1: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Order Name
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 1998, via Æthelmearc.
Sylvan Mirror, Order of
This order is to honor those who displayed non-martial authenticity.
Sylvan - Compact OED, vol. 9, p. 2108, sub Sylvan, silvan, states"adj. 1. Belonging, pertaining or relating to, situated or performed in, associated with or characteristic of, a wood or woods" dated to 1580.
Mirror - The Middle English Dictionary <http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED27908> cites mirour:
(a) A mirror made of metal, glass, etc.; also fig.; ~ glas, a glass mirror; barbour ~, a mirror used by a barber; maken the ~ of the wal, to look or stare at the wall; in prov.: loken (in) mirour, etc., examine (oneself)with the following examples:
(a) c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch) 552: Þe þridde [maiden] scholde bringge comb and mirour To seruen him. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376) 26/727: To-slyfte A[l þy] myrour þou my3t fol wel, Bote nau3t þe ymage schefte. (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2)) 1 Cor.13.12: Forsoth we seen now by a myrour [L per speculum] in a derknesse, thanne..face to face. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert) A.1399: He caught a greet mirour And saugh that chaunged was al his colour. (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52 93/24: Pro ij merrours de Parys..xxiij s. viij d. st. (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3) 3.1076: The Mirour scheweth in his kinde As he hadde al the world withinne. (a1398) * Trev. Barth.(Add 27944) 203a/b: Onyx is cleere and of þe kynde of merours. (a1398) * Trev. Barth.(Add 27944) 207b/a: Non matiere is more able to make of myrours þan is glas. a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E) p.3: Klerkes..thair mirour lokes, And sees hou thai sal lif on bokes. ?c1400 Treat.Geom.(Sln 213) 66: If you wilt mesure þe heght of any thyng by a myrure, lay þe myrure in þe playne grounde, and go toward and froward til you se þe toppe of þat thing in þe mydel of þat myrure. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB (Aug A.4) 2.2679: Non so foule doth in a myrour prye Þat sche is feir in hir owne eye. a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196) 8216: We may thre thynges se here In a myroure of glas..þe myrour..our awene face and lyknes..alle thyng þat es onence it. a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788) 1.250: We shulden ever loke upon God, as we mai here seen him bi mirrour, in a derknes of þingis þat he haþ maad. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson) 5.m.4.13: Stoyciens wenden that sowle had ben nakid of itself, as a mirour..so that alle figures most first comen fro thingis fro withoute..and ben emprientid into soules. ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12) 133b/a: Prospectiuez praiseþ to þis a mirrour [Ch.(2): glasse; L speculum] of stile. c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927) 1153: Man sal se in God, as in a myrour, All that he wil or may be to his honour. (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302) 8/221: Lok in þi merour; 3if þou loue þi ne3tboure, Þen þou louyst þi Sauyoure. (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236) 128/29: Qwhils we go be faith, be mero as wer & schado we see. (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221) 339: Myrowre, or myrowre glasse: Speculum. (1440) * Capgr. St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55) 3831: Al þat euyr we se here of þe oþer lif, We se it as in a myrowre or in a glas. c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5) 102/1: Holy Scripture is sette in þe yen of oure hertis as a myrrour [vr. merowre], to þe entent þat we shoulde þere-in see þe erthly face of oure soule. (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 102: De ij barbour myrors, ij d. c1460(a1449) Lydg. Look TM (Hrl 2255) 184: A fool that is by repoort repreeuable Shuld look yn his myrour and deeme noon othir wiht. c1460(a1449) Lydg. Look TM (Hrl 2255) 200: Look in your merours or ye deeme any wiht. c1460(a1449) Lydg. Look TM (Hrl 2255) 208: Look weel your myrour or ye deeme any wiht. a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116) 19/18: The damesele saw..the shadewe of a man in the merour. ?a1450(?c1370) ?Chaucer W.Unc.(Robinson) 8: A mirour nothing may enpresse, But, lightly as it cometh, so mot it pace. ?a1475(a1396) * Hilton SP (Hrl 6579) 1.9.5b: We see now God bi a miror, as hit were in a mirknesse; bute in heuen schul we see opinli face to face. ?a1475(a1396) * Hilton SP (Hrl 6579) 1.9.6a: Þe face of oure soule..bihalden, as in a miror, heuenly ioye. c1475(a1449) Lydg. SPuer(1) (LdMisc 683) 11: Ageyn the post lat nat thy bak abyde; Make nat the merour [vr. myrroure] also of the wall. ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562) 76a: To luke in a merow [Monson: Merowe]: mirari. a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64) 38.9: The ymage of a meror..soen wites away. a1500 Gloss.Garland (Hrl 1002) 123: Specula: myrrys. c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19) 1727: Oft a false myrrour deceyueth a mannys look.
Herald of Record: Silver Buccle Principal Herald
2: Angus Macdougal of the Debatable Lands - New Name & New Device
Argent, three cogwheels sable
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Sound most important.
Angus - Black, sub Angus, lists Angus macDunc'in to 1204.
Macdougal - Reaney & Wilson, sub Macdougal, lists Makdougal to 1230.
Debatable Lands - Group name, registered, 1975.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
3: Constance Glyn Dwr - New Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2000, via Æthelmearc.
Erminois, three ravens sable
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
4: Edithe of the Debatable Lands - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Culture (11th-13th c. Norman) most important.
Edithe - Withycombe, sub Edith lists Edithe to 1284.
Debatable Lands - Group name, registered, 1975.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
5: Edithe of the Debatable Lands - New Alternate Name
OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.
Eadgyth of the Debatable Lands
Culture (Anglo-Saxon) most important.
Eadgyth - Anglo-Saxon Women's Names from Royal Charters <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem> lists Eadgyth
Debatable Lands - Group name, registered, 1975.
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
6: Edmund of Worcester - New Name & New Device
Sable, a wyvern contourny, on a chief Or three sheafs of arrows sable fletched and ribboned gules
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Edmund - Reaney & Wilson, p. 151, cites Edmund Wedertihand to the 13th c.
Worcester - Reaney and Wilson, p. 503, cites William de Worcester to 1290.
Herald of Record: Kadlin Sigvaldakona
7: Gerard de Rueil - New Name
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Sound most important.
Language (French) most important.
Gerard - Parisian Names 1421, 1423, & 1438 <http:www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423.html> cites one instance of Gerard to 1423.
Rueil - Parisian Surnames 1421, 1423, & 1438 <http:www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423surnames.html> cites four occurences of de Rueil from 1421, 1423, & 1438.
Herald of Record:
8: Ingvarr melrakki - New Name & New Device
Quarterly argent and gules, four fox masks counterchanged
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Sound most important.
Ingvarr - Lind, col. 1117, sub Yngvar, cites Ingvarr to the Landnamabok.
melrakki - Zoëga, p. 294, define melrakki "arctic fox"
Herald of Record: Garnet Herald
9: Ráðúlfr Eiríksson - New Name & New Device
Argent, on a bend cotised vert an H-rune Or
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language (Norse) most important.
Ráðúlfr - Geirr Bassi, p. 14, lists Ráðúlfr asan orthographic variant from the Landnámabók.
Eiríkr - Gerr Bassi, p. 9, cites 12 occurrences of Eiríkr as a masculine given name in the Landnámabók.
Name Formation - geirr Bassi states that the gentive case of names ending with -r is formed by changing the terminal -r to -s. The patronymic suffix -son is then`added to the genitive case stem.
Herald of Record: Cornelian Herald
10: Saint Swithin's Bog, Barony of - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 1999, via Æthelmearc.
Argent, a stand of cattails slipped and leaved proper within an annulet per pale azure and sable
For the Baronial Youth Award
Originally blazoned Per pale azure and sable, on a roundel argent a stand of cattails slipped and leaved proper.
Herald of Record: Vivienne Marie de Beauvais
11: Saint Swithin's Bog, Barony of - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 1999, via Æthelmearc.
Per pale azure and sable, a stand of three cattails slipped and leaved Or
Badge for the Populace
Herald of Record: Vivienne Marie de Beauvais
12: Saint Swithin's Bog, Barony of - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 1999, via Æthelmearc.
Sable, two hands couped conjoined in fees supporting a stand of cattails slipped and leaved Or, in base a ford argent
Badge for the Award of Palus Amicus
There is no record of this award name being registered. And, no name submission is included with this badge. If neither proof nor submission is forthcoming, I will consider this to be a badge registered to the Barony without a designator.
Herald of Record: Vivienne Marie de Beauvais
13: Silva Vulcani, Shire of - Resub Branch Name & New Device
Argent, an anvil sable and on a chief gules three laurel wreaths Or
This is part of continuing saga of the University of California (PA) group name. It was originally submitted as Vulcan's Forge in May, 1999, and returned in July, 2009; it was then resubmitted as Vulcansmede in June, 2010, and returned in July, 2010. Both previous submissions were at Kingdom level.
Silva - Latin "forest" <http:humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin>
Vulcani - Latin "Vulcan's". A 1573 map of Cyprus <http://www.orteliusmaps.com/book/ort149.html> cites the following:
TITLE: CYPRI I INSVLAE I NOVI DE:ISCRIPT.I "1573" [A New Representation of the Isle of Cyprus. 1573. (Inset 75 x 100 mm, oval shape scale 1:4000,000) LEMNOS INSVLAE I "descriptionem ex Petri Bellonij I libro de Auibus, hoc in loco I tanquam paregon adiecimus" [A map representing the isle of Lemnos from the book about birds by Peter Bellonius, which we have added in this place as an additional work]. (Bottom Right) "Ex monte Vulcani I terra quam vocant I Lemniam omnis effoditur" [from Vulcan's Mount, they all mine earth which they call lemnia. [aluminous earth, used as medecin]. "Ioannes a Deutecum f. Cum Priuilegio." [Engraved by Iohannes van Deutecum. With Privilege].Petition is duly signed and attached. I have included an image of the map inset below.
Herald of Record: Roderigo de Roja
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14: Uilliam Mac an t-saoir - New Name & New Device
Azure, a tree eradicated Or, on a chief embattled argent, a wolf courant sable
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language (Gaelic) most important.
Uilliam - O'Corrain and Maguire, sub Uilliam, notes that Uilliam came to Ireland with the Normans and that a diminuitive form appeared in the 14th C.
Mac an t-saoir - Black, sub Macintyre, lists this as the modern Gaelic form. The submitter wants a period Gaelic form. Black lists a Gillechrist M'Yntiry to 1490 (which is probably a Gael).
Herald of Record: Elsbeth Anne Roth
15: Úrsúla of Rouen - New Name Change & New Device
Per chevron sable and azure, a chevon inverted Or between two dogwood blossoms argent seeded Or
Old Item: Katerina Alleye, to be retained.
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
The submitter desires an Old Norse-French name combination.
Úrsúla - Geirr Bassi, n.p., cites this name. Lind, col. 1062, cites Ursula to 1200.
Rouen - A French place name. Dauzat and Rostaing, p. 576, cites Rouen as capital de la cité gaul, des Véliocasses, puis de la Lyonnaise II, puis de duché de Normandie en 912. Further, the Encyclopedia Brittanica, 11th ed., vol. 23, p. 768-770, confirms Rouen as the capital city of the Duchy of Normandy in the 10th century.
Name Formation - the pronoun will have to change. The Lingual Weirdness Table <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/weirdness_table.html> states that French-Norse (Old Norse) is a SFPP.
Herald of Record: Garnet Herald