Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ142
January 1, 2012
Fridrikr Tomasson
Garnet
Herald, c/o Thomas Ireland-Delfs, 731 S. Main St., Newark NY
14513
garnetherald at aeheralds dot
net
Commentary on these items will be
due on: February 1, 2012
Commentary may be posted to the ACE internal commentary system at: http://ace.aeheralds.net
Commentary may also be sent privately to: garnetherald at
aeheralds dot net -OR- fridrikr at thescorre dot org
1. Endless Hills, Barony of the New Award or Order Name.
Order of the Barnacle
The barnacle is a standard heraldic charge used by the Barony in its
badge Or, a pair of barnacles sable, registered August, 1999,
with which this name is to be associated.
Barnacle - The on-line Middle English Dictionary
<http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=13513064&egdisplay=compact&egs=13515895>
defines barnacle as meaning "A bit for a horse, etc.; a
snaffle; also, a heraldic representation of a snaffle." and cites this
spelling as from Higden's Polychronicon, i, 353 - "Þey
dryueþ hir hors wiþ a chambre 3erde..instede of barnacles."
Herald of Record: Garnet
2. Endless Hills, Barony
of the New Award or Order Name.
Order of the Zule
The zule is a standard heraldic charge used by the Barony in its badge Vert,
a zule Or registered August, 1999, with which this name is to be
associated.
Zule - Although we have been unable to document this particular
word to period, we note the Precedent stated in the July, 2011, Cover
Letter which states:
From Pelican: SCA Blazonry Terms in Order Names and
Heraldic Titles
We were also asked to consider whether blazonry terms used in the SCA
for period charges may be used to create order names and heraldic
titles when the terms themselves cannot be dated to period. This is a
problem, as we do not know the period terms for some period heraldic
charges. As order names were often derived from badges, it seems unfair
to say that a period charge for which we have no period name cannot
form the basis of an order. Therefore, the standard names used within
SCA blazon for charges used in period armory and for charges compatible
with period practice (that is, those charges that are not considered a
step from period practice) will be allowed in order names and heraldic
titles. This does not extend to blazonry terms that were not used to
create order names and heraldic titles (like lines of division). While
we will allow the use of out of period standard Society blazonry terms
for period charges in order names, this usage will carry a step from
period practice.
< http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2011/07/11-07cl.pdf>
Based on this precedent and the registration of the zule as recently as
2009, we believe this Order name is acceptable and can be registered.
Herald of Record: Garnet
3. Endless Hills, Barony
of the New Award or Order Name.
Order of the Red Thunderbolt
The thunderbolt is a standard heraldic charge used by the Barony in its
badge, Argent, a thunderbolt gules, registered August, 1999,
with which this name is to be associated.
Red - The on-line Middle English Dictionary
<http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=156950674&egdisplay=compact&egs=156969069>,
sn r{e-}d, cites the proposed spelling in the Revelations
of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, 68/10,13 (c. 1475): "For the apering
of the pulpite was as it had be the sonnebeme, hauyng a red colour and
a white colour and a shynyng colour of gold..the rede colour was as a
roose."
Thunderbolt - The Oxford Universal English Dictionary
(1937), vol. IX, p. 2186, c. 1-2. cites thunderbolt to 1440. It
cites the current spelling to 1599: "Prince Edward the thunderbolt of
ware in his time". Also, the on-line Middle English Dictionary
<http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=212024048&egdisplay=compact&egs=212046405>
cites the Alphabet of Tales, 49/9 (c. 1450): "Þis womman
was burnyd to dede with a thondre-bolte & fell down to assh."
Herald of Record: Garnet
4. Endless Hills, Barony
of the New Award or Order Name.
Order of the Shining Lamp
The arabic lamp is a standard heraldic charge used by the Barony in its
badge, Azure, an Arabic lamp enflamed within a bordure Or,
registered in August, 1999, and re-blazoned in June, 2011, with which
this name is to be associated.
Shining - The on-line Middle English Dictionary
<http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=177831945&egdisplay=compact&egs=177836684>
sn sh{i-}ning(e), cites various spellings including shining
in the Speculum of Guy of Warwick, l. 382 (c. 1330): "God
is..so cler a þing Þat heuene and erþe he 3eueþ
shining." The use of shining as an adjective is shown in The
on-line Middle English Dictionary
<http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=156950674&egdisplay=compact&egs=156969069>,
sn r{e-}d, cites the proposed spelling in the Revelations
of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, 68/10,13 (c. 1475): "For the apering
of the pulpite was as it had be the sonnebeme, hauyng a red colour and
a white colour and a shynyng colour of gold..the rede colour was as a
roose."
Lamp - The Oxford Universal English Dictionary (1937),
vol. V, pp. 1101, c. 3 - 1102, c. 1, cites lamp as Middle
English. The current spelling occurs in The Tempest, IV, 1, 24, "As
Hymen's lamps shall light you," cited at
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=shak.%20tmp%204.1&lang=original>
and at C.T. Onions, ed., A Shakespeare Glossary Oxford, 1911
<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.03.0068:entry=lamp>:
lamp (2 now only a slang sense)
1. torch Tp. IV. i. 23 “Hymen's lamps.”
2. pl. the eyes Err. V. i. 317 “My wasting l-s,” Ven. 489 “Were never
four such l-s together mix'”
Herald of Record: Garnet
5. Gerard de Reuil
Resubmitted Device.
Argent, two lions combatant gules, a chief counter-ermine.
Name registered, April, 2011.
His previous device submission, Argent, a chevron counter-ermine
between three lions rampant sable, was returned at Kingdom in
March, 2011, was returned for conflict with the registered device of
David of Illwheirlane (reg. 01/1973), Argent, a chevron
counter-ermine between two towers and a fasces sable.
Herald of Record: Ragna Haakonarsdottir
6. Jacob of Dunmore New
Device.
Per fess argent and vert, a falcon close, hooded and jessed, sable.
Name registered, March, 2009, via AEthelmearc.
Herald of Record: Dagonell, Whitehorn
7. James O'Galleghure of
Tir Chonaill Resubmitted Name.
James O'Galleghure of Tir Chonaill
His previous name submission, James Gallagher, was returned at
Laurel, in June, 2011, for conflict with the name, Seamus
O’Gallagher. At that time, Laurel said that the given names are
identical, by previous decisions, and the bynames are identical in
meaning and sound. I suggested that submitter consider adding a
locative (place name) or descriptive byname (nickname) to clear this
conflict. Lady Laurel asked that he be informed that the surname
“Gallagher” is not documented in period without the particle “O” [O
Gallagher]. The closest form the commenters have found is O
Galleghure.
No Major Changes Allowed.
Desires Irish, though not requiring authenticity.
James - Withycombe cites this as a Biblical name, to the
12th century.
O'Galleghure - Woulfe (p. 538 s.n. Ó
Gallchobhair) lists O Galleghure as an Anglicized Irish surname dated
to temp. Elizabeth I-James I.
Tir Chonaill - The submitter asserts, but does not document,
that Tir Chonaill is "an old Irish medical kingdom located in
present day country (sic) Donegal." What I have found indicates that by
late period, it was spelled Tyrconnell. I believe that
re-spelling the name to an acceptable period form should be allowable.
Note: Combining English and Anglicized Irish is one SFPP.
Herald of Record: Ragna Haakonarsdottir
8. James O'Galleghure of
Tir Chonaill Resubmitted Device.
Per chevron azure and argent, two coneys combatant argent and a
triquetra vert
His previous device submission, Per chevron azure and argent, in
chief a rabbit rampant and a dragon cuchant contourny argent and in
base a triquetra vert, was returned at Kingdom for slot-machine
design. This presents a significant improvement.
Herald of Record: Ragna Haakonarsdottir
9. Katellin Rose of
Aylesbury Vayle New Name.
Katellin Rose of Aylesbury Vayle
Originally submitted as Katelynne Rose, this was changed with
the submitter's express permission to 1) bring the given name to a
period form and 2) avoid conflict with Catherine de la Rose was
registered in 1987, and Kathleen Rose, registered 1998.
Kateline - Brian M. Scott (Talan Gwynek), Feminine English
Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames, cites any number of
variants on Katherine, including Kateline stated to
1273.
Rose - R&W, sn Rose, Royce, Royse cites Thomas
filius Rose to 1279, and Peter Rose to 1302.
of Aylesbury Vayle - Aylesbury Vale is a modern
governmental district in the UK which is comprised of "a large area of
flat land mostly in Buckinghamshire, England."
Aylesbury - Ekwall, sn Aylesbury lists AEgelesburg
571, AEglesbyrig 921, {aet} AEgelesbyrig c 970, and Eliesberia
from the Domesday Book. R&W, sn Aylesbury cites John de
Aylesbury from 1307.
Vayle - The on-line Middle English Dictionary
<http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=230538528&egdisplay=compact&egs=230545770>,
sn v{a-}le, cites vale from the Metrical Version of
the Old Testament, l. 2396, c. 1450: "And so was done by dyuerse
days, wher so þei went be down or dale; To Arnon fluyd þei
toke the ways, þat lyged þen low in a vayle."
Note: The submitter will accept, in descending order of
preference: 1) of Aylesbury Vayle, 2) of Waltham Forest, 3) of
Gloucestershire, 4) of Yorkshire, 5) of Westminster.
Herald of Record: Baroness Valeska
ADDENDUM:
January 8, 2012
Unto the College of Heralds &
commenters, greetings.
It is Their Royal Majesties' request that we submit for registration
the following order name and badge, which is intended for possible use
with a new grant-level order to recognize excellence in combat archery
and siege weapon engineering.
I would appreciate commentary by 1 February, please.
Done by my hand, this 8th day of January, AS 46, being the Feast of
Saint Pega of Peakirk,
Fridrikr, Garnet
1. AEthelmearc, Kingdom of New Award or Order Name.
Scarlet Battery, Order of the
Scarlet - The on-line Middle English Dictionary
<http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED38766>,
dates scarlet to the 14th century, meaning "of scarlet color". More
specifically, Henslow Recipes, dated to 1500, "To make scarlet
water: Take vreyne watere..and whanne hit ys lewe-hot, put in a poudre
of brasel, [etc.]. "
Battery - The Oxford Universal English Dictionary, vol. 1, p.
154, c. 2, cites battery to 1555, meaning "he smallest division
of artillery for tactical purposes."
NOTE: - The Kingdom of AEthelmearc registered the Order of the
Scarlet Guard in 1999. The term "Scarlet" should be grandfathered to
the Kingdom for use in further order names. As this name uses the same
pattern of <color> + <military group> as the Order of the
Scarlet Guard, we believe that this name should be registerable to the
Kingdom.
2. AEthelmearc, Kingdom
of New Award or Order Name and Badge.
Per fess embattled argent and gules, a bombard Gules charged with
an escarbuncle, and in base a sheaf of arrows argent.
For The Order of the Scarlet Battery.
This concludes the
Æthelmearc Internal Letter
of Intent for January 1, 2012
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