An Tir Internal Letter for March, AS XXXX / 2006 CE
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Lady Richenda du Jardin, Lions Blood Herald |
Unto Christopher Black Lion and the esteemed members of the An Tir College of Heralds to whom this missive comes, Richenda du Jardin, Lions Blood Herald, sends greetings and felicitations.
COMMENTARY ON THE ITEMS IN THIS INTERNAL LETTER IS DUE ON THE 10TH OF MAY.
CHANGE: APRIL COMMENTARY IS DUE ON APRIL 1 SO IT CAN BE PROCESSED BY KINGDOM HERALDIC SYMPOSIUM.
The April Lions Blood meeting will be held Sunday April 7 at the Kingdom Heraldic Symposium.
LETTERS FROM KINGDOM HERALDIC STAFF
From Lions Blood
I am always looking for more commenters on internal submissions. The more commentary I have, the better decisions I can make. So I put forth the following challenge to all An Tir Heralds: Comment on at least one item each month!
I want to express my thanks to all my current commenters: Baron David of Moffat, Electrum; Li Ban ingen Echtigeirn, Boar; Juliana de Luna, Jambe de Lion; Ursula Georges, Loyalle; Aethan of Eppelhyrste; Arianwhy merch Catmael, Albion; Cnut of Midrealm; Gawain of Miskbridge, Green Anchor Herald of Calontir; and Thomasine Lestrange, Cahier Rouge Pursuivant of Lochac!
In service,
Richenda du Jardin
Lions Blood
richenda@cet.com
LAUREL ACTIONS
The following items have been registered by Laurel.
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Áedán mac Suibne. Alternate name Khalid
al-Nasiri.
This name was pended in July 2005 to allow the College the chance to discuss whether the use of the nisba, al-Nasiri, which is based on a regnal name, was presumptuous. On the one hand, we have no evidence of the use of this nisba by any but high officials. These men are clearly Mamluks owned by sultans and appointed to positions of high rank. However, Siren notes:There are non-Mamluk examples of people carrying bynames formed from given names, like al-Hamduni, al-Hashimi, al-Husayni, al-Rashidi, al-Tahiri, and al-Zubayri, all derived from men's given names (from Da'ud ibn Auda's "Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices" (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm). Nasir is a common given name among the Jews of 14th century Cairo. So, a byname like al-Nasiri could have an origin from a person who wasn't a ruler as well.
Given that we now have evidence that this nisba follows a well documented pattern based on a name born by people of ordinary rank, it is not presumptuous. Therefore, it is registerable. - Freygerðr in spaka. Name (see RETURNS for device).
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Isaac Wolfstan. Device.
Per pale azure and Or, a dragon argent and a dragon vert combattant, each maintaining a sword, the swords crossed in saltire argent. -
Morhardt Citvogel Öde. Name and device.
Gules, a wolf rampant bendy argent and sable.
Submitted as Morhardt Citvogel von Öde, the submitter requested authenticity for German language/culture. The byname Öde is documented as a name derived from a generic geographic feature, which means that the locative preposition von is not appropriate for use with this name. In addition, the cited documentation, Brechenmacher, Etmologisches Wuurterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen, s.n. Öder, cites Peter Öde in 1366. The other name parts are dated to the late 13th C, so the name parts here are less than 100 years apart. We have changed the name to Morhardt Citvogel_Öde to correct the grammar and fulfill the submitter's request for authenticity.
Nice device!
The following items have been returned for further work.
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Freygeršr in spaka. Device.
Sable, a needle fesswise reversed argent, on a point pointed purpure a unicorn passant contourny Or.
This device is returned for a redraw of the field. Blazoned on the LoI as Per chevron sable and purpure a needle fesswise point to dexter argent and a unicorn passant contourny Or, the line of division is so low that, instead of a field division, the emblazon has a point pointed and thus violates RfS VIII.2 (Armorial Contrast) for having a color charge on a color field. On resubmission the unicorn should be drawn properly, with a lion's tail and tufts behind the hooves.
LIONS BLOOD ACTIONS
These items will be forwarded to Laurel
- Alessandra di Giovanni Delpino — Name, New
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Cara di Aquila — Name and Device, New
Argent, an eagle rising wings displayed and inverted azure and in chief three goutes de sang
Submitted as Cara Di Aquila, the name was changed to Cara D’Áquila to match documented forms.
D’Áquila can be found in De Felice, Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani, s.n. Áquila. De Felice doesn’t date it; however, the Columbia Encyclopedia On-line (http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Aquila,+Italy) indicates the city rose in importance during the 13th century and became a second capital of the kingdom of Naples. -
Cateryn M’Manis — Device, Resubmission to Kingdom
Per saltire sable and argent, in pale two suns Or and in fess two roses gules slipped and leaved vert
A possible conflict with Finn with the Roses, November 1993, Per saltire sable and argent, in fess a rose sable and a rose gules, each slipped and leaved vert. There is definitely one CD for the addition of the suns to the primary charge group.
There was some disagreement as to whether a second CD existed for the change of tincture of one of the roses. Some commenters felt that there was a change to the tincture of 1/4 of the charge group (one rose out of two roses and two suns), while others felt that there was a change of tincture of more than half the charge group (from 1/2 red and 1/2 black to 1/2 red and 1/2 gold). The College of An Tir has asked Laurel to review this issue and clarify her July 2005 precedent regarding counting CDs. -
Giacomo Passerini — Name and Device, New
Sable, two scimitars in saltire argent and in chief a sparrow contourny Or
Several commenters called a possible conflict with Raedwulf Burke, August 1999, Sable, in pale a hawk displayed and two sabers in saltire argent. There is one CD for the change of number of primary charges from a hawk and two sabers (3 charges) to two scimitars (2 charges). There is a second CD for the addition of the secondary charge (a hawk). While this is technically clear, this was called to the attention of Laurel for the possibility of a visual conflict. - Isabella di Giovanni Delpino — Name, New
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Kateline Huntington — Name and Device, New
Per pale argent and Or, on a cross nowy purpure a rose argent barbed vert and seeded purpure -
Khulan Shizir — Device, Resubmission
Or a seme of thistles proper - Maddelena di Riccardo Strozzi — Name, New
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Muirgheal inghean Alasdair — Name & Device, New
Sable, in bend a compass star argent and a cat sejant Or
A possible conflict was called against Thomas Lackland of Appledore, June 1982, Sable, a domestic cat sejant to sinister Or. There is 1 CD for the addition of the second primary charge, the compass star. Some commenters believed there was not a second CD for the change of orientation of the cat per Master Bruce’s precedent from July 1992:Turning a charge to sinister does not change its type, either technically or visually. These [charges] are identical charges for the purposes of Rule X.4.j.ii. (Briana Morgan of the Valley, July, 1992, pg. 3)
This precedent only applies to what armory is considered simple enough to be eligible for a CD from RfS X.4.j.ii Changes to Charges on Charges. Master Bruce is explaining that changes to posture and orientation do not affect the type of charge; therefore they don’t affect the simplicity of the armory. Gaining a CD for changes to posture or orientation is done under RfS X.4.h, Posture Changes:Significantly changing the posture or individual orientation of charges in any group placed directly on the field, including strewn charges or charges overall, is one clear difference.
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Natal’ia Volkovicha — Name and Device, New
Argent, a tiger rampant gules and on a chief vert three trefoils Or
These items are being returned for further work
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Eadric Swyft — Name, New
This item is being returned for administrative reasons. No copies of the documentation were included, despite a request at time of receipt in the Lions Blood office. The Administrative Handbook in section IV.C Completed Paperwork states “No submission, including any resubmission, appeal, change or release of a protected item, etc., shall be considered for registration until a complete set of paperwork is provided to the appropriate heraldic officer.” -
Elspeth inghean Dubhghaill — Name, New
This item is being returned for conflict with Elizabeth Dougall, 07/1988 via An Tir. Per RFS V.1.a Difference of Name Phrases:Two name phrases are considered significantly different if they differ significantly in sound and appearance. Name phrases that are not significantly different are said to be equivalent.
Variant spellings of the same word or name, no matter how radical, are not considered significantly different unless there is also a significant difference in pronunciation.
Elspeth is a variant of Elizabeth, so no difference can be found for the change of the given name. The surname Dougall in the registered name is an unmarked patronymic. “inghean Dubhghaill” is a Gaelic patronymic meaning “daughter of Dougall.” As such, both the registered name and the submitted name mean “Elizabeth, daughter of Dougall.” Therefore there is no CD between the two surnames.
NEW SUBMISSIONS
New Submissions
To be ruled on at the ### 2006 Lions Blood Meeting.
| 1. Asa Martel | Cragmere | Name & Device, New |
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Quarterly, argent and gules, a compass rose counterchanged sable and argent. The submitter will accept minor changes only to his name. If his name must be changed, he cares most about the sound of the name. He expresses no preference as to gender and is interested in having his name be authentic for England, no time period or language specified. He will allow the formation of a holding name.
Asa is founding ["found in" - Online IL Ed.] Searle’s Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, 1969, on page 73. No documentation is provided for Martel. | |
| 2. Dearbháil ingean uķ Dhonnchadh | Wyewood | Name & Device - New |
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Vert, a Talbot sejant argent gorged purpure and on a chief wavy argent, a bow, vert. The submitter will accept any change and is interested in a female name. She cares most about language/culture of her name and wishes it to be authentic for 14th century Irish. She will allow the formation of a holding name. Dearbháil is found as a female given name in Kathleen O’Brien’s Index of Names in Irish Records at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/. The submitted spelling is stated to be the standard form in Early Modern Irish Gaelic, c. 1200 to c. 1700. Also in this article, an example is given from 1364 of a ‘Derbail ingean Ui Dhomhnaill ben Mhég Uidhir’. This demonstrates the use of the submitted spelling of ‘ingean’ along with lenition and use of the genitive case of the eponymous ancestor’s name. In the same article cited above, at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Donnchad.shtml Donnchaidh is stated to be the Early Modern Irish Gaelic genitive form of the masculine given name Donnchadh. According to Sharon Krossa’s article The Spelling of Lenited Consonants in Gaelic at http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotlang/lenition.shtml, after roughly 1200 a lenited initial D might be spelling either D. or Dh. In the present submission we have chosen the latter form.
There were no photocopies of the documentation included, all documentation was summarized in a document which included the URLs but not copies of the relevant pages. No miniatures of the device were included on either the color or the black and white forms. | |
| 3. Maccus Undewynson | Terra Pomeria | Name & Device — New |
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Argent star of four points of field per bend sinister Azure and Sable The submitter will accept any changes, desires a male name and wishes his name to be authentic for an unspecified time period and language and/or culture. If his name must be changed, he cares most about language/culture, which is unspecified. He will accept the formation of a holding name if necessary. Maccus is found at the electricscotland.com website and history provided by Rob Maxtone Graham, 18th of Cultoquhey, West Wing, Auchidinney House, Penicuik, Midlothan, EH26 8PE Scotland — Tel/fax +44 (0)1968 676251. The earliest mention of the name “Maccus” is in 973 when he, as “King of very many islands”, along with seven other regional kings, including Kenneth II of Scotland, swore fealty to the English King Edgar at Chester. (Scottish annals from English Chronicters, p. 76, citing other chronicles). It has been suggested that Magnus may be the same name, re-occuring in 1066/7 as another Norse King Magnus II, 2nd cousin to the Scots King Duncan II. The name reappears two generations later. When “Maccus, son of Undewyn” witnessed several charters, including the founding of Selkirk Abbey c. 1120, the ‘Inquisito’ of 1124, Melrose Abbey 1136, 1143/4 (Melrose, Lawrie ESC, RSS i). In Melsrose #88 Maccus is the ‘Prepositus’ i.e. Provost, witnessing a grant of 1/2 ploughgate of land in Lessudryn (Lessudden) by Richard/Robert of London to Melrose Abbey. Lessudwyn, just NW of Maxton, bears an uncanny resemblance to Undwyn, and may have been (a minor, i.e. less) part of his lands in the generation before Maccus. The family certainly held some Lessudden lands just after Maccus’ time. …Maccus died c. 1150… He seemingly left his name to the Barony and village of Maccus’toun or Maxton, and to a pool on the Tweed below the present Kelso Bridge, Maccus’weil, or Maxwheel, around which grew the village of Maxwellheugh. An Edmund de Macheswel is recorded c. 1147x 1152 (Lawrie ESC 196) Herbert de Macchuswel in 1159, (Rss I, #131), and the lands + church of Maxton are named in a charter of 1189x93 (RSS ii, #342), so it would seem that the placenames were established during Maccus’ lifetime, and he was considered important enough for them to be retained after his death. All documentation was copied into a document which contains no URL or authorial information. The azure is a purplish-blue and the sable is navy with small black patches. | |
| 4. Yurii Levchenich | Adiantum | Name & Device — New |
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Azure in Saltire a Sword Argent and a Sickle Or The submitter will not accept major changes to his name, desires a male name and wishes a name authentic for the language/culture of 13th century Russian (Cossack). If his name must be changed, he cares most about the sound. He will accept the formation of a holding name if necessary. Yurii is from Tumanova, p. 46*; Levchenich is from Wickenden — Ver. 1.3, p. 99* 02/01/2006 — Submitter acknowledges that Tumanova source is outdated since original consultation and is willing to accept changes. Sources and pages are as written by consulting herald Yin Mo Lķ of 100 Eyes in Atenveldt during session at Thirty Year Celebration (3YC), and the submitter has not been able to locate the aforementioned texts to verify page number and source accuracy/quality. Updated information, 02/03/2006: In a consultation with Finngall McKetterick, he stated he was unable to find any obvious conflicts regarding the submitter’s name or device and should be ready to submit. If possible, the submitter would like to keep the Yurii name, even if it is spelled slightly different. | |
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Written by Li Ban ingen Echtigeirn, Boar Pursuivant |
Uilliam mac Ailéne mhic Seamuis |