Feast of the Martyrs Chaeremon and Ischyion
22 December, AS XXXIX
Greetings from Myfanwy!
Herein pray find commentary on Æ LoI #84. I tried to be
relatively thorough on
conflict-checking (the LoAR checks are through June ‘04, which is the
most
recent one posted on the LoAR website.
Have a happy holiday everyone!
I remain your servant and the Society’s.
Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
myfanwy@nauticom.net
1. Angel’s Keep, Canton of -- Azure, on a bend between a vol and a
tower argent
a laurel wreath vert.
The Reaney and Wilson docs are as given (p. 11). I presume that the
Ekwall
cites are also as given. However, they all seem to be of the variety
<*given* name’s structure>. Since Reaney and Wilson cites “Angel”
as a
nickname, is this an acceptable variant?
The vol is as shown in the PIC-DIC (fig. 801).
The wreath is palewise. The bend should be larger, even if the other
charges
are made a bit smaller as a result.
Reblazon: Azure, on a bend between a vol and a tower argent a laurel
wreath
palewise vert.
possibly clear of: Mary Taran of Glastonbury (1/74 ??) -- Azure, goutty
d’Or,
on a bend argent a Glastonbury thorn twig blossoming proper.
possibly clear of: Robert of Spelsbury (7/80 Middle) -- Azure, on a
bend argent
an ivy vine throughout vert, in sinister chief a squirrel
counter-sejant erect
argent.
possibly clear of: Gerdis Leontindotter af Bure (2/99 Drachenwald) --
Azure, on
a bend argent between a sheaf of keys wards to base and a lute Or an
ivy vine
vert.
possibly clear of: Thomasina MacGregor of Tay (10/81 Caid) -- Azure, on
a bend
between a mullet of six points argent and a sun Or, a thistle palewise
proper.
possibly clear of: Franz Joder von Joderhübel (7/91 East) --
Azure, on a bend
between two doves argent a serpent glissant vert.
possibly clear of: Anne of Flaming Gryphon (7/91 Middle) -- Azure, on a
bend
between two horse’s heads couped argent a deadly nightshade vine vert
flowered
purpure.
In each of these, there is a CD for changing the secondaries, but
because the
submission is not simple armory, it isn’t clear how much changing the
tertiary
will count -- there is change of type, but not tincture.
2. Blackwater, Shire of -- Sable, a laurel wreath Or within a bordure
engrailed
argent gouty de poix.
Nice armory!
no conflicts found
3. Brocc Huntington (badge) -- (Fieldless) An eagle head to sinister
per pale
gules and sable.
Nice badge!
clear of: Iosef Braun (badge, 2/03 West) -- (Fieldless) An eagle per
pale gules
and Or.
There is a CD for fieldless vs. fieldless, and one for changing half
the
tincture of the eagle.
clear of: Iosef Braun (2/03 West) -- Per pale Or and gules, an eagle
counterchanged.
clear of: Heinrich Von [sic] Brandenburg (2/98 Middle) -- Per pale
argent and
gules, an eagle displayed counterchanged.
clear of: Reinhard Medebruwer (11/03 Caid) -- Sable, an eagle per pale
argent
and gules.
In each of these, there is a CD for field vs. fieldless, and one for
changing
half the tincture of the eagle.
4. Byrghitta Ksiazska -- Vert crusily Cleves argent, a hare courant Or.
The “Ordboken A till Holmger” link did not seem to want to load.
However,
clicking on “B” on the left hand side of the web page, and then
scrolling down
to click on the link for “Bergitte, Bergittha” seems to have gotten me
a PDF
file for the appropriate page of Sveriges medeltida personnamn;
the dated citations are as given.
The other URL cite is as given.
I have no idea if “Ksiazska” is grammatically correct. Additionally, I
wonder
if a Swedish given name and Polish locative byname are acceptable.
Nice armory, but poorly drawn -- the crosses should be spaced more
evenly and
should be of a more uniform size. Additionally, while they are *mostly*
crosses
of Cleves, a few of them appear to be more standard crosses flory (cf.
PIC-DIC,
figures 166 and 177).
clear of: Christopher Hare (10/97 Atlantia) -- Vert, crusily Latin Or,
a hare
sejant erect playing a straight trumpet argent.
There are CDs for the posture and tincture of the rabbit, and one for
the
tincture of the crosses. I’m not sure whether there is a CD for the
type of
cross.
clear of: Torrey Hasentanzer (9/95 Middle) -- Vert semy of carrots
argent, a
rabbit rampant Or.
There is a CD for changing the posture of the rabbit, and one for
changing the
type of the semy.
probably clear of: Griffin Crosthwait (11/98 Caid) -- Vert, crusily
argent.
probably clear of: Alicia de Landelle (7/74 ??) -- Vert crusily argent,
a sun
throughout Or.
I think these are both cases of X.2 (X.1?) -- change of/addition of
primary
charge. Like Christopher Hare (previously noted), however, I don’t know
if
there is a CD for the type of cross.
5. Dyfan filius Idris (resub name and device) -- Per pale vert and
sable, a
chevron raguly on the upper edge and in base three roundels two and one
argent.
Having read the return commentary from Æ #81 [URL:
http://www.aeheralds.net/Letters/AE81/lor.html] I presume the submitter
is no
longer interested in an authentic 14th century Welsh name.
The armory is identical to what was previously submitted, so I have
just cut
and pasted the conflict checking from Æ #81; there were no new
conflicts found
in more recently posted LoARs.
Possible reblazon: Per pale vert and sable, a chevron raguly on the
upper edge argent
and in base three plates, two and one.
clear of: Aarnimetsä, Barony of (badge, 6/97 Drachenwald) --
Sable, a chevron
throughout raguly on the upper edge, in base a wolf’s head caboshed
argent.
clear of: Aarnimetsä, Barony of (12/92 East) -- Sable, a chevron
throughout
raguly on the upper edge, in base a wolf’s head cabossed within a
laurel wreath
argent.
In each case, there is a CD for changing the tincture of half the
field, and
one for the type and number of secondaries.
clear of Daniel of Stonemarche (11/91 East) -- Azure, a boar’s head
cabossed
argent and in base three plates two and one.
There is a CD for changing the field, and one for changing the primary
charge.
6. Fiona inghean Léid -- Gyronny of six Or and gules, a hound
passant and a chief
dovetailed sable.
The chief should come down farther on the field (this, as well as some
of the
other submissions, do not seem to have the tick marks for chief
location -- is
someone still using old forms? Or are these leftover Pennsic forms?
What type of dog is this? I’m not sure it’s recognizable as a “hound”,
and it
is neither a talbot nor a greyhound. Parker (pp. 204-05, sn Dog) lists
various
breeds of dogs found as heraldic charges besides these: "levrier" (or
levrer), which appears to be the original heraldic term for greyhound;
mastiffs; terriers; spaniels; and “alants” (or “alands”), which Parker
says is
“a mastiff with short ears”.
A Google search [URL: http://www.google.com} for “Alaunt” (guessing it
was an
older spelling) led me to a website entitled “A New Look at the
contribution of
the eastern brachycephalic breeds to ‘bull breed’ history”. It suggests
that
alaunts were a predecessor breed to both mastiffs and bulldogs. The
emblazon in
the submission does not appear to be either a mastiff of anything I
would
recognize as a bulldog. Another website [URL:
http://www.aniwa.com/renvoie.asp?type=1&cid=20522&id
=100005&lang=2] shows a picture of a Great Dane, which looks
*somewhat*
more like the emblazon; it isn’t clear, however, if Great Danes are a
period
breed; the website says:
This large mastiff is thought to be descended from the Tibetan Mastiff
introduced in Europe by the Phoenicians, then by the nomadic Persian
Alans. In
the Middle Ages, there were two varieties of this mastiff: A smaller
Alaunt,
powerful, agile, streamlined dog that hunted in packs for boar, wolf,
and bear,
and a heavier, more compact Alaunt used for guard duties. The immediate
ancestors are the Bullenbeisser (now extinct) crossed with large
hunting dogs
descended from the more streamlined Alaunt. Later, names such as Ulm
Dog, Great
Dane, and Siberian Dog were used to indicate the different types of
this breed.
In 1878, all varieties were placed under the one name, Great Dane. The
standard
was written around 1890 in Germany. The French Doggen Club was founded
in 1923.
If this is indeed what the submitter actually wants, it isn’t a really
a hound;
if a Great Dane/Alant is what is actually desired, it should be
blazoned as
such, but is not particularly well drawn.
clear of: Brian of Foxwold (11/81 West) -- Argent, a fox passant
reguardant
sable and a chief invected vert.
clear of: Galiana fitz William (7/00 Outlands) -- Argent, a talbot
passant
sable and a chief indented gules.
In each of these there is a CD for changing the field and one of
changing the
tincture of the chief.
clear of: Lettice Atwode of Sandhyll (2/94 Calontir) -- Gyronny gules
and Or, a
greyhound statant contourny sable.
There is a CD for adding the chief, and one for changing the
orientation of the
dog. I’m not sure whether there is a CD for field in this instance,
since both
“gyronny gules and Or” and “gyronny Or and gules” are in the same
section of
the O&A.
clear of: Sigismund Schmidt (9/03 An Tir) -- Lozengy argent and azure,
a hound
passant reguardant and a chief sable.
There is a CD for changing the field, and one for changing to a complex
line on
the chief.
7. Isolda filia Georgii -- Argent, a peacock in his pride proper and in
chief
two columbine flowers purpure slipped and leaved stems to center vert.
This would be better stylistically if the flowers were both in the same
orientation (i.e., not using radial symmetry).
possibly clear of: Mahala de Sorbonne (12/87 West) -- Argent, a peacock
in its
pride proper, a bordure invected purpure.
There may be CDs for both type and number for the secondaries, since
this is
simple armory.
8. Julinana [sic] Delamere -- Argent, a bend purpure between a raven
Volant
[sic] bendwise sinister sable and a flame gules.
This is a typo. The name was sent up to Laurel as “Juliana” [URL:
http://www.
aeheralds.net/Letters/AE79/xloi.html].
The bend should be bigger, even it it makes the other charges
(particularly the
bird), smaller as a result.
no conflicts found
9. Lilian of Hartstone -- Purpure, an elephant statant argent.
Um, no. The cite is Withycombe (p. 196), *not* Reaney and Wilson.
probably clear of: Aaron the Mighty (3/02 West) -- Gules, in pale a
woolly
mammoth statant proper atop a hurt fimbriated argent.
There is a CD for changing the field, and probably one for adding the
roundel;
there may also be one for the tincture of the mammoth (I don’t know if
it would
be gray or brown).
possibly clear of: Andrew Castlebuilder (8/79 ??) -- Per chevron
purpure and
Or, overall an elephant [Elephas sp.] trumpeting passant proper, on its
back a
carpet purpure, fimbriated Or, supporting a tower argent, masoned
sable.
There is a CD for changing the field. I believe that elephants “proper”
would
be gray, which would be equivalent to argent, so it would depend on
whether the
tower and other frou-frou is large enough to be considered sustained
charges.
probably clear of: Beth McDonald (8/91 Atenveldt) -- Purpure, an
elephant
argent with a pyramid atop its back Or, a bordure embattled argent.
There is a CD for adding the bordure, and one for the complex line on
it. I
don’t know whether the pyramid is large enough to be a sustained
charge,
however.
10. Maximilian Petsch (resub name, new device) -- Per fess embattled
gules and
azure, a demi-horse issuant from the line of division argent.
Talan’s article “Medieval German Given Names from Silesia” lists
“Petsch” as a
form of “Peter” and dates it to 1348-68 [URL”
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html].
This is a case where the tick marks should *not* be used. Visually, the
line of
division is too high, and should be moved down (possibly having the top
of the
embattlements, rather than their centers) be at the tick marks.
no conflicts found
11. Muireann ingen uí Muirchertaig (resub) -- Vert, a doe
couchant between
three oak trees eradicated argent.
The deer’s posture could be reblazoned as “lodged”. Woodward, pp.
231-32, says:
The terms of blazon used in regard to them differ somewhat from those
applied to beasts of prey, and [p. 232] require separate
explanations.... A
stag
reposing is said to be lodged [sic], or couchant: [sic]
-- Sable,
a stag lodged argent [sic]
(Plate XXIII., fig. 10) [sic], is the coat of DOWNES [sic] of Chester. Vert,
three bucks
lodged or [sic], is a coat of ANDERSON [sic].
Parker (p. 198, sn Deer, says: “Or, lastly, the stag may be couchant
[sic], or more properly lodged [sic], which latter is a term
used
specially of the stag.”
Possible reblazon: Vert, a doe lodged between three oak trees
eradicated
argent.
Nice device!
clear of: Ceridwen de Lindsay (11/94 Outlands) -- Vert, a doe couchant
contourny and on a chief argent six martlets gules.
There is a CD for changing the trees to a chief, and one for adding the
tertiaries.
probably clear of: Therese of the White Griffin (9/89 Caid) -- Vert, a
griffin
sejant to sinister, sinister foreleg raised, wings inverted and
addorsed,
issuant from a basket, all between three trees eradicated argent.
I think this is a case (X.2? X.1?) in which it is clear because of
complete
difference of primary charge between a deer and a griffin. If not,
there is
also change of orientation from facing dexter to facing sinister.
12. Niccola di Cristiano -- Per pale Or and sable, three Maltese
crosses in
pale counter-changed [sic].
The name docs for “Niccola” are as cited [URLs:
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/#alpha and
http://www.sgabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/names.txt].
The docs for for “Cristiano” are also as given [URLs:
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/names.txt and
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte/doc/name1.html].
Nice armory!
probably clear of: Stephan of Monmouth (10/00 Ansteorra) -- Per pale Or
and
sable, a cross of Jerusalem counterchanged.
There is a CD for changing the number of crosses. There is probably
also one
for the type of cross, since they are pretty different looking (c.f.,
PIC-DIC,
figs. 186 and 191).
13. Vivienne of Yardley -- Argent, gouty de sang, a unicorn rampant
contourny
sable and a base embattled vert.
The Reaney and Wilson docs for “Vivien” are as cited (p. 468).
Withycombe (p.
291, sn. Vivien) says “Tennyson in his Vivien and Merlin
[sic]
used this form for French Vivienne [sic], the name of the Lady
of the
Lake.” Morlet (p. 969, sn Vivien) says:
Vivien [sic], matron. Vivienne [sic], anc. n. de bapt.
et
patronyme, représente le n. lat. Vivianus [sic],
formé sur le v. vivere
[sic] ou sur i’adj. vivus [sic]....Ce nom
a été opularisé par l’evê de Saintes (ve s.)
[sic] et notamment par le nom
épique
Vivien [sic], freequent dans les Chansons de geste.
Neither Withycombe nor Morlet have dated citations for this form of the
name,
however.
The Reaney and Wilson docs for “Yardley” are as given (p.507). An
additional
citation, closer in spelling although later in time, is for John Yardeley
[sic], dated to 1499.
Please make an artist’s note that unicorns have cloven hooves (this one
*does*
at least seem to have a beard). The base should be drawn a bit better,
as well.
no conflicts found
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