess of
Guise, Antoinette de Bourbon,
disliked the presence of heretics so
near her residence and Joinville and
on lands forming part of the
dowry of her granddaughter, Mary
Stewart.
The
submitted spelling of the given name can be found, (as a single
instance) in
O’Brien’s “Names Found in Ambleny Registers 1578-1616” in the section
on
Feminine Given Names [URL: http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/Ambleny/
FemGivenNamesFreq.shtml],
dated to 1591. Note that most of the
instances
were actually in the form <Anthoinette>.
I also found the variant spelling in Friedemann’s “Names from a
1587 Tax
Roll from Provins” [URL: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/
names/french/provins1587.html],
dated to 1591 in the name <Anthoinette Certeau>; the name is
stated to be
a feminine form of the name Anthoine [sic].
The
second cite can be found at [URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=
awvNTHgoGWYC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=Marguerite+de+Lorraine&source=bl&ots=1D0XpspfRp&sig=SJGxP9gQ7hD4-VcT-dn2spT_VCk&hl=en&ei=cILgS5-TFISclgf299GJCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBsQ6AEwBTgy#v=onepage&q=%22Marguerite%20de%20Lorraine%22&f=false]. Searching within the text it says [p. 4]:
Married at seventeen to the
twenty-year-old [sic] Charles, duc d’Alençon,
in 1509, Marguerite spent much of
her first marriage in the ducal center
of Argentan. After being raised
with the same educational
and social
training as her royal brother,
Marguerite had to adjust to a much quieter
and less stimulating life.... During
this period, Marguerite became quite
close to her mother-in-law,
Marguerite de Lorraine, a devout woman
committed to a life of spiritual
devotion and prayer, whose piety had
a strong influence on her daughter-
[sic] in-law.10
[sic]
The
footnote [op. cit.] says:
10
Marguerite
de Lorraine was known as “la bienheureuse Marguerite”
in the duchy, because of her
religious devotion and charitable acts.
Samuel Putnam, Marguerite of
Navarre [sic] (New York: 1935), p. 79.
She later became a nun;
Reynolds-Cornell, Théâtre Profane [sic], p.
10.
The
byname can also be found in Elliot’s “Sixteenth Century Norman Names”
[URL:
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/norman16.html#surnames] in the
surnames
list.
3. Beatrijs van Cleef
(change of name from
Beautrice Hammeltoune)
The
docs for both name elements are as cited.
4. Beatrijs van Cleef
(release of device Argent,
on a fess azure between three cinquefoils pierced gules, a griffin
statant
argent)
Seems
pretty straightforward, but are #s 3-5 really needing to be listed as
three
separate actions? I could easily see
this being folded into either the previous # or the following one. (The original armory was registered 6/98 via
Æthelmearc).
5.
Beatrijs
van
Cleef (change of badge Barry azure and ermine to primary
device).
Seems
pretty straightforward. The badge was
originally registered 11/98 via Æthelmearc.
6. Bella Cavalerii --
Argent, a horse
rampant sable and on a chief purpure three estoiles argent.
The
docs for the given name docs as cited.
I
don’t have De Felice, but the other docs for the byname are as cited.
Is
the grammar correct? I don’t know enough
about Italian to know whether there should be a correction to the
byname for
gender.
clear of: Catriona ni
Dhubhghaill (9/95
Middle) -- Argent, a demi-horse rampant sable, on a chief wavy purpure,
three
triskelions pommety Or.
There
is a CD for removing the complex line on the chief, and one for
cumulative
changes to the tertiary charge group.
There is also one for the difference between a demi-creature and
a
complete one; this Precedent dates from Jaelle’s tenure:
[registering two demiwolves...and
a dog] [sic] The question was raised in
commentary as to whether this
violated our sword and dagger [sic] rule,
which prohibits two (or more) [sic]
form of the same charge in the same
piece of armory, for instance a rose
and a rose bud, two different varieties
of fish, a mullet of seven points
and a mullet of 8 points, etc. This happens
when the two items are not a CD
apart. We in fact give a CD between an
animal and the same animal when it
is a demi-animal. This change is a type
[sic] change, not a posture change.
Therefore, since there is a CD between
the demi-wolves and the dog, while
poor style, this does not violate our
ban on having two different charges
in the same submission which are
less than a CD apart. (Bran of
Silver Keep, 7/97 p. 3) [sic]
possibly clear of:
Ilaria de la Mere (4/07
Atlantia) -- Argent, a mare rampant, on a bordure sable three crosses
crosslet
argent.
There
is at least one CD for changing the type of peripheral charge, and
possibly one
for changing its tincture; there may also be a CD for changing the type
(and
possibly also arrangement) of tertiaries, since this is simple armory.
7. Bera of Tavastland
(device change) --
Azure, a fees [sic] argent charged with two bars gules.
This
appears to be bar(s) gemel(les), which does not precisely match the
blazon as
submitted (I would expect “on a fess two bars” to have the tertiaries
more
evenly spaced on the ordinary).
Possible
reblazon: Azure, on a fess argent two bars gules.
Possible
reblazon: Azure, on a fess argent a bar
gemel
gules.
possibly clear of:
Cape Verde (badge: important,
non-SCA flag, 9/95 West) -- Azure, on a [sic] abased fess argent a bar
gules,
overall to dexter ten mullets in annulo Or.
There
is a CD for removing the secondary charges; there may be one for
position
(since it’s not a forced move), but there is only a change of the
number of
tertiaries.
possibly clear of:
Lambert de Sur (8/86
Caid) -- Azure, on a fess cotised argent a fess gules, in chief four
crosses
formy argent.
There
is a CD for removing the cotises; there may be one for removing the
other secondaries
as well, but there is only a change of the number of tertiaries.
possibly not clear of:
Botswana (badge:
important non-SCA flag, 9/95 Laurel) -- Bleu céleste, a fess
sable fimbriated
argent.
There
may or may not be a CD for the field tincture between “blue” and “bleu
céleste”; there may be a visual CD for the tincture of the
fimbriated fess (as
opposed to having tertiary bars -- of a different tincture) on an
argent fess.
possibly not clear of:
Geoffrey of
Chadhunt (1/73 ??) -- Azure on a fess argent two golpes between three
crosses
patty gules.
There
is a CD for cumulative changes to the tertiary charges; that is the
only CD,
but both pieces of armory are simple.
8. Bera of Tavastland
(badge) -- Quarterly
argent and gules, in bend sinister eight apples argent.
This
really has the feel of marshalling, especially since there are multiple
charges
on 2nd and third quarters. There is a
Precedent from François first tenure which says:
[Quarterly
argent and azure, in sinister chief three arrows inverted in fess
argent]
[sic] The device violates RfS XI.3, Marshalling: "Such fields may
only be used when no single portion
of the field may appear to be an
independent piece of armory. No
section of the field may contain an
ordinary that terminates at the edge
of that section, or more than one
charge unless those charges are part
of a group over the whole field"
[sic]. Quarterly is one of the
fields that may only be used when no
single portion of the field may
appear to be an independent piece of
armory. Here, there are multiple
charges in one quarter, and the
charges are not part of a group over
the whole field. [Ale Snepil,
12/2001,
R-Drachenwald] [sic]
In
this case, because there are multiple charges in the second and third
quarters,
this gives the impression of the plain field armory “Argent” quartered
with
“Gules, four apples in bend sinister argent”.
no conflicts found
9. Betha Symonds (name
change from Betha
of Bedford)
The
docs for the given name are as cited.
I
don’t have Bardsley, but the other docs for the byname are as cited. Additionally, while doing a Google search for
the name, I found a genealogy website [URL: http://
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walkersj/symonds.htm]
that lists a <John Symonds> of whom it says that he was born
about 1595
in Norfolk, England and apparently emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay
Colony .
10. Elyse le Bref --
Argent, a butterfly
bendwise azure and an orle vert.
The
docs for the given name are not quite as cited.
The actual name is <Elyes [un] gendre>, so both the
spelling and
gender are incorrect for what the submitter is said to want. Withycombe [pp. 98-9, sn Elijah, Elias] gives
various forms , including <Elys> and <Elye>, both dated to
1273,
but it is only found as a masculine name.
The
docs for the byname are more or less as cited; however, again, the
gender for
the byname is incorrect: it should be <la Bref>, not <le
Bref> in a
feminine form.
I’m
not certain whether correcting the spelling (which may be either a typo
or a
mis-reading of the data), and *also* correcting the gender, are major
or minor
changes.
clear of: Constance
von Messer (10/92
West) -- Argent, a butterfly azure marked proper.
There
is a CD for orientation, and one for adding the orle.
There is probably also one for removing the
“markings proper” (I have no clue what the tincture of said markings
are
supposed to be).
clear of: Deirdri of
the Mist (11/86 An
Tir) -- Argent, a luna moth proper between a decrescent, an increscent
and a
crescent, all vert. [Actias luna linnaeus]
There
is a CD for for orientation, and at least one for changing the type and
number
of secondary charges; there is probably also one for tincture of the
moth [c.f.
URL: http://
www.entomologicalillustration.com/portfolio42LunaMoth.html].
clear of: Sarah
Thomasyn (1/89 Atenveldt)
-- Argent, three tulips gules, slipped and leaved vert, in chief a
butterfly
volant bendwise, wings elevated and addorsed, azure.
There
is a CD for changing the butterfly’s posture, and at least one for
changing the
tulips to an orle. There is also one for
changing the arrangement of the charges (note as well that the
butterfly is not
the primary charge, but a secondary).
clear of: Castellana
del Mar (5/09 West)
-- Ermine, a butterfly and a chief engrailed azure.
There
is a CD for changing the field, one for the orientation of the
butterfly, and
at least one for changing the type and tincture of the
secondary/peripheral.
clear of: Heile Kozak
(5/08 Atenveldt) --
Or, a butterfly azure within an orle vert.
There
is a CD for changing the field, and one for the orientation of the
butterfly.
11. Gruffudd ap Owein
(name change from
Griffith Ryder and device) -- Sable, a griffin segreant contourny
between three
eagles’ jambes Or.
the
docs for the given name are as cited; note, however, that the submitted
spelling is the modern form; the cited spelling is <Gr[uffith]. Morgan and Morgan [pp. 102-5, sn Gruffudd]
says:
The OW form was Grippiud
(Gripiud) [sic]; this would change in
the first place to Griffudd, and
then to Gruffudd, for when i [sic] was
followed in the next syllable by u
[sic], the i [sic] changed to u [sic]....
When u [sic] came to have the
same quality as the ‘clear y’ [sic] (the
y [sic] of monosyllables and
final syllables) the name generally became
Gruffydd, and this is now regarded
as the standard form. But forms
such as Gruffith, Gryffydd are not
uncommon in early documents.
Forms
found in Morgan and Morgan -- although I can’t tell what the dates are
--
include <Gruffith> , <Gruffuth>, and <Grufud>.
The
docs for the byname are as cited.
clear of: Laurencius
Legnano (3/08
Meridies) -- Per pale sable and gules, a griffin segreant contourny
reguardant
between in chief two goblets Or.
clear of: Simon
Karlsson (6/88 Meridies)
-- Per saltire gules and sable, a gryphon segreant to sinister within a
bordure
Or.
In
each case there is a CD for changing half the field, and one for
changes to the
secondary charges.
possibly clear of:
John ap Griffin (badge
for Griffin Freehold, 5/07 Caid) -- Sable, a griffin segreant contourny
atop a
twin-towered castle issuant from base Or.
I’m
not sure whether the issuant castle is effectively a peripheral charge
or
not. There is
There
is at least a CD for changing the type and number of
co-primary/secondary
charges; it may be a case of removing the co-primary/peripheral and
adding the
secondaries.
possibly clear of:
Wilhelm Johannes Rieger
(7/82 Atlantia) -- Sable, a griffin segreant to sinister and in base
two bars
dancetty Or.
There
is at least one CD for changing the type and number of secondary
charges.
clear of: Gordon Rede
(10/96 Meridies) --
Sable, a griffin segreant within an annulet Or.
There
is a CD for changing the orientation of the griffin, and at least one
for
changes to the secondaries.
probably clear of:
Griffin Porthor (9/99
Outlands) -- Sable, a griffin sejant erect contourny and on a chief Or
three
mullets sable.
There
is at least one CD for removing the charged peripheral, and one for
adding the
secondaries; note, however that there is *not* a CD for changing the
posture of
the griffin.
clear
of: Cett Donegal (2/05
Æthelmearc) --
Gules, three eagle's jambes erased a la quise contourny Or.
There
is a CD for changing the field and one for addition of primary charged. There is also one for orientation of the
jambes.
12. Gwydeon ap Arden
-- Argent, a sword
inverted and overall two garden roses in saltire, slipped and leaved,
sable.
The
docs for the given name are as cited, but don’t really help. A Google search for <Gwydeon> seems to
net only modern links (such as World of Warcraft!) or as a
variant/error for
what really should be <Gwydion>. And
of course, there are hits for the submitter himself. A search for
<Gwyddion> is even worse, since the first two pages of hits were
largely
for software which apparently analyzes data from scanning probe
microscopy....
As
for <Gwydion>, Encyclopedia Britannica Online [URL:
http://www.britannica.com/
EBchecked/topic/250184/Gwydion]
says in part:
in the Welsh Mabinogion
[sic], a son of the goddess Dôn [sic], a master
of magic and poetry and a somewhat
dubious character.
My
copy of The Mabinogion gives the name as <Gwydyon> in “Math Son
of
Mathonwy” [pp. 98-117].
There
is a Precedent from Alisoun’s tenure which says:
[Gwydion Rhys ap Rhianwen] [sic] The
submittor [sic] has provided
documentation from period legal
documents that one Gwydion
Bola (which means something like
Gwydion the Fat, according to
Brachet) [sic] was beadle of the
English County of Carmarthen in
the early fourteenth century.
Brachet has added further citations
from period sources in support of
the use of Gwydion by humans
in period. It is the consensus of
the College that the case is more
than adequately proved and the name
Gwydion may be used in
the Society so long as there is no
other reference to the Gwydion
of Welsh legend. (LoAR 26 Feb 89, p.
8) [sic]
Reaney
& Wilson [p. 13, sn Arden] gives several dated citations, but they
all
appear to be locatives, including that of < de Arden [sic]. Morgan and Morgan don’t have it -- they do,
however, have a somewhat similar sounding name: Arthen.[p. 46, sn
Arthan]:
<Arthen, King of Ceredigion> (died 807), and <Henri ab
Arthen>,
which appears to date to 1162.
My
recommendation for the byname is to either change the patronymic
designator
<ap/ab> to <de> to make the smallest number of changes, if
the
submitter really wants <Arden>; the alternative is to change the
byname
to <ap Arthen>.
The
armory has been redrawn because in the original the roses were not
identifiable
as such -- they looked more like mullets of five greater and five
lesser
points.
Reblazon
(based on the new drawing): Argent, a sword inverted and overall two
roses in
saltire, slipped and leaved, sable.
clear of: Fynlay
maccrimmon (10/06
Meridies) -- Argent, a sword inverted and winged sable.
There
is a CD for removing the wings and one for adding the overall charge
group.
possibly clear of:
Diana Lee Ambree (9/96
Atenveldt) -- Argent, a sword inverted sable between four roses two and
two
azure.
There
is at least one CD for changing the number and tincture of the roses;
there may
or may not be one for arrangement in this case (surrounding as opposed
to
overall), and there is nothing for adding the slips to the roses.
possibly clear of:
Jörg Kratz (badge for
House of the Rosed Arrow) -- Argent, an arrow proper flighted vert
entwined of
two garden roses sable slipped and leaved vert.
There
is at least one CD for changing the type and tincture of one of the
charges;
there may or may not be one for partial
tincture of the others, and there may not be one for arrangement in
this case
-- it probably needs a visual comparison.
13. Isabetta Orsini --
Per fess argent and
azure, a bear statant sable and four pawprints fesswise two and two
argent.
The
docs for the given name are as cited.
Note that the URL should have been included in the
documentation; for
reference, it is [URL: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/
arval/catasto/].
The
docs for the byname are as cited.
Is
the grammar correct? I don’t know enough
about Italian to know whether there should be a correction to the
byname for
gender.
Artist’s
note -- can someone double check the blazon?
This is one of the batch from Ice Dragon where I got the blazons
by
email. I need to know if the pawprints
are really supposed to be “fesswise” (as opposed to being “in fess”).
Note
that the use of the paw prints are a step from period practice.
no conflicts found
14.
Lasairfhíona inghean Aindrias -- Per
saltire vert and argent, a raven close sable between in pale two
thistles Or.
The
docs for the given name are as cited; note that the submitted spelling
can be
found in the Raw Data, dated to 1381; the name without the accent is
dated in
the Raw Data to 1363, 1381, 1418 and 1456.
The
docs for the patronymic designator are as cited.
The
docs for the patronymic are as cited, and the submitted spelling
appears to be
both a nominative and genitive form in the Raw Data; dated citations
for it as
a genitive form can be found from the late 13th century through the
first
quarter of the 16th century, and there are several citations for the
name in
the submitter’s desired time period of the 14th century.
Note that because the patronymic starts with
a vowel, it does not get lenited, according to the docs for the
patronymic
designator.
clear of: Corbinus of
Æthelmearc (2/06
Æthelmearc) -- Per saltire vert and argent, in fess two ravens
respectant sable.
There
is a CD for number of birds, and one for addition of the secondary
charge
group.
clear of: Allysen of
Dunrobin (10/76 ??)
-- Per saltire Or and purpure, in chief a thistle proper, in base an
English
robin close proper grasping in its claws a trumpet sable.
There
is a CD for changing the field, and at least one for changing the
secondaries;
there may also be one for tincture of the bird (but possibly not one
for type,
as these are both regular-shaped birds.
15. Líadain
ní Dheirdre Chaomhánaigh
(badge) -- (Fieldless) A pine tree sable.
Nice
badge.
clear of: Oswald von
dem Grünwald (badge,
5/92 East) -- (Fieldless) A pine tree eradicated bendy sable and argent.
clear of:
Ealdnor{d-}wuda, Canton of
(badge, 3/03 Middle) -- (Fieldless) A pine tree gules.
clear of: Middle,
Kingdom of the (badge,
1/03 Middle) -- (Fieldless) A pine tree per pale purpure and Or.
In
each case there is a CD for fieldless vs. fieldless, and one for
tincture of
the tree.
clear of: Alan
Youngforest (badge for
League of Saint William of York, 2/08 Artemisia) -- Argent, on a pine
tree
sable a fleur-de-lys argent.
There
is a CD for field vs. fieldless and one for removing the tertiary
charge.
clear of: Achmere ibn
Tamim (badge, 1/87
West) -- (Fieldless) A palm tree couped sable.
There
is a CD for fieldless vs. fieldless and one for the type of tree.
16. Marina Martinez de
Aragon -- Azure, on
a bend between three roses barbed and seeded argent, three hummingbirds
rising
vert.
The
docs for all name elements are as cited.
probably clear of:
Walter of Lowestoft
(11/73 ??) -- Azure, a bend and in sinister canton four poppy-bolls,
all
argent.
There
is a CD for adding the tertiary charge group, and at least one for
changes to
the secondaries.
probably clear of:
{Y’}ri eyverska (2/02
Meridies) -- Azure, on a bend argent between two hawks Or three trees
proper.
There
is at least one CD for changes to the secondaries; there may one for
changing
the type and partial tincture of tertiaries, as these are both cases of
simple
armory.
clear of: Sigvald
Siegfriedsson (11/82
West) -- Azure, on a bend argent between two unbarbed roses Or, seeded
gules, a
mullet of four points elongated to base gyronny azure and Or.
There
is at least one CD for changing the number and tincture of the
secondaries, and
one for cumulative changes to the tertiaries.
clear of: Marguerite
of Kenneydell (8/93
An Tir) -- Azure, on a bend between two daisies argent, two daisies
azure.
clear of: Marguerite
d’Honfleur (11/00
Æthelmearc) -- Azure, semy of marguerites argent seeded, on a
bend Or a needle
threaded azure.
In
each case, there is at least one CD for changing the type and number of
secondaries, and one for cumulative changes to the tertiaries.
17. Myskia
náttfara -- Purpure, a willow
tree eradicated and in chief three mullets of four points argent.
The
armory has been redrawn on Garnet’s instructions.
Note
that this redrawing is, by Precedent, a weeping willow; this is from
Elizabeth’s tenure:
TREE - Precedent on Willows and
Weeping Willows [sic]
Research
this month for Lachlan MacLean's
submission provided some
information on various willow trees.
The period heraldic willow
tree was the white willow (Salix
alba) [sic], as shown in the canting
arms of von Salis (Siebmacher, plate
204) [sic], Per fess Or and argent,
a willow tree eradicated proper and
two pallets gules
[sic].
The
emblazon
matches the examples of white
willows found on-line (e.g., http://
www.the-tree.org.uk/BritishTrees/TreeGallery/whitewillowc.htm)
[sic]: the foliage takes up half the
height of the full tree, and the
branches have a slight droop. This
is opposed
to the weeping willow
(Salix babylonica) [sic],
which is native to China and was brought to
America as an ornamental. The
weeping willow has branches with a
considerable droop -- the branches
are more like vines in some cases
-- and the foliage reaches nearly to
the ground. Despite being the
willow tree most familiar to
Americans (i.e. most of our submitters)
[sic], it wasn't known in period
Europe. Of the willows currently
registered, the majority of trees
blazoned simply as "willows" [sic]
are weeping willows, not white
willows. In nearly every example,
the foliage comes almost to the
ground, or is depicted as long
drooping branches, or both. This
makes a difference as weeping
willows get a CD from an oak or
generic tree. Laurel has ruled
"There is a CD between a willow
tree and a standard round shaped
tree, just as there is a type CD
between a pine tree and a standard
round shaped tree. [Aleyn More,
09/02, A-Caid]" [sic]. This precedent
applies to a weeping willow tree;
not a willow tree. The compiled
precedents do not note that Aleyn's
tree is a weeping willow tree,
a fact made clear in the device's
balzon.We will follow the medieval
and modern heraldic convention and
use the white willow as the
default willow. The registered
armory with weeping willows have
been reblazoned to reflect the
emblazons.PRECEDENT [sic]:
• There is a CD between a weeping
willow tree
and an oak tree
or a generic tree.
• There is not a CD
between a white willow, which is the default
willow tree, and an oak
tree or a generic tree.
• There is a CD between
a white willow tree and a weeping
willow tree.
• Given that the
weeping willow is unknown in period (let alone
period Europe) [sic],
its use is considered one step from period
practice (a weirdness)
[sic].
[CL, 06/05] [sic]
While
I have been unable to access the website link cited in the Precedent,
other
images of white willows can be found by doing a google search,
including [URL:
http://www.
google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/images/salix_alba_liempde_1_010706_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/salix_alba.htm&usg=__seNPzL-MlWCzTLZ9i1hKJQQiqU=&h=333&w=250&sz=38&hl=en&start=
14&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Zh5dcxwGZvBAmM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522white%2Bwillow%2522%2Btree%2B%2522Salix%2Balba%2522%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1]
and [URL: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=
http://ecolocalizer.com/files/2010/04/1270502368_tmp_Salix_alba_Morton.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ecolocalizer.com/tag/seattle/&usg=__wPImUaU4x8xdq-WY2iy9P_HUvjY
=&h=600&w=600&sz=115&hl=en&start=30&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=bCUGKxiWYIITGM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522white%2Bwillow%2522%2Btree%2B%2522Salix%2Balba%2522%26start%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1].
Possible
reblazon: Purpure, a weeping willow treee eradicated and in chief three
mullets
of four points argent.
clear of: Thomas
M’Manis of Skey (6/04
Atenveldt) -- Per pale vert and azure, a weeping willow tree eradicated
argent.
There
is a CD for changing the field and one for addition of the secondary
charges.
clear
of:
Morwenna ní Thiarnáin
(6/05 Atlantia) -- Purpure, a weeping willow tree blasted and
eradicated and in
chief three decrescents within a bordure embattled grady argent.
There
is a CD for changing the type of secondaries and one for removing the
peripheral charge.
clear: Middle, Kingdom
of the (badge for
Order of the Willow, 6/05 Middle) -- Purpure, a weeping willow tree
eradicated
Or.
There
is a CD for changing the tincture of the tree and one for adding the
secondaries.
probably clear of:
Angelica Winter of the
Willows (2/98 Atenveldt) -- Purpure, two standing seraphs and a willow
tree
eradicated argent.
There
is at least one CD for changing two seraphs to three mullets of four.
clear of: William
MacCrimmon (5/92 East)
-- Per chevron azure and vert, two mullets of four points and a tree
blasted
and eradicated argent.
There
is a CD for changing the field, and one for changing the number of
mullets. Note that there may not be a CD
for a tree blasted vs. a weeping willow.
probably clear of:
Sine ni Mhoraig (5/07
East) -- Per chevron vert and sable, two mullets of eight points and a
tree
eradicated argent.
probably clear of:
Marguerite Daroux (4/00
Artemisia) -- Per saltire azure and vert, a tree and in chief two
mullets of
four points argent.
In
each case there is a CD for changing the field, and one for the number
of
mullets.
probably clear of:
Elissent Silverleaf --
Vert, an oak tree eradicated, trunk winged, and in chief three mullets
of four
points argent.
There
is a CD for changing the field tincture and one for adding the wings;
there may
not be one for type of tree.
possibly clear of:
Eremon FitzGerald (1/95
Middle) --- Per pale gules and azure, a tree blasted and couped and in
chief
three mullets of six points argent.
There
is a CD for changing the field; there may or may not be one for type
(there is
a Precedent from Elizabeth’s tenure which says:
There is no difference between a
tree proper and a tree vert, nor
between a tree couped and a tree eradicated.
[Áine O'Shaughnessy,
12/05, R-Atenveldt]
[sic]
There
may be a CD from changing the mullets of six points to mullets of four
points
(there is a CD between mullets of eight and mullets of four; there is
not a CD
between mullets of eight and mullets of six).
probably clear of:
Viviana Ammary Rowntree
(1/09 Ansteorra) -- Purpure, a tree blasted and eradicated argent
within a
bordure argent semy of lotus blossoms in profile purpure.
There
is at least one CD for removing the charged peripheral and there should
be one
for adding the secondaries; there may or may not be one for type of
tree.
possibly clear of:
Middle, Kingdom of the
(badge for Order of the Silver Oak, 7/83 Middle) -- Purpure, an oak
tree
blasted eradicated argent, fructed Or.
There
is a CD for adding the secondary charges; there may or may not be one
for the
type of tree (the fructing counts for nothing, as they are effectively
maintained charges.
possibly clear of:
Erik of Oakstream (4/85
West) -- Purpure, a tree eradicated and in base three bars wavy argent
There
is at least one CD for changing the type and number of secondaries, and
one for
arrangement; there may or may not be one for the type of tree.
possibly clear of:
Sileas ní Chinaíd (5/93
Atlantia) -- Purpure, a tree eradicated and in chief a roundel argent.
possibly clear of:
Giuseppe Calabro (3/07
Atlantia) -- Purpure, an olive tree couped and in chief an increscent
and a
decrescent argent.
In
each case there is at least one CD for changing the type and number of
secondaries; there may or may not be one for the type of tree.
18. Renault Lionett --
Azure a chevron
ermine between three dexter hands Or.
The
online docs for the given name are as cited.
I don’t have the other source.
Morlet,
Dictionaire étymologique des Noms de Famille [p. 631, sn
Lion] gives
<Lionet> and <Lionnet> amongst the diminutive forms, but
does not
give dated citations.
Can
someone check the original form? This
field seems kinda dark to be standard Crayola marker blue.
Nice
device.
Possible
reblazon: Azure, a chevron ermine between three dexter hands appaumy
[couped]
Or.
possibly clear of:
Malachi Tay (8/00
Atenveldt) -- Azure, a chevron argent ermined vert, overall a
mancatcher
issuant from base Or.
There
is at least one CD for changing the type and number of charges, but
because the
mancatcher is an overall charge the previous registration is not simple
armory. There may or may not be a CD for
changing the tincture of the ermine spots on the chevron.
possibly clear of:
William of Martinvast
(12/83 East) -- Azure, a chevron ermine between in chief three mullets
in fess
and in base a martlet argent.
There
is at least one CD for type and tincture of secondaries, but there
there may
not be a CD for number of them (i.e., between three and four).
possibly not clear of:
Rainer Wulfgar
(7/05 Drachenwald) -- Azure, a chevron ermine between
three griffins Or.
There
is only a CD for type of secondaries; both pieces are armory are
simple,
however.
clear of: Aneka of
Seagirt (12/09 An Tir)
-- Azure, two chevronels ermine.
There
is a CD for changing the number of chevrons and one for adding the
secondaries.
19. Richard de Derby
-- Azure, a swan
argent and in base three shamrocks Or.
The
docs for the given name are not quite as cited; in the introduction to
the
section on masculine names [URL:
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/yorkshire/yorkm.
html]
it says in part:
In records of this date surnames and
bynames are much less thoroughly
Latinized, so patronymic surnames
often give a clearer picture of
the vernacular forms of given names
in common use. With some
entries I have included in curly
braces {like this} some possible
vernacular equivalents, giving
preference to forms deducible from
surnames and bynames in this roll.
That
suggests that the submitted form is not actually found in original;
additionally, the form <Ricard(us)> is, according to the
introduction, a
deduced nominative form from the Latin ablative form <Ricardo>. Withycombe [pp. 253-4, sn Richard] says:
In Latin MSS. the abbrevia- [sic]
tions Rich. [sic] and Ric. [sic] are
used for Richer and Ric(h)ard
[sic], respectively. Richard
[sic] and
Ricard [sic] were equally
common in the Middle Ages, together
with many nicknames and
diminutives....
but
does not give any dated citations for the submitted form.
Reaney and Wilson [p. 377, sn Richard] cites
<Richardus Basset>, dated
to 1127-34.
The
docs for the byname are as cited.
The
shamrocks are bendwise. The field
tincture seems a bit dark to be standard Crayola marker blue.
Nice
to see a swan that’s in it’s default period posture of rousant (as
opposed to
all the SCA ones that are naiant).
Possible
reblazon: Azure, a swan [rousant] argent, in base three shamrocks
bendwise [two
and one] Or.
possibly clear of:
Arianwen of the
Tuntlewald (7/71 ??) -- Azure, a swan argent, beaked and membered Or,
within
eight mullets in annulo argent.
There
is at least one CD for changing the type and number of secondaries, and
there
should be one for arrangement. There may
or may not be one for posture (this is listed in Bird-Whole-1-Close-Argent)
and may need to be reblazoned.
clear of: Helvig
Ulfsdotter (1/98
Drachenwald) -- Azure, a duck rising wings elevated and addorsed and on
a chief
argent three shamrocks verts.
There
is at least one CD for removal of charged peripheral and one for
addition of
the secondaries.
possibly clear of:
Rorik Fredericsson
(12/99 Atlantia) -- Azure, a grey goose volant bendwise wings addorsed
proper
gorged of a coronet Or.
There
isa CD for addition of the secondaries; there may be one for
orientation of the
bird, but there is not one for type (geese are under the “Swan-shaped”
category), and possibly not one for posture in this case.
possibly clear of:
Nyilas Kázmér (12/90
Middle) -- Azure, a goose volant, wings elevated and addorsed, argent,
issuant
from base a demi-sun Or.
There
is at least CD for changes to the secondaries; there may be one for
posture,
but this may have to be given a visual inspection.
probably clear of:
Branwyn of Caer Marthen
(7/80 West) -- Azure, a swan volant between in pale two flutes fesswise
argent.
There
is at least one CD for changes to the secondaries; there is probably
one for
posture.
possibly clear of:
Godgife of Heatherwyne
(2/10 Caid) -- Azure, a swan volant bendwise argent within a bordure Or.
There
is a CD for removing the peripheral and one for adding the secondary
charge
group; there may be one for posture/orientation.
20. Safiyya bint ‘Amr
I
don’t have the KWHSS Precedings cited; the other docs for the given
name are as
cited.
The
docs for the patronymic are as cited; note that the designator/particle
can be
found in Appleton in the section on Naming Practices, under nasab
[sic],
with the given example bint ‘Abbas [sic] [the daughter
of Abbas])
[sic].
21. Tadhg Sotl
Ó Néill -- Gules, on a
sinister hand apaumy [sic] proper three shamrocks one and two vert.
I
see that the color mini that was used was the one with the hand left
uncolored,
as opposed to the one where the hand was rendered as pink (and though
technically Caucasian skin tone is considered to be a metal, the fact
remained
that a Crayola pink hand on a red field was very poor contrast). There is a relevant Precedent from
Elizabeth’s tenure:
[Azure, a nude demi-maiden arms
outstretched "pink" [sic] crined
and issuant from a base wavy Or.]
[sic] This device is returned for
redraw. While Caucasian proper is
defined as light
pink/white [sic],
this demi-maiden is colored a dark
pink approaching gules and must
therefore be considered to be
color-on-color [sic]. On resubmission,
please advise the submitter to use either
white or a light pink for the
demi-maiden ... [sic] [Alianora
de la Forest, 12/05,
R-Outlands] [sic]
clear of: Markus
Hammerhand (badge, 1/97
an Tir) -- (Fieldless) A hand argent charged with a hammer sable.
clear of: Johannes
Fairhand (badge, 9/00
An Tir) -- (Fieldless) On a hand argent the letter “J” purpure.
In
each case there is a CD for field vs. fieldless and one for cumulative
changes
to the tertiary charge group; there is not, however, a CD for dexter
vs.
sinister, by long-standing Precedent (dating to Alisoun’s tenure), and
reiterated by François during his first tenure:
There is no difference between a
dexter and a sinister hand. [Elspeth
Flannagann,
12/2002, R-Atenveldt] [sic]
clear of: East,
Kingdom of the (badge for
Queen’s Order of Courtesy) -- (Fieldless) On a dexter glove aversant
argent, a
rose azure charged with another Or.
There
is a CD for field vs. fieldless and one for cumulative changes to the
tertiaries; there is a is a Precedent from François’ first
tenure, which says
in part:
The glove in the device was blazoned
on the LoI and on the forms as
a glove aversant [sic], which
is a (default dexter) [sic] glove seen from
the back. There is no silhouette
difference between the outline of a
dexter glove aversant and a sinister
glove appaumy (seen from the
palm) [sic].... [Alexander
Craythorne, 05/2002, A-Middle] [sic]
clear of: Tsvia bas
Zipporah Levi of
Granada (badge, 4/02 Æthelmearc) -- (Fieldless) On a glove
inverted argent a
pomegranate gules.
There
is a CD for field vs. fieldless, and one for cumulative changes to the
tertiary; there is probably also one for orientation, since the default
would
be upright.
clear of: William of
Blatha an Oir (4/00
An Tir) -- Gules semy of annulets, a sinister hand in benediction
argent.
There
is a CD for removing the secondary charges and one for adding the
tertiaries;
there is not a CD, however for the type of hand: this is a Precedent
from
François’ first tenure:
[A sinister hand in benediction
argent] [sic] Conflict with ...
[sic] Lozengy
azure and Or, a hand argent
[sic]. There is one CD for
fieldlessness. Per
previous precedent, The clenching
is an artistic detail which does not
contribute difference (William
MacGregor, 5/98, p. 22)
[sic].
{Gaston
de
Champvieux, 11/2001,
R-Trimaris] [sic]
clear of: Meadhbh the
Handy (6/07
Atlantia) -- Gules, a hand within a bordure argent.
There
is a CD for removing the peripheral charge and one for adding the
tertiaries.
clear of: Kenric
Manning (9/00 Ealdormere)
-- Lozengy azure and Or, a hand argent.
clear of: Isengard
(important non-SCA
arms, 8/08 Caid) -- Sable, a hand argent.
There
is aCD for changing the field, and one for adding the tertiaries. As noted earlier, however, there is not a CD
between a sinister hand and a dexter hand.
clear of: Aaron
MacGregor (12/01
Ansteorra) -- Per bend bendy argent and gules and sable, a sinister
hand
argent.
There
is a CD for changing the field and one for adding the tertiaries; there
may not
be one for position of the hand on the field (it may be a forced move
due to
tincture).
clear of: Cole the
Miner (4/97 West) --
Per fess enarched gules and vert, on a dexter hand appaumy argent
issuant from
the line of division, a lozenge sable.
clear of: Ihon Vinson
MacFergus (9/01
Ansteorra) -- Per pale gules and vert, in chief a hand in benediction
argent.
In
each case, there is a CD for changing half the field and one for
cumulative
changes to the tertiaries; there may also be one for position, as it is
not a
forced move. There is not a CD for type
of hand.
22. Thescorre, Barony
of (Acceptance of
Transfer of Heraldic Title Ravenstongue Pursuivant from the
Kingdom of
Æthelmearc)
Seems
pretty straightforward. Is there any
sort of other paperwork that has to be involved? I
know that group armory has to have a
petition of support.
23. Tiberius Pinarius
Varro -- Gules, two
pallets wavy between in bend two lozenges Or, each charged with a
scorpion
inverted sable.
The
docs for all name elements are as cited.
However, in the introduction it says:
By the earliest days of the
Republic, every member of the household
would have at least two names, their
given name (prænomen) [sic] and
the genitive form of the pater
familias, which was a fixed and inherited
nomen [sic]. Thus, Marcus
Marci [sic] and Cæcilia Metelli [sic] (Marcus
[sic],
son of Marcus [sic] and Cæcilia
[sic], daughter of Metellus [sic]).
I
am uncertain what the genitive form of <Pinarius> would be (or
whether it
actually matters, since I can’t say I’ve ever seen specific genitive
forms of
the name come up the pike in the past).
The
blazon is somewhat clunky, but I’m not coming up with a better one.
Artist’s
note: I would have liked to make the pallets somewhat larger and
possibly
spread farther apart, but I had to have the lozenges big enough to make
the
tertiaries on them identifiable.
no conflicts found
24. Tufa cognomento
Gunthamundus
I
don’t have that particular Morlet; the other docs appear to be as cited.
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Gantz,
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other URLs as
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