"Baby, it's cold outside..." But that didn't stop seven hundred SCAdians from converging on Rhydderich Hael for Ice Draon 2001: A Hael Odyssey making it one of the largest indoor events in recent Æthelmearc history. Heralds' Point was so full of heralds, I never got a chance to sit down. I'd like to thank Juliana de Luna, Richenda du Jardin, Cadell Blaidd du, Cigfran Caer Gwalch, and Nigel of Southwood for their work at the consult table, Otfrid Ammerthaler and Nigel of Soutwhood for making announcements and Edmund Tregelles and Elizabeth Law for the excellent job running courts. If I missed anyone, my apologies and thanks. If it seemed like there was a shortage of heralds behind the throne, it's because they were all in front of it. Congratulations to Edmund Tregelles, Silver Buccle Herald and Diane the Scribner, pursuivant at large, for their induction in the Venerable Order of the Ice Dragon, the Hael's service order. Congratulations to Hieronyma Holvoet von Dadizele, Hornwood Pursuivant on receiving her Award of Arms. Congratulations to Rhys ap Madog, who received his Award of Arms at the Pas d'Armes in Stormsport on March 3rd. Congratulations to Otfrid Ammerthaler, pursuivant at large; Elizabeth Law, Ice Dragon Pursuivant, and Belgrande the Bladegatherer, Chancellor of the Exchequer for Æthelmearc's College of Heralds, for their induction in the Order of the Keystone. Congratulations to Brian "Scoop" Leichester, Golden Alce Herald, on his induction into the Order of the Pelican. Vivant! Vivant! Vivant!
"The hills are alive..." I built a couple of bird-feeders and set them out thinking I'd get the same assortment I got in the city, flocks of sparrows with an occasional robin. I've gotten sparrows, robins, wrens, chickadees, grackles, crows, cardinals, doves, juncos, redwings, and more. I've never before seen five blue-jays on a feeder at once. They were gone by the time I got my camera. There's a woodpecker nearby. I've heard him, but I haven't been able to lure him into view. Naturally, I've bought a couple of books on bird identification. Even the bird feeder thieves come in a variety. The squirrels are gray, black, and flying. The chipmunks are long and short tailed. It's nest building time. After I brush the cats, I take the combings outside and stuff them into the fork of a tree branch. It's fun watching teh little birds pull it out and fly off with it. I was told the biggest problem pond owners have is insects. I don't have that problem. What the bran swallows and frogs don't get by day, the bats get at dawn and dusk. I'll be building bat, bird and butterfly houses this spring. There's a den of foxes less than half a mile from my house, on one of my paths for afternoon walks. I've counted eight kits. Mother fox has informed me that I will keep a respectful distance. :) "Where the deer and the antelope play..." but they've got to learn not to play in traffic. I've acquired a second deer skin the same way I acquired the first. I even found the carcass in the exact same spot. I've gotten better with practice. The skinning process was easier this time and I got more of the hide in one piece.
APRIL FOOL!!! By the time you get this, you should have also gotten Æthelmearc's first April Fool's day Letter of Intent. One Dagonell point for a job well done to Ailis Linne, Cadell Blaidd du, Myfanwy verch Rhiannon, Richenda du Jardin, Roana d'Evreux and the amstermind behind it all, Juliana de Luna. I'm registering what??? :)
As always, you are welcome to comment on all or any part of this letter. E-mail is strongly encouraged. Send comments to: Dagonell Collingwood; 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, owaru@myfamily.org and Richenda du Jardin, Æsch editor, c/o Sue Wensel, 1155 Portland Street #2, Pittsburgh PA 15208, sewensel@bellatlantic.net. Due date is June 15, 2001 A.D. / A.S. XXXVI.
01.) Ailis ingen ui Donnubáin (F) - new name and device
Ailis - O'C&M, pg. 21, "From the Norman-French Aliz [...] By the twelfth century [...] common in England [...] brought into Ireland by the Normans."
Donnaban - O'C&M, pg. 77, "...borne by a number of ninth and tenth century princes"
Argent, three trefoils slipped and leaved vert, a chief embattled gules."
Herald of Record: Cigfran Caer Gwalch
02.) Anton Ivan Stansolvich (M) - new name and device
Anton - var. of Antonii, the Russianization of Anthony. Antonii Rimlianin before 1147.
Iuvan - dim. of Iuvanko (Iuvanko Ladykin) 1610, [RIB II 199]
Ivan - var. of Ioann, the Russianization of John and one of the most common given names, both the older form (Ioann) and the newer (Ivan)
Stas - Stas Makh, peasant. Recorded in 1600 [Tup. 245]
Stas - Stas Sukurko, craftsman, 1565. [Tup. 379] Dims. Stas'ko (Stas'ko Deshevoi, landowner) 1593. [Tup. 128] Paul Goldschmidt's Dictionary of Period Russian Names (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul)
The submitter's father's mundane is Stanley which is the reason for Staslovich. Julianna states that she is unfamiliar with Russian name construction. Can anyone verify that the formation is correct?
"Per fess embattled, sable and vert, three mullets Or and a hourse courant argent."
Herald of Record: Juliana Richenda Trevain, Sycamore Herald
03.) Antonio de Luna (M) - new name and device
Antonio - 16th Century Spanish Names handout by Elsbeth Anne Roth based on the Catalogo
de Luna - Ibid.
"Azure, three decrescents Or, a bend dovetailed argent."
Herald of Record: Brandubh o'Donnghaile
04.) Baraka bint Hasan al-Fahim (F) - new name and device
Baraka - Juliana de Luna, Andalusian Names: Arabs in Spain (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/andalusia) lists "Baraka" as a female given name. All names in this article are from between 700 and 1200 AD
bint Hasan - "daughter of Hasan" Ibid lists "Hasan" as a male given name
al-Fahim - Arabic for "the intelligent"
"Azure, a pair of zils within two scimitars crossed at the hilts in saltire argent."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
05.) Briant Huntington - name in process (letter #?), new device
"Vert, in fess two dolphins naiant addorsed palewise, a chief wavy argent five decrescents vert."
Herald of Record: Richenda du Jardin
06.) Brigette de Sainte Mere Eglise - name registered (date?), new badge
"Azure, on a pale argent, a rose barbed and seeded azure."
Herald of Record: Garnet
07.) Brigitte MacFarlane the Red (F) - new name and device
Brigitte - Dauzat, Les Noms de Famille de France, (sn. Brigitta). Also, O'C&M, pg. 36, (sn Brigit) Brigitta is a saint who died in 1373.
MacFarlane - R&W, Dictionary of English Surnames, pg. 291, (sn. MacFarlan) various spellings back to 1385.
the Red - descriptive byname
"Argent, vetu ploye purpure estencele argent a Ukrainian trident head sable."
Herald of Record: Ailis Linne
08.) Constance Waite - name registered December 1995, new badge
"Vert, a cross pheony argent a bordure engrailed argent."
Herald of Record: Isake de Elford
09.) Cadell Blaidd du - name registered November 1997, new device
"Gules, a pale chevronelly argent and sable." His current device, "Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a mullet of four points throughout between four ermine spots argent." is to be a badge if this passes.
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
10.) Cecily of Whitehaven - name registered March 1998, new badge
"Per fess argent and azure, in chief a lozenge fesswise gules."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
11.) Cordelia of Colton - name in process (XLoI #Æ46, dated 01/10/01), new device
"Per bend sinister wavy Or and azure, a bend sinister wavy between two crosses bottony counter-changed."
Herald of Record: Otfrid Ammerthaler
12.) Honorée d'Avallon - name in process (ILoI #Æ48), resubmitted device
"Purpure, two horses rampant addorsed between three fleurs-de-lys argent."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
Ivo - English Names foundin Brass Enscriptions by Julian Goodwyn online at Laurel homepage on a tomb brass dated 1414 C.E. Also Withycombe, pg. 167 (sn. Ivo) Ivo dated to 1086
Thorne - English Surnames by C.M. Matthews, pg. 270, "Thorne is easily the most numerous tree name" Also, R&W, pg. 444 (sn. Thorn, Thorne) William Thorn dated to 1206.
14.) Khazira bint Hakim (F) - new name and device
Khazira - Arabic Names and Naming Practices (Da'ud, KWHS) lists Khazira as a "pre-1600 Arabic name" under "Feminine Given Names"
bint Hakim - "daughter of Hakim" Arabic Naming Practices and Period Names List (Da'ud, online) lists Hakim as a male given name
"Vert, a pegasus rampant contourney between three decrescents argent."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
15.) Klaus Von Isenfaust (M) - new name and device
Klaus - found as a header form in Bahlow (and sn. Nick(el)) Klaus is dated to 1420 in Talan's Medieval German Names from Silesia
Von - of, of the. The submitter is willing to lose this if it is being used wrong.
Isenfaust - Isen is a variant of Eisen (Bahlow, sn. Isaibart & Isener) Eisen means Iron, (Bahlow, sn. Eisenbart) Faust means fist (Bahlow, sn. Faust) Similar formations include Eisenhaupt meaning 'iron head' (Bahlow, sn. Eisenhaupt), and Eisenbein meaning 'iron shin' (Bahlow, sn. Eisenbein).
"Per pale vert and argent, a tower between three butterflies counter-changed."
Herald of Record: Ailis Linne
Leonor - 16th Century Spanish Women's Names by Elsbeth Anne Roth from the Catalogo
Farfán - 16th Centure Spanish Names handout by Elsbeth Anne Roth based on the Catalogo
Herald of Record: Ailis Linne
17.) Mea the Bold (F) - new name and device
Mea - occurs 30 times in the 1427 Florence Catasto as a feminine given name
the Bold - R&W, pg 52, (sn. Bold), date Henry le Bolde to 1317
"Per pale argent and vert, a butterfly counter-changed."
Herald of Record: Ailis Linne
18.) Murdoch Bayne - name registered April 2000, new badge
"Per pale ermine and vert, a lion's head cabossed Or."
Herald of Record: Juliana Richenda Trevain
Reynold - header form in Withycombe, pg 252, dated to 1273
Wolferton - header form in Mills, a form is dated to 1166
Herald of Record: Ailis Linne
Rosalinda - given in Withycombe, pg. 257 (sn. Rosalind) as a spelling of Rosalind found in Spain
Castile - a kingdom of Spain last ruled by Isabel de Castilla
Herald of Record: Juliana de Luna
21.) Tarlach "Shadowraven" MacLave - name returned by Laurel December 2000, new badge
The name was returned by Laurel for being a post-period name. His device, "Per chevron throughout argent and azure, two ravens close with dexter claw elevated sale and a sun argent eclipsed sable" has been registered under the holding name Marc MacLave.
"Per fess sable and gules rayonny, a horse running argent sinister a chief embattled argent."
Herald of Record: Isake de Elford
22.) Tessa la Hunter (F) - new name and device
Tessa - name of Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale in the Caid KWHS AS. XXIV
la Hunter - R&W, pg. 244, (sn. Hunter), Juliana la Hunter 1312
"Azure, a ferret sejant erect maintaining three arrows argent, a bordure ermine."
Herald of Record: Ailis Linne
23.) Wülfer von Drachenhand (M) - new name and device
Wülfer - Header form in Bahlow; "Wulfhart" cited to 1257
Drachenhand - Herader form in Brechenmacher; "ÜN? 1367 Wolf von Nippenburg (Ludwigsburg), Drachenhand gennant : HNS. III 302,303"
Sable, three decrescents in bend between two wolves' heads erased uluant contourney argent."
Herald of Record: Cadell Blaidd du
As always, you are welcome to comment on all or any part of this letter. E-mail is strongly encouraged. Send comments to: Dagonell Collingwood; 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, owaru@myfamily.org and Richenda du Jardin, Æsch editor, c/o Sue Wensel, 1155 Portland Street #2, Pittsburgh PA 15208, sewensel@bellatlantic.net. Due date is June 15, 2001 A.D. / A.S. XXXVI.
In Service, Dagonell, Garnet Herald