Unto Elisabeth de Rossignol, Laurel; Margaret MacDuibhshithe, Pelican; Jeanne Marie Lacroix, Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

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

Since the great majority of the submissions in this month's Letter of Intent are the result of the Consultation Table run at Estrella XXIV, this is a grand time to thank the folks who helped generate this bounty of onomastic and armorial goodness! Many, many, many thanks are extended to those heralds and heraldic artists who spent a few hours (and a few days) at the Consultation Table. Sure, it was out of the weather, but there was a constant flow of folks interested in submitting names and armory, or finding out the status of their submissions, or wondering what the heck we were doing up there on top of the hill. Of course, the lion's share of submissions came from Atenveldt, but there was also a hefty handful of heraldry from Caid, along with submissions from Artemisia, the Outlands, and even An Tir and Atlantia (plus some consultations for the West). I hope I don't forget anyone, but these are the fine people who lent a hand: the intrepid Atenveldt heralds Helena de Argentoune (Moonbeam), Brandan Wanderer von Arnswold (Thunderbolt), Roger von Allenstein (Sunburst ), Symond Bayard le Gris, Grainne the Red and Jost Brandolf von Luck; our Caidan cousins Lachlan of Cromarty (Crescent), Thomas Brownwell (Quatrefoil), Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy (Silver Trumpet), James of the Lake (Furison and official Heraldic Plague Rat of Estrella XXIV), Cormac Mor, Balthazar van der Brugghe (official Silly Herald of Estrella XXIV); several far-flung and appreciated heralds, Honour Grenehart from the East (Bringer of Skweezie Cheez), Katryne MacIntosh the Strange from Gleann Abhann, Herveus d'Ormonde (Morsulus) from Atlantia, Georgii from Artemisia (inventor of the Skweezie Cheez quesadilla – which rather like the Force and duct tape both, succeeds in binding the universe together) and Meghan from the West.

Thanks, as always, are extended to Baron Otto for supplying our very reliable scribe in a box: our clients didn't mind making a number of colored copies for submission when all they had to do was "color" after the photocopier provided the necessary forms (look, Ma...no tracing!).

I cannot commend Daniel da Foria highly enough. This is his fourth year of wrangling the heralds, he was the official Heralds' Point Autocrat this year. In addition to keeping the town criers supplied with news and making sure that The Herald's Voice printed cries came out on a timely basis and were distributed in dozens of locales throughout the site, he Did Everything to make sure we were warm, well-fed and -watered, organized, and provided with enough furniture to "just consult" without having to worry about the incidentals. Words absolutely fail me as to his dedication to Heralds' Point and the work done there.

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Please note: Unless specifically stated, the submitter will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Abigail Fairechild of Maidstone: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess argent and azure, on a lozenge throughout per fess potenty counterchanged, an hourglass argent and a key sable.

The name is English. Abigail is a feminine given name found Withycombe, p. 1, found in the England in the 16^th Century.

Fairchild is an English family name found in Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 160, s.n. Fairchild; Robert Fairchild is dated to 1350. Fairecok, dated to 1387, justifies the Faire- spelling (Reaney and Wilson, p. 160, s.n. Faircock).

Meddestone, dated to 1321, is found in Ekwall, p. 311. The spelling of Maidewell, dated to 1198 (Ekwall, p. 311, s.n. Maidwell), justifies the Maid- spelling. In the Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names: based on collections of the English Place-Name Society. (Victor Watts, editor, CUP, 2004, ISBN 0521362091) s.n. "MAIDSTONE, Kent… Possibly ‘the people's stone'. (to) mægÞan stane, (de) mæides stana [c.975] 12^th B 1321, 1322, Med(d)estan(e) 1086, Maegdestane 11^th, Maidtan 1159x60, 1218, Maydenestan' 1205, Maidstone 1610. Apparently OE mǣġth, genitive sing. mǣġthe, +stān. Cf. FOLKESTONE. The name was nevertheless early understood as the ‘maiden's or maidens' stone'…" The 1610 citation of the desired spelling is within the Grey Area of registerability.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She will not accept Major changes to the name.

2. Áedán Mór Mac Donough: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Gules in pall inverted four triquetras, the center one inverted Or, on a bordure per pale sable and Or a double tressure counterchanged.

The name was registered July 2003.

The client's current registered device is Or, a bend sinister between two ermine spots sable and overall a griffin's head erased gules. If this submission is registered, please retain the old device as a badge. The new submission utilizes the motif found in his badge, Gules, in pall inverted four triquetras, the center one inverted, Or., which was registered July 2007.

A bordure charged with a single tressure has been registered several times, the most recent being 1993 for Lisette de Ville,
Per fess purpure and vert, a dove displayed, wings inverted within a bordure argent charged with a tressure per fess purpure and vert.

This is the precedent which allows this type of arrangement: [Per fess purpure and vert, a <charge> within a bordure argent charged with a tressure per fess purpure and vert, originally blazoned as an orle and a bordure] The submission caused us a few minutes of heartburn. The equal width of the outer three stripes, and the fact that the central stripe is of the field, gave this the appearance of a bordure voided, not of an orle within a bordure. Bordures voided and fimbriated have been disallowed since Aug 83. Playing with the widths a bit, to make this a bordure cotised, would be equally unacceptable. On the other hand, a bordure charged with a tressure is a perfectly legal design. In the end, we decided that the latter blazon is the most accurate and reproducible description of the submitted emblazon --- and since it appears to be legal, we've accepted it. It also guarantees the device to be clear of [Azure, a within a double tressure argent]. (Lisette de Ville, August, 1993, pg. 10)" [http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/precedents/bruce/orle.html ]

Since a bordure charged with a tressure is allowable, a bordure charged with a double tressure should also be allowable. We found no ruling disallowing "a bordure charged with a double tressure" unless the submission looks like a bordure voided (which this does not) or is a form of a "double tressure fleury counter-fleury" (which this is not).

3. Ailill Lockhart: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, September 2001

Per pale gules and vert, a falcon argent and an orle Or.

The name was registered September 2001.

The original submission, Per pale vert and gules, a falcon contourny argent., was returned for conflict with Rannveigr Haakonardottir, Azure, a falcon close contourny argent, with one CD for changes to the field, and with Rannveigr's device, Per chevron argent and azure, in base a falcon counter-close argent., with one CD for the field. This clears those conflicts without introducing new ones.

This is clear of Gylys of Ylis, Gules, a falcon within an orle argent., with a CD for the field and one for the tincture of the orle. 4. Áine filia Michaelis: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly gules and sable, a thistle bendwise sinister argent.

Áine is a Middle Irish Gaelic feminine given name, dated 1169 through 1468, according to "Dated Names Found in Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names," Mari Elspeth nic Bryan ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/ocm/ ).

filia Michaelis, "daughter of Michael," is Latin. The construction X filia Y, meaning "X daughter of Y," is a standard Latin clerical form.

This is clear of Ealdgytha of Spalding Abbey, (Fieldless) A teazel slipped and leaved argent., with one CD for the field and another for the orientation of the primary charge.

5. Ameria of Atenveldt: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Azure, a unicorn couchant between three butterflies argent.

Ameria is an English feminine given name dated to 1324 in "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Ameria," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Ameria ).

Atenveldt is the client's kingdom of residence, and she is a member of the Barony of Atenveldt; the Barony's name was registered January 1981.

The client desires a female name.

This is clear of Leona Brandy Clarissa MacKay, Per pale vert and gules, a unicorn couchant reguardant coward, tail nowed, argent., with a CD for the field and one for adding the secondaries, and the same count considering Ceinwyn of Greenchapel, Per bend azure and lozengy argent and vert, in sinister chief a unicorn dormant argent., and Theodosia Arcadiana. Per chevron abased sable and purpure, a unicorn dormant argent. It's clear of Honora Shirebrooke, Per pale vert and sable, a unicorn couchant between three crescents argent., with a CD for the field and one for the type of secondaries.

6. Angelika von Schwaben: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a harpy displayed and on a chief embattled argent, three nesselblatter vert.

The name was registered October 2007.

7. Annya Sergeeva: NEW NAME

The name is Russian. Annya is feminine given name found in A Dictionary of Period Russian Names, Paul Wickenden of Thanet, p. 9. (I wasn't able to find this on the online Dictionary.)

Sergeev is found in the same source, p. 383 s.n. Sergei; it is a patronymic form of Sergei, and will take a terminal -a to show relationship to a daughter.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the spelling; she would prefer the spelling Anya, if possible. For the documentation of the name Anya of Windale, we couldn't find a citation for Anya but noted that several had been registered by the College of Arms, most recently in March 2000, to Anya Mstislavlyaya. The LoAR which contains that registration notes: "Listed on the Letter of Intent as Anna Mstislavlyaya , the forms listed Annya Mstislavlyaya and the submitter originally requested Anya. As Anya is a reasonable spelling variant of Annya , we are registering the originally requested form." Anya of Windale's name was registered July 2007, so this appears to be suitable documentation for the alternative spelling.

8. Aretaeus of Sparta: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess sable and gules, a griffin segreant maintaining two swords and a tree eradicated argent.

Aretaeus of Cappodocia was a second century A.D. Greek physician and writer (Webster's New Biographical Dictionary).

Webster's New Geographical Dictionary notes the placename Sparta or Lacedaemon as an ancient city of Greek.

The client wants a male name, and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (Greek). He would like the byname rendered into Greek, if possible.

The client's own blazon describes the swords as katanas and the tree as a holly tree, but he approved the drawing of the tree as the standard heraldic (oak) tree.

9. Bjorn Wilhelm Singer: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per saltire azure and argent, in fess two bears combatant sable.

Bjorn is a masculine German given name. It is found in Siebicke's Historiches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Vol. 1, p. 311.

Wilhelm is a masculine German given name, dated to c. 1400 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Men's Names," Talan Gwynek

( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ).

Singer is a German family name dated to 1285 in Brechemach's Entymologisches Worterbuch der Deutshen Familiennamen K-Z, p. 616.

The client desires a male name, is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of the name (none specified, but I suspect German) and wishes the name authentic for language/culture (none specified).

Considering Svetokhna Nikolaevna doch', Lozengy argent and gules, two bears combatant sable within a bordure Or. and Antoinette Clarissa du Bête, Or, two bears combattant sable within an orle of escallops inverted purpure., there is a CD for the field and one for removing the secondary charges in both instances.

10. Bran Padraig of Antrim: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, in pale a double-horned anvil and a sheaf of arrows sable, a chief embattled vert.

Bran is a masculine given name found in Ó Corráin & Maguire, p. 33; it is also dated from 596 through 1435 in "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Bran," Mari Elspeth nic Bryan ( http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Bran.shtml ).

Padraig is a masculine given name found in Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames, Patrick Woulfe, p. 657. Pádraig is dated from 1205 to 1578 in "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Pádraig," Mari Elspeth nic Bryan ( http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Padraig.shtml ).

Antrim is found in Irish Place Names, by Flanagan and Flanagan, p. 166.

The client desires a masculine name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (given the double given name, I'd hazard that the culture aspect is important – Irish – rather than an Irish Gaelic name). He will not accept Major changes to the name.

This is clear of William le Loup, Or, a claymore inverted issuant from a chalice sable, a chief wavy vert., with one CD for the type of the primary charges and another for the type of the chief. 11. Brian the Pious: NEW BADGE

Per pale wavy Or and sable, annulety throughout counterchanged.

The name was registered October 2007. The badge uses elements of his registered device, Sable, a natural tiger rampant Or marked sable and a bordure wavy Or semy of annulets sable.

12. Brian the Pious: NEW BADGE

Vert, a cross crosslet saltirewise argent.

The name was registered October 2007.

This badge is to be jointly owned with Zhigmun' Brognhammer (name registered March 2000). This can be alternatively blazoned as Vert, a St. Julian's cross argent.

13. Cecilie Blessard: NEW NAME

Cecilie is a given name dated to 1210 with a Heronicus filius Cecilie (Reaney and Wilson, p. 411, s.n. Sisley); Albion notes that in this citation, Cecilie is in the genitive case and that the CoA only registers as given names, those in the nominative case, which would be Cecilia. Fortunately, Withycombe does demonstrate the spelling Cecilie in 1450 as an English feminine given name (3^rd edition, pp. 60-1, s.n. Cecilia).

Blessard is Dutch, a descriptive byname, met een bles, "with a blaze," found in "Names in the Low Lands / Namen in de Lage Landen, 1250-1300," Kees Nieuwenhuijsen ( http://www.keesn.nl/name13/en4_list_by.htm ).

14. Ceridwen ferch Gruffudd: NEW DEVICE

Per chevron gules and azure, a chevron rayonny on the upper edge Or charged with three crescents azure.

The name was registered April 1989.

This is clear of Jeffery of Jarrow, Per chevron gules and azure, a chevron embattled counterembattled Or., with a CD for changing the type of chevron and another for the addition of tertiary charges.

15. Charles the Bear: HOUSEHOLD NAME, Harnar leysini, and BADGE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, August 2007

Or, a chain fesswise throughout and fracted sable.

The personal name was registered July 2000.

The original household name, Casa Libre, was returned for two problems. It is an aural conflict with Liber Herald, registered to the Outlands in January 2003. For non-personal names, the designators do not count for difference for purposes of conflict. No documentation was submitted and none provided by the commenters that this name follows patterns for organized groups of people in Spanish speaking cultures during our period. It is necessary to document a household naming pattern to a culture that uses the language in which the name is submitted.

The new household name, is Old Norse, "Freedman Haven/Harbor." Both elements are found in Geirr Bassi's The Old Norse Name, Hafnar on p. 22 and leysingi on p. 25. The first element is demonstrated as Hafnar- "Haven-, Harbor-" in "Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók," Aryanhwy merch Catmael ( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html ). Some work might be necessary to make this more accurate or correct in grammar.

The original badge, Or, a chain fesswise throughout and fracted sable., was returned as the emblazon in OSCAR did not match the emblazon sent to Laurel. "We note that the links are so close, and so evenly aligned, as to make it impossible to tell that this is a chain and not a complex fess. We recommend that some of the links be drawn more edge-on (which is how they are drawn in the Pictorial Dictionary) would make the chain more identifiable." The emblazon has been redrawn, in a style that is hopefully more identifiable as a length of chain links.

16. Christiane Dax: DEVICE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2007

Argent, a pall gules, surmounted by a skull sable.

The name was registered July 2007.

The original submission, Argent, a pall gules surmounted by a skull sable., was returned "as the skull is barely overall. Laurel has consistently returned such designs, e.g., "By previous precedent, 'Barely overall charges have been ruled unacceptable for a long time and for fieldless badges overall charges must have very little overlap with the charge it surmounts' (LoAR of September 1999)" (v. Æthelmearc, Kingdom of, 08/03, R-Æthelmearc). If this had not been returned for the above style problem, it would have been returned as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match the form sent to Laurel: the skull in OSCAR was much better drawn than the one sent to Laurel." These issues have been resolved.

17. Constancia le Gode: NEW NAME

The name is English. Constancia is a feminine given name dated to 1100 and 1346 (Withycombe, 3^rd edition, p. 72, s.n. Constance).

le Gode is an English family name, dated to 1212 with Gilbert le Gode in Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 197, s.n. Good.

The client desires a female name, is most interested in the meaning of the name (constancy, good), and would like the name to be authentic for time period (11th-13^th C.). She will not accept Major changes to the name.

18. Davin ap Gwaednerth ap Einion: NEW NAME

Davin is the client's legal middle name (photocopy of driver's license to Laurel); there are also multiple registrations of it as a given name in the Armorial.

Gwaednerth is a masculine name found in Welsh Names for Children, Heini Gruffudd, MA.

Einion is found as a masculine given name in "A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names," Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html ); Eynon is the form found in the medieval source. It is seen as Einion 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 ). It is also found on p. 36 of Gruffudd.

19. Deletha of Anandyrdale: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Per saltire Or and vert, in pale two arrows fesswise sable and in fess two cats sejant gardant argent.

The name was registered October 2007.

If this submission is approved, she wishes to release her currently-registered device, Argent, on a bend wavy between two gouttes azure a cat sejant gardant palewise argent its forepaws resting upon an arrow Or. (This was registered to Catlin of Anandyrdale; this is the same individual, with her recent name submission a change.)

20. Dubhghlais Brocc: NEW NAME

Dubhbghlais is found undated in Woulfe, p. 181.

Brocc is a masculine given name found in Ó Corráin and Maguire, meaning "badger" and cited as "a relatively early name" (p. 37). It is also found dated to 1119 in Reaney and Wilson, p. 66, s.n. Brock.

The client will not accept Major changes to the name, but he notes that if this form is unregisterable, he will take the anglicized version, as Douglas Brock.

21. Étaín ingen Áedáin: NEW DEVICE

Purpure, on a pall between a griffin segreant and two triskeles argent, a pall of chain throughout sable.

The name was registered July 2007.

The only reserved piece of armory for the Knighthood is an orle or an annulet of chain.

22. Ewout Gheretssoen: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Quarterly barry wavy azure and argent, and gules, a comet bendwise sinister inverted argent.

The name is Dutch. Ewout is dated 1432-3 as a masculine name in "15th Century Dutch Names,"Aryanhwy merch Catmael

( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/dutch/dutch15.html ).

Gheretssoen is dated to1422 in the same source under surnames

( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/dutch/dutch15surnames.html ).

The client desires a male name and in most interested in the language/culture (Dutch/Low Countries).

While there is no contrast with the argent comet and the argent portion of the field, the overlap is minimal. We appreciate the input of the College on this.

23. Felipe Cuervo: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sinister gules and sable, a bee statant proper and a glaive bendwise sinister argent.

The name is Spanish. Felipe is a masculine given name found in "16th Century Spanish Names," Elspeth Anne Roth

( http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/heraldry/spanish16/ ).

Cuervo, "crow," is not unsimilar to other "animal nicknames" found in "16th Century Spanish Names: Miscellaneous Bynames by Frequency," Elspeth Anne Roth ( http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/heraldry/spanish16/other-bynames-freq.html ): Vaca, "cow"; Perdigon, "partridge"; and de Aguila, "of the eagle."

The client desires a male name and in most interested in the spelling and language/culture (Spanish) of the name.

24. Fíne ó Catháin: NEW NAME

The name is Irish Gaelic. Fíne is Old Irish Gaelic, dated 800 and 805 in "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Fíne," Mari Elspeth nic Bryan

( http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Fine.shtml ).

ó Catháin is found in Woulfe, p. 454.

The client desires a female name. She will not accept Major changes to the name.

25. Finn Hans: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, a penguin statant affronty head to sinister proper, a bordure per salture sable and vert.

Black's The Surnames of Scotland gives Fin, Finn as a Norse personal name, and compares it with Old Western Norse Finnr, and Old Swedish and Old Danish Fin (p. 263, s.n. Fin, Finn).

Hans is found in Bahlow's Dictionary of German Names, p. 210, as an Upper German name. Hans is demonstrated as a family name/byname in "German Names from 1495: Surnames G – M," Aryanhwy merch Catmael ( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnames1495h-m.html ).

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (none given, but I suspect German).

This is clear of Morwyn Edain, Argent, a penguin affronty sable, bellied argent, within a bordure embattled vert., with CDs for the type and the tincture of the bordure.

26. Gwyneth Hawke: NEW NAME, DEVICE and BADGE

Lozengy Or and gules, a hind argent and on a base gules an escallop inverted argent.

(Badge) (Fieldless) An escallop inverted per pale gules and Or.

Gwyneth is an English form of the Welsh Gwynedd, the name for North Wales, according to Withycombe; it is undated and likely a late or post-period use (Withycombe, 3^rd edition, p. 143). (Gwyneth is dated to 1577 in Morgan and Morgan, s.n. Gwynedd, pg. 118).

Hawke is an English family name, dated 1273, 1379 and 1577, in A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, C.W. Bardsley (ack! No page number given!).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

She will not accept Major changes to the name, but she will accept the spelling of the given name as Gwineth.

In regard to the combination of the base sharing a tincture of the complex field on the device: The November 2007 LoAR, Eginolf von Basel's device submission was registered, Bendy Or and azure, a wolf's head erased ululant contourny gules maintaining in its mouth an egg argent, on a chief Or three eagles gules., with commentary from the College of Arms: "As noted when this device was pended (on the April 2007 LoAR), we will register a multiply-divided field and a solid tincture peripheral ordinary sharing one of the tinctures with the field so long as identifiability of the peripheral ordinary is maintained, as it is in this case." I am loath to return the device based upon the contrast issue of the field and the peripheral charge; I believe that the base can retain its identifiability, and that the overall design does not have to be drawn so carefully that this couldn't be recreated accurately; commentary by the College on this submission is appreciated.

27. Irena Rshtuni: CHANGE OF HOLDING NAME from Irena of Tir Ysgithr

The original name submission, Arkina Rshtuni, was returned by Laurel, June 2007, because no documentation was submitted and none found to suggest that the name Arkina was used as a given name in period. There is evidence that Arkina is the modern spelling of a period placename Erginay (James Howard-Johnson, The Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos, p 99).

Irena is the client's legal given name (photocopy of driver's license to Laurel).

Rshtuni is an Armenian family name; Theodoros Rshtuni (590 - 655) was an Armenian nobleman, famous for resisting the first Arab invasions of Armenia in the 7^th C. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_Rshtuni , http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-590609/Theodor-Rshtuni ).

The client desires a female name.

28. James the Black: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Sable, a sword argent between a pair of gauntlets Or.

The name is English. James is a masculine name found several times in "An Index to the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England," Mari Elspeth nic Bryan ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/LincLSR/ ).

Black is a descriptive byname; le Blacke is dated to 1275 in Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 46 s.n. Black, Blacke.

The client desires a male name and in most interested in the sound of the name.

29. Jaqueline la Boursiere: NEW NAME

The name is French. Jaqueline is a feminine given name found in "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris," Colm Dubh

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html#J ), s.n. Dame Jaqueline la Bordonne.

The byname is found on the same source, an occupational byname for "pursemaker"; the masculine form, boursier, is the form found in the citation. Albion has found it as the masculine form 22 times, and in the feminine form, las boursiere, twice in the Census. As a literal occupational, it appears that boursiere should not be capitalized, in keeping with this precedent: "Baudoin le pevrier. Name. The given name is documented to 1292 in Colm Dubh, "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris." In this document, occupational bynames are literal and appear in all lowercase. We have changed the name to Baudoin le pevrier to match the documentation." [LoAR 09/2005]

The client desires a female name, and is most interested first in the meaning of the name ("pursemaker"), and then the language/culture (French).

30. Jason Thorne of Antioch: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A scorpion inverted argent.

The name was registered July 1997. The badge uses an element from his registered device, Per chevron sable and azure, two thespian masks and a scorpion inverted argent.

31. Jason Thorne of Antioch: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A wolf's head erased contourny per fess gules and Or.

The name was registered July 1997.

32. John Read: NEW DEVICE

Per bend sinister vert and argent, a bend sinister gules between a sheaf of arrows argent tied gules and a wooden weaver's shuttle palewise proper, threaded gules.

The name was registered August 2007.

33. Josephine du Lac: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Purpure, a wyvern displayed between flaunches argent, both charged with an arrow inverted purpure.

The name is French; Withycombe notes that Josephine is a feminine diminutive of Joseph (3^rd edition, p. 181 s.n. Josephine). It is also the client's legal given name.

The byname means "of the lake."

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

34. Katerina Kristoff: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Sable, a griffin between three crosses formy argent.

The name is German. This spelling of Katerina, a feminine given name, is dated to 1350 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia
Women's Names," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowFem.html ).

The masculine given name Christoff, used here as a patronymic, is dated 1435, 1488, 1596 in the same source ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ). Although most of the Christ- names listed in this source begin with a C-, there is an example of Cristanus/Kristanus dated in 14^th C. that we hope allows the spelling variation.

The client desires a female name, and is most interested in all aspects of the name and that it is German in language. She will not accept Major changes to the name.

Given that there is a Clear Difference between a male griffin (i.e., a keythong) and a griffin, this is clear of Brandon D'Arinde, Sable, a male griffin rampant argent., with the following Precedent: "Aline of Bamborough. Name and device. Purpure, a keythong rampant Or armed and rayed between flaunches argent. Versus Batvil (Papworth, p. 982), Purpure, a griffin segreant Or., there is a CVD for flaunches and a second for the difference between a keythong and a griffin." [LoAR 10/1991]

35. Kateryn uxor Michaelis: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a hand vert charged with a Celtic cross Or between in chief two lions combatant azure.

Kateryn is a feminine given name; this spelling is dated to 1456 in "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Katharine," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Katharine ). The byname is Latin, "wife of Michael," in the standard record keeping of the time. (This form is found in "A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names," Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/welsh13.html ); if anyone can give me a more elegant way of describing this very period practice, I'd appreciate it!). The client desires a female name.

Dexter and couped are the defaults for hands. This is clear of Elizabeta de Ravenna, Or, on a hand vert a sun argent., with a CD for adding the lions and another for the type and tincture of the tertiary.

36. Konrad von Eltz: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, a griffin contourny within an orle of six crosses potent sable.

The name is German. Conrad is a masculine given name, dated several times from 1281 to 1455 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia Men's Names," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ); this appears to be a reasonable spelling variations (stunning how the vast majority of this name and its variants is spelled with a "C"!).

von Eltz is found in Brechenmacher (A-J p. 402 s.n. Etz(e), Eltz(e)). Eltz Castle was built on a road that connected the Mosel River, which was always one of the most important trade routes of the German Empire, with the Eifel and the fertile region of Maifeld (http://www.burg-eltz.de/e_index.html ).

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (German).

Although charges in orle are usually not numbered, these are so large and distinctive, it seems that their number is important to the client. 37. Konrad Rickert: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per bend sable and gules, three crescents and three wolf's teeth issuant from dexter argent.

The name is German. Conrad is a masculine given name, dated several times from 1281 to 1455 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia Men's Names," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ); this appears to be a reasonable spelling variations. Rickert is found in Bahlow, p. 456 and is used here as an unmarked patronymic.

All of the wolf's teeth cross the center line of the field, and this should be adequate "coverage": a similar-designed device was registered in 2002 to Diana of Atenveldt, Per bend sinister gules and azure, in dexter chief a cross formy and issuant from sinister three wolf's teeth Or.

38. Leo Schleif: NEW NAME

Leo is a masculine given name that is dated to 1273 in England (Withycombe, 3^rd edition, p. 193 s.n. Leo).

Schlief is found as a German family name in Bahlow, p. 493. It is one step from period practice to combine English and German name elements. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name. He will not accept Major changes to the name.

39. Leo Valentini: NEW NAME

The name is Italian. Leo is a masculine given name found in Dizionario dei Nomi Italiani, de Felice, p. 226. There is also Academy report 2934 which lists a Leo Cappa a. 1310 ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/2934 ).

Maridonna also provides the following information: Leo - Dizionario dei Cognomi Pugliesi, Pantaleo Minervini. Schena Editore, 2005, ISBN 88-8229-527-3, s.n. Leo… è la cognominizzazione del personale Lèo, che deriva dal soprannome e nome latino di età imperiale Lèo, nella forma del nominative, formato da leo (genit. leonis), presito dal gr. léon (genit. léontos). È attestato in docc. mediev. pugl. nella forma base nel 1149: "Leo venator" (CDP 3.83,10); "Leo de Gisari" (CDP 30.200); "Leo Ursonis de Thuro" (CDP 34.49); in Puglia a Salpi nel 1047: "clericus Leo notarius" e nel 1249: "iudex Leo (un signore che guiro fedeltà a Federico II)…" CDP is Codice Diplomatico Pugliese. [A translation: Leo is the surname formation of the personal Lèo that is derived from the nickname and Latin name Lèo of the Imperial Age, in the shape of the nominative, formed from leo (genit. leonis), loaned from the Greek léon (genit. léontos). It is attested in medieval Pugliese doccument in 1149 in the form of: "Leo venator" (CDP 3,83.10); "Leo de Gisari" (CDP 30,200); "Leo Ursonis de Thuro" (CDP 34,49); in Puglia Salpi in 1047: "clericus Leo notarius" and in 1249: "iudex Leo (a gentleman who swor fidelity to Federico II)..." CDP is Diplomatic Code Pugliese.]

Valentini is found in the same source, p. 256 s.n. Valenti. It is also found in "Family Names Appearing in the Catasto of 1427" ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/family_names.html ).

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (not indicated, but I suspect Italian).

40. Madelon de Lorraine: NEW NAME

Madelon is the client's legal given name (photocopy of driver's license to Laurel).

de Lorraine is the French form of "of Lorraine"; and Albert of Lorraine is cited in Domesday Book 37 Index of Persons, J. McN. Dodgson and J.J.N. Palmer, p. 14.

The client desires a female name and would like the name authentic for language/culture (France).

41. Magdelena de Villanueva: NEW NAME

The name is Spanish.

All elements are found in "16^th C. Spanish Names," Elsbeth Anne Roth ( http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/heraldry/spanish16/ ).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (not listed, but I suspect Spanish).

42. Marie de Valence: NEW NAME

The name is French. Marie is found as a feminine given name in "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris," Colm Dubh

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html ).

Valence is a French medieval town with an 11^th C. Romanesque cathedral (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, p. 1282); there has been a university in the city since 1452 ( http://www.indigoguide.com/france/valence.htm ).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

43. Martin de Gras: NEW NAME

The name is French. Martin is found as a masculine given name in "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris," Colm Dubh

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html ). It is also an English given name, dated in this form to 1258.

The English byname le Gras is dated to 1199, 1200 and 1202 in Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition s.n. Grace, Gras, Grass. The client provides evidence that le Gras (from William le Gras d. 1179) is alternately known as de Gras ("Early Grace (le Gras) Family History in Kilkenny," http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/history/grace.html ).

The client desires a male name. He will not accept Major or Minor changes to the name.

44. Matsumoto Nagetane: NEW NAME

The name is Japanese. Matsumoto is found on p. 320 of "Name Construction in Medieval Japan," Solveig Thronsdardottir. It means from or an origin from pine (a forested area?), according to elements found in "An Online Japanese Miscellany: Japaneses Names,"Edward Effingham

( http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/names.html ).

Nagetane a Japanese masculine formal given name, found at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/solveig/nanori/nanorin.html

45. Micahel Corey: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per chevron azure and gules, in pale a pheon inverted within and conjoined to an annulet, and an anchor fouled with its line Or.

The name is English. Micahel is a masculine given name; this spelling dates to 1196 in England (Withycombe, 3^rd edition, pp. 218-9 s.n. Michael).

Corey is an English family name; this spelling is undated (it is the spelling of the client's legal middle name) in Reaney and Wilson, but the spelling Cory is dated to 1297 (Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 111 s.n. Cory, Corey).

In the registration of the device for Juan Alonso de la Vega in November 2008, Laurel notes: "While the Encyclopedia Britannica might be correct regarding anchors as used in navies, anchors as used in heraldry frequently had curved arms. See de Bara's Blason des Armoiries (dated 1581), p.64, for a nicely drawn example."

There was a comment that this design might be considered "slot machine," something that I hadn't considered at all with consulting with the client. When a one charge is within and conjoined to another, usually the first is the primary and the second is a secondary; but here, with the annulet only around the pheon, this might not be the case.

46. Morgan MacDuff : NEW NAME and BADGE

Sable, a skull crowned with flames and sustained by a pair of hands couped and cuffed, all argent.

Morgan is a Welsh masculine given name found in "Some 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names," Sara L. Friedemann

( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/welsh/welsh.html ). MacDuff is found in Black, p. 488. The byname is seen as mc Duf in 1284; M'Duif in 1594; and Makduf in 1594 (Black, p. 488 s.n. MACDUFF). However, MacDuff has been registered as recently as January 2003, so I hope we can accommodate the client. The Welsh/Scots combination is one step from period practice. The client desires a male name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name.

Considering Costanza di Firenze's badge, Sable, a pair of hands fesswise couped conjoined Or, armed and cupping a flame gules., there is 1 CD for the addition of a primary charge, if one considers the skull to be a co-primary and 1 CD for changes of tincture of all charges. Considering the badge for the Barony of Stromgard, (Fieldless) A pair of hands appaumy wrists outwards maintaining between them a roundel argent., there is 1 CD for fieldlessness and 1 CD for the addition of a co-primary charge. We suspect that this will ultimately be a decision based on visual comparisons.

47. Ni'ma al-'Aliyya: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, on a bend sinister between a winged cat sejant and a sexfoil pierced purpure, three pawprints argent.

The name is Arabic. Ni'ma is a feminine name given name, found in A Dictionary of Muslim Names, Salahuddin Ahmed, p. 302, and means "blessing." Nimatallah (ni'mat allah,"blessing of Allah") was the name of Shah Wali Ni'mat Allah, d. 1431, the found of the Ni'matullahi Sufi Order (p. 153).

al-'Aliyya is a feminine cognomen which can be used as an 'ism and also as a laqab and a nisba; it means "the high, the lofty, the sublime" and is found in "Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices," Da'ud ibn Auda ( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm ).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She will not accept Major changes.

The use of paw prints is one step from period practice.

48. Rachel Ter Khorenatsi: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, a hedgehog rampant contourny sable, on a chief vert two caltraps argent.

Rachel is the client's legal given name. It is also a Biblical name, the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin in the Book of Genesis.

Ter Khorenatsi is Armenian. Ter is used by Eastern Armenians to show ancestry or lineage, according to "Armenian Last Names," in Armeniapedia.org ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/eng13/eng13m.html ); Ter Hayr shows that an ancestor was a married parish priest. Movses Khorenatzi (Anglicized as Moses of Khoren) was an Armenian author known as the Father of Armenian Literature, writing the History of Armenia. He is traditionally believed to have lived in the 5^th C. AD, although it is speculated he lived as late as the 9^th C.

( http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9053902/Moses-Of-Khoren ). His byname is shown with the alternate spelling Khorenatsi in http://www.littlearmenia.com/html/history/detail.asp?id=59 . The construction seems to suggest that an ancestor was not specifically Movses Khorenatzi himself, but rather a person from Khorenatzi/Khoren.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the language/culture of the name (Armenian). While she will not accept Major changes to the name, she specifically notes that minor adjustments of the byname is fine, but to maintain the spelling of Rachel.

This is clear of Elizabeth Severn, Argent, an urchin statant proper, on a chief vert, three trefoils Or., with a CD for the posture/orientation of the urchin and another for the changes to the tertiaries.

49. Robert de Curry: NEW NAME

The name is English. Robert is a masculine given name and dates to 1066 (Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 380 s.n. Robert.

de Curry is an English family name that dates to 1179 (ibid, p. 121 s.n. Currey).

The client desires a male name. He will not accept Major changes to the name.

50. Robert Heinrich: NEW NAME

The name is German. Both elements are found in Bahlow's Dictionary of German Names, Robert on p. 461 and Heinrich on p. 229. Heinrich serves here as an unmarked patronymic.

51. Rosaline Fagen the Mad: NEW NAME

Rosaline is a feminine given name from Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet and Love's Labour's Lost), according to Withycombe, 3^rd edition, p. 257 s.n. Rosalind. Rosaline Hiver was registered as recently as August 2006.

Fagan is seen in MacLysaght, where it seems to be of Norman origin (6^th edition, p. 102 s.n. Fagan). I'm stumped – I cannot find this anywhere else!

Mad is a descriptive epithet, with "beside oneself with excitement or enthusiasm" from c.1330, and "beside oneself with anger" attested from c.1300 ( http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=mad ).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She wishes it authentic for language/culture and time period (none specified). She will not accept Major changes to the name.

52. Rose the Jeweler: NAME RESUBMISSION from Laurel August 2007, and NEW DEVICE

Ermine, three trees eradicated within a bordure vert.

The original name submission, Cera Aghafatten, was returned for lack of documentation to suggest that the placename Aghafatten was found in period. Mills, A Dictionary of British Placenames, s.n. Aghafatten, dates this name to 1780. As we know of no period spelling for this name, we are unable to register it. This is a complete change.

The name is English. Rose is a feminine given name, dated several times from 1202 through 1525 in "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames: Rose," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Rose ).

Jeweler is an occupational byname; it appears as iueler in 1382 and as ieweller in 1601 (Compact Oxford English Dictionary s.n. Jeweler). British History Online mentions John Jeweler in the ROLL A 34 Rolls of Memoranda of the time of John Fressh, mayor of the city of London, A ^o 18 Ric. II., Membr. 2 of 6 Feb. 1395, ‘Inquest taken before John Fressh, Mayor, and the Aldermen in the Chamber of the Guildhall, by oath of Thomas Coton, John Jeweler, Thomas Prentys, John Hay, John Hendelee and William Colyn of the parish of S^t Martin Ludgate, Walter Wynter, Nicholas Spe... and Henry Broun of the parish of S^t Faith, Richard Frenches and William Asshe of the parish of S^t Audoen. The jurors said on oath that on 29 Jan., when the mayor was outside Ludgate on the business of the city, John Walpole, tailor (fn. 2) , followed him from the gate to S^t Paul's Church and took him by the sleeve, shouting arid saying derisively,'' Oh mayor, do justice to me,'' to whom the mayor said:…" ( http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36706&strquery=Jeweler )

The client would prefer a "modern" spelling, closer to "jeweler." The client desires a female name and is most interested in the meaning of the name. Although she noted that she'd like it authentic for early Irish or Celtic, I don't see how that could be done. She will not accept Major changes to the name.

This is clear of Robin of Thornwood, Argent, between three hawthorn trees eradicated flowered a robin proper, a bordure vert., with one CD for the field and one CD for the removal of the secondary robin.

53. Samuel Mildt: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Azure, an owl perched upon and sustaining a ball-peen hammer fesswise Or.

The name is German. Samuel is a masculine given name, found in Dictionary of German Names, Bahlow, p. 477; it is also dated to 1402 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Men's Names,"Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ).

Mildt is a German surname found in Bahlow, p. 367.

A ball-peen hammer can be found in the Pictorial Dictionary, and the owl and hammer are co-primaries. The blazon of Piers Howells de Cambria, Azure, an owl Or perched on a rock argent., is ambiguous about the size of the rock; on a check of the files, it's effectively a mount, so this is not a conflict with one CD for the number of primaries and one for removing the peripheral. Vs. Sláine Scriptore, Per pale sable and vert, in pale a skull and a war hammer fesswise Or., there is one CD for the field, and one for changing half the type of primary charges.

54. Seamus mac Raibert: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Azure, a demi-bear couped and on a chief triangular argent a double-horned anvil sable.

Seamus is the Gaelic version of James, according to Black's The Surnames of Scotland, p. 382 s.n. James.

Raibert is the Gaelic form of Robert, p. 695 s.n. Robert.

The client desires a male name and would like the name authentic for language/culture and time period (12th-14^th C. Scotland).

55. Serafina de la Mar del Norte: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Argent, a tree blasted and eradicated and on a chief azure, three mullets of six points Or.

Serafina is an Italian feminine given name found in de Felice, dizionario dei nomi italiani, p. 330 s.n. Serafino m., Serafina f. San Serafino da Montegranaro is cited, 1604.

The byname is Spanish, "of the northern sea." This combination is one step from period practice.

The client desires a female name, and she is most interested in all aspects of the name (sound, meaning, spelling and culture); she had hoped that this would be a completely Spanish name.

56. Shasta of Windale: CHANGE OF HOLDING NAME from Joan of Ered Sul

The holding name was assigned October 2007. Shasta is the client's legal given name (photocopy of driver's license to Laurel). Windale is the client's home shire; the group's name was registered November 1998.

57. Siani Euraid: NEW DEVICE

Per pale and per fess rayonny gules and Or, two serpents nowed Or and two fleurs-de-lys sable.

The name was registered March 1994.

58. Sibylla Timida de Cantabria: NEW DEVICE CHANGE

Or, a griffin contourny and on a chief sable, a cat couchant gardant Or.

The name was registered March 1984.

The client's registered device is Or, a griffin segreant to sinister and on a chief sable two coneys couchant respectant Or. If the submission is registered, the client wishes to retain her old device as a badge. There is no conflict found, other than with her current device.

59. Sten h{o,} ldr: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Purpure, in pale two picks crossed in saltire and a heart voided, all within a bordure embattled argent.

Sten is a masculine Swedish given name (Behind the Names: Swedish Names, http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/swe2.php ). Sten is used as an "example" of a possessive name in ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2296 ( http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2296.txt ) as a 16^th C. Swedish name. As it means "stone" (according to the Behind the Names site), it most likely comes from the ON masculine given name Steinn.

H{o,} ldr is found in Geirr Bassi Haraldsson's The Old Norse Name as a byname, "land-holder, free farmer."

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

This is clear of Julio Galván , Purpure, a sword between two griffins combattant within a bordure embattled argent., with one CD for the type of the primaries, and another for their arrangement..

60. Tatiana Verlioni: NEW NAME CHANGE from Marguerite Bouchard

The current name was registered March 2004; if the new name is registered, this is to be retained as an alternate name.

Tatiana is the name of a female saint martyred in 225 AD (Withycombe, 3^rd edition, p. 275 s.n. Tatiana).

Verlioni is found in "Family Names Appearing in the Catasto of 1427" ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/family_names.html ).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound and the language/culture of the name (late 16^th C. Italian). She will not accept Major changes to the name.

61. Thomas Cyriak Bonaventure: NEW DEVICE

Gules, a chevron between a mullet of eight points and a cannon in its carriage, all within a bordure Or.

The name appears in the November 2007 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

A cannon in its carriage is shown in the Pictorial Dictionary. The carriage needs to be included in the blazon, lest this be a loose cannon. This is clear of Caisséne Merdrech, "Gules, a chevron between two brocks combattant and an open book all within a bordure Or," with a CD for the type and and another for the number of the secondaries.

62. Thomas d'Revel: NEW NAME

Thomas is the client's legal given name. It is also found as an English masculine given name in "Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/eng13/eng13m.html ).

Revel(l) occurs in 1210 (Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 376 s.n. Revel), along with several period spelling variations, and coming from an Old French term for "pride, rebellion, sport". This doesn't suggest that d' is appropriate here. Revel is also the name of a medieval walled city in southern France, founded in 1342 by Philip VI de Valois at the foot of the Montagne Noire (the Black Mountains). Its octagonal shape and original grid street pattern is nearly unique in France as a perfect example of a bastide. Bastides were fortified towns constructed in the south-west of France during the 100 Years' War ( http://www.revel-lauragais.com/pages/gb/communes/20_communes/commune.html ). Were this used as a locative byname, it would be more accurate as de Revel.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the meaning of the name (none given).

63. Thome Spyle Syngere: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale sable and argent, two skeletons statant respectant maintaining a recorder and a lute, all counterchanged.

The name is English. Thome is a masculine given name dated to 1273 (Withycombe, 3^rd edition, s.n. Thomas).

Spyle is an English surname dated to 1329 (Reaney and Wilson, 3^rd edition, p. 420 s.n. Spill).

Syngere is dated to 1296 (Reaney and Wilson, p. 411 s.n. Singer).

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name. He will not accept Major changes to the name.

64. Þóra inn kristni : NEW NAME

The name is Old Norse. Þóra 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 ).

inn kristni, "the Christian, is found in "Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók," Aryanhwy merch Catmael ( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html ). As the client desires a female name, this is more accurate as in kristna, "the Christian woman."

The client is most interested in the language/culture of the name (none specified).

65. Ulrich the Strong: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Or, a griffin segreant gules maintaining a triskelion, an orle sable.

Ulrich is a German masculine name; St. Ulrich was bishop of Ausburg," c. 1372 (Bahlow, A Dictionary of German Names). It is also dated 120-1369 in "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Men's Names," Talan Gwynek ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ).

Strong is a descriptive epithet; it is also an English surname, with a Simon Strong dated to 1273, and Joscelin le Strong in the Rolls of Parliament (A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, Bardsley, p. 724).

66. Umm Ma'bad Amirah al-Zahra bint al-Azhar 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Malik al-Mansur: NAME RESUBMISSION from Laurel, July 2007

The name is Arabic. The original name submission, Amirah al-Zahra, was returned for conflict with Aminah al-Zarqah, registered August 2003. "The given names differ in sound and appearance by a single consonant in an unstressed syllable and by the final sound at the end of the name. The ah sound is \ah\, while the a' sound is a short a with a glottal stop. The bynames are, likewise, nearly identical in sound and appearance."

Following the name construction laid out in "Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices," Da'ud ibn Auda

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm ), Umm Ma'bad is a kunya (an honorific name or surname, as the father or mother of someone), "mother of Ma'bad" (Ma'bad is found in the list of masculine given names/isms).

Amirah is a feminine ism, the client's personal, proper name typically given shortly after birth. Amira(h) is Arabic for "princess" and appears as a feminine title of nobility in Da'ud's paper. Amira bint Mikhail of Safita was registered June 2005, demonstrating that this name falls under the guideline in which a name may be registered that is also a title if there is no other claim to rank in the name, the classic example being Regina the Laundress. Since this name does not have any claims to rank or territory, it should be registrable.

al-Zahra is a laqab, a combination of words into a byname or epithet relating to nature, a descriptive, or of some admirable quality the person has. al-Zahra', "the radiant," is a feminine cognomen found in "Andalusian Names: Arabs in Spain," Juliana de Luna

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/andalusia.html ).

bint al-Azhar 'Abd al-Aziz is a nasab, a pedigree, as the son or daughter of someone (al-Azhar, "the shining," is a masculine cognomen used as an ism, but here, is is a laqab to describe her father, 'Abd al-Aziz).

ibn Malik al-Mansur is a second-generation nasab that names her father's father (her grandfather) as Malik al-Mansur (ism).

This all turns out to be multigenerational name of the client, her father and her grandfather, "Mother of Ma'bad, Amirah the Radiant, daughter of the Shining 'Abd al-Aziz, son of Malik al-Mansur." Yoiks!

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the sound of the name. She will not accept Major changes to the name.

This letter contains 45 new names, 1 new name change, 32 new devices, 3 new device changes, 6 new badges; 2 name resubmissions, 1 household name resubmission, 2 device resubmissions, 2 badge resubmissions, 2 holding name changes. This is a total of 10 items, 87 of them new. A check to cover fees will be sent separately.

I was assisted in the preparation of this Letter by Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Helena de Argentoune and Maridonna Benevenuti.

Thank you again for your great indulgence and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

I remain,

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy

c/o Linda Miku

2527 East 3rd Street; Tucson AZ 85716

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Commonly-Cited References

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