| Teceangl Bach lions-blood@antir.sca.org tierna@agora.rdrop.com |
February 20, 2002 Send thy comments here: |
Brenda Klein 5235 SE Lambert St #A-5 Portland, OR 97206-9068 |
Unto the An Tir College of Heralds, greetings from Áedán mac Suibne.
The April Lions Blood meeting will be held on Sunday, April 21st, 1pm, at the home of Mountains Pursuivant, Laurence of Damascus, in the Barony of Three Mountains: 3826 SE 52nd Ave., Portland, OR. (503) 788-5776 sgt_laurence@yahoo.com. House is nearly on the corner of SE Foster Rd. & 52nd Ave. Parking is on street along 52nd and around the corner on Francis St. Bring chairs.
From North or South of Portland: Take I-5 toward Portland and take the I-205 where it splits off. Take the Powell Blvd. exit and turn west (left from the south, right from the north). Follow Powell to SE 52nd. Ave (light, liquor store) and turn right. House is half a block beyond the next light on the left.
From the West: Follow Highway 26 into Portland and follow signs to Highway 26 east, which should put you onto Powell. Continue up Powell to the light at 52nd (Plaid Pantry) and turn right. House is half a block beyond the next light on the left.
The March Lions Blood Meeting will be at Kingdom Heraldic Symposium, on Sunday the 24th of March following the Wreath meeting. For more information see the website at http://www.easystreet.com/~rafaella/ATKHS2002.html or contact Natasha Vox Leonis (orionova@juno.com) or Rafaella Black Stag (rafaella13@yahoo.com)). To pre-register for Symposium email David Electrum (amoffatamoffat@juno.com).
FROM LIONS BLOOD HERALD
Greetings commenters, current and future!
First, I accept commentary from anyone. Just tell me who you are, reference the number of the item on the IL, and give me your comments. One item, the whole letter, whatever. Anyone who wishes to contribute is welcome.
Second, I'm asking a special favor from commenters. Check to make sure already registered names are in the exact spelling on the IL as they are in the Armorial, and see if they already have armory registered. If they do, count it, see that there's only one device, and that this submission won't make more than four things registered. Check the Admin Handbook section I.A. to see what I'm talking about.
These are things often overlooked in the flurry of name docs and conflict checking, and are as important as catching conflicts. And they're something even the most novice of heralds can do.
GET BEND
There has been confusion between the orientation of charges "in bend", "bendwise", and "on a bend". Bendwise is tilted in the same direction as a bend. In bend is arranged as though the charges were lined up along an imaginary bend, but without being specifically blazoned, the charges are palewise. Charges on a bend follow the bend. Charges aligned perpendicular to the chief on a bend are palewise. The blazons below match the pictures exactly.
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FROM THE COVER LETTER OF THE NOVEMBER 2001 LoAR:
From Pelican: A Source to be Avoided in Documentation: The Book of Irish Saints by Eoin Neeson
A submission this month included a given name documented from The Book of Irish Saints by Eoin Neeson. On examination, this doesn't appear to be a trustworthy source. Of the twelve saints listed in the photocopies we received, at least three aren't corroborated in Farmer's The Oxford Dictionary of Saints or O Corráin & Maguire. Seven of the remaining names don't have the Gaelic forms of the saints' names correctly spelled. Additionally, Neeson is not consistent in his headers. Some have Gaelic forms as the first listed header form, others use Anglicized forms, with no indication of which is which. In at least one case (Saint Brioch), Neeson incorrectly describes the saint as being from Ireland. All of these factors combine to render Neeson's book unsuitable for our purposes.
From Laurel Clerk: O Ogonek
A character has been used from time to time, and I would like to formally introduce it and specify its representation. The letter “o ogonek” is used in Geirr Bassi (because it was used in Old Icelandic). It is usually seen as an “o” with a small comma-like hook under it, though a Unicode reference says “Various hooks, commas, and squiggles may be substituted for the nominal forms”. It isn't in “Latin-1”, the standard Western European character set. In fact, it doesn't appear to be in any font that we currently have available. Therefore, I will represent it without further explanation as “{o,}”, not just in “Da'ud notation” text files but also in LoARs.
(Lions Blood will continue to put the mark into correspondence manually.)
Artistic heralds should read Wreath's commentary on couped and erased in the Cover Letter, which is a bit too long to include here
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Results from the LoAR dated November 2001 (see the LoAR for full text):
REGISTERED:
RETURNED:
RESULTS OF DECEMBER LIONS BLOOD MEETING-
The following people were present at the January Lions Blood meeting or sent commentary: Elsa Haakonsdotter Ærne Clover; Christopher Thomas, Red Tree; Edric the Unsteady; Ciar inghean ui Fhothaidh, book deputy Madrone; Dieterich von Zweibrucken; Cuilean mac Cuimrid; Frederic Badger; Laurence of Damascus, Mountains; Marco Valentino, Black Lion; Teceangl Bach, Lions Blood; Emma Randall, Bealidh; Meadhbha inghean Bhrain an Muilleóir; Ciaran Cluana Ferta; Sebastian Sterne; Rosamund of the Misty Meadows, Aquaterra; Fionnghuala Friseil, book deputy Aquaterra; Frederic Badger; Brighid an Morra, Cold Keep; Ciar inghean ui Fhothaidh, book deputy Madrone; David of Moffat, Electrum; Marya Stepanova Kargashina; Áedán mac Suibne; John Kane of Kent; Iago ap Adam, Seagirt; Brighid an Morra, Cold Keep; Kateryn of Falconkeep, Be Wayre; Natasha Orionova Zateeva, Vox Leonis; Francesca Testarossa de' Martini, Dragon's Mist; Li Ban ingen Eachthiarna MacNessa, Northern; and Tadgg h-úa Faelan of Clan MacNessa.
The following names and armory have been sent to Laurel (January LoI)--
| Aeriesgard, Shire of | Branch Name, New |
| Petrus Draycote, Aeriesgard Pursuivant, convinced the branch to accept the dropping of the s in the middle if necessary for registration. | |
| Alureda Hesel | Name and Device, New |
| Azure, a Lacey knot argent within a bordure nebuly Or. | |
| An Tir, Kingdom of, Office of the Earl Marshal Deputy for Siege Weapons | Badge, New |
| Checky Or and argent, a trebuchet sable. | |
| The badge submission form is signed by Her Majesty, Queen Mahliqa. The badge is intended to be used by the deputy Kingdom Earl Marshall in charge of siege weapons. The field checky Or and argent is grandfathered to the kingdom of An Tir. | |
| Çinara Suberria | Device, New |
| Sable, a cherry blossom throughout argent seeded sable between five roundels, a bordure argent. | |
| The submitter's name was registered July 2001. | |
| Conal MacLaren | Name, New |
| Gwenevere MacAoidh | Badge, New |
| (Fieldless) A dragon contourny sustaining a compass rose argent. | |
| Submitter's name appears on the LoI dated September 2001. | |
| Jean-Jacques Lavigne | Name and Device, New |
| Per fess embattled vert and argent, three bunches of grapes and a willow tree eradicated counterchanged. | |
| Jean-Jacques Lavigne | Badge, New |
| (Fieldless) A bunch of grapes per pale argent and vert. | |
| Krista Silverlock | Name and Device, New |
| Gules three annulets interlaced two and one and on a chief argent three wheels gules. | |
| Mahliqa bint Ali | Device, New |
| Per bend argent and purpure, in bend sinister two fish in annulo counterchanged. | |
| The submitter's name was registered May 1998 via the East. | |
| Marguerite de Moseleia | Name, New |
| Mikhail Kurganovic | Name, New |
| Rafe Neuton | Name and Device, New |
| Per chevron sable and argent, a demi-sun issuant from base azure. | |
| Rúadhán Súilghlas | Badge, Appeal |
| (Fieldless) A flame proper. | |
| The submitter's name was registered in March of 2001 (via An Tir). | |
| Viridis Aletha Solari | Name and Device, New |
| Per saltire Or and argent, a sun within an orle vert. | |
| William bogsveigir | Name and Device, New |
| Per pale Or and sable, two hedgehogs rampant addorsed the dexter maintaining a bow and the sinister maintaining an arrow all counterchanged. | |
The following have been returned for further work-
| Gwenevere MacAoidh | Device, Resubmission to Kingdom |
| Azure scaly argent, two dragons rampant addorsed and a compass rose argent. | |
| This was returned for redrawing because the correctly drawn scaly field treatment in argent creates a problem of visual confusion with the argent charges placed upon the field. The defining parts of the dragons overlapped scales in such a manner that their outlines were too broken up to be easily identified. In addition, the compass rose appeared to be solid; a standard compass rose shows the field between the star and the annulet. Changing either the scaly or the charges to Or, or dropping the scaly field treatment, would resolve the identifiability problem, and showing the field through the compass rose would resolve that artistic inaccuracy. | |
| Marguerite de Moseleia | Device, New |
| Azure, a natural dolphin haurient argent. | |
| Conflict with the badge of the Order of the Dolphin of Caid: Azure, a dolphin embowed urinant to sinister argent, and with Robert Giano: Azure, two dolphins haurient addorsed argent. | |
| Mikhail Kurganovic | Device, New |
| Azure, a sun Or, a decrescent and a bear statant to sinister argent. | |
| Returned as slot machine armory because the sun, decrescent and bear all have the same visual weight, which makes three charges in the same charge group which is disallowed by the Rules for Submission section VIII.1., which says, "As another guideline, three or more types of charges should not be used in the same group." | |
| Stonewolf, Canton of | Branch Name and Device, Resubmission to Laurel (name) and Kingdom (device) |
| Argent, a tower sable within a laurel wreath vert and on a chief sable an estoile Or. | |
| The documentation presented does not support Stonewolf as a plausible period placename. It does support Wolfstone, as in all cases presented the animate element of the name precedes the inanimate element. This was further supported by commenters' researches. In no case was the animate element the second element. As no major changes were allowed, the name must be returned. | |
| The device was returned for problems in addition to not having a name to be submitted under. The forms were printed on a color printer. Color printers are notorious for fugitive and "off" color inks. As a result, the sable was a deep olive green rather than black. Second, the laurel wreath should be drawn with the tips nearly touching and with no room between them for a charge, such as the top of the tower. Laurel precedent has upheld that nothing should be between the tips of a properly drawn laurel wreath. | |
| Tewl Gover orth Kernow | Name, New |
| Returned for documentation problems. Tewl is documented as a word, but not as a part of a human name. There was no documentation at all included for orth Kernow, which leaves Gover as the only element with acceptable documentation. In addition, the construction documentation was insufficient; a modern magazine article focuses on the story rather than the name construction. In order to be acceptable, we would need evidence that such a construction was used in period from sources which focus on the naming patters in period Cornwall. | |
NEW SUBMISSIONS:
| 1. Aquaterra, Barony of, for the Order of the Silver Dolphin of Aquaterra | (Aquaterra) | Order Name and Badge, New |
| Azure, a dolphin niant embowed counter-embowed, bordure nebuly argent. | ||
| The branch's name was registered March 1983. They will not accept major changes to the order name, but they will accept minor changes. They have no preference for meaning, language/culture or sound, nor do they wish authenticity to any time period, language or culture. The order name is formed using precious metal + heraldic charge, in the style of the Order of the Golden Fleece, established about 1430 by the Duke of Burgundy, noted on p. 218 of Neubecker, Ottfried, Heraldry; Sources, Symbols and Meanings, which is on the new Appendix H of the Administrative Handbook, "Books That Do Not Require Photocopies to Laurel". | ||
| 2. Arianne Farnsworth of Falconmoors | (Aquaterra) | Badge, New |
| Sable, between three mullets one and two a decrescent Or. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in July 1986. Her device, Sable, mullety, an increscent Or, was registered at the same time. Individuals are assumed to always have permission to conflict with themselves. | ||
| 3. Beatrice Domenici Della Campana | (Dragon's Mist) | Badge, Resubmission to Laurel |
| Vert, a mazer and in chief three lemons fracted chevronwise distilling goutes, a bordure Or. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in April 2000. The submitter's previous badge, Vert, a mazer and in chief three lemons two and one fracted to base distilling gouttes Or, was returned from Laurel in December 2000 for conflict with Graffico de Drell, Vert, entwined about a chalice Or, a serpent head to sinister sable. The serpent was a maintained charge, so there was only one CD for the addition of the secondary charges. The lemons were also depicted in a non-period style, which required a redraw. The bordure clears the previously cited conflict and the lemons have been redrawn in this submission. | ||
| 4. Bjorn Moldahvika Ragnarsson | (Aquaterra) | Name and Device, New |
| Quarterly vert and Or goutte de sang, a lion sejant cowardly potent. | ||
| Note: The lion is clearer on the color emblazon than it is on the black and white. | ||
| The submitter will only accept minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, he cares most about the meaning of the name. He indicates he believes the name means "Bjorn 'Earthshaker' Ragnar's son." The submitter desires a male name, and while no mention of any language or culture is provided on the form, all of the documentation provided is Norse. The submitter will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Bjorn is cited from Geirr Bassi Haraldsson's The Old Norse Name p. 8. It is listed as a personal name. | ||
| Moldahvika is constructed using Geirr Bassi Haraldsson's The Old Norse Name. Molda is found on p. 26 and is a protheme meaning "Mould-, Earth-." -hvika is found on p. 23 and means "quaker", and is used in hvikatimbr "timber-quaker." | ||
| Ragnarr is cited from Geirr Bassi Haraldsson's The Old Norse Name p. 14. It is listed as a personal name. No specific documentation is provided for Ragnarsson. | ||
| 5. Duncan Darroch | (Ramsgaard) | Name and Device, New |
| Vert, a chevron argent surmounted by five eight pointed mullets vert, in pase a plate (argent). | ||
| The submitter will only accept minor changes to the name. The submitter indicates no preference for meaning, sound, or language if the name must be changed, and simply indicates he wants a male name authentic for the 14th-15th Century. All of the documentation provided, however, is Scottish. He will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Duncan is cited from Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd edition, p. 90. The reference indicates it was "the name of two early Scottish kings, Duncan I 1934-40, Duncan II 1094-5, it has always been a fairly common name in Scotland." | ||
| Darroch is documented using Collin's Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia, HarperCollins Publishers, Glassgow, 1994, p. 116. Under the heading "Darroch" this reference indicates "this name is sometimes said to derive from the Gaelic 'Macdara', meaning 'son of oak.' The Darrochs who settled around Stirling appear to derive their name from the lands of Darroch near Falkirk, where there may once have been an oak grove. The fhief's coat of arms bears two oak trees in deference to this legend." One John Darroch was "baillie of Stirling in 1406". A Marion Darroch is known to have lived in 1471. A member of the family named Duncan Darroch was born in the late 17th century, left Scotland, and later returned after amassing a considerable fortune and in 1784 acquired the lands and barony of Gourock from the Stewarts of Castlemilk. | ||
| 6. Duncan Darroch | (Ramsgaard) | Badge, New |
| Argent, a chevron vert surmounted by five eight-pointed mullets argent. | ||
| The submitter's name appears above. | ||
| 7. Geoffroi FitzGeorges | (Aquaterra) | Name and Device, New |
| Argent a scorpion tergent in pale gules maintaining in chief an arrow fesswise sable. | ||
| The submitter will only accept minor changes to the name. No preference is indicated for meaning, sound, or language/culture if the name must be changed. The submitter only indicates that he wants a masculine name, and he will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Geoffroi is cited from Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd edition, p. 128. The spelling Gefferi is dated to 1273 and Geffrai to 1306. The submitted spelling, Geoffroi, is listed as "the Old French spelling". | ||
| Georges is cited from Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd edition, p. 128-9. This spelling is dated to 1270-80. The name also appears in Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Edition, p.188 and dates this spelling to 1412. | ||
| Fitz is cited from Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Edition, p. 170, and was used from the 12th Century meaning "son of". The double capitalization is found in period in the name FitzSymond, dated 1387 (ibid). | ||
| 8. Gisèle la Chanteuse | (Dragon's Laire) | Name and Device, New |
| Azure, a fess dancetty between three harps argent. | ||
| The submitter will only accept minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, she cares more about the language/culture of the name. She desires a female name authentic for 11th-13th Century Norman language/culture, and she will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Gisèle is cited from Dauzat's Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et des Pr noms de France, p. 294 sub Gisèle listing the name as a "feminine name derived from the German Gisilia." Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names p. 134 indicates Gisela "was the name of a daughter of Charles the Simple, who married Rollo's 1st Duke of Normandy." The submitter also includes photocopies from Hanks and Hodges' A Dictionary of First Names p. 136-7 including the heading Giselle. This reference dates Duke Rollo of Normandy to 860-930, and indicates that Gisèle is the "French Variant." Hanks and Hodges appears on Appendix F - Names Sources to Be Avoided in Documentation of the Administrative Handbook. Regarding this work, the Appendix states "Very few of the entries have dates of any kind. There are many modern forms included in the entries. There are even, as there are in many general works of this kind, some errors, sometimes quite glaring." (LoAR Nov 1994, p. 20). The documentation as submitted, however, seems to rely on Hanks and Hodges only for the time period of Duke Rollo of Normandy, as the name itself is documented using Appendix H sources. | ||
| la Chanteuse is described as a "by name meaning 'the singer'". The only documentation provided is and entry from The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, Oxford p 236, under "chanter." A photocopy is provided, but the only French forms of the word given are chountour (old French), chanteor, and chanteur (modern). | ||
| 9. John Bow | (Aquaterra) | Name, Resubmission to Kingdom |
| The submitter will only accept minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, he cares most about the sound of the name. The submitter desires a male name, but indicates no other preferences. The submitter's original name, John Bowslayer, was returned from Kingdom in November 1997 because Laurel had previously returned the name "Bladeslayer" on the grounds that, ""Slay" in period (or since) did not mean "to break an inanimate object"." [LoAR 12/93, p. 10]. | ||
| John is cited from Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd edition, p. 178-9 dated in this spelling to the 12Mth-15th C. The name became ubiquitous later in period with 15.5% of all males in England being baptized with the name John from 1550-99. | ||
| Bow is documented using Reaney's The Origin of English Surnames p. 50 under "Surnames from Place of Residence" p. 48. No dates are given. | ||
| 10. Julian Edward Farnsworth of Falconmoors | (Aquaterra) | Badge, New |
| [Fieldless] A rat contourney purpure impaled by an arrow fesswise Or. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in July 1986. The submitter currently has one device and one badge registered. Personal Armory limit as per Admin Handbook is four. | ||
| 11. Julian Edward Farnsworth of Falconmoors | (Aquaterra) | Badge, New |
| Quarterly sable and gules, within four arrows laying as though in a mascle argent a falcon striking Or. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in July 1986. The submitter currently has one device and one badge registered. | ||
| 12. Katrynka Chornovoloskaya | (Ramsgaard) | Name and Device, New |
| Or, a heart gules supported by a pair of raven's wings proper, a bordure azure. | ||
| The submitter will accept changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares most about the meaning of the name, and she indicates that the name "Chornovoloskaya" means "Raven-haired." The submitter desires a female name authentic for 16th Century Ukraine/Russia, and she will allow the creation of a holding name. The wings are sable in the color emblazon. | ||
| Katrynka (the submitter indicates the Russian is (Russian does not emulate)) is documented using hard copies Paul Goldschmidt's "Dictionary of Period Russian Names" found online at http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul as well as correspondence with Paul Goldschmidt. Paul indicates in e.mail correspondence with the submitter, "[it] seems to me that if there can be a Katerina and a Katerinka, that there could be a Katrynka or Katrinka because of the Katryna and Katrina." Paul also indicates "the name Katryna can be found in Atky istoricheskie Vol XIV, p. 379, dated to 1591", and "Katerinka is in wickenden, of course, and dated to 1538-9". The website indicates Katerinka is a diminutive of Ekaterina with the name Katerinka Iakovleva doch' Proniakina dated to the 1538-9. | ||
| Chornovoloskaya (the submitter indicates the Russian is (Russian does not emulate)) is documented from several sources. Again, the primary source is correspondence between the submitter and Paul Goldschmidt. Paul indicates, "I have found a RUSSIAN name from the Moscow Census of the late 16th century. A certain man namd Chernovoloskoi is dated to 1577-8 in the Pistovye knigi moskovskago gosudarstva, Vol I, p. 542. His wife or daughter would be Chernovoloskaia. The Russian word for black is 'Chernyi' as opposed to the Ukrainian 'Chornii' (very similar languages!) so I could consider it plausible to spell the name Chornovoloskaia (or Chornovoloskaya if you like)… I would suggest Chernovoloskaia or Chornovoloskaia or Chornovoloskaya…" The submitter has included numerous photocopied pages from Podvesko's Ukranian-English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, State Text Book Publishing House, Kiev, 1957, with translations of all of the word elements in the name. Overall the documentation provided by the submitter was exceptionally thorough. | ||
| 13. Katrynka Chornovoloskaya | (Ramsgaard) | Badge, New |
| [Fieldless] A heart gules supported by a pair of raven's wings proper. | ||
| The submitter's name appears above. The wings are sable in the color emblazon. | ||
| 14. Laurence of Damascus | (Three Mountains) | Name and Device, New |
| Gules, in bend three escallops argent. | ||
| The submitter will accept changes to the name. He desires a male name but indicates no other preferences, and he will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Laurence is cited from Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names which appears as a header spelling and this spelling is dated to 1273. | ||
| of Damascus is documented using a printed out copy of an online encyclopedia at: http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/ A0500955.html . The entry is for "John' of Damas'cus" and states "Saint, a.d. c675-749, priest, theologian, and scholar of the Eastern Church, born in Damascus. Also called Johnnes Damascenus." | ||
| 15. Laurence of Damascus | (Three Mountains) | Badge, New |
| [Fieldless] An escallop Or. | ||
| The submitter's name appears above. | ||
| 16. Lí Ban ingen Echtigeirn | (Caí Mór) | Badge, Resubmission to Laurel |
| [Fieldless] On two horses' heads addorsed couped conjoined sable three hawk's bells one and two Or. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in November, 2000. The submitter's original badge, (Fieldless) Two horses' heads addorsed couped conjoined sable, was returned from Laurel on the August 2001 LoAR for "conflict with Eoin MacGriogair, Argent, a chess knight sable crined gules. There is one CD for fieldlessness, but these two conjoined heads look overwhelmingly like Eoin's double-headed chess knight." | ||
| 17. Lí Ban ingen Echtigeirn | (Caí Mór) | Badge, New |
| [Fieldless] Two horses' heads addorsed couped conjoined per pale sable and gules. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in November 2000. She currently has one device and one badge registered, as well as one in resubmission (above). | ||
| 18. Lothar von Koln | (Glymm Mere) | Name, New |
| The submitter will accept changes to the name. If the name must be changed, he cares most about the language/culture of the name. He desires a masculine name authentic for 6th Century Frankish language/culture. | ||
| The submitter indicates the name is documented using Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks (Gesta Francorum). No photocopies of this reference were provided. No further information was provided. | ||
| 19. Meuryc Kynyd | (Dragon's Laire) | Name and Device, New |
| Vert, a stag lodged argent, and on a chief argent an arrow fesswise reversed sable. | ||
| The submitter will only allow minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, he cares more about the meaning of the name. The submitter indicates he believes the name means "Merric the huntsman" in Welsh. The submitter desires a masculine name authentic for 13th Century Wales, and he will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Documentation for the name is provided in the form of an e-mail from Heather Rose Jones to the submitter signed "Tangwystyl." This is Harpy Herald. | ||
| Meuryc: "Meurig is a fairly typical name for 13th century Wales… A more typical 13th century century spelling would be |
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| Kynyd: "Bynames meaning 'huntsman' are common in the medieval records - possibly related to the fact that the 'chief huntsman' was one of the officers of a noble court. The term used is 'cynydd.' - it shows up in Anglo-Latin legal records of the 13th century in forms like <Kenith>, <Kennith>, <Kynith> [from the Merioneth Lay Susidy Roll of 1292-3, edited by Keith Williams-Jones] and in Welsh language texts of the time as <kynyd> [see, e.g., the University of Wales Dictionary entry for 'cynydd']." | ||
| The conclusion of the consulting herald was "a name along the lines of <Meuryc Kynyd> would be quite authentic for a 13th century Welshman." | ||
| 20. Michèli lo Aquila da Napolia | (Coeur Du Val) | Name and Device, New |
| Sable, an eagle Or and a dexter tierce argent. | ||
| The submitter will only accept minor changes to the name, but will accept more than minor changes to the grammar of the name only. If the name must be changed, the submitter indicates he cares more about the meaning of the name. He desires a masculine name authentic for 15th Century Italy, and he will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Michèli is cited from De Felice's dizionario dei cognomi italiani, p. 169 (no date given). | ||
| Aquila is also cited from De Felice's dizionario dei cognomi italiani, p. 71 (no date given). | ||
| da Napolia is noted to mean "from Naples", but no documentation is provided. | ||
| The submitter notes "please help with grammar" at the bottom of the "Name Documentation and Consultation Notes" section of the Name Submission Form. | ||
| 21. Robyrt of Watersyde | (Aquaterra) | Badge, New |
| Sable, an oriental phoenix displayed and a bordure argent. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in July 1998. | ||
| 22. Scholastica Chace | (Three Mountains) | Name, New |
| The submitter will only allow minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, she cares more about the meaning of the name (the submitter believes it means "scholar"). She desires a feminine name authentic for ~1350 England. | ||
| Scholastica is cited from Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd Ed., p. 264 as meaning "scholar." "St. Scholastica was the sister of St. Benedict (c. 480-543) and was the first nun of his order. Benedictine influence carried the name to England where it is found as a Christian name from the beginning of the 13th century until the Reformation." | ||
| Chace is cited from Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Ed., p. 92 with the name "Robert Chace" dated to 1327. | ||
| 23. Sonnet Manon | (Saint Bunstable) | Badge, New |
| [Filedless] A fleur-de-lys vert. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered in June 1999. | ||
| 24. Tacye Maple | (Aquaterra) | Name and Device, New |
| Per pale vert and argent, a maple leaf counterchanged. | ||
| The submitter will only accept minor changes to the name. If the name must be changed, the submitter cares most about the sound of the name. The submitter has simply requested a feminine name, and she will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Tacye is cited from Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd ed., p. 74 under Tace, Tacye: "this was a fairly common woman's name in the late 16th C." | ||
| Maple is cited from Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Ed., sub Maples, which dates John Mapel (not Maple) to 1327. The submissions herald, Fionnghuala Friseil, made a good case for plant and tree names using Reaney as well. Examples cited by Fionnghuala included Ash, Crabtree, Grass, Hawtree, Hedge, and Oak. | ||
| 25. Thomas Sinclair | (Dragon's Mist) | Device, Resubmission to Kingdom |
| Argent, on a cross engrailed sable, a cross argent. | ||
| The submitter's name was registered September 2001. The previously submitted device, Argent, a cross engrailed sable, was returned from Kingdom in May 2001 for conflict with the Teutonic Order, Argent, a cross sable, with only one CD for type change of cross from plain to engrailed. | ||
| 26. Thorfinn Kolsson | (Dragon's Laire) | Name and Device, New |
| Or, a wheel and on a chief embattled gules an arrow reversed Or. | ||
| The submitter will allow changes to the name. If the name must be changed, he cares more about the language/culture of the name. The submitter desires a masculine name authentic for 11th Century Norse language/culture, and he will allow the creation of a holding name. | ||
| Thorfinn is documented using several sources which all mention two Earls of Orkney: Thorfinn Einarsson (Thorfinn Skull-splitter) c936-c963 and Thorfinn Sigurdsson (Thorfinn the Mighty) 1009-65. The first source is a webpage entitled "The Norse Earls of Orkney" found online at http://www.geocities.com/danrenuk/norse.htm (hard copy included). Both names are also found in Haywood's Encyclopedia of the Viking Age, Thames and Hudson, NY, 2000, p. 188 (photocopy included). | ||
| Kolsson is documented using two web pages which mention on Rognvald Kolsson (St. Rognvald) also an Earl of Orkney who ruled from 1136-1158. The first source is a webpage entitled "The Norse Earls of Orkney" found online at http://www.geocities.com/danrenuk/norse.htm (hard copy included). The second source is a webpage detailing the St. Magnus Cathedral found online at http://www.orkney.org/tradition/magcath.htm (hard copy included). This site indicates the cathedral in question was "constructed upon the instructions of Earl Rognvald Kolsson." | ||
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