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Letter of Intent #99 Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Feast of St. Winifred
3 November, AS XLI
Greetings from Myfanwy!
Herein pray find commentary on Æ LoI #99. The name docs were
checked
wherever possible; conflict-checking was done up through the July 2006
LoAR.
I remain your servant and the Society’s.
Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
myfanwy@nauticom.net
1. Ceara Cháomhanach (kingdom resub) -- Argent, a rose purpure
barbed
vert seeded Or, in chief three crosses flory azure.
The docs for the given name are as cited; note that the submitted
spelling is the post-1200 form.
The docs for the nominative form of the byname are also as given.
However, the same source gives the genitive form as
<Cáomhanaigh>.
According to the Krossa article “The Spelling of Lenited Consonants in
Gaelic” [URL: http://medievalscotland.org/scotlang/lenition.shtml],
the lenition of the byname is formed correctly; this suggests that the
the byname should probably be <Cháomhanaigh>. It is
unclear whether
the name should include either <ingen> or <inghean ui>.
I did (hopefully) a better job of conflict-checking the armory this
time, after checking Precedents for which flowers conflicted with
roses.
Nice armory! Too nice, perhaps....
conflict: Alyanora of Vinca (2/75 West) -- Argent, a periwinkle
[Vinca minor] proper.
There is a CD for adding the secondaries but by Precedent there is not
one between a periwinkle proper and a rose either purpure or azure:
[a rose azure vs a periwinkle proper ] [sic]
Periwinkles are bluish purple and by
current precedent (see the September 1996 LoAR, pg. 17, sn. Rosalyn
MacGregor) they are not significantly different from either blue or
purple roses.
Therefore, there is only a single CD for the addition of the
secondary charges.
[ Moira McKay ,07/00 [sic], R-Meridies]
possibly clear of: Kateryne of Hindscroft (1/86 An Tir) -- Argent, a
violet purpure within an orle of hearts azure.
There is at least one CD for significant changes to the secondaries
(type, number, arrangement); there may or may not be one for the type
of flower.
possibly clear of: Elinore de la Paz (9/73 ??) -- Argent, goutty
azure, a passion flower proper.
There is a CD for changing the type and number of secondaries; I’m
guessing that there may be a CD for changing the type of flower, but
it is unclear what the “proper” tincture is -- a Google Images search
[URL: http://images.google.com/images?q=
passion+flower&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images] yielded passion
flowers that
were blue, lavender and dark red.
possibly clear of: Melody of An Tir (4/01 An Tir) -- Argent, a lotus
blossom in profile within a bordure nebuly purpure.
possibly clear of Jennet of Tewkesbury (badge, 7/98 Meridies) --
Argent, a violet purpure slipped and leaved vert a bordure invected
purpure.
possibly clear of: Jennet of Tewkesbury (badge, 9/02 Meridies) --
Argent, a violet purpure slipped and leaved vert, between flaunches
invected purpure.
In each case, there is a at least one CD for
significant changes to
the secondary charges; there is probably a CD for change of type of
primary.
probably clear of: Letitia des Montagnes Bleues (11/82
Atenveldt) -- Argent, a stemless Gentian blossom proper, in chevron
enhanced five mullets azure. [Gentiana acaulis]
There is at least 1 CD for significant changes to the secondaries
(type, number and arrangement); there is possibly a CD for tincture of
primary charge, as gentian flowers appear to be blue [URL:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr
=&safe=off&q=Gentiana+acaulis&btnG=Search]. There may or
may not be a
CD for type of flower, however.
possibly clear of: Caerthe, Barony of (badge, 1/80 Atenveldt) --
Argent, a butterfly bendwise, wings elevated and addorsed Or, perched
on a garden rose slipped purpure. [for Courtesan’s Guild of Caerthe]
The rose and butterfly may be a single charge group (i.e.,
co-primaries), in which there are CDs for adding the butterfly and for
removing the secondary charges.
clear of: Aislinn de Bhulbh (1/96 Atlantia) -- Argent, in bend a
cinquefoil purpure between two wolf’s pawprints [sic] sable.
There is at least one CD for significant changes to the secondaries
(type, number, tincture) and there should be one for arrangement as
well; note, however, that there is nothing for the primary charge:
There is no difference given between a rose and a cinquefoil by
long-standing
precedent, as noted in the LoAR of August 2001, which referred to
the LoARs of
September 2000 and November 1990....[ Amaryllis Coleman
[sic] ,01/04 , R-
Æthelmearc]
probably clear of: Ginevra Rodney (9/00 Ansteorra)
-- Argent ermined vert, a wild ginger flower purpure.
A wild ginger flower is apparently three-petaled; as per a Precedent
during Elsbeth’s tenure as laurel, there is a CD between it and a
trillium inverted:
[a wild ginger flower vs a trillium inverted ]
[sic] ... there is one CD ... for the
inversion of the flower. Three-petaled flowers have a distinct
orientation, unlike
flowers with more petals. [ Ginevra Rodney ,09/00
[sic], A-Ansteorra]
Furthermore, there is a CD between a trillium and a rose; a precedent
from Bruce’s tenure states:
[A trillium flower vs. a rose ]
[sic] There is a CD for type of flower, but not the
substantial difference required by Rule X.2. (Gwyneth MacAulay,
October, 1992,
pg. 29)
Therefore, it seems reasonable to have a CD between a rose and a wild
ginger flower.
There is also a CD for addition of the secondaries.
2. Desiderata Drake (kingdom resub) -- Azure, a goose and on a chief
wavy argent two ducks naiant azure.
Yeah, this one looks more like a goose than in the previous submission.
no conflicts found
3. Eithne ingen Muirgen -- Papellony vert and argent, a red
vixen proper sejant guardant charged on its forehead with a crescent
argent.
The ÓC&M docs for both the given name and the byname are as
cited.
The documentation for the lenited form is also as given [URL:
http://medievalscotland.
org/scotlang/lenition.shtml].
If I understand the PIC-DIC [fig. 552] this field should be reblazoned
as “Papellony argent and vert” (at least as shown in the color html
version on the website), but that doesn’t actually make a whole lot of
sense. Woodward [Pl. XIII, fig. 6} shows the other form of papellony
[cf. PIC-DIC, fig. 551], and equates both it and plumetty as forms of
vair, saying {p. 72}:
The bearing Papelonné [sic] is more frequently
found; and I have collected a
good many French and Italian examples of which a few are here
blazoned.
In it the field is covered with what appear t be scales; the
heraldic term papelonné [sic] is derived from a supposed
resemblance of these scales to the
wings of butterflies.
Later [p. 73] Woodward gives several examples of its use in armory,
and says:
No one is is familiar with the licence [sic] given to them- [sic]
selves by
armorial painters and sculpters in Italy, who were often quite
ignorant of the
meaning of the blazons they depicted, will doubt for a moment the
statement
that Papelonné [sic] is simply ill-drawn
Vair [sic].
The seal of MICHAEL DE CANELU[sic],
circa [sic] 1200, is an ancient example
in which Vair [sic] is represented in the manner
now known as Papelonné [sic].
(ELLIS, Antiquities of Heraldry [sic], plate xvii,
from Archæologia Cantiana [sic],
vi., 216.)
The PIC-DIC says that this form equivalent to “scaly” [c.f. also
PIC-DIC, sn Scaly, and fig. 626}; it isn’t entirely clear whether
these are transitive equivalents (i.e., “scaly” being a form of vair
as well).
As the submitted form of papelonny is not shown in Woodward, it isn’t
clear how it is to be blazoned (i.e., which tincture should come
first).
The crescent is more of a banana moon, and is sufficiently small
anyway that it is very hard to distinguish on the color html copy.
Additionally, the vixen should not be drawn in trian aspect -- only
the head should be facing forward, not any of the torso. The tail
should be raised (i.e., behind the torso, not under it) -- this, as
drawn, is *sort of* (but not really) “coward”.
Note the only thing that makes this a vixen rather than a fox is the
lack of genitalia.
Possible reblazon: Papellony and argent, a red vixen sejant guardant
[coward] proper, charged on the forehead with a crescent argent.
Possible reblazon: Papellony argent and vert, a red vixen sejant
guardant [coward] proper, charged on the forehead with a crescent
argent.
possibly clear of: Wolfram Faust (2/92 Trimaris) -- Argent, scaly
vert, a sea-wolf tailed as a fish erect sable attired of ram’s horns
Or.
There is at least one CD for changing the type and tinctures of the
primary charge; there may or may not be one for the difference between
this field and that submitted.
possibly clear of: Gregoire Reynard de Bourgogne (8/78 ??) -- Per
chevron, barry wavy of ten Or and azure, and argent, a red fox sejant
proper.
There is a CD for changing the field; normally, there would also be
one for adding the tertiary, but in this instance the tertiary charge
appears to be very negligible on mini-emblazon.
4. Emilia Benitez (name change from Emilia O’Madigan)
The documentation for the given name is as cited; in the LoAR for that
external letter
[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/06/01-06lar.html] the name was
registered without comment on the given name (the only commentary had
to do with changing the submitted byname <O’Madagáinn> to
an
Anglicized form).
Please advise the submitter (and submissions herald) that Hanks and
Hodges are not considered good documentation. In fact, both
_Dictonary of First Names_ and _Dictionary of Surnames_ are listed in
the Admin Handbook “Appendix F - Name Sources to Be Avoided in
Documentation” [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/
laurel/admin.html#APPENDIX_F], and both are described thusly:
"Very few of the entries have dates of any kind. There are many
modern forms
included in the entries. There are even, as there are in many
general works of
this kind, some errors, sometimes quite glaring." (LoAR Nov 1994, p.
20) [.]
However, the other documentation for the byname appears to be fine.
Interestingly, I skimmed through my edition of _Don Quixote_ because I
remembered that there was some mention about surnames in the
translator’s notes. On page 97, there is a footnote that says:
1 In La Mancha it is customary for wives to take
the surnames of their
husbands, so Sancho’s wife called herself Juana Panza as well as
Juana Gutiérrez.
In Part II, however, the author forgets the names he has given her
and calls her
Teresa Cascajo, and we learn that her father’s name was Cascajo.
This suggests that the name construction, while unusual, is certainly
registrable; according to the Introduction [p. 27}, the the first part
of the novel was begun in 1603 and published in 1605, making the name
construction gray area at the very least (the second part was
published in 1615 [op. cit, p. 31]).
5. Rhydderich Hael, Barony of the (new order name Order of the
Dragons Combattant and badge) -- Per pale vert and sable, two dragons
combatant Or.
The cites provided from the Project Ordensnamen [URL:
http://www.sca.org/
heraldry/laurel/names/order/] are as given; however both the
formations of <Creature + Adjective> and <Adjective +
Creature> are
listed as “Infrequently Used Patterns” (i.e., with less than five
examples of each. Additionally, one must actually go to the link “To
list by pattern” [URL: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/
order/Pattern.htm] to find the details of where and when the patterns
are found. Note that the cited examples are for different
constructions of the same Order.
Did else anyone notice that while the order name has <Combattant>
(i.e., with the <tt> spelling, the actual blazon only has one? It
makes no difference but it seems like there’s a typo and I don’t know
which is correct.
Is there a possible name conflict with the East Kingdom’s Order of the
Tygers Combattant (8/79 East)? Or is this clear of that? (It
certainly made me a bit twitchy, and might for any old time
Easterners).
These are pretty chubby little dragons, aren’t they? :-)
conflict: Damhnait of the Cleftlands (4/98 Middle) -- Azure, two
dragons combattant Or.
There is only a single CD, for change of field tincture.
possible conflict: Christall Moore (1/98 West) -- Gules, a dragon
segreant contourny Or and another segreant maintaining between them a
sword inverted argent.
There is a CD for changing the field; the maintained charge may not
count for much (although this probably warrants a visual inspection.
possible conflict: Duncan MacAngus of Skye (9/00 Æthelmearc) --
Per
chevron sable and gules ermined Or, in chief two dragons combattant Or.
There is a CD for changing the field; there may or may not be one for
the ermine spots
(depending upon whether this is considered a field -- i.e., a variant
of “pean” or “counter-ermine” -- or considered as charges on the
field).
There is no forced change of position for the
dragons (as there would
have been had the lower part of the shield been Or) so there may be a
CD for that as well.
clear of: Volker von dem Walde (5/06 West) -- Per pale sable
and gules, two dragons Or.
There is a CD for changing the field, and one for the orientation of
one of the dragons.
6. Robert l’Etourdi -- Vert, six bezants one, two and three and a
bordure Or.
The documentation for the given name is as cited; the URL should have
been provided [URL:
http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423.html] in the
documentation, as St. Gabriel articles are not listed on the “Do Not
Photocopy” list in the Admin Handbook [URL:
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/admin.html#
APPENDIX_H].
I don’t have the cited French dictionary, but the one I have (Harper
Collins Robert _French College Dictionary_ [p. 166, sn étoudir]
translates <étourdi, e> as “absent-minded, which is pretty
close to
the mark. The other docs the byname are as cited.
Possible reblazon: Vert, six bezants one, two and three, a bordure Or.
possibly clear of: Nigel the Byzantine (10/95 Caid) -- Purpure
bezanty and a bordure Or.
There is a CD for change of field tincture; there may be one for
arrangement of the bezants (but possibly not for number).
possibly clear of: Hró{th}geirr Hróaldsson (12/03 West)
-- Vert, semy
of roundels and a gore Or.
There is a CD for changing the peripheral charge; there may be one for
arrangement of the bezants (but possibly not for number).
7. Snæbj{o,}rn Hákonarson -- Per pale wavy Or and gules, a
wolf and bear combattant counterchanged.
There should maybe be a few less bumps on the line division and they
should be a bit larger -- squinting at the color html version from a
distance of only about three feet made the line of division somewhat
indistinguishable from embattled.
no conflicts found
8. Tristan Gueguen de Rohan -- Gules, a stag springing and in chief
three holy [sic] leaves bendwise argent all within a bordure ermine.
I don’t have that Dauzat. Morlet [p. 939, sn Tristan, -tant’ says:
var. Tristram[sic], anc. n. de bapt.
et patronyme, popularisé par les romans de la
Table ronde dont le premier Tristan et Yseult est l’œuvre de Beroul
ves 1150. Ce
nom représente le n. gallois Drystan [sic], var.
Trystan [sic], puis Tristan [sic],
nom
anc. d’un druide picte Drustan [sic].
The Withycombe docs are as cited.
The website docs for <Gueguen> seem to be as cited.
Morlet [p. 859, sn Rohan] says:
n. de localité d’origine (Morbihan), ch.l.cant. [sic], n. d’un
anc.
fief ducal [Rocan
1264] [sic], dimin. de roc’h [sic], roche + le suff.
dimin. -an [sic].
While this appears to be a somewhat different etymology, the name
derivation appears to be the same as what is found in Dauzat.
Obviously these are *holly* leaves -- their relative piety (or lack
thereof) is not my concern! :-) :-)
possibly clear of: Oskar of the Wood (11/90 East) -- Gules, a stag
springing argent and in sinister chief a decrescent Or within a
bordure ermine.
There is at least one CD for changes to the secondaries (type, number,
tincture, position/orientation; however, given that all the other
charges are the same, this may be a judgment call as to whether this
is truly clear.
9. Uesugi Kutarou Ietoyo -- Vert, three dragonflies argent.
The name docs for all elements are as cited. Although the submitter
did not request authenticity, it’s too bad that a surname dated closer
to the yobina and nanori couldn’t have been used (thus preventing this
from getting a “nice name”).
probable conflict: Marion Forester (4/05 Middle) -- Vert, semy of
dragonflies argent.
There is only a single CD for changing the number of charges. However,
this is also a case of two pieces of simple armory.
probably clear of: Mevanwy ferch Moris (5/06 Calontir) -- Per chevron
purpure and vert, two dragonflies and a horse’s head couped argent.
There is a CD for changing half the field; there is probably also one
for changing the type of the bottom-most charge: there is a Precedent
from François’ tenure which suggests that there would be a
second CD
for changing the horse’s head to a dragonfly:
There is a second CD for changing the tincture of the charge in
base, as the
basemost of a group of charges two and one is considered to be half
the group:
After much thought and discussion, it has been decided, for
purposes of
X.4.d, e and h of the Rules for Submission, that the bottom-most of
three
charges, either on the field alone or around an ordinary, is defined
as one-half of
the group...multiple changes to the basemost of three charges under
this
definition will be granted a maximum of one CVD. (CL 9/6/90 p.2)
[Letia Thistelthueyt, 12/01,
A-Atlantia]
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