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Letter of Intent #84
Heronter Heralds Commenting Group
Unto the AEthelmearc College of Heralds; Greetings from the Heronter Heralds (Flying Circus and Moving Company, South Annex).Herein, our commentary on ILoI AE84, dated December 1, 2004
1. Angel's Keep, Canton of - New name, New device
Azure, on a bend between a vol and a tower argent a laurel wreath vert.
The forms use a documentable surname to achieve a somewhat fantasy-like placename. I believe the Canton of Winters Edge used the same technique.
-- Dagonell
No conflicts found.
2. Blackwater, Shire of - New device
Sable, a laurel wreath Or within a bordure engrailed argent gouty de poix.
No conflicts found.
3. Brocc Huntington - New badge
(Fieldless) An eagle head to sinister per pale gules and sable.
Clear of:
Maridonna Benvenuti
(Fieldless) An eagle displayed per pale sable and Or.
(1 CD for fieldless, 1 CVD for tincture)
Iosef Braun
(Fieldless) An eagle per pale gules and Or.
(1 CD for fieldless, 1 CVD for tincture)
Andr‚ de Monts‚gur
Or, a double headed eagle per pale sable and gules, maintaining a goblet gules and a broken sword sable, a bordure per pale sable and gules.
(1 CVD for field, 1 CVD for tincture, 1 CVD for bordure, 0 CVD for tertiaries)
4. Byrghitta Ksiazska - New name, New device
Vert crusily Cleves argent, a hare courant Or.
No conflicts found.
5. Dyfan filius Idris - Resubmitted name, Resubmitted device
Per pale vert and sable, a chevron raguly on the upper edge and in base three roundels two and one argent.
No conflicts found.
6. Fiona inghean L‚id - New name, New device
Gyronny of six Or and gules, a hound passant and a chief dovetailed sable.
I.P.P.I. (Its pretty, pass it!)
7. Isolda filia Georgii - New device
Argent, a peacock in his pride proper and in chief two columbine flowers purpure slipped and leaved stems to center vert.
According to Glossary of Terms As Used By The College of Arms of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/coagloss.html) -- Table 3 Conventional "Proper" Colorings, A peacock proper is Mostly blue and green with "eyes" in the tail. The color drawing is either unfinished, or has far too much white for an argent background. We recommend a blue body and green fan with blue eyes in the fan.
8. Julinana Delamere - New device
Argent, a bend purpure between a raven Volant bendwise sinister sable and a flame gules.
Note name typo: Juliana
Clear of:
Deirdre ni Aodhfionn
Per bend sinister sable and argent, a flame and a raven counterchanged.
(1 CVD for field, 1 CVD for bend, 2 CVD for tinctures)
9. Lillian of Hartstone - New name, New device
Purpure, an elephant statant argent.
Clear of:
Yedaya Magdiel
Purpure, an elephant statant contourny argent, on a base Or three lozenges conjoined in fess vert.
(2 CVD for charged base, 1 CVD for orientation)
Tristan d'Alsace
Azure, three elephants statant argent.
(1 CVD for field, 1 CVD for number)
Possible conflict with:
Beth McDonald
|Purpure, an elephant argent with a pyramid atop its back Or, a bordure embattled argent.
(1 CVD for bordure)
Without seeing the blazon, were guessing its analogous to a saddle on a horse and not worth a point of difference.
10. Maximilian Petsch - Resubmitted name, New device
Per fess embattled gules and azure, a demi-horse issuant from the line of division argent.
Clear of:
No Mountain, Shire of
Per fess embattled argent and vert, in chief a demi-horse rampant sable.
(1 CVD for field, 1 CVD for tincture)
11. Muireann ingen u¡ Muirchertaig - Resubmitted device
Vert, a doe couchant between three oak trees eradicated argent.
No conflicts found.
12. Niccola di Cristiano - New name, New device
Per pale Or and sable, three Maltese crosses in pale counter-changed.
No conflicts found.
13. Vivienne of Yardley - New name, New device
Argent gouty de sang, a unicorn rampant contourny sable and a base embattled vert.
No conflicts found.
In service,
Leonor Farfan
Antonio de Luna
Caitlin of Heronter
Thorvald of Heckla
Catherine Sheffield
Michelle of the Manor Meow
Dagonell Whitehorn
Cigfran Caer Gwalch