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Letter of Intent #71
Elsbeth Anne Roth, Clarion Herald
Unto the College of Heralds of {AE}thelmearc, greetings from Elsbeth
Anne Roth, Clarion Herald.
Herein are my comments on {AE}71.
1. Alicia Hennenberg
Note that Withycombe, s.n. Alice, dates the form
"Alicia" in 1303
(probably as a Latin form), so the name is period,
although I was
unable to find it in Germany.
2. Aurenca Mouly: A horseshoe Or
Her submission in {AE}70 noted that her name is on
the May
external LoI ({AE}67).
3. Eumathios Bempetziotes
In particular, "Eumathios" is found in the forenames
section, and
"Bempetziotes" is found in the family name section.
The site looks
to be incredibly useful and reputable.
5. James Irvin
Looking at the S. Gabriel article, it looks like the
documentation
for "Irvin" comes from Black, pg. 278, s.n.
Irvine. The form
"Irvin" itself is dated to 1641, with similar forms
"Irvyn" dated
to 1500 and "Iruin" dated to 1602.
7. Wynterset, Stronghold of: Argent, a winged stag's head erased and
affronty azure surrounded by a laurel wreath vert and on a
chief
sable three mullets of eight argent
There are some problems with the emblazon, I'm
afraid. I suspect
the laurel wreath is not round enough to be
registerable, as per
the given precedent:
It must also be returned for
stylistic reasons. Laurel wreaths
must, by long standing
precedent, be drawn in a circular, or
mostly circular, shape. *V
shaped* laurel wreathes are not
acceptable. [Fiodnach
Eoghan, Shire of, 11/01, R-Trimaris]
Also the stag's head should be drawn more properly
*affronty*, not
looking slightly to its left.
Lastly, someone else commented on this style of
adding wings to a
head. It may be a problem: I check other
registrations of winged
heads and (those that were not cherubs) were either
winged faces
(heads cabossed) or, in, one case had the wings high
up behind the
ears, not where wings would be if the head had a
body. A winged
demi-stag would be a much better charge (although it
should be
guardant and not affronty).
8. Wynterset, Stronghold of: Sable, upon a mullet of eight argent a
winged stag's head erased and affronty azure
This is probably in conflict with the badge for
Micheila nic
Fhionghuin of Skye (February 1985), *Azure, a sun
argent eclipsed
azure charged with a mullet voided argent*. There is
a CD for
fieldlessness, but probably not a CD for changing
the tertiaries,
as seen by the following precedent:
[*On a sun argent an
escallop inverted azure*] Conflict with
Micheila nic Fhaionghuin of
Skye, Azure, a sun argent eclipsed
azure charged with a mullet
voided argent. There is one CD for
fieldlessness but since
X.4.j.ii does not apply to tertiaries
on suns, we cannot get the
second for the change to type only
of the tertiary. [Helena du
Brouillard de Matin, June 1992,
East]
Also consider the badge for Loren of Blackthorn
(December 1991),
*On a compass star elongated to base argent a garden
rosebud
azure, slipped and leaved vert*. If the
tertiary charge is
considered mostly *azure* (which, given that it is a
rosebud, may
or may not be true), then again there is a conflict.
The same comment applies to the slight turning of
the head,
although I do not know if the problem is actually
fatal.
9. Wynterset, Stronghold of: Argent, a stag's head erased and affronty
azure and in base two swords in saltire sable
The primary charge is again a *winged* stag's head.
References
Black, George F., _The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and
History_, (New York: The New York Public Library, 1986).
Withycombe, E.G., _The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names_,
3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988).