The 1st Tenure of Da'ud Ibn Auda (2nd year)
Submission Returns by Name
Abaigeal Fairchild. Device. Per chevron vert and gules, a mullet of eight points voided within a bordure Or.
Most of the commenters felt that a mullet of eight points was too complex a charge to void or fimbriate. This therefore runs afoul of RfS VIII.3, which notes that "voiding and fimbriation may only be used iwth simple geometric charges pladed in the center of the design." 4/92
Abaris Damn Féidh Ciar. Name change from Uilliam of Reisling.
While the byname translates literally to the meaning the client desires, it appears to bear the same relation to correct Gaelic that "Dusky male deer" bears to "Sablehart". A better form would appear to be Damh Dubh or Fiadh Dubh, depending on whether he wishes to emphasise either the masculinity or the "deer-ness" of the name. While he allowed minor changes to correct the grammar we felt that these changes did not fall within a "minor" range. 02/92
Abdullah bin Omar. Device. Argent, a bear dormant azure.
The primary charge is unidentifiable in this position as an animal, much less as a bear, and is thus in violation of RfS VIII.3., Armorial Identifiability. 12/91
Adallindis aus Anderbach. Name and device. Ermine, between two flaunches sable a double-headed griffin segreant gules.
Conflict with Grantham (Papworth, p. 981), Ermine, a griffin segreant gules. There is one CD for the (improperly drawn) flaunches. 12/91
Adallindis aus Anderbach. Badge. [Fieldless] A double-headed griffin segreant gules.
Conflict with Grantham (Papworth, p. 981), Ermine, a griffin segreant gules. Also conflict with Grib (Woodward, p. 1011), Or, a griffin gules. In each case there is one CD for fieldless vs. fielded. 12/91
Adara of Silverwood. Name.
No one was able to document Adara (Loughead is not considered a reliable source and should not be used without corroborating documentation from other sources). 8/90
Adèle Aethelyan of Moondragon. Name change from Adèle of Moondragon.
Aethelyan is not a reasonable variant of Aethelyna. No documentation was presented for reversing the vowel and consonant in any period pattern of names. 3/92
Adenwald the Hazardous. Device. Per chevron azure and plumetty azure and argent, a hawk displayed, wings inverted, Or.
Multiple conflicts, including: De Limesay, Gules, an eagle displayed Or; Bartram, Azure, an eagle displayed Or; Duchy of Westphalia, Azure, an eagle displayed crowned Or; Palatinate of Saxony, Azure, an eagle displayed (sometimes crowned) Or; and Gilbert of the Glens, Azure, an eagle displayed grasping a sun in both claws Or. In each case there is only one CVD, for the field. 7/90
Adiantium, Barony of. Badge for Award of Fern and Quill. Argent, in saltire a feather azure and a fern frond vert.
Conflict with Moses von dem Falken (SCA), Argent, a feather azure. There is one CVD for the addition of the frond. 08/91
Adina del Alcázar. Name and device. Purpure, a crescent and on a chief argent a mullet between two Arabic horns vert.
No submissions forms were included in the Laurel packet for this submission. 04/91
Adrian Silverthorne. Device. Quarterly, gules and argent, in bend two castles argent and in bend sinister two serpents erect to sinister, tail nowed vert, overall a cross sable.
Given that crosses overall were not infrequently used in marshalled arms in period, this has every appearence of the marshalled arms of Barnstable and O'Drone. 11/91
Adriana nic Aífe de Winterhawke.
No name forms were received. Additionally, the locative is highly improbable. Dropping the particle "de" would probably be sufficient to answer the problem. 9/91
Adrianna Gretchen von Fehmarn. Device. Pean, in bend a teasle sipped and leaved Or and a flax flower slipped and leaved argent.
The use of two different kinds of plants in different orientations and different tinctures is not period style. Prior Laurel precedent has indicated that we should not use two different kinds of charges of the same general type in a single charge group. 11/91
Adrienne Francesca de Montaigne. Badge. [Fieldless] On a dragon's wing inverted sable a flame argent.
The primary charge is not identifiable, and the term inverted when applied to wings could create more than one possible emblazon, thus failing the reproducibility test of the RfS (an emblazon must be reproducibly from the blazon). 02/92
Aedan MacCormac. Device. Purpure, a sinister hand aversant fesswise proper maintaining a chalice Or.
Conflict with Herald of Pleasure, Gules, a dexter gauntlet fesswise proper holding a goblet Or. There is one CD for the field but no difference for either type (hand vs. gauntlet) or tincture (proper [metal] v. proper [metal]) of the primary charge, and the visual similarties when comparing the two emblazons were overwhelming. 05/92
Aelfgifu Wolfsängerin. Device. Chapé vert and azure, a chevronel enhanced throughout between a decrescent, an increscent and a wolf ululant coward argent.
Though submitted as "chapé vert and azure", we have been consistently blazoning "charged chapé" as per chevron throughout. In this case, however, there are additional problems. In addition to the per chevron line starting too high on the field, the chevron (not chevronel; the SCA does not register single diminuitives of ordinaries) acts more like fimbriation than a charge. Were it either problem alone we would probably register this with an instruction to the submitter to "draw the X properly". In this case however, the multiplicity of problems warrants return for redrawing. 4/92
Aelfred vom Silberwald. Device. Per pale azure and gules, a pale Or between an oak leaf and a goblet argent.
Conflict with U.S. Replacement & School Command (MilOrd #1061), Per pale azure and gules, a pale Or, and with the Republic of Chad (flag), Per pale azure and gules, a pale Or. There is only a single CVD in each case, for the addition of the secondaries. 10/90
Aelfric Thorfastson. Device. Per chevron inverted azure and gules, a dragon sejant Or.
Conflict with Alethia Elphin of Dragonholde, Vert, a dragon sejant, wings elevated and addorsed maintaining in dexter forepaw a crescent Or. There is one CD for the field but nothing for the minor change to posture or the maintained charge. Furthermore, this is not a per chevron inverted field. Per chevron inverted issues from the sides of the field and not the corners of the chief. This could at best be considered a very deep chief triangular, which in this case would be color on color. 11/91
Aelfwine Edwineson. Device. Gules, three piles issuant from sinister Or.
Conflict with Robert Henderson (Lyon Ordinary Vol. I, p. 320, Gules, three piles issuing from sinister Or, a chief engrailed ermine, and with von Tettau (Rietstap), Gules, three wolves' teeth issuant from sinister argent. In each case there is only one CVD, respectively, for the addition of the chief and for the tincture of the primaries. 12/90
Aelfwynn de Montfort of Tweoneam. Device. Quarterly argent and azure, four cinquefoils counterchanged.
Conflict with Blood (Papworth, p. 867), Quarterly argent and azure, four quatrefoils counterchanged. There is not really any visual difference between quatrefoils and cinquefoils. 9/90
Aelis Helen. Device. Per fess Or and vert, a hedgehog sable between two slippers and a musical note counterchanged.
Withdrawn at the request of the submitter. 8/90
Aethelred of Andredesleage. Device. Vert, three dogs dormant in pale, Or.
Conflict with Mandeville (Papworth, p. 172), Vert, three wolves passant in pale Or. There is one CVD for the posture of the canines. 08/91
Afonlyn, College of. Device. Sable, a bend wavy between two roundels quarterly arrondi argent and sable each within a laurel wreath argent.
The roundels were blazoned on the LoI as whirlpools, but it is our understanding that whirlpools or gurges are used as a single, throughout charge on a field, and thus inappropriate for use as multiple secondaries. As reblazoned, there is a clear identifiability problem since they share a tincture with the field. Additionally, there is a conflict problem with Tulse (Papworth, p. 215), Sable, a bend wavy between two dolphins embowed naiant argent, since the roundel/wreath collocations are visually a single group of secondaries, not two groups. As such, there is only a single CVD for changing the type of secondaries. 10/90
Afonlyn, College of. Device. Or, on a cross couped gules a fountain and on a chief gules two laurel wreaths Or.
In addition to this being at the complexity limits of VIII.1.a, the use of a cross couped gules should probably no longer be allowed in SCA heraldry because of the international treaties and federal law which protect that charge and restrict its use to the International Red Cross (and as a trademark to those who were using it before those treaties went into effect). 05/92
Aidan Aileran O'Comhraidhe. Badge change for House Silver Scythe. Per fess wavy azure and argent, a bar wavy azure, overall two straight-hafted scythes in saltire, points outward, argent.
The scythes have unacceptably poor contrast on the lower half of the field (argent on argent disappears entirely). The visual effect of the bottom half of the field (which is drawn as less than half the field) is of a field per fess wavy azure barry wavy argent and azure. Blazoned this way this is a conflict with Prayers (Papworth, p. 1088), Gules, two scythes in saltire argent, with one CD for the field. 05/92
Aileen ní Bhrighde. Device. Azure, a fox passant and in chief three increscents argent.
Conflicts with Blaidd Rhydd (Papworth, p. 98), Azure, a wolf passant argent, with Borgoine (Papworth, p. 60), Azure, a talbot passant argent, and with Lloyd Q. (Australian Personal Arms), Azure, a wolf passant argent. In each case there is only one CVD for the addition of the secondaries. Conflict also with Dickinson (Papworth, p. 111), Azure, a war wolf passant and three stars in chief argent, with one CVD for the change to type of secondaries. 06/91
Ailis Catriona Mac an Tóisich. Device. Lozengy argent and sable, a seawolf erect gules.
Visual conflict with Ivar Krigsvin, Checky sable and argent a sea-lion erect gules. The visual similarities of these two devices overwhelm any technical differences for field and type of primary. 12/90
Aislynn de Darkenhall. Device. Azure, on a bend sinister between two doves close argent, three roses gules.
Conflict with Hugh of Ravenwood (SCA), Azure, on a bend sinister between two fleams argent, three gouttes palewise gules. There is only one CVD, for the change to the type of secondaries. The change to type only of the tertiaries is insufficient for the second. 10/90
Aislynn Fyrlocc. Name.
"Fire-lock" does not appear to be an epithetical name constructed on Period patterns of naming. Most descriptive epithets are much more literal, such as Dustiberd. As noted by one commenter, "fire-hair" would appear to describe a cooking accident much more than a hair color. 05/92
Al-Barran, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the Desert Fawn. [Fieldless] A deer statant affronty proper.
Submitted as a fawn, prior Laurel precident has noted that we do not register baby animals (LoAR August 88 p. 22). The deer is in an heraldically unusual position: that, combined with the three dimensionality of the charge as drawn, pushes it beyond the informal Rule of Two Wierdnesses. 11/91
Alan Jacobsen. Device. Argent, on a cross pointed azure, a mullet of six points elongated to base argent, within a bordure azure.
Conflict with Sibbald (Papworth, p. 634), Argent, a square-pierced cross moline within a bordure azure. There is a CVD for the type of cross, but with all the good-will we could muster, we could not find sufficient difference between these two crosses. There is no difference for the changes to type of "tertiary". 8/90
Alan Lothinlarsson fra Jorvik. Device. Sable, on a pale rayonny argent a double bitted axe sable entwined of two heraldic roses petalled alternately argent and gules, barbed Or, seeded and slipped vert, in base three goutes de sang.
The charges on the pale exceed the complexity limits of VIII.1.a. (Complexity Limit) and VIII.1.c.ii (Layering Limit), with three types of charge on the pale and what is effectively four layers (field, pale, axe, roses). The whole effect is noticeably non-period. 05/91
Alan Lothinlarsson fra Jorvik. Name and badge for Kaudiflugastadur. Or, a horsefly rampant to sinister guardant wings elevated and addorsed sable, orbed vert, clad in motley argent and gules.
The household name does not appear to be correctly formed in Old Norse. The word "kaudi" is a noun, but we need its form as an adjective here, since it modifies "fluga" ("fly"). The genitive singular of "fluga" as needed here would be "flugu", making the likeliest combination "flugustadr". The badge was returned in December of 1989 for non-period style, lack of contrast, and motley of two colors. While the last two issues have been fixed, the former remains. The citations used by the submitter of flies in armory are all in the default position of "volant en arriere", and none of them are wearing garb of any kind, much less motley. It seems to be the consensus of the College that a fly rampant and clad in motley exceeds the informal "Rule of Two Weirdnesses" and given the College's feelings about birds in a rampant position it is unlikely that a rampant insect would be any more acceptable. 05/91
Alaric von Rottweil. Device. Per saltire gules and argent, a fylfot arrondy counterchanged.
First of all, this is not really a fylfot arrondy. It is similar to a cross gammadion, the arms enarched, of the SS Fifth armored division, but has an extra bend in each arm. As drawn it is unblazonable and therefore must be returned. (If drawn as a fylfot arrondy, it would also have to be returned, as fylfots of any kind have always been returned because of their association with the German NSDAP.) 7/91
Alarich Liutpold von Steinman. Device change. Gules an eagle displayed wings inverted and on a chief embattled argent two crosses formy gules.
Conflict with Rev. Reid (Lyon, Vol. II, p. 123), Gules, an eagle displayed argent, beaked and membered azure, on a chief embattled of the second a cross moline between two bells sable. There is only one CVD for the changes to the tertiaries. 3/91
Alastair ap Maelgwyn. Device. Per bend Or and bendy sinister argent and sable, in sinister chief a griffin segreant gules.
Conflict with Chisenal (Fairbairn's Crests, p. 107), A griffin segreant gules. There is a CVD for field vs. fieldlessness, but position on the field can count for no difference against a fieldless crest or badge. 10/90
Aldith Gyffin. Badge. Argent, a blackberry bramble blasted and eradicated purpure, within a bordure wavy sable mulletty argent.
The primary charge is unidentifiable and consequently unregisterable per RfS VII.7.a. 3/92
Aleksandr Yaroslavovich Vyetcikov. Device. Sable, a pall of chain Or between three bezants.
Technical conflict with Laidlaw (Papworth, p. 464), Sable, a chevron Or between three bezants. Because of the secondaries, we are currently unable to apply X.2 to the primary. If there are no serious objections to the revised wording of X.2 as proposed in the attached cover letter, please have the submitter resubmit this when that wording goes into effect. 9/90
Alesia d'Trenwyth. Name.
Had the submitter allowed minor changes to grammar, we could have registered this as Alesia de Trenwyth. As it is it must be returned because the French "de" is not contracted this way before a consonant. Trenwyth seems to be an acceptable variant of Trenewyth, based on several similar variant spellings, including Trenewth and Trenwith. 7/90
Alexander de Toulon and Catrin Rhiannon d'Arc. Badge. [Fieldless] A sea-horse maintaining a rose slipped argent.
Conflict with Rowen of Windtree Tower, Per saltire sable and vert, a seahorse erect argent. There is only one CVD for fieldless versus fielded. There is also some question as to the propriety of registering a seahorse to someone with the name Rhiannon, given the long-standing ban on registering horses in combination with the name Rhiannon. 10/91
Alexander de Toulon. Badge. Azure, a seahorse and on a chief invected argent a crescent azure, dimidiated with Per pale azure and sable, in pale a bar and a rose palewise slipped and leaved argent.
The Rules for Submissions, XI.3, state specifically that "Armory that appears to marshall independent arms is considered presumptuous". This submission clearly marshals independent arms. The subtext to XI.3 notes that "Divisions commonly used for marshalling, such as quarterly or per pale, my only be used in contexts that ensure marshalling is not suggested." Dimidiation is one such context. Precedents for not allowing marshalling and dimidiation go back at least as far as the LoAR of October 24, 1979, Master Wilhelm von Schlüssel stated that "This is very lovely, but it looks like dimidiation, which we do not allow." The fact that dimidiation is not specifically mentioned in the new RfS does not mean that it is now excluded from the ban on marshalling. That the submitters may display their registered arms dimidiated (however unidentifiable each coat then becomes) is not disputed, but they may not register them this way.
(Another reason for not registering this particular badge, completely aside from the marshalling/dimidiation question, is the lack of identifiability of the charges, per VIII.3, which requires that "elements must be used in a design so as to preserve their individual identifiability". As many of the commenters noted, at least some of the charges on this dimidiated submission are almost totally unidentifiable.) 10/90
Alexandra de la Mer Verte. Badge. Sable, on a vested arm fesswise embowed issuant from dexter holding a sword argent, a compass star sable, in chief a lit candle argent.
The badge is very complex in that it is unbalanced and appears to have no cohesiveness or unity of design. As such it must be considered a non-period design. 05/92
Alexandra de la Mer Verte. Device. Or, a bend sinister vert between a mortar and pestle and an inkwell and quill sable.
Conflict with Pedrwn Merchion, Or, a bend sinister vert between a sword palewise and a double bitted axe palewise sable. There is one CD for the change of secondary charges only. 05/92
Alexandra del Monte di Pietá. Badge. Azure, a salamander rampant reguardant sable, enflamed Or.
Conflict with Cenino (Papworth, p. 983), Azure, a salamander Or, in a flame proper. There is only one CVD for the tincture of the salamander. 02/91
Alexandra del Monte di Pietá. Device. Erminois, a pomegranate gules, slipped and leaved vert.
Conflict with the Kingdom of Granada (Woodward 339), Argent, a pomegranate gules, slipped and leaved proper; with Reardon (Papworth, p. 888), Argent, a pomegranate gules; and with Bilson (Papworth, p. 888), Argent, a pomegranate proper. The only difference in each case is the field tincture. 02/91
Alexandra del Monte di Pietà. Badge. Azure, a salamander salient reguardant sable, enflamed proper, within a bordure Or.
As drawn on the large emblazon, the salamander is on a flame gules, fimbriated Or. As a consequence, it is color on color. (Nor have flames fimbriated been allowed for some time.) 02/92
Alexandra di Campaldino. Device. Sable, a thunderbolt argent.
Conflict with Blix (Woodward, p. 311), Azure, a thunderbolt argent. There is only one CD for the change to the field. 12/91
Alfredo Gabriel Halcón. Device. Argent, a bend sinister azure, overall a lion rampant guardant contourny within a bordure fleury counterchanged.
Counterchanging an animate charge over an ordinary greatly diminishes its identifiability. That in conjunction with the counterchanging of the complex bordure is simply too much. 01/92
Alfric Northwind. Badge. Azure, fretty, overall a compass star argent.
Conflict with the badge of the Barony of Rivenstar (SCA), Azure, a rivenstar argent. There is a CVD for the addition of the fretty to the field, but there was a clear consensus among those attending the meeting that there was not another for the difference between a rivenstar and a standard compass star. 06/90
Alianore d'Astralis. Device. Vert, on a sun Or, rayed alternately Or and gules, between in bend two daggers palewise and in bend sinister two harps, a wyvern gules, bellied vert, webbed and legged argent, and taloned gules.
This device is simply too complex. The sun rayed alternately of two tinctures, one of them low contrast with the field, the poor contrast of the wyvern's wings with the sun, the use of two different tinctures for the wyvern's torso, and the use of two different types of charges in what is visually a single group of secondaries were simply too much. 10/90
Alina Meraud Bryte and Gavin de Haga. Name for House de Haga of Deodar.
Although the addition of the exlocative ("of Deodar") would clear the previous problem with the household name, personal households may not incorporate the name of an SCA branch in their name. Thus, the addition of the name of the Shire of Deodar may not be allowed here. 7/91
Alisander du Mont Saint Michel. Change of device. Sable, a unicorn within a bordure embattled argent.
Conflict with von Nussdorf (Rietstap, vol. 2, p. 331), De sable a une licorne rampante d'argent accornée d'or (Sable, a unicorn rampant argent, armed Or). There is only one CVD for the addition of the bordure. 9/90
Alistair of Avalon. Device. Azure, a bear's head cabossed Or within a mascle of four swords proper.
Conflict with Hartree School Peebleshire (1st quarter) (Lyon Ordinary II, p. 210), Azure, a bear's head affronty Or. There is one CVD for the addition of the swords. 10/91
Alysoun Jeuneterre. Badge for House Catherine's Wheel. Barry wavy argent and purpure, a Catherine wheel counterchanged.
The household name is not registered, as implied in the LoI. Unfortunately for the client, it cannot be as it conflicts with the Barony of the Wheel. The counterchanging of the badge is excessive and unacceptably reduces the identifiabily of the primary charge. 02/92
Alysoun Jeuneterre. Device. Vert, a cup between three mullets argent.
Conflict with Kathleen Erin-go-burn-the-Bragh (SCA), Vert, a chalice argent containing flames Or. There is a CVD for the addition of the secondary mullets, but the flames are really only a held charge, and not worth a second CVD. 01/91
Amalric von Regensburg. Device. Chevronelly argent and azure, a lion rampant to sinister reguardant maintaining in dexter forepaw a sword inverted Or.
Conflict with Geldres (Papworth, p. 72), Azure, a lion rampant to the sinister Or; Connour (Papworth, p. 96), Vert, a lion rampant sinisterwise Or; British First Port Task Force Royal Engineers (Military Ordinary 140), Azure, a lion rampant sinister, maintaining in the dexter paw an anchor and in the sinister a sword both palewise, all Or. In each case, there is only one CD for the change to the field. 01/92
Amata Quentin Motzhart. Device. Lozengy sable and argent, a jester's hat gules.
Conflict with Bjornsborg, Barony of (SCA), [Fieldless] A cap and bells gules, doubled and belled Or. There is only one CVD, for fielded vs. fieldless. 02/91
An Dubhaigeainn, Shire of. Badge. Azure, a duck displayed guardant argent billed and membered within a bordure Or.
Conflict with Francesca of Bright Angel (SCA), Azure, a dove displayed head elevated argent. There is one CVD, for the addition of the bordure, but we could not in good conscience grant a CVD for type between two white birds in an identical position. 11/90
An Tir, Kingdom of. Name for Honor of the Lion.
Conflict with Lyon King of Arms, Blanche Lyon Pursuivant, Noir Lion Pursuivant, and Finland's Order of the Lion. Changing the designator is insufficient difference. 4/92
Ana Isabel Barrios de Perez. Badge. Argent, a domestic cats paw print sable.
Submitted under the name Ana Isabel Barrios y Perez, this is the registered form of the submitter's name. The badge conflicts with Igor Medved (SCA), Argent, a bear's dexter pawprint azure (with only one CVD for tincture of the primary charge), Eric Bearsbane (SCA), Argent, on a bear's pawprint sable, a flaming sword proper (only one CVD for removal of the tertiary), and Rodrigo de los Lobos (SCA), Argent, on a wolf's pawprint sable, a crescent argent (same count as Eric Bearsbane). It has been previously ruled that there can be no difference given for type of pawprint (LoAR 21 February 1988, p. 11). 06/90
Ana Karisa Dmitriev of Plumley. Name change from Ana Dmitriev of Plumley.
Karisa is not a reasonable coined name for Russian. The two elements "kar-" and "-isa" have entirely different roots and are not separable elements. She might consider the similar (but differently pronounced) Kharissa. 11/91
Anastasia Minskaya. Name and badge for Dom Koshki. Purpure, a wildcat's head cabossed wearing a horned helmet argent and in base two bezants.
The name of the household is not correctly formed, and there was some doubt as to what they actually wanted. "House of the Kitten" (our best guess as to their desires) would be "Dom Kotyonok". "House of the Kittens" would be "Dom Kotyat". The badge conflicts lInda-MUirreal von Katzenbrasse (SCA), Purpure, three cats' heads one and two, the upper cabossed and the lower couped and addorsed, all Or. There is one CVD for the change of type of 2/3 of the group, but nothing for the change to the tincture only of the charge to chief. Additionally, there were several questions by commenters as to the appropriateness (and in two cases, offensiveness) of the design, though the general feeling was that the Law of Toyota should apply here. 10/90
Anastasia Nikolaievna Raskol'nikova. Device. Or, semy of increscents gules, a sun sable.
Conflict with Firstman of the Lakes (Fabulous Heraldry #874), Or, a sun sable. There is one CVD, for the addition of the semy. 7/90
Anastazia Winogrodska. Badge. [Fieldless] A demi-swan displayed reguardant argent billed gules.
As noted by several commenters, the blazon was missing a tincture: the swan is argent, billed gules. As such it conflicts with Hoppe (Papworth, p. 307), Vert, a swan wings expansed argent, with a CVD for fieldlessness. 02/91
Anatar the Unknowne. Name.
Anatar was not shown to be constructed following the rules for name formation from a linguistic tradition compatible with the domain of the Society and the name elements used, as required by RfS II.3. Neither is it entirely "made-up": it appears to be a Greek root (the base for anatarasso, "stir up, make trouble") and Latin (anatanaria, a species of eagle). And if that were not enough, Annatar ("Lord of Gifts") is the name given himself by Sauron, noted in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. 02/91
André Jean Faucon. Device. Sable, a falcon close, in chief a comet fesswise, in base two barrulets engrailed and invected Or.
There are two problems with the device. First, it conflicts with Artus (Papworth, p. 304), Sable, an eagle close Or, and with Anne Gaverel d'Avesor, Sable, a peregrine falcon close, belled and jessed Or, orbed gules, maintaining in dexter foot a fountain. In each case there is only one CD for the addition of the secondaries. Second, given that all of the charges have what amounts to the same visual "weight", this is effectively "slot machine heraldry", with three different types of charge in a standard heraldic arrangement. 12/91
Andrea of Snow Roses.
The byname is not a reasonable locative. As Lord Badger noted, while each of the two parts of the byname were used in period, they were not used in the same kinds of bynames. To be used in a period manner, snow would have to be a reasonable discriptive adjective to apply to roses. Barring documentation of such a use in period, this must be returned. 10/91
Andrew Buchanan. Device. Bendy sinister of eight argent and gules, a sword bendwise inverted counterchanged and in sinister chief a thistle slipped and leaved purpure.
The counterchanging of the sword on the field renders its identifiability extremely problematical. The silhouette is so broken up by the counterchanging across the bendy field that it becomes extremely difficult to identify, defeating one of the basic principles of period-style heraldry, quick identification. 11/91
Andrew Wyrmholde. Device. Per chevron Or and argent, in pale a dragon passant azure, breathing flame proper, and a gauntlet aversant sable, all within a bordure vert.
With three types of charge and six tinctures this exceeds the rule of thumb for complexity of XIII.1.a in the Rules for Submissions. This would be ever so much better if the gauntlet and bordure were azure. 08/91
Angela di Firenze. Device. Azure, two rainbows in pale proper.
Conflict with Pfull (Woodward, p. 114), Azure, three rainbows in pale proper. There is one CD for the change to the number of the charges. 12/91
Angela Sara Maria Diaz de Valdes. Badge. [Fieldless] A gem ring Or set with six emeralds vert, overall a galleon sable, sailed gules.
We need documentation that this type of ring (with stones all the way around the outside edge) is period, not to mention the need for documentation that the raised settings for the stones on the ring are period. 10/91
Angela Sara María Díaz de Valdés. Blazon correction. Paly of eight gules and Or, three towers in fess sable.
As a number of commenters noted, we normally do not blazon the number of traits in a paly field unless there is some overriding need to. Paly fields are most commonly of six or of eight, and neither needs to be blazoned. 05/92
Angharad Chy a tyr Sterrenow. Badge. [Fieldless] A rose between three mullets of four points one and two azure.
This fieldless badge consists of disparate charges without even a unifying visual theme, in violation of RfS VIII.5, Fieldless Style ("Fieldless armory must form a self-contained design"). 01/91
Angrim the Unreasonable. Badge. Argent, goutty de sang, a skunk tergiant proper and overall three barrulets indented gules.
This design (as is almost any "road-kill" heraldry) is obtrusively modern, in violation of RfS VIII.4. 10/90
Angrim the Unreasonable. Device. Azure, two towers in pale between two bears combattant argent each maintaining a sword Or.
Conflict with the Burgh of Rose Hearty (Public Heraldry, p. 6), Azure, two bears combattant argent, muzzled gules, supporting between their paws a cinquefoil argent. There is one CVD for the addition of the towers, but their small size in relation to the bears means that they cannot be counted as the primary charges under X.1. The muzzling of the bears and the maintained cinquefoil of Rose Hearty are not sufficient for the second necessary CVD. 11/90
Angus of Blackmoor. Device. Argent, a stag's skull caboshed within a bordure sable.
Conflict with Snokishull (Papworth, p. 909), Argent, a buck's head cabossed sable, tips of all attires Or. There is a CVD for adding the bordure, but the differences between a buck's skull and a buck's head cabossed are nearly non-existent. 9/90
Angus of Blackmoor. Device. Sable, two suns Or, on a chief triangular argent a stag's skull sable.
This is not a chief triangular. Nor is it a pile, per chevron inverted, or chaussé. It is somewhere between all of these and as such cannot be registered. If he wishes to resubmit with a real chief triangular (that is to say, extending down into the field only about half as far as this does), we would be happy to reconsider this. 7/91
Anna Mitrofavnova. Device. Purpure, a cat sejant within a bordure argent.
Conflict with Freydís ór Thelamörk, Purpure, a fox sejant within a bordure argent. There is one CD for the change to the type of primary, but X.2 does not apply here. 6/92
Anna of Emporshire. Name.
The locative is composed of two different languages in a single word, and no documentation was submitted showing that either English shires could be formed with the name of a foreign city or that formation of a shire name in English would drop that final vowels before "-shire". Would the submitter consider simply using the documented city Emporiae? 01/91
Anna Zauberkünsterlin. Device. Or, a fox rampant gules wearing a fool's cap vert, in chief three golpes one and two all within a bordure dovetailed sable.
With four types of charge in five tinctures, this exceeds the complexity limits of RfS VIII.1.a. This would probably be acceptable if the client would make the color of the bordure one of the other colors already used in the device. (Either gules or purpure would probably work best.) 05/92
Anna Zauberkünstlerin. Device. Or, a fox rampant gules wearing a fool's cap vert and three golpes in chevron.
The "fox" is unrecognizable as such. It has a very distinctive lion's tail and the hood obscures the head where a lion's mane would normally be. If it is really a fox this conflicts with James the Fox, Or, a fox rampant guardant gules, with one CD for adding the golpes (they are purpure on the large emblazon, not blue [hurts] as blazoned in the LoI). If treated as a lion this conflicts with Gryffudd (Papworth, p. 82), Or, a lion rampant gules, by the same count. 11/91
Annabella Kirkpatrick. Device. Argent, a saltire engrailed sable and on a chief gules three doves migrant argent.
Conflict with Johnston (Papworth, p. 1064), Argent, a saltire engrailed sable, on a chief gules three cushions Or. There is one CD for the changes to type and tincture of the tertiaries. 02/92
Annabelle Marie Fitzsimmons. Device. Sable, a natural rainbow proper between in chief two pansies Or and in base a swan naiant argent.
Technical conflict with Laurel Venustas di Firenze (SCA), Sable, a rainbow proper between in chief two crosses crosslet fitchy and in base a rose slipped and leaved Or. There is only one CVD here, for the change in type to all of the secondaries. While the precedent in the Cover Letter of 6 September 1990, p. 2, defines the bottommost of three charges around an ordinary as half a group for purposes of counting difference, a rainbow is not an ordinary. Additionally, the natural rainbow proper also has extremely poor contrast with the sable field, enough so that its identifiability is significantly reduced. The submitter is advised to use an heraldic rainbow (on a sable [color] field, banded Or, gules, vert and argent) when she resubmits. 01/91
Anne de Silva. Device. Vert, two chipmunks sejant respectant proper supporting between them an acorn Or.
The chipmunks, being mostly brown, have very poor contrast with the vert field (color on color). 04/91
Anne des Sept Monts. Device. Azure, a fess indented on the upper edge Or and in chief a dove volant argent.
Conflict with Percy (Papworth, p. 702), Azure, a fess indented Or, as cited in the LoI. While there is a CVD for the addition of the secondary in chief, changing the complex line of division on the lower edge of the ordinary is not worth a second. (See the return of John Richard de Holloway, November 1990 LoAR for more discussion of this issue.) 01/91
Anne des Sept Monts. Device. Azure, a dove volant argent and a base indented Or.
Conflict with Kreis (Renesse, Volume I, page 408) Azure, a dove volant argent. There is only one CD for the addition of the secondary. 4/92
Anne Redlocks. Device. Azure, in bend two fleurs-de-lys Or and in bend sinister two swans naiant argent.
Though the field has but a single tincture, the appearance of marshaled arms is overwhelming. The eye tends to "draw" the quarterly division even though each of the "quarters" is azure. 12/90
Anne Winterskye.
Conflict with Anna of Skye (SCA). As much as we sympathize with Lord Dragon's position, we cannot bring ourselves to go along with his arguments because of the way that the Rules for Submission are worded. The only consistent interpretation that we could make was to consider Winterskye to be the addition of an adjective to the noun Skye (or sky). 7/91
Annes Clotilde von Bamburg. Device. Per chevron gules and vert, a chevron embattled between three crosses botonny Or.
Conflict with Parkins (Papworth, p. 412), Azure, a chevron embattled on the top between three crosses crosslet fitchy Or. Evidence was presented that period heralds saw no difference between crosses and crosses fitched, nor did the modification of the bottommost limb of four appear to give adequate visual difference to grant a CVD. 10/90
Annyse Lionstone. Device. Gules, a Latin cross pomelly sable fimbriated and surmounted in base by a lion passant Or.
Conflict with Braunston (Papworth, p. 614), Gules, a cross pommetty voided Or. There is a CVD for the addition of the overall charge, but changing the tincture only of what is effectively a tertiary charge (the voided area of the cross) is insufficient for the second. 06/91
Ansgar of Aachen. Device. Quarterly Or and sable, a mullet of four points counterchanged.
Conflict with Eleanor Leonard (SCA), [Fieldless] A mullet of four points distilling a gout. There is only one CVD, for fieldlessness. 11/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Athena Herald Extraordinary.
Conflict with the Order of Athena, registered to the Barony of the Angels. 7/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Rapier Herald.
Conflict with Silver Bear Rapier Company, registered to Jean de Clermont. Removal of the string of adjectives is insufficient per RfS V.2. 3/92
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Rapier Herald.
Conflict with the Carolingian Rapier Company. 05/91
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Sable Falcon Herald.
Conflict with the Falcon Herald. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient. 7/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Iris Herald.
Conflict with the Blue Iris Pursuivant and aural conflict with the Ibis Herald (to the extent that one commenter even wrote Ibis for this submission). 7/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Badge for Award of the Sable Falcons. [Fieldless] A falcon sable jessed sable and Or maintaining a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable.
Conflict with Meryck (Papworth), Per fess azure and purpure, in chief a hawk holding a fleur-de-lys sable; with Ernton (Papworth, p. 297), Argent, an eagle close sable; with Corbett (Papworth, p. 295), Argent, a raven sable; and with De Weert (Woodward, p. 262), Argent, a falcon sable hooded, lined and membered Or. In each case there is only one CVD, for fieldlessness. 9/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Sable Comet Pursuivant.
Conflict with the Comet Pursuivant. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient. 7/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Sable Thistle Pursuivant.
Conflict with the Scottish Order of the Thistle. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient. 7/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Argent Lion Pursuivant.
Conflict with Lyon King of Arms. Per V.1 and V.2, addition of an adjective is insufficient. 7/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Bofors Pursuivant.
Given the common usage in the SCA of calling the holder of an heraldic title "Lord X" or "Lady X", heraldic titles taken from real-life places falls under the Prohibition of Landed Titles of Corpora (Appendix C, Administrative Rules of the College of Arms). 11/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Sigil Pursuivant.
Conflict with the Order of the Sigil of Æthelmearc. 11/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Estoile Pursuivant.
Currently registered to the West Kingdom. 7/90
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for White Raven Pursuivant.
Conflict with House White Raven. 05/91
Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Title for Oerlikon Pursuivant.
Given the common usage in the SCA of calling the holder of an heraldic title "Lord X" or "Lady X", heraldic titles taken from real-life places falls under the Prohibition of Landed Titles of Corpora (Appendix C, Administrative Rules of the College of Arms). 11/90
Anthea Maecenas. Name and badge for House Warrington. [Fieldless] A cross couped gules irradiated Or.
Warrington is a real place in the middle ages and should not be registered to a single individual in the SCA. The badge conflicts with the insignia of the International Red Cross, not by our rules, but by theirs. As stated in Corpora Appendix A, "the Society recognizes the absolute precedence of law issued by civil authorities over any of its internal rules." International treaty severely restricts the use of a cross couped gules, and this takes precedence over any of the Rules for Submission, including those for difference, of the SCA. 02/92
Antigone Racine. Device. Per pale sable and gules, a dulcimer hammer palewise Or surmounted by two needles in saltire argent.
No documentation was included for this form of dulcimer hammer, nor does it match the form of dulcimer hammer documented in previous registrations. Without such documentation we cannot register this form of dulcimer hammer. 3/92
Antoine le Rêveur. Device. Per pale argent and sable, a rose gules and a rose argent, each slipped, leaved, barbed and seeded proper, stems crossed in saltire.
Both visually and technically this is in conflict with Diarmaid ap Gwilym (SCA), Per pale argent and gules, two roses slipped, the slips enarched and entwined along the line of division, counterchanged, seeded counterchanged". There is one CVD, for the change to the field. The change to the slips from what is essentially "in pall" to in saltire is not sufficient to generate the second CVD, especially given the poor contrast of one of them against half the field. Visually, the resemblance is just too strong as well. 11/90
Anton Embriaco del' Lupo. Name.
Withdrawn at the request of Star. The submitter's name was registered (from a Meridien letter of intent) in May 1989 as Antonio Embriaco del Lupo. 9/90
Anton Tremayne. Badge. Checky argent and sable, a cross bottony and a bordure gules.
Conflict with Chysual (Papworth p. 634), Argent, a cross crosslet fitchy within a bordure gules. There is a CVD for the field but nothing for the difference between crosses crosslet and bottony or for the fitching of the lower limb. 7/91
Anton Tremayne. Badge. Checky argent and sable, a cross botonny gules.
Conflict with Brereghly (Papworth, p. 604), Argent, a cross botonny gules, and with Gullat (Papworth, p. 614), Or, a cross botonny gules. In each case there is only one CVD for the change to the field. 9/90
Aodh Adendra Marland. Name and device. Sable, seme of compass stars, a tree eradicated argent, leaved of flames proper.
The use of the Greek Adendra here is more than mildly eccentric. The use of a Greek adjective (as opposed to a Greek name element) in the middle of an Irish/English name seems unlikely. We would prefer to see some evidence of at least a pattern of similar naming practices in period. As for the device, there are a couple of problems. Even on the large emblazon, the compass stars are not so much a semy as they are in orle. Further, they vary radically in size. Additionally, the charge registered to her husband's household is not a tree of flames; it is in fact two charges, a tree blasted argent and in chief flames Or. Thus, the primary on this proposal is not grandfathered nor is it period style, and we will need evidence of its compatability with period style before we may register it. 11/91
Aoibheall Dylon. Badge. Sable, a dragon rampant environed of a crescent argent.
Since the crescent is fairly clearly the primary here, this conflicts with Densel, Sable, a crescent enclosing an eight-pointed estoile argent. Were the dragon considered the primary, this would conflict with Alexander Greylorn, Sable, a dragon segreant, incensed of icy breath, and a chief rayonny argent. 7/90
Aoibheall Dylon. Device. Sable, a pall inverted and voided between in chief two dragons rampant and in base a crescent argent.
Conflict with Urho Waltterinen, Sable, on a pall inverted argent a chevron rompu sable. There is one CVD for the addition of the secondaries, but we could not in good faith grant another for the difference between a pall inverted "charged with a chevron rompu" and a pall inverted "charged with a pall inverted". 7/90
Aonghas O hAonghusa of Stratafon. Device. Per chevron argent and gules, two boar's heads couped close, each resting on a torse, sable and a lion rampant reguardant Or.
The fact that each boar's head rests on a torse makes each one a crest. "You cannot use a crest as a charge." (Wilhelm von Schlüssel, LoAR 26 May 1983, p. 19. See also LoAR of 21 February 1984, p. 11) 01/91
Aquila Blackmore. Device. Argent vêtu ployé gules, a mullet sable within a bordure argent.
As drawn, the emblazon shows the bordure overall. If the client would redraw this so that the corners of the vêtu are not cut off by the bordure, this design would be acceptable. 02/92
Arafel of Caerlleon. Name.
The name was submitted as invented by C.J. Cherryh (in The Dreamstone). However, the name there was used only by an elf (the last living one in that world), and hence not suitable for humans. The purported derivation by Cherryh of Arafel from Aoibheil seems extremely unlikely. And although the two themes of the name, "ara" and "fel", appear in Searle's Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum (pp. 72 and 240, respectively), the fact that they appear without any examples of their use in actual names (and that they are not in his extensive list of themes on pp. xv-xix) makes them suspect, to say the least. (Searle seems to indicate that "-fel" may be a misreading of "-wulf", and "ara" refers the reader to "Haraldus", where it is more clearly not a protheme.) The Anglicized form of Caerleon has only a single "l" (and it does make a difference in pronunciation). 3/91
Arianna Kateryn Nunneschild. Device. Gules, a stag rampant between three decrescents argent.
Conflict with Martellini dit Della Cerva (Renesse Vol. 2, Page 480), Gules, a stag rampant argent. There is only one CD for the addition of the secondaries. 02/92
Arianwen ferch Lawen. Device change. Azure, a falcon striking within a bordure embattled argent.
Conflict with the Shire of the Osprey (SCA), Azure, an osprey stooping within a laurel wreath argent. There is one CVD for the change from laurel wreath to bordure, but a visual comparison of the birds' positions demonstrated that they are too close to allow the necessary second one. 02/91
Ariel O Raithbheartaigh Floinn. Device. Argent, on a mullet vert a lynx's face argent.
Conflict with Ciarna d'Avignon, Argent, ermined vert, on a mullet vert a fox's mask argent. There is one CD for the field, but the change of type only of the tertiary, particularly since they are both animal's heads in the same position, is not sufficient for the second. 01/92
Arielle of Dragonwyck. Device. Argent, a fret vert, overall a dragon dormant purpure.
There was a severe problem even on the full size emblazon with the identifiability of the overall charge. (See RfS VIII.2: "All armory must have sufficient contrast to allow each element of the design to be clearly identifiable at a distance.") The submitter might consider a different position for the dragon: passant or statant would make it much more readily identifiable. 10/90
Arienne of Greylyn. Name.
Since "arienne" (by the submitter's own documentation) is a French word (meaning "follower of Arius"), we need documentation for the use of Arienne as a name. As the submitter's forms allowed no changes, we could not subsitute the similar sounding, documented form "Ariane". 8/90
Arima Jinsuke Shirotora. Device. Sable, a Bengal tiger salient argent marked sable between two gores argent.
The gores are incorrectly drawn, even for a roundel-shaped field: they would not be symmetrical along the fess line, but would touch in base. Conflict with Arbouin (Papworth, p. 93), Sable, a lion rampant argent. In keeping with the precedent set by Mistress Alisoun in the LoAR of December, 1989, there is not a CVD for the difference between a lion and a natural cat (of any size). 10/90
Armuin of Dunvegan. Name.
The submitter's own documentation is very clear that "armuin" is a title meaning "steward", "warrior", or "hero". It is not a given name. Would he consider the similar sounding (but documented) name "Ermyn" (Reaney's Dictionary of British Surnames, under "Armin" - "Ermyn Donetoun, 1327")?. 01/91
Arnkatla Solveigardottir. Device. Vert, a sea-ewe naiant and a bordure wavy argent.
Conflict with Kaylitha Rhiannon of Southhaven, Vert, a sheep courant within a bordure wavy argent. There is one CD for the difference between a sheep and a sea-ewe, but X.2 does not apply. 02/92
Arnkatla Solveigardottir. Device. Vert, a sea-ewe naiant argent.
Conflict with Lambert (Papworth, p. 97) Vert, a lamb argent. There is a CVD for changing the lamb to a sea-lamb but the consensus among the commenters was that X.2 does not apply here. 08/91
Artemidore de la Coeur Sincere. Device. Per chevron argent and sable, two fleurs-de-lys and a stag courant counterchanged within a bordure engrailed gules.
Conflict with Nelson, Per chevron argent and sable, three fleurs-de-lys counterchanged. There is a CVD for the addition of the bordure, but nothing (at this point in time) for changing type of one of the three primaries. 7/90
Artemisia Lacebrayder. Device. Gules, a senmurv between three lace-making bobbins palewise Or.
The secondaries were unrecognizable as lace bobbins, even by some familiar with them through use. This is being returned for redrawing. (The senmurv was quite recognizable, and is not a problem.) 12/90
Artemisia, Principality of. Name for Order of the Papillon of Artemisia.
Conflict with the Papillon Pursuivant. 11/90
Artemisia, Principality of. Name for the Artemisian Tank Corps.
The name here is intrusively modern. The fact that the individual elements may be period (though with different meanings than the submitters are desirous of) is overwhelmed by the modern connotations of the phrase. 02/91
Artemisia, Principality of. Name and badge for Order of the Pillar of Artemisia. [Fieldless] A sprig of sagebrush bendwise vert surmounted by a Doric column argent.
The name conflicts with the Order of the Pillar registered to the Barony of the Bridge, and with the Order of the Pillars of Ansteorra. The "sprig of Sagebrush" is drawn identically to a sprig of laurel. Given that, we would appreciate documentation that what was drawn on the emblazon is the correct leaf shape and placement for sagebrush. 11/90
Artemisia, Principality of. Badge for Order of the Golden Feather of Artemisia. [Fieldless] A feather palewise Or.
Conflict with Dáshive Luciana d'Avignon (SCA), Purpure, an ostrich plume Or. There is one CVD, for fieldlessness, but the change to type of feather is not worth a second. 11/90
Artemisia, Principality of. Badge for Order of the Gryphon's Talon. Sable, on a pile throughout Or, a talon issuant from chief sable.
Conflict with Gabriel (Papworth, p. 1023), Sable, on a pile Or, billets 4, 3, 2, and 1 of the field. There is only one CVD, for changing the type and number of tertiaries. 11/90
Artemisia, Principality of. Badge for Order of the Gryphon's Heart of Artemisia. Sable, a winged heart, wings displayed and inverted, Or.
Conflict with Samby (Fairbairn's Crests, p. 419), A winged heart Or. There is only one CVD, for fieldlessness of the crest versus the field of this proposal. 11/90
Artur Haun. Name.
No one could document Haun even as a Welsh word, much less as a name or name element. One commenter stated that "Haun is on page 213 of Bahlow", but without any further information, and with no way of doublechecking that source, we could not determine whether Haun was appropriate for use here. 4/92
Arval Benicoeur. Badge change. A fountain.
Conflict with Richard Tyler of Swiftwater, Per fess indented Or and azure, masoned Or, in chief a fountain. There is only one CVD, for fieldlessness. 12/90
Arven Atwater. Device. Per bend gules and sable, on a bend between a crescent bendwise sinister and a natural seahorse bendwise Or three trefoils palewise vert.
The device is right at the very limits of the rule of thumb for complexity with four tinctures and four types of charge. That, in combination with the nonstandard posture of any of the charges (with the sole exception of the bend), pushes it over the edge of acceptability. 12/91
Aryana van Wyck. Device. Or, a dove volant wings addorsed azure grasping in its beak an olive branch vert.
Conflict with Williams (Or, a falcon volant azure), as cited in the LoI. There may possibly be a CVD for bird type here (see my comments above on the return of Bran Gwyn ap Caw ap Maelgwn (Calontir) for a fuller explanation), but certainly not the substantial kind of change required by X.2. 01/91
Asa Guthröthsdottir. Device. Argent, a bend sinister azure between a maiden statant to sinister, proper crined Or vested vert holding a sword and a loom sable.
There are two problems with this device. The first is complexity. We have four charges and six tinctures which exceeds the rule of thumb of VIII.1.a. The second problem is the identifiability of the charge in base. It is not a recognizable loom. If it is meant to be an inkle loom, we need documentation for its existence in Period in this form. 08/91
Ashikawa Kameko. Badge. [Fieldless] A turtle sable.
Conflict with Esslinger (Siebmacher plate 51), Or, a turtle sable. There is one CD for the change of fielded to fieldless. We share Lord Trefoil's doubts regarding dismissing conflicts from the Matsuya Piece Goods Store on a "pick and choose" basis. As we have said before regarding some of the names in Withycombe or armory in Fabulous Heraldry, we are unwilling to start making lists of exceptions to standard references. The clear conflict with Esslinger simplifies matters this time; however, unless and until Matsuya can be shown to be unreliable in a manner similar to, say, Loughead, we will continue to use it for conflict checking. 11/91
Aslaug of Nidaros. Badge. Gules, a drinking horn fesswise reversed distilling gouttes, in chief three ansuz runes conjoined at the base in pall inverted Or.
Conflict with Hornacot, (Papworth, p. 949), Gules a bugle horn stringed Or. There is only one CD for the addition of the secondary charges in chief. By prior Laurel precedent (in the decision on the current Laurel's badge), the addition of the gouttes is not significant enough to count for a CD. 01/92
Atenveldt, Barony of. Badge for the Performing Arts Guild. Gules, a triple-tiered arch argent.
Conflict with Arches (Papworth, p. 351), Gules, three arches conjoined in fess argent, caps and bases Or. There are no CVDs between these two pieces of armory. 08/91
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Change of device for Crown Heir's Arms. Azure, a sun in his splendor Or within a laurel wreath argent and in chief a crown of three greater and two lesser points Or, overall a label argent.
As several commenters noted, Laurel precedent will not allow us to register the Kingdom arms with a label to the heirs of the Crown. See LoAR of 31 October 1984, p. 16, for a fuller discussion of this issue. There is, however, no bar to the heirs of the Crown bearing this device with the permission of the Crown. 08/91
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the King's Gauntlet of Atenveldt.
Conflict with the Award of the King's Gauntlet of Ansteorra. Perhaps a letter of permission to conflict could be obtained. 01/91
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Defenders of the Dream, the Lions of Atenveldt.
The name of the Lions of Atenveldt is already registered per the Cover Letter to the June 1990 LoAR. Does the kingdom really want to add the non-period style descriptive in front of the currently registered order name? 01/91
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Queen's Cypher of Atenveldt.
Conflict with the Order of the Queen's Cypher of both the East and West Kingdoms. Perhaps a letter of permission to conflict could be obtained from each of these kingdoms. 01/91
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Badge for the Order of the Lions of Atenveldt. [Fieldless] On a sun Or, eclipsed azure, a lion's head cabossed Or.
Because this is effectively "[Fieldless] On a sun Or, a hurt charged with a lion's head cabossed Or", the lion's head is effectively a quaternary charge, and therefore exceeds our layering limits. There was also some question as to whether this conflicts with Townsend (Papworth, p. 1100), Azure, a sun in glory Or. The azure "eclipsing" is nearly hidden behind the lion's head, which itself greatly resembles the face on a sun in its glory. 01/92
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Badge for the Order of the Lions of Atenveldt. Per pale argent and azure, a lion's head cabossed and a bordure Or.
Conflict with Caitlin MacDonnell, Vert, a lion's head erased affronty Or, gorged of a wreath of thistles purpure slipped and leaved vert within a bordure Or. There is one CD for the field, but nothing for cabossed versus erased affronty, and the gorging on Caitlin's device does not have the weight of a tertiary charge and so cannot add difference here. 05/92
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Name for Order of the Legion of the Sword of Honor.
The order name here does not appear to follow any Period order name that anyone could find. The use of multiple nouns modifying other nouns creates a semantic nightmare. Depending on how one interprets the structure of the various phrases in its name, this could be considered to conflict with the Order of the Sword or with the Legion of Honor. 01/92
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Light of Atenveldt. Per pale aregent and azure, a sun in its glory and a bordure Or.
Conflict with Fridrikr Tomasson av Knusslig Hamm, Barry wavy argent and azure a sun within a bordure Or. There is one CD only for the change to the field. 6/92
Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Azure Archers of Atenveldt. Azure, a sun in his splendor Or within seven pheons in annulo, points outward, argent.
Conflict with Alden (Papworth, p. 1100), Azure, the sun in splendor Or, and with Townsend (Papworth, p. 1100), Azure, a sun in glory Or, and with Abraham (Papworth, p. 1100), Azure, a sun Or. In each case there is one CD for the addition of the secondaries. 01/92
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Badge for Queen's Champion. [Fieldless] Two tridents in saltire Or, surmounted by an escallop erminois, between four roses gules, barbed and seeded proper.
Please do not use the term "ermines", as it is confusing. In this case (as with the submission of Bebinn of Bury St. Edmonds) the fur was actually erminois. (The SCA normally uses the term counter-ermine for the fur British heralds call ermines.) From a study of the way the ermine spots were drawn, it appears that the emblazon was submitted upside down on both the LoI and the submission forms. This is being returned because it is a fieldless badge having disconnected charges of two tincture classes, color and metal. This has not been allowed for some time (this precedent was, in fact, written into the old rules as AR13b). Additionally, it is very busy for a badge, with seven charges of three types and four tinctures. 7/90
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Title for Conch Pursuivant.
Conflict with Conk Pursuivant, listed in the 1987 Armorial. 3/92
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Name and badge for Office of the Chatelaine. Azure, a ring of two keys and a chief wavy argent.
The name is far too generic to register to a single group. The badge needs to be submitted on a roundel, not an escutcheon, as it is not a device. 04/91
Avacal, Principality of. Device. Quarterly argent and Or, a griffin segreant maintaining a sword and arrow gules, the sword environed of a laurel wreath vert.
Conflict with Nearnes (Papworth, p. 980), Argent, a griffin segreant gules holding in each claw a key proper. There is one CD for the field, but nothing for the assorted maintained charges. There were several other Papworth and Woodward conflicts, mostly "(Field), a griffin segreant gules". Additionally, a number of commenters expressed concern that the laurel wreath did not constitute "a significant element of the design", as required by the Administrative Handbook, I.D.2. 4/92
Avacal, Region of. Device. Quarterly argent and Or, a griffin segreant maintaining a sword and arrow gules, the sword environed of a laurel wreath vert.
The name is registered as a herald's title to the kingdom of An Tir. No paperwork was received for a designator change. While in the past arms have been registered to the regions of Ansteorra and Calontir, a number of commentors questioned whether this is a precedent we should still follow. In a discussion with the Chairman of the Board of Directors, she recommended against the registration of the names and armory of regions. Might we suggest that the region send in the paperwork for a change in status to that of principality? 7/91
Averick of Glen Rowany. Device. Purpure, a chevron between two triskeles of armored legs and a lion dormant argent.
Conflict with Guiell/Gurell (Papworth, p. 397), Purpure, a chevron between three eagles displayed argent and with Archever (Papworth, p. 376), Purpure, a chevron enarched argent. In each case there is only a single CVD, for change or addition of the secondaries, respectively. 10/90
Aylwin Greymane. Device. Azure, two chevronells between in chief a compass star between two increscents and in base a compass star, all argent.
Conflict with Chawers (Papworth, p. 541), Azure, two chevrons argent. There is only one CVD, for the addition of the secondaries. 11/90
Aynia Morgainn of Morgannwg. Device. Gules, a pile sable, fimbriated, and semy of Jerusalem crosses, Or, overall a hummingbird rising, wings elevated and addorsed, argent.
The primary here is not drawn as a pile (which may be fimbriated), but as a chaussé field (which may not). A bigger problem is complexity: the semy of crosses of Jerusalem lose their identifiability on the "pile". The submitter might try simple "crusilly". Finally, the hummingbird is somewhat in trian aspect. While this alone might not have been grounds for return, she might as well correct it when she resubmits. 10/90
Aziza al-Ghazaala. Name.
Returned for a lack of submission form. (Sorry, this was not caught when the Laurel packet was processed. Mea culpa.) 11/91
Ælfgar the Irrepressible. Device. Barry and per pale gules and checky sable and argent.
Conflict with Payto (Papworth, p. 52), Barry of six argent and gules, per pale counterchanged. There is one CD only for the change from argent to checky sable and argent. 02/92
Ælfreda æt Æthelwealda. Device. Vert, a fret and on a chief enarched Or three mascles vert.
Conflict with Robinson, (Papworth P 87) Vert, fretty Or, on a chief of the second three escallops ermine. There is a CD for the changes to the tertiaries, but by prior Laurel precedent nothing for the change between a fret and fretty, nor for enarching the chief. Please see the Miscellany section of the Cover Letter attached to this LoAR for Master Baldwin of Erebor's statement regarding using Papworth (or more properly, Papworth's blazons) as evidence that period heralds did, or did not, consider a fret different from fretty. 01/92
Æthelmearc, Consort to the Heir of. Device. Gules, an escarbuncle argent, in chief three roses Or.
This was pended from the April Laurel meeting. As stated then by Mistress Alisoun, "as status of the heirs is not recognized by Corpora, we do not feel it appropriate to register arms for the 'office'."8/90
Æthelmearc, Heir to Coronet of. Device. Gules, an escarbuncle argent, in chief a label Or.
This was pended from the April Laurel meeting. As stated then by Mistress Alisoun, "as status of the heirs is not recognized by Corpora, we do not feel it appropriate to register arms for the 'office'."8/90
Æthelmearc, Principality of. Transfer of heraldic title of Sycamore Herald.
Heraldic titles are registered to kingdoms (Administrative Rules, I.C.3). The East Kingdom may certainly designate this title to the use of the Æthelmearc Principality herald, however.
East, Kingdom of the. Name for Order of the Silver Blade.
Conflict with the Brotherhood of the Blade, registered to Sir Hugh the Undecided. Addition of the adjective is insufficient. 10/90
Baldred Elphinstone of Torwood. Device. Argent, on a fess azure between three hunting horns sable stringed and banded gules a palm tree couped argent.
Conflict with Rodway (Papworth, p. 828), Argent, on a fess azure between three bugle horns sable, as many roses Or. There is one CD only for the change to the tiertiary(ies). 11/91
Bartek Ruhiger. Device. Azure, an oak tree eradicated and on a chief argent three estoiles azure all within a bordure argent.
In spite of the registration of a bordure and chief in the same tincture some time back noted in the LoI, a similar combination was disallowed in the LoAR for the January 1991 Laurel meeting. It was noted there that a chief should not be used with a bordure of the same tincture as it will give the visual effect of a bordure with a fat top. Nor does period armory give much precedent for such a combination, as the vast majority of exemplars there go out of their way to demarcate the two charges by tincture, line of division, or both. As has often been noted, we follow the general practices, not the exceptions. 10/91
Bartholomew Kidwelly. Device. Per bend sinister sable and gules, a falcon striking, wings elevated and addorsed, maintaing a sword fesswise argent, a chief embattled Or.
Conflict with Teamhair nic Uilliam, Per bend sinister sable and gules, a gerfalcon striking, wings elevated and addorsed, argent, maintaining in its talons a fireball all within a border engrailed Or. There is a CD for changing the type of peripheral charge, but nothing for the posture of the primary or the maintained charges. 11/91
Basil Rattenbury. Device. Per chevron argent and vert, two trees eradicated proper, fructed gules and a mouse rampant to sinister argent.
Conflict with Philip of Ghent, Per chevron argent and vert, two fir trees eradicated and a hawk stooping counterchanged. There is only one CVD, for the change to type of the primary charges. X.2 (Sufficient Difference) cannot apply between two types of trees. 06/91
Bébinn an Ghleanna. Device. Argent, on a bend vert between a cross crosslet fitchy and a cat sejant erect guardant sable, three trefoils palewise argent.
Conflict with May (Papworth, p. 277), Argent, on a bend vert between two bucks heads cabossed sable, three roses of the first, and with Lloyd (Combined Ordinary, p. 78), Argent, on a bend vert three wolves heads erased argent. In each case there is only one CVD for the change to type of the secondaries. If the client would make the secondaries on this proposal identical (two crosses or two cats), we could apply X.4.j.2. and grant the second CVD for change to type of the tertiaries against both these arms. 9/91
Bedwyr ap Gwrgant Amaethon ap Rhain. Badge. [Fieldless] A scythe argent surmounted by a savage's head couped proper distilling gouttes de sang.
The effect of the combination of scythe, severed head, and blood issuing from the neck are simply too much. 11/90
Bei Ga An. Name.
No documentation was submitted confirming either the structure of the two character given name or that Ga could be so used. No commenters were able to find Ga as a name element. 11/91
Benedetta de Spenser. Name change from Benedetta Despencer.
The registration of Robert de Spencer of Wessex noted in the LoI appears to have been in error, but was based on commentary received at the time only, as no one included photocopies of the documentation. The documentation as cited by a number of commenters (no photocopies this time either) does not support the requested spelling change. 05/92
Berengaria of the Hounds. Badge. [Fieldless] On a cross flory gules a fleur-de-lys Or.
Conflict with Walcote (Papworth, p. 65), Argent, on a cross patonce gules five fleurs-de-lys Or. There is one CD for fieldless versus fielded, but nothing for the difference between a cross flory and a cross patonce, nor anything for the change to number only of the tertiary charge(s). 11/91
Berenger Nachtwulf von Mainz der Spieler. Device. Vairy en point argent and sable, on a bend sinister wavy azure between two chess rooks, a stag's attire Or.
The complex line of division of the primary is nearly impossible to identify on the multi-tinctured field. Would the submitter consider using a straight line of division on the bend sinister? 04/91
Berengière Fortescue. Device. Argent, a hawk displayed purpure and on a chief sable three roses argent.
Conflict with Hill (Papworth, p. 309), Argent, an eagle displayed double-headed sable, on a chief of the second, three roses as the first. There is a CVD only for the tincture of the primary. 7/91
Bertrand Lamont. Device. Sable, a cross dovetailed gyronny vert and argent.
Conflict with Stone (Papworth, p. 621) Sable, a cross raguly Or. There is a CVD for the tincture of the cross, but nothing for the difference between raguly and dovetailed. 08/91
Bianca Soderini di Firenze. Device. Argent, three piles in point vert and overall a phoenix facing sinister gules rising from a base of flames proper.
Conflict with Bryan (Papworth, p. 1027), Argent, three piles vert. Addition of the overall charge is only one CVD (per X.4.c). 04/91
Bjarni Kenhelm. Device. Argent, two eagles' wings conjoined and displayed gules, each terminating in a hand, maintaining in chief two axes crossed in saltire, heads to chief, sable hafted proper.
Conflict with Fitz-Payne (Papworth, p. 1122), Argent, two wings conjoined gules, with a CVD for the addition of the very large "maintained" charges. 02/91
Bjolfr Standali Vilmundarson. Badge. Per pale vert and purpure, three keys in pall wards outward and widershins Or.
Conflict with Beheim (Siebmacher, plate 66) Gules, three keys in pall wards outward handles linked by a triangle voided all Or. There is a CD for the field, but the triangle linking the three keys is the equivalent of a maintained charge and thus insufficient for a second Difference. 11/91
Bjorn Holvarsson. Name.
No submissions forms were included in the Laurel packet for this submission. 04/91
Björn Ráthvaldsson. Name and device. Pily bendy argent and azure, a tree couped proper and a bordure vert.
Though the name was submitted on the LoI as above (well, with an edh instead of a "th"), the submitter's forms quite clearly have "Bjorn Ragnvaldson" (without the umlaut in Bjorn). Given that the submitter would not allow corrections to grammar or spelling (though he would to translation), we feel compelled to return this so that the confusion regarding the submitted name can be straightened out "in kingdom". The device conflicts with Barony of Forgotten Sea, Argent, ermined, a poplar tree, its roots nowed in the form of a Ukranian trident head inverted, all within a border vert. There is one CVD for the field but nothing for the type of tree, frou-frou around the roots, or the brown trunk (less than half of the charge). 10/91
Blaan Wilhelm von Bamburg. Device. Argent a tree proper and on a chief sable a demi-sun Or.
Conflict with O'Murchoe (Papworth, p. 1114), Argent, a thorn tree fructed proper, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant Or. There is a CVD for the tincture of the chief, but nothing for the change to type only of the tertiary. 11/90
Blackmoore, Shire of. Name.
Conflict with Blackmoore, name of the second supplement published by TSR games to the original Dungeons and Dragons. The Administrative Handbook Protected Items F notes that locations which play a significant role in the action of the modern literary work (of any genre) in which they appear will be protected. As a consequence, in spite of the five English Blackmoors, we are having to return this for conflict with the TSR entity. 9/91
Blackstone Mountain, Barony of. Name.
Conflict with Mountain Confederation. By prior Laurel precedent, addition of the adjective Blackstone is insufficient to clear the conflict. 12/91
Borimir Dimitrian. Device. Per pale gules and vert, a horse passant within a bordure argent.
Conflict with Moyle (Papworth, p. 115), Gules, a mule statant within a bordure argent. There is one CD for the change to the field. Conflict also with Hirano, et al. (Hawley's Mon, p. 57), (Dark), a horse statant (light). There is a CD for the addition of the bordure. 12/91
Borkr Hálftroll Thorbjarnarson. Device. Sable, a bear Or and a ram argent combattant.
Conflict with Berton (Papworth, p. 61), Sable, a goat rampant argent. There is one CD for the addition of the bear. 02/92
Bran Gwyn ap Caw ap Maelgwn. Device. Azure, a raven and a trimount argent.
Conflict with Michelgrove (Papworth, p. 304), Azure, a goshawk argent. There is one CVD for the addition of the trimount, but we could not see a second for the difference between a raven and a goshawk in an identical posture. Regarding the statement made in the return of the Shire of An Dubhaigeainn, November 1990, it would have been clearer (and more accurate) had I said that there is no difference between two types of birds of similar shape or silhouette in identical postures. Thus this submission does not conflict with Longford (Papworth, p. 296), Azure, a sheldrake argent, with CVDs for type of primary and addition of the secondary. (Even Laurel on one of his bad days can tell the difference between a raven and a duck!). 01/91
Brand the Black. Name For The Black Company.
Conflict with the Black Company, the name of a mercenary company in a continuing series by Glen Cook, the first book of which has that as a title. The applicable rule regarding protecting this is in the Administrative Handbook, Protected Items D, "Names ... of Major Characters from Literary Works". The subtext to this rule makes it clear that the Black Company falls into this category. This is an exact conflict. 4/92
Brandric Rockslayer. Name.
Rockslayer is not a reasonable epithet, nor is "rock" a reasonable alternate spelling of "rook." 06/91
Branwen of Barnhamwood. Name and device. Argent, on a chevron between two crosses crosslet sable and an oak tree eradicated proper a raven argent.
Conflict with Temple (Papworth, p. 481), Argent, on a chevron sable five birds of the first beaked and legged gules; Frewod (Papworth, p. 482), Argent, on a chevron sable an escallop of the first; Alfray (Papworth, p. 483), Argent, on a chevron sable a fleur-de-lys of the first; Trewlove (Papworth, p. 485), Argent, on a chevron sable a quatrefoil of the first; and others. In each case there is a CD for the addition of the secondaries, but nothing for changing the number or type only of the tertiary. (X.4.j.ii does not apply here because of the dissimilar secondaries.) 3/92
Brénainn ó Murchadha de Ros Comáin. Badge for The Brothers Martial of the Cross Damasson. [Fieldless] Four swords conjoined in cross, those in pale at the points and those in fess at the hilts, proper between four crosses saltirewise couped argent.
This fieldless badge consists of disparate charges without even a unifying visual theme, in violation of RfS VIII.5, Fieldless Style ("Fieldless armory must form a self-contained design"). 01/91
Brendan de la Rue. Device. Argent, crusily vert, on a torteau a unicorn rampant guardant argent.
The unicorn is unidentifiable as such in a guardant posture, as its most unique identifying feature, the horn, is entirely lost against the head. We recommend using a normal rampant, and using fewer and larger crosses for the semy on the field; more like on the miniemblazon in the LoI rather than those on the large emblazon form. 01/91
Brian du Bois Breton. Badge. [Fieldless] A stag's head erased contourny Or.
Conflict with the British 91st AGRA (MilOrd #759), Vert, a stag's head in trian aspect to sinister Or. There is one CVD for fieldlessness, but nothing for the change to erased contourny from trian aspect to sinister, which is, after all, only a slight turn of the head. 12/90
Brianna Arielle Durand. Device. Per fess azure and argent, a compass star elongated to base argent and two piles inverted in point azure.
Visual conflict with Regin Bran Haraldssonn (SCA), Azure, three piles inverted conjoined in point and in chief three mullets of four points one and two, argent. While there is sufficient technical difference, the visual similarities of the two devices is extremely strong, with the greatest visual difference being only the number of mullets in chief. 02/91
Brianna Ashirvagh. Device. Sable, on a mullet of eight points throughout argent, eclipsed sable, a fox's mask argent.
Though blazoned as "pierced", the primary was drawn as eclipsed, a much more significant change. As such, this is four layers, in violation of RfS VIII.1.c.2. It also conflicts with Rathnarr Blaiddgwyn (SCA), Sable, a wolf's head caboshed within a sun eclipsed argent. There is at very best one CD for change of type of primary, and it is questionable whether we should even allow that much for the difference between a mullet of eight points and a sun. 4/92
Brianna ni Connachaidh. Badge. [Fieldless] On a gurges azure, a celtic cross Or.
Fieldless badges cannot use charges which issue or are defined by the edge of the field. The gurges is such a charge, and therefore may not be used on a fieldless badge. 4/92
Bríd uí Chon na Mara. Device. Azure, on a bend bretessed between two open penannular brooches bendwise sinister Or, a bendlet vert.
Conflict with city of Armaugh, Urban District Council (Public Heraldry), Azure, on a bend embattled between in chief a primatal cross and in base a harp Or, a bendlet gules. There is only one CVD for the change to type of secondaries. 9/91
Brighed O'Dáire. Device. Vert, a Celtic triquetrum brooch and a chief triangular argent.
The Celtic triquetrum brooch has been deemed unacceptable for registration in the SCA (see the LoAR of June 1991, p. 17). 4/92
Brighid O'Mainnin. Device. Or, a ferret's head couped affronty proper within an orle of blackberry vine vert, fructed purpure. (Mustela furo)
There were two problems here: one is the identifiability of the "ferret's" head as distinct from any other kind of beast's head in this position. The other is that ferrets appear to have no single defined "proper" tincture, but can vary according to the season, etc. 02/91
Brikti macMór. Name change from Astrid Ragnarsdottir av Arvika.
The grammar of the name is incorrect: Brikti is the genitive form and it needs to be the nominitive here. This would appear to be Brigid, or perhaps (in Manx) Bridey or Breeshey. The surname is probably acceptable, as MacMore is noted in MacLysaght. However, it would be more likely as nic Mhór. 10/91
Brion Gennadyevich Gorodin. Badge. [Fieldless] A mascle, overall an ermine spot argent.
While the style of ermine spot is not a problem here, when two charges of the same tincture overlap to this degree, their identifiability is reduced to an unacceptable degree. 02/92
Bronwyn of Kidwelly. Device. Azure, a tree eradicated, its roots surrounding a heart, all within a bordure embattled argent.
Conflict, both technical and visual, with Christopher de Lockewood (SCA), Azure, an oak tree eradicated within a fetterlock, all within a bordure dovetailed argent. There is a CVD for removing the fetterlock (a secondary charge on Christopher's device), but nothing for the addition of the heart (which gets lost in the roots). As noted by Mistress Alisoun on a similar design, a heart encircled by tree roots is extremely poor style. (LoAR of May 1989). 01/91
Bronzehelm, Shire of. Device. Azure, a helm Or, a chief indented and overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.
Charges should not surmount a chief. This has been a policy held since the tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel. 01/92
Brownwen D'Arcy of Stratafon. Device. Azure, a dove volant to sinister, wings addorsed, argent and issuant from base a demi-sun Or.
Though technically clear, there is visual conflict with Nyilas Kázmér (SCA), Azure, a goose volant, wings elevated and addorsed, argent, issuant from base a demi-sun Or. A dove flying to sinister simply looks too much like a goose flying to dexter without close inspection. 02/91
Brynhildr Kormaksdottir. Augmentation of device. Or, a Norse serpent nowed gules, as an augmentation, gorged of a ring Or.
Having checked the files, it is very clear that Brynhildr's registered device, as listed in the Armorial and Ordinary, is correct; that is, Gules, a Norse serpent nowed Or. Thus, this augmentation has no contrast at all with the charge upon which it is placed making it effectively invisible. 7/91
Brynna nic Adam. Name.
The evidence for Brynna is extremely weak. No evidence was adduced that this follows standard naming practices. If the Camden citation for Brynnae or if a Latin form Brynnus can be found, then this name should be acceptable. Until such time, however, we are forced to return it. 12/91
Burke Kyriell MacDonald. Change of badge. [Fieldless] A sun or eclipsed of the field and overall a compass star elongated in pale argent.
It is not possible to eclipse something "of the field" on a fieldless badge. 02/91
Cadfael the Mordacious. Name.
We did not receive the form for this name submission in the Laurel packet. (Lords Gold Falcon and Saker, I apologize for not having contacted you about this. I missed the flag from my Administrative Assistant. Not catching it and informing you is my fault, and I am sorry.) The meaning for Mordacious in the OED is dated to 1650 which is at the outer limits of our "grey area". Could you interest the submitter in the documentably Period term "Mordant"? 08/91
Cadi ferch Bradwen. Device. Chevronelly of four gules and azure a pegasus rampant to sinister Or.
This field division in two colors is not allowed by the Rules for Submissions VIII.2.b.iii. Additionally, there is a conflict with the U.S. 103rd Observation Squadron (Military Ordinary #950), Azure, a pegasus rising to sinister in adumbration Or. There is only one CVD, for the change to the field. 11/90
Caelinn nic Lochlainn. Name change from Caroline ó Cainnigh.
Conflict with the already registered Caitilin ni Lochlainn. 04/91
Caer Daibhidh, College of. Name appeal of Laurel return and device. Argent, on a pale azure, a plate indented within a laurel wreath overall counterchanged.
Per V.4, the name does not conflict with the College of Saint David. However, the name still has the problem of mixing two languages into a single phrase, and their documentation does not really support the combination here. Were the name involved here of Gaelic origin, then their arguments might be stronger; however, David is a borrowed name, which appeared in different forms in the two languages used in the name submitted. That "David" would have been preserved in a form such as this is not supported by the evidence. The device conflicts with a badge for the Kingdom of Caid, Argent, on a pale azure a crescent argent. The roundel needs to be drawn with fewer, and much bolder, "indents". 7/90
Caerthe, Barony of. Badge for Order of Sable Lion of Caerthe. Sable, on a sun Or, a lion's jambe erased bendwise sable.
Conflicts with Dernley (Papworth, p. 1100), Sable, a sun in splendour Or, and with Rale (Papworth, p. 1100), Sable, the sun Or, with only one CVD for the addition of the tertiary. Conflicts with Jean-Louis de la Bête (SCA), Sable, on a sun Or a lion rampant reguardant sable, all within a ressure demi-flory Or, and with Eleric Sonn Hvittann (SCA), Sable, on a sun Or an anvil sable, within a bordure Or, with a CVD for deleting the secondary, but nothing for change of type only of tertiary. 8/90
Caid, Kingdom of. Title for Merlon Herald.
Aural conflict with the Merlyne Pursuivant (England). 11/90
Cailean macCullough. Name and device. Pily bendy sinister argent and sable, a two-handed sword gules.
The name conflicts aurally with the already-registered Colleen MacCollough. The device conflicts with Dymock (Papworth), Argent, in pale a sword gules, with but a single CVD for the changes to the field. 01/91
Cairenn of CúáRuadh Keep. Name.
Cairenn as spelled here appears to be a unique name, that of the mother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. CuáRuadh Keep does not appear to follow the pattern of using an anglicized Irish name in an English style place name (such would much more likely be something akin to Conroe Keep). 08/91
Caitlin de Fernon. Device. Per pale argent and azure, a tree blasted and eradicated counterchanged.
Conflict with Daniel of Glenmore, Per pale argent and azure, a pine tree counterchanged. While there is clearly a CD for the difference between types of trees, X.2 does not apply between trees. That X.2 should not apply between blasted and regular trees should be even more apparent given that in period many trees were drawn with empty branches each terminating in a single oversized leaf, rather than the "cotton candy" form of leafy foliage we see more commonly today. 11/91
Caitlin of Argyle. Name for the Fellowship of the Horse.
Conflict with Master of the Horse, registered to the Barony of Bhakail (only the "invisible" designator is changed), as well as Sea Horse Pursuivant (with only the removal of the adjective). 04/91
Caitlin Ravenlock. Device. Sable, a pale and a chief argent, a griffin passant overall Or.
"Surmounting a chief is not period heraldry and may not be heraldic even today. No charge should surmount a chief, wholly or partially, in SCA heraldry." (Wilhelm von Schlüssel, LoAR of 22 March 1983, p. 13). 01/91
Caitlín Caimbeul. Name.
Conflict with the already registered Catherine Campbell. These two are effectively the same name; one is Anglicized. Kathleen, a more direct Anglicization, is considered a diminutive of Catherine, and we do not count difference for diminutives from their longer forms. 01/92
Caitrin ni Ruaidhri. Badge. Vert, on a flame argent, a thistle purpure.
Conflict with Michael Bjornson, Vert, a viking longship sable upon flames of fire argent. There is only one CVD, for changing the type and tincture of the charge on the flames. 7/90
Cala of Savatthi. Device. Gules, in pale a butterfly and a lotus flower in profile argent.
The "lotus flower", documented in the LoI from Chinese pottery, is not reproducible from the blazon. Those submitting heraldry should be reminded that period art styles are not necessarily registerable period heraldic styles. If the client would consider resubmitting with a standard heraldic lotus in profile, none of the commenters mentioned any conflicts. 6/92
Caoimhe Fionnarun ni Roibaird bean Mhichil mac Aoidh. Name.
The name has some minor grammatical problems and no one was able to document a pattern which would allow the construction of the name Fionnarun. Since the submitter allowed no changes whatsoever to the name, we were unable to drop the problematic element or to make the minor grammatical corrections. If the submitter would consider the suggestions made by the commenting heralds, a corrected construction would appear to be Caoimhe ní Roibaird bean Mhichíl mhic Aoidh. 4/92
Caoimteach Fuolchu dhe Buitseach. Name for Household Weordful Beag.
The submitter's name does not appear to be registered, and therefore we cannot register the household name. Additionally, the household name itself does not appear to be formed in a grammatically correct manner for Anglo-Saxon nor to make grammatical sense as a name ("House Worthy Ring"). 3/92
Cara Michelle DuValier. Device. Sable, four fleurs-de-lys in cross, bases to center, and a bordure Or.
Conflict with Lascelles (Papworth, p. 636), Sable, a cross flory within a bordure Or. Because of the arrangement of the primaries, we cannot apply X.2 to grant sufficient difference between this arrangement of four fleurs-de-lys and the cross flory. 9/91
Carmenette Rosiá Diez de Rodriguéz.
There were a number of issues regarding the name which we could not settle at the Laurel meeting. No evidence was presented to demonstrate that Carmenette is a Portugese name (the client's forms claim that the name is Portuguese, not Spanish). The LoI added two accents which the client's forms do not have and deleted one which they do. No evidence was given for the construction of the byname (indeed the only documentation presented were the client's statements regarding the name. No photocopies of any kind were included in the Laurel packet). We are returning this for rework and/or additional documentation by the client for the individual elements and the overall construction of the name. 12/91
Caroline Forbes of Oxfordshire. Badge. [Fieldless] A boar's head erased purpure.
Conflict with the badge of Hugh de Vere, Earl of Oxford, A boar's head, found in Fox-Davies' Book of Badges, p. 132. Conflict also the Zimbabwian 5th Brigade (Special Forces), [Fieldless] A boars head erased. This last is used in all of the standard heraldic tinctures and some of the stains. 4/92
Carolingia, Barony of. Designation for the Borough of Huntington Greene.
We have strong doubts about the propriety of the College registering an unofficial designation like "borough" to an SCA group, past registration notwithstanding. If it's a household, let's call it a household and register it to the head of the household. If it's a geographic group like a canton or shire, let's register it as a canton or shire. 01/91
Carolus Mediocris. Name and device. Azure, a martlet volant bendwise argent and in chief three mullets of four points Or.
This is a joke name much on the order of Decrease Mather, Ivan the Not-So-Terrible, and Richard the Chicken-hearted, all of which have been returned for being joke names far too allusive to the historical Increase Mather, Ivan the Terrible, and Richard the Lionhearted, respectively. By the same token, this is far to allusive to Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne). The device conflicts with Lang (Papworth, p. 307), Azure, a dove rising holding in its beak an olive branch proper, in chief a mullet between two crosses formy Or. There is one CD for the change to type of the secondaries, but nothing for the slight change in position of the primary. The primary identifying feature of a martlet, its lack of feet, is here hidden by the position of the wing. 11/91
Cassandra la Sable. Badge. Argent, semy of snowflakes sable, a hawk striking to sinister proper.
Conflict with Malcolm mac Ruairidh of Blackoak, Argent, a raven striking to sinister gules. There is one CD for the semy. In this position the only difference between a hawk and a raven is the nearly invisible curve of the bill. 11/91
Cassandra Louise Marchand. Device. Ermine, a swan volant sable within an orle of violets slipped and leaved proper.
This was returned before in part because the orle of flowers was too similar to the restricted wreath of roses. This issue has not been addressed in the resubmission, and so this must be returned once again for this reason. It was suggested that if the submitter would clearly separate the individual flowers in orle, that this would probably remove the problem. 9/90
Cassandra Löwenstahl. Name and badge. [Fieldless] A mullet inverted gules, surmounted by on a mullet Or, a lion's head erased sable.
Löwenstein and Löwenthal do not appear to be sufficient precedent for allowing Löwenstahl. "Lion-rock" and "Lion-valley" are clearly toponymics; "Lion-steel" is not. The badge has too many layers. The Rules for Submission do not allow quaternary charges, which the lion's head here is. 12/91
Cassandra Northcliffe. Device. Or, a bimount and on a chief vert three lamps Or.
Conflict with Reynolds (Papworth, p. 566), Or, on a chief vert three lions rampant of the first and with Crompton (Papworth, p. 587), Or, on a chief vert three pheons of the first, as cited in the LoI. The bimount, as a peripheral charge, is not a "primary charge" as defined in the Glossary of Terms, and thus X.1 and X.2 cannot be invoked. 9/90
Cassandra of Kendal. Badge. [Fieldless] On a trefoil slipped vert three hearts points to center argent.
The radial arrangement of the tertiary charges is not period style, and their placement makes this effectively "a shamrock vert, voided argent", which is not permissible because it becomes effectively "thin-line" heraldry. 02/92
Cassandra of Kendal. Device. Sable, a bow and arrow drawn and sinister facing and on a chief argent three trefoils vert.
Conflict with Ragnar Thorbergsson, Sable a drawn bow fesswise arrow knocked and on a chief argent, three trees eradicated proper, as cited in the LoI. There is one CD for the orientation of the primary charge but the change to type only of the tertiaries is not great enough to apply X.4.j.ii., and comparing the two emblazons graphically demonstrated the overwhelming visual similiarity between these two devices. 05/92
Cassandra Villiers. Device. Potenty gules and argent, a base purpure, overall a fireball and a bordure Or.
Just as one should not have a charge overlying a chief or flaunches, a charge overlying a base is not registrable. If the client would consider placing the primary charge entirely on the field, there does not appear to be any other bar to registration. 05/92
Castell Daibhidh, College of. Name and device. Argent, on a pale gules a roundel indented, overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.
The name mixes languages in a single phrase, and no evidence was presented that it is possible to mix English and Scottish Gaelic in this way. The easiest and smallest fix would be Caisteal Dhaibhidh. The device conflicts with the Shire of Politarchopolis, Argent, on a pale gules a griffin segreant argent, overall a laurel wreath counterchanged. There is at best one CD for the change of type of the tertiary. 12/91
Castillos del Oro, Los, Stronghold of. Device. Azure, chapé ployé barry wavy argent and azure, a chevron ployé, in base a castle, overall a laurel wreath, and a chief embattled all Or. 06/90
This is far too "busy" for the period style we are trying to emulate. Additionally, charges should not overlie chapé lines of division; this submission has two that do, the chevron and the laurel wreath. Would they consider something simpler, along the lines of "Barry wavy argent and azure, a pale ..."?. 06/90
Caterina Angélique Coeur Noir. Device. Quarterly Or and gules, a heart sable, between in bend sinister a lion rampant and a horse rampant Or.
Three different charges in a standard heraldic arangement is disallowed by XIII.1.a. 7/91
Caterina de Chantal. Device. Purpure, a centaur rampant guardant maintaining a harp and on a chief argent, two recorders in saltire sable.
No emblazon form was submitted with this submission. My staff apologizes for not catching this early enough to correct the problem before the Laurel meeting. 10/91
Catherine de Mares. Device. Quarterly azure and papelonny azure and argent, three annulets linked in pall inverted Or.
Conflict with Fushiki, et al. (Hawley's Mon, pg 85), Dark, three rings interlaced one and two light. There is one CD here for the field (quarterly vs. plain). Lord Laurel is confused by the misunderstanding some commenters seem to have regarding the difference between fieldless and tinctureless armory. Fieldless armory gets a CD for fieldlessness; tinctureless armory (SCA, not mundane) acquires one CD for fieldlessness -- the other CD must come from a class other than tincture (RfS X.4.d). Japanese mon, while tinctureless, are not fieldless; thus, they cannot be granted the fieldlessness difference. Addition or removal of charges, field and charge divisions (since mon appear only to have used solid fields and solid charges), complex lines, all contribute difference from mon. Fieldlessness does not, unless the SCA armory being considered against it is fieldless, in which case the SCA armory, not the mon, gets a CD for fieldlessness. 01/92
Catherine of Wessex. Device. Vert, a unicornate pegasus rampant and on a chief Or two mullets vert.
Conflict with Quinn (Papworth, p. 985), Vert, a pegasus volant and a chief Or, there is one CVD for he addition of the tertiaries. There was some discussion as to whether or not we should continue the long standing ban against unicorn horse hybrids. While the conflict sighted above makes this issue moot, Lord Laurel is interested in everyone's opinion. Should we allow unicornate pegasi in SCA heraldry? 08/91
Catherine the Merry. Device. Azure, on a bend sinister wavy bretessy between a domestic cat sejant guardant and a fools cap Or, three hens palewise azure.
Submitted on the LoI as "wavy bretessy", a better blazon would be "wavy counter-wavy". However, neither really describes this non-Period treatment of a bend nor has such a treatment been previously found to be compatible with Period practice (see RfS VII.2 and VII.6). 12/91
Cathleen of Greystones. Device. Vert chapé embattled, a pine tree eradicated argent.
Conflict with Hastur (Fabulous Heraldry, pg. 42), Azure, a fir argent. There is one CD for the changes to the field. Additionally, there is some question among the commenters as to whether we should allow any complex lines besides ploye on a chapé field. 02/92
Catriona á as Gaoth. Name.
The byname is both grammatically incorrect and nonsensical. "Catriona the out of the wind" does not make sense in any language we could think of. 6/92
Catriona Mairghread nic Dhuibh of Moray. Badge. [Fieldless] A closed pair of scissors palewise argent issuant from flames in base proper.
Withdrawn by the client. 12/91
Catriona Mairghread nic Dhuibh of Moray Badge. [Fieldless] On a flame Or, outlined gules, a closed pair of scissors inverted argent.
The scissors here are metal on metal. As the flames are primarily Or with only outlining of the points of flame in gules, the contrast of the scissors against the flames is insufficient for identifiability. 02/92
Catriona O'Ceirin. Device. Argent, a domestic cat dormant guardant sable and in chief three shamrocks vert.
Visual conflict with Robin Freawine (SCA), Argent, a natural leopard dormant sable and in chief an ivy vine wavy fesswise throughout vert. The visual similarity of these two devices, with the black "meatloaf" cats in nearly identical positions (right down to the tail!) with "green leaves" in chief, was overwhelming. 12/90
Cedric Raedwulfing Fithelere. Badge. [Fieldless] A quaver azure.
In keeping with prior Laurel rulings on this issue, just as a badge may not consist solely of a single letter, neither may it consist solely of a single abstract symbol. 02/91
Cedrin Etainnighean. Badge. Gules, a sword palewise environed by a vol all within a bordure Or.
Conflict with Torrin the Wanderer, Per pale gules and azure, a sword palewise between two wings displayed all within a bordure Or. There is one CD for the change to the field only. 4/92
Cedrych Ladyman. Device. Gyronny argent and azure, a mullet within a bordure sable.
Conflict with Ansteorra, Or, a mullet of five greater and five lesser points within a bordure sable, as cited in the LoI. There is one CVD for the change to the field. The removal of the lesser points of the mullet, particularly given the fact of near unidentifiability of the mullet on the azure portions of the gyronny field, are not worth the necessary second CVD. 7/90
Ceidrych ap Gryffydd ap Cynan o'r Wyddfa. Name.
The name is a claim to descent from Gryffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwenedd of which y Wyddfa is the highest point. 10/90
Ceinwen of Land's End. Badge. Azure, a compass star and a bordure embattled argent.
Conflict with the Barony of Rivenstar (SCA), Azure, a rivenstar argent. There is one CVD for the addition of the bordure, but as was determined more than a year ago, there is no difference between a compass star and a rivenstar. 08/91
Celyna Eolas Astaraiche. Name and device. Vert, three mullets in bend between an open book and a sheaf of arrows inverted, Or.
"Acquaintance traveller" is not a reasonable epithet or byname in any language we could think of. The device is visually confusing: were all of the charges the same, it would be blazoned simply as five mullets. As it is, in spite of blazoning the mullets in bend as primary charges, it looks like slot-machine heraldry, having three types of charge in a standard heraldic arrangement (in saltire), for which reason we are returning it. 11/90
Ceridwen ferch Cynddelw ap Tanno Gwynedd. Device. Or, a cross masculy interlaced gules within an orle of oak leaves vert.
Conflict with Tindall (Papworth, p. 975), Or, five mascles in cross gules. There is a CVD for the addition of the orle of leaves, but the difference between the two crosses is insufficient for a second. 02/91
Ceridwen ferch Owayne. Alternate persona name for Marguerite de Beausant.
The byname is not appear to be formed correctly for French and no one could come up with a form which was close. (Considering that the polite French word for buttock is fesse she might consider Bellefesse, which of course would then open up a wide variety of possibilities for canting armory to go with the name.) 7/91
Ceridwen ferch Owayne. Badge. Sable, a cup argent charged with a heart gules, all within a bordure Or.
Conflict with the East Kingdom Cooks Guild, Sable, on a chalice argent a cross patty gules. There is one CVD for the bordure (which needs to be much wider) but nothing for the change to type only of the tertiary (a goblet is not a simple geometric charge under X.4.j.ii). 7/91
Ceridwen Ynys Clynnog. Device. Ermine, a hare sejant sable within a bordure embattled divided per fess gules and sable, in chief seven annulets conjoined in fess Or.
There are several problems with this device. The chain only in chief on the "bordure", is awkward to blazon, but the oversized middle link is too dominant to ignore. The combination of charging a bordure only in chief and at the same time dividing it on the per fess line makes this look much more like a divided field with a charge in chief and a charged inescutcheon (though one with an embattled edge). (See RfS VIII.3. Armorial Identifiability.) 4/92
Cerridwen of Raventree. Device appeal of Brigantia return. Per chevron sable and Or, a pentacle within an annulet and a unicorn passant to sinister counterchanged.
Despite Laurel's personal feelings on the matter, in formal and informal polls taken by a number of heralds (including Laurel) of both heralds and general populace members a significant percentage of Society members (in my poll, over half) had problems with the pentacle on the grounds of offensiveness because of association with black magic and "Satanism", especially given the recent publicity in relation to events in California in which inverted pentacles (only a 38 rotation of the charge) were prominently displayed in a number of newspapers and news magazines. Negative reactions ranged from being uncomfortable with the charge to a forthright "If I had to face that on the field I would not fight." As a consequence, I believe that a significant percentage of the populace finds the charge offensive and so cannot register it. 8/90
Chandelle Marie. Device. Sable, a lit candle and a bordure argent.
Conflict with the arms of Stefan in Murder at the War, Sable, a candle argent. There is only one CVD, for the addition of the bordure. 12/90
Charles Mandraco of Caernarvon. Name.
The Rules for Submission II.2, Constructed Names, notes that constructed forms "must follow the rules for formation of the appropriate category of name elements in the language from which the documented elements are drawn". We were not even given a language for the elements of Mandraco, though they appear to be English and Latin. We need the proper documentation before Mandraco, which appears to be an unlikely combination, can be registered. Might we suggest one of the following attested period forms: Mandragore, Mandrake, Mondrake, Mandragge, or Mandragon. 10/91
Charr ibn Bashshar. Name and device. Azure, on a fess argent between a lance fesswise reversed and a dagger fesswise Or, three snails contourny sable.
Unfortunately, there is a typographical error in the source used by the client. As was evident from an examination of the alphabetical listing in Compleat Anachronist #51, the name listed there as "Charr" should have been "Dharr". Although the client allowed minor changes to correct the spelling and grammar, we did not feel comfortable making such a correction where the pronunciation would be changed so dramatically as it would be here. The device conflicts with Adjer (Papworth, p. 786), Azure, on a fess argent three water-bougets sable. While there is a CD for the addition of the secondary charges, because they are not identical, revised X.4.j.ii. cannot be applied to give a second CD for the change to type only of the tertiaries. 05/92
Chelehnoura az Shiraz. Name and device. Or, eight candles in holders in annulo flames outward gules within an annulet of eight butterflies facing inward alternately azure and purpure.
The given was documented only as a combination of words, not as a name. If it is a made-up name, it needs to be shown how this follows Persian name formatio practices. Laurel documented "az" as "of" or "from", since the submitter didn't. The College does not register "non-heraldic-style" heraldry, nor were the elements of this submission documented even as period Persian artistic elements. 02/91
Christine des Chats Noirs. Device. Pean, on a sun Or, a natural panther passant to sinister sable.
Conflicts with Stefan of Seawood (SCA), Azure, upon a sun Or an eagle displayed sable, and with Akbar Khayamm (SCA), Pean, on a ball of flame Or a wolf's head erased sable. 8/90
Christoph von Wolfsburg. Device. Per bend sinister argent ermined vert and vert, in base a hawk's lure argent.
Conflict with Wingfield (Fairbairn's Crests, p. 511), A hawk's lure argent. There is one CVD, for fielded vs. fieldless, but nothing can be granted against a fieldless badge (which is what we have treated crests as) for position on the field. 9/90
Christopher Amber. Badge for House of Serpent's Keep. Vert, a sea serpent ondoyant-emergent Or.
The "sea serpent ondoyant emergent" has been returned before for non-period style (LoAR of June 1990, p. 13). Additionally, this is in conflict with Bloore (Papworth, p. 1043), Vert, a serpent bowed embowed debruised the head erect the tail torqued Or. There is only one CVD, for the position of the serpent. 11/90
Christopher Lyon. Device. Per pale and per chevron pean and purpure, a winged sea-lion regardant argent.
A per pale and per chevron field is not one of those which may be of two colors or two metals. Given that the SCA considers ermined fields to be of the tincture class of the underlying tincture, this is an unregisterable field. (Quarterly or per saltire would certainly be an acceptable field in these tinctures.) There is also a possible visual conflict with Arian Rowan of Featherfin (SCA), Gules, a winged sea-wolf, tailed as a fish erect argent". The submitter may wish to consider this and/or address it when he resubmits. 10/90
Christopher Morgan MacCathalain. Device. Per chevron argent and Or, both ermined azure, on a chevron gules, three enfields passant Or.
The charges on the chevron were quite clearly enfields, not talbots as stated in the letter of intent. Unfortunately, the device conflicts with Sigurd of Encboergaard, Lozengy argent and sable, on a chevron gules three caltraps Or, and with Robert de Bolton, Argent, on a chevron gules three lions passant guardant Or (Foster, p. 26). In each case there is one CVD for the field, but nothing for changing only the type of tertiary charges. Conflict also with Fiona Clare O Doinn, Counter-ermine, on a chevron gules a poppy argent between two others Or. There is a CVD for the field, but nothing for changing the type and 1/3 tincture of the tertiaries. (Lord Silver Trumpet also gives a long list of other Papworth conflicts which we will not cite here: they are all based on [Field], on a chevron gules three [charges] Or.) 7/90
Christopher Storm of Kintail. Device. Per chevron argent and vert, two oak trees fructed proper and an arm armored fesswise reversed grasping a claymore proper.
Conflict with Phillip of Ghent, Per chevron argent and vert, two fir trees eradicated and a hawk stooping counterchanged. As in the return of Basil Rattenbury in the June LoAR, there is only one CVD for the change to the type of the primary charges. X.2 (Sufficient Difference) cannot apply between two types of trees. 7/91
Cian the Smith. Badge for Clann an Chinn. Vert, in pall a key, a bell, and a sword, all Or, handles to center.
This is classic "slot-machine" heraldry, with three different charges in a standard heraldic arrangement. 8/90
Ciar Kamalah of Loughcrew. Name and device. Azure, three lotus blossoms in profile, slipped in pall, stems conjoined at center argent.
Per RfS III.2., we would need to demonstrate regular contact between the Irish and the Arabs to permit this mixed Irish Gaelic/Arabic Name. The large emblazon on the submission form had an unblazonable entity in the center of the shield which might be best described as three plates overlapped (a plate botonny?). With no way to describe it, we have not way to register it. 06/91
Ciar Lasse MacGregor. Device. Sable, an equal-armed celtic cross potent and on a chief Or three annulets sable.
The cross is not really potent: the crossbars at the ends of the arms are not the size which would normally be expected of "potent". As drawn here, they are part and parcel of the default for an equal-armed Celtic cross. As such, this does conflict with Tadhg Liath of Duncairn (SCA), Sable, an equal-armed celtic cross throughout and a chief Or, with one CVD for the addition of the tertiaries. 02/91
Ciar Reul. Device. Per pale sable and argent, vetu, a sun counterchanged.
The primary charge is not a sun. It is, if anything, an estoile in soleil. Were it drawn as a sun this would conflict with Jennet of Twominds, Per pale argent and sable, a sun in his splendor of the field rayed and featured counterchanged. As it stands the identifiability of the primary charged is drastically reduced by the counterchanging (witness that no one seems to have caught the fact that the primary charge was not a sun). 3/92
Cíara ní Mhaille. Device. Or, a swan naiant to sinister sable between three acorns vert.
Conflict with Western Australia (Neubecker, p. 212), Or, a swan naiant to sinister sable. There is a single CVD for the addition of the secondaries. 01/91
Ciaran MacDarragh. Name for House Tristatera.
The household name appears to be formed to refer to an object that does not exist. A triple balance is not a very plausible object. 02/92
Ciaran Redmane. Device. Per bend sable and vert, a horse's head couped argent maned gules fimbriated Or within a bordure argent.
There are simply too many problems with the emblazon here to register this and tell the submitter to "draw the X properly". The greatest difficulty comes with the mane of the horse's head which, rather than being of flames proper, is gules, fimbriated Or. The mane is far too complex to fimbriate. (And there is some question as to whether "maned of flames" is acceptable SCA style.) The suggestion by Lord Trefoil that we simply blazon the mane gules and tolerate its low contrast against the field as an artistic detail worth no heraldic difference will not work here. On this horse's head the mane is easily as significant as a pair of wings would be, and we would not allow them to break tincture either. 10/91
Ciáran Fionn Mac Cuillean. Name and badge for Wu Lung Household. [Fieldless] A lotus blossom affronty argent between in pale two oriental dragons statant unduly in annulo alternately argent crined sable and sable crined argent, and in fess the classic Chinese characters "wu" and "lung" sable.
While the submitter's dictionary documentation supported "wu" and "lung" as meaning "black dragon", there was some question of presumption, since the translation for "lung" here referred to "an emblem of imperialism". We would like additional documentation that there is not, indeed, any relation between "lung" as used here and the Chinese emperor. The badge is far too complex; it does not create a "self-contained design" as specified in RfS VIII.5 (Fieldless Style), and contains disconnected charges of both metal and color. We do not feel that the ban on fieldless badges containing disconnected charges of both metal and color, written into the old rules in AR13b, has been overturned by the new rules. 8/90
Ciáran Fionn MacCuillean. Device. Sable, semy of annulets argent, on a bottle per fess argent and Or a goblet azure.
Bottles came in a wide variety of shapes in period, and hence the emblazon may not be reproducible from the blazon. The specific variety of bottle shown on the emblazon is definitely post-period, so this must also be returned for using a non-period depiction. 01/91
Claire Félise de Forêtvert. Device. Vert, a fleur-de-lys within a bordure indented, flory at the inner points, Or.
Conflict with Jordanhill College School (Lyon II, p. 182), Vert, a fleur-de-lys Or. There is only one CD, for the addition of the bordure. 3/92
Clare Isibéal Séadhachán. Device. Vert on a chevron Or five bunches of grapes palewise purpure slipped vert and in base a Celtic triquetrum brooch Or.
A single 10-year old instance of the prior registration of a "Celtic triquetrum brooch" is not sufficient precedent to demonstrate either its compatibility or reproducibility. There is serious question about the recoverability of the emblazon from the blazon. 06/91
Clare Margaret di Cuneo. Device. Azure, a hare rampant between in fess two lilies slipped and leaved argent.
Conflict with Clelland (Papworth, p. 61), Azure, a hare salient argent round the neck a hunting horn vert garnished gules. There is only one CVD for the addition of the secondaries; nothing for the poor contrast maintained charge. 01/91
Clarissa Volontè. Device. Argent, a hammered dulcimer gules between three shoe soles sable.
The secondaries are not recognizable as "shoe soles" (and barely as "footprints"). The primary is extremely difficult to recognize for what it is supposed to be. As a consequence, we have to return this. 02/92
Claudia DuBois. Device. Argent, a martlet gules, a bordure rayonny sable.
Conflict with Karena del Falco, Argent, a falcon close gules. There is a CD for the addition of the bordure, but after a comparison of the emblazons we did not feel that a CD could be granted for type only of bird. 6/92
Claus of Burzee. Device. Gules, a fess conjoined to a demi-pale in chief all invected argent.
There is no problem with the fess conjoined to a demi-pale; it is definitely a period charge. However, it does conflict with Klosterneuberg, Gules, a fess conjoined to a demi-pale in chief argent. There is only one CVD, for the complex line of the charge. 01/91
Coeur d'Ennui, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Crashing Boar. Per fess nowy inverted argent and gules masoned argent, a boar's head gules.
Conflict with Eerdeswike (Papworth, p. 908), Argent, a boar's head couped gules, with one CD for the change to the field. There are several similar "[field], a boar's head gules", all with the same CD count. As Mistress Alisoun noted in the LoAR of January 1990, the Period nature of a nowy field line of partition is in question. We need clear documentation of its Period use before