An Tir Herald's Page and Internal Letter of Intent, October 2002

When consulting I often have the situation arise where someone wants a specific charge and either doesn't care about tincture, or only has loose requirements for tincture. I have found it helpful in these situations to
use a table to create a list of devices matching the client's criteria.

NOTE: the following approach only works for two-tinctured devices, and works best for simple layouts.

First I make a make a grid, with all the applicable tinctures listed on each axis. I usually make mine 9x9 with Argent, Or, Gules, Azure, Sable, Vert, Purpure, Ermine, and Vair on each axis. I leave a blank space in the margin for a title, so I can refer back to the table later (both for the client in question, and for future clients; I have used most of my tables at least twice). I can fit two such tables nicely on a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. I then make multiple copies so I don't have to draw a new one each time it is needed.

Then I hit the online Ordinary and start looking for conflicts. If I find an exact match for any of the possibilities I mark the appropriate square with an *, and put Xs in all the other squares in that row and
column. If I find something 1 CD away from any of the possibilities I mark that square with an X.

Next I do a style check, *lightly* scribbling over any squares that represent poor contrast (ie. the squares where metal intersects metal or colour intersects colour). The reason to do this lightly is that there are certain situations where these options are still possible (documented exceptions, fimbriation, etc.) and you may still need to see your conflict *s and Xs. Then I draw an O in each square which doesn't match the client's specifications. What remains are most of the possible combinations available to the client (I say most, because other possibilities, like divided fields, different fur tinctures, etc. won't be listed unless you specifically list all those in your table, and that could make for a pretty big table.)

For example, a client indicates they want the design "<tincture>, three garbs <tincture>" and they don't want anything with Or, purpure, or vair.

Title the table "3 garbs".

Check the Ordinary (in this case under "Garb"- in some situations, like if the client had wanted suns instead, you would have to check a few headings).

Discover 1st conflict- Robynne the Grey: "Argent, three garbs purpure within a bordure gules." This is 1 CD from "Argent, three garbs purpure", so put an X at the intersection of Argent and Purpure.

Next conflict- Grosvenor: "Azure, a garb Or." (Important non-SCA arms). This is 1 CD from "Azure, three garbs Or"; put an X in the corresponding square.

Cumyn of Altyre: "Azure, three garbs Or." (Important non-SCA arms). Change the X at the intersection of Azure and Or to an *, and put Xs in all the other squares in the Azure row and the Or column.

Comyn, Lord of Badenoch: "Gules, three garbs Or." (Important non-SCA arms). Change the X at the intersection of Gules and Or to an *, and put Xs in all the other squares in the Gules row.

Grane the Golden of Hippogriff Tower: "Sable, three stalks of wheat as in a garb, Or." This is 1 CD from "Sable, three garbs Or" if "three stalks of wheat as in a garb" is considered to conflict with "a garb". Normally, if unsure you would research the question (I put a ? in any square I have to look into, and make a note of what my question is for later posting to the Herald's List). In this case the question is moot because the Or column is already completely Xed out.

Notice this one- Alberta: "Vert, three garbs in fess and on a chief Or a lion passant guardant gules." (Important non-SCA arms), and say to self, "Doesn't conflict, but for modern mundane heraldry this is pretty nice", and then "Hey, wait, that isn't Alberta that's: Saskatchewan: 'Vert, three garbs in fess and on a chief Or a lion passant guardant gules.' (Important non-SCA arms)" and make a note to find out who to let know about the correction. (O&A corrections go to morsulus@sca.org - Teceangl)

Lightly scribble out Argent/Argent, Argent/Or, etc.

Draw an O in Or, Purpure, and Vair rows and columns.

Create a list of possibilities for client (it's nice if you can sketch emblazons for the possibilities as well):

Argent, three garbs gules.
Argent, three garbs azure.
Argent, three garbs sable.
Argent, three garbs vert.

Sable, three garbs argent.
Sable, three garbs ermine.
Vert, three garbs argent.
Vert, three garbs ermine.

Ermine, three garbs gules.
Ermine, three garbs azure.
Ermine, three garbs sable.
Ermine, three garbs vert.

Hang on to your table (after removing the above client's selection, and anything conflicting) for the next person who wants garbs, or just wants something nice and simple.

3 GARBS

Charge Tinctures (below)

Field (below)
ARGENT
OR
GULES
AZURE
SABLE
VERT
PURPURE
ERMINE
VAIR

ARGENT

X

X

O

OR
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

GULES
X
*
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

AZURE
X
*
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

SABLE

X

O

O

VERT

X

O

O

PURPURE
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

ERMINE

X

O

O

VAIR
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Submissions that Never Were
a Special October Edition

The An Tir Stunt Heraldry and Hilarity Squad

1. Barry Scarry		Name, New
Barry is found in Ó Corráin & Maguire Irish Names s.n. Barrfind as an anglicized pet-form. Barrfind was the wife of a twelfth-century king of Ulster and there were eight saints of this name. Scarry is found in Maclysaght The Surnames of Ireland under the header (o)Scarry, Scurra as an anglicized form of Ó Scurra, an east Galway Scodham sept. There was armory submitted with this name, but it was too frightening for a family publication

2. Moldi eldr		Name and Device, New
	Sable,a bezant and overall a human figure to dexter with arm raised wreathed cap-a-pie argent and vert. It's Norse, of course. Moldi is found as a masculine name in Geirr Bassi, p. 13. eldr is a descriptive byname in the same source, p. 21.

3. Od Science		Name and Badge, New
	Argent, two thunderbolts in saltire gules and overall an alembic flask purpure. When asked about preferences for time period, language or culture the submitter just laughed evilly, therefore we must assume he does not care about such inconsequential things. Od can be found in Reaney & Wilson s.n. Odd where Asketinus filius Od is dated 1163. Science is a header spelling, also in Reaney & Wilson, with Roger Science dated 1642, but the feminine given name Sciencia dates back to 1260.

The November Lions Blood meeting will be held on Sunday, November 17th, 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 from the North: Take I-5 to Portland and follow the signs to I-405 and Highway 26 "Ocean Beaches". Take the Highway 217 exit and continue to Denney Rd. The rest of the directions are below.

From the South: Take I-5 to the Highway 217 exit and head toward Beaverton. Take the Denney Road exit.

From Hwy 217: Take the Denney Rd. exit. Go west on Denney until you can't go any further, roughly a mile, there's a light and a Silver Dollar Pizza. Turn left at the light onto Hall Blvd. 2 blocks to the next light, turn right on Hart. Go through 2 stop signs. Turn right onto the street after the second stop, which is Danielle. 3rd house on the left with a white Toyota pickup in the driveway and Francesca's banner out front - Sable, a horse's head couped and a point pointed Or.

The December Lions Blood meeting will be held on Sunday, December 22nd, at the home of Meadhbha and Ercc in Mountain Edge: 1308 E. 9th St, Newberg, OR. (503) 537-1183 meadhbhabran@yahoo.com

Directions from I-5: Take the Aurora/Champoeg Park exit (south of Woodburn, north of Salem). Turn west onto McKay Rd. It will dead-end at hwy. 219. Turn right. You'll cross the Willamette River. Not far past the top of the rise, turn left onto Wynooski. Just past the paper mill, turn left onto 11th. Just past the park, turn right onto Willamette St. Go 2 blocks and turn right onto 9th. Our house will be half a block down.

From 99W: Come into Newberg. Turn south onto River St. Go through two stop signs. Turn left on 9th St. Go 2.5 blocks. Our house is on the right, yellow with a rock garden just inside the fence. We will make an attempt at heraldic display.

Meeting scheduling has gotten interesting lately because Lions Blood's husband has begun school and cannot travel as he used to. Therefore, most meeting will be within easy reach of Portland until the term is over. This does not preclude travel, it just makes distance traveling require more planning than usual. If you'd like to host a Lions Blood meeting, please contact Teceangl and discuss arrangements.

Greetings from Teceangl Lions Blood!
My feet are cold! I'm hoping it will rain soon. Autumn is my favourite season, so if I seem brighter than usual you can tell the crisp, cool days are bringing my back to life after the too-hot-to-move summer.

There is a new toner cartridge in my printer, so those annoying gray sidelines are gone forever. I've also reconfigured the gutter on the Heralds' Page so that there's still room to punch binder holes, but not quite so much wasted space.

If you looked the the Submissions that Never Were, you probably noticed a departure from the style of displaying submissions that I have been using since I took over from Lord Aedan in May or so. It is hoped that this will address some of the concerns that have been forwarded to me by Teceangl over the past few days. In addition, we are trying to find a balance between display size of submissions and the right level of detail in the emblazons. Please be patient as we work towards an optimal solution.

As always, if you have feedback, either positive or negative, please drop me a line at: anthony.hawke@shaw.ca. Your input is needed and appreciated because, after all, this is your page.

Returned - or was it really?

   Recently I was told that a gentle in an An Tir branch had his submissions "returned three times in the past two years". Upon further investigation I discovered that the Lions Blood office has no record of any submissions under this person's name, SCA or mundane, and that neither I nor my two predecessors had ever heard of this person.
   This distresses me. It is possible that no attempt at submission ever occurred, but we must operate under the assumption that it did. If so, what happened, and from whom, to make this person think that their submission was returned? Surely had Lions Blood made the return a file would have been created for the submission (even submissions that never get onto an IL are filed) and a letter would have been sent to this gentle, with a copy retained in their file. Also, Lions Blood (one of us) would have heard of this gentle. Since we have not, then it is likely a misunderstanding took place. This gentle either approached a branch herald or a consulting herald and was told that there were problems with the potential submission, which is a not uncommon occurrence.
   There is but one way to make certain that clients know that a consulting herald's word is not the official response of the kingdom College of Heralds and that is to explain the problems inherent in the potential submission but explain that the submitter may still send it to Lions Blood for consideration and a decision. For better or for worse, the decision of return rests on the shoulders of Lions Blood and Laurel and no other authority in the An Tir submissions process. Local heralds are very much encouraged to involve themselves as much as possible with clients and to offer all the help they can, but they are not empowered to say "no" in an official capacity. I will most certainly welcome all information a local herald can give me about a client's submission, including the herald's opinions of the submission and the client, and I will definitely take into consideration every pertinent piece of information so forwarded. But unless Lions Blood writes a letter outlining the results of the decision, by myself or Laurel, there is no return; it didn't happen. If someone insists there was, please contact me so that I can locate the letter and the results of the decision at either kingdom or Laurel level and help explain it, or perhaps verify that it never reached Lions Blood.
   If you feel that one of the College is not explaining the submissions and return policies to a client, or if other misunderstandings are occurring, or (deities forbid) someone seems to be assuming an authority they do not have, contact Black Lion at once. It is far too easy for a single misunderstanding to snowball into a problem for all heralds, and I think you're all working far too hard to have to deal with things like that.
   I, Morel Black Stag, Marco Black Lion and Frederic Queue Forchee are all prepared to assist any herald in the College (if you do heraldry in An Tir you are de facto a member of the kingdom College of Heralds) with any problems you might encounter. Utilize us as you would any resource.

The following people were present at the August Lions Blood meeting or sent commentary: Christopher Red Tree, Wenyeva atte grene, Ciaran Goutte de Sang, Meadhbha inghean Bhriain Mhuilleóir, Teceangl Lions Blood, Thomas Sinclair, Eglentyne Æstel, Antoinette, David of Spinning Winds, Frederic Queue Forcheé, Brighid Cold Keep, Iago Seagirt, Briana nic h'Eusaidh, Guilelm Francesca, Cecille de Beumund, Francesca Dragon's Mist, Marya Stepanova Kargashina, David Electrum, Natasha Vox Leonis, Gwenlian Catharne, Li Ban Northern, Tadgg h-úa Faelan of Clan MacNessa, Juliana Siren, Áedán mac Suibne, Eirik Arbalest, Pendar Rampart, Meradudd Ruby and Cnut.

1. Aethelred of Andredesleage	(Madrone)	Badge, New
	(Fieldless) A stag's massacre within and conjoined to an annulet of chain Or. The submitter's name was registered in August of 1991. He received his Knighthood on July 16, 1994, according to the An Tir Order of Precedence. The massacre within an annulet of chain reflects the primary charge group in his arms.

2. Aldgudana Gunnarsdottir	(Cai Mor)	Badge, New
	(Fieldless) An acorn per pall inverted sable, Or and argent. The submitter's name was registered November of 2001. The acorn is sable on top, argent to dexter, and Or to sinister.

3. Anastasia Daysshe	(Seagirt)	Name and Device, New
	Purpure, a poodle passant within a bordure ermine. The submitter accepts minor changes, cares most about sound, and desires a female name. She will not allow a holding name. Anastasia is documented from Withycombe, The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd ed., pp21-22, s.n. Anastasia "Anestasia, Anastasia cur 1219, 1220" Daysshe is cited from Reaney &Wilson , A Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd ed., p.15 s.n. Ash: "Richard Dasche, deAyysh 1320 LLBE, 1327 LoPleas". The submitter states Daysshe is constructed using the documented spellings. The submitter includes a website http://www.geocities.com/khazar_khum/poodles_in_art04.html , showing what appears to be a poodle in Albrecht Durer woodcuts dated 1497-1511.

4. Brighid Ross	(Dragon's Laire)	Name and Device, New
	Gules a pavilion Or and in chief three annulets The submitter accepts minor changes. If the name must be changed the submitter cares most about the sound of the name, and desires a northern English female name. Brighid is cited from Withycombe, The Oxford Dictionary Of English Christian Names, 3rd ed., pg. 54 "The earliest occurrence which has been noted in England as a christian name is the youngest d. of Edward IV b.1480, d. 1513.." Ross is cited from Reaney & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames , pg. 383, "Bernard de Rosse, 1177" Please note that in fact this device has a chief Or charged with three annulets gules.

5. Dragon's Laire, Barony of		Badge, New
	Quarterly, Sable and Or scaly sable, overall a money bag gules The branch name was registered in December of 1982. This is intended as a badge for the populace, and a letter from the Baron and Baroness endorsing this as such is enclosed. Her Excellency is also the signed artist. The bag is one of the items held by the dragon in the branch arms.

6. Elizabeth Drake	(Madrone)	Name and Device, New
	Argent, a dragon passant sinister vert supporting a rose azure within an orle sable The submitter allows minor changes, and cares most about the language/ culture of the name, and desires an English female name from 1500. Elizabeth is cited from Withycombe, The Oxford Dictionary Of English Christian Names, 3rd ed., pg. 47-48, under the header Elizabeth. No dates are mentioned. Drake is cited from Reaney & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, pg. 100, under the heading Drake. In the color emblazon the rose is floating above the dragon's claw without touching it.

7. Gwenlian Catharne	(Glymm Mere)	Device, Resubmission to Kingdom
	Sable, on a bend sinister azure fimbriated three dogwood blossoms argent seeded Or The submitter's name was registered in July 2002. The submitter's previous device submission, Azure a pale argent fretty azure between six dogwood blossoms argent seeded Or was returned from kingdom in March 2002 for conflict. This is a complete redesign.

8. Isabella De Fiumeguardia	(Stromgard)	Name, New
The submitter will accept any changes to the name. The submitter cares most about the meaning of the name, which she states to be "Stromgard translated into Italian", desires a 15th century Venetian feminine name, and will allow the creation of a holding name. No documentation is provided for Isabella Fiumeguardia is constructed from Fucilla, Our Italian Surnames; *Fiume* pg. 101, guardia ppg. 163, 169 and an example of the name formation, 'Fiumefreddo' pg. 272.

9.Jacques Avec Deleau	(Three Mountains)	Name and Device, New
	Or chausse gules, a stag's head, cabossed sable The submitter desires a male name, accepts any changes, and cares most about the meaning of the name, which he states to be 'Jacques with the water'. Jacques is cited from Reaney & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames , pg. 251, under the header James and dated to 1275. Avec is cited from Jan Jönsjo, Middle English Nicknames, pg. 197 as 'with'. Used to create a descriptive byname such as 'with foot', dated to 1315 Deleau is also cited from Jonsjo, pg. 182 both as 'the water' and as a byname meaning 'living near the water'. No photocopies are included.

10. Khulan Shizir	(Dragon's Laire)	Device, New
	Or a seme of thistles proper The submitter's name was registered January of 2002. The submitter's previous device submission,Quarterly purpure and vert, a swan naiant argent was withdrawn by the submitter when informed of conflict and style problems. This is a complete redesign. The thistles are flowered purpure.

11. Kieran Moncreiff of Dundee	(Dragon's Laire)	Name and Device, New
	Azure, on a chevron fracted argent three trefoil knots azure, and on a chief embattled argent three crosses azure. The submitter does not specify a gender, accepts minor changes, and desires a name authentic for "non-English/ Norman natives of the British isles (Irish and Scottish)". Kieran is cited from Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames, pg. 49. His consulting herald correctly points out that this source is often acceptable even though it is scarce on dates, however support would be appreciated. Moncrieff is cited from Moncreiffe-The Family Line, http://www.moncrieff1.freeserve.co.uk/bryan.html. The website states "Matthew Moncrieff ...was granted a charter for the lands in 1248", and dates the Barony of Moncrieff to 1455. Dundee is cited from Dundee City Archive & Record Center, http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/archives/official.html. The website refers to City of Dundee Burgh Court Books dating from 1520, and a Confirmation Charter of King Robert I, given in 1327.

12. Krakafjord, Shire of		Device, New
	Per fess engrailed argent and vert, in pale a Viking longship proper, shields or, charged upon the sail gules with a laurel wreath, and a sea serpent erect embowed counter embowed. The shire's name was registered in March of 1997. The petition includes both blazon and emblazon and is signed by 33 members of the populace, including the Seneschal of the North and several officers of the branch. The ship is brown, sailed gules. Both the laurel wreath and the serpent are Or.

13. Malachi of Lloegyr	(Wealdsmere)	Name and Device, New
	Vert, counter embattlement, per bend, Gules A tree of life in Chief Sinister, two crossed Swords Point down in Dexter Base The submitter accepts changes, does not specify a gender, and cares most about language/culture. Malachi is cited from The Holy Bible, Book of Malachi. Lloegyr is stated to be "a term given to the Eastern Shore of Britain taken by Saxon invaders c 480 A.D. previously held by Romanized Britons." The field is per bend gules and vert, the tree and swords are argent, and the bend is sable. The College is requested to conflict check alternate device options, with the bend argent and with the bend removed and the field divided per bend embattled.

14. Martha at Gore	(Aquaterra)	Name and Device, New
	Per pall argent, counterermine, and vert, a spinning wheel gules. The submitter accepts minor changes, cares most about the meaning, which she states to be "Martha from triangle land", and requests a female name. Martha is the submitter's legal name; a photocopy of her Washington driver's license is included. at Gore is cited from Reaney, The Origin of English Surnames, pp48-50 under 'surnames from place of residence'. Gore is also cited from Ekwall, The Oxford dictionary of English Place Names pg. 192 under Gore Court, dated to 1198. *[Note from Teceangl - Reaney & Wilson do gloss Gore as 'Dweller by the triangular piece of land.'!]* The spinning wheel is found in the PicDic as number 694, according to the submitter.

15. Meryld Godewyn of Kent	(Wyewood)	Device, Resubmission to Kingdom
	Per saltire Or & argent, a columbine gules slipped & leaved vert. Submitter's previous device, Argent, a columbine gules slipped and leaved vert, was returned from kingdom in February 2002 for conflict with Susanna Fairfax, Argent a sprig of three copihues proper (Lapageria rosea), and with Frances la Rouge, Argent, a meadow-beauty, blossom pendant, gules, slipped and leaved, within a bordure sable. The previous rendition of the flower was more naturalistic and had identifiability problems as a columbine. This rendition has dealt with that issue. The field is argent top and bottom, Or to dexter and sinister.

16. Rhiannon of Shrewsbury	(Bordergate)	Name and Device, New
	Purpure, a water shrew (neomys fodiens) rampant maintaining a blackberry within a bordure Or. The submitter accepts changes and desires a feminine name authentic for 14th century Welsh/English. Rhiannon is shown as SCA-compatible with the citing of precedents by Jaelle of Armida who ruled this in the LoAR of January 1997, pg. 14. Shrewsbury is cited from Shrewsbury Through the Ages, which dates the English town to 901, and uses this spelling in 1085. The site is http://www.shropshire-promotion.co.uk/Shrews-2.html; full copies are included.

17. Ricardo de Silva	(Eisenmarche)	Name and Device, New
	Sable platy, on a bend sinister cotised Or, a sun its splendor gules. The submitter allows changes and desires a male name authentic for 12th-16th century Spanish. Ricardi is cited as a surname from Diez Melcon, pg. 52; the submitter states, "This presumably represents a name "Ricardus", whose vernacular form would be 'Ricardo'." de Silva is cited from Plata, Vol 3 p474-475, 'Antona de Silva, Diego de Silva, Gomez de Silva'. It is also found in Juliana de Luna, Spanish Names From the Late15th Century, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/locative.html. Photocopies are included.

18. Richard Dragun	(Dragon's Laire)	Name and Device, New
	Quarterly gules and sable four dragons passant Or grasping in dexter foreclaw a cross argent. The submitter accepts minor changes, cares most about the sound, and desires an English male name. Richard is cited from Withycombe, The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, ppg. 253-254, "The great popularity of the name Richard in the Middle Ages was due to importation from the Continent the Normans bringing in French Richard (from the corresponding Old German Ricohard)." Dragun is cited from Reaney &Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, pg. 141, under Dragon; "Walter Dragun, 1166 P (Y)."

19. Ruaidhri Lamgel	(Krakafijord)	Name, New
The submitter accepts minor changes, and desires a male name with no other preferences marked. Both name elements are cited from Academy of Saint Gabriel report 2278, http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2278+0, which appears to have been written for the submitter. Ruaidhri - "Ruaidri was a popular name in medieval Ireland…. After 1200 or so, it was spelled Ruaidhri." Lamgel "..we did find a strong pattern of nicknames based on words that meant "hand."" The examples given date from 1190 to 1598, with undated examples being taken from Old or Middle Irish documents. In the section "Nicknames describing appearance, including some which may have been intended metaphorically", is "lámgel (bright hand)".

20. Sebastian Rodriguez de Castile	(Coeur de Val)	Name, New
The submitter accepts minor changes, cares most about language/culture, and desires a Spanish male name. Sebastian is cited from Elsbeth Anne Roth, 16th century Spanish Men's Names, http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/spanish-m.html. This is an Appendix H site as it is www.sca.org. Rodriguez is cited from http://olivetreegeneology.com/ships/columbus_pin.shtml, "Juan Rodriguez Bermejo, of Molinos", dated to 1492. Photocopies are included.

21. Stephen of Huntington	(Madrone)	Badge, New
	Azure a semy of hunting horns argent. The submitter 's name was registered in July of 1987. The argent hunting horn is an element in his device.

22. William the Mariner	(Seagirt)	Badge, New
	(Fieldless) An anchor fouled of its cable argent enfiling a coronet Or pearled argent bendwise sinister. The submitter's name was registered in March of 1987, and his Court Barony dates to January 13, 2001.

30. Skapti Þorinsson	(An Tir)	Name, New
The submitter accepts changes, cares most about the sound, and desires a masculine name Skapti is cited from Lind, Norsk-Islandska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn Fran Medeltiden, column 908. Thorinn is also cited from Lind, column 1179. Thorinsson is cited from Geirr Bassi Haraldsson's The Old Norse Name,, pg 17. Copies from Lind are included, showing the patronymic eponym as Þorinn.

Brighid ingen Mac Tíre Ruadh		Name and Device, New
Argent, a wolf contourny passant reguardant gules and a chief enarched sable
Commenters were able to provide additional support for the byname in this form. Two things were brought up by commenters regarding this blazon. The first was, "How does ermine fare versus argent for tincture difference?" The answer is in X.4.a.ii.b.: "The ermine furs and their variants are considered to be different tinctures..." Different from all other tinctures is what is meant, so ermine is different from argent, erminois, and argent ermined vert. The second question had to do with order of blazon of a critter, which Lions Blood herself gets mixed up occasionally, so thanks goes out to David Electrum for clarifying this. First, what the feet are doing (statant, rampant, etc.). Second, what the head is doing (guardant, regardant). Third, any tail perks (queue forchee, nowed, etc.) Fourth, its orientation (contourny/to sinister). Fourth, anything it might be wearing. Fifth, anything it might be maintaining or sustaining. And finally, if it's atop (standing/sitting on) something. Its tincture comes at the end, or before anything that is a different tincture. The An Tir lion is a readily available example: Checky Or and argent, a lion rampant tail forked and nowed sable, crowned gules, grasping in dexter forepaw a laurel wreath bendwise vert. The arms of Sveinn rau{dh}skegger Eimarsson are another useful example: Azure, a natural salamander statant regardant queue forchy and on a chief Or a chain sable.

Darbie of Ironmaid for Symmonne Deccarrete de Villete		Alternate Name and Badge, New
Argent, a dragon gules and another sable combattant tails nowed in a Wake knot and in chief a goutte per pale wavy gules and sable.
The submitter will be advised to draw a more evenly wavy line of division on the goutte.

Duncan Darroch		Device, New
Argent, two compass stars in fess and on a point pointed ployé vert a compass star argent.
Originally blazoned as Per chevron ploye, the submitter wants the picture as drawn, so we reblazoned it as a point pointed. Note that the diagonal tick marks on the armory submission forms are guidelines for a per saltire line of division and should not be used for per chevron field divisions or chevrons on the field, as they are too low for chevron divisions or ordinaries.

Einarr Leifsson		Name and Device, New
Gules, a bend bretessed between a hunting horn and a Danish axe argent.
Bretessed ordinaries have the lines widen and narrow in concert, embattled counter-embattled lines are square rickrack-style lines, the same as a thunderbolt.

3 GARBS
	Charge Tinctures (below)
Field (below)	ARGENT	OR	GULES	AZURE	SABLE	VERT	PURPURE	ERMINE	VAIR
ARGENT		X					X		O
OR	O	X	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
GULES	X	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
AZURE	X	*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SABLE		X					O		O
VERT		X					O		O
PURPURE	O	X	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
ERMINE		X					O		O
VAIR	O	X	O	O	O	O	O	O	O

Elianor Talbot of Wynchestre		Device, New
Vert, two talbots' heads erased argent and on a point pointed embattled an open book vert.

Elianor Talbot of Wynchestre		Badge, New
(Fieldless) A closed book palewise spine to dexter vert.

Gordon Redthorn		Badge, New
(Fieldless) A maunche sable.

Nikolai Toranovich		Name and Device, New
Sable, a saltire embattled argent.
This device is clear of Mari Elspeth nic Bryan - March of 1998 (via Ansteorra): Sable, a saltire formy argent. Mari's saltire is both couped and formy, giving two CDs from this submission. As most of the An Tir CoH called this as a potential conflict, and even Lion's Blood herself was not certain (I emailed Mari and asked), we request that Laurel reblazon Mari's badge to specifically note that the saltire is couped, or state that a saltire formy is couped by default. Lions Blood and other An Tir conflict checkers have too much experience with misfiled entries in the Ordinary to trust that something under Saltire - As charge is necessarily not throughout.

Roland Ducat		Name and Device, New
Azure, a griffin statant contourny and in base a crescent Or.

Rose Scarlett Slade		Device, Resubmission
Argent, a sea-coney erect maintaining in both paws a trident palewise sable and in chief three roses proper.

Roxanne Delaroche		Name, New
Roxanne has been ruled SCA-compatible: [registering the given name Roxanne] While we do not find this a very likely name, since the stories of Alexander the Great were so popular during the middle ages (Alexander was one of the Nine Worthies), and since there is documented evidence of taking names from Arthuriana, we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt. (Roxanne O'Malley, 10/96 p. 7)

Elianor Talbot of Wynchestre		Badge, New
(Fieldless) A talbot’s head erased argent.
Returned for conflict with Wulfstan of Lucerne (1984): Per chevron argent and sable, in base a wolf's head erased argent.. There is one CD for the removal of the field. However, since position on the field is not worth a CD in Fieldless armory, this is the only CD available. It also conflicts with Siegfried der Wachsame Kreuzfahrer (1981) Per pale vert and gules, a wolf's head erased close argent; William of Hoghton (1982) Sable, a grey wolf's head erased proper. [Canis lupus], and Talanque (1973): Sable, a horned wolf's head erased argent. In each case there is only one CD for the removal of the field.

Roxanne Delaroche		Device, New
Sable, a brown leopard’s head proper jessant de lys Or.
Originally blazoned as entirely Or, the head was actually brown and the fleur bits Or. This ran into two problems, the first being that a natural leopard proper, is a tawny-golden colour, perhaps with sable spots, and not brown, therefore this head could not be blazoned as proper. The second is that brown is classified as a color (see Table 3 of the Glossary of Terms, "Default SCA Proper") and has very poor contrast with azure.