More Notes: I’ve been getting a fair amount of returned mail lately. Please advise your submitters (or tell folks when you are consulting) that if they move while an item is in submission to please send me their change of address. I know that this is pretty low-priority when it comes to the list of things to do when moving, but I sure hate for these Acceptance letters especially not to find their People. Okay, ‘nuff said.

The January Lion’s Blood meeting will be Sunday, 16 January 2000, 11:30am at the home of Rafaella d’Allemtejo, 9975   SW Walnut St. #2, Tigard, OR 97223. 503-431-2316. Please bring a chair!

Directions:

From the North:

Take I-5 South exit towards Portland. Go through Portland staying on the I-5 to Salem. Take the OR-99W exit, exit #  294, towardsTigard/Newberg. Stay straight to go onto SW Pacific Hwy. Go about 5 minutes through beautiful downtown Tigard (past Tigard Cinemas, over 217, past Hall St., over Main St hump, then past George Moreland plumbing and St. Anthony's church (both on right)). Turn Right onto SW Walnut St., which is between 76 Station and Astro gas stations. Go about 1/2 block and turn into Walnut Court apts. Park anywhere but in front of #1 please.

From the South:

Take I-5 North towards Portland. Take the OR-217 exit, exit number 292, towardsTigard/Beaverton. Take the OR-99W exit towards Tigard/McMinnville. Turn Left at light (which is SW Pacific Hwy). Go over Main St hump, then past George Moreland plumbing and St. Anthony's church (both on right). Turn Right onto SW Walnut St., which is between 76 Station and Astro gas stations. Go about 1/2 block and turn into Walnut Court apts. Park anywhere but in front of #1 please.

The submitter authorized changing his name from Andrew Ormain called "the Reckless" to this simpler form. We helped with documentation.

Avacal, Principality of Badge New

Quarterly argent and Or, a winged eagle’s claw gules sustaining a glove sable.

Badge for the Bravo of Avacal, signed by HH Seamus. We found the four Avacal badges to be clear of Riccardo di Pisa, Argent, an eagle’s wing terminating in a hand gules maintaining a scimitar fesswise reversed sable.

Avacal, Principality of Badge New

Quarterly argent and Or, a winged eagle’s claw gules sustaining an arrow inverted sable.

Badge for the Champion of Arrows, signed by HH Seamus.

Avacal, Principality of Badge New

Quarterly argent and Or, a winged eagle’s claw gules sustaining a candle sable enflamed gules.

Badge for the Champion of Arts and Science, signed by HH Seamus.

Avacal, Principality of Badge New

Quarterly argent and Or, a winged eagle’s claw gules sustaining a sword sable.

Badge for the Champion of Sword, signed by HH Seamus.

Beatrice DomĖnici della Campana Name and Device New

Argent on a pall between three roses azure four roses argent.

There was some discussion regarding the device vs. Rosalyn of Thornabe on Tees, Argent, a pall arrondy between three forget-me-nots azure. This issue is whether the pall arrondy is different enough from a plain pall This was sent up for Laurel to decide.

Beatrice DomĖnici della Campana Badge New

(Fieldless) A rose per pale argent and azure.

BrĢg ingen Beth·in Name New

Cairbre mac Eochaidh mac Feidlimid, from Cairbre poc Airgead Name Change; Device New

Sable, a stag rampant within a bordure potenty argent.

Eirikr inn kengr Name and Device New

Per fess wavy argent and azure, a natural dolphin naiant azure.

We documented the name from Geirr Bassi. We found the name clear of Genevieve de la Mer, Per fess engrailed argent and azure, a bottle-nosed dolphin counter-erect embowed [Tursiops truncatus] proper. There is one CD for the type of complex line and another for the posture of the dolphin.

Eirikr inn kengr Badge New

(Fieldless) A demi-trident Or.

Ginevra Domenichetti Name and Device New

Argent a semy of billets gules in chief a pile azure a sun in splendor Or

Giovanni Lorenzo da San Gimignano Name New

Giuseppe Giordano Maria Falcionieri Name New

Guineth the White Name and Device New

Per pall inverted azure, argent and vair, in pale a roundel counterchanged Or and gules and a bee displayed Or.

Harold Thorgoodson von Rheinhold Device New

Per bend sable and argent, a dragon volant tail nowed vert elevated and addorsed Or incensed gules between a Greek lamp enflamed argent and an armorers hammer bendwise sable.

His name was registered in May 1986.

Idonea de Morain Name and Device New

Azure, a unicorn rampant countourny argent within a bordure argent a semy descrescents azure.

Isobel FitzGilbert Name and Device New

Vert, a seagoat and on a chief wavy argent three escallops vert.

Lauretta Toulouse Name and Device New

Argent, a jay rising elevated and addorsed and on a chief azure three fleur-de-lis argent.

Maeve Hillery Name New

Michael atte Calle Name and Device New Argent semy of clarions sable on a chief triangular vert a sun in splendor Or.

Moreach nic Mhaolain/lfgifu verch Morgan Badge New

(Fieldless) A winged tower sable.

Names were registered August 1992/December 1996.

Roscelin the Silversmith’s Daughter Name New

Ulric Morgan Name New

Ursula Georges Name and Device New Gules, a bear passant sable between three mullets of six points Or.

Werburg of Wenlock Name New

The following have been sent to Laurel (Dec. mtg):

Blatha an Oir, Barony of, for L’Ordre de l’HĖrme d’Or Order Name New

Brian ² Duinn Name New

David of Moffat Badge New

(Fieldless) A demi-lion rampant erased argent gorged of a coronet azure and maintaining an escutcheon gules.

His name was registered in 1981. Submitter was made a Court Baron (5 May 1998) in An Tir.

Deicyn Moel Name and Device New

Or, three pine trees couped proper and on a chief gules a spoon fesswise Or.

Duncan ² Duinn Name and Device New

Vert, on a bend sinister sable fimbriated Or an anchor palewise argent.

Ellen Fraser Name and Device New

Quarterly vert and azure, on a rondel Or a butterfly gules.

Emma inn Draumspaki Name New

Ewan MacLaren of Balquhidder Name and Device New

Argent, a three headed thistle proper and a bordure purpure.

Gareth of Eastbrook Device New

Azure, on a chevron between three harps Or three trefoils vert.

His name was registered in March of 1986.

Gavin MacKinley Name and Device New

Per pale gules and argent, two wolves sejant respectant ululant counterchanged.

GeneviĖve de Clairvaux les Lacs Name New

Kareema bint Yusuf Name New

Kateryn atte Crouche Name New

Kenric inn Kyrri Name New

Kenric inn Kyrri Badge New

Kirstin in Tasalda Name and Device New

Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a sun and a butterfly Or.

Kirstin in Tasalda Badge New

(Fieldless) A butterfly purpure.

Her name is submitted above.

Kirstin in Tasalda Badge New

Purpure, in pale a chrysanthemum affronty between a chrysanthemum in profile and a chrysanthemum in profile inverted Or.

Her name is submitted above.

Melisant de Alemayne Name and Device New

Per pale azure and sable, a chevron cotised argent.

Natalie de Caen Name and Device New

Per chevron argent and sable, between a chevron azure two goats salient combattant sable and a lynx's head cabossed jessant-de-lys argent.

Piotr Constantinovich Name New

Rowen O’Ceallachain of Muscraidhe Badge New

(Fieldless) A torch argent enflamed gules within a baronial coronet Or pearled vert.

The submitter was made a Court Baroness on 11 January AS XXVI. The enflaming is plain gules.

Seachnasach O Braonain Name New

Sile ingen ui Chonchobhair Name and Device New

Azure, on a bend sinister gules fimbriated Or between two natural dolphins naiant in annulo argent a harp Or.

The firstname was changed from "Shelagh" to "Sile" in Kingdom to better reflect the timeperiod wished by the submitter.

Solveig Tryggvadottir Name and Device New

Per pall inverted sable, argent, and lozengy gules and argent, in chief two ravens migrant counterchanged.

We dropped the "s" in "Tryggvasdottir" following construction notes in Geirr-Bassi.

William Mac an toisich Name and Device New

Lozengy argent and azure, an ivy leaf inverted vert

Returned for conflict with Bela of Eastmarch, (Tinctureless) A grape leaf inverted dependent from a tendril, and with Gryffyn Dunham, (Fieldless) A trefoil inverted vert. Since a grape leaf, a trefoil, and an ivy leaf are quite similar in outline, there is only one clear difference between the devices, that given for field versus fieldless.

Cairbre mac Eochaid mac Feidlimid (Blatha an Oir) Badge New

Argent a stag rampant sable

Returned for conflict with Morgana le Coeur, Per fess wavy, barry wavy argent and azure and Or, in base a hart rampant sable and with BriŪn MagFhloinn, Argent a stag rampant sable. The first has only one clear difference for the field, while the second has no difference.

Cairbre mac Eochaid mac Feidlimid (Blatha an Oir) Badge New

Sable a stag rampant argent

Returned for conflict with Alaric of Lochmere, Sable, a stag rampant argent between three acorns Or and with Earl of Morris, 9/97, Lozengy sable and gules a hart rampant argent, and with Aldwyn ap Llewelyn, Purpure a stag salient argent. The first has only once clear difference for removal of the secondary charge group. The other two have only the difference for the field. There is no significant difference between salient and rampant.

Cairbre mac Eochaid mac Feidlimid (Blatha an Oir) Badge New

(Fieldless) A stag rampant argent

Returned for conflict with Earl of Morris, 9/97, Lozengy sable and gules a hart rampant argent, and with Aldwyn ap Llewelyn, Purpure a stag salient argent. There is only the one clear difference for field versus fieldless. There is no significant difference between salient and rampant.

GuisĖppe Giordano Maria FalcioniĖri (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Purpure a smith’s hammer bendwise argent in base two walnuts cracked and halved Or

Returned because the device could not be accurately reproduced by an artist working strictly from the blazon. The nuts would not have been drawn in this three dimensional perspective in period, and would probably not have been arranged in this manner in relation to the hammer. It would be better period style to place one whole nut on either side of the hammer.

Maeve Hillery (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Per bend sinister argent and azure a bunch of grapes slipped and leaved proper and a chalice argent

Returned as it was found to conflict with Martiniana Vinokurova, Per bend sinister argent and gules, a grape bunch gules slipped and leaved vert and a goblet argent. There is only one CD between your proposed device and this one as with the change of half the field color. There is no default color for bunches of grapes in Society heraldry, and as the emblazon used a reddish-purple color it was difficult to distinguish which of the two tinctures were being used.

Robert Grylion (Blatha an Oir) Name and Device New

Per bend sinister dovetailed vert and argent a mullet and a lion’s face counterchanged.

Returned we could not substantiate its construction as being compatible with period practice. As noted in your documentation, Jonsjo documents <Kydewild> but the formation of the construction is [animal]+[characteristic]. In Reaney & Wilson’s Dictionary of English Surnames we find <Grylle> under the heading "Grill" dated to 1327 meaning "fierce, cruel". In the same source <Leon> is dated to 1279. The spelling "Lion" does not seem to be a spelling used in 14th c. England. We find the name <Leonhard> meaning "lion-bold" in this same text, so it seems more likely that your intended meaning of "cruel as a lion" would more likely be constructed as <Leongrylle>, resulting in the name of <Robert Leongrylle>. As we cannot forward a device to Laurel without a name to go with it, your device submission is also being returned.

Roscelin the Silversmith’s Daughter (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Argent, a fuschia proper, slipped and nowed vert

Returned as it was found to conflict with Keinwen Ragnarsdottir, (Fieldless) a columbine purpure slipped and leaved vert.. There is only one clear difference between the devices with in the addition of the field tincture.

Ruadhan ²Faol·in (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Azure a chevron argent between three seawolves erect argent each maintaining a torch enflamed argent

Returned as it was found to conflict with Beorn Collenferth, Azure a chevron between a harp an axe reversed and a sabre toothed tiger statant argent, and with Angela of The Stoney Oak Forest, Azure a chevron between two acorns and an oak leaf argent. In each case, there is only one clear difference for the change of type of secondaries.

Ulric Morgan (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Sable, a bend sinister Or voided gules between two mullets of four Or

Returned as it was found to conflict with Elaine of Wogen Cavern, Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated Or between a mullet and a pegasus rampant to sinister Or. There is only one clear difference between the devices with in the type of secondary charges (mullet vs. pegasus).

Werburg of Wenlock (Lion’s Gate) Device New

Argent, five pavilions within a bordure embattled sable.

Returned for a redraw. The pavilions need to be drawn with less stylization in order to be reproducible from the blazon as pavilions.

Blatha an Oir, Barony of, for L’Ordre de l’HĖrme d’Or (Michael McCabe) Badge New

Vert two kerykeia surmounted by a head of hermes affronty Or

Returned for documentation of the kerykeia. Such a charge is so far unknown to the Society College of Arms.

According to precedent set in Da'ud ibn Auda's 2nd tenure, 5/94, page 17, the first registration of any charge by the College of Arms would be the "defining instance"; therefore it requires documentation: either that it appeared in period armory in this form or that it is a period artifact and that this is its standard or typical form. If the intent is to register this charge as a local or regional variant of a staff, please also note that Laurel has ruled in other instances that 12 examples are needed to support a local or regional difference.

GeneviĖve de Clairvaux les Lacs (Appledore) Device New

Sable, on a bend sinister argent, 3 decrescents azure between a lion rampant turned to sinister and a fleur-de-lis Or.

Returned as it was found to conflict with æed F·id (2/98), Sable, on a bend sinister argent between two flames Or three eyes fesswise azure. There is only one clear difference between your proposed device and this one with the change in the type of secondaries.

Julina de Beaumont (Blatha an Oir) Name and Device New

Vert on a bend sinister argent three lilies sable

We could find no supporting documentation for the name "Julina" being used in period. The submitter could choose to use the "mundane name allowance". The device submission was found to conflict with Leslie the Brown (6/86), Vert, on a bend sinister argent a hermit thrush close proper [Hylocichla guttata].. There is only one clear difference between your proposed device and this one with the change in the type of charges on the bend.

Kateryn atte Crouche (Blatha an Oir) Device   New

Gules a pall argent overall a cat sejant affronty sable tail nowed tri scaley

Returned for contrast problems as the black cat is mostly on the red field which is not allowed. The Rules state that "The field must have good contrast with every charge placed directly on it and with charges placed overall.."[RfS VIII.2.b.i]

Kenric inn Kyrri (Coeur du Val) Device New

Per pale azure and sable a sledge hammer and an open book argent

Returned for the appearance of marshalling. In period arms that were marshalled, the arms of a married couple would be "impaled" or placed side-by-side along the center line of division on the shield. The problem may be cleared by using a complex line of division (such as embattling, indenting, or wavy).

Mattittiyahu von Mod’in (Appledore) Name and Device New

Per pale purpure and Or, per chevron in chief 3 mullets of 6 points counterchanged

Returned for appearance of presumption on the name (as submitted makes it appear that he is trying to be or recreate the historical revolt leader of the Maccabees). This is disallowed under Rules for Submission, I.3: Inappropriate Claims - No name or armory will be registered which claims for the submitter powers, status, or relationships that do not exist. Without a name, the device was also returned.

Piotr Constantinovich (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Azure on a chief or three bollards sable, a viking longship oarless with sail furled argent

Returned for documentation of the bollard. Such a charge is so far unknown to the Society College of Arms. See the Da’ud precedent under the return for Blatha an Oir, Barony of, above.

Piotr Constantinovich (Blatha an Oir) Badge New

A bollard sable.

His name is submitted above. Returned for same reasons as above.

Ruadhan ²Faol·in (Blatha an Oir) Badge New

Azure three kerykiae conjoined in center overall a dolphin naiant embowed argent

His name was registered in July of 1998. Returned for documentation of the kerykeia. Such a charge is so far unknown to the Society College of Arms. See the Da’ud precedent under the return for Blatha an Oir, Barony of, above.

Ruadhan ²Faol·in (Blatha an Oir) Badge New

Azure three kerykiae conjoined in center overall a dolphin naiant embowed Or

His name was registered in July of 1998. Returned for same reason as above.

Seachnasach O Braonain (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Per chevron azure and vert base fimbriated two winged dogs sejant erect combattant argent in base a goblet Or

Returned for fimbriation of a line of division, which is not allowable.

Solveig Tryggvasdottir (Wastekeep) Badge New

Returned as it was found to conflict with 16 protected pieces of armory. Such as Holy Roman Empire (device, registered Dec. ’94): Or, a double-headed eagle displayed sable (sometimes crowned, sometimes also nimbed Or) and Holy Roman Empire (device, registered Dec. ’94): Or, an eagle displayed sable (sometimes crowned, sometimes also nimbed Or).

Sunnifa Amundsdottir (Blatha an Oir) Device New

Azure two piles argent overall a turtle passant guardant or shelled vert, a chief argent ermined

Her name is on the August 1999 Internal Letter.

Quarterly argent and Or, an eagle's claw fesswise couped cupping a flame gules.

The name was registered in Sept. 1993. The submission is signed by HH Valeria. The flame is entirely gules.

2. Avacal, Principality of, for the Order of the Gilded Griffin (Rick Slansky, Avacal) Badge, Appeal

(Fieldless) A griffin segreant Or.

The submission is signed by HH Valeria. The Order Name was registed in Oct. 1998. This is my first handling of an appeal so in the spirit of education I'm going to discuss the process of an appeal.

Here is the text from the Administrative Handbook regarding appeals:

This makes an appeal a special kind of resubmission. As Lions Blood ("the appropriate heraldic officers specified for such actions"), I am putting this submission through our regular submissions process (that's "timely manner"), however it cannot be returned again at Kingdom, but will (actually must) be sent to Laurel on the March LoI. As the An Tir College of Heralds, we have the option of "recommending" that the item be registered or not ("with or without recommendations").

Commentary should address whether the appeal [text following] meets the above requirements and whether you recommend/do not recommend/have no comment regarding the registerability of the badge. Please quote the Rules for Submissions in your commentary more than you might normally.

Submitted along with the submission form 21 Nov 99 by Mordecai Salzer OP Sanguinaris Herald of Avacal for the Principality of Avacal.

Submitted was "(Fieldless) A griffin segreant Or."

Although I did not receive an official notification of return for this badge, I have been informed by Lion's Blood Herald of the following:

"I show the badge (fieldless) A griffin segreant Or returned in Kingdom for conflict in 5/98; conflict was with Degary Golafre of Pembroke's Quarterly sable and gules, a griffin segreant coward bearing in her dexter talon a Celtic cross and in her sinister talon a sword inverted Or. One CD for fieldlessness."

I would submit that the combination of two significantly sized maintained objects by the griffin in Degary's device should constitute one CD.

From the Precedents of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane:

Charges, Maintained

[A quill pen maintained by a cubit arm fesswise] Note that in the new rules (Changes to Charges on Charges, X.4.j) it is noted that "charges maintained by other charges are generally too insignificant to count towards difference at all." The qualifier was placed in this rule expressly to deal with situations like this where the object held is in fact of equal size to the being/thing maintaining it. (As opposed to the usual situation where a beast maintains a sword/flower/other artifact which is considerably smaller in size and design importance.) In terms of size and design importance the feather is equal to the cubit arm in this design and thus can be treated as having full weight for purposes of difference. (LoAR 21 Jan 90, pp. 3-4)

Here Laurel is conceding that the size of the maintained object has bearing on whether it contributes to difference and that the qualifier "generally" allows some flexibility in this area. I would also point out that, while a sword will not generally be as large as the charge maintaining it, it is still relatively large enough not to be blazoned as a dagger. Although I have not seen the emblazon for Degary's device, I would surmise that the Celtic Cross is at least large enough to be identifiable as such. I suggest that the two maintained charges should be considered as a single charge group and large enough to constitute at least as much difference as a charge placed entirely on the Griffin, which would be one CD.

I also point out that the current version of the rules, published Nov 1, 1995 no longer has the note about maintained charges. Thus the addition of the each maintained charge could be considered either on the Griffin which would allow a CD under X.4.i or on the Field which would allow a CD under X.4.b.

As far as a visual test, I would submit that the Griffin of Degary's device is carrying a visually significant amount of hardware. If the charges are drawn properly according to the blazon and large enough to be identifiable, they take up at least as much area of the shield as other charges that would normally count for a difference and are large enough relative to the Griffin's talons, to not disappear.

I thank you for your consideration and await your response.

In service to Avacal and An Tir.

3. Elisabeth de Besanēon (Glymm Mere) Name and Device, Resub/Kingdom

Per fess wavy azure and Or, in chief five gouttes argent in base an annulet vert.

She previously submitted "Elisabeth of Evergreen Shores" which was returned Aug. 1999 for construction problems. The device is the same as before. <Elisabeth> is from p. 100 (sub. Elizabeth) of Withycombe, showing "Elisabeth Culter 1483". < Besanēon> is shown to be an Imperial Free City in the County of Burgundy (modernly France?) shown on a map of "Territories belonging to the House of Burgundy in the 15th century" which is photocopied from Early Flemish Painting by Jean-Claude FrĖre, p. 207. The submitter cares most about the meaning of the name.

4. Morgaine of Glastonbury (Aquaterra) Name, New

The submitter will not accept major changes and wishes a name appropriate for a 12th-16th century Anglo-Norman lady. She cares most about the sound. Various spellings of <Morgaine> are discussed in a long email taken from the ArthurNet discussion list, and authored by Michael Twomey, Professor/Chair of English at Ithaca College. With all due respect to Professor Twomey, we could really use some help on documenting this name more directly. It appears that <Morgaine> might be found in French, but he doesn't give an exact citation. The email specifically states "'Morgaine' does not occur in English in the Middle Ages, though the spelling 'Morgain' does." <Morgain> is cited from the Lovelich, Merlin (mid 15th century) and English Prose Merlin (ca. 1450-60), does anyone have these? I think the submitter would be better served by using the mundane name allowance and have asked her for copies of her driver's license. There is no supporting documentation for <Glastonbury>.

5. Perrin del Bosc (Wyewood) Device, Resub/Kingdom

Argent, a fess gules between three fir trees sable.

His name is currently at Laurel. The previous device submission, Argent, a fess bendy sinister gules and sable between three fir trees sable, was returned in Oct. 1999 for contrast issues of the fess. We recommended the trees be blazoned "couped" and I think that applies to this resub as well. Lovely.

6. Salih al Hasan ibn Da'ud al Hashimi (Dragon's Mist) Name and Device, Resub/Kingdom

Per bend sinister embowed counterembowed azure and argent, in pale a natural salamander counterembowed Or conjoined to another inverted and embowed gules.

The previous name submission of "Salah al Hassan" was returned in Sept. 1999 as we find that <Salah> was used only as a title, it is not a given name. The device was clear but we suggested a redraw as the line of division needed a little more oomph. The submitter has redrawn as suggested. He will accept changes on the name and wishes a male name appropriate for the 15th-16th century, presumably for Islamic/Middle Eastern area. An email from Da'ud ibn Auda (the SCA Arabic naming expert) says "Salih al Hasan ibn Da'ud al Hashimi" should work fine". Photocopies from The Fihrist of al-Nadim: a Tenth-century survey of Muslim culture by Bayard Dodge, vol. II, are included. Copies are from the biographical index (many of which have dates showing these folks lived between 700-1000 CE), <Salih> from p. 1091, showing 18 examples of the name, although this shows Arabic diacritical markings with a dot below the "s" and the "h", and a line over the "a". There are 16 examples of <Hasan> (with a dot under the "h") on p. 1000, although on p. 1001 there is the specific example of "Hashimi (al-), Abu al-Hasan" which is also part of the 5 examples showing <Hashimi> (lines over the "a" and the final "i"). <Da'ud> is found in 19 examples on p. 979 (lines over the "a" and the "u").

7. Vingaard, Canton of [Incipient] (Vingaard) Name and Device, New

Quarterly sable and gules, a goblet argent within a laurel wreath Or.

The submission includes separate petitions for the name and the device, signed by the Seneschal, 7-8 other officers, and another 19-20 citizens (nicely done!) They will not accept major changes on the name and wish an authentic Norse name caring most about sound and meaning. The meaning is stated as being "wine-farm". <Vin-> is supported by the name "Vinland" from p. 274 of Else Roesdahl's The Vikings, rev. ed. <-gaard> is used as in the Shire of Ramsgaard (An Tir) and Nithgaard (AEthelmearc). As we repeat often, previous registerability is no indication of current registerability, so help with documenting the name parts is appreciated.

8. Werburg of Wenlock (Lion's Gate) Device, Resub/Kingdom

Argent, five pavilions within a bordure embattled sable.

In Service to Heraldry and AnTir,