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Atenveldt Submissions (excerpted from the S.C.A. College of Arms' Letters of Acceptance and Return)
ATENVELDT REGISTRATIONS by the College of Arms, May
2004: Ælfred Lionstar of Ravenspur. Household name House Lionstar and
badge for House Lionstar. Sable, a mullet between three lion's heads
cabossed Or. Asha Batu. Name (see RETURNS
for device). Denis of the Titans. Augmentation.
Per pale vert and argent, a lion passant counterchanged, armed, langued and
orbed gules and as an augmentation on a canton azure a whelk within a bordure
Or. Diek Rabynovich. Device. Per
pale indented vert and Or, in chief two eagles rising respectant wings
displayed and in base two pine trees couped, all counterchanged. Dufen Eyðimörkingr. Device. Per
pale vert and Or, a chevron inverted counterchanged. Gallant O'Driscole. Device. Per
chevron vert and argent, two double-bitted axes argent and a compass rose
sable. Please
instruct the submitter to raise the top point of the line of division. Godfrey von Rheinfels. Name
and device. Azure semy of suns, a bend sinister dovetailed Or. This
name combines English and German elements, which is one step from period
practice. Some commenters wondered
whether Rheinfels was a period spelling for this name, but no one found
a period citation for this undoubtedly period castle. Therefore, we are giving
the submitter the benefit of the doubt for the spelling of the byname. Katalena Aleksandrova. Badge.
Argent, a chevron vert and a bordure purpure. Natal'ia Diekova zhena
Rabynovicha. Device. Vert, a tree eradicated Or between flaunches Or
ermined vert. Terence O'Quinlan. Name and
device. Or, a cross crosslet fitchy vert and a demi-sun issuant from chief
sable.
ATENVELDT RETURNS by the College of
Arms, May 2004: Amalric d'Acre. Badge. (Fieldless) A rat sejant
erect, paws resting atop a roundel sable. This
violates RfS VII.7.b, Reconstruction Requirement. The relative sizes or the
roundel and rat generated much discussion as to whether the roundel was
sustained or maintained. The size is such that we cannot come up with a blazon
that adequately describes this "so that a competent heraldic artist can
reproduce the armory solely from the blazon." The roundel should be made
either larger (so as to be co-primary) or smaller (to be maintained). In any
case it will need to be checked for conflict again, and it would still be
necessary to come up with a blazon that would guarantee reproducibility. Asha Batu. Device. Azure,
two fire arrows crossed in saltire argent enflamed gules fimbriated Or,
surmounted by an urga argent. The
arrows, except for the flames, are argent. Thus, as noted by Ounce, this
conflicts with Gillian Olafsdottir d'Uriel: Azure, three staves crossed at
the nombril point argent. The urga is essentially a staff, so X.2 does not
apply, leaving just one CD for changing the type of two of three charges in a
sheaf and nothing for the enflaming nor the point where the charges cross.
Ounce is also correct in that this conflicts with Loran Redbow: Azure, three
fire-arrows bendwise sinister in bend argent, enflamed proper. There's a CD
for arrangement but nothing for changing type of one of three charges in the
group (as we are not comparing groups of three arranged two and one). In addition there is a problem with
the use of an urga. This would be the initial registration of the
charge. Several commentors noted the need for documentation, but Siren said it
best: While I think we might be slightly
more lenient on this sort of artifact, no evidence has been presented that (1)
this resembles a modern urga or (2) that an urga is a period
object. Brickbat tells us that pictures exist; sharing them with the College,
or at least with Wreath would allow a judgement of whether this resembles a
modern urga. Brickbat asserts that a modern legend mentioning an urga
"given the nature of folklore and legend, [she] would hazard to say was
being told to period listeners." However, extensive research by social
scientists, ethnomusicologists, and students of literature make it clear that
many "ancient and traditional" stories have roots that are very
shallow. As an example from folk music, Scarborough Fair only dates to the turn
of the century, and Tam Lin only to the 18th century. Thus, the existence of a modern
legend is not sufficient for registration. Further documentation for an urga as
a period artifact will be needed in order to register an urga as a charge. The flames on the arrows should be
drawn as alternating tongues of Or and gules. |
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