Unto François Laurel, Mari Pelican, Zenobia Wreath, and the commenting members of the College of Arms do Ailis Garnet and Roana Cornelian send greetings once again! It is the desire of the Æthelmearc College of Heralds that the following items be considered for registration. Unless otherwise noted, submitters will accept any changes.
1. Aíbell Shúlglas New device
Azure, two barrulets wavy between three herons argent.
Her name was registered in 09/01.
The submitter has no gender preferences concerning this name. She accepts minor changes only.
Her primary name was registered in 01/00.
Pagan is a header form in Bardsley, with Pagan a la Legh in 1273. Under the header form Delamare, Pagan de la Mere is also dated to 1273.
Daysterre is found in Bardsley s.n. Daystar, with Robert Daysterre in 1273.
3. Áine inghean Riocaird New name, New device
Purpure, a swan naiant and on a chief argent three trees vert.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter will accept minor changes only and cares most about the meaning "daughter of Richard."
Originally submitted as Aine ingean Ruaidri, the name Ruaidri became 'associated with' the English name Richard only in the 19th century. Upon consultation with the submitter, the name has been changed to one that really does, in period, mean 'daughter of Richard.' (We have also corrected the spelling of 'ingean.') This is a major change from what was submitted, but it is what the gentle lady wants.
Áine is a header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire, who claims that there was an early Leinster St Áine about whom little is known.
inghean is the post-1200 patronymic marker meaning "daughter of."
Riocaird is the Early Modern Irish Gaelic genitive form of the given name Riocard, according to Mari's Index of Names in Irish Annals, in the entry for Riocard / Risderd.
4. Alan the Strong New name, New device
Or, a plow vert and on a chief embattled sable 3 garbs Or.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter will allow minor changes only and cares most about the meaning.
Alan is a header form in Withycombe, with the form Alanus dated to 1071-5, 1086, 1189-1212, and 1284.
the Strong is a descriptive byname. Also, Strong is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, with le Stronge dated to 1276 and Strong dated to 1379.
This depiction of a plow is found in Heraldry: Sources, Symbols and Meaning by Neubecker et al. On p. 139 in a table of the Tanners Guild of Solothurn (dated to 1594) the plow appears twice in the upper portion of the wheel. Click here for a scan of the page.
5. Annanias Fenne New badge
(Fieldless) In pale a moth displayed argent conjoined to a mount couped vert.
His name was registered in 05/02.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter cares most that the first name be a derivation of Scholastica and that the byname be a locative or descriptive which includes a medieval spelling of Brown.
Her primary name was forwarded to Laurel on the May XLoI (Æ67).
Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Scollas, give an Eva Scolace in 1249 and a Robert Scolace in 1332. These are most likely unmarked metronymics, supporting the use of Scolace as a given name. The entry goes on to say that "Scolace appears to be the vernacular form of Lat Scholastica ..." Withycombe, s.n. Scholastica, states that this name was used in England from the beginning of the 12th century through the Reformation.
de Broune occurs six times (Beatrice, John, Petronilla, Roger, and two William's, all 'de Broune') in Mari's article "Index to the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire."
7. Aurenca Mouly New badge
(Fieldless) A horseshoe sable.
Her name was forwarded to Laurel on the May XLoI (Æ67).
8. Aurenca Mouly New badge
(Fieldless) A horseshoe Or.
Her name was forwarded to Laurel on the May XLoI (Æ67).
9. Aurenca Mouly New badge
(Fieldless) On a crescent gules a cross moline Or.
Her name was forwarded to Laurel on the May XLoI (Æ67).
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter will accept minor changes to the given name only, and no changes to the byname. She is interested in a Dutch name but does not request authenticity.
Beatrice can be found in English records of Dutch names. Aryanhwy's draft article "Names of Aliens in London, 1571" cites the following Dutch women: Beatrice (no surname), Beatrice Walley, Beatrix (no surname) and Beatrix van Ertaricke.
Academy report #1315 says "We find de Winter between 1250 and 1400 in the Low Countries," with citations taken from Beele, Wilfried, Studie van de Ieperse Persoonsnamen uit de Stads- en Baljuwsrekeningen 1250-1400 (Handzame, 1975)., entry 3038, p. 80.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter accepts minor changes only and cares most about an unspecified meaning.
Bevis is a header form in Withycombe, who says that the name was "not uncommon in the 12th and 13th centuries."
Sunderoak is an SCA branch name registered in 02/95.
12. Brian of Leichester New badge
Per fess sable and argent, in chief a house and in base 3 roundels in fess counterchanged.
His name was registered in 03/88.
This depiction of a house can be found in von Volborth on p. 54, figure 442. Jaelle's precedent concerning the registration of a 'domed mosque of one miaret' may be of some interest in this case. Many of our internal commenters were concerned about the fact that this will be the first registration of a house, which would theoretically make it the defining example of the charge. Jaelle's precedent says:
"This is a change to our normal policy of having the first registration of a charge not documented as having been used in period heraldry be the defining example of the charge. In this specific case, since the period usage of buildings varied so widely, we are comfortable with not having a defining example. ('Afra' bint Tamir al-Sahrahwayyiah, 5/98 p. 5)"
13. Bridget Walker New name, New device
Per fess enarched azure and argent, in base a tree issuant from base sable and a chief wavy argent.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts minor changes only and cares most about the sound.
Bridget is a header form in Withycombe. This spelling is also dated to 1593 in Aryanhwy's article, "16th Century Gloucestershire Names."
Walker is dated to 1594 in Mari's article, "Surnames in Chesham."
14. Carlo Gallucci New badge
(Fieldless) A rooster vert.
His name was registered in 08/02.
Many of our commenters called a potential conflict with (Tinctureless) A secretary-bird sejant regardant. A request to release this badge appears on the Letter of Intent from Laurel dated October 31, 2003. That decision should be made a month before this item will be ruled on.
We point out that in the most recent President's Report of the Fourth Quarter 2003 SCA Board of Directors Meeting (October 18, 2003): "Laurel requested that the Board approve the release of a badge designated for a College of Arms deputy, Privy Clerk to Morsulus Herald. The Board determined that that Laurel has the authority to release badges registered to his deputies."
We believe this to be clear of Brian of Leichester (Fieldless, A dodo close vert armed Or) and Raven Jde vom Schwarzwald (Fieldless, A raven vert) with one CD for fieldlessness and a second CD for change of type in both cases.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts minor changes to the given name and any changes to the byname. She cares most about Irish language/culture.
Her holding name and device (Vert, three oak trees eradicated within a bordure argent) were registered in 05/02.
Ceara is found, undated, in Ó Corráin & Maguire s.n. Cera.
Dubháin is found in MacLysaght s.n. (O) Dwane. The name is undated; MacLysaght says "There were several septs of Ó Dubháin ..." The name is not lenited following inghean because it begins with 'D.'
Mháille is the lenited form of Máille, which is found undated in MacLysaght s.n. O'Malley.
16. Dafydd MacNab New name, New device
Per fess embattled Or and vert, a tent vert and a dragon segreant Or armed and langued gules.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter cares most about the sound.
Dafydd is found on p. 30 of CA #66, Tangwystyl's "A Welsh Miscellany."
MacNab is a header form in Black, with M'Nab dated to 1376.
17. Dafydd MacNab New badge
(Fieldless) A dragon per bend sinister Or and vert armed and langued gules.
18. Donnan the Solitary New badge
Azure, two rapiers in saltire Or and overall a dogwood blossom argent seeded Or.
His name was registered in 02/86.
We believe this to be clear of Elizabetta Maria de Calabria (Per pale gules and sable, two rapiers inverted crossed in saltire Or, overall a rose argent barbed and seeded proper.) By long-standing precedent there is not a CD between a rose and a cinquefoil; neither is there a CD between a cinquefoil and a quatrefoil.
In a recent precedent from François, there is support for four-petalled flowers being considered merely quatrefoils with artistic details:
[a quatrefoil] Conflict with a badge of Mariana Silversea, Azure, a rue-flower Or, seeded vert within a bordure wavy argent. There is one CD for the change to the field. On Mariana's form, the rue flower is drawn as a quatrefoil with four thin "whiskers", two between each petal. The rue flower is effectively a quatrefoil with some added artistic details and thus has no difference from a quatrefoil. [Eórann Maguire, 01/02, R-Trimaris]
We believe that this dogwood blossom is another such "quatrefoil with some added artistic details."
In a precedent from Da'ud's second tenure:
Quatrefoils and roses do not appear to have been considered equivalent charges in our period. (Stormvale, Shire of, 2/96 p. 12)
Thus, there should be one CD between Elizabetta's device and Donnan's badge for changes to the field and another CD between a rose and a quatrefoil (dogwood blossom).
19. Elizabeth Musard New name, New device
Ermine, three tygers purpure.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts minor changes only and cares most about the meaning "absent-minded."
Elizabeth is a header form in Withycombe, dated in this spelling to 1205.
Musard can be found in Reaney & Wilson s.n. Mussard with Hascoit Musard in 1086 and Alfricus Musard in 1134-40. Reaney & Wilson assert that the surname derives from Old French 'musard' meaning 'absent-minded, stupid.'
20. Elizabeth Musard New badge
(Fieldless) A fret couped sable.
21. Franz Belgrand die Mus New device
Argent, a brown mouse rampant proper maintaining a sword sable and on a chief purpure a longbow argent.
His name was registered in 10/02.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter accepts minor changes only and requests authenticity for pre-11th-century Persian. He cares most about the sound of the name and does not allow a holding name.
Ghalib is found as a masculine ism, or given name, on p. 49 of Da'ud's recent article "Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices" as published in the 2003 KWHS proceedings.
al-Sami is found as a masculine cognomen on p. 54 of the same article.
23. Gideon Lydiard New device
Vert, a cross moline and on a chief argent three torteaux.
His name was registered in 04/02.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter requests authenticity for 1100-1300 Wales. She cares most about the given name and the language / culture.
Originally submitted as 'Gwenllian o'r Beddgelert,' we believe Beddgelert to be a proper place name. In Welsh, locative bynames based on proper place names are unmarked, and so we have dropped the "o'r" as inappropriate.
Gwenllian is found in Morgan & Morgan. It is the standard modern form of a name that was quite common throughout period. According to Tangwystyl's article, "A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names," it is the second most popular feminine name and appears in spellings such as Wentlian, Wentlyan, Wentliana, and Wentlyana. In Tangwystyl's article, "A Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)," the name has been superceded in popularity by more traditional English names, but it is still the 7th most popular, found in the spellings Gwenlliana, Wenllyan, and Gwenllyan. Given 'Wentlian' and 'Gwenllyan.' We propose that Gwenllian is a reasonable period spelling as well.
Beddgelert is a header form in Melville Richards' book, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units Medieval and Modern (photocopies are included with the submission). We presume it to be a real placename, a town or somesuch.
25. Jean-Philippe Firmin d'Amiens New device
Azure, a base Or.
His name was registered in 10/91.
The submitter indicates no gender preference concerning this name.
Originally submitted as Khadel Kober, Khadel seems to be a transcriptional error, as Socin does not list a Khadel but does list a Khadal. We have changed the name to reflect the documentation.
Khadal is a German given name dated to 804 in Socin (p. 47, header 3). The possibly-related byname Keitel / Keidel is dated to 1135 in Bahlow (Gentry).
Kober is a byname dated to 1372 in Bahlow (Gentry).
27. Khadal Kober New badge
(Fieldless) A mascle ployé and overall a bow reversed and a bow sable.
Yes, this gentle is a Tuchux and came to us having been charged with the mission of registering his group's emblem. We applaud this effort to translate the Tuchux emblem into SCA-compatible heraldic terminology, and we fully support its registration.
28. Konstantinos Akropolites New name, New device
Vert, a griffin sejant argent within an orle of fleurs-de-lys Or.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter requests authenticity for 10th-11th century Byzantine and cares most about the language / culture.
Konstantinos is a masculine given name dated to 913 in Bardas Xiphias' article, Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire during the Later Byzantine Era.
Akropolites is a family name dated to the 10th century in the same article.
29. Lothar Hügelman New device
Sable, three crampons argent.
His name was registered in 01/03.
30. Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas New name, New device
Azure, a boar's head couped close and a chief argent.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter requests authenticity for Ogham / 4th century Irish and cares most about the sound.
Submitted as Mailagnas Maqqas Dunaidonas, the particle 'maqqas' does not take a capital, and so we have corrected the capitalization.
Mailagnas is found in Tangwystyl's article, Some Masculine Ogham Names. The submission form says "This form (nominative) is a hypothetical form derived from genitive ref. #60, 160, 258.
maqqas means 'son of,' and is from the same source.
Dunaidonas is a genitive form from the same article.
31. May Wynn New device
Azure, on a fess embattled between thee mullets of eight points argent, a badger statant azure.
Her name was registered in 02/03.
32. Michelina da Trento New device
Azure, 3 cups and on a chief argent, three fleurs-de-lys azure.
Her name was registered in 09/01.
33. Miguel Flores New device
Argent crusily flory gules, a heron azure maintaining in its beak a fish gules.
His name was registered in 02/03.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter requests authenticity for Flanders, cares most about the sound and language / culture, and allows minor changes only. If this name is registered, she would like her old name (Fiona Harpar) to be released.
Odriana is found in Walraven's article "Dutch Womens' Names before 1100."
vander Brugghe is found in the bynames section of "Flemish Names from Bruges" by Loveday Toddekyn, dated to 1465.
35. Odriana vander Brugghe New badge
(Fieldless) A furison sable.
36. Óláfr Þorvarðarson New device
Vert, a wolf statant ululant and on a chief embattled argent three dolphins azure.
His name was forwarded to Laurel on our June XLoI (Æ68).
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter cares most about the sound and notes that he wishes most of all to retain the byname "Spyke."
Paul is a header form in Withycombe, dated to 1200 and 1240. Reaney & Wilson s.n. Paul give John Powel, Paul in 1292.
Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Spike, give John Spyke is dated to 1322 in.
38. Rhydderch ap Erwin New name, New device
Per pale azure and vert, a sword inverted argent between a caravel sails furled and a triple towered castle Or.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter accepts minor changes only and cares most about the sound.
Rhydderch is a standard modern spelling. The name can be found in Morgan & Morgan, who state that "One of the North British rulers of the 6th century was called Rhydderch." The form Riderch is dated to the 9th century in Appendix 3 of Tangwystyl's article "The First Thousand Years of British Names," and Tangwystyl's article "A Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)," gives Rudderch and Rydderch.
Erwin is found in Bardsley as an alternate header form s.n. Irving, with Chrisofer Urwen of Boneshawe in 1547. It is also a header form in Reaney & Wilson who cite Augustinus filius Erwin in 1255 and Thomas Erwyn in 1459.
The submitter has no gender preferences concerning this name and accepts no changes.
Her primary name was registered in 09/00.
Sexi is found in Reaney & Wilson s.n. Sexy, with Sexi forfot in 1137, Warin filius Sexhiue in 1185, and John Sexi in 1210-11.
Lovechild is a header form in Reaney & Wilson, with Luuechild aker in 1199, Luuechild uidua in 1221, Robert Luffechild' in 1190, and William Lovechild c. 1248.
40. Seth MacMichael New badge
(Fieldless) A gorilla statant argent.
His name was registered in 08/02.
41. Seth MacMichael New badge
(Fieldless) A gorilla statant contourny argent.
His name was registered in 08/02.
42. Sophie Davenport Resubmitted device
Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated Or between two scorpions argent.
Her previous submission, Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated Or and overall a scorpion tergiant argent, was returned by Laurel in 02/03. Her name was registered at that time.
We believe this to be clear of Kelson de la Croix (Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated argent, between a Latin cross and an olive branch bendwise sinister argent), with one CD for change of type of secondary charges. As both branches and scorpions are permitted to be bendwise, there may be a second CD for changing the orientation of half of the secondary charges.
43. Taileshíthe of the Greenwood New name, New device
Per pale sable and vert, a pall inverted between two owls close respectant and a crescent argent.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter cares most about the sound.
Taileshíthe is a constructed name intended to mean "abundance of peace."
Tailefhlaith, a header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire: "Meaning, perhaps, 'abundance of sovereignty, lady of abundance.' Tailefhlaith was abbess of Clonguffin, Co. Meath. She died in 782. There is a St. Taileflaith who was abbess of Kildare and who died in 885."
Ó Corráin & Maguire s.n. Flaithrí derive this name "from flaith 'ruler, lord' and rí 'a king." Given this, we believe that out of Tailefhlaith the second part 'fhlaith' refers to sovereignty, leaving 'taile' to refer to abundance.
Ó Corráin & Maguire also give Tailech "meaning, perhaps, 'having a prominent forehead.'" We feel that this also supports the particle 'taile' for 'abundance' (in this case, an abundance of forehead?).
Mac Dhuibhshíthe is a header form in Woulfe, given as meaning "the black-man of peace." Dubh is Gaelic for black, leaving 'shíthe' for 'peace.' Ó Corráin & Maguire s.n. Síthmaith derive the name "from síth 'peace.'"
The submitter and consulting herald write, "We're not certain how it would be spelled as a given name, and will accept corrections." The submitter has been using this name for many years and would like to register it if possible.
Greenwood is a header form in Reaney & Wilson with John del Grenewode in 1275, 'dweller by the green wood.'
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter cares most about the sound of the given name and the meaning of the surname.
Tat'iana is a header form in Wickenden 3rd edition, with Tat'iana Fedorov Zhena Olexsandrova in 1498. Wickenden 2nd edition also lists, s.n. Tat'iana, a Tatiana (martyr) who died in 225.
Kionova is a feminine patronymic form of Kion, which is a header form in Wickenden and is dated to the 4th century.
In case there is any question of temporal compatibility between these names: The submission form includes a note asserting that "all names in Wickenden are considered temporally compatible." The assertion is valid, in that Wickenden only listed earliest dates for names, and has stated publicly that all names should be assumed to exist from the earliest date cited through 1600.
This name is intended to be masculine. The submitter cares most about the sound.
Originally submitted as Tiarnach mac Cathail, Tiarnach is a modern (post-period) spelling of the name. We have changed the name to the form that visibly differs the least, as the submitter cares most about the sound and the pre- and post-1200 spellings are pronounced identically.
Tigernach is a pre-1200 spelling and header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire; the entry states that "St. Tigernach of Clonmacnoise and Roscommon ... died in 1088."
mac Cathail is a patronymic surname formed from Cathal. The spelling is given in MacLysaght s.n. Mac Cahill, and Cathal is a header form in Ó Corráin & Maguire dated to 1224. According to Mari's Index of Names in Irish Annals, Cathail is the genitive form continuously from c700 to c1700.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter accepts minor changes only, cares most about the sound, and will not allow the formation of a holding name.
Torella is a feminine form of Torello, which is found 8 times in Aryanhwy's article, Italian Given Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532
Salviati ('the saved') occurs 13 times in Ferrante's article, "Family Names Appearing in the Catasto of 1427."
47. Vlksha Iakovleva New name, New device
Gyronny argent and gules, a cross of Toulouse sable.
The submitter has no gender preferences concerning this name. She cares most about the sound "called Valeska."
Vlksha is a header form in Wickenden, with a patronym dated to 1249.
Iakovleva is the genitive masculine patronymic based on the given name Iakov. The patronymic 'Iakovlev' is dated to 1495 s.n. Iakov in Wickenden. In the grammar section, Wickenden writes, "Just to make things even more fun, one patronymic (the last one if there are two) was sometimes put in the genitive case, which could be easily created by adding an -a on the end of the patronymic. This merely stresses the possessive nature of the name."
(Several of our commenters expressed concern that this was a masculine given name and a feminine patronymic byname. If the College of Arms decides that Iakovleva is not plausible as a masculine patronymic, the submitter will accept Iakovlev.)
48. Zoe Akropolitina New name, New device
Vert, a griffin sejant Or within an orle of fleurs-de-lys argent.
This name is intended to be feminine. The submitter requests authenticity for 10th-11th century Byzantine and cares most about language / culture.
Zoe is a feminine given name dated to 1062 in Bardas Xiphias' article, Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire during the Later Byzantine Era.
Akropolites is a family name dated to the 10th century in the same article. Based on the discussion in "Structure of Aristocratic Personal Names" we believe that the feminine form of this byname should end in ina, making it Akropolitina.
