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From the office of the Rampart Herald
Lady Alia Marie de Blois (Lillith Lesanges)
1223 Fruit St. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
alia@swcp.com - (505) 244-9525

UNTO François la Flamme, Laurel King of Arms, Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Pelican Queen of Arms, Zenobia Naphtali, Wreath Queen of Arms, Daniel de Lincoln, Laurel clerk, and the College of Arms upon this 27th day of November, A.S. XXXVIII (2003 CE), does Lady Alia Marie de Blois, Rampart Herald, send greetings.

On behalf of Mistress Tatiana Pavlovna Sokolova, White Stag Principal Herald, I offer the following submissions for registration. Unless marked otherwise, all submittors will accept all changes and have no authenticity requests.

1. Bella Porcellane. New name and new device. Argent, a sprig of belladonna proper within a bordure purpure ermined argent.
   Bella is found in "Italian Renaissance Women's Names" by Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor Vale (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/italian.html). Porcellane is found in the "Online Castato of 1427" (http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/catasto/newsearch/family_names.html). The full record (http://tinyurl.com/qsqi) , is for the name "Domenico Giovanni Porcellane".
   She cares most about the sound, and is interested in authenticity for "15th c. Italian" language/culture. Submitted as Bella de Porcellane, it was changed to match the documentation (which does not have 'de').
   It was noted in commentary that there may be a conflict with the O'Connor Don (December 1994) Argent, a tree eradicated vert, but I wish the opinion of the College and Laurel, et al. on the matter.
2. Caer Galen, Barony of. New Order name. L'Ordre du Poignard Noir.
   The barony's name was registered in May of 1980. This Order name is documented using "Project Ordensnamen" by Meredudd Cethin (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/order/) and Frederic Badger's "A Collection of Period Order Names" (http://www.nwlink.com/~badger/sca/ordernames.html). It is of the pattern (used in Project Ordensnamen") of "Color + Thing", and translates to "Order of the Black Dagger". Both 'dague' and 'noir' (noire is the feminine form) are found in period dictionaries on the ARTFL website (http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/newhome/ref/) - if you haven't seen this source, go look at it! In the Dictionarium latinogallicum (Robert Estienne, 1552 http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/ESTIENNE/), the header 'pugio' [which my modern Latin-English dictionary translates as 'dagger'] has the definition "Un poignard" and the header 'niger' [which is Latin for 'black'] is defined as "Noir".
   They will not allow major changes. Submitted as 'Order of the Sable Dagger', which used the heraldic tincture, the exemplars in Project Ordensnamen all use the standard color name. I informed them of this issue and, in consultation, they agreed to a fully French form which resolves the issue.
3. Caleb Stewart. New name and new device. Sable, a demi-rabbit argent issuant from a helm inverted affronty, and in chief three cups inverted Or.
   Caleb is found in The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names by Withycombe on page 57 under the header Caleb, dated to 1585. Stewart is found in A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney and Wilson on pages 427 under Steward, and is dated to 1370 and 1432 in this form.
   He will not allow major changes, cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "English" language/culture.
   At least one commentor found the combination of charges (issuant rabbit, multiple inverted charges) difficult to identify, and/or possibly modern, but this is not my call.
4. Elias Treviranus. New name and new device. Per chevron throughout vert and Or, two eagles and a tower counterchanged.
   Elias is found in "Late Period German Masculine Names" by Talan Gwynek (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/germmasc.html) under "Names from 16th Century Plauen". Treviranus is found in the Dictionary of German Names (Edda Gentry transl.) by Bahlow on page 513, which lists "Treviranus: a person from Trier (name from the Celtic tribe, Treveri)". Would this be better as 'Elias von Trier'?
   He cares most about the meaning ("A person from Trier") and the language/culture ("German"), and is interested in authenticity for "German" language/culture.
5. Fontaine dans Sable, Barony of. New heraldic title. Black Fountain Pursuivant.
   This group's name was registered in August of 1983. The primary charge on their device is a black fountain.
6. Gabriel de Morland. New name and new device. Azure, a bend sinister argent and in dexter chief a cross pattée concave Or.
   Gabriel is found in The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names by Withycombe on page 118, which dates it 1210. de Morland is a locative surname found in A Dictionary of English Place-Names by Mills on page 234, dated to 1140.
   He cares most about the meaning ("Strong man of God"), and is interested in authenticity for "English" language/culture.
7. Geoffrey fitz Robert. Device change. Quarterly azure and gules, a cross argent between four compass stars Or.
   His name was originally registered as Harold of Baumaris in August of 1991, and changed to Geoffrey fitz Robert on the March 2003 LOAR (and the old one released).
8. Halla in heppna Kn{o,}rsdóttir. New name.
   All parts of this name are documented from The Old Norse Name by Geirr Bassi. Halla is found on page 10. in heppna is the feminine form of 'inn heppni', which is found on page 22. Kn{o,}r is found on page 12, and the patronymic is formed according to the formation rules on page 17.
   She will not accept major changes, cares most about language/culture (unspecified, probably Norse), and is interested in authenticity for "9th-10th C. Hiberno-Norse" language/culture.
9. Maria Theresa Sanchez Garcia. New name and new device. Sable, a camel statant to sinister, in chief a crescent and on a base argent a fleur-de-lys sable.
   Both Maria and Theresa are documented from "A Partial List of Leonese and Castilian Given Names 1050-1200" by Diego Mundoz (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/diego/reilly.html), which lists both of those names, and from the section on Women's Given Names of "Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century" by Juliana de Luna (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/WomensGivenNames.html), which lists María and Teresa. Sanchez and de Garcia are both documented from the section on Surnames of "Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century" by Juliana de Luna (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/WomensGivenNames.html), which lists both Sanches/Sanchez and Garcia as patronymic surnames.
   She will not accept major changes, cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "13th-14th C. Spain" time period and language/culture. Submitted as Maria Theresa Sanchez de Garcia, the 'de' was dropped since Garcia is a patronymic and not a locative, and, although dropping the entire final element would help for authenticity, no major changes were allowed.
10. Marie Edeline. New name.
    All parts of this name are documented from "French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/paris1423.html). Marie is the sixth most frequent feminine name. Surnames are listed separately and Edeline is listed once in 1421.
    She will not accept major changes, cares most about the language/culture (unspecified), and is interested in authenticity for "French" language/culture. Her form notes that "If the surname must be changed, the client prefers it begin with an 'e'".
11. Odile Balestra. New name and new device. Quarterly azure and argent, two natural seahorses argent.
    Odile is found in Dizionari dei Nomi Italiani by De Felice on page 284 under the heading Odilia. Balestra is found in Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani by De Felice on page 68 under the heading Balestra.
    She will not allow major changes and cares most about the language/culture ("Italian").
12. Ormr bogsveigir. New name and new device. Per fess counter-ermine and vert, in pale a crescent inverted and a drawn bow fesswise nocked of an arrow Or.
    All parts of this name are documented from The Old Norse Name by Geirr Bassi. Ormr is on page 13. bogsveigir is on page 20, meaning "bow-swayer" or "archer".
    He will not accept major changes, cares most about the meaning (unspecified), and is interested in authenticity for "Viking" language/culture. Submitted as Ormr Bogsveigir, the byname was lowercased to match the current transliteration scheme for Norse names.
13. Randal Carrick. New badge. (Fieldless) A carrot Or leaved vert.
    His name was registered in January of 2001 via the Outlands.
14. Safya al-Mughanniya bint Ziyad al-Misri. New name and new device. Per pall argent, vert, and sable, a lotus flower affronty sable and two hands of Fatima argent.
    This name is entirely documented from Academy of Saint Gabriel report # 2651 (http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2651), which is a request from this submittor. Some relevant excerpts:
    -'The Arabic word for "[female] singer" is {al-mughanniiyah}';
    -'Men from Cairo seem to have been identified as {al-Misri} "the Egyptian" rather than "the Cairene" [7, 8]';
    -'We therefore recommend you use <Safya al-Mughanniiyah bint Ziyad al-Misri>'.
    She will not accept major changes and cares most about the meaning ("Safya the singer, daughter of Ziyad of Cairo").

I count ten new names, one new Order name, one new Heraldic title, eight new devices, one new badge, and one change of registered device for a total of 22 submissions requiring payment and a check (sent separately) to Laurel for $88.

serving Crown and Laurel, I am,
Her Ladyship Alia Marie de Blois,
Rampart Herald

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