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Letter of Intent #133 Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Feast
of St. Thorlac 23
December, AS XLV Greetings
from Myfanwy! Herein
pray find commentary on Æ LoI #133.Everything has been conflict-checked through the October 2010
LoAR... As
always, I remain your servant and the Society’s. Lady
Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon Ruth
Morrisson myfanwy@consolidated.net 1. Æthelmearc,
Kingdom of (new Order Name
Order of Sylvan Mirror) The
docs for <Sylvan> are somewhat as given [my 2 volume edition of
The
Compact OED places the cite on page 3205 of Vol. II, which
reproduces
section Su-Sz, pp. 358-61].The quote is
correct, but the submitted spelling only dates to 1638 (grey area), in
a
citation from Cowley’s Love’s Riddle [sic], I.i.: May all the Sylvan Deityes Bee still
propitious to you. (The
1580 cite is for the form <Syluein>, cited from Greene’s Mamillia
[sic]; there is also a cite from Sidney’s Arcadia [sic] from
1586 for
the form <Silvan>. The
online docs for <Mirror> are as cited.The Compact OED [vol. I, p. 1807, reproducing section , pp.
487-91]
gives many alternate spellings and definitions of <mirror>: in
the sense
that appears to be cited from online, the closest period spellings are
from
Spenser’s Fairy Queen, I. iv. 10 (dated to 1590): And in her hand she held a mirrhour
bright. and
also from Holland, Pliny [sic] II. 478: No plates might be driuen by the
hammer, nor mirroirs made, but of the best and purest siluer. In
a figurative usage, the submitted spelling can be found.Definition 4 “That which gives a faithful
reflection or true description of anything” gives the sub-definition b
“Used of
a person. poet. [sic]”, and cites Shakespeare’s Richard III,
II.
ii. 51 (dated to 1594): But now two Mirrors of his Princely
semblance, are crack’d in pieces by malignant death. Similarly,
in definition 5 “That which exhibits something to be imitated; a
pattern; an
exemplar’, with the (now obsolete) sub-definition b “Hence of persons:
A model
of excellence; a paragon” the submitted spelling can also be found in
Shakespeare (this time from Henry V, ii. Prol 6: They sell the Pature now, to buy the
Horse; Following the Mirror of all Christian Kings. These
other definitions seem particularly apropos to the apparent raison
d’etre
of this order. I
would think, however, that <Order of the Sylvan Mirror>
would be
better grammar. 2. Angus Macdougal of
the Debatable Lands
-- Argent, three cogwheels sable. There
is a typo in the docs for the given name: the cited name is actually
<Angus
mac Dunec’> [Black, p. 24, sn Angus]. The
docs for <Mscdougal> are as cited [Reaney and Wilson, p. 291]. The
docs for the locative are also as cited. I
realize that these are cogwheels, which by definition tend to
interlock, but
maybe not *quite* so much as here (this is supposed to be heraldry, not
machinery!) -- it probably just needs an artist’s note, though. possibly not clear of:
Stefano da Urbino
(7/04 Lochac) --- Per chevron argent and Or, three cartwheels proper. There
is a CD for changing half the field.By
Precedent, there is not a CD between a cogwheel and a Catherine’s
wheel, dating
back to Jaelle’s tenure as Laurel: [a Catherine's wheel vs a cog
wheel] [sic] This conflicts .... [sic] (Caterine Barré de Venoix 1/98 p. 21) [sic] Another
Precedent (also from Jaelle’s tenure) gives no difference between a
Catherine’s
wheel and a (standard) wheel (which is presumably a cartwheel or wagon
wheel). [a Catherine's wheel vs a wheel]
[sic] This conflicts with ...[sic]
nothing for the difference between a wheel
and a Catherine's wheel. (Katherine Aylwyn de Chaliers, 3/99 p. 13)
[sic] But
conflict is not necessarily transitive; this is from François’
first tenure: [two owls addorsed] [sic]
Some of the commentary noted the precedent stating that there is no difference
between an
owl turned to dexter and an owl affronty, and wondered if
that meant there was no difference between an owl turned to dexter and
an owl turned to sinister. The precedent in question, on the LoAR
of August 1992, states, "The owl's posture has slightly changed, from statant
close guardant [sic] to statant close affronty
[sic] (which is guardant by definition) [sic]. The 'blobbiness'
[sic] of the owl's body, and the
fact that the owl is guardant in all cases, leads me to conclude that there is
no visual difference for turning the owl's body affronty."
[sic]Conflict is not transitive: if A
conflicts with B and B conflicts with C, it is not
required that A must conflict with C. In this case, while there may not be
a CD between an owl affronty and an owl turned to dexter, and
there may not be a CD between an owl affronty and an owl turned to
sinister, there is sufficient visual difference to allow a CD between an
owl turned to dexter and an owl turned to sinister. One can thus
meaningfully give a posture CD between respectant owls and addorsed owls,
... [sic] [Sigurd Grunewald, 11/2003, A-Meridies] [sic] It
isn’t clear whether a cogwheel is in conflict with a cartwheel, even
though
both conflict with Catherine’s wheels, so this should be forwarded to
Laurel
with a request for additional clarification or a ruling. probably clear of:
Anlaf Thurketilsson
(3/97 Atlantia) -- Per fess embattled sable and argent, three cogwheels
counterchanged. There
is a CD for changing half the field, and there should be one for
changing the
tincture of half the charge group. 3. Constance Glyn Dwr
-- Erminois, three
ravens sable. The
name registration is as cited; note that the full form of the name is
<Constance Glyn D{w^}r>. Nice
armory! clear of: Bran Trefonin
(badge, 1/03
Atlantia) -- (Fieldless) Three birds close conjoined in annulo sable. There
is a CD for field vs. fieldless and one for arrangement, but probably
not one
for type of bird. clear of:
Jódís Hraefnshyrst (11/00 Caid)
-- Argent, three ravens close sable, a bordure vert. There
is a CD for changing the field and one for removing the peripheral
charge. clear of: Marco Polo
(Important non-SCA
arms, 12/94 Laurel) -- Argent, three roosters sable beaked and armed
gules. There
is a CD for changing the field and one for type between regular-shaped
birds
and poultry-shaped birds. possibly clear of:
Nicole de l'Havre des
Chouettes (12/71 ??) -- Or, three barn owls [Tyto alba] affronty each
perched
upon an olive branch all proper. There
is a CD for changing the field; there may or may not be one for
removing the
branches (depending on whether they are maintained or sustained
charges). There may also be one for
tincture of the
birds, but there may not be one for posture. clear of: Anthony Iron
Skull (9/96
Atenveldt) -- Erminois, two ravens close respectant a bordure
dovetailed sable. There
is CD for changing the number of birds and one for removing the
peripheral
charge. clear of: Nevell
Sudlow (7/10 East) -- Or,
in bend three magpies proper. There
is a CD for changing the field and one for arrangement of the birds;
however,
by Precedent there is not a CD between a raven and a magpie; this is
quoted
from the July 2010 LoAR, in the commentary on Nevell’s armory
registration: In addition,
precedent says: no difference is granted
between a magpie and a raven. [Marguerite de Saint Nazaire, May 2007,
R-East] [sic] Therefore, there is not another CD
for the type of bird. 4. Edithe of the
Debatable Lands The
docs for both name elements are as cited. 5. Edithe of the
Debatable Lands (new
alternate name Eadgyth of the Debatable Lands) OSCAR
can’t find the name because the name is the previous item on the
letter.... The
docs for both name elements are as cited; the submitted spelling of the
alternate given name appears to be dated to 1031 and 1060, and seems to
be a
Latin form (as well as being the main header form).In addition, the given name can be found in
Withycombe [p. 93, sn Edith], which says in the text: Old English Eadgyth [sic]....A
fairly common old English name which survived the Norman Conquest,
probably because of the popularity of St. Eadgyth [sic] (962-84) [sic],
daughter of King Edgar.The marriage of Henry I to the English princess
Eadgyth [sic] may have also helped to perpetuate the name, though she was
usually known as Mathilda or Mold. I
do question why the submitter is registering what appears to be variant
forms
of the same name [see #4 above]. 6. Edmund of Worcester
-- Sable, a wyvern
contourny, on a chief Or three sheafs [sic] of arrows sable fletched
and
ribboned gules. The
docs for the given name are mostly as cited: the cited name is as
given, but it
is unclear what the actual date for the name is (it is cited from
something
called “Hy 2 DC (L)” but I was unable to find this in the list of
abbreviations
[pp. lxi-lxx].Both Reaney and Wilson
and Withycombe [pp. 93-4, sn Edmond, Edmund] also date the form
<Edmund(us)> to the Domesday Book, dated 1086; additionally,
Withycombe
cites <St. Edmund [sic] Rich>, Archbishop of Canterbury, who died
in
1240). The
docs for the byname are as cited; the Domesday Book gives
<Wirecestre> as
the 11th century spelling [p. 1428, in the Index of Places]. The
default posture of wyverns, according to Table 4 in the “Glossary of
Terms”
[URL: http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html#default] is “statant”
(which I
presume in this case means that the tail is more or less as depicted
here,
although I’m not sure I wouldn’t describe this as being “sejant”); both
legs
should be down for statant.This is not
the case.The emblazon here shows one
leg raised, which would (presumably) be “passant”; a relevant Precedent
dates
from François’ first tenure: [passant vs. sejant] [sic]
When quadruped postures are used to blazon two-legged monsters, the difference
between some of these postures becomes blurred. While there is a CD
between a sejant quadruped and a statant quadruped, there
is no clear
distinction between a wyvern statant and a wyvern sejant. Both
legs are down, and the angle of the body and disposition of the tail is
variable in both postures. Nor is there a clear distinction between a wyvern
passant and a wyvern statant or sejant. The passant [sic]
wyvern has one leg raised, as opposed to both legs on the ground as in the other
two postures. Current precedent does not give difference between
these postures: "[a wyvern passant vs. a dragon sejant]
[sic]As a wyvern passant [sic]
can be equally blazoned as a wyvern sejant [sic],
there is no CD for posture, thus there is only a single CD for the tincture of the
wyvern." (LoAR 10/00). This precedent for wyverns
apparently follows our precedents for birds, which give no difference
for raising one leg of a bird close or rising, interpreting it as
unblazonable artist's license (LoAR April 1992) [sic]. Continental sources
such as Siebmacher and Gelre uphold this interpretation of bird
postures, but it is harder to find evidence of wyvern postures. One example of a
wyvern passant in Siebmacher (die Wörmb, f. 144) [sic] is
blazoned modernly in Rietstap's Armorial Géneral
(under Wurmb) as [sic] dragon ailé d'or, la patte dextre
levée [sic] ("A winged dragon, the dexter
paw raised") [sic] , but this is a modern blazon, and only one example. A
counterexample showing a wyvern passant wings displayed is also in
Siebmacher (v. Breidenstein gen. Bredenbach,
f. 130) [sic]. This is
modernly blazoned in Rietstap as the first quarter of
Breidbach-Bürresheim, Argent a dragon gules [sic] (not mentioning the raised foreleg).
Again, this is only one example. Without clear evidence that period heralds
would have considered passant and statant as distinct postures for
wyverns, the existing precedent stands. [Ramiro the Sicilian, 01/2002,
R-Caid] [sic] There
is also a Precedent, from François’ first tenure, in how to
perhaps better
describe the sheaves: [a sheaf of swords inverted Or
banded argent] [sic] Parker, under banded [sic], states that the term "is
used when two or more objects (e.g. a garb or branches of a tree) are
bound together with a band of different tincture."[sic] [James Irvin,
02/2004,
A-Æthelmearc] [sic] Possible
reblazon: Sable, a wyvern passant contourny, on a chief Or three
sheaves of
arrows sable fletched and banded gules. Possible
reblazon: Sable, a wyvern sejant contourny, sinister leg raised, on a
chief Or
three sheaves of arrows sable fletched and banded gules. clear of: Elizabeth
Cameron Campbell (3/98
Artemisia) -- Sable, a three-headed dragon sejant affronty wings
displayed and
on a chief Or three roses sable. There
is a CD for changing the dragon’s posture (but not one for type between
a
dragon and a wyvern) and one for changes to the tertiaries. probably clear of:
Daffyd ap Caradoc (5/84
Atlantia) -- Sable, a wingless, legless hydra, tail nowed, Or. There
is at least one CD for adding the charged chief, and there should also
be one
for orientation of the primary charge (but possibly not one for posture
or
type) 7. Gerard de Rueil The
docs for the given name are as cited (note that it is listed in the
section
“Masculine Names by frequency” as a variant spelling of <Girard>. The
docs for the byname are also as cited. 8. Ingvarr melrakki --
Quarterly argent
and gules, four fox masks counterchanged. I
don’t have Lind.The given name can also
be found in Geirr Bassi [p. 12], with one instance given from the
Landdnámabók. Zöega
can be found online [URL: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/ oi_zoega_about.html];
the specific page is found as a tiff file [URL: http://lexicon.ff. cuni.cz/tiff/oi_zoega/b0294.tiff];
however the form of the byname in Zöega is acually
<mel-rakki> . The
byname as submitted (with the meaning ‘polar fox’ can be found in Geirr
Bassi
[p. 25]. Slight
blazon foo -- it should probably be “four fox’s masks”. Nice
armory! probably clear of:
Sven Jonssen (1/96
Atlantia) -- Per saltire vert and sable, four talbot's heads cabossed,
those in
pale argent, those in fess Or. There
is a CD for changing the field, and probably one for the tincture of
half the
charges (but not anything for type).There may or may be one for arrangement: the arrangement may be
forced
so as to not have charges overlaying the low-contrast lines of division. probably clear of:
Refkell melrakki
Einarsson (6/01 Atlantia) -- Quarterly argent and azure, four foxes'
heads
erased contourny counterchanged. There
is a CD for changing half the field, and probably one for the
orientation of
the charges; there may also be one for changing the tincture of half
the charge
group. clear of:
Tighearnán Dikeman (4/02 Middle)
-- Quarterly azure and vert, four wolf's heads caboshed Or. There
is a CD for changing the field and one for tincture of the charges;
there is
not, however, one for type of head. 9.
Rá{dh}úlf Eiríksson -- Argent, on a
bend cotised vert an H-rune Or. I
can’t tell whether the given name is (as is claimed) an “orthographic
variant”,
but it is otherwise found in Geirr Bassi as cited. The
docs for the byname are as cited [the instructions for forming the
patronymic
are found on page 17]. An
image of the Hagalaz, or H-rune, can be found at {URL:
http://www.crystalcavern. com/en-us/rune_stone_meanings.html]. The
cotising is awfully close to the bend -- it almost looks as if there
are two
really tiny bendlets on the bend (or badly designed fimbriation -- and
it’s too
narrow to really even be that).It
probably just needs an artist’s note, though, not a redraw. Note
that when conflict checking, there were a good many registrations of
armory in
which there was a CD for changes to secondary charge group to the
cotising, and
a CD for cumulative changes to the tertiary charges. clear of; Eleanor de
Wardon (5/88
Atlantia) -- Argent, on a bend cotised between two pears vert, a
wingless
dragon passant argent. clear of: Kieran de
Sainte Claire (4/90
Caid) -- Argent, on a bend vert, cotised purpure, between two thistles,
slipped
and leaved, proper, three Latin crosses palewise argent. In
each case there is a CD for removing one set of secondary charges (the
cotising
being a separate charge group) and one for cumulative changes to the
tertiary
charge. clear of: Rolf of
Esterfen (5/98 West) --
Argent, on a bend vert a paw print palewise argent. There
is a CD for adding the secondaries and one for cumulative changes to
the
tertiary. probably clear of:
Rodrigo Peregrino de
Navarra (8/04 Atlantia) -- Argent, on a bend vert between two falcons
striking
gules, a sword Or. probably clear of:
Myrddin ap Maelgwn Coed
Du (5/04 Middle) -- Argent, on a bend vert between two sprigs of three
holly
leaves in pall vert fructed gules, a lion courant tail nowed Or. In
each case there is at least one CD for changes to the secondaries;
because
these are simple armory, there should also be a CD (by X.4.j.ii) for
type of
tertiary. possibly clear of:
Pamela of the Gardens
(7/74 ??) -- Argent, upon a bend vert a stalk of wheat Or, all between
two
roses gules, barbed and seeded proper There
is a CD for adding the cotises; there may be one for cumulative changes
to the
tertiaries (but not X.4.j.ii, since there is more than one type of
tertiary).. clear of: Reinald van
Milant (2/94
Drachenwald) -- Ermine, on a bend cotised vert, three sickles Or. There
is a CD for changing the field and one for cumulative changes to the
tertiary
charge group. clear of: Owen Hell
(7/98 Ansteorra) --
Argent, on a bend gules cotised vert, three leaves Or. There
is a CD for changing the tincture of the bend, and one for cumulative
changes
to the tertiary charge group. 10. Saint Swithin’s
Bog, Barony of (new
badge for the Baronial Youth Award) -- Argent, a stand of cattails
slipped and
leaved proper within an annulet per pale azure and sable. [originally
blazoned Per
pale azure and sable, on a roundel argent a stand of cattails slipped
and
leaved proper.] I
presume the blazon was changed to better match the emblazon, since this
is
obviously not a per pale field. Complexity
count of seven (five tinctures, two types of charges) Possible
blazon foo -- their other registered armory are blazoned as having “a
stalk of
three cattails...”.Is there a
functional difference between blazons?If not, then it should probably be changed to correct their
other armory
blazons. Possible
reblazon: Argent, a stalk of three cattails slipped and leaved proper
within an
annulet per pale azure and sable. clear of: Rokeclif,
Shire of (badge, 5/02
Middle) -- (Fieldless) A cattail slipped and leaved proper. There
is a CD for field vs. fieldless, and one for adding the annulet. possibly clear of:
Elizabeth Idlewine
(badge for Castle Marécage, 2/86 East) -- Argent, a bulrush
slipped and leaved
within a bordure vert. There
is at least one CD for changing the type and tincture of
secondary/peripheral
charge. However, there may not be one for type (since cattails and
bulrushes
are both sorted in the O&A under the category “Plant-Reed”, and
therefore
presumably not a CD apart).There may
also not be one for tincture, since the cattail in the new submission
is
predominantly vert. probably clear of:
Styrbjørg Ulfethnar
(4/82 Atlantia) -- (Tinctureless) A kraken environed of an annulet.
[Octopus
vulgaris] There
may be a CD for field vs. fieldless, and there should be one for type
of
primary charge [c.f. PIC-DIC, figs. 451 and 452 for “kraken” and also
“octopus”). 11. Saint Swithin’s
Bog, Barony of (badge
for the Populace) -- Per pale azure and sable, a stand of three
cattails
slipped and leaved Or. Possible
blazon foo -- their other registered armory are blazoned as having “a
stalk of
three cattails...”.Is there a
functional difference between blazons?If not, then it should probably be changed to correct their
other armory
blazons. Possible
reblazon: Per pale azure and sable, a stalk of three cattails slipped
and
leaved Or. Nice
badge! possibly clear of:
Maythen Gervaise (badge
for Diana FitzWilliam, 4/84 West) -- Azure, a nine-branched camomile
plant
radiant from center, Or. possibly clear of:
Baldric of Falkonmore
(badge, 2/04 Atlantia) -- Per pale sable and vert, a sprig of ash Or. possibly clear of:
Brendoken, Barony of
(3/06 Middle) -- Per pale vert and sable, an alder sprig fesswise
reversed Or. possibly clear of:
Theodora di Lupita
(2/85 East) -- Purpure, vêtu erminois, a sprig of two
touch-me-not flowers,
slipped and leaved, Or. possibly clear of:
Grane the Golden of
Hippogriff Tower (9/71 ??) -- Sable, three stalks of wheat as in a
garb, Or. In
each case there is a CD for changes to the field and possibly one for
type clear of: Iron Bog,
Barony of (badge, 5/02
East) -- Per pale sable and argent, a cattail plant with two cattails
counterchanged. clear of: Llywelyn
Gruffydd of Elfsea
(9/94 Ansteorra) -- Vert, three cattails slipped and leaved conjoined
at the
base argent. In
each case there is a CD for changes to the field and one for tincture. 12. Saint Swithin’s
Bog, Barony of (badge
[tentatively] for the Award of Palus Amicus] -- Sable, two hands couped
conjoining in fess supporting a stand of cattails slipped and leaved
Or, in
base a ford argent. This
is not “a ford argent”.This is “a ford”
-- the definition of which is a base [wavy] barry wavy argent and azure
(or
azure and argent, depending on what the field tincture is). Parker
[p. 305, sn Hand] says: Sometimes hands are
represented as clasping [sic] or embracing [sic]; and with French heralds two hands
joined thus are simply bla- [sic] zoned une foi [sic. There
is a Precedent from Shauna’s tenure which says: [Vert, a pavilion Or and in chief
a foi argent] [sic] There was some discussion about the charge in chief. As cited
on the LoI, a foi [sic] was blazoned as such as early as July 1993 in the
registration for Lothar Freund's device: Vert, a fess embattled
counterembattled between a foi and a bull's head caboshed Or. [sic] [Isabeau
Eaglestone of Glinwood and Vivienne de Lampérière, 05/04, A-Caid] [sic] Not
knowing offhand what the cited registration looks like, I’m not certain
whether
the hands are issuant from the sides (as depicted in the margin
illustration in
Parker for the arms of Warton) or not (as in the new submission).I suspect that regardless, this probably
should be blazoned as a foi couped Complexity
count of seven (four tinctures, three types of charges). Possible
reblazon -- Sable, a stalk of three cattails sustained (?) in pale by a
foi
couped Or, and a ford. Possible
reblazon -- Sable, a stalk of three cattails sustained (?) in pale by a
foi Or,
and a ford. clear of: Costanza di
Firenze (badge for
House Hidden Fire, 5/82 Meridies) -- Sable, a pair of hands fesswise
couped
conjoined Or, armed and cupping a flame gules. There
is a CD for changes to the charges the hands are holding, and one for
adding
the peripheral charge. 13. Silva Vulcani,
Shire of -- Argent, an
anvil sable and on a chief gules three laurel wreaths Or. The
docs for <silva> appear to be as cited; note that one must
apparently use
the English word in the Search argument box, not the Latin one, unless
you
uncheck the “Case insensitive” box. The docs for <Vulcani>
appear to be as cited. I
have no idea if the grammar is correct or not (for example, I don’t
know
whether Latin genitive forms vary for gender -- or whether
<mount> and
<forest> even *are the same gender); hopefully someone with a
knowledge
of Latin will weigh in; otherwise, I recommend that this be forwarded
with a
request for assistance. Maybe
the third time *is* the charm..... Very cool docs for <Vulcani>,
BTW --
especially the map (although it took a really long time to load for
some
reason). Nice
armory!Note that the complexity count
is seven (four tinctures, three types of charges). clear of: Edric of
Scardburgh (3/02
Atlantia) -- Argent, a double-horned anvil sable and on a chief vert a
straight
trumpet Or. clear of: Antonio de
Armado (4/91
Atlantia) -- Argent, an anvil sable, on a chief azure, two hammers,
heads to
center, argent. In
each case there is a CD for changing the tincture of the chief and one
for
cumulative changes to the tertiaries clear of: Wilhelm
Smydele von Soelinge
(4/06 Æthelmearc) -- Argent, a double-horned anvil sable within a
bordure vert. There
is at least one CD for changing the type and tincture of peripheral
charge, and
one for adding the tertiary charge group. clear of: Sven
Gunnarsson of
Fjathrundaland (1/99 Drachenwald) -- Argent, an armorer's anvil sable
and a
chief embattled gules. There
is a CD for removing the complex line of division on the chief, and one
for
adding the tertiaries. 14. Uilliam Mac an
t-saoir -- Azure, a
tree eradicated or, on a chief embattled argent a wolf courant sable. The
docs for both name elements are as cited. Is
the eradication of the tree sufficient?I’ve seen really detailed branching (almost to the point of
being a
mirror image of the branches).I *think*
it’s okay, but I’m not entirely sure.Also, do we need to specify the type of tree?The default rounded-shape tree is an oak, but
these are obviously not oak leaves; I think that these may be default
leaf
shapes, though, so we might want to get a clarification..... There
have been several instances recently of this type of non-symmetric
embattlements on chiefs.In at least one
of them I was asked to redraw the submission before it was forwarded to
Laurel.... (Just saying.) Complexity
count is seven (four tinctures, three types of charges). clear of: Anna
Raynen(5/09 Artemisia) --
Azure, a tree Or issuant from a mount argent charged with a trefoil
knot azure. There
is a CD for changing the type of peripheral charge, and one for changes
to the
tertiary charges; there may also be one for adding the complex line of
division.There is not one for type of
primary charge however. clear of: Della
Rovere, Dukes of Urbino
(Important non-SCA arms, 12/94 Laurel) -- Azure, an oak tree eradicated
its
four branches knotted in saltire Or. There
is a CD for adding the chief and another for adding the tertiary to it;
there
may also be one for adding the complex line of division.There may or may not be one for the type of
tree; there is an depiction of the arms online [URL:
http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_della_Rovere.svg]
which shows what isa (somewhat
stylized) fructed oak tree, in which the branches obviously intertwine. clear of: Betva a
Bedwyn (1/05 Atenveldt)
-- Vert, a birch tree argent leaved Or, a bordure of knotwork argent. There
is a CD for changing the field, and at least one for changing the type
of
peripheral charge; there may or may not be one for the partial change
of
tincture of the tree. clear of; Sian verch
Gwilim ap Lewelin
(2/07 Atlantia) -- Azure, a tree blasted and eradicated or, on a chief
argent
three pheons sable. There
is a CD for adding the complex line of division to the chief and one
for
changes to the tertiary charge group.There may not be a CD for the type of tree, however; this
Precedent is
from François’ first tenure: ... no difference between a tree and
a tree blasted: "There is no CD between a tree eradicated and a tree
blasted and eradicated, as noted in the August 1994 LoAR... [sic]
This is because there are period depictions of trees with only a few
leaves." (LoAR July 2000) [sic] [Kenric of Rohan, 03/2002,
R-Meridies] [sic] This
appears to overturn an earlier Precedent set in Bruce’s tenure: [A tree eradicated and in chief a
<charge>] [sic] This is clear of [A tree blasted and eradicated]
[sic]. There's a CD for the charge in chief, and a CD for the blasting of the tree. (Sileas
ni Chinaid, May, 1993, pg. 4) [sic] 15.
Úrsúla of Rouen (name change from
Katerina Alleye) -- Per chevron sable and azure, a chevron inverted Or
between
two dogwood blossoms argent seeded Or. I
don’t have Lind, but the Geirr Bassi docs for the given name are as
cited; the
name is specifically noted to be of Christian origin.Withycombe [p. 286] gives it as a header
form; a dated citation for the submitted spelling is not given, but it
says: Latin diminutive of ursa
[sic] ‘she-bear’ [sic].The legend of
St. Ursula [sic] and the 11,000 virgins was popular
in the Middle Ages, and the name was fairly common. Reaney
and Wilson [p. 463, sn Ursell] gives the masculine name <Ursellus
[sic] de Busco>, dated to 1200.I was
unable to find the name in a French context, however. The
Dauzat and Rostaing docs for the byname are somewhat as given: the
submitted
spelling is a header form, but dated citations include the forms <Ratomagos
[sic]>, dated to the 11th century; <Ratumagus [sic]>,
<Rotomagus
[sic]>, <Rauranum [sic]>, and Rarauna[sic]> (all 4th century forms); the
subheader form <Ruan [sic]> is dated to 1233, in the form
<de
Rothomago [sic]>.The closest to
the submitted spelling is the undated ethnic form <Rouennais
[sic]>.The locative form <de
Rouen> can be found at Uckelman’s “Names in the 1292 census of
Paris” [URL:
http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/ french/1292paris.pdf]
which is a re-presentation of an 1837 edition of the census by Hercule
Géraud.Additionally, the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle [p.293, in the “Index of Places”also gives the form <Rotomagus>
(cited in the text in a Latin format [p. 11, from “The Laud Chronicle”
(E)]: 311.St [sic] Silvester, the
twenty-third pope.Huius tempore celebratur Nicenum concilium,
Arelatense quoque prinum, in quo fuit Auitianus Rotomagi
archiepiscopus. This
appears to be something about the Nicene Council relating to someone
(Autianus?) being made Archbishop of Rouen, if you believe Intertran
working
between Latin and English).The “Index
of Places” [op. cit.] also gives the form <Ro{dh}em>,
which is
translated into <Rouen> in the text [p. 253, also citing the “The
Laud
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this year in
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Roger, to another of his castles, called Vatteville.With him went Almaric,
the seneschal of the
king [sic] of France, Hugh Fitz Gervase, Hugh of
Montfort, and many other brave knights.Then the king’s knights
from all the castles
round about came against them and fought with them
and put them to flight, taking prisoner count [sic] Waleran, Hugh
Fitz Gervase, Hugh of Montfort, and twenty-five other knights, and
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Fitz Gervase imprisoned in the castle at Rouen, but sent Hugh of Montfort
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