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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 SCA College of Arms, October 2007: Adelric of Saxony. Reblazon of device. Argent, a bend sinister embattled vert between an eagle displayed and in saltire a battle-axe and a mallet sable. This was registered in October 1988 with the blazon Argent, a bend sinister embattled vert between an eagle displayed and in saltire a battleaxe and a carpenter's hammer sable. No documentation for the charge was presented at the time, and the term has proven ambiguous and unnecessary. Since the charge is a heraldic mallet under another name, we have amended the blazon as an aid to future conflict checkers. Argyll MacPherson. Name change from Archibald MacPherson of Argyll. Argyll is the submitter's legal given name. His old name, Archibald MacPherson of Argyll, is released. Asiya al-Mubaraka. Name and device. Argent, in pale a rose proper slipped and leaved vert and a crescent environing the slip azure, a bordure engrailed sable. Chevron Herald has found several period examples of arms with a charge between the horns of a crescent. In particular, the Lindsay Armorial, 1542, shows the coats of "Cathkart lord of Cathkart", Azure, three crosses crosslet fitchy issuant from as many crescents argent, and of "Monypeny Lord Monypeny", Gules, three crosses crosslet fitchy issuant from as many crescents argent. The crosses occupy the same relation to their crescents as this slipped rose does here. There is also the civic coat of Monheim, 1605, Argent, in pale a mullet of six points between the horns of a crescent moon gules [Siebmacher 224]. We found no examples of a crescent completely encircling a charge - but having a charge between a crescent's horns, even extending outward as here, seems well within period heraldic style. While the device has a complexity count of nine - three charges (rose, crescent, and bordure) in six tinctures (argent, gules, vert, Or, azure, and sable) - the documentation for the motif cited above, and the simple symmetric design, allow us to waive the rule of thumb outlined in RfS VIII.1.a here. Aurien Chimerstome. Reblazon of device. Per chevron vert and Or, a winged bull statant argent and a pomegranate gules slipped and leaved vert. When registered in January 1981 with the blazon Per chevron vert and Or, a winged bull statant, tail sufflexed, argent, and a pomegranate proper, the slipping and leaving was omitted from the blazon. While pomegranates are frequently found slipped and leaved, that is not their default. We have also reblazoned the pomegranate's tinctures to make them more readily accessible. Brian the Pious. Name and device. Sable, a natural tiger rampant Or marked sable and a bordure wavy Or semy of annulets sable. Cassandra of Padua. Reblazon of device. Per pale Or and gules, a swan naiant counterchanged. When registered in June 1973 with the blazon Per pale Or and gules, a swan counterchanged, the posture of the swan was omitted from the blazon. When a posture is not specified, a swan is rousant, not naiant. Deborah of Mightrinwood. Reblazon of device. Argent, in fess two lizards tergiant purpure. When registered in August 1991 with the blazon Argent, two lizards in fess purpure, the lizards' tergiant posture was omitted from the blazon. Deletha of Anandyrdale. Name change from Catlin of Anandyrdale. Deletha is the submitter's legal given name. The submitter asked if there was a more typical Scots spelling of the word of. Effric Neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald notes: Both <of> and <off> are perfectly normal Scots spellings for the 13th and 14th centuries. The DSL-DOST (<http://www.dsl.ac.uk/>), s.v. of <<http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/getent4.php?plen=86167&startset=42774965&query=Of&fhit=off&dregion=form&dtext=dost> >, says "The most common spelling at all dates (and in nearly all texts) is of. The spelling off occurs also throughout the period in most or all senses and is rather common in certain early texts." Her old name, Catlin of Anandyrdale, is released. Felicia de Montbar. Name and device. Or, a pink flamingo close contourny proper and in canton a Latin cross gules. Submitted as Felicie de Montbard, the submitter requested a name authentic for 12th C Burgundy/France. The spelling Felicie is documented from the "ARAGON" section of the "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy" page (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ARAGON%20&%20CATALONIA.htm). While this site does examine primary sources to determine relationships, and even quotes a large amount of original material, the header forms are almost always standard modern forms appropriate to the bearer's country of origin. The same page provides this Latin passage about the woman listed as Felicie: "Sancius rex Aragonensium...cum filio meo Petro et uxore mea regina...Felicia" (Sancho, king of Aragon, with my son Pedro and my wife and queen Felicia). Felicia is the expected Latin form for this name. For the surname, Dauzat and Rostaing, Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Lieux de la France s.n. Mons, p. 466, column 2, dates the spelling Montbar (a form of Montbard) to 1096. We have changed the name to Felicia de Montbar, a form of the name appropriate for a Latin document from France in the 12th C, to fulfill the submitter's authenticity request. We note that the OSCAR emblazon had the flamingo of a lighter pink than the form sent to Laurel. The submission form has the bird in a dark "flamingo pink", which has been ruled a color (v. Marion Baggeputz, February 2007), so it's acceptable. At this time we are not returning items for tincture mismatch between the form and the OSCAR emblazon; however, we remind submissions heralds that the OSCAR emblazon should accurately reflect the submitted armory. Iohn Hambledon. Device. Vert, on a pale between two double-bitted battleaxes argent a pawprint azure. The use of a pawprint is a step from period practice. Joan of Ered Sul. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for name). Per pale argent and sable, an hourglass and in chief two suns eclipsed, all counterchanged. Submitted under the name Joan Doe. Loretta de Tonge. Name and device. Argent, an acorn purpure within a bordure vert. Nice 13th C Latinized English name. Lucrezia Maria de Vallombrosa. Reblazon of device. Per pale azure and vert, two peacocks in their pride, heads respectant, in base a pomegranate slipped Or. When registered in November 1993 with the blazon Per pale azure and vert, two peacocks in their pride, heads respectant, in base a pomegranate Or, the slipping was omitted from the blazon. While pomegranates are frequently found slipped and leaved, that is not their default. Malachi Tay. Name change from Malkolm Tay. His old name, Malkolm Tay, is released. Marianna di Bartolomeo da Rosa. Name and device. Sable, an owl contourny argent and a bordure ermine. Robert Strongbow. Reblazon of device. Vert, a wolf rampant argent maintaining in its dexter forepaw a sheaf of three arrows Or, barbed and flighted argent, and sustaining in its sinister forepaw in chief a bow fesswise gules. Registered in June 1973 with the blazon Vert, a wolf rampant argent, grasping in its erect sinister forepaw a bow gules, held fesswise, and in its dexter forepaw a sheaf of three clothyard shafts Or, armed and flighted argent, the blazon did not make clear the sustained and maintained nature of the "held" charges. We've corrected this, as well as regularized the blazon of the arrows. Rosalinda Gertrude Kesselheim. Badge. Or, on a pale of three lozenges between two peacock feathers vert, three human eyes argent, irised gules. The irises of the eyes touch the outer edges at two points only; for the purposes of contrast, they may be considered argent with red spots. The eyes thus have good contrast with the vert lozenges. [That's what we said: the eyes have it.] Tighearain Blackwater. Badge. Per pale wavy argent and sable, crusilly formy counterchanged. Please instruct the submitter that the crosses should be strewn approximately evenly over the field. He should be aware that many artists will place one or more of the crosses over the line of division. Wilhelus le Casse. Device. Sable, a maunch and issuant from base a demi-sun argent. Ynez Chaiya Benveniste. Reblazon of device. Purpure, two dolphins haurient respectant argent, on a chief embattled Or three pomegranates slipped and leaved vert, seeded gules. When registered in October 2002 with the blazon Purpure, two dolphins haurient respectant argent and on a chief embattled Or three pomegranates vert seeded gules, the slipping and leaving was omitted from the blazon. While pomegranates are frequently found slipped and leaved, that is not their default. The following have been returned for additional work, October 2007:This conflicts with John Doe, which is a well known legal term for an unidentified male. By precedent, this name is protected: This conflicts with John Doe, which is a well known legal term for an unidentified male. [Seaan Dowe, December 1999]. In this case, John and Joan are too close in sound and appearance, and the bynames are identical. Her device was registered under the holding name Joan of Ered Sul. No documentation was presented and none supplied by the commenters to suggest that the name Gadeberg is a registerable name. Although the LoI notes that Gadeberg is the submitter's legal surname, no supporting documentation was submitted to demonstrate this. Either a photocopy of an appropriate legal identification or certificate, or an attestation by the submitting herald that they have examined said certificate and the spelling appearing there is as submitted, is needed to invoke the legal name allowance successfully. |
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