Unto Lord Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald of the glorious Sylvan Kingdom of AEthelmearc, come Greetings from the Heraldic Flying Circus and Moving Company
Herewith, our commentary on ILOI #A42:
Change of holding name: Dropping a silent "w" seems reasonable to us.
New device: The owl should be blazoned "affronty".
New name: There was some question as to whether "Wyn", although a perfectly acceptable name _element_, could stand on its own as a name.
New device: The first "or" is redundant.
New name: O'Corrain and Maguire p. 90 gives "Eaden " as a modern spelling of "Etan" or "Etain". The submitter's citation of MacLysaght p.91 does not specify whether "Mac an Druaidh" is a modern or period form.
New device: The charges may be tinctured more simply as "counterchanged". The owl is drawn in trian aspect; it should either be to dexter or affronty.
Change of name: Withy p.83 notes that "Diane" enjoyed popularity in the Renaissance, and cites Diane de Poitiers (no date).
New badge: Shahira notes that the violet is incorrectly drawn. The petals should be "two up, one down".
New name: This submission lacks a byname, as defined and required by paragraph III.2.a of the Rules for Submission. Also, the documentation offers "Jessalyn" as an undated variant of the submitter's mundane first name. Paragraph II.4 specifically excludes variants from the "legal name" rule. It is our consensus that the variant spelling is improbable, at best. The closest examples we could find were variants of "Jocelyn", which was a male name in period. On the bright side, several suggestions were made for more registerable alternatives, and the submitter is encouraged to consult further with the heralds.
New device: The eagle and panther are color-on-color, and the entire design is "slot machine heraldry". In re-design, note that the crescent is a decrescent, the eagle should be blazoned "volant en arriere" (there's an accent in there somewhere, but I'm not sure where or what kind), and the panther is passant to sinister. She won't be able to use all of them, but any two would work.
New name: We would like to see better (dated) doc on "Hroswith". Reaney and Wilson p. 419 gives "De Southwood" in period. (Sorry, I neglected to note the exact date.)
New name: "Meadhbh":O'Corrain and Maguire p. 135 states this name was "popular in late medieval Ireland". Ibid p.163 States that :Seamuis" was introduced to Ireland by Norman settlers.
New device: Re-blazon as "Argent, a dragon passant within an orle purpure." The tressure is a diminutive, and is not borne singly, per PicDic #533.
New device: A Maltese Falcon. Cute.
New device: Shahira thinks this is a "compass star inverted" I think it is a "compass star elongated to chief".
New name: O'Corrain and Maguire p.169 says that the name was popular in late medieval Ireland. This is a modern spelling, however.
That's all for this month. Until next month, we remain
Yours in Heraldic Service,
Cigfran Caer Gwalch, Icedragon Pursuivant
Edmund Lambert Tregelles, Silver Buccle Herald
Elizabeth Law of Clan Robertson, Haelstone Pursuivant
Prospero di San Giuseppi Iato, called Lontrallo
Shahira bint al-Samad
and
Otfrid Ammerthaler, reporting