Greetings from
Garnet and Cornelian,
We would very much like to thank those who commented on these items: Aryanhwy merch Catmael, The Heronter Heralds Commenting Group, and Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon!
The items accepted on this letter have been forwarded
to Laurel for further consideration, where we anticipate they will be
decided on in February 2007.
1.
Adeliz Argenti – New Badge
Accepted
Per
saltire azure and Or, a bordure gules.
2.
Aíbell Shúlglas – New
Badge Accepted
Azure, in pale
the letter S and two bars wavy argent.
3.
Artemius Le Chaenier – New Name
and Device Accepted
Per
pale sable and vert, on a plate a leaf vert.
Albion and
others noted the temporal disparity
(one step from period practice). Albion raised the question as to
whether a
second step from period practice is caused by a lingual disparity
between late
13th century French and Old French/Frankish. We defer to
Pelican’s
iwsdom in the matter.
Also, we
were uncertain as to whether the definite
article and the occupational byname should be capitalized or not. The
source
article for the byname does not capitalize the word, but we are
uncertain as to
whether this is carried over from the article’s source documents.
4.
Catrijn van der Hedde – New Name
Accepted
5. Ceridwen verch y gof –
New Name, New
Device
Accepted (with
change
to name)
Argent,
a lion’s head erased contourny vert
The
byname was originally
submitted as <ferch y Gof>. Commenters noted that
<gof> was
not capitalized in the sources.
6. Cori
Ghora –
New Name and Device Returned
Per
pale sable and argent, three fleurs-de-lys,
counterchanged.
Although the
submission form claimed that the name was
a direct translation from Urdu meaning “thief of horses”, the phrase
actually
means “stolen horse”. We were unable to find any evidence that such a
phrase
would have constituted a name in the culture of the Mughal people, of
whom Urdu
is the native language.
Myfanhwy found
evidence of the masculine name
<Khori> in Mongolian, which we suspect is actually the target
culture of
the submitter. However, we found no evidence of <Ghora> as a name
in the
limited Mongolian soures available to us.
Without a name
submission, we are forced to return the
device, which otherwise appears registerable.
7. Cormac
O'Gadhra – New Device Accepted
Per
chevron sable and vert, a decrescent and a
lion dormant argent, a bordure ermine.
We have revised
the blazon in response the commentary.
8.
Cristina inghean Ghriogair – New
Name Accepted
9.
Cynwyl MacDaire – Name Change
Accepted
10.
Cynwyl MacDaire – New Badge
Accepted
Argent,
two piles in point sable, each charged
with a plate.
11.
Dafydd MacNab– New Badge Accepted
Vert, a
wall issuant from base argent masoned
sable with a wooden door proper and on a chief argent three cups azure.
We have revised
the blazon in response the commentary.
12.
Dagr sn{ae}bj{o,}rn Bjarnarson – New
Name and Device Accepted (with change
to name)
Azure,
on a cross throughout argent between
four demi-bears rampant argent, armed and langued gules, eight gouttes
gules.
The name was
originally submitted as < Dagr
“Snaebjorn” Bjarnarson> (including the quotation marks) and
the
submitter originally accepted no changes. Further consultation with the
submitter allowed for the change to the form submitted here.
Concern was
expressed about the couping of the
demi-bears. We found an online graphic that appears to be the exemplar
on which
the submitted drawing is based. [URL:
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ZurichRoll/] The graphic is a modern
redrawing
of the Zurich Roll. Looking at the original painting on the Zurich
Roll, we see
that the demi-bear is couped diagonally with a curved line, as
emblazoned on
the submission.
13.
Edward of Freehold– New Name and
Device Accepted
Vert, a
double-bitted axe and on a chief
embattled Or an arrow fesswise sable.
We have revised
the blazon in response the commentary.
14.
Elyenora Houll – New Name and
Device Accepted
Argent,
on a bend sinister argent fimbriated
sable between six dragonflies purpure three leaves vert.
The
question was raised in commentary whether
this should be blazoned as (1) a charged and fimbriated bend sinister
argent;
(2) an argent bend sinister on a sable bend sinister with the problem
of a
fourth layer; or, (3) a bend sinister sable voided, with the leaved
within the
voiding. We have retained the blazon as submitted and we ask Wreath for
judgment.
15.
Erik von Wildflecken– New Name and
Device Accepted
Gyronny of eight
sable and Or, in chief two keys,
wards to base and facing, in chevron inverted and in base a cross formy
counterchanged.
16.
Finn Folhare – New Badge Accepted
(Fieldless)
A hare rampant argent within and
conjoined to a joscelyn wreathed gules and ermine belled Or.
18.
Günther Isemann– New Name
Accepted (with change to name)
The given
name appeared on the submission form
and the ILoI without the umlaut over the –u-. The submitter has since
confirmed, however, that the umlaut is desired. (The umlaut did appear
on the
Pennsic worksheet.)
The byname
was originally submitted to kingdom
<von dem Iseman>. Although the Pennsic worksheet indicated that
<Isemann> was a geographic area, according to Bawlow,
<Isemann>
seems to mean “a man from the Ise River,” rather than the region
surrounding
the river. Therefore, <von dem Isemann> would mean “from the man
from the
Ise River.” In consultation with the submitter, we have changed the
byname to
simply <Isemann>.
17.
Gwynnedd o’r Dyffryn – New Device Accepted
Gules,
a coney rampant contourney argent and in
chief three tau crosses Or.
19. Jane Atwell –Device Resubmission Accepted
Sable,
three candles and candlesticks argent
within a bordure embattled Or.
20.
Lara Sukhadrev– New Device Accepted
Argent,
a candle gules, enflamed Or.
21.
Madelina Bennett – New Name
Accepted
22.
Marianna Molin di Salerno – New
Name Accepted
23.
Marija Kotok –Name Change from Mariia Kotova Accepted (with
revision to name)
This
appeared on the ILoI as a name change to
<Mariia Kotokova>. The submitter had desired to register a name
that was
closer to her original submission of <Marija Kotok> which was
changed by
Laurel to <Mariia Kotova> upon registration in March 2006.
Since
the publication of the ILoI, the submitter
has been in correspondence with Paul Wickendon, author of the volume, Dictionary
of Period Russian Names, from which the original name submission
and
subsequent decision were documented. Wickendon attests to the
plausibility of
her original submission, and at the submitter’s request, we have
revised this
name submission accordingly.
24.
Marija Kotok –Device Resubmission Accepted
Azure, in pale a
lion-dragon passant Or and on open
book argent charged with in fess a flower and a quill pen gules.
We have revised
the blazon in response the commentary.
25.
Mathias syn Kotok – Name Change from Mathias Kotov Accepted
26.
Mathias syn Kotok – Device Resubmission
Quarterly argent
and Or, a dragon gules winged sable
breathing flames proper.
The
original emblazon caused concern to our
commenters, who felt that the wings were overly large compared to the
body of
the dragon, and that. Also, the color emblazon completely obliterated
all
internal detailing on the wings. We have redrawn the device at kingdom.
27.
Míchél Ó Murchadha – New Device Accepted
Per
pale gules and argent, a chalice and a lion
counterchanged and on a chief vert, three harps Or.
28.
Myra Frogbayn – New Name and
Device Accepted
Per
pale vert and argent, a frog
counterchanged.
29.
Rhiannon of Ravenglass – New Name
Accepted, New Device Returned
Sable,
three mullets of five points and an
increscent argent.
The device
conflicts with Sean Macarailt of
Sandyhume (reg. 01/1973), "Sable, an increscent argent," with one CD
for adding the secondary mullets.
30.
Robert ap Howel ap Dewi – New Name
and Device Accepted (with change to name)
Argent,
a stag at gaze sable, a chief embattled
vert.
Originally
submitted as <Hywel>.
Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, “A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th
Century
Welsh Names” (WWW: Heather Rose Jones, 1996),
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh13.html, lists <Hywel> as
the
standardized form of the documented <Howel> among the names with
at least
five occurances in the data set. As the submitter has requested
authenticity,
we have changed it from the normalized form to the documented form.
31.
Selime Berna– New Name Accepted
32.
Sion ap Rhainallt – New Name
Accepted
33.
Safiye bint Kara Sun’üllah – New Device Accepted
Azure,
a fess wavy Or ermined azure and in
chief three thistles Or.
34.
Sultana bint Mihail – New Name
Accepted
The given
name raises concerns as to whether
this name, violates RfS VI.1 which states in part:
Titles
like Earl and
Duke generally may
not be used as Society names, even if the title is the submitters legal
name.
Names documented to have been used in period may be used, even if they
were
derived from titles, provided there is no suggestion of territorial
claim or
explicit assertion of rank. For example,
Regina the Laundress is
acceptable but Regina of Germany is
not.
We do not
find a territorial claim inherent in
the byname. We do not believe there is an “explicit” assertion of rank.
We
defer to Pelican’s judgment on the matter.
35.
Tristán Isidro de Alcaçar – New Badge
Accepted
(Fieldless)
On a tower sable masoned argent, a
pair of shears Or.
We have revised
the blazon in response the commentary.
36.
Tymnes the Scythian – New Name
Accepted
37.
Ulrich von Baden – New Name and
Device Accepted
Sable,
on a chevron throughout Or seven mullets
sable and in base a spear palewise enfiled
by a serpent Or.
We have revised
the blazon in response the commentary.
38. Umm
Khalida Naila bint Abd al-Rahim – New
Name and Device Accepted
Per
pale sable and gules,a cat sejant
reguardant and in chief a roundel and a sun Or.
39.
Werner Barg – New Name and Device
Accepted
Azure,
on a fess between two mullets argent, a
mastiff statant sable between two mullets azure.
40.
William de Duglas – New Name
Accepted
41.
Wolfgang Güntherssohn – New
Household Name: Eberhaus Accepted
42.
Wolfgang Güntherssohn – New Badge Accepted
43.
Wolfstanus le Strange – New Name
Accepted (with change)
The given
name was submitted to kingdom as
<Wulfstanus>. The submission form indicated that the submitter
had wanted
the name <Wolfstanus>, but the submitting herald had been unable
to find
documentation for that spelling, and so substituted <Wulfstanus>. We have contacted the client and verified
his preference for <Wolfstanus>. Since documentation was found
for that
spelling, we have changed the given name to the client’s desired form.
Addendum:
AE95,
item 5: Cerridwyn ingen
Cera – name returned; device
accepted and forward with
the name <Ceridwen verch y gof> (see item 5 above).
This concludes our Letter of Report AE98 dated October 26, 2006.