Unto François Laurel, Mari Pelican, Zenobia Wreath, and the commenting members of the College of Arms, do Ailis Garnet and Roana Cornelian send greetings! It is the wish of the Æthelmearc College of Heralds that the following submissions be considered for registration. Unless otherwise noted, the submitters will accept any changes.
1. Briag ap Ithel ap Maelgwyn – New device
Ermine, a wolf’s head erased contourny gules and on a chief azure three arrows palewise argent.
His name was submitted on the July XLoI, Æ58. His previously submitted device (on the same letter) is being withdrawn; this replaces it.
2. Cassandra Pendorayl – New device
Vert, a centaur passant Or blowing a horn argent and on a chief Or three acorns proper.
Her name was registered in 05/99.
3. Cernach Mac Gilla Crist – New name, New device
Per pale azure and Or, three key crosses counterchanged.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter requests an authentic Irish name.
Cernach is the first header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire (before the colon), which states that "Cernach Sotal (‘the Arrogant’) [was] son of the high-king Diarmait (665)." Heather Rose Jone's article "100 Most Popular Names in Early Medieval Ireland" notes 28 occurrances of Cernach in M.A. O'Brien's Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae.
The CELT site, in the Annals of Ulster for 1088, lists Mac Gilla Crist maic Echtigirnn, taissech Corco Achland.
4. Katharina Jourdain –New badge
Sable, a dragon’s head couped between three annulets argent.
Her name was registered in 02/91.
5. Konon Pivovar – New name, New device
Per pale gules and sable, three hands argent.
This name is intended to be masculine and Russian.
Konon is a header form in Wickenden and is dated to 1477.
Pivovar is also a header form in Wickenden and is dated to 1580.
6. Mountain Confederation – New badge
Per fess azure and Or, a catamount passant and a triple-peaked mountain issuant from base counterchanged.
The name was registered in 04/84. This household’s name and armory are registered to it as a distinct entity, like a group. As such, we have included a petition, with 25 members’ approval of the new badge.
This name is intended to be feminine.
Pavla is a header form in Wickenden. The documentation states that this spelling is dated to 308 (Really! This is not a typo.) with other variant spellings dated to the 13th-14th centuries.
Satu Marin is a noun-based toponymic intended to mean “Person of/from Satu-Mare.” Satu-Mare is a modern placename. There is a Romanian Cities webpage which gives: "Satu Mare county residence; city in Biharia voivodeship (10th cent.) [sic]; documentary attestation 13th cent." A link from that site tells us (drawing from the anonymously authored Gesta Hungarorum) that the ground occupied by the modern city was originally the location of a fortified stronghold, "Castrum Zotmar," mentioned in documents dating to circa 900. In 1006, the city on this site was known as "Villa Zotmar." That’s as much as we can ferret out about this city; can anyone out there help us with formation of an appropriate period locative byname for this fine gentle?