Unto the An Tir College of Heralds, greetings from Áedán mac Suibne.

The November Lions Blood meeting will be held on Sunday, November 18th, 1pm, at the home of HL Ruadhan Suilghlas: 11452 SE Pine St. Portland; 503-254-5059 (effective, October 12). Bring chairs!

Directions: Take I-5 toward Portland, take the I-205 cutoff. From I-205 take the Washington/Stark St. exit (exit number 20), turn east to 113th Ave, which is at the park. Turn left onto 113th, take the first right, which is SE Pine. House is the last one on the right.

From I-84 in Portland, take the I-205 southbound exit and stay in the LEFT lane. This becomes the Washington/Stark exit. Turn left at the Taco Bell, onto Washington. Continue to 113th Ave, turn left, then right on SE Pine St.

White house with blue trim, number on the mail box.

The December Lions Blood meeting will be held on Sunday, December 16th, 1pm, at the home of Senora Francesca Testarossa de' Martini: 7425 SW Danielle Ave., Beaverton, OR; 503-654-3971, cessa_dm@hotmail.com. It's a good idea to bring chairs. Directions will be on the November IL, or email for them.

FROM LIONS BLOOD HERALD

Greetings from Teceangl.

Every so often I get queries such as, "What Admin Handbook?" and "what's X.4.?". The Rules and Regulations of the College of Arms consist of four documents: The Administrative Handbook of the College of Arms of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., the Rules for Submission, the Glossary of Terms, and the List of Alternate Titles. The Admin Handbook has appendices listing no-photocopy books, sources to be avoided, standard texts for permissions to conflict (and coming soon heraldic wills and branch submission petitions), and a bibliography of standard references as well as being the document which says who may register what and how many and what all is required for submission. The Rules for Submission are more than conflict, they also cover style and compatibility and presumption and offensiveness. The Glossary of Terms are the official definitions and the four Tables appended to it list Reserved Charges, Restricted Charges, Conventional "proper" tinctures, and default postures, as well as having a listing of Terms Commonly Misused in the SCA College of Arms. And finally, the List of Alternative Titles is broken down by language and is a wonderful guide to aiding your persona to have an appropriate title.

It is my belief that every herald who is consulting should have possession of, or access to, these documents. They're $6 US from Free Trumpet Press West and available online at http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/regs.html. Free Trumpet Press West is at http://www.sca.org/heraldry/ftpw/ or mailable at

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RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER LIONS BLOOD MEETING-

The following were present at the September Lions Blood meeting, or sent commentary-David of Moffat, Elisabeth de Rossignol, Teceangl Bach, Frederick Badger, Maryn Grey, Griffin Ó Fáeláin, Marya Kargashina, Francesca Testarossa de' Martini, Emma in draumspaka, John Kane, Li Ban Eachthiarna MacNessa, Tadgg h-úa Faelan of Clan MacNessa, Iago ab Adam, Cecille de Beumund, Margaree ny Kenneth, Brianna Kassia, Erasmus the Traveller, Aliena Searover, Sebastian Sterne, Rafaella d'Allemtejo, and Eglentyne Merryweather.

The following names and armory have been sent to Laurel (October LoI)--

An Tir, Title of Ounce Herald	Herald's Title, New
The name submission form is signed by HRM Davin - Rex An Tir.

Caliste de Cholet	Name, Change
If this new name is approved, the submitter wishes to release her previously registered name "Ysabell of Snowshill" (registered in September 1992 via Atlantia).

Catrina Macrae of Berwick	Name and Device, Resubmission
Per fess gules and sable, a demi sun issuant from the line of division Or and two needles crossed in saltire argent.
The submitter's original name was returned on the May 2001 LoAR because the "name is in aural conflict with Catríona Macraith, registered in April 1994: the given names are identical and the bynames differ only in the final consonant." The submitter's original device was also returned on the May 2001 LoAR because the "large emblazon had the sun colored tenné. As this is not a registerable heraldic tincture, we must return the device." The addition of an element clears the name conflict, and the sun has been colored an unmistakable Or, removing the style problem.

Charis Pursey	Name and Device, New
Or, a unicorn couchant sable and in chief a vine of roses fesswise proper.

Charis Pursey	Badge, New
(Fieldless) A unicorn's head erased sable sustaining a rose slipped and leaved proper.
Will require a visual check versus Jeanne Marie Lacroix - (Fieldless) A unicorn's head couped sable. There is a definite CD for change of field by X.4.a.iii. but Charis' rose will require a Laurel ruling on whether it is truly large enough to be sustained.

Daniel Tremayne	Name and Device, New
Or, a lymphad to sinister sable and in chief three decrescents azure, a bordure sable.
The submitter's original name, Tremayne de Clairvaux Les Lacs, was returned in kingdom in September 2000 because "The name is not a given or baptismal name, it is a surname and therefore not appropriate for use as a given name in the SCA." Clairvaux Les Lacs had already been returned on the April 2000 LoAR as not being documentable. This reworking of the name has documented given and surname elements in their appropriate order. We believe it to be clear of Danyell de Tyrwynne by V.1.ii. as Tremayne is significantly different in both spelling and pronunciation from Tyrwynne.
The submitter's original device, Or, a lymphad sable in chief three decrescents azure, was also returned in kingdom in September 2000 because it was "found to conflict with Lord of Lorne of Old, Or, a lymphad sable. One CD for addition of decrescents in chief." The addition of the bordure adds a necessary CD to clear this conflict.
Possible conflict was called against Thorold Hawke - Or, in pale a raven displayed wings inverted sable and a drakkar dismasted proper within a bordure sable. This is clear because Thorold's device has a primary charge group of two charges in pale, therefore CDs exist for change of number of primary charges by X.4.f. and the addition of a secondary charge group of decrescents by RfS X.4.b.

Davin Steingrimsson	Name and Device, New
Or, a ram's head erased contourny sable armed argent and on a chief sable three coronets Or.
The submitter received his duchy on 8 January 2001, and is therefore entitled to coronets in his armory. The horn of the ram is actually colored argent in the color emblazon. Questions arose about the depiction of the ram's head, but the artistic style used results in what we believe to be an acceptably identifiable charge.

Davin Steingrimsson	Badge, New
Or, a ram's head erased contourny sable armed argent, a bordure embattled sable bezanty.
The horn of the ram is actually colored argent in the color emblazon. Questions arose about the depiction of the ram's head, but the artistic style used results in what we believe to be an acceptably identifiable charge.

Elonda Blue Haven	Badge, New
[Fieldless] A sinister hand couped fesswise sustaining in its palm a tree Or.
The submitter's name was registered in December of 1981 via the West. Without acorns, this cannot be blazoned an oak tree.

Gemma Meene	Name and Device, New
Purpure, a tower argent masoned on its base a dog rampant sable.
Submitted as Gemma Meena, the submitter had included no documentation for the spelling of the byname but we found the spelling Meene as a Frisian variant of Meinhardt. Although the tincture of the dog was accidentally omitted in the IL, commenters checked sable canines, thus allowing this submission to avoid pending for IL correction. Thank you all. As blazoned, the device might have conflicted with Aelfric se Droflic - (Fieldless) On a tower argent, an acorn sable. Masoning counts for difference as a field treatment only on charges which are not normally made of stone; as a tower is a stone edifice the masoning cannot count as a CD, a long standing ruling most recently enforced in this Laurel precedent:
Since "... masoning is an artistic detail worth no difference." and "We might grant the addition of masoning as worth a CD, for any charge except a stonework edifice." Bruce of Draconarius (Zacharia of Westlake) Aug 92, p. 31, this is being returned for multiple conflicts (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR June 1997, p. 13)
A tower is not a simple enough charge to qualify for a CD for change of type only change of tertiary charge by X.4.j.ii. so no CD exists for type only change from acorn to dog. However, Gemma's dog is definitely at the base of the tower, therefore we claim one CD for field change by X.4.a.iii. and another CD for change to type plus position by X.4.j.i. reinforced by the registration on appeal from the following Laurel precedent:
[(Fieldless) On a tower sable masoned Or, a lion's head argent] Conflict with Frederic of the West Tower, Argent, a tower sable, on its base a cross patonce voided argent. Upon examining the emblazon for Frederic, it is clear that the cross is argent, so there is only the CD for fieldlessness. [Implying no CD for the masoning.] [Thomas of Calais, 06/99, R-Atlantia] [Registered on appeal 07/00 with a CD for changing type and position of the tertiaries.]

Griffin Ó Fáeláin	Device, New
Vert, on a griffin passant argent a fleur-de-lys vert, a chief engrailed argent semy of quatrefoils vert.
The submitter's name was registered in March 2001 via An Tir. Although difficult to see on the miniature line emblazon, the fleur-de-lys is quite prominent on the full-sized color emblazon.

Gwenevere MacAoidh	Name, New
Gwenevere is the submitter's legal name. A photocopy of the submitter's Washington Driver's License with the name is included as documentation.

Gyory Sandor	Name and Device, New
Per pale gules and vert, on a patriarchal cross between two doves respectant argent an arrow sable.
The submitter's previously submitted name, Atilla Györi Sandor, was returned on the November 1998 LoAR for the use of a double byname, not documentable in period Hungary. Gyory is the submitter's legal surname. A photocopy of his Washington Driver's License is included with the name submission form. Hungarian names placed the family name first, so this is the correct name order. Æstel's researches further indicate that accents were not used in period Hungarian, therefore we have removed them. The default posture of an arrow is point down, so the inaccurate inverted was removed from the blazon. It is important to the submitter to have doves in his armory, and the birds have the requisite head tuft; therefore the birds have been blazoned as doves. Since doves' default posture is close, that could be safely removed from the blazon as well.

Khulan Shizir	Name, New
Both names are cited from KWHS Proceedings AS XXXIII "Mongolian Naming Practices Revisited" by Marta As Tu Mike-Mysliwy. This submission allows me to mention that the final draft of the revision of the Administrative Handbook of the SCA College of Arms dated 17 May 2001 includes "all KWHS proceedings" on Appendix H - Name Books That Do Not Require Photocopies to Laurel.

Leif McBride	Device, Change
Argent, a unicorn rampant and on a chief engrailed sable three suns argent.
The submitter's name was registered in December of 1989 (via the Outlands). The submitter's previous device was registered in October of 1996 (via An Tir): Azure, a unicorn rampant contourny and on a chief engrailed argent three suns azure. If this device change is registered he wishes to release his old device.

Lóegaire Mac Lochlainn	Name and Device, New
Sable, on a bend argent three arrows palewise gules and in chief a mullet argent.
Although the patronymic marking "mac" was not capitalized in period Gaelic, the submitter's reference of Mac Lochlainn in Ó Corráin & Maguire shows the spelling as submitted. However, no copies of O'Brien were included with the submission, so we used "100 Most Popular Men's Names in Early Medieval Ireland" by Heather Rose Jones online at www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/irish100/ which gives an accent over the o in Lóegaire. Therefore, we included one. Cites are no good unless they specifically come from sources included in Appendix H of the Administrative Handbook. For all other sources, we need copies, including webpages. Highlighted, please, so that relevant text is easily located. Because we did not have a cited non-Appendix H source here, we had to change the name to reflect what documentation we could get appropriate copies of. Arrows are point down be default, so inverted was removed from the blazon. The submitter will be informed to draw the arrows further apart to fill the space on the bend better.

Marietta Devianna	Device, New
Per chevron fleury-counter fleury vert and Or, two fleur-de-lys Or and a rapier sable.
The submitter's name was registered in December of 2000 (via An Tir). The submitter's previous device, Per chevron fleury-counter-fleury azure and Or two fleurs de lys Or and a rapier sable, was returned on the September LoI for having more than two gold fleurs-de-lys on an azure field which has been disallowed by Laurel in the following precedent:
"Unfortunately, the effect of the flory counter-flory line of division was to put three gold fleur-de-lys on a blue chief, making it a chief of France. We do not permit more than two gold fleurs on a blue background, since that is how augmentations of France were done in period. Using a different line of division, or a different tincture would fix this problem." (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR January 1999, p.15)
The return suggested that she change the field tincture; she has done so, removing the problem.

Myles of Connacht

Name, New

Susanna Craven	Badge, New
(Fieldless) A dragon's head cabossed argent.
The submitter's name was registered in May of 2000 (via An Tir). Due to the frill we are requesting a visual check by Laurel against Terence of Weyrdhaven - Per pale vert and gules, a cobra's head affronty erased argent. There is a CD for fieldlessness by X.4.a.iii. and we need a ruling on whether this head qualifies for a CD against a cobra.

Thorin Njalsson	Badge, Release
The submitter wishes to release the following badge: (Fieldless) A puffin's head erased proper [Fratercula arctica]. This badge was originally registered circa August 1979 (online armorial does not give a precise date).

Vincent of Hawksheye	Name and Device, New
Sable, in pale a wolf's head cabossed and two swords in saltire within an orle argent, a label Or.
Included with the device submission form is a letter giving permission to conflict with an existing device. The letter is signed and dated 6/6/01. The Administrative Handbook section IV.C.3. states, " Permission to conflict may be granted to any item which is not identical to but would normally conflict under the current Rules for Submission with an already registered item." The label results in one CD by X.4.c. In addition, Agelos is, indeed, Vincent's father.

Yolanda de Guelph	Name, New
A copy of the submitter's birth certificate showing the spelling Yolanda has been included as documentation for her submission.

The following have been returned for further work-

Aerik the Penault of Cumberland	Name and Device, New
Gyronny sable and argent, a die pierced by a sword inverted gules.
The submitter only allowed minor changes to the name. Although we could find documentation for the various elements, we could not justify the whole without making more than minor changes, therefore we must return it and suggest the submitter contact Æstel Herald for further assistance. Without a name to submit, we must also return the device. Dice are one of the rare charges in heraldry that are depicted in trian aspect normally, in order to show their cube shape. Dice spots need not specifically be blazoned, nor do the spots need to follow the Rule of Tincture so long as they are visible. Swords default to point up, therefore the blazon needed correction to reflect the true orientation of the sword. The submitter used colored pencil or crayon to color the emblazon, resulting in a particularly pink gules. Crayola markers, or a brand of similar quality, is best for producing true heraldic colors that do not fade or flake over time.

Aerik the Penault of Cumberland	Badge, New
Argent, on a bend sinister sable between two dice gules a sword inverted argent.
Without a name to submit, we must return the badge.

Gwenevere MacAoidh	Device, New
Azure scaly sable, two dragons addorsed and a compass rose argent.
The sable scaly on the azure field breaks the Rule of Tincture in RfS VIII.2. " All armory must have sufficient contrast to allow each element of the design to be clearly identifiable at a distance." In addition, a correctly drawn scaly should be a series of semi-circles or lunes covering the field. These would be thickest at the bottom and taper at the upper edges and no parts of the scaly treatment would be vertical. Finally, "A Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry" (the PicDic) states that a compass rose, "...consists of a multi-pointed mullet within an annulet", and continues to say, "Medieval depictions most often had 12-pointed mullets; sometimes fewer (8 or 4 points), but never more." This compass rose has no defined annulet and eighteen points, therefore we consider it to be a non-period depiction of the charge.

Gwenevere MacAoidh	Badge, New
(Fieldless) A dragon contourny sustaining a compass rose argent.
"A Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry" (the PicDic) states that a compass rose, "...consists of a multi-pointed mullet within an annulet", and continues to say, "Medieval depictions most often had 12-pointed mullets; sometimes fewer (8 or 4 points), but never more." This compass rose has no defined annulet and eighteen points, therefore we are returning it for use of a non-period depiction of the charge.

Myles of Connacht

Name, New

The Administrative Handbook section IV.C.1.d.requires that the shield shape on submission forms be, "approximately six inches in height and approximately five inches wide at its widest point". The computer generated device was on a shield shape just barely over 4 inches wide, which is too far from the suggested size to be considered within approximate parameters. In addition, the non-standard shape was printed over a standard submission form shield, resulting in a confusion of lines, which might have been mistaken for an attempt at chaussé. Therefore the device was returned for rendering on a standard submission form shield shape.

Yolanda de Guelph	Device, New
Azure, three roses purpure barbed and seeded proper, en soleil argent.
This device has several problems. First, it uses a restricted charge. The Glossary of Terms says the following about restricted charges, " Some charges are so closely associated with royal families or specific honors outside the Society that they may not be used in Society armory at all." Table 2 of the Glossary of Terms, Restricted Charges, lists the Rose en soleil, described as "a rose with sunbeams emanating" as a symbol of the late Plantagenets. Therefore, a rose en soleil in any tincture may not be registered in the SCA. Second, the purpure is too pink to be considered a proper heraldic tincture. And finally, this device is in conflict with Jonas Aquilian - Azure, three roses argent. with one CD only for the change in tincture of the roses but nothing for the rays.

Yolanda de Guelph	Badge, New
(Fieldless) On a heart azure a rose leaved argent.
Although blazoned proper the rose was actually entirely argent. The rose did not surmount the heart, it was entirely upon it. This creates a whole new conflict zone:
While blazoned on the LoI as (Fieldless) On a heart gules, a hare salient contourny argent., since a heart is considered standard shape for armorial display, the submission is considered as Gules, a hare salient contourny argent. As such it conflicts with .... (Barony of Skraeling Althing, 5/98 p. 26)
This causes the device to be in conflict with York, House of - (Fieldless) A rose argent., with Edward IV of England - (Fieldless) A rose en soleil argent, and with An Tir, Kingdom of - (Fieldless) A rose argent, barbed and seeded, slipped and leaved, proper. with nothing for barbing and seeding or for the rays, leaving one CD by X.4.a.iii. for field changes. There is also conflict with Anastasia O'Bryan - Azure, a rose between three doves close argent. and Catrin ferch Dafydd - Azure, a rose slipped and leaved, within a bordure dovetailed argent each with only one CD for removal of the secondary charge group by X.4.b. There is also conflict with Josquin du Bois Vert - Or, a dogwood blossom [Cornus florida] upon a whorl of three of its leaves, proper. and Iain Alisdair Padruig Seamus Andrea Stilbhard MacMhurich de Rannocha.- Gyronny of eight or and gules, a rose argent barbed and seeded proper. One CD for change of field tincture by X.4.a. Also Maria Mindalova - Azure, an almond flower proper [Prunus amygdala]. As this is filed under Roses - Gules, there should be one CD for tincture of the flower. Jonas Aquilian - Azure, three roses argent. and Eanor of Amberhall - Azure, in cross a rose argent, barbed and seeded, between four bees Or. One CD for number of charges by X.4.f.

NEW SUBMISSIONS:

1. Antonella da Sicilia	(Lion's Gate)	Name and Device, New
Per chevron sable and gules, a dagger argent piercing a crescent Or within a bordure embattled Or.
The submitter will not accept major changes to the name, but will accept minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, she cares more about the language/culture of the name. The submitter desires a female name authentic for "Sicilian" language and/or culture. The submitter will allow the creation of a "holding name."
Antonella is cited from Emidio De Felice's dizionario dei nomi italiani. Antonella is found on p.70 under the heading Antonio. The name is listed as a derivative of Antonia.
No documentation is provided for da Sicilia, nor is documentation provided for the construction of the name.

2. Balthasar Yvon Charon	(Madrone)	Device, Resubmission to Laurel
Ermine, a cross formy nowy vert and on a chief sable three crosses of Lorraine argent.
Submitter's currently registered name is Yvon-Maurice Charon (August, 1998). The submitter's name change appears on the May 2001 LoI. The submitter's previous device was returned on the July 2001 LoAR for use of a cross formy nowy. "This depiction of a cross formy has been returned in the past" and for the unusual depiction of crosses of Lorraine bottony. The resubmission addresses both of these issues.

3. Cái Mór, Shire of	(Kitimat BC)	Branch Name and Device, New
Argent, on a fess sable between two laurel wreaths gules three chevronels braced Or.
The branch will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the branch cares more about the meaning of the name. The branch believes the name means "big mountain pass." The branch wishes the name to be authentic for "Irish, any period" language and/or culture. They ask for "early preferred, but any time period will do". Accompanying the submission forms is a petition stating "On this the twenty-fifth day of March A.S. XXXV, we, the officers and populace of the Incipient Shire of Cái Mór, formerly known as Geal Mathuin, support the submission of the branch name Cái Mór and the arms "Argent, on a fess sable between two laurel wreaths gules three chevronels braced Or" to the College of Arms." The petition is signed by five officers and seven members of the populace of the incipient branch. A note at the bottom of the petition reads "This list is comprised of all the officers and about ½ the populace of this branch. -Lí Ban"
Cái is noted as meaning "early Irish form of 'cadha.'" The word is documented through use of a hard copy of MacBain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language found online at http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/mb06.html#MB.C. Cadha is defined as "a pass, narrow pass, entry; cf. Irish caoi, way, road, Early Irish cái, which Stokes, however, refers to the root as ci as in Latin cio, move, Greek @Gkíw, go, a derivation which does not suit the Gaelic phonetically, cae (Meyer)."
Mór is noted as meaning "big, large, great." This word is also documented through MacBain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language. Mór means "great, Irish mór, már, Welsh mawr, Old Welsh, Cornish maur, Breton meur, Gaulish -mârós; Greek @G-mwros, great famed (@Ge@‚ghesí-mwros) in spear-throw; Gothic -mêrs, gamed, mêrian, proclaim..."
The construction of the name is documented using an article entitled "Irish Place Names and Meanings" found online at http://world.std.com/~ltm/place.htm. This article indicates "Many of the placenames in Ireland are Anglicised versions of the original name as spoken in Irish (Irish Gaelic). The invaders tried to preserve some names by writing them phonetically in English (Béarla). This resulted in pleasant sounding names for some locations, but the inherent meanings were lost." One example of a placename is Ardmore. According to the article ard means "hill, height," and mor (documented above) means "large." One could infer that Ardmore therefore means either "large hill" or "large height."

4. Finlaech MacGillandrias	(Coill Mhor)	Name and Device, New
Vert, a saltire chequey sable and Or.
The submitter will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares equally about the meaning and language/culture of the name. The submitter indicates that he believes that the name means "son of the Priest of St. Andrews." The submitter desires a male name authentic for early 13th Century Scottish Gaelic language and/or culture. The submitter will allow the creation of a "holding name."
Finlaech is documented using the Academy of St. Gabriel Report 1296 (it is unclear whether or not the report was generated for the submitter). "Finaly is an English form of a Scottish Gaelic surname that was also carried to Ireland by Scottish emigrants. The root of the surname is a Scottish Gaelic masculine given name spelled Findleach or Finnloech in the early Middle Ages (before 1200 or so), Fionnlagh later in period. English and Latin records in Scotland record the name as Fynlayus 1246, Funlai 1327, Fyndlaw 1480."
MacGillandrias is noted as "a Gaelic byname construct meaning 'son of the priest of St. Andrews.'" No documentation is provided for this portion of the name.

5. Julian Sinclair	(Wyewood)	Name, New
The submitter will not accept changes to the name. As the submitter will not accept changes to the name, no preference for meaning, sound, time period, language, and/or culture is indicated. The submitter does indicate that he desires a male name.
Julian is cited from Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, p. 258. The submitter indicates that the name is listed as "a given name dated in this spelling to at least 1185."
Sinclair is cited from Black's The Surnames of Scotland, p 727-8. The submitter indicates that the name is found "in numerous spellings. These include Synclare (1482), Sinclaire (1598), and Synklair (1526), so the submitted version seems a reasonable variant."

6. Juliana van Aardenburg	(Terra Pomaria)	Name and Device, New
Vert, a castle and a chief Or.
The submitter will not accept major changes to the name, but will accept minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares more about the language/culture of the name. The submitter desires a female name authentic for "Low Countries / N. Flanders" language and/or culture. The submitter will allow the creation of a "holding name."
Juliana is cited from Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, p. 184. The name is found under the heading Juliana. Juliana is described as the "feminine form of Julian, a martyr, usage noted 1196-1220; a favorite in the low countries."
van is noted as meaning "from" or "of." No references are provided to document this portion of the name, nor are references provided to document the construction of the name.
Aardenburg is documented from multiple sources and is a town in Flanders. It appears in Kibler and Zinn's Medieval France, an Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, NY, 1995, p. 348 under the "Flanders" section: "The first known count, Baudouin I Iron Arm (d. 879) added the districts of Ghent, Waas, Thérouanne, Aardenburng, and perhaps the Yser and Leie valleys to his lands." It is also documented with a hard copy of a page from http://www.napoleonhoeve.nl/en/omgeving.html. This reference states "Aardenburg is the oldest town in the province of Zeeland and it is one of the oldest towns of the former Country of Flanders."

7. Lia Anna Stewart	(Dragon's Mist)	Name, New
The submitter will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares more about the sound of the name. The submitter desires a female name, but expresses no preference for time period, language, or culture for which she wishes the name to be authentic.
Lia is cited from Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames. The name is dated to 1191 and appears under the headword "Bristow." A hard copy of an entry from the website "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames," http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Lia, indicates "this has the appearance of being a hyp. of some Lat name, but it remains obscure."
Anna is cited from Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames. The name is dated to 1199 and appears under the headword "Punnett." The name is also documented using a hard copy of an entry from the website "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames," http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Lia.
Stewart is cited from Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames. This particular spelling is dated to 1370-88 and appears under the headword "Stewart."

8. Lovell of Schadwode	(Wyewood)	Name and Device, New
Or, an eagle-winged wolf salient sable within a bordure embattled vert.
The submitter will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares more about the meaning of the name. The submitter indicates that he believes the name means "little wolf of the shadowed wood." The submitter desires a male name authentic for 13th Century English time period and language/culture. The submitter will allow the creation of a "holding name."
Lovell is cited from Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names under the heading "Lovell."
Schadwood is constructed from multiple sources. Notes from the consulting herald indicate: "Shadwood - formation from Shad (OE scead, separation as in boundary, see Shadwell, Shadingfield) from p. 99 A. H. Smith "English Place-Name Elements" part 2. 'Wood'... ibid p. 279." The name is also cited from Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames, p. 499 'de la Wode' dated 1242 for the spelling variant "Shadwode." Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames, p. 403 demonstrates the inter-changeability of "Sch" and "Sh" with the examples "Scheyl 1327" and "Sheyl 1376."

9. Meadhbha ingean uí Brain an Muillteóir	(Dragon's Mist)	Name and Device, New
Sable, on a bend sinister between a raven contourny and masks of comedy and tragedy bendwise argent four thistles bendwise vert flowered purpure.
The submitter will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares more about the language/culture of the name. The submitter desires a female name authentic for Irish language and/or culture. The submitter will allow the creation of a "holding name."
Meadhbha is documented using O'Corráin and Maguire's Irish Names, p. 135 under the heading Medb "one of the twenty most popular names in Later Medieval Ireland."
ingen uí is documented using Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames, p. 28. The name fragment is "in his article on formation of surnames."
Brain is documented using Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames, p. 172 under the heading Bran. Variant spellings "Brain" and "Broin" are listed.
an is documented using Rev. Patrick S. Dinneen's Fodóir Gaedhilge Agus Béarla, The Irish Texts Society, 1927 p. 41. The name fragment is listed as a definite article. No photocopy of the reference is included with the name submission form.
Muilltéoir is documented using Rev. Patrick S. Dinneen's Fodóir Gaedhilge Agus Béarla, The Irish Texts Society, 1927 p. 767. The name fragment is listed as a variant of Muilleor. No photocopy of the reference is included with the name submission form.

10. Ronnait ingen Fáeláin	(Dragon's Mist)	Name, New
The submitter will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares more about the language/culture of the name. The submitter desires a female name authentic for Irish language and/or culture (no time period specified).
Ronnait is documented using a copy of the "Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 1081." The report indicates "<Ro/nait> or <Ro/nnait> is indeed an Irish feminine name, it was definitely in use in the early medieval period [1, 4]. We don‚t have (a) later-period example, but it is possible that it remained in use. The name is pronounced \RONE-itch\." The references cited by the report are ÓCorráin and Maguire's Irish Names and O'Brien's Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae, Dublin: The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976.
Fáeláin is cited from ÓCorráin and Maguire's Irish Names, p. 92 as the lenited spelling of "Fáelán." The reference indicates "there were three Kings of Leinster of the name between the seventh and ninth centuries."

11. Roscelin de Limoges	(Three Mountains)	Name and Device, New
Gules, a natural panther argent spotted sable and on a chief argent three roses gules.
The submitter will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares more about the language/culture of the name. The submitter desires a female name authentic for 13th-15th Century time period (no preference for language and/or culture is stated). The submitter will allow the creation of a "holding name."
Roscelin is cited from Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames under the heading "Rosling, Rosslyn, Rusling" which lists "Robertus filius Rozelin, Rotselini 1086 DB; Rocelin de Riggesbi c1150 Gilb (L); Thomas Roscelin 1221 AssG1; John Russelyn 1316 Wak (Y); Amycia Roslyn 1327 SRC. OFr Roscelin, Rocelin, OG Ruozelin, Roscelinus, a double diminutive of OG Rozzo."
No documentation is provided for de Limoges.

12. Serena Fabrizio	(Three Mountains)	Name and Device, New
Gules, on a field sable, 3 doves volant sinister argent.
The submitter will accept unspecified changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares more about the sound of the name. The submitter desires a female name authentic for an unspecified language and/or culture. The submitter will allow the creation of a "holding name."
Serena is cited from De Felice's Dizionario dei nomi italiani, p. 331. The reference indicates the name was "found throughout Italy in both masculine and feminine forms, the name of various saints." The name is also found in "Italian Renaissance Women's Names" from the St. Gabriel Library at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/rhian/italian.html.
Fabrizio is cited from De Felice's Dizionario dei cognomi italiani sub Fabrizi, p. 121. The name has apparently [been] in use since the Renaissance as a form of the name Fabricius, apparently of Etruscan origin."

13. Titus Valerius Romanus	(Geal Mathuin)	Device, Resubmission to Kingdom
Gules, in pale a vol and a vol inverted between in fess two billets fesswise Or.
The submitter's previous device, Per fess azure and vert, a mascle fesswise throughout argent, was returned in May 2001 for conflict with Teceangl Bach, (Fieldless) A mascle argent. There is one CD for the change to the field but no difference between a mascle and a mascle fesswise, as they are both essentially a voided lozenge. This submission represents a complete redesign.

14. Vinjar, Canton of	(Grande Prairie, Alberta)	Branch Name and Device, Resubmission to Kingdom
Quarterly sable and gules, a goblet argent within a laurel wreath Or.
The branch will not accept major changes to the name, but will accept minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the branch cares equally about the sound and language/culture of the name. The branch desires a name that is authentic for Norse language and/or culture. The branch's previous submission, Vingaard, was returned on the March 2000 IL because "Vingaard is the name of a town, mountain, and river in the Dragonlance series of books. Per the Administrative Handbook, frequent usage of a name in a series of well-known fantasy novels prevents it from being registered." It was also suggested that the chalice on the device be "made more hefty" (which it has in this submission). No problems were found with the device.
Vinjar is documented using The Academy of St. Gabriel Report #2324. The report indicates that the name could be constructed one of two ways. "One uses the Old Norse word <vin> 'meadow, pasture'. This is a common element in early Norwegian names, though it's not found in Iceland or England and seems to have been obsolescent by the 10th century. [7, 8, 9] Unfortunately, it is questionable whether it was used as the first element of place-names. It was used by itself, however, in the plural form <Vinjar> 'meadows, pastures'. [10]" References cited by the Academy include Cleasby's An Icelandic-English Dictionary, Oxford: Carendon Press, 1957; Smith's English Place-name Elements, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1956; and Sandnes’ Norsk Stadnamnleksikon, 4th Ed., Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1997.
Included with the name and device submission form are two petitions. The first petition entitled "Vinjar" states "We, the people of the Incipient Canton of Vinjar, wish to submit our name for registration by the College of Arms" and is signed by three officers and 13 members of the incipient branch. The second petition with the blazon Quarterly sable and gules, a goblet argent within a laurel wreath Or states "We, the people of the Incipient Canton of Vinjar, wish to submit our device for registration by the College of Arms" and is signed by four officers and 13 members of the incipient branch.

15. Yolanda de Guelph	(Lion's Gate)	Device, (Resubmission to Kingdom)
Azure, a heart argent overall a rose proper and leaved.
Note: The forms indicate this is a new submission, but a device was returned on this IL. The submitter's name appears on the September 2001 LoI. The submitter's previous device, Azure, three roses purpure barbed and seeded proper, en soleil argent, was returned for numerous reasons. "First, it uses a restricted charge. The Glossary of Terms says the following about restricted charges, " Some charges are so closely associated with royal families or specific honors outside the Society that they may not be used in Society armory at all." Table 2 of the Glossary of Terms, Restricted Charges, lists the Rose en soleil, described as "a rose with sunbeams emanating" as a symbol of the late Plantagenets. Therefore, a rose en soleil in any tincture may not be registered in the SCA. Second, the purpure is too pink to be considered a proper heraldic tincture. And finally, this device is in conflict with Jonas Aquilian - Azure, three roses argent. with one CD only for the change in tincture of the roses but nothing for the rays." In this submission the rose is gules and the leaves are vert.

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