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THEFOLLOWINGITEMSHAVEBEENREGISTERED:
ANTIR
ÆlfflædÆlfgaresdohtor.Badge.(Fieldless)AharesejantcontournyOr.
AnabelHastings.Nameanddevice.Or,amaunchandonachiefurdyazurethreelionspassantOr.
ThetinctureofthechiefwasomittedfromtheLoIandnotcorrected.ThankstothecoloremblazononOSCAR,enough
commentersnotedthatthechiefisazure,andconflictcheckeditassuch,thatwecanregisterthedevice.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodrawfewerandlargerrepeatsontheurdylineofdivision.
AodhDeoradhán.Badgechange.Perbendsinisterdovetailedsableandvert.
Whenfieldswithlowcontrastareused,complexlinesofdivisionareacceptedonacase-by-casebasis.Inthiscasethereareno
chargesobscuringthelineofdivisionandthelineofdivisionisclearlydrawn.Sincethethereissufficientcontrastbetweenthe
sableandverthere,thisbadgeisacceptable.
Hisoldbadge,(Fieldless)Acometpalewisesablebeardedverttheestoilechargedwithanunciallowercase"a"Or,isreleased.
AonghusMacAonghuis.Device.GyronnyOrandgules,astagspringingandaborduresable.
ArgentoBrunelli.Nameanddevice.Azure,ananchorfouledofitschainandonachiefembattledargentanarrowazure.
Theformsindicatedthatifthenamehadtobechanged,thesubmittercaredmostaboutthesound"ArgentBrunkell".The
nameisregisterableassubmitted,butifthesubmitterisinterestedinabynamethatsoundsmorelike"Brunkell",wecan
suggestanalternative.RedHawknotesthatBahlow,ADictionaryofGermanNames,s.n.BrunckhorstdatesW.Brunkelto
1261.ThebynamederivesfromaplaceinAlsace.ArgentoBrunkelwouldberegisterablewithonestepfromperiodpractice
forcombiningItalianandGerman.
BartolomeadiAntonioRossini.Nameanddevice.LozengyOrandazure,achiefazure.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforFlorence,1468.AlloftheelementscanbefoundintheFlorentineCatastoof1427,
andtheconstructionistypicalforthe15thC.Wecanconfirmthatthisisanexcellentnameforherplaceandperiod.
TherewerecallsforaninspectionofthearmoryofCeciliaBlythe,Orfretty,achiefazureforapossiblevisualconflict.The
primarychargeinCecilia’sarmoryisdefinitelyfretty,andthetwodevicesaredefinitelyvisuallyclear,aswellasbeing
technicallyclearbyX.1,forremovalofthefret.
Bj{o,}rnStyrkarsson.Nameanddevice.Perfesssableandargent,abearrampantbetweenthreesheavesofarrowscounterchanged.
SubmittedasBjornStyrkarsson,thedocumentationforthegivenname,GeirrBassiHaraldsson,TheOldNorseName,spelled
thenameBj{o,}rn.InOldNorse,{o,}isnotanowithanaccent,butadistinctcharacterseparatefromo,whichlookslikeano
withareversecommahook.Thetwolettersoand{o,}arenotgenerallyinterchangeable.Whilethesubmitterallowedno
changes,heexplicitlyrequestedthatthegivennamebecorrectedtothedocumentedform,sowehavechangedthenameto
Bj{o,}rnStyrkarssoninordertoregisterit.
BrighidofGarnsey.Badge.(Fieldless)OnacrescentazureapaleOr.
CormaccuaNéill.Device.Purpure,aram’sheadcabossedandinchieftwoshamrocksargent.
CristinaIzarra.Name.
DietrichEckhartvonKatzenburg.Badge.Or,threetreesblastedanderadicatedsablebetweentwoscarpesazure.
EvavandenBerg.Name.
ThisdoesnotconflictwithEvavanBrugge,registeredOctober2008.BecauseBruggeandBergaresignificantlydifferentin
soundandappearance,thetwobynamesdonotconflictperRfSV.1.a.ii.
GeoffreyAlbryght.Device.Perbendsinisterargentandsable,abendsinistergulescotisedbetweenadragoncontournyandatree
eradicatedcounterchanged.
GraceDudleyofBolton.NamechangefromGráinneGelleo.
Herpreviousname,GráinneGelleo,isretainedasanalternatename.
KetilelfGrathe.Name.
Nice12thCDanishname!
LeiðólfrKvígsson.Nameandbadge.Argent,atowerazureandabasewavysable.
ListedontheLoIasLeiðólfrKvigarson,boththeformsandthedocumentationshowedtheaccentonthebyname:Kvígarson.
ThegenitiveofKvígrisKvígs,notKvígar.Additionally,precedentrequiresthataccentsinOldNorsenamesbeusedor
droppeduniformlythroughout,wehaverestoredtheaccenttothebyname.WehavechangedthenametoLeiðólfrKvígssonin
ordertoregisterit.
LianordeNajera.Nameanddevice.Argent,aconeycouranttosinisterandonachiefazuretwocrescentsOr.
ThisnamecombinesPortugueseandSpanish.Thislingualcombinationhasnotyetbeenruledonastowhetheritis
registerable,registerablewithastepfromperiodpractice,ornotregisterable.Whiletherearesomedifferencesinorthography
betweenPortugueseandSpanish,inmanycases,theSpanishandPortugueseformsofnamesareidentical,andwithout
knowingtheoriginalcontextofthenameitisoftenimpossibletotellwhetherthenameisSpanishorPortuguese.Whenthe
precedentsayingthatEnglish/Scotscombinationswereastepfromperiodpracticewasoverturned,Laurelsaid:
ThisnamemixesanEnglishplacenamewithanotherwiseScotsname;suchamixturewasdeclaredonestepfrom
periodpracticeinSeptember2001.However,manyScotsnameformsareidenticaltoEnglishnameforms.
Furthermore,manyofthestandardsourcesusedbytheSCACollegeofArms,includingtheOxfordEnglish
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DictionaryandReaney&Wilson,DictionaryofEnglishSurnames,makenodistinctionbetweenEnglishandScots
forms.Wearethereforeoverturningthisprecedent,anddeclaringthatnamescombiningScotsandEnglishformsare
nolongerconsideredastepfromperiodpractice.[MichaelDuncanofHadley,Caid-A,LoAR04/2004]
ThesituationwithSpanishandPortugueseissimilar.Sirencomments:
Thenamingpools[ofSpanishandPortuguese]aresosimilarandthespellingconventionsoverlapsomuchthatit’s
hardtosaywhat’sparalleldevelopmentandwhat’scombination.In[Aryanhwy’s]1565Lisboncensus,nineofthe
topfifteennameshaveatleastonedocumentaryformidenticaltoonefromtheIsabeldata;alltheresthaveclose
cognates,whichdifferbyaletterortwo(exceptSimião/Simon).Youhavetogodownbelowthe25thmostcommon
name(toBelchior,whichIassumeisMelchiorinSpanish,andisnotinusebythen)tofindonethatdoesnothavea
closecognateintheIsabeldata(notingthat<Bras>and<Blas>arethesame).
Borrowedtheotherway,wehave<Donis>inIsabelfromPortuguese<Dinis>(Dionysiusiswhatit’sderivedfrom)
andtheprobablyPortugueseinfluence<Nicolao>asaNicolasvariant.
Giventhehighamountofoverlapbetweenbothnamingpoolsandnamepatterns,thesubstantialcontactbetweenSpanishand
Portuguesespeakersthroughoutalargepartofourperiod,andthesimilarorthographies,werulethatnamescombining
SpanishandPortugueseareregisterablewithoutastepfromperiodpractice.
Pleaseinformthesubmittertodrawinternaldetailingontherabbit.Also,rabbitsusuallyhavetheirearsattachedtothetopof
theirhead,notneartherearbaseoftheskull.
MargueritefitzWilliam.Device.Or,anaturalpantherstatantcontournysable,onachiefengrailedvertthreeplates.
MaryOstler.Device.Perfessermineandpurpure,aturnipproperleavedvert.
OttoVogt.Nameanddevice.Perbendsinistersableandgules,agarbargentandabordureargentsemyofwolves’headserasedsable.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodrawbetterinternaldetailingonthegarb.
RonanmacCarthaich.Nameanddevice.Vert,adouble-archedbridgethroughoutargentmasonedsablebetweenthreemermaidsin
theirmodestyandastag’sheadcoupedargent.
ShannanO’Duncan.Device.Purpure,tworapiersinsaltireOrandinchiefamushroomargent.
ShannanO’Duncan.Badge.(Fieldless)Amushroompurpure.
Styrkarrjarlsskald.Nameanddevice.Counter-ermine,awyvernandinchiefthreemulletsofeightpointsargent.
SubmittedasStyrkarrJarlskald,thebynameJarlskaldwasdocumentedfromatranslationoftheProseEddabySnorri
SturlusonfromIcelandicintoEnglish.Thistranslationdoesnotretaintheoriginalspellingsofthenames,butratherconverts
themintomodernform.GeirrBassiHaraldsson,TheOldNorseName,givestwoformsofthisbyname:jarlaskáldand
jarlsskáld.Sincejarlsskáldisclosertotheoriginallysubmittedform,wehavechangedthenametoStyrkarrjarlsskaldin
ordertoregisterit.WehavedroppedtheaccentfromthebynamebecauseprecedentrequiresthatOldNorsenamesuseordrop
accentsuniformlythroughout.
Therewassomequestionwhetherthebyname"earl’spoet"waspresumptuous,violatingRfSVI.1,whichsaysthat"Names
containingtitles,territorialclaims,orallusionstorankareconsideredpresumptuous...Insomecases,useofanotherwise
inoffensiveoccupationalsurnameinaterritorialcontextmaymakeitappeartobeatitleorrank,suchasJohntheBardof
ArmaghorPeterAbbotofSt.Giles."Sofaraswehavebeenabletotell,jarlsskaldisneitheratitlenorarank,butmerelyan
ordinaryoccupationalbyname.Lackingevidencethattheskaldofajarlwouldhavebeenconsideredhigherinrankorprestige
than,say,anordinaryskald,theuseofthebynamejarlsskáldorjarlaskáldisnotpresumptuous.
Thewyvernisstatant,whichistheSCAdefaultforwyverns.
Summits,Principalityofthe.OrdernameOrderoftheShieldoftheSummits(seeRETURNSforotherordername).
TheprincipalityhaspermissiontoconflictwithShieldHerald,registeredtotheKingdomoftheMiddleinAugust1993.
TymothyofDover.Device.Azure,aramrampantsustainingastaffofAesculapius,tipenflamedargent.
ThestaffofAesculapiusisconsideredasinglecharge,andthusthisdevicecannotsufferfromtheso-calledslotmachine
problem,sincethereareonlytwochargetypesinthisdevice.
ThedeviceisclearofLucaisduBelier,Azure,tworamscombattantwithinabordureargent,withaCDforremovingthe
bordureandanotherforchangingthetypeofhalfthecharges.
TymothyofDover.Badge.(Fieldless)AramrampantsustainingastaffofAesculapisargent.
ThestaffofAesculapiusisconsideredasinglecharge,andthusthisdevicecannotsufferfromtheso-calledslotmachine
problem,sincethereareonlytwochargetypesinthisdevice.
ZacharyleBigod.Device.Purpure,aphoenixfacingsinisterOrrisingfromflamesproperandinchieftwoharpsaddorsedargent.
ZacharyleBigod.Badge.Purpure,fourharpsincrossargent.
ANSTEORRA
Damiand’Outremer.NamechangefromDamianThorvaldsson.
Thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor12thCNorman-French.WehavenotfoundanyFrenchexamplesofDamian.The
namewasusedinEnglandinhisperiod:Withycombe,OxfordDictionaryofEnglishChristianNames,s.n.Damiandates
Damianto1205andReaney&Wilson,ADictionaryofEnglishSurnames,s.n.DamyondatesDamianusto1199.It’scertainly
possiblethatthisnamewasalsousedinFranceatthesametime,butwecannotconfirmthatitwas.
Hispreviousname,DamianThorvaldsson,isreleased.
HannavanDahl.Device.Or,onalozengewithinanorleazureafretOr.
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KhayrabintTahiribnRashid.Device.Perpalevertandpurpure,adragonflyandinbaseascimitarfesswisereversed,edgetobase
argent.
Rosenfeld,Shireof.Badge.Orsemyofrosesgules,abaseazure.
UlrichvonBrixen.Device.Azure,awolframpantOrandabordureOrsemyofroundelsazure.
Nicearmory!
ATENVELDT
AllasanTamelyn.NamechangefromAllasanbháningheanFhaoláin.
Thegivenname,Allasan,isgrandfatheredtoher.ThisnamecombinesGaelicandEnglish,whichisonestepfromperiod
practice.
Herpreviousname,AllasanbháningheanFhaoláin,isreleased.
BastianElsey.Nameanddevice.Quarterlypurpureandsable,inbendthreemulletsofeightpointsargent.
Nice16thCEnglishname!
Bj{o,}rnmj{o,}ksiglandi.Name.
SubmittedasBjörntheNavigator,usingtheo-umlaut(ö)insteadoftheo-ogonek({o,})isalaterconventionthatreallyonly
gainedpopularityinmoderntimesbecauseofthelimitationsofstandardtypefonts.Wehavechangedthegivennameto
Bj{o,}rntofollowournormaltransliterationsystem.
ThebynametheNavigatorwasjustifiedonthebasisofthedocumentedOldNorsebynames,mj{o,}ksiglandi’much-sailing,
far-travelling’,farmaðr’sea-farer’,andsnarfari,’swift-traveller’.However,noneoftheseexamplesareanalogousto’the
navigator’,sotheydonotsupporttheNavigatorasaregisterablebyname.TheclosestOldNorsebynamethatwefoundtothe
meaning’thenavigator’wasstýrimaðr’steersman,helmsman’,inGeirrBassiHaraldsson,TheOldNorseName.However,a
linguaanglicarenderofstýrimaðrwouldbeSteersmanorHelmsman,notNavigator.
ThesubmitternotedthatiftheNavigatorasnotregisterablethathe’dpreferthebynamemj{o,}ksiglandi.Wehavechangedthe
nametoBj{o,}rnmj{o,}ksiglandiinordertoregisterit.
BrandanWanderervonArnswold.Badge.(Fieldless)Inpaleamartletazureconjoinedtoanogress.
DuncanMagollricke.Nameanddevice.Perpalesableandgules,apallargentbetweenafleur-de-lysOrandtwoRomangladiiproper.
ElizabethIames.Badge.Argent,threedragonfliesgules.
Isabeld’Auron.Reblazonofdevice.Gules,anaturaltigerrampantOrmarkedsablemaintainingastraighttrumpet,onachiefOrthree
fleurs-de-lysazure.
BlazonedwhenregisteredinMay1997asGules,atigerrampantOrmarkedsablemaintaininginitsdexterforepawatrumpet
palewise,onachiefOrthreefleurs-de-lysazure,thatblazonwouldresultinanheraldictyger.We’vecorrectedtheblazonto
specifythenaturalbeast.
KathelinevanWeyeandRyanDollas.Jointbadge.(Fieldless)AwindmillOrsailedvertissuantfromamountcoupedsable.
Therewerecallstoreturnthisbadgebecausethemountdoesnotmatchanyknownperioddepictionsofmounts.Themountis
identicalinoutlinetothemountinthepreviousreturn,whichdidnotmentionthattheshapeofthemountwasanissue.
Therefore,weareallowingthisdepictionforthissubmission.Pleaseinformthesubmitterthataheraldicartistwillnotdrawa
mountaswhatisseeninthisemblazon.
MitsuhideShinjir{o-}.Device.Gules,onafesswavysablefimbriatedfiveroundelsinannuloargent.
NestverchRodriapMadyn.Nameanddevice.Azure,asagittarypassantandonachiefargentthreecrescentsazure.
SubmittedasNestverchRhodriapMadyn,thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor13thCWales.Harpycomments:
Nicename!Onlythemostminortweaktospellingwouldberequiredtoputthisnameinlinewith13thc.formatand
spelling.Thespelling"Rhodri"isthestandardmodernformofthisname,buttheuseofinitial"Rh-"onlystartsto
appearinthe15thcentury(andisquiterareuntilperhapsthe17thcentury).Thespelling"Rodri"wouldbetypicalin
Welsh-languagetextsofthe13-14thcenturyas,forexample,foundinthehistoricchronicleBrutyTywyssogion.
WehavechangedthenametoNestverchRodriapMadyntomeetherrequestforauthenticity.
Nicearmory!
NoelTrueman.Nameanddevice.Vert,astagsalientcontournyargentandabordurecomponysableandargent.
PhineasMagollrickeandElizabethIames.Jointbadge.(Fieldless)Awolf’sheaderasedargentchargedwithacrossmolinegules.
ATLANTIA
AmalieWalter.Nameanddevice.Vert,onabendbetweentwoferretscombatantargentabutterflypalewiseazure.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforGerman.ThisisafineGermanname.
CecilleCassaire.Name.
SubmittedasCécileCassaire,thegivennameCécilewasdocumentedfromWithycombe,OxfordDictionaryofEnglish
ChristianNames,s.n.Cecilia,whichgivesCécileasanundatedFrenchspelling.Aspastprecedentindicates,when
Withycombeisdiscussingnon-Englishnames,sheisgenerallyspeakingaboutmodernusage:
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Withycombeisnotareliablesourcefornon-Englishnames;thevastmajorityofthenon-Englishformsshecitesare
modernforms.[LoAR10/2006,Lochac-A,AngeleMariedeSavingny].
Therefore,Withycombeisnotanacceptablesourceofdocumentationfornon-Englishnamesunlessshegivesexplicitdates.
ThemostsimilarperiodFrenchspellingthatwasfoundisCecille,datedto1587inAryanhwymerchCatmael,"Namesfroma
1587TaxRollfromProvins".WehavechangedthenametoCecilleCassaireinordertoregisterit.
ElizabethdeBardeleye.Nameanddevice.Or,aseahorseerectandinbaseacrossoffourlozengessableallwithinabordureembattled
gules.
Nice13thCEnglishname!
Pleaseinstructthesubmitterthatlozengesshouldhaveallthesidesofequallength,theyshouldnotbeelongatedtocenter.
GwenBengrechverchGruffith.Nameanddevice.Argent,twocatssejantrespectantandonachieftriangularazureadecrescent
argent.
HadrardusBlach.Device.Gules,onabendargentasinisterfistandadexterfistbothfesswisewithindexfingersextendedsable,in
chiefacompassrosebendwiseargent.
KimberlyBedo.Name.
Kimberlyisthesubmitter’slegalgivenname.
MarcodaVerona.Device.Or,adragon’sheadcabossedgules,inchiefabowfesswisesable.
WilliamofBellwood.Device.Sable,achevronandindexterchiefalionpassantOr.
ThisdeviceisclearofthebadgeofOliverdeLeondeOro,Sable,inpaleademi-sunandachevronOr.ThereisaCDforthe
changeofnumberofprimarycharges(fortheremovalofthesun)andaCDfortheadditionofthesecondarylion.Wereweto
considerOliver’sbadgeashavingaprimarychevronandasecondarysun,thedeviceswouldstillbeclear,withaCDforthe
changeoftypeofsecondaryandaCDforthechangeofpositionofthesecondary.
WulfstanEgweald.Devicechange.Quarterlyermineandazure,afleur-de-lyswithinabordureembattledcounterchanged.
Hisolddevice,PerchevronsableandOr,twowolvescombattantandatowercounterchanged,isreleased.
CAID
CatrionanicChlurain.Reblazonofbadge.Gules,adomesticcatrampantguardantOr,maintaininginitsdexterforepawacrossformed
ofsixwhite-basedopalsproper.
BlazonedwhenregisteredinMarchof1980asGules,adomesticcatrampantguardantOr,graspinginitsdexterforepawa
crossformedofsixwhite-basedopalsproper,thecrossisamaintainedcharge.
CALONTIR
ÁineTáilliúir.Badge.(Fieldless)AvegetablelambOrfructedofsheepsable.
Avegetablelambisaperiodcharge,consistingofaplantwhosefruitsaredemi-sheep.Thetermfructed,forvegetablelambs,
referstothewholeblossom,includingthesheep.Here,onlythesheeparesable,theblossomsareyellow.
EmmelinaLutz.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
ThisnamecombinesDutchandHighGerman,whichisastepfromperiodpractice.
IvoryKeep,Shireof.Badge.Argent,twotusksinsaltireazureandaborduredenticuladasable.
MargaretMacKenzie.Nameanddevice.Argent,abendpurpurebetweenadragonpassantvertandalilybendwisegules.
MevanwyofVatavia.Nameanddevice.Perbendsinisterwavyazureandargent,afalcondisplayedandarosecounterchanged.
VataviaistheregisterednameofanSCAbranch.
Theuseofabirddisplayed,otherthananeagle,isastepfromperiodpractice.
MórBhallachingheanDomhnaill.Nameanddevice.Argent,inpalethreecrossesofSaintBrigidsable,adextertierceindentedgules.
SubmittedasMórBallachingheanDomhnaill,GaelicgrammarrequiresthatthedescriptivebynameBallachbelenitedwhen
usedinafemininename.WehavechangedthenametoMórBhallachingheanDomhnailladdingthemissinglenitionsothat
wecanregisterit.
ThereisnoevidencethatacrossofSaintBrigidwasusedinperiod,letaloneinperiodheraldry.Therefore,theuseofacross
ofSaintBrigidisastepfromperiodpractice.
OrianadeStonham.Device.Argent,inpaleaquillpenbendwisesinisterpurpureissuantfromanink-bottleazure,abasepurpure.
SéamusÓCearbhaill.NamechangefromBrendanO’Carroll.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforIrishGaeliclanguage.BothelementsareintheirstandardEarlyModernIrish
spellings,andbothelementscanbefoundinthe16thcentury,sothisisafine16thCIrishGaelicname.
ThenamedoesnotconflictwithShamusO’Carolanbecausethebynamesaresignificantlydifferentinsoundandappearance.
ThebynameÓCearbhaillwaspronouncedroughly\OCAR-vul\.Theadditionoftheinternal\v\soundplusthechangein
numberofsyllablesisasignificantdifferenceinsound.
Hispreviousname,BrendanO’Carroll,isretainedasanalternatename.
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SefaSteinólfsdóttir.Name.
TiberiusOctaviusCarinus.Nameanddevice.Or,adragonstatantguleswingedbetweenincrossfourbowssable.
EAST
AlexanderMakcristyne.Devicechange.Vert,acramponwithinabordureargent.
Hisolddevice,Azure,afesscheckyOrandgulesbetweenthreeaxesOr,isreleased.
AlineKinneir.Device.Sable,onasaltirebretessedbetweenfourmulletsoffourpointselongatedtobaseargent,athistleproper
betweenfourbeechleavespalewisevert.
AlissendalaGailharda.Nameanddevice.Argentfrettysable,onachiefazurethreecrossesbottonyargent.
SubmittedasAlissendalaGailharde,thebynamelaGailhardewasintendedtobeasouthernFrenchformofthenorthern
FrenchbynamelaGaillarde,datedto1454inAryanhwymerchCatmael,"FrenchNamesfromChastenay,1448-1457".The
examplesofsouthernFrenchbynamesinTalanGwynek,"LatePeriodFeminineNamesfromtheSouthofFrance",showthat
thefeminineisusuallyformedbyadding-ainsteadof-e,andindeed,wefindthebynameGailhardadatedto1475inSociété
archéologiquedeBordeaux,vol.13-14,p.45.WehavechangedthenametoAlissendalaGailhardatomakethebyname
correctforsouthernFrenchgrammar.
Pleaseinformthesubmitterthatthefrettyshouldappeartobewoven,evenwhencoloredin.
AndreikoEferiev.Name.
AndrewAskebrenner.Nameanddevice.Gules,aflybetweenflaunchesOr.
ArtemisiaBocca.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
Thesubmitteraskedthatthebynamebechangedtosomethingmeaning"seductive/flirtymouth"ifthatwerepossible.
Unfortunately,noneofthecommenterswereabletofindanyevidencethatabynamewithsuchameaningisplausiblein
medievalItalian.Infact,wewerenotabletofindanymedievalorRenaissanceItalianwordwiththedesiredmeaning.Wehave
registeredthenameassubmitted;thebynameBoccameans’mouth’.
BrianaCampbell.Nameanddevice.Or,athistleproper,incantonadragonflybendwiseazure.
BrígnanUan.Nameanddevice.Perbendpurpureandvert,alambcouchantargentandacrossbowbendwiseinvertedOr.
SubmittedasBrígnaÚain,thebynamenaÚainwasintendedtomean’ofthelambs’,butdidnotusethecorrectgrammatical
form.Theexamplesofbynamesmeaning’ofthe[typeofdomesticatedanimal]’foundinMariElspethnicBryan,"Indexof
NamesinIrishAnnals",allusethegenitivepluralformoftheanimalterm,withthedefinitearticle.InEarlyModernIrish,the
genitivepluralformof’lamb’isUan.Inaphrasemeaning"ofthelambs",itbecomesnanUan.Wehavechangedthenameto
BrígnanUantocorrectgrammarsothatitcanberegistered.
ThisnamecombinesMiddleIrishandEarlyModernIrish,whichisastepfromperiodpractice.
Whilewedonotusuallyblazonbabyanimals,weallowitforcantsorwhenitwasdoneinperiod.Inthiscase,bothare
applicable:nanUainmeans’ofthelambs’,andlambswereblazonedassuchinperiod.
CainnechmacUilliam.Device.PerbendsinisterazureandOr,athistleargentandabrownstagrampantproper,armedargent.
CatherineOiseau.Nameanddevice.PerfessOrandazure,acrowsableandacompassstarelongatedtobaseargent.
SubmittedasCatherined’Oiseau,thebynamed’OiseauwasdocumentedfromMorlet,DictionnaireÉtymologiquedesNoms
deFamille,s.n.DoiseauandDauzat,DictionnaireEtymologiquedesNomsdeFamilleetPrénomsdeFrance,s.n.Doiseau,
neitherofwhichgiveanydates.UndatedbynamesinbothMorletandDauzatareonlyregisterableifthereisevidencethatthey
areconsistentwithperiodbynames,andinthiscasenoneofthecommenterswereabletofindanysuchevidence.Barringsuch
evidence,d’Oiseauisnotregisterable.
Thesubmitterindicatedthatshecaredmostaboutthemeaning’ofthebirds’.Morlet,Etuded’anthroponymiepicarde,les
nomsdepersonneenHautePicardieauxXIIIe,XIVe,XVesiecles,hasanumberofbynamesrelatedtothemedievalFrench
wordforbird,oisel,includingLoisel1388’thebird’,dictusL’oiseleur1295,ditL’oiseleur1438,andL’Oizeleur1316
’(called)thebird-hunter’onp.427,andOisel1256’bird’,1300onp.439.Themodernformoftheword,oiseau,wasinuseby
theendofourperiod;JulianadeLunanotesthe15thcenturyheraldictitleGentilOiseau.Wewouldnotbesurprisedtosee
OiselspelledasOiseauinthe15thor16thcentury.BecauseOiseauisthemostsimilarformtotheoriginallysubmittedform,
wehavechangedthenametoCatherine_Oiseauinordertoregisterit.
Theuseofthecompassstarisastepfromperiodpractice.
DavidVázquezdeValençia.Name.
DeirdrePlanchet.Device.Argent,abilletgulestransfixedbyaneedlefesswise,onachiefazurethreesquareweaver’stabletsargent.
DionysiaBirdcleverdeBrigge.Device.Azure,abendsinisterOr,overallapopinjayargent.
D{zv}iugint{e.}Litovka.Nameandbadge.(Fieldless)AroseOrbarbed,seeded,slipped,andleavedvert,itsstementwinedbyasnake
sable.
SubmittedasD{zu}iugint{eo}Litovka,thedocumentationforthegivennameuses{zv},thatis,zwithacaron,ratherthan{zu},
thatis,zwithabreve.Additionally,thedocumentationshowsthatthefeminineendingis-{e.},thatis,ewithadotabove,
ratherthan-{eo},thatis,ewitharingabove.WehavechangedthenametoD{zv}iugint{e.}Litovkainordertoregisterit.
Thesnake,inthisemblazon,isasustainedcharge.Thus,thisbadgeisclearofCaid’sbadgefortheLegionofCourtesy,
(Fieldless)AroseOrbarbedandseededvert.ThereisaCDfortheadditionofthesnakeandaCDforfieldlessness.
EllenHughes.Nameanddevice.Azure,onapalebetweentwodomesticcatscombatantargent,threehollyleavesconjoinedinpall
invertedvertfructedgules.
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BothelementsareEnglishandaredatedwithinthreeyearsofeachother.Averynicename!
Whiletheorientationofthesprigisablazonabledetail,sprigsaredepictedinsomanyorientations,bothintheSCAandin
periodarmory,thatorientationofthesprigsisnotworthdifference.
ErasmusUrswyc.Nameanddevice.Perbendsinistergulesandargent,anarrowcounterchanged.
Ernamáni.NamechangefromholdingnameArielleofEisental.
FridhaavBergen.Badge.(Fieldless)Onahexagonargenttwoaxesinsaltireazure.
FriedrichParcifal.NamechangefromEadricWiglafessunu(seeRETURNSforbadge).
Hispreviousname,EadricWiglafessunu,isretainedasanalternatename.
GaiusPatronius.Nameanddevice.Or,infessatridentbetweentwonaturalseahorsesaddorsedsable.
Thissubmissionraisedtwoquestions:First,whetherPatroniusisaplausiblevariantspellingoftheRomannomenPetronius,
and,second,whethertheclassicalauthorCaiusPetroniusisimportantenoughtoprotectfromconflict.
Concerningthefirstquestion,NoirLicorneprovidesexamplesofthespellingPatroniusfromtheclassicalera:
"NewDocumentsIllustratingEarlyChristianity:AReviewoftheGreekInscriptionsandPapyriPublishedin
1982-83"byS.R.LlewelynandR.AKearsley(Wm.B.EerdmansPublishing,1997),includesPSIV466,anedict
oftheEygptianprefect,M.PatroniusMamertinus,duringthereignofHadrian...".
"RamblesinRomeAnArchæologicalandHistoricalGuidetotheMuseums,Galleries,Villas,Churches,and
AntiquitiesofRomeandtheCampagna"byS.RussellForbes(8thed.,T.Nelson,1899)mentionsaninscription"to
TitusPatroniusPriscusimperialprocuratoroftheironminesdedicatedbytheTiberbargemen".
TheseexamplesaresufficienttogivethesubmitterthebenefitofthedoubtthatPatroniusisaplausiblevariantspellingof
Petronius.
Concerningthesecond,whileCaiushashisownentryintheEncyclopediaBritannicaonline,thatisnolongersufficientby
itselftomakehimimportantenoughtoprotectfromconflict.JudgingthenameunderthecriterialistedontheNovember2004
CoverLetter,CaiusPetroniusisnotimportantenoughtoprotectfromconflict.WhileCaiusdidliveandworkintheperiod
coveredbytheSociety,albeitveryearlyinthatperiod,andhismostfamouswork,thecomicnovelSatyricon,wasknownto
medievalauthors,hewasnotasovereignrulerandbothelementsofhisnamearefairlyordinary.Onlytwocommenters
mentionedtheRomanauthorwithouthavinghadtolookhimupinanencyclopedia.Itseemsunlikelythatanyonewhohadnot
studiedclassicalLatinwouldrecognizethename;evensomecommenters(includingPelicanherself)whohavestudied
classicalLatindidnotrecognizethename.
GuillelmusfiliusMartini.Name.
SubmittedasWilliam_Martinet,thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforan11thCNormaninvadingEngland.BothWilliam
andMartinetarestandardEnglishspellings,whichcanbefoundinthe14thcentury.However,theyarenotappropriateforan
11thCNorman,whowouldhavespokenFrenchandwhosenamewouldhavebeenrecordedinLatin.
Wecanofferanauthenticalternative.MartinetisapetformofMartin.Morlet,LesNomsdePersonnesurleTerritoirede
l’AncienneGauleduVIeauXIIeSiècle,vol.I,p.225hasearlierformsofWilliamincludingGuillelmusa1069-96,a1070,
a1075,a1083;Guillermusa1033;Vilelmusa1060-64;Vilielmusa1049;Wilelmusa1050-51;andWillelmusa1095.Invol.II,p.
76therearenumerousinstancesofMartinusinthe11thC.TheappropriateLatinbynamebasedonMartinusisfiliusMartini,
whichmeansthatGuillelmusfiliusMartini,orasimilarformusingoneoftheother11thCspellingsofWilliam,isanauthentic
nameforan11thCNorman.WehavechangedthenametoGuillelmusfiliusMartiniinordertomeethisrequestfor
authenticity.
GunterderOchse.Nameanddevice.Argent,twospikedmacesinsaltiresablebetweenfourgouttes,achiefindentedvert.
ListedontheLoIasGunterderOhse,thenamewasoriginallysubmittedasGunterdesOchse,andchangedinkingdomto
matchtheavailabledocumentation.However,thechangefromOchse,whichwasdocumentedasHighGerman,totheLow
GermanformOhseintroducestwoproblems.First,thebynamederOhseviolatesRfSIII.1.a.bycombiningHighandLow
Germaninthesamephrase.Second,thechangeoflanguageisamajorchange,whichthesubmitterdoesnotallow.
ThebynameOchse’ox’withoutthedefinitearticleappearsonp.432ofSocin,MittelhochdeutschesNamenbuch,dated
sometimebetweenthe13thand15thcenturies.Therewassomequestionwhetheritwasappropriatetoaddthedefinitearticle
dertothebyname.Bahlow,ADictionaryofGermanNames,datesWernherderAdeler’theeagle’to1309s.n.Adeler;
AlbrechtderBär’thebear’to1150s.n.Bär;Conraddegrip’thegriffin’to1266s.n.Greif(f);andSeifertderFrumesel’the
donkey’to1293s.n.Riedesel.Theseexamplesshowthatavarietyofbynamesbasedonanimalterms,domesticated,wild,and
mythological,whichusethedefinitearticleder.ThissupportstheregistrationofderOchse.Wehavechangedthenameto
GunterderOchseinordertoregisterit.
HughTauerner.Device.Perfessindentedsableandvert.
ThisdeviceisclearofthebadgeofCliodhnaniBhriain,Perfessindentedcrusillyvertandargent.ThereisaCDforchanging
thetinctureofhalfthefield,andanotherunderX.4.a.ii.cforthedifferencebetweenperfessindentedandperfessindented
crusilly.Precedentsays:
[Perpaleindented,thepointsendinginmullets,vs.perpaleindented]"Thereis...[aCVD]formodifyingthelineof
divisionwiththemullets."[seerelatedrulingLoAR2/91p.16].(10/91p.3).
Theonlydifferenceinthefieldsintheprecedentarethemulletsattheendoftheindents.Thatisthecaseherewiththecrosses.
Whenfieldswithlowcontrastareused,complexlinesofdivisionareacceptedonacase-by-casebasis.Inthiscasethereareno
chargesobscuringthelineofdivisionandthelineofdivisionisclearlydrawn;thereforeitisacceptable.
HughTauerner.Badge.(Fieldless)Awheelperfesssableandvert.
IdonofSheffeld.Nameanddevice.Perchevroninvertedazureandgules,threemapleleavestwoandoneargentandtwoscimitarsin
saltireproper.
JohannBoese.Nameanddevice.Perpalesableandargent,amulletoffourpointselongatedtobaseandinbaseadomesticcat
couchant,achiefcounterchanged.
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JohnEmerisofEllenar.Reblazonofdevice.Sable,sevenpilesinvertedinpointsurmountedatthepointsbyaneyeembattledtochief
Or,onachiefargentfimbriatedperfessgulesandOralionpassantgules.
BlazonedwhenregisteredinNovember1979asSable,sevenpilesinvertedconjoinedinpoint,surmountedatthepointsbyan
eye,andembattledinchiefOr,onachiefargentalionpassantgules,overallafilletperfessgulesandOr,theoriginalblazon
impliedthatthepileswereembattledinsteadoftheeye.
Khalidabint‘Abdal-‘Aziz.Nameanddevice.Gules,onamapleleafOradomesticcat’sheadcoupedcontournysable,inbasea
standingbalanceOr.
SubmittedasKhalidabint’Abdal-Aziz,thepatronymismoreproperlytransliteratedas‘Abd_al-‘Aziz.Whilesomesystemsof
transliteratingArabicuse’forboth‘aynandhamza,allexamplesofthisnamethatwe’vefoundspellboth‘Abdand‘Azizwith
‘ayn.Additionally,theelements‘Abdandalarekeptseparatedintransliteration.WehavechangedthenametoKhalidabint
‘Abd_al-‘Azizinordertoregisterit.
KochouZaygo.Nameanddevice.Perbendsinistersableandvert,abendargent.
ThislovelydeviceconflictswiththedeviceofGenevievedeBordeu,registeredinFebruary2008,Quarterlyazureandsable,a
bendargent,withonlyasingleCDforthechangeoffield.Whencontacted,Genevieveprovidedpermissiontoconflict,sowe
canregisterthisdevice.
LachlannGraheme.NamechangefromLachlannmacLachlainnanddevice.Perpaleargentandvert,onatowerperpaleazureand
argentanivyvinebendwisesinisterperpaleargentandvert.
Hispreviousname,LachlannmacLachlainn,isretainedasanalternatename.
ThisisclearofGregorvonMünchhausen,(Fieldless)Onatowerperpaleazureandargent,adextergauntletclenched
counterchanged.ThereisaCDforthedifferencebetweenafieldedandfieldlessdesign,andaCDforthechangeoftype,and
orientationofthetertiary,fromanuprightgauntlettoabendwisesinisterivyvine.
LevNikolaev.Nameanddevice.Argent,alion’sheaderasedcontournygulesandachiefembattledsable.
Magdalenad’Arzenta.Devicechange.Gules,threespiderswithinanorleargent.
Herolddevice,Gules,threespidersinverted,abordureargent,isreleased.
MáireingheanuíMheardha.Name.
MariannedelaTour.Nameanddevice.Purpuremasoned,acentaurpassantandonachiefembattledargentanaturaldolphinpurpure.
ThegivennameMariannewasdocumentedasafeminineformofMarian,anundatednamefoundinDauzat,Dictionnaire
EtymologiquedesNomsdeFamilleetPrénomsdeFrance,s.n.Marien.Unfortunately,theproblemwiththisjustificationis
thatMarianisalreadyafemininename,adiminutiveofMary.Sinceitisalreadyfeminine,itdoesnotmakesensetoadda
feminizingendingtoit.However,NoirLicornewasabletoprovidealternativedocumentationforthename,fromtheParish
andProbateRecordsofthecourtofthearchdeaconryofExeter.ThesedocumentsrecordMariannePesterin1597and
MarianneLeggein1588,thusdemonstratingthatMarianneisanacceptable16thCEnglishname.
MichaelaAmour.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
MollySchofield.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
PetraofSilverRhylle.Holdingnameanddevice(seeRETURNSforname).Azure,infessatridentbetweentwonaturalseahorses
respectant,abaseargent.
SubmittedunderthenamePetraZenniaVelikaiaskii.
RobertduBourg.Nameanddevice.Gules,achevronandonachiefargentthreefleurs-de-lysgules.
ThebynameduBourgwasdocumentedfromMorlet,DictionnaireÉtymologiquedesNomsdeFamille,s.n.Bourg.Thisentry
doesnotgiveanydatesorotherevidenceofperiodusageforduBourg,soitdoesnotdemonstratethatthebynameis
registerable.PelicanEmeritusnotesthat"http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5455294n.image.r=du+bourg.f491.langENhas
duBourginwhatmaybealistofnames(orpossiblytitles)inLeschroniquesetannalesdePoloigne,parBlaisedeVigenè...
Vigenère,Blaisede(1523-1596),1573."BrunissendeDragonette(anativeFrenchspeaker)confirmsthatthisisalistof
bynames,sothiscitationprovidesuswiththeevidencerequiredtoregisterthename.
Nicearmory!
RobertTristan.Nameanddevice.Vert,afrogargentestencelyvert.
TadatsuneofCarolingia.Reblazonofdevice.Azure,aJapanesewell-framecrosswisewithinanannuletargent.
BlazonedwhenregisteredinNovember2003asAzure,aJapanesewell-framecrosswisewithanannuletargent,wehave
correctedthewordwithin.
TiberiusIuliusRufus.Badge.Gules,agauntletedfistargentwithinandconjoinedtoanannuletOr.
TiberiusIuliusRufus.Badge.(Fieldless)AgauntletedfistargentwithinandconjoinedtoanannuletOr.
ViolaEpifani.Nameanddevice.Argent,threepomegranatesslippedandleavedpurpureandachiefdoublyenarchedvert.
Theuseofachiefdoubly-enarchedisastepfromperiodpractice.
WilliamAtherbridge.Badge.GyronnyOrandazure,aramrampantgulesarmedargent.
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LOCHAC
Ragiher{o,}r.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
MERIDIES
BeatrixdeConinck.Name.
NiceDutchname!
CatelinRayneleMarchaunt.Device.Gules,atygersejant,onachiefOrthreeheartsgules.
DomenicaZorzi.Badge.(Fieldless)AGreeksphinxsejantcontournyargent.
GwendolenIsabellaStewart.NamechangefromGwendolenElizabethStewart.
ThegivennameGwendolenandthebynameStewartaregrandfatheredtothesubmitter.
Herpreviousname,GwendolenElizabethStewart,isretainedasanalternatename.
KatetheGreen.Device.Argent,asalamandertergiantpurpureenflamedgulesandonachiefvertthreetriquetrasOr.
MuirenningenUiFhlainn.Device.Vert,anenfieldstatantOrandachiefembattledermine.
Pleaseinstructthesubmittertodrawtheerminespotsslightlylarger.
SabynPestel.Device.Vert,infessthreespears,onachiefargentthreebirdsmigranttochiefsable.
Staggate,Shireof.Branchname.
ListedontheLoIasStagsgate,_,thisformofthenameviolatesRfSIII.2.bwhichrequiresthatbranchnameshave"a
designatorthatidentifiesthetypeofentityandatleastonedescriptiveelement."Accordingtotheformsandthepetition,the
groupisashire,sowehaveaddedtherequireddesignator,Shireof.
Theconstruction[staginthegenitive]+gatewasjustifiedonthebasisoftheplacenamesStaggeshaghe1315andStagschaue
1307,foundintheMiddleEnglishDictionarys.v.stagge.However,theseareexamplesofstag(ge)+shagheorschaue,where
thedeuterothemeisavariantspellingof-shaw.Thus,theseexamplesdonotsupporttheuseofthepossessiveformStagsor
Stagges.AlloftheexamplesofEnglishplacenamesthatwefoundfollowingthepattern<animal>+gateusedthenominative
formoftheanimalname,whichsupportsStaggateorStaggegateasaplausibleconstructedEnglishplacename.Ofthese,
Staggateisclosertotheoriginalsubmittedform,sowehavechangedthenametoStaggate,Shireofinordertoregisterit.
MIDDLE
RobertofBristol.Devicechange.Perpalesableandgules,inpaleagriffinsegreantandachevroninvertedOr.
Hisolddevice,Or,ahorse’sheaderasedbetweenthreehorseshoesinvertedsable,allwithinaborduregules,isreleased.
RunaÆikibrandskona.NamechangefromAlexandralaNoire.
SubmittedasRunaEikibrandrskona,thebynameEikibrandrskonawasconstructedtomean’wifeofoaken-sword’inOld
Norse.Unfortunately,therewereanumberofproblemswiththisbyname.
ThefirstisthatinsufficientevidencewasprovidedthatEikibrandrisameaningfulOldNorseelement.Theconstructionwas
justifiedonthebasisofthebynameeikikrokr’oaken-crook’,foundinAryanhwymerchCatmael,"VikingBynamesfoundin
theLandnámabók",andthegivennameBrandr,glossedas’fire,sword’inGunnvorsilfrahárr,"OldNorseMen’sNames".
ThesetwoelementsdonotsupporttheconstructionEikibrandrfortworeasons.First,theliteralmeaningoftheOldNorse
nounbrandris’brand,fire-brand’;itcanbeusedmetaphoricallyforthebladeofasword,butitdoesnotmeansword.The
standardOldNorsewordmeaning’sword’issverð.Second,abynamemeaning’oaken-sword’isnotanalogoustoone
meaning’oaken-crook’,ascrooksandstaveswereoftenmadeofwood,butswordswerenot.Thus,eikibrandrisnota
plausibleOldNorsebyname.
Itispossible,however,toconstructasimilarlyspelledOldNorsemasculinegivenname.LenaPeterson,Nordiskt
Runnamnslexikon,5thed.,liststhemasculinenameÆikinæfr,wheretheprotothemeÆiki-isderivedfromthenouneiki.Geirr
BassiHaraldson,TheOldNorseName,containsmanyexamplesofmasculinegivennameswiththeprototheme-brandr,
includingÁsbrandr,Þangbrandr,Þorbrandr,Valbrandr,andVébrandr.ThesenamesjustifyÆikibrandrasaconstructedOld
Norsemasculinegivenname,thoughitwouldnothavebeenunderstoodtomean’oaken-sword’.
ThecorrectOldNorsebynamemeaning’wifeofÆikibrandr’isÆikibrandskona.When-brandrisputintothegenitivecase,
theterminal-rchangesto-s,whichmeansthat-brandrskonaisnotcorrect.WehavechangedthenametoRuna
Æikibrandskonainordertoregisterit.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforOldNorse.Sofaraswecantell,thisisaplausibleViking-eraOldNorsename.
Herpreviousname,AlexandralaNoire,isretainedasanalternatename.
RydderchapMorgan.Name(seeRETURNSfordeviceandbadge).
SubmittedasRhydderchapMorgan,thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforthe16thC.The16thCspellingsprovidedinthe
documentationallomitthehfromthegivenname.WehavechangedthenametoRydderchapMorgantomeethisrequestfor
authenticity.
Ryuu’zou’jiKenshin.Nameanddevice.Azure,withinaJapanesewell-frametwoarrowsinvertedinsaltireargent.
SubmittedasRyuzojiKenshin,thefamilynameisproperlytransliteratedasRyuu’zou’jiorRy{u-}z{o-}ji.Whenpossible,the
CollegeofArmspreferstousetransliterationsthatuseRomancharacters.Precedentsays:
Wenotethatouand{o-}areequallyvalidtransliterations;ifoneisusedconsistentlyinaname,thereisnoreasonto
changeittotheother.However,whenaninvalidtransliterationisused,oranamemixesthetwotransliterations,the
transliterationwithoutthemacronispreferred.[LoAR05/2008,MitsuhideShinjir{o-},Atenveldt-A]
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WehavechangedthenametoRyuu’zou’jiKenshininordertoregisterit.
Thewell-framedepictedinthisdeviceisorientedlikeamascle.AccordingtheprecedentfromNovember2003,inthe
registrationofthedeviceofTadatsuneofCarolingia,thisistheSociety’sdefaultpositionforaJapanesewell-frame.
Usually,achargewithinamascleorannuletistheprimarycharge.Inthesubmittedemblazon,thearrowsaresosmallrelative
tothesizeofthewell-framethattheyaresecondarychargesandthewell-frameistheprimary.
SabinedeAncastre.Name.
ThesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforEnglish.Thisisalovely13thCEnglishname,asbothelementscanbedatedwithin
20yearsofeachother.
SáerlaithingenMáenaig.Nameanddevice.Quarterlyvertandargent,awagonwheelsableandabordureOr.
SibylSevenoke.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
Thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor15th-17thCEnglish.ThegivennameSibylwasnotexplicitlydatedontheLoI;the
documentationcited,TalanGwynek,"FeminineGivenNamesinADictionaryofEnglishSurnames",listsSibylastheheader
form,withtheclosestdatedspellingbeingSibyllin1279.15thand16thCspellingsincludeSibell1434,Sybbly1440,Sybill
1455,Sybyle1440,andSybyll1572,1573.Rowelprovidedanumberofother16thCspellingsofthenamefromherarticle
"NamesandNamingPracticesintheRegistersoftheChurchofSt.Mary’s,Dymock":Sibbil1567/8,Sibbill1568,Sibble
1575,Sibull1561,Sibell1566,Sybylle1539/40,Sibill1551,Sible35,Sibyll1548,Sybbel1561,Sybbill1558/9,Sybble1574,
Sybbyl1561,Sybbyll1548,Sybell1569,Sybill1549,Syble1549,Sybyl1561,andSybyll1540/1.Whilewehavenotfoundany
15thor16thCexamplesofthespellingSibyl,thesecitationsshowarangeofvariationdemonstratingthatSibylwouldbe
unremarkableinthe16thC.
Sevenokeisdatedto1545inJamesGaridnerandR.H.Brodie,eds.,LettersandPapers,ForeignandDomestic,HenryVIII,
Volume20Part2,publishedbyBritishHistoryOnlineathttp://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=866.Thus,the
nameisauthenticassubmitted.
SibylSevenokeandMiguelofSt.Katherine.Jointbadge.CheckyOrandsable,aborduregules.
Assubmitted,thesecondownerofthisbadgewastobeMigueldeArgento.ThatnamewasreturnedontheDecember2003
LoARandhisarmorywasregistered,viatheWest,undertheholdingnameabove.
ThebadgeisclearofSteingrimStellari,PalyofsixOrandsable,afesscounterchanged.Atleastonecommentercalled
Steingrim’sfieldchecky.Itisnot:checkyformssquares,thisfieldhasrectanglesatleasttwiceaslongastheyarewide.Ifwe
followthislogic,wemustre-writesectionX.4.aoftheRulesforSubmission,whichexplicitlygrantssubstantialdifference
betweenbarryandperpalewhencomparedwithchecky.WerewewillingtoconsiderSteingrim’sarmoryfield-only(which
wearenot),wewouldgivethetwodesignsunderconsiderationaCDforthefield.ThatCD,combinedwiththeCDforthe
additionofthebordure,wouldcarrythesetwopiecesofarmoryclearofeachother.However,asSteingrim’sarmoryisnot
field-onlyarmory,thesedevicesareclearbyX.1,forremovalofthefess.
TeigeMacLennantheTinker.Devicechange.Azure,alion’sheadcaboshed,onachiefdoubly-enarchedargentaBowencrosssable.
Theuseofachiefdoublyenarchedisastepfromperiodpractice.
Hisolddevice,Or,aheartperpalesableandgulesandonachiefazuretwoheartsargent,isreleased.
TrisolaDucci.Nameanddevice.Quarterlyargentsemyofdragonfliesandpurpure,anorleOr.
UliaanitsaZabavadoch’.Nameanddevice.Azuresemyofescarbunclesofsixarms,achiefnebulyargent.
ListedontheLoIasUliaanitsaZabavadoch_,thisappearstobeatypofortheoriginallysubmittedform,UliaanitsaZabava
doch’.Asdoch’isthecorrecttransliterationoftheRussianwordfor’daughter’,wehaverestoredthenametotheoriginally
submittedforminordertoregisterit.
Umfreyd’Outremer.Name.
UrsulatheWidow.Nameanddevice.Argent,abrownbear’sheadcaboshedproper,inchiefthreetrianglesinvertedazure.
UsamiYoshirou.Nameanddevice.Gules,apenguincloseproperandonachiefengrailedOrthreeincrescentsgules.
SubmittedasUsamiYoshiro,theyobinaisproperlytransliteratedasYoshirouorYoshir{o-}.Whenpossible,theCollegeof
ArmspreferstousetransliterationsthatuseRomancharacters.Precedentsays:
Wenotethatouand{o-}areequallyvalidtransliterations;ifoneisusedconsistentlyinaname,thereisnoreasonto
changeittotheother.However,whenaninvalidtransliterationisused,oranamemixesthetwotransliterations,the
transliterationwithoutthemacronispreferred.[LoAR05/2008,MitsuhideShinjir{o-},Atenveldt-A]
WehavechangedthenametoUsamiYoshirouinordertoregisterit.
Asdrawn,thepenguinishalfblackandhalfwhite,andthusneutral.Thereis,therefore,noissuewithplacingitonagules
field.
Proper,forapenguin,seemstohaveneverbeendefined,despiteourhavingregisteredapproximately15properpenguinsin
theSCA.Penguinsproperaresable,belliedargent,eachtincturebeingapproximatelyhalfthecharge.
Theuseofapenguinisastepfromperiodpractice.
VreilePayensdochter.Device.Sable,ahenandonachiefnebulyOrthreeelderberrysprigsvert.
YevaneBrowne.Nameanddevice.PerpalesableandOr,onatwo-headedgoosedisplayedcounterchangedamulletofsixpointsvert.
Theuseofabirddisplayedwhichisnotaneagleisastepfromperiodpractice.
YsabelVerdelet.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
Thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityfor14thCFrench,butdoesnotallowanychanges.Wehavefoundonlyoneinstanceof
thebynameVerdelet,anditisfrom1543.Lackingevidencethatthisbynamewasusedinthe14thC,wecannotconfirmthat
thisnameisauthentic.ThegivennameYsabelisafinechoiceforthe14thC;Morlet,Étuded’anthroponymiepicarde,les
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nomsdepersonneenHautePicardieauxXIIIe,XIVe,XVesiècles,has14thCexamplesofYsabelonpp.292,318,319,330,
338,354,382,387,418,and446.
NORTHSHIELD
BeroldvonEbenrit.Name.
CäsareavonEbenrit.Name.
OUTLANDS
AdamMathyson.Name.
Nice14thCEnglishname!
AlrikBoleslavov.Device.Perchevronsableandargent,twolionscombatantandatreeblastedanderadicatedwithinabordure
counterchanged.
ChristopherDevereux.NamechangefromKieranBlake.
Hispreviousname,KieranBlake,isretainedasanalternatename.
ClaredeChepyng.Name.
SubmittedasClaredeChepyngCampedene,pastprecedenthasruledthatcompoundplacenamescannotbeusedinEnglish
locativebynames:
LyneyeaofAston-upon-Trent.Name.Thenameusesacompoundlocativeasabyname,butnodocumentationwas
submittedandnonefoundshowinganyEnglishsurnamesthatevolvedfromafullcompoundplace-nameratherthan
justthefirstpartoftheplace-name.SuchbynamesweredeclaredunregisterableforSpanishnamesin2002:
LackingdocumentationthatcompoundformsofplacenameslikeSantiagodeCompostelawereusedin
locativebynames,thiscannotberegistered.[BeatrizdeSantiagodeCompostela,01/02,R-Caid]
BarringevidenceoflocativebynamesformedfromfullcompoundplacenamesinEnglish,suchnamescannotbe
registered.WewoulddropthecompoundandregisterthebynameasÆstun,butthesubmitterwillnotacceptmajor
changes.[03/2005LoAR,Meridies-R]
NonewdocumentationwasshownforlocativebynamesformedfromfullcompoundplacenamesinEnglish,sotheycontinue
tobeunregisterable.Asthesubmitterallowsallchanges,wehavedroppedthefinalelementoftheplacenametoregisterthe
nameasClaredeChepyng_.
LeonorRuizdeLisón.Nameanddevice.Or,abendsablebetweenfourpomegranatesgulesslippedandleavedvertseededOr.
MaggeMagnus.Name.
MelioreGimignaFioravanti.NamechangefromYsabeauAnaisRoussotduLioncourt.
Thesubmitterrequestedauthenticityforanunspecifiedlanguage/culture,butthisrequestwasnotmentionedontheLoI.Had
thisauthenticityrequestbeenmorespecific,wewouldhavehadtopendthisnametoallowthecommenterstoaddressthe
request.Asdocumented,itisunlikelythatthisnameisauthenticbecausethegivennamesweredocumentedfromthe12thand
13thC,respectively,andtheuseoftwogivennamesdoesn’tariseinItalianuntillater.Wecannotdroponeofthegivennames,
though,becausethesubmitterdoesnotallowmajorchanges.
Herpreviousname,YsabeauAnaisRoussotduLioncourt,isretainedasanalternatename.
MileshaKulikova.Name.
SalomeaThorunska.Name(seeRETURNSfordevice).
SubmittedasSalomeaToru{n’}ska,thesubmitterrequestedanauthenticnameandcaredmostabout14thCPolishculture.
ThisauthenticityrequestwasnotsummarizedontheLoI;hadthecommentersnotindependentlyprovidedinformationabout
authenticformsofthename,wewouldhavebeenforcedtopendthis.
ThegivennameSalomeawasdocumentedasGerman.ThisisalsothestandardLatinformofthename.WitoldTaszycki,ed.,
S{l/}ownikStaropolskichNazwOsobowych,s.n.Samlome(j)ahasanumberofexamplesofSalomeafromLatincontexts,the
earliestbeingfrom1258,andthelatestfroma15thcenturycopyofa13thcenturydocument.It’slikelythatthenamewasin
useinthe14thC;MariaMalec,ImionaChrze{s’}cija{n’}skiew{S’}redniowiecznejPolsce,p.383datesthePolishform
So{l/}omijato1471.
Taszycki,op.cit.,s.n.Toru{n’}skilistsanumberoflocativebynamesbasedontheplacenameToru{n’},allofwhichare
foundinLatinrecords:JohannesThorunski1399,Katherina,olimStanislaiThorunskydeCracovia1426,Stanislai
Thorunszky1441,andJanThorunszky1499.Theseareallmasculineforms;thefeminineformismadebychanging-ior-yto
-a,soonthebasisofthe1399citationwecanrecommendThorunskaasanauthentic14thCbyname.Wehavechangedthe
nametoSalomeaThorunskainordertomeetherrequestforauthenticity.
ThenameSalomeaThorunskaisLatinizedPolish.WedonotknowwhatformthisnamewouldhavetakeninPolishinthe
14thcentury.Wecan,however,offeranauthentic15thCPolishform.TheTh-spellingsofthebynamearearesultofthe
Latinizationoftheplacename.WewouldexpectthePolishspellingstousejustT-.Thus,So{l/}omijaTorunszkaorSo{l/}omija
TorunskawouldbeanauthenticPolishnameforthe15thC.