Last modified: September 30, 2004


Outlands College of Heralds

From the office of the Rampart Herald
Lady Alia Marie de Blois
rampart@outlandsheralds.org

UNTO the members of the College of Heralds of the Kingdom of the Outlands, and all others who generously give of their time and talents in commentary on this Letter of Presentation, upon this 14th day of September, A.S. XXXVIII (2004 CE), does Lady Alia Marie de Blois, Rampart Herald, send greetings and those commendations which are appropriately due.

Anyone who wants to may send me a letter of comment regarding this Letter of Presentation. I prefer them via email.
Please send commentary to: alia 'at' swcp.com or the address above.
Please have your commentary on this letter to me by mid October 2004 - the Rampart decision meeting is scheduled for the second Thursday.

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September 2004 Letter of Presentation
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On behalf of Lady Sorcha MacLeod, White Stag Principal Herald, I present the following items for your consideration:

(Unless otherwise noted, all submittors will accept all changes, have no authenticity requests, and wish a name with the "common sense" gender, based on the submitted name.)

  1. Alzhbeta of Sighisoara. (Rio de las Animas) New Primary Name and New Device. Argent, four oak leaves in saltire stems to center vert, in base an acorn inverted proper, a bordure purpure.
    Alzhbeta is found in the "Dictionary of Period Russian Names" by Paul Wickenden of Thanet (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/) as a header form, with this spelling dated to 1211. Sighisoara is a town in Transylvania, a Romanian province, but the documentation for this doesn't show the title of the source. It's readily found as the current spelling of this town in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighisoara). However, I have no good sources for period Romanian place names - does anyone else? Also provided were some documents regarding the Romani (Gypsies) in Romania.
    She cares most about the meaning "keep a variation of Elizabeth" and the language/culture "14th century Wallachia", and is intersted in authenticity for "14th cent Wallachia" langauge/culture.
  2. Brian macc Fáeláin. (al-Barran) New Change of Registered Device. Per saltire sable and gules, a lion rampant argent between three mullets of eight points Or.
    His name was registered in February 2002 (via the Outlands), and his current device, Per saltire sable and gules, a tyger rampant argent between three mullets of eight points Or, was registered at that time. This changes the tyger to a lion.
    If this is registered, he wishes to release his old device.
  3. Caer Galen, Barony of. (Caer Galen) New Badge. (Fieldless) On a cauldron azure, a harp Or..
    The Barony's name was registered in May 1980. This badge is intended for the use of the Cooks Guild.
  4. Caleb Stewart. (Dragonsspine) New Device. Sable, a stag and a greyhound combattant Or.
    His name was registered in March 2004 (via the Outlands), and his device was returned at that time for indentifiability issues (there were several inverted charges, including one issuing a demi-rabbit). This is a complete reworking. However, I suspect that this is not a suitable depiction of combattant. Combattant is merely a shorthand term for "rampant regardant", meaning 'two creatures rampant and facing each other' as opposed to "rampant addorsed" (facing away from each other) or simply "rampant" (where they would both face the same direction). In a normal heraldic rampant regardant, the two creatures would not actually touch, since that implies action and movement, while heraldry is meant to be static, balanced, and still.
  5. Cecilia Wrenne. (Dragonsspine) New Primary Name.
    Cecilia is found in Withycombe on page 60, under the header Cecilia, Cecily, Cicely, with this spelling dated to 1197-1219, 1273, and 1428. It is also found in the "Brass Enscription Index" by Juliana Goodwyn (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/brasses/), and is dated to 1499 in this spelling (women.html). Wrenne is found in the same source (lastnameIZ.htm) in the W section, and is dated to 1511.
    She will not accept major changes, cares most about the language/culture and is interested in being authentic for "English 16th C" language/culture.
  6. Ceolwen aet Axanbrycge, change from Kymme Godric. (al-Barran) New Change of Registered Name and New Change of Registered Device. Per pale gules and sable, a pall ermine.
    Ceolwen is found in "Anglo-Saxon Women's Names from Royal Charters" by Marieke van de Dal (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem/) as a header form with this spelling dated to circa 900. Axanbrycge is found in the Oxford Dictionary of Place Names by A. D. Mills, on page 19 under the header Axbridge, and says specifically, "Axanbrycg 10th cent. 'Bridge over the River Axe'. Celtic river-name (meaning uncertain) + OE brycg". Also provided were copies of correspondence with Talan Gwynek about the addition of -e when following the preposition aet/of.
    She cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "8th-9th century" time period. If this name is registered, she would like to retain her old name as an alternate name.
    If this device is registered, she wishes to retain her old device as a badge.
  7. Friedrich Wilhelmsson. (Dragonsspine) New Primary Name and New Device. Quarterly sable and gules, three wings embowed conjoined in pall argent.
    Friedrich is found in "Late Period German Masculine Given Names" by Talan Gwynek (http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/germmasc/). Wilhelm is found in the same source in the alphabetical list from Arnsburg in the 15th C (arnsburg15.html), and is made into a patronymic by adding -sson (the forms note this as an "SCA allowable 'wierdness'(?) to add patronymic to surname").
    He will not allow major changes, cares most about the meaning "Son of Wilhelm" and is interested in authenticity for "Bavarian late 16th C" time period and language/culture.
  8. Gerhardt Drachenmacher. (Rio de las Animas) New Change of Holding Name. Gerhardt Drachenmacher.
    This exact name was returned in April 1999 by Laurel for lack of documentation of the byname, and the holding name Gerhardt of the Outlands was registered in its place. This time documentation was provided to show that a) kites in Germany are known as 'drache', meaning dragon, b) kites were known in Germany in our period, and c) both 'macher' and the "noun-verb" construction of occupational bynames exists in German names.
    Included was a page from the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica with the entry on Kite-flying, which says, in part, "(called kites, after the bird -- in German Drache, dragon)". Also included was a page from Kites Sculpting the Sky, by Tsutomu Hiroi, which says "In the fourteenth century, kite-flying on horseback was in vogue among the German military". Lastly, a number of citations from Bahlow's Deutsches Namenlexikon, specifically the entries on page 101 (Drache, with C. Drache dated to 1357), page 327 (Macher(t), and Mach(e)leidt, which is dated to 1352), page 116 (Eisenhauer, with Eschau Eisenhauer dated to 1312), page 134 (Fenster(er), with a subheading Fenstermacher (no date)), and page 465 (Schomann, Schomaker, with a subheading Schumacher (undated). (some of those dates may be off - the photocopy is fuzzy)
    Gerhardt is also found in Bahlow on page 165, and is already part of his holding name. He will not allow major changes, cares most about the meaning "Gerald the kite maker", and is interested in "14th cent Saxon (German Saxon, not British Isles)" time period.
  9. Kieran Blake. (Citadel) New Primary Name and New Device. Argent, a mascle gules fretted of two crosses crosslet fitchy sable.
    Kieran is found in The Surnames of Ireland (6th ed.) by Edward MacLysaght, on page 179 as the header form (O) Kieran. Unfortunately, this documents it as a surname, not a given name. Blake was documented from Irish Families (4th ed.) also by MacLysaght, on page 43, where it discusses the byname Blake, which "descend from Richard Caddell, also called Blake, who was Sheriff of Connacht in 1303". A quick skim of the Medieval Names Archive failed to turn up a given name Kieran - does anyone else have any useful documentation? It's been registered several times before, so I feel I must be overlooking something.
    He will not allow major changes, cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "16th Century" time period.
  10. Magdalena de Medina y Polanco. (Citadel) New Device. Gules, a lion rampart argent gorged of a rosary sable, a bordure argent lunelly sable.
    Her name was registered in March 2002 (via Ansteorra). To the best of my limited knowledge, this is not a proper "lunelly". Most accurately, I'd say the bordure is "semy of crosses bottony voided" or maybe "semy of (four crescents conjoined in cross, horns to center)". Anybody got a period reference to this charge or grouping of charges?
  11. Marie Edeline. (Dragonsspine) New Device. Sable, two greyhounds sejant reguardant addorsed Or and argent, collared sable.
    Her name was registered in March 2004.
  12. Penelope Carlyll. (Dragonsspine) New Primary Name and New Device. Argent, a pair of wings conjoined and displayed, a chief sable.
    Penelope is found in Withycombe's Oxford English Dictionary of Christian Names on page 240, which says that it was "first used as a christian name in the 16th C, e.g. Penelope (1562-1607) daughter of William Devereux, Earl of Essex". Carlyll is found in the "Brass Enscription Index" by Juliana Goodwyn (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/brasses/), and is dated to 1489 in this spelling (lastnameAH.html).
    She will not accept major changes, cares most about the sound and is interested in being authentic for "English" language/culture.
    This chief is a bit skinny, but a marker can easily fix that.
  13. Savina La Brune. (Caer Galen) New Primary Name and New Device. Vert, on a bezant a frog vert, an orle Or.
    Savina is found in Dauzat's Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et Prenoms de France on page 533 (Sabin+ and page 544 (Savin+). La Brune is found in the same source on page 72 (Brun) and page 354 (Labrune).
    She will not allow major changes, cares most abou the sound, and is interested in authenticity for "late 14th, early 15C French" language/culture.
  14. Sean MacLeod of Skye. (Rio de las Animas) New Change of Holding Name from Sean of the Outlands.
    His previous name submission, Sean MacLeod, was returned by Laurel in March 2002 for conflict with Shauna MacLeod, and his device was registered under the holding name Sean of the Outlands. This change addresses the conflict by adding a locative element. Sean is found in Withycombe's Oxford English Dictionary of Christian Names on page 110. MacLeod is found in Black's The Surnames of Scotland on page 538. Skye is found in Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary (3rd ed.), on page 1095, which says, "Island of the Inner Hebrides off NW coast of Scotland" and notes that it's noted for "wild, mountainous scenery".
    He cares most about the language/culture, and is intersted in authenticity for "15th century Scottish Highlands, West Isles" time period and language/culture.
  15. Stefnir Kolfiğarson. (Dragonsspine) New Primary Name.
    All parts of this name are found in Geirr Bassi's The Old Norse Name. Stefnir is found on page 15 (I can't tell from the form if there's an accent or not). Kolfiğr is found on page 12, and is formed into a patronymic according to the rules found on page 17.
    He cares most about the language/culture and is interested in authenticity for "Norse/Swedish" language/culture.
  16. Thyra Ulfr Vina. (Dragonsspine) Resubmission - Laurel Name and New Device. Gyronny vert and Or, a wolf statant argent..
    Her previous name submission, Thyra ulfsvina, was returned by Laurel in January 2004, primarily for construction and documentation issues with the byname, but Laurel also noted that the given name Thyra is "a modern English rendering of the Old Norse feminine given name Şyri". This resubmission addresses the issues with the byname by chosing a new, similar byname. However, it submits the same given name without any additional documentation. Ulfr is found in Geirr Bassi's The Old Norse Name as a masculine name on page 15. The form says that Vina is found in that source, giving the byname the meaning "friend to Ulfr", but gives no page number, and a quick skim through my copy fails to turn up Vina anywhere.
    She will not allow major changes, cares most about the sound, and wishes to have a name authentic for "Norse" language/culture.
    Submitted blazoned as a "grey wolf proper", it's properly blazoned as a "wolf argent" because a) the emblazon shows a white wolf and b) grey is not a heraldic color, nor suitable for a 'proper' because it would blur the line between argent and sable.
  17. Ulrick of York. (Drygestan) New Primary Name and New Device. Sable, an eagle and in base a rose slipped and leaved fesswise Or.
    Ulric is documented from Withycombe's Oxford English Dictionary of Christian Names on page 284 under the header Ulric, with the spellings Ulricus and Uluric dated to 1086. York is a locative byname found in Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames on page 508 under the header York, with the spelling 'de York' dated to 1324.
    He will not allow major changes, and cares most about the sound.
  18. Viğarr Leğrhals. (Dragonsspine) New Primary Name and New Device. Per pale azure and Or, a double-bitted axe and in base two arrows in saltire, all counterchanged.
    All parts of this name are found in Geirr Bassi's The Old Norse Name. Viğarr is found on page 16 as a masculine name and Leğrhals is found on page 25 as a descriptive nickname meaning "leather-neck".
    He will not allow major changes, cares most about the language/culture, and is interested in authenticity for "Norse" language/culture.
  19. Violetta Bellafiori. (Blaiddwyn)New Device. Paly argent and purpure, a pegasus passant Or.
    Her name was sent to Laurel on the June 2004 Letter of Intent
  20. Ymanya Murray. (al-Barran) Resubmitted - Kingdom Change of Registered Name from Amanda Murray.
    Her current name, Amanda Murray, was registered in March 1998, and her previous change of registered name submission, Niamh Mic Morreach, was returned by Rampart in May 2004 for various reasons. Ymanya is found in Bardsley's Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames on page 273, under the header Emeny, with one Ymanya de Thuyt listed from the Hundred Rolls of 1273. Murray is grandfathered to her as part of her current name.
    If registered, she wishes to retain the old name as an alternate name.
  21. Ymanya Murray. (al-Barran) New Badge. (Fieldless) On a rose sable barbed gules, a hummingbird rising, wings addorsed argent.
    Her current name was registered in March 1998, and her change of registered name submission, Ymanya Murray, appears on this Letter.
  22. Ymanya Murray. (al-Barran) New Badge (Fieldless) On an open scroll argent, a stags attire palewise gules.
    Her current name was registered in March 1998, and her change of registered name submission, Ymanya Murray, appears on this Letter.

Line Emblazon Sheet
Color Emblazon Sheet
September 2004 Letter of Presentation
October 2004 Letter of Response
October 2004 Letter of Intent
February 2005 LoAR Results
Return to the Rampart home page.

Anyone who wants to may send me a letter of comment regarding this Letter of Presentation. I prefer them via email.
Please send commentary to: alia 'at' swcp.com or the address above.
Please have your commentary on this letter to me by mid October 2004.