Unto the Æthelmearc College of Arms and all unto whom these words come, greetings from Dagonell. Okay, It's 2001 A.D. I want my hover-car. I want my 3-D holographic television. I want my robot butler. I want my vacation trip to the L-5 Hilton with the zero-gee swimming pool. On the other hand, we have the Internet, telecommunications satellites, cell-phones, cash cards, nuclear power plants, robot gladiators, gene-mapping, and re-runs of "I Love Lucy", so not all the predictions about 2001 were false. :) BTW, has anyone ever noticed that the submission forms we use are dated A.S. 1998? :)
"Chestnuts roasting on a open fire... "My family has always roasted chestnuts during the winter as a special treat. This winter was the first time I've actually roasted them on a open fire in a fireplace instead setting the oven at 350. I swear they taste better this way. Of course, it took some practice to get the knack. In the first attempt, the aluminum pie pan melted and dumped the nuts into the flames. :)
"Hark; the herald choir sings... "~ An interesting phenomenon has taken place in Rhydderich Hael. There's now a 100% overlap between the Rhydderich Hael Consort and the Heraldic Flying Circus and Moving Company. Every one of the vocalists is now a warranted herald! Maybe that's why their letters of comment are written on sheet music! :)
Please welcome the following additions to our ranks: Hieronyma Holvoet van Dadizele, Hornwood Pursuivant; Bonifatuis Eburhard "called Oger", Nithgaard Pursuivant; Cadell Blaidd du, Comet Pursuivant for BMDL; Elizabeth Law, Ice Dragon Pursuivant for Rhydderich Had; and Isake de Elford, Hunter's Home Pursuivant. Vivant! Vivant! Vivant!
This is a thick envelope and I apologize. Over the holidays, I got caught up on everything. This packet includes, ILoI AE48, LoR AE44, XLoI AE45 (there were no returns, so I'm using the XLoI as the LoR so it's one less report I have to write), and LoR AE46.
As always, you are welcome to comment on all or any part of this letter. E-mail is strongly encouraged. Send comments to: Lord Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald; c/o David P. Salley, 5294 Webster Road; Fredonia, N.Y. 14063 or salley@klaatu.canisius.edu Courtesy copies to: Cadell Blaidd du, AE Heralds Webmaster, c/o Trevor W. Schadt, 2352 Eldridge Street, Pittsburgh PA 15217, or owaru@myfamily.org. Due date is March 1, 2001A.D. / A.S. XXXV
01.) AEthelmearc, Kingdom of -- new order name (The Order of the Sylvan Hounds) and badge
Sylvan - the Oxford English Dictionary (page 448 of volume 17 in the second edition) defines "sylvan" used as an adjective meaning "Belonging, pertaining or relating to, situated or performed in, associated with, or characteristic of, a wood or woods." (although with the notation that in earliest use of deities or nymphs). The use as a adjective is dated to 1580. A 1586 citation reads: "A goodly white marble stone, that should seeme had bene dedicated in ancient time to the Silvan gods."
The OED also defines sylvan as a subject meaning "One who (or something that) inhabits a wood or forest; a being of the woods." More specifically in this section (A.c), it gives a further definition of sylvan meaning "An animal, esp. a bird, living in or frequenting the woods." The earliest dated usage of this word is 1612, and reads "Hunts-up to the Morn the feath'red Sylvans sing."
Hound - the Oxford English Dictionary (page 432 of volume 7 in the second edition) defines "hound" as meaning: "a dog, generally." The first dated example is circa 897 AD, and the first example with the submitted spelling of "hound" is dated to circa 1374: "It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake..."
This name follows the established pattern of
We would like to address the combination of "sylvan" and "hound." The OED states that the earliest usage of the adjective sylvan referred to deities or nymphs. We believe the combination of "sylvan hound" could be a reasonable allusion to a mythic or legendary forest-dwelling hound. This would be an appropriate employment of the word, with its period meaning. It would also be similar in usage to other mythic or legendary forest-dwelling creatures such as the white hart and the unicorn, which are used commonly in period and in the Society.
The reference to creatures or people of myth or legend can be found in period group names. On Badger's web page we find the following orders: Golden Unicorn (Holy Land, 998), The Argonauts (Two Sicilies, 1382), and the Golden Fleece (Bruges, 1430).
"[Fieldless], a demi-greyhound rampant contourny argent collared gules, sustaining on a roundel gules an escarbuncle argent."
Herald of Record: Silver Buccle
02.) Alana Griffin (F) -- new name and device
Alana -- Tangwystyl found "Alana filia eius" on pg. 112 of Poll Taxes of 1377,1379 & 1381 Part I: Bedfordshire-Leicestershire by Fenwick, Carolyn C. (under Derryshire: 1381 High Peak Wapentake)
Griffin - Reaney & Wilson (s.n. Griffin) cites Robert Griffin in 1197 (Note from Garnet: It's also the submitter's mundane surname)
"Sable, a griffin segreant Or, winged argent, maintaining an acorn Or."
03.) Aminah al-Raqqasah (F) -- new name and device
Aminah -- taken from A List of Arabic Women's Names by Da'ud ibn Auda (http://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/arabicwomen.html)
al-Raqqasah -- English-Arabic Dictionary Romanized by Edward Elias, 3rd ed., P. Shalom Publishers, Inc. pg 47. Reference taken from Academy of St. Gabriel Letter #731 (pce)
"Purpure, in fess an increscent, a roundel and a decrescent argent."
Herald of Record: Beautrice Hammeltoune
04.) Anna Malakina -- name in process (AE46). resubmitted device "Or; three rustres gules."
Her previous device submission, "Or, on a lozenge gules, three bezants one and two." was returned for a technical violation of the rules for submission
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
05.) Angus the Bull (M) -- new name and device
Angus -- Black, George F. Surnames of Scotland
the Bull -- descriptive byname. I could not find any Scottish examples of such a byname, but there are several Irish examples: Rón ("seal") & Echluath ("fast horse"): O'Brien, MA Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberne. Vol. I, Damán ("little stag/little ox"): O'Corrain, Donnchadh Irish Names. 2nd ed. pg 69. Faol ("wolf'): White, Newport B. The Red Book of Ormond
"Per fess sable and argent, a goat's head erased between three gates counterchanged."
Herald of Record: Beautrice Hammeltoune
Arabella -- Withycombe, s.n. Arabel(la), cites Arabella, wife of John de Montpynçon in 1255
Macgrath -- Header form in Black, "An Irish form of Gaelic Macrath (Macrae)"
07.) Cynthia Tower the Beloved (F) -- new name and device
Cynthia -- The submitter's legal given name as listed on her driver's license (pce)
Tower -- Reaney & Wilson, 3rd ed. pg. 452, identifies a Gilbert le Tower in 1255
Beloved -- The OED, 2nd ed. vol. II, identifies "beloved" as an adjective meaning "loved" with dating used as early as 1398. An example of usage cited from 1535 is "...for thy beloved Abraham's sake." (pce)
"Gules, on a tower argent a heart gules within an one of chamomile flowers argent seeded Or."
Herald of Record: Silver Buccle
08.) Diederic van Flandres (M) -- new name and device
Diederic -- Flemish, 1479-1576 taken from "Flemish Names from Bruges" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/bruges)
van Flandres -- Flemish, 1280-1400 see Academy of St. Gabriel letter #1295 (pce)
"Per chevron azure and vert, two compass stars argent and a butterfly Or."
Herald of Record: Beautrice Hammeltoune
09.) Georg Eisenfaust -- name registered September 1996, resubmitted device
"Argent, on a pall sable, a sinister gauntlet clenched between three octagons argent."
His previous submission "Argent, a sinister gauntleted fist on a chief sable, three octagons argent" was returned at kingdom, but the reason is not indicated.
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
10.) Giovanni Magrino (M) -- new name and device
Giovanni -- "Italian Names from 1427" (Online Catasto) lists Giovanni as the #1 most frequent male name. Also Giovanni is a header form in de Felice (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto (pce)
Magrino -- de Felice (s.n. Magri) lists Magrino as an alternate form
"Argent, on a pile azure between two money bags sable, a lymphad argent."
11.) Honorée d'Avallon (F) -- new name and device
Honorée -- An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris (Colm Dubh) cites "Honoree [une] niece" (pce)
d'Avallon -- French Names from Two Thirteenth Century Chronicles - Place Names Used in Locative Surnames (Arval Beniecoeur) lists "Avallon" under "Place Names used in Locative Surnames" and states that the surname would be constructed with "de" (pee)
"Purpure, two horses rampant addorsed argent."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
12.) Ian Owen Brady -- name registered June 1998, new badge
"Or, a squirrel sejant erect sable maintaining in dexter forepaw a sword bendwise sinister and in the sinister forepaw a tankard argent."
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
13.) Jacopo di Niccolo -- name registered January 1997, new badge
"[Fieldless], on a quatrefoil erminois, a sea-lion rampant maintaining a bow gules."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
14.) Katherine Sinclaire -- name registered January 1998, change of device
"Per pale sable and argent, two swans rising respectant, wings elevated and addorsed, on a chief four increscents all counterchanged"
If this device is registered, her old device "Per pale sable and argent, two swans naiant respectant counter-changed." will be released.
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
Lothar -- Bahiow, pg. 344, lists "Lothar" as a header form. Also, "Lothar" was the name of the Holy Roman Emperor in period.
Von den Hülgelvolk -- Deutch for "of the hill folk"
Herald of Record: Charles O'Connor
16.) Roswitha von Pirmasens (F) -- new name and device
Roswitha -- is her real name (German)
von -- is German for "from'
Pirmasens -- is the name of the city in Germany she is from
"A gold heart on a field of blue, a gold tower on a field of black, divided by a gold chevron."Herald of Record: Raymond de Caen
William -- Withycombe states William "was introduced into England by the Normans in the 11th c., from which time it has held its place as one of the commonest men's names"
Forestier -- Dauzat (s.n. "Foresti") lists "Forestier" as a sub-form, as "<
le Forestier -- "16th Century Norman Names" (Cateline de la Mar) cites several examples of surnames constructed as "le" + profession (Marchant, Marinier, etc.) (pce)
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du