Unto Their Royal Majesties Phelan and Elzbieta; the Honourable Lord Seamus McDaid, Aten Principal Herald; the Heralds in the Atenveldt College of Heralds; and to All Whom These Presents Come,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Parhelium Herald!

NOTE....NOTE...IF YOU HAVEN’T STARTED USING THE NEW SUBMISSIONS FORMS, DO IT NOW!...OLD FORMS WILL BE RETURNED AS OF 1 APRIL 2007!

This is the March 2007 Atenveldt Letter of Presentation. It precedes the external Letter of Intent that will contain the following submissions that are presented here, asking questions of submitters and local heralds who have worked with them; if these questions are not addressed, the submission may be returned by the Atenveldt College of Heralds. I accept online commentary, in addition to questions pertaining to heraldry and consultation for names and armory: brickbat@nexiliscom.com. Please have comments or questions to me concerning this Letter by 15 April 2007.

Submissions Website: You can send electronic commentary on the most recent internal LoIs through the site, in addition to any questions you might have. Current submission forms (the ONLY forms that can be used) can be found on the site. Please let your local populace know about the site, too: atensubmissions.nexiliscom.com.

Heraldry Hut : The next meetings are scheduled for Friday, 16 March, and Friday, 20 April, beginning at 7:30 PM.

Recent Actions by the College of Arms: the final actions on those submissions appearing in the 25 August 2006 Atenveldt Letter of Intent and finally considered by the S.C.A. College of Arms at its December 2006 meetings appear at the end of this report.

Please consider the following submissions for the APRIL 2007 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

Alexandra de la Mer Verte (Sundragon): NEW BADGE

Azure, on a pale between two swords inverted argent, three crosses bottony fitchy gules.

The name was registered February 2000. The lady is using elements from her registered device, Argent, a fess vert between three crosses bottony fitchy gules and a griffin segreant maintaining a sword vert.

Gwenllyan verch Wilkin (Twin Moons): NEW DEVICE

Vert ermined, a domestic cat passant guardant and on a chief embattled Or three crosses formy vert.

The client’s name was registered November 2006. (I like the muscle-y cat!)

Henry Erricker (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, a winged sword inverted and a bordure embattled Or.

Henry is a masculine given name dated to the 12^th C. In Withycombe (3^rd edition, p. 140) and dated to 1552, 1529 and and 1569 in “Some 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael ( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/welsh/welsh.html ). Erricker is an undated English surname, with similar derivations dated for 1327 as Euenwaker and 1230 as Erwak (Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 148, s.n. Earwaker). The client desires a masculine name.

We’re calling this a winged sword (rather than a sword inverted, winged...) in the hopes that the blazon conveys the fact that not only are is the sword inverted, but also the wings.

Isibel sverðaspillir (Atenveldt): NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A raven displayed azure.

The name was registered October 2005.

Julianna Wilkins (Sundragon): NEW DEVICE

Argent, in pale an owl displayed and a tilia tree eradicated proper, a bordure purpure.

The name appears in the 20 December 2006 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

While both the owl and the tree are blazoned as proper, owls come in many species, and to be proper, I need to have what type of owl this is. I’ve no idea what a tilia tree is, but it appears that this is also known as the linden or basswood (or the lime tree, although not really the citrus-type of lime, in England).

Kathryn Arégonde (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Gules, in base a crossbow inverted Or between a pair of flaunches argent, each charged with an iris gules, slipped and leaved vert.

Kathryn is an common feminine given name; a quick scan of French name lists in the Medieval Names Archive seems to show Katherine being the more commonly-seen spelling of the name. Arégonde (also spelled as Aregund, Aregunda) was the wife of Clotaire I, King of the Franks (she was born c. 500 and died c. 580), according to Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aregund ). It is also found as Aregund in “Masculine & Feminine Names from the Merovingian Line c.400-c.600 AD,” by Aryanhwy merch Catmael ( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/other/merovence.html ). The client desires a feminine name, is most interested in the sound, wishes it authentic for language and/or culture (none specified), and she will not accept minor changes to the name. Maybe it’s just me, but this sounds uncomfortably close to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first of many wives.

These are unlike any flaunches I’ve even seen.

Kazimerov Velentov (Sundragon): NEW NAME

Per chevron inverted sable and azure, a tree blasted and eradicated and a bordure argent.

The name is Russian. Both elements are said to be in “A Dictionary of Period Russian Names,” Paul Wickenden of Thanet ( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/ ). The closest to the “given” name is Kazimirov, 1476, and this is a patronymic, not a given name; the masculine given name is Kazimer (1506), a variant of the ancient Polish name Kazimer (1471). Velent is a masculine given name, dated to 1195. Velentov appears to be an appropriate construction for the patronymic. Kazimer Velentov would be a solid Russian name. The client desires a masculine name and is most interested in the sound of the name. He wishes it authentic for the 13^th C. (The elements are just temporally-compatible, and they straddle the 13^th C.)

Kolfinna Raudulfr (Aten Highlands): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Purpure, three horses passant in annulo widdershins and a bordure argent.

The name is Old Norse. Kolfinna is a feminine given name found in “Viking Names found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael ( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html ). The byname means “red wolf,” and it is also a masculine given name found in the above citation. It seems that the client doesn’t wish this to be a patronymic, but rather a description of herself; I wonder if this ought to be rendered into a feminine form of the word. (The correct spelling of the masculine name is Rauðúlfr.) The client desires a feminine name, and is most interested in the meaning and the language/culture of the name. She will not accept major changes to the name.

The same orientation of the horses is seen in the armory of Lí Ban ingen Echtigeirn, registered in October 2000, Argent, three horses passant in annulo sable.

Nakada Tadamitsu (Granite Mountain): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Kingdom, March 2007: Per pale sable and gules, on a pile inverted argent the I Ching symbol jiji gules.

The client’s previous submission, with a sable field, was returned for conflict with Laurencia des Jardins, Sable, on a pile inverted argent a foxglove purpure slipped and leaved vert. (If there is a problem with the resubmission, would the design with the field Per pale gules and sable... be free of conflict?)

Olaf mjöksiglandi (Atenveldt): NAME and DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Kingdom, October 2005

Purpure, a griffin statant erect maintaining in its foreclaws a talon-headed staff bendwise and a bordure engrailed Or.

The original name submission, Olaf the Traveler, was returned for being two steps from period practice (the use of the term Traveler as a byname, and the English/Swedish (or English/Danish) language mix). Olaf is a masculine given name from the ON Anleifr, popular in the Scandanavian countries because of St. Olaf (d. 1030) and Olaf Trygvasson (d. 1000), both Kings of Norway; Withycombe notes that while the Danes used Olaf in pre-Norman England, its use fell out of favor after the Norman Conquest (pp. 231-2, s.n. Olaf). Academy S. Gabriel Report 2896 demonstrates Olaf as a masculine given Norwegian name in the period 1480-1530 ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/2896 ). The byname mjöksiglandi, “much-sailing, far-traveling,” is found in “Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael

( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html ).

The original device submission, Purpure, a griffin statant erect maintaining in its foreclaws a talon-headed staff bendwise Or., was returned for multiple conflicts. I note now, however, that this isn’t a griffin, with its signature eagle wings and lion hindquarters. The monster is more accurately blazoned as a dragon with the head and forequarters of an eagle (which ought to maintain the bat-wings of a dragon).

Robert Raudulfr (Aten Highlands): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per saltire purpure and sable, a wolf’s head erased contourny argent and a bordure semy of card piques sable.

Robert is the client’s legal given name, and according to the RfS II.4, a client may have elements of their legal names as corresponding parts of their Society names. Raudulfr, as Rauðúlfr, is found in “Viking Names found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael

( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html ). It means “red wolf,” and it seems that the client wishes this to be a description of himself. The client desires a masculine name and is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of the name. He will not accept major changes.

Romanus Rodrigo (Sundragon): NEW BADGE

(Fieldless and tinctureless) An octopus charged with a caltrap.

The name was registered May 2006.

Shonna Dennyng (Twin Moons): NEW NAME

Shonna is the client’s legal given name (copy of driver’s license to Laurel). Dennyng is an English family name dated to 1286 and 1367 (Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 132 s.n. Denning). The client desires a feminine name, and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (authentic for Scotland).

Viola verch Hwyl (Brymstone): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Sable, a rabbit courant contourny ermine and in base a dandelion Or, slipped and leaved vert.

The name mixes English and Welsh, which is not considered an anomaly. Viola is a feminine given name used for a human character in Gower’s Confessio Amantis, published in 1390 ( http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/gowerbib.htm ); Viola has been registered several times by the College of Arms, most recently in August 2005. Hwyl is a masculine Welsh given name; Hywel found in “A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names,” Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html ). Hywel is found in “Snapshot of a Cantref: The Names and Naming Practices in a Mawddwy Court Roll of 1415-16,” Heather Rose Jones

( http://www.heatherrosejones.com/names/welsh/mawddwy1415.html ). I can’t find Hwyl in these sources. The client desires a feminine name, and is Hwyl must be changed, she will accept either Howell or Howel.

The following appear in the MARCH 2007 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

NOTE: Not all Estrella submissions appear here (these are Adelize Fitz Symmons, Amalie Loreley, Bellana Nic Morgan, John Redere, Kára MacDhubhshith, Tuathflaith Ó Díomasaigh, William Malcolmesson); I’m trying to contact clients and clear up some potential details that would otherwise lead to a return. Those submissions will be included in the April LoI or will be returned for further work, in next month’s LoP.

Commentary is provided by Aryanhwy merch Catmael [AmC], Grainne the Red [GR], Katherine Throckmorton [KT], Maridonna Benevenuti [MB], Shauna of Carrick Point and Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy [MMM].

Adrianna von Pfalz (Sundragon): NEW NAME

Áedán Mór Mac Donough (Windale): NEW ALTERNATE NAME, Erik Eriksson, and NEW BADGE: Gules, a triquetra inverted between three triquetras one and two Or.

The blazon doesn't accurately reflect that the triquetras are co-primaries, as opposed to a sole primary + three secondaries. I'm not sure what the best way to do so is; perhaps "Gules, in triangle a triquetra inverted between three others Or." This is clear of Tarysa of Rivendell, "Azure, three triquetras Or," with one CD for the field, and one for the unforced arrangement of the charges. (There is no CD for the number). Vs. Charles Stewart O'Connor, "Gules, a triquetra argent," there is one CD for the tincture and another for the number. Vs. Halldór Skaptason, "Azure, a triquetra inverted Or," there's a CD for number and one for the field, and vs. Dante lo Rosso, "Per saltire vert and azure, four triquetras points to center Or," there's one for the field and one for the arrangement. These were the closest I found. [AmC]

Some haggling with the blazon comes up with the hopefully more accurate Gules, in triangle four triquetras one and three, that in center base inverted, Or. [MMM, HdA]

Ainder ingen Demmáin (Tir Ysgithr): NEW DEVICE: Per fess embattle sable and azure, a recorder bendwise sinister Or and three crescents argent.

Amirah al-Zahra (Atenveldt): NEW NAME

A consistent transcription needs to be used throughout the name - either <Amira al-Zarqa> or <Amirah al-Zarqah>. And I agree that this is not presumptuous. [AmC]

I really foobared on this one. The byname is al-Zahra’, “the radiant,” not al-Zarqa’, “the blue-eyed.” The recent registration mentioned was for Aziza al-Zarqa', registered February 2006 through the Kingdom of Atenveldt. This is not an aural conflict. al-Zahra’ is found in “Andalusian Names: Arabs in Spain,” Juliana de Luna as a woman’s byname ( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/andalusia.html ); the issue of consistency in transcription still need to be addressed, but as the client submitted Amirah, I suspect that she’d prefer the byname to be changed. [MMM]

Amirah de Foria (Twin Moons): NEW NAME

I didn't find the given name Amirah, Amira, Ammira, etc., in my Italian books or unpublished articles. I did find a Greek derivative surname <Ammiras> from Ar. 'amir' in Calabria and Sicily in the 12th C. I didn't find <de Foria> or <Foria>. The <Amira bint Mikhail of Safita> that was registered June 2005 is a patronymic, but <Amirah de Foria> may be problem even though it was submitted as an inherited surname. While the Arabs conquered Sicily they didn't southern Italy. They did raid southern Italy occasionally. The Arabs in Sicily were ousted by the Normans in 1060. While a few Arabs stayed these were artisans and the Norman king's counsellors in court. In August 1300 the last Arab colony in Lucera (in Puglia, the heel of Italy) was destroyed by order of Charles II of Anjou. The Muslims of Lucera were forcibly converted to Christianity and the Arab presence in Italy ceased to exist. "A History of Muslim Sicily", Aziz Amhad, 1975, Univ. of Edinburgh. Although Venetian and Genoese merchants did business with the Middle East I think it unlikey that a "Christian" would give his child a Saracen name during the SCA period. In 1447, the date of the submitter's surname documentation, the Aragons of Spain controlled Sicily and southern Italy. [MB]

Anya of Windale (Windale): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale sable and purpure, two butterflies argent.

While better docs would certainly be appreciated, the LoAR citation should be sufficient for registration. [AmC]

The arms are clear of Katherine Kersey, "Quarterly azure and sable, in fess two butterflies volant palewise wings addorsed respectant argent," with one CD for the field and one for the posture. Vs. Adelheid Silberschmidt, "Azure semy of butterflies argent," there's one CD for the field and one for the number. These were the closest I found. [AmC]

Aoife inghean Eoin gabha (Atenveldt Highlands): NEW DEVICE: Vert, a fleece and in base two filled drop spindles argent.

The arrangement of the drop spindles needs to be given; they are "in fess". I found no conflicts. [AmC]

Arterus Keenan (Twin Moons): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Or, a chevron pean and in base a double-horned anvil vert.

Since Anglicized Irish can be combined with English, although it is considered a step from period practice (Gareth MacGilcrist 11-04) this name should be registerable. [KT]

<Arterus> is a Latinized form; in every day speech, he would be just <Arter>. MacLysaght's anglicized forms are modern and are not registerable without independent documentation. Woulfe s.n. Ó Cianáin has <O Kinane> and <O Keynan> from anglicized records temp. Elizabeth I - James I. <Arterus O Keynan> looks fine. [AmC]

Caitilín inghean Diarmada (Brymstone): NEW NAME, DEVICE and BADGE:

(device) Argent, an escallop shell inverted gules and on chief sable three roundels argent.

(badge) (Fieldless) An escallop shell inverted gules.

The name is correctly formed and nicely documented. I found no conflicts with the name or either piece of armory.[AmC] Just for the record, the badge is clear of Emma de Fetherstan: (Fieldless) An escallop gules., with 1 CD for fieldlessness and 1 CD for inverting the escallop. (And if you don’t think I don’t think Katherine Throckmorton isn’t somewhat behind this...) [MMM]

Cassandra la Schrevein (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Purpure, a papyrus plant and a bordure nebuly argent.

Nice Name! [KT]

I have no idea what a papyrus plant would conflict with, but should be clear of Adrienne du Val des Roses, "Purpure, a rose argent, barbed vert, within a bordure nebuly argent," by X.2. I'm less sure of Ygraine o Gaerllion Fawr, "Purpure, a bouquet of three daffodils slipped, the centermost affronty and the outermost addorsed, Or within a bordure nebuly argent"; there's a CD for the tincture, but I don't know whether there's a CD for the type of plant, given what the papyrus looks like. [AmC] Our best guess at the Consultation Table for conflicts in the Ordinary was under Plant – Reed, but nothing close appears under that or Plant – Wheat. [MMM]

Cerdic Charles (Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend gules and argent, a lion dormant Or and a harp sable.

Withycombe s.n. Cedric says that Scott's <Cedric> "was probably a mistake...for <Cerdic>, the name of the traditional founder of the West Saxon kingdom." Wikipedia mentions two kings of the name <Cerdic>: Cerdic of Wessex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_of_Wessex), who lived c. 467-534 (this is the one refered to by Withycombe), and Cerdic of Elmet ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_of_Elmet), who lived in the 7^th C. The latter <Cerdic> was recorded as <Ceretic> in the Annales Cambriae in 616, according to the Wikipedia article; <Ceretic> is almost certainly a Brythonic name. If we take the Wessex <Cerdic> at face value and call it "Old English", this name has two weirdnesses: One for combining Old and Middle English, and another for the temporal disparity of greater than 300 years. Withycombe s.n. Charles says that the name was introduced to England by the Normans, so there's no way to remove that temporal disparity, or to give an OE form of <Charles>.

On the other hand, the 10/2004 LoAR says: "Cerdic Wlfraven. Name. This name combines an Old English given name with a Middle English byname; this is one step from period practice. Several commenters stated that there should also be a step for temporal disparity. However, Cerdic is dated to 981 in Searle, and Wlfraven to 1273 in Bardsley; this is under, although just under, 300 years." Since R&W have <Charles> as a byname in 1250, this also just squeaks by. [AmC]

Christiane Gascogne Dax (Twin Moons): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, a pall gules surmounted by the skull sable.

The byname <Dax> can be found dated to 1310/11 in my "Names from 13th- and 14th-Century Latin Records from Gascony"

( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/earlygasconlatin.html ) [AmC]

The submitter should be advised to draw the skull larger so that more of it lies on the field. This is clear of Aliénor de Charolais, "Argent, a pall gules, overall a sun azure," with one CD for the type and one for the tincture of the overall charge. I found nothing closer. [AmC]

Cristina Napoli (Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Azure, a sunflower proper, on a chief argent three goblets gules.

<Napoli> is just the name of Naples in Italian. I don't know of any examples of a city name being used as a byname without any preposition; this should probably be <da Napoli>. But in any case, the point is moot as this conflicts with <Cristina Da Napoli> (reg. 03/1999 via Caid). The arms are clear of Lisa of Toad Hall (reg. 01/1973), "Azure, a sunflower proper," with a CD for the chief and another for the tertiaries. This was the closest I found. [AmC]

Further consultation with the client has resulted in her choosing a southern Italy family name, Rose, found in “1800 Surnames Recorded in 1447,” from an essay by N.F. Faraglia, found at the Medieval Names Archive ( http://www.abruzzoheritage.com/magazine/2002_06/d.htm ); this clears the conflict, and she specifically requests that the name be forwarded as Cristina Rose da Napoli. [MMM]

Deborah of Sundragon (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend sinister vert and azure, a seahorse contourny sustaining a trident bendwise sinister Or.

No conflicts found with the name. The date of registration of the barony's name needs to be given. [AmC]

Deredere Ffrayser (Atenveldt Highlands): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Vert, a unicorn statant and on a chief argent five cinquefoils vert.

The October 2006 LoAR says: "Derder Cambroun de Lochabor...Submitted as Deredere Cambroun de Lochabor, research done by Sharon Krossa reveals that the spelling Deredere in Black is not the nominative form of this name. The nominative form, which is the form we'd expect to register for a given name, is Derder or, rarely, Derdere. For the research showing this, see the August 2006 LoAR. We have changed the name to Derder Cambroun de Lochabor to correct the grammar." This will likewise have to be changed to either <Derder> or <Derdere>. [AmC] The client has been contacted, and if the name must be changed, she’d prefer the spelling to be Derdere. [MMM]

There's just three cinquefoils on the chief, not five. I found no conflicts with the arms. [AmC] Oh, yeah, three cinquefoils...I think I was obsessing on the number of petals on the foils. [MMM]

Nice name and a very nice device as well! [KT]

Desiderata of Osprey (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per fess azure and vert, a fess and in chief two mullets one and two argent.

The fess definitely needs to be thickened up; it is too narrow to register as it is. In the meantime, the mullets (of which there are three, not two) could be larger as well. I found no conflicts with the arms.[AmC] Marta is evidently having number issues...

Dimarus Adalwin (Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale argent and sable, a gladius surmounted by a axe in saltire counterchanged.

Domnall mac Faíltigeirn (Tir Ysgithr): DEVICE SUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2005: Per bend azure and sable, a wolf’s head contourny couped within an orle of decrescents Or.

Dylan Bond MacLeod (Granite Mountain): NEW DEVICE: Or, five scarpes gules between two Hungerford knots sable.

Elena Stavraki (Mons Tonitrus): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Kingdom, February 2007: Or, an ankh and a chief enarched azure.

The name appears in the 27 February 2007 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

The original submission had the chief “enhanced” so much that the center of it was virtually non-existent. The client has “pulled down” the chief so that it is clearly present.

Eòghann mac Ailin (Atenveldt): NAME RESUBMISSION from Kingdom, March 2005

Black's Gaelic forms are, unless explicitly dated, modern and not registerable without further documentation. In this case, the grave accent is a dead give away - this wasn't used in Scottish Gaelic until after our period. The standard Early Modern form of the given name is <Eoghan>, according to Mari's "Annals Index" and Effrick's "Scottish Gaelic Given Names". There may be a problem with <Eógan Mac Ailpein> (reg. 11/1997 via Atlantia). While the bynames certainly sound distinct, the addition of just two letters to the byname is not a significant difference in spelling. [AmC] The client will accept the Eoghan spelling of the given nane and wishes the rest of the name to stand as submitted. [MMM]

Étaín ingen Áedán (Windale): NEW NAME

The byname needs to be in the genitive case, e.g. <Áedáin>. <inghean> is not the correct form of the word for 'daughter' here; the submitted <ingen> is right. Both <Étaín> and <Áedán> are Old/Middle Irish forms, whereas <inghean> is the Early Modern spelling, and combining it with <Áedáin> would violate RfS III.1.a and not be registerable.

I'm not sure I understand the LoP when it says that <Áedán> isn't dated in Mari's article; she has 23 examples between 505 and 949. As the temporal gap between the two elements is less than 300 years, and the name is entirely in Middle Irish, once the patronymic is corrected, this is a fine early Irish name. I found no conflicts (this should be clear of <Étaín ingen Thadgáin> reg. 07/1999 via Atlantia). [AmC]

Faolán of Atenveldt (Atenveldt): CHANGE OF HOLDING NAME, to Faolán Ó Lorccán (Laurel August 2006)

This should have been listed as "Faolán Ó Lorccán, name change from holding name Faolán of Atenveldt."

The byname violates RfS III.1.a. by combining Early Modern <Ó> with Middle <Lorccán>; additionally, <Lorccán> needs to be in the genitive. A wholly Early Modern form would be <Ó Lorcáin>, and a wholly Middle form would be <ua Lorccáin>. As <Faolán> is an Early Modern spelling, the Early Modern form of the byname is a better choice than the Middle form (and also requires the fewest changes). I found no conflicts. [AmC] Upon further consultation with the client, he wishes to have the Early Modern form of the name, Faolán Ó Lorcáin. [MMM]

Fearghus Reamhar mac Mhaoil Domaich mhic Thoirhealdaich (Brymstone): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend gules and azure, on a bend argent three lions’ heads erased palewise azure.

The second byname is not correct. The patronymic based on <Maol Domhnaich> would be <mac Maoil Domhnaich> - no lenition of <Maoil>, and the second element doesn't change spelling. And there's also problems with the second byname - the second generation patronym based on <Toirdhealbhach> would be <mhic Thoirdhealbhaigh>.[AmC]

Fiordelisia Aviati di Molise (Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend sinister gules and argent, a sprig of three oak leaves vert fructed proper, and in dexter chief a mullet of eight points argent.

The particle should be changed to as would indicate a patronymic, rather than a locative byname. Otherwise, this is a fine Italian name. [KT]

The blazon can be simplified: "...three oak leaves fructed proper, and in canton..." [AmC] Vert is probably superfluous, but most arrangements of charges like the mullet have been recently blazoned as in dexter chief , as opposed to in canton. [MMM]

Gaius se Rōmwalh (Burning Sands): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per chevron azure and argent, in base a pellet.

Godfrey of Argyle (Windale): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Quarterly gules and vert, a quadrant and in chief a pair of shackles Or.

Grainne the Red (Atenveldt Highlands): BADGE RESUBMISSION from Kingdom, January 2007

(Fieldless) An enfield rampant within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

The original submission, (Fieldless) An enfield rampant argent., was returned for conflict with Johnathan Crusadene Whitewolf, Gules, ermined argent, a wolf rampant argent. Adding the annulet resolves the conflict.

Grainne comments that this is a badge, not a device. [MMM]

Gregory of Sherwood (Sundragon): NEW DEVICE: Per fess azure and vert, a single-arched bridge throughout argent masoned sable between three mullets of four points elongated to base and a covered goblet Or.

Grace O’Leary (Granholme): NEW NAME

MacLysaght's anglicized forms are modern and are not registerable without independent evidence. (Geez, I'm beginning to feel like a broken record - or rather, people should probably start being advised NOT to just hand MacLysaght over to submitters without the very clear warning that if they pick a name from this book, it's going to have to be changed to a period form.) Woulfe s.n. {O'} Laoghaire unfortunately has no late-period anglicized forms; his only anglicized forms (including <O'Leary>) are explicitly modern. [AmC] While Leary and O’Leary appear in Reaney and Wilson, s.n. O’Leary, neither form is dated. Stephen O’Leary was registered by the CoA in November 2003. [MMM]

Gudrun Elizabeth Johansdottir (Atenveldt Highlands): NEW BADGE: Argent, a hurst of fir trees proper between three gunstones, a chief gules.

Ida Grim (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME

Talan Gwynek's article "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" also has a citation for Ida, one of which is dated to 1175, making it possible to date all elements of the name to the same year. [KT]

Isabeau Vize (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per bend sinister purpure and vert, a bend sinister engrailed Or.

<Vize> is a secondary header in R&W, but none of the dated citations contain a <z>, so this provides us with no support for the submitted form of the name. What evidence does Morlet give for <Vize> being a period form?

The closest I found with the arms is Josef zum Murmeltier, "Per bend sinister sable and gules, a bend sinister wavy Or," with one CD for the field and one for the type of bend. [AmC]

Iuliana inghean Phadraig (Tir Ysgithr): NAME RESUBMISSION from Laurel, Marcy 2007

The client’s original name submission, Medb inghean Phadraig, which appears in the 19 January 2007 Atenveldt LoI, was withdrawn in the March LoI at her request.

Iuliana is a feminine given name from the Anglo-Norman Juliana, found in “Index of Names in Irish Annals: Iuliana,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/1201-1600.shtml ); it appears 1251-1300. Mari notes that it seems to have been used by the Anglo-Normans who came to Ireland, but do not seem to have been adopted by their descendants. However, it is appealing to the client because it close to her legal given name Julie (and thus easier for her to remember). Pádraig is an Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) masculine name; it needs to be lenited in a feminine patronymic, so this should be inghean Phadraig.

Jacque le Paige: NEW NAME

The header has <Jacque>, while the documentation has <Jacques>. Is the header a typo? Both <Jaques> and <Le Paige> can be found in my "French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423.html). I found no conflicts with the name.

[AmC] Yes, there was a typo, and the given name is Jacques. [MMM]

Kata the Forthright (Windale): NEW BADGE: (Fieldless) A giant panda sejant erect gardant proper within and conjoined to an annulet sable.

Kolbjo̧rn bjarki (Atenveldt): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, a bear passant gules between three drinking horns azure.

Nice name and nice device! [KT]

Nice name! I found no conflicts with the name or arms. [AmC]

Lily Rose Sinclair (Twin Moons): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Quarterly sable and azure, a wolf rampant contourny argent.

This conflicts with Judith Jehana di Ettore, "Per bend sinister gules and sable, a fox rampant to sinister argent," with one CD for the field. [AmC]

Upon further consultation with the client, she is altering the device to Quarterly azure semy-de-lys argent, and sable, a wolf rampant contourny argent. [MMM]

Malinda Angelanne Elkhaven (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME CHANGE to Malinda Hohen von Kester

This should have been listed as "Malinda Hohen von Kester, name change from Malinda Angelanne Elkhaven." [AmC]

The correct listing will be made in the LoI, and upon further consultation with the client, she also wishes to retain Angelanne as an element of her name. [MMM]

Markús inn fasthaldi Vagnson (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, a stag rampant and on a chief azure three increscents argent.

Nice name and a nice looking device! [KT]

This conflicts with Alexandra Scott de Northumberland, "Argent, a stag statant and on a chief azure an increscent between two mullets of six points Or." There's one CD for changing the posture of the stag, but there is no CD for the changes to the tertiaries, as the tincture change is the only significant change (RfS X.4.j.i says "Generally such changes must affect the whole group of charges to be considered visually significant, since

the size of these elements and their visual impact are considerably diminished. For example, Sable, two mullets and a fleam argent and on a chief Or three mullets gules. would not have a clear difference from Sable, two mullets and a fleam argent and on a chief Or a mullet between two lozenges vert."), since the type of every charge hasn't been changed. [AmC] Having further consulted wtih the client, he has changed the number of increscents from three to four, providing the second cumulative change needed to garner the second CD. [MMM]

Margareta Marrion (Sundragon): NEW NAME

The spelling <Marryon> can be found twice in 1540 in "English Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records" (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/parishes/parishes.html), which also has <Marrye> 1616 and <Marrie> 1596; these are all given names, but this should be sufficient to support <Marrion> as a plausible matronymic. [AmC] The byname was misspelled on the LoP, and it ought to be Marrian. It, too, is undated but found in Reaney and Wilson, s.n. Marion. “English Given Names from 16th and Early 17th C Marriage Records” dates Marian to1586, 1597, 1609 and 1615 and Marryon to 1540, as mentioned by Ary, so that Marrian should be a plausible metronymic. [MMM]

Nicholas Greyland (Tir Ysgithr): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Argent, a demi-sun within a bordure sable.

Nice name! [AmC, KT]

The arms are clear of Gwydion of Blackmoore, "(Fieldless) A demi-sun sable," with one CD for the field and one for the bordure. Vs. Lina Carville "Argent, a sun in his splendor sable within a bordure sable semy of moons in their plenitude argent," there's one CD for removing the moons and another for the type of primary. These were the closest I found. [AmC]

Nicholas Simon deKane (Twin Moons): NEW DEVICE: Per bend sinister Or and sable, a greyhound head and a greyhound head inverted, both issuant from the line of division and counterchanged.

Owen le Maillier (Wealhhnutu): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per fess gules and Or, three goutes and three goutes inverted, all counterchanged.

Nice name! [AmC]

Robert MacAlister of Leslie (Atenveldt): NAME RESUBMISSION from Laurel, January 2005; NEW DEVICE, NEW BADGE

(device) Per fess wavy argent and barry wavy azure and argent, a sword and in chief two hearts gules.

(badge) (Fieldless) A fountain charged with a heart gules.

Tadhg mac Briain O’Gradaigh (Brymstone): NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess argent and sable, a lion rampant counterchanged.

The name is Early Modern Irish Gaelic. Tadhg can be found in the “Index of Names in Irish Annals,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Tadc.shtml , as a popular masculine given name. Briain is the genitive form of the masculine given name Brian, in the same source, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Brian.shtml . O’Gradaigh is a byname indicating clan affiliation and is found in Woulfe s.n. O’Grady. I think, while MacLysaght isn’t too dependable on its Englishings, it is pretty competent with its Gaelic forms, and the byname is more accurate as Ó Grádaigh (6^th edition, p. 134, s.n. (O) Grady). The client desires a masculine name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

Thomas L’Épéiste (Sundragon): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale argent and azure, a fleur-de-ly between two rapiers inverted counterchanged.

Tomas y Saer (Windale): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale gules and sable, an axe surmounted by a saw crossed in saltire Or, both bladed argent, and an orle Or.

I think the name is more accurate as Tomas y saer. [MMM]

Tangwystyl's article has <Saer>, not <y Saer>. The definite article was rarely used in Welsh descriptive or occupational bynames (though her article does have <y gove>), especially in the late 16th century when <Saer> would much more likely be an inherited byname instead of an occupational. Unfortunately, he doesn't allow major changes, and dropping the element <y> would be a major change. [AmC]

Uther the Dark (Atenveldt Highlands): NEW BADGE: (Fieldless) A bear rampant within and conjoined to an annulet argent.

Yes, this is indeed a badge, not a device.

The following are returned by the Atenveldt College of Heralds for further work, March 2007:

Avelyn of Oakgrove (Brymstone): NEW DEVICE: Per pale gules and azure, a triskelion of three serpents within an annulet argent.

This conflicts with Morien ap Rhys of Cardiff (reg. 05/2004 via Aethelmearc), "(Fieldless) A triskele within and conjoined to an annulet argent," with one CD for the field, none for the type of triskele, and none for the conjoined vs. not conjoined. [AmC]

RETURNED for conflict.

Étaín ingen Áedán: NEW DEVICE: Per fess sable and purpure, a griffin segreant maintaining a triskele argent.

The arms probably conflict with Griffin Val Drummond (reg. 07/1974), "Per pale purpure and azure, a griffin segreant argent, bearing in its dexter talon a morgenstern, and in its sinister talon a targe charged with a tower azure," with one CD for the field but none for the maintained charges. If they don't, then this will conflict with Aleksei Dmitriev, "(Fieldless) A griffin salient argent", submitted on the August East ELoI, and considered

at the December Laurel meeting (the results of which are not yet at the proofreaders). [AmC] This is indeed a conflict with Griffin, noted below in the Acceptances; the weapons the griffin bears are maintained charges, counting nothing toward avoiding a conflict. [MMM]

RETURNED for conflict.

Jacque le Paige: NEW DEVICE: Argent, a greyhound courant vert.

The arms conflict with Caelainn inghean Fhaolain, "Argent, a wolf sejant ululant vert," with one CD for the posture of the dog. [AmC]

RETURNED for conflict.

Nakada Tadamitsu (Granite Mountain): DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Kingdom, September 2004: Sable, on a pile inverted argent the I Ching symbol jiji gules.

This conflicts with Laurencia des Jardins (reg. 10/1997 via An Tir), "Sable, on a pile inverted argent a foxglove purpure slipped and leaved vert," with one CD for the changes to the tertiary. [AmC]

RETURNED for conflict.

Sìne the Shameless (Windale): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per pale argent and sable, an hourglass and in chief two suns eclipsed, all counterchanged.

Shauna of Carrick Point notes that Sine is no longer registerable From Francois Precedents, Feb of 2002: Submitted as Sine of Cumbrae, Sine was documented from Withycombe (s.n. Jane) as a Gaelic form of Jane. When Withycombe is discussing names in languages other than English, she is usually referring to modern forms. No documentation was provided and the College found none that Sine is a period Gaelic name. Lacking such documentation, it is not registerable. As the submitter allowed any changes, we have changed the given name to a Scots form dated to 1596 in Black (p. 501 s.n. MacGillies) in order to register this name. <snip> [Jeane of Cumbrae, 02/02, A-Meridies]

RETURNED for name conflict (with Sine the Shameless, December 1993), use of non-period name element.

Valbrandr Skjaldrsson (Brymstone): NEW NAME and DEVICE: Per chevron inverted sable and vert, in pale a feather fesswise and a sword, in base two stags, all Or.

Skjald- is the adjectival form of Skj{o,}ldr. Luckily, the genitive of Sk{o,}ldr is Skjaldar, so the correct byname based on Sk{o,}ldr is Skjaldar son, just a few letters different from the submitted form. Since he doesn't allow changes, this will have to be returned (even if Skjaldr was an appropriate nominative form of the name, Skjaldrsson is not a correctly formed patronymic). But maybe on resubmission he'll consider Skjaldar son. [AmC]

Reblazon: "Per chevron inverted sable and vert, in pale a feather fesswise and a sword between in base two stags, all Or." [AmC]

RETURNED for incorrect name formation.

The following were registered by the SCA College of Arms, December 2006:

Brynhilde Kristiana Emma von Kohlenfeld. Reblazon of device. Or, on a pile raguly sable between in base two crosses formy vert, a panther rampant guardant Or spotted sable maintaining a sword Or.

Registered July 1989 with the blazon Or, on a pile raguly sable between in base two crosses patty vert, a panther rampant guardant Or, marked sable, maintaining a sword Or, the marks are actually the spots expected on a heraldic panther. Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on the difference between English, Continental, and natural panthers. In period the term cross patty was used to describe a variety of crosses including patonce, formy, and sometimes fleury. As the device is being reblazoned for other reasons, we have elected to more accurately describe the crosses.

Claire de Brétigny. Name and device. Per chevron inverted azure and gules, three otters statant one and two argent.

Elizabeth the Herbalist. Name and device. Argent, a dragon couchant gules and in chief three oak leaves fesswise reversed vert.

Gaius Valerius Corvinus. Name and device. Purpure, in pale a double-headed eagle and a lightning bolt fesswise Or.

Gaius Valerius Corvinus. Badge. Per bend Or and sable, a double-headed eagle purpure and a lightning bolt bendwise Or.

Geoffrey Winterbotham. Device. Vert, on a chevron argent between two sheaves of arrows inverted and a fox sejant Or, three musical notes sable.

The tertiary charges were blazoned on the LoI as fusas. Batonvert noted: "In so-called 'white notation' (15th-16th C), these are fusas. In the earlier 'black notation' (14th-15th C), exactly the same symbols denoted semiminims; a fusa would have two flags on the stem. (All this from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensural_notation>)." We have thus blazoned the tertiary charges simply as musical notes.

Griffin Val Drummond. Reblazon of device. Per pale purpure and azure, a griffin segreant argent, maintaining in its dexter talon a morgenstern, and in its sinister talon a targe charged with a tower azure.

Registered in July 1974 with the blazon Per pale purpure and azure, a griffin segreant argent, bearing in its dexter talon a morgenstern, and in its sinister talon a targe charged with a tower azure, it was unclear whether the morgenstern and targe were maintained or sustained. The blazon has been modified to clearly show that they are maintained charges.

Gudrun Oddsdottir. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Gunther Kriegsmann von Braunschweig. Reblazon of device. Or, two ounces combattant sable, incensed, in chief a sun gules, all within a bordure sable.

Registered November 1989 with the blazon Or, two panthers combattant sable, incensed, in chief a sun gules, all within a bordure sable, the cats lack the spots of heraldic panthers. Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on the difference between English, Continental, and natural panthers.

Gwynfrewi Curzon. Name and device. Or, a natural sea-turtle sable and a chief azure.

Helena de Argentoune. Badge. Per bend sable and gules, a bordure Or.

Helena de Argentoune. Badge. Per chevron argent and purpure.

Nice armory.

Iohn Hambledon. Name.

John the Animal of Glencoe. Reblazon of device. Per bend sinister Or and sable, an ounce rampant guardant sable, incensed proper, and a hooded cobra erect contourny, tail coiled Or.

Registered February 1981 with the blazon Per bend sinister Or and sable, a panther rampant guardant sable, incensed proper, and a hooded cobra counter-coiled and poised to strike Or, the cat lacks the spots of a heraldic panther. We have dropped "poised to strike" as that is not a heraldically defined posture. Please see the November 2006 Cover Letter for a discussion on the difference between English, Continental, and natural panthers.

Marcus Marius Leontius Britannicus. Name and device. Gules, a thunderbolt and a chief embattled Or.

Merlin Orion Whiteowl. Name and device. Azure mullety, an owl contourny perched atop and maintaining a branch argent.

This name mixes English and Russian; this is one step from period practice.

Michael the Taverner. Name.

Michael von Guttin. Name (see RETURNS for device).

There was some question whether the locative byname von Guttin was registerable. This submission documented it only as the name of a modern airbase, and claimed the submitter was eligible for it under the grandfather clause as a son of Christine von Guttin. However, no documentation was submitted to show this relationship. We remind submissions heralds that, unless you include proof of relationship through official paperwork such as a birth certificate, and/or (preferably) a letter from the owner of the already registered name claiming the relationship, you cannot call on the grandfather clause to register a name. In examining the registration for Christine von Guttin, we found this comment from Metron Ariston: Since the originally submitted Guuten appears to be an orthographic variant of Gütten, it would probably not have a preposition when used as a byname. The use of the name Guttin for a modern town with an airport does not really document the name from period! However, a German web site dealing with the history of the Eldena monastery near Greifswald appears to push the name back to the early thirteenth century: "Der Wendenwall bei Willershusen ist als Erdaufschüttung heute noch gut erkennbar. In früheren Schriften bezeichnet man ihn mit dem Namen 'Guttin'. '...Guttin war eine Burg bei Willershusen am Ryck, die 1207 als äußerster Punkt der Westgrenze der Abtei des Klosters Eldena bezeichnet wurde...'. This provides the necessary documentation to allow us to register this name.

Richeard se breowere. Name.

Submitted as Richeard se Breowere, it is highly unlikely that an occupational term would be capitalized in an Old English name. We have, therefore, changed the name to Richeard se breowere.

Róisi MacCracken and Medb McLeod. Joint badge. Per saltire sable and Or, in pale two mugs foaming argent and in fess two monkeys sejant respectant gardant azure.

Sebastian de Rolstoun. Name change from Jacques Beauchamp.

His old name, Jacques Beauchamp, is released.

Tyler the Younger. Name and device. Per chevron inverted Or and sable, a pine tree couped sable and a chief rayonny gules.

Tyler is the submitter's legal given name.

The following were returned by the SCA College of Arms for further work, December 2006:

Aoife inghean Eoin gabha. Name.

Per precedent, the name Aoife is not registerable: Registerability of the Name Aífe/Aoife. An item this month raised discussion regarding registerability of the name Aoife. Aoife is listed in Ó Corráin and Maguire (p. 16 s.n. Aífe). However, this entry lists only legendary women with this name. Lacking evidence that this name was used by humans in period, this name would not normally be registerable. Nonetheless, it was registered (in the form Aífe) as recently as July of 2001. To date, there have been nine registrations of Aoife and two of Aífe. Of these registrations, only four date from after the previous rules change in November of 1995. Given these numbers, this name does not have the popularity of other SCA compatible names such as Fiona and Ian, and so does not warrant being declared SCA compatible. Therefore, we will stop registration of this name beginning with the April 2003 decision meeting. [September 2002 Cover Letter]

Gudrun Oddsdottir. Device. Gules, three turnips Or leaved vert.

Unfortunately, this device must be returned for conflict with the device of Richenda de Cameron, Gules, three acorns Or. There is a significant (CD) difference, but not a substantial (X.2) difference, between a turnip and an acorn.

Imma Kaillewey. Device. Per pale indented gules and purpure, a needle bendwise sinister and a bordure argent.

This device is returned for lack of forms.

Michael von Guttin. Device. Per bend sinister argent and azure, a bend sinister gules between three wolf's teeth issuant from dexter azure and three wolves' teeth inverted issuant from sinister argent.

This device is returned for redesign. Laurel has previously ruled in the case of Dubhagán mac Ruairc (05/2004): "This is being returned for improper drawing and non-period style, stemming from improper use of wolf's teeth. The examples of wolf's teeth in the Pictorial Dictionary and in Siebmacher show that the teeth invariably extend almost to the center line; where teeth come from both sides they almost touch. Those on this submission do not come close. This is in itself grounds for return." With the bend, it is impossible for the wolf's teeth to extend anywhere near the center line. This device is therefore returned. Wolf's teeth inverted are identifiable; they are registerable but - pending period heraldic examples of such inversion - are considered a step from period practice.

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