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Outlands College of Heralds

21 August 2005
From the Office of the White Stag Principal Herald
Lady Sorcha MacLeod
whitestag@outlandsheralds.org

UNTO the Outlands College of Heralds, our respected friends and colleagues who give freely of their time to provide commentary, and all others who come by these letters, on this Letter of Presentation, on the 21th day of August A.S.XXXX (2005 CE), does Lord Cameron deBlakstan send greetings on behalf of Lady Sorcha MacLeod, White Stag Principal Herald.

Anyone may comment upon the items found herein, and e-mail commentary to the above address is encouraged. Please have comments on items contained herein to Lady Sorcha by 17 September, 2005, for the White Stag decision meeting scheduled for 18 September, 2005.

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I present the following items for your consideration:

1. Aine Inghean Cormac. New Name / New Device. Per chevron azure and sable, a chevron, three doves volant in chief, and a castle triple towered in base all argent.
(Citadel of the Southern Pass)
Submittor will NOT accept MAJOR changes, cares most about language and/or culture but does not specify a culture. Gender is female.
Aine - Index of names in Irish Annals 1169-1468 www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Aine.shtml
inghean - Index of names in Irish Annals 1169 - 1468 www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Aine.shtml
Cormac - Index of names in Irish Annals 1169 - 1468 www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Cormacc.shtml

2. Annaka Vadas. New Name.
(Caer Galen)
Submittor will NOT accept MAJOR changes and cares most about the sound of the name. The gender is female. Submittor is interested in having the name be authentic for Hungarian/Magyar language and/or culture. Submittor will NOT allow the creation of a holding name.
Annaka is found as a variant of Anna in “Hungarian Feminine Names” by Walraven Van Nijmegen. This variant is dated to 1589. The surname Vadas is given as an example of occupational bynames in “Hungarian Names 101” by the same author, although there is no specific citation or date for this name.

3. Caoilfhionn inghean Ui Sheanain. New Name / New Device. Gules, a catamount's head cabossed per pale sable and argent jessant of a fleur-de-lys per pale argent and sable, a chief checky sable and argent.
(Al-barran)
Desired gender of name is female and submittor is interested in having the name be authentic for 14th Century Irish language and/or culture.
Caoilfhionn is found on page 208 in Woulfe. Documentation for the byname comes from the September 2002 LoAR. Black (p. 720 s.n. Shannan) dates Gilqwhongill Aschenane to 1376 and gives the origin of this name as the Irish O'Seanáin [sic]. Woulfe (p. 642) lists the header Ó Seanáin. The byname indicating a woman belonging to this family in the 14th C would be inghean Uí Sheanáin. As accents were often omitted in examples of names in Irish annals, Sláine inghean Uí Sheanáin and Slaine inghean Ui Sheanain are forms of this name authentic for the submitter's requested time and culture. Since the submitted form included no accents, we have registered the authentic form without accents in order to meet the submitter's request for authenticity.

4. Conall of Stony Ford. New Device. Or, two cats combattant and on a chief sable, a retart and a retort reversed argent.
(Dragonsspine)
Name accepted on July 2001 LoAR. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/07/01-07.lar)

5. Davin Drakere. New Name / New Device. Quarterly sable and gules, a duck rising wings addorsed Or within a bordure Or estencely gules.
(Caer Galen)
Submitter cares most about the meaning of the name (Drake = male duck). Gender of name is male.
Davin is the Anglicized form of the Irish name Damhán or Damhain, as found in O’Corrain and Maguire.
Drakere is a variant under “Drake” in Reaney and Wilson, listed as “the Drakere” in 1260. The submitter very much desires “Drakere” but would accept “the Drakere” or “le Drakere”.

6. Domin d’Alsace. New Name.
(Caerthe)
Submitter will not accept major changes, cares more about the sound of the name, gender is male and is interested in having the name be authentic for 15th C French. Submitter will NOT allow the creation of a holding name.
www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/paris1423.html page 1 and 4.
www.thepeerage.com/p10252.htm page 1 & 2 & 3.

7. Elisant von Zweibrücken. Name Resubmission.
(Caerthe)
Name previously submitted: Elisant le Chevaler - Returned on April 2005 LoAR (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/04/05-04lar.html)
Submitter will not accept major changes, cares most about the language and/or culture being correct for German, and the desired gender is female.
”Elisant” - Old French given name - Academy of Saint Gabriel report #2893 www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2893.txt
”Zweibrücken” - German city located in the west (Rhineland-Palertinate) near the Saarlund border. Chartered 1352. Columbia Encyclopedia (online) 6th ed. 2001-2005. www.visiteuropeonline.com/zweibrucken/zweibruckenhistory.htm

8. Elzebeth Bluscichof. New Name / New Device. Purpure, a bend engrailed argent between in chief two threaded needles in saltire and in base a sheaf of arrows Or.
(Caer Galen)
Submitter will NOT accept major changes, cares most about the meaning (obstinancy, stubborness, mulishness), and the desired gender is female.
Elzebeth is found in “Medieval Given Names from Silesia” by Talan Gwynek. The name is dated to 1385, under the header “Elisabeth”.
Bluscichof is found in “Some Early Middle High German Bynames…” by Brian Scott, from the Medieval Names Archive at www.s-gabriel.org . This form is dated to 1196. If minor spelling changes are required to bring it into a proper form this is acceptable. The client cares most about meaning and then sound.

9. Fíne ingen Chináeda. New Device. Per saltire gules and Or, in fess two ladybugs gules marked sable within a bordure counterchanged.
(Caerthe)
Name registered on June 2004 LoAR. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2004/06/04-06lar.html)

10. Francesca di Pavia. New Badge. Fieldless, a winged monkey rampant azure.
(Caer Galen)
Name and Device registered on November 1989 LoAR (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1989/11/lar.html).

11. Gunndiarfr Magnúsarson. Resubmission Name / Device (Name returned at Kingdom level). Azure, two battleaxes in saltire Or, in chief a heart and in base a cup argent.
(Gleann Medonach)
Returned on March 2005 LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2005-02-lop/0503-lor.html)
Submitter will NOT accept any major changes, cares most about the language and/or culture but did not specify particulars. Gender is male.
Gunndiarfr is found as a masculine name in two runic inscriptions from Uppland, Sweden: U510 (1060-1100 A.D.) and U630 (1020 - 1050 A.D.) See Lena Peterson. Nordiskt runnamnslexikon. www.sprak-ochfockminnes-institutex www.sofi.se/SOFIU/runlex/S.N.<Gunndirfr> For the dates, see: Samnordisk runelex databases www.home.swipnet.se/~w-61277/rundata/1.htm signa U510 and
U630.
Magnúsarson is given as the correct patronymic of the masculine name Magnus in Academy of St. Gabriel report # 1957 www.s-gabriel.ort/1957 has the earliest appearance of the <Magnus> in the name of King Magnús der Gode of Norway’s Denmark, who died in 1047.

12. Gwenhwyvar ferch Tewdrig. New Device. Argent, two winged unicorns rampant respectant sable and on a point pointed azure two bass recorders in saltire argent.
(Gillette, WY)
Name passed on November 1999 LoAR. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1999/11/lar.html)

13. Gwentliana filia Iohannes. Resubmission Device. Per chevron gules and sable, a chevron cotised Or and overall a dolphin haurient argent.
(Caer Galen)
Device returned on January 2005 LoAR. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/01/05-01lar.html)
Name passed on January 2004 LoAR. (www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2004/01/04-01lar.html)

14. Hrorek Wolfson. New Device. Quarterly lozengy argent and sable and lozengy sable and argent.
(al-Barran)
Name passed and device returned on December 1998 LoAR. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1998/12/lar.html)
His name was registered in December of 1998 (via the Outlands). Quarterly lozengy argent and sable and lozengy sable and argent. His previous device, Quarterly lozengy argent and sable counterchanged, was returned in December 1998 for conflict with Bavaria Lozengy bendwise argent and azure., Monaco Lozengy argent and gules., and the Dukes of Teck Lozengy bendwise (or bendwise sinister) sable and Or. The counterchanging does not make any difference to what sort of field it is in this case. We give no CD for partition between any of the lozengy or paly-bendy variants, only between them and checky; thus the only CD is for tincture of half the field. Even if there had been no conflict this would have been returned for violating RfS VIII.3 for excessive counterchanging,and for violating RfS VIII.4 on op-art.

15. Iohannes Kynith. Resubmission Device. Per saltire sable and gules, a wolf sejant head erect and in canton a sun Or.
(Caer Galen)
Device returned on January 2005 LoAR. (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/01/05-01lar.html)
Name passed on January 2004 LoAR. (www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2004/01/04-01lar.html)

16. Isabella di Francesco Ambrosini. New Name and Device. Sable, a sewing needle threaded and point to base Or and upon a chief gules, three fleur-de-lys Or.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major or minor changes, gender is female, and cares about having name authentic to 15th C Italy.
All documentation is from the Academy of St Gabriel web site.
www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto
www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto

17. Jamie Blackoak. New Name and Device. Argent, an oak tree blasted and eradicated and a label couped sable.
(Caer Galen)
Submitter cares most about the sound of the name and gender is male.
Jamie is found in Black as a diminuitive of James.
Submitter was not able to find formal documentation of “Blackoak” although it has recently been registered (Ulric Blackoak, 0003, Meridies). Submitter was unable to access the LoI with that submission to determine the documentation but if it’s possible to reference that, the submitter prefers this name. He will also accept “of Blackoak” or “of Black Oak” as plausible English locative bynames if necessary.

18. Jeanne Dyfrgi. New Device. Per fess way Or and gules, in chief a brown otter proper naiant embowed.
(Caer Galen)

19. Kieran Blake. Resubmission Device. Sable, a cross crosslet fitchy Or interlaced with a mascle argent.
(Citadel of the Southern Pass)
Name passed on February 2005 LoAR. (www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/02/05-02lar.html)
Device returned from Kingdom on October 2004 LoR. (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2004-09-lop/0410-lor.html)

20. Lucrezia Tagliaferro. Change of Holding Name. Change of Device (Release old device). Argent, a strawberry proper and a chief gules.
(Dragonsspine)
Holding name (Maria the Blonde) given on February 2001 LoAR. (www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/02/01-02lar.html)
Original device passed on February 2001 LoAR. (www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/02/01-02lar.html)
Submitter cares about the language and/or culture of the name and is interested in being authentic for 16th C Italian. Gender is female.
Lucrezia - Per Academy of St. Gabriel report #2675: Northern Italian feminine given name dated to 1463 and 1497: Lucrezia Cssa [sic] Landriani in 1463, and Lucrezia Crivelli in 1497. www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2675.txt
Tagliaferro - Per Academy of St. Gabriel report #1753: Italian surname postulated to have been translated into various English renderings: “Talyver” and “Tollfeyre” (1524), “Talyrefer” (1512), “Talliefer” (1550), and “Talfeir” (1599). “We have a few examples of 16th C English renderings of Italian surnames. […]<Adelasia Tagliaferro> might also have been translated to <Adelasia Talliefer> or something similar.” www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/1753.txt

21. Marina Merritt. New Name and Device. Vert, a seahorse between three fleurs-de-lis Or.
(Dragonsspine)
Submitter will not accept major or minor changes, cares most about the language and/or culture of the name (12th - 13th C English) and the gender is female.
Marina - Feminine given name dated to 1230 (England). www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Marina . Also found in Withycombe’s The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names under “Marina” on p.208, after Marina de Beseville dated to 1302.
Merritt - Submitter’s former maiden name, now legal middle name (proof of legal name attached.) Found in Reaney and Wilson’s A Dictionary of English Surnames under the heading “Merrett, Merriott, Merrit, Merritt…” on p.306.

22. Muiredach MacGregor. New Name and Device. Argent, a squirrel sejant erect within a bordure azure 18 carrots Or.
(al-Barran)
Submitter cares most about the sound of the name and gender is male.
Mundanely Joshua Vickery is the son of Gregg Vickery who is known as Gregor von Münchhausen. A common form of Gaelic name and byname found in medieval Scotland consisted of a single given name combined with a single given name for that individual’s father to create a patronymic name for that individual’s father to create a patronymic byname. Both Muiredach and MacGregor were commonly used names. Additional documentation attached to submission.

23. Nicholas Fenix. New Name.
(Unser Hafen)
Submitter will not accept major changes to the name, cares most about the language and/or culture of the name and wishes to be authentic for 16th - 17th C time period. Gender is male.
www.s-gabriel.org/3042

24. Patrick Kyncade. New Name.
(Caer Galen)
Submitter will not accept major changes to name, cares most about the sound of the name and the gender is male.
Patrick is found in “Masculine Given Names Found in the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England” by Karen Larsdatter.
Kyncade is found under the header “Kincaid” in Reaney and Wilson - the dated forms are “de Kyncade” in 1450 and “Kyncayd” in 1545. The client wishes just Kyncade but will accept “Kyncayd” or “deKyncade”.

25. Raisa Zaplatskaya. New Device. Gules, a demi-fool masked sable, capped and collared argent, cloaked lozengy argent and sable, all counterchanged per pale.
(Dragonsspine)
Name registered January 2005 LoAR. (www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/01/05-01lar.html)

26. Rhys Afalwin. Augmentation of Device. Argent a wine press sable between three apples, gules, slipped and leaved proper, and in chief sable, two keys Or.
(Windkeep)
Name registered January 1990 LoAR. www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1990/01/lar.html

27. Rowena Kolhammer. New Name and Device. Per fess sable and azure, a fess wavy between in chief five mullets of six points and in base a butterfly argent.
(Caer Galen)
Submitter will not accept major changes to name, cares most about the sound of the name and the gender is female.
Rowena is a literary name from Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain, and although it was not used as a given name in period, it has been ruled SCA compatible.
Kolhammer is found under “Kohlhamraer” in Brechenmacher, dated to 1573.

28. Siobhán Cameron. New Name and Device. Per saltire sable and purpure, a dragon segreant contourny within an orle argent.
(Caer Galen)
The submitter cares most about the sound of the name and the gender is feminine.
Siobhán is found in “Index of Names in Irish Annals” by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan. The name is found in a range of years from 1310 to 1600.
Cameron is found as a header in Reaney and Wilson - the dated form is “de Cameron” 1421. The submitter would prefer Cameron but would accept “de Cameron”.

29. Tessa Elizabeth de Strathairn. Resubmission of Device (Kingdom). Per pale sable and azure, a chevron fracted and inverted Or.
(al-Barran)
Name and device pended on November 2004 Kingdom LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2004-10-lop/0411-lor.html)

30. Thyræ Úlfr. Resubmission of Name (Laurel).
(Dragonsspine)
Original name submitted: Thyra ulfsvina returned on Jan 2004 LoAR (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2004/01/04-01lar.html)
Submitter cares about sound of name and gender is female.
Thyræ - Swedish feminine given name dated to 1358, found in “Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP” by Aryanhwy merch Catmael, specifically in “Swedish Feminine Given Names: 1350 - 1399”
www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/smp/smp1350.html. The name “Thyræ” appears to strongly resemble the Old Norse “Þyri” in terms of sound. The submitter wishes to know when exactly did the spelling of the name change? Is it reasonable that the spelling might have changed well prior to 1358? NOTE: The sumbitter will accept the spelling “Thira” or “Þyri”; see attached documentation for support of these names.
Úlfr - Constructed nickname (animal byname) intended to mean “(the) wolf” in Old Norse. The use of animal bynames is documented in “The Bynames of the Viking Runic Age Runic Inscriptions: Animal Bynames” www.s-gabriel.org/names/lindorm/runicbynames/animal.htm#start); the latest examples date to the end of the 11th C. “úlfr” is found to mean “wolf” in Cleasby-Vigfusson’s An Icelandic-English Dictionary. www.penguin.pearson.swarthmore.edu/~scrist1/scanned_books/html/oi_cleasbyvigfusson/b0668.html. Descriptive bynames were still in use in Sweden, though uncommon, as late as the 16th C, per Academy of St. Gabriel report #2296 (www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/2296.txt). Submitter will accept “úlfr”.

31. Wolfgang Sebastian Kolhammer. New Name and Device. Per fess pean and gules, a fess wavy argent and in base three grenades Or.
(Caer Galen)
Submitter cares most about the sound of the name, gender is male, and is interested in having the name be authentic for 15th - 16th C German time period.
Wolfgang is cited in “Late Period German Masculine Given Names” by Talan Gwynek, dated to 1501-1550. In that article and in “Medieval German Given Names from Silesia” by the same author, he references the name Sebastian although the only cited version is the diminuitive Bastian. The name is also found in “Spanish Names from the late 15th Century” by Juliana deLuna and could be registered with
German as one weirdness.
Kolhammer is found under Kohlhammer in Brechenmacher, dated to 1573.

32. Zoe Kalamane Laskarina. New Name and Device. Or, two talbots sejant, in chief a spoon fesswise affronty bowl to dexter gules.
(Dragonsspine)
Submitter will not accept major or minor changes, cares most about the language and/or culture of the name and asks that it be authentic for Byzantine. The gender is female.
This name is intended as a Byzantine woman’s name of the structure <given name><feminized family name><feminized family name>. This construction is supported by the article “Structure of Aristocratic Personal Names in the 10th Through the 15th Centuries” www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine/structures.html : women “carry family names from either their father’s or mother’s genealogy as middle names.”
Zoe - Byzantine feminine given name dated to 1062. www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine/fem_given_names.html
Kalamane Laskarina - “Kalamane” is the feminized form of Byzantine hereditary surname “Kalamanos” dated to 12th C, used here as a middle name. Masculines ending in “-nos” are changed to “-ne”. “Laskarina” is the feminized form of Byzantine hereditary surname “Laskaris” dated to 12th C. Masculines ending in “-is” are changed to end in “-ina”. www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine/family_names.html
www.sca.org/heralrty/laurel/names/byzantine/feminizing.html

Thus ends the August 2005 Letter of Presentation.

In service and duty,

Cameron, Castle Herald