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Atenveldt Submissions (excerpted from the S.C.A. College of Arms' Letters of Acceptance and Return)

The following submissions were registered by the S.C.A. College of Arms at its January 2016 meetings:

Aelia Musa. Badge. (Fieldless) A clenched gauntlet bendwise sustaining in chief a demi-mouse argent.


Aelia Musa. Badge. (Fieldless) On a sun azure a mouse courant to dexter base argent.


`A'isha of Tir Ysgithr. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per chevron sable and purpure, two crescents Or and a coney couchant argent.
Submitted under the name `A`isha al-Zarqa'.


Andrew mac Bran of Antrim. Device. Azure, a two-masted Greek warship sails set and oars in action, on a chief indented argent three crossbows vert.


Átríðr of Sundragon. Name.
Sundragon is the registered name of an SCA branch.


Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Transfer of heraldic title Golden Orb Pursuivant to Seamus McDaid.
Although it wasn't stated in the Letter of Intent, Seamus paid for the transfer of the title. Therefore, all conditions of the transfer (see the Admin Handbook and the March 2015 Cover Letter) have been met.


Aysun al-Andalusi. Badge. (Fieldless) A wolf's head erased argent within and conjoined to a stag's antler conjoined to itself in annulo Or.


Domagnev Volkovich. Name change from Domnall mac Faíltigeirn.
The Letter of Intent noted that there was a question whether Domagnev is a given name or locative. This element is identified as a given name in a standard SCA source (Wickenden). It is also identified as a personal name in the derivation of the place name Domagnew(a) [Hansjürgen Brachmann et al., Das Zisterzienserkloster Dargun im Stammesgebiet der Zirzipanen: ein interdisziplinärer Beitrag zur Erforschung mittelalterlicher Siedlungsprozesse in der Germania Slavica, p. 123; https://books.google.com/books?id=cnK1lXslC_AC]. Therefore, we can register this name as submitted.
We note that the precedent cited in the Letter of Intent [Gregorie Moroz, March 2014] does not apply to this submission because there was no question about the transliteration of this element.
The submitter's previous name, Domnall mac Faíltigeirn, is retained as an alternate name.


Elizabeth Redfern. Device. Or, a fess bretessed sable between an owl displayed gules and a boar statant azure.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a bird other than an eagle in the displayed posture.


Enia al-Andalusiyya. Device. Per fess embattled azure and argent, a crossbow inverted and a dumbek counterchanged.


Gabriella Salvi da Rosa. Name (see RETURNS for device).
This name was documented in the Letter of Intent as an Italian name. However, Gabriella was documented as an Italian given name from an older Academy of Saint Gabriel report. This report cited de Felice Nomi, an unreliable source with mostly undated names. Fortunately, Gabriella is found in 16th century Spanish parish records in the FamilySearch Historical Records.
Salvi is found as a 16th century Spanish byname in the FamilySearch Historical Records and da Rosa is found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "Portuguese Surnames from Lisbon, 1565" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/portuguese/sur1565.html). Therefore, this name is an entirely 16th century Iberian name.


Katarina Rose MacDonald. Device. Per chevron vert and azure, two chevronels between two roses and a unicorn's head couped contourny argent.


Kathleen of Anandyrdale. Device. Gules, an ounce sejant guardant erminois, on a chief embattled argent three fleurs-de-lys sable. Please advise the submitter to draw fewer and larger ermine spots.


Katrin Hakonsdottir. Name and device. Azure, a natural seahorse contourny Or sustaining with its tail an arrow bendwise inverted argent.
This name does not conflict with the registered name Karina Haakonsdottir. A syllable has been removed from the given name, so this name is clear under PN3C2 of SENA.


Mattea Locatelli. Name (see RETURNS for device).
The byname Locatelli was documented in the Letter of Intent using a source that contains normalized forms. This spelling is found in the title of the 1644 book Theatro d'arcani del medico Lodouico Locatelli da Bergamo (https://books.google.com/books?id=gxyerIfEWzkC), and can be registered.


Meara of Caer Ddu. Device change. Per fess wavy azure and Or, three hearts Or and a tower sable.
The submitter's old device, Argent, a bend sinister wavy between a sun and a crescent purpure, is released.


Michelle of Twin Moons. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per chevron vert and Or, two dragons combattant Or and a wolf sejant forepaw raised sable.
Submitted under the name Oriande Æthelwulfesdohter.


Ronan Cu. Name and device. Gules, in pale a phoenix atop a single-horned anvil, on a chief Or a pick-axe sable.


Rose the Jeweler. Device change. Per bend sinister purpure and vert, a bend sinister wavy between a rose and a dog couchant argent.
The submitter's old device, Ermine, three trees eradicated within a bordure vert, is released.


Seamus mac Neil. Name and device. Vert, an oak tree and on a chief invected argent, an otter passant maintaining in its mouth a fish purpure.
Submitted as Seamus Mac Neil, the Letter of Intent documented the form mac Néill. Ogress found the spelling mac Neil in the Annals of Ulster with a date of 933. We have changed the patronymic particle to mac to match the documentation.
The fish here is a characteristic aiding in the identification of this heraldic otter. It does not represent a second tertiary charge group.


Seamus McDaid. Acceptance of transfer of Heraldic title Golden Orb Pursuivant from Atenveldt, Kingdom of.
Although it wasn't stated in the Letter of Intent, Seamus paid for the transfer of the title. Therefore, all conditions of the transfer (see the Admin Handbook and the March 2015 Cover Letter) have been met.


Viana Andreu de Segovia. Device. Gules, an ermine rampant contourny ermine within an orle argent semy of compass stars sable. There is a step from period practice for the use of compass stars.


Wander Riordan. Augmentation of arms. Per fess wavy azure and argent, in dexter chief a triskele argent, and as an augmentation in sinister base a rose azure.

The following were returned by the College of Arms for further work, January 2016:


`A`isha al-Zarqa'. Name.

Unfortunately, although the names are different in appearance, this name conflicts aurally with the registered name 'A'isha al-Zahra'. The central consonant cluster, -hr- vs. -rq- affects only adjacent letters/sounds and hence is not enough to create a difference in two syllables under PN3C1, and there is no syllable with enough difference to qualify for substantial change under PN3C2. Therefore, we are forced to return this name.
Upon resubmission, the submitter should know that there is a typographical error in the given name (ism) that originated in Da'ud ibn Auda's article "Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices". Upon resubmission, this element should be corrected to `A'isha, using an apostrophe (hamza) after the A, rather than an ` (`ayn).
Her device is registered under the holding name `A'isha of Tir Ysgithr.


Dawn Greenwall. Device. Per fess azure and vert masoned Or, a demi-sun issuant from the line of division Or.
This device is returned for multiple conflicts. It conflicts with the device of Shauna Branwen: Per saltire vert and sable, a demi-sun Or. There is only one DC for changing the field.
It also conflicts with the badge of Kara the Twin of Kelton, Sable, the upper half of a mullet of four greater and twelve lesser points Or, the badge of Laurelen Darksbane, Per chevron azure and vert, a demi-compass star issuant from the line of division and the badge of Mathias Sicco von Hagen, Per fess sable and vert, issuant from the line of division a demi-compass-star Or. In these cases, there is a DC for changing the field but no DC for the difference between demi-sun and demi-compass star.


Elena Maria de Suberria. Name.
The documentation supported the byname Suberria, but not the marked form de Suberria. We would drop the preposition de, but this is a major change, which the submitter does not allow. Therefore, we are forced to return this name.
We note that the pattern of using Basque elements with Castilian name construction is supported by the article "Basque Onomastics of the Eighth to Sixteenth Centuries" by Karen Larsdatter (http://www.larsdatter.com/basque/index.htm).


Gabriella Salvi da Rosa. Device. Argent, a horse salient and a chief embattled purpure.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Miklós Magdolna: Argent, a horse rampant and a base purpure. There is no DC for the difference between salient and rampant and thus there is only one DC, for changing the type of the secondary charge.
On resubmission, please advise the submitter to draw the line of division on the chief more horizontally.


Katherine Kelly. Device. Argent semy of shamrocks vert, a butterfly sable and on a chief purpure a spoon reversed argent.
This device is returned administratively as the emblazon on the Letter of Intent does not match the emblazon on the actual form. The device in OSCAR shows a hand colored azure chief [the purple marker used scanned blue...a continuing headache. Marta] while the uploaded scan of the form had a computer-colorized purpure chief. Alteration of tincture by computer-colorization has been cause for return since the March 2009 meeting.


Mattea Locatelli. Device. Purpure, two arrows inverted in saltire Or and overall a polypus argent.
This device is returned administratively as the emblazon on the Letter of Intent does not match the emblazon on the actual form. The device in OSCAR shows a hand colored azure field while the uploaded scan of the form had a computer-colorized purpure field. Alteration of tincture by computer-colorization has been cause for return since the March 2009 meeting.


Móivar Vignirson. Name and device. Per fess Or and sable, a double-headed eagle sable and a lightning bolt bendwise sinister argent within an annulet rayonny on its outer edge Or.
This name is returned because we have no evidence to support the given name Móivar, either as an attested or constructed name in any language. Without evidence to show that this name is plausible in our period, we cannot register this name.
Upon resubmission, the submitter should know that the given name Vignir is only found as the name of the son of a legendary figure. However, it can be constructed from the prototheme Vig- and the deuterotheme -nir, found in examples from Geirr Bassi. The expected genitive (possessive) form of the name is Vignis-, so the patronymic byname should be Vignisson.
The submitter requested authenticity for a 12th century Icelandic name. Because the given name could not be documented or constructed, and we are returning this name, we have not considered this request.
Blazoned as "a roundel rayonny on its outer edge", a roundel is a solid, filled-in circle and this emblazon could only be understood as an annulet rayonny on the outer edge. Unfortunately, an annulet rayonny on the outer edge is not registerable: Annulets with complex lines will not be registered after the June 2013 decision meeting without evidence of period practice. [Cover Letter, Dec 2012]
Moreover, having an annulet, an eagle, and a lightning bolt in the same charge group would be prohibited under SENA A3D2a.
Another way to blazon this device would have an Or sun eclipsed sable. However a sun eclipsed is considered equivalent to a sun charged with a roundel and thus this would not be registerable either as the lightning bolt would then be a quaternary charge.
There is a step from period practice for the use of a lightning bolt not part of a thunderbolt.


Oriande Æthelwulfesdohter. Name.
The literary name Oriande is only found as the name of a non-human character, a fairy. Although we have a pattern of borrowing of literary names in French, the pattern of using the names of fairies was not documented, so we are not able to register this name as submitted.
The literary mistress of Amadis de Gaul cited in the Letter of Intent is named Oriane or Oriana in period documents. However, this instance is an Iberian name, which cannot be combined with the late 9th century Anglo-Saxon byname. Oriane and Oriana are also English given names from 1629 and 1578, respectively (FamilySearch Historical Records), and Oriana is a nickname used to refer to Queen Elizabeth I. It is found, for example, in the title of Thomas Morley's The Triumphs of Oriana, a book of madrigals from 1601. However, the temporal gaps between these and the byname would be greater than 500 years. Therefore, we are unable to change the given name to Oriane or Oriana and must return this name.
Her device is registered under the holding name Michelle of Twin Moons.
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