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COLLEGE OF HERALDS - commentary archive
Letter of Intent #92
Aryanhwy merch Catmael
1. Clarice Roan - The
evidence from Withycombe and R&W show that this is a lovely English
name. I found no conflicts.
The blazon doesn't really represent the fact that the charges are
trickily balanced over the line of division so that the bird is wholly
in chief and the snake is wholly in base; I'm not sure if this can be
represented, but odds are that if it's not blazoned explicitly, it
won't be drawn like this in the future, and that means that this would
violate RfS VII.7.b "Elements must be explicitly, it won't be drawn
like this in the future, and that means that this would violate RfS
VII.7.b "Elements must be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a
competent blazon."
The posture of the dove's wings should be blazoned. I found no
conflicts.
2. Fredeburg von Katzenellenbogen - I don't have any good sources for
early German names, and so can't help with the given name.
3. Katerin Douglas Als’ Alexander - We do not register scribal
abbreviations, so this should be expanded to <alias>,
<alse>, <alsa>, or <alswa>.
I had a hard time identifying the flames in chief as flames; they look
more like skinny leaves. As blazoned, the phoenix should be
overlying the line of division (which would not be registerable), but
if you blazon this "in base a phoenix and in chief three flames" then
it sounds like they are co-primaries, which they are not. Because the
design is ambiguous, I feel it fails to meet RfS VII.7.b "Elements must
be reconstructible in a recognizable form from a competent blazon."
4. Onóra inghean Chonaill - I found no conflicts.
5. Sabina de Lyons - Even if the names she cites are period, they do
not support the construction with animal's as opposed to people.
There is no 'e' in 'contourny'. It conflicts with William Keith
FitzGaranhir (reg. 09/1999 via Atenveldt), "(Fieldless) A wolf's head
erased contourny gules," with one CD for the field, but none for the
type of dog.
6. Temair Ruadh - For the 14th C, she should be using the later-period
spelling <Teamhair>. OCM s.n. Temair note that there was a
wife of a high-king who died in 665 by this name. I found no
conflicts with the name.
Some internal detailings on the cat would improve its identifiability.
This is clear of SágadÃs Duncans dothyr (reg.
02/2002 via Drachenwald), "Per pale vert and gules, a cat sejant
between three drop spindles Or," with a CD for the field and one for
removing the drop spindles. I found nothing else close.
-Aryanhwy Albion