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Outlands College of Heralds

27 September 2005

From the Office of Rampart Herald
Furukusu Masahide (John Newton)
rampart@outlandsheralds.org

Unto Elisabeth de Rossingol, Laurel Queen of Arms, Margaret MacDuibhshithe, Pelican Queen of Arms, Jean Marie Lacroix, Wreath Queen of Arms, and the College of Arms, upon this 27th day of September 2005, A.S. XXXX, does Furukusu Masahide, Rampart Herald, send greetings.

My deepest gratitude to those who took time to send internal commentary: Aryanhwy merch Catmael (former Rede Boke Herald), Canute, Gwain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald), Lady Dorcas Whitecap, ::GUNNVOR::, Halla (Scalene), and Bantiarna Mor inghean Chathail.

Line Emblazon Sheet
Color Emblazon Sheet
August 2005 Letter of Presentation
September 2005 Letter of Response
September 2005 Letter of Intent
January 2006 LoAR Results
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The following items were sent on to Laurel for final determination:

Aine inghean Cormac. New Name and New Device. Per chevron azure and sable, a chevron between three doves volant contourny bendwise sinister and a castle triple towered argent.
Blazon was changed from per chevron azure and sable a chevron, three doves Volant in chief, and a castle triple towered in base all argent, to better reflect the positioning of the doves and tower, as well as the posture and orientation of the doves. One commenter felt that the chevron should be drawn wider.
Annaka Vadas. New Name.
Caoilfhionn inghean ui Sheanain. New Name and New Device. Gules, a catamount's head per pale sable and argent jessant of a fleur-de-lys per pale argent and sable, a chief checky sable and argent.
Blazon was changed from 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, due to the fact that a head jessant-de-lys is cabossed by default. One commenter felt that the counterchanging of the catamount's head hurt identifiability.
Davin Drakere. New Name and New Device. Quarterly sable and gules, a duck rising wings addorsed Or within a bordure Or estencely gules.
Domin d'Alsace. New Name.
Elisant von Zweibrücken. Name Resubmission.
Elzebeth Bluscichof. New Name and New Device. Purpure, a bend engrailed argent between in chief two threaded needles in saltire and in base a sheaf of arrows Or.
Fíne ingen Chináeda. New Device. Per saltire gules and Or, in fess two ladybugs gules marked sable within a bordure counterchanged.
Francesca di Pavia. New Badge. Fieldless, a winged monkey rampant azure.
Gunndiarfr Magnúsarson. New Name and New Device. Azure, two battleaxes in saltire Or, between in pale a heart and a cup argent.
Blazon change from Azure, two battleaxes in saltire Or, in chief a heart and in base a cup argent, to reflect the alignment and location of the heart and cup.
Gwentliana filia Iohannes. Device Resubmission. Per chevron gules and sable, a chevron cotised Or and overall a dolphin haurient argent.
Iohannes Kynith. Device Resubmission. Per saltire sable and gules, a wolf sejant head erect and in canton a sun Or.
Isabella di Francesco Ambrosini. New Name.
Jamie Blackoak. New Name and New Device. Argent, an oak tree blasted and eradicated and in chief a label couped sable.
Blazon changed from Argent, an oak tree blasted and eradicated and a label couped sable, to reflect the location of the label.
Lucrezia Tagliaferro. Change of Holding Name and Change of Device (Release old device). Argent, a strawberry proper and a chief gules.
Marina Merritt. New Name and New Device. Vert, a seahorse between three fleurs-de-lis Or.
Muiredach MacGregor. New Name and New Device. Argent, a squirrel sejant erect within a bordure azure 18 carrots Or.
Nicholas Fenix. New Name.
Patrick Kyncade. New Name.
Raisa Zaplatskaya. New Device. Gules, a demi-fool masked sable, capped and collared argent, cloaked lozengy argent and sable, all counterchanged per pale.
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.
Siobhán Cameron. New Name and New Device. Per saltire sable and purpure, a dragon segreant contourny within an orle argent.
Thyræ Úlfr. Name Resubmission.
Wolfgang Sebastian Kolhammer. New Name and New Device. Per fess pean and gules, a fess wavy argent and in base three grenades Or.
Zoe Kalamane Laskarina. New Name and New Device. Or, two talbots sejant, in chief a spoon fesswise affronty bowl to dexter gules.

The following items were returned for further work:

Conall of Stony Ford. New Device. Or, two cats combattant and on a chief sable, a retort and a retort reversed argent.
Name accepted on July 2001, Calontir.
Return for conflict with Victoria MacKinnon Or, two cats combatant sable maintaining a heart gules enflamed to chief, on a chief sable three crosses flory Or. Single CD for multiple changes to the tertiary charges.
Gwenhwyvar ferch Tewdrig. New Device. Argent, two winged unicorns rampant respectant sable and on a point pointed azure two bass recorders in saltire argent.
Name registered November 1999, Artemisia.
Commenters state "This isn't a point pointed because it reaches the fess line. It isn't a per chevron field division or a pile inverted because it doesn't extend above the fess line."
Returned for violating Rfs VII.7.a - Identifiability of elements.
Commenters also indicated that the wings on the unicorns appear to be bat wings, which must be explicitly blazoned.
Hrorek Wolfson. New Device. Quarterly lozengy argent and sable and lozengy sable and argent.
Name registered December 1998, Outlands. His name was registered in December of 1998 (via the Outlands).
Original device submission of Quarterly lozengy argent and sable counterchanged was returned by Laurel in December of 1998. The text of the decision is as follows:
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.
This new device has not addressed the problems noted above, and several commenters indicated they could not determine the difference between this design and the previous one.
Returned for violations of Rfs VII.7.b - Reconstructability, Rfs VIII.3 - Identifiability, and Rfs VII.4.d - Modern style (op-art).
Isabella di Francesco Ambrosini. New Device. Sable, a sewing needle threaded and point to base Or and upon a chief gules, three fleur-de-lys Or.
Device returned for violating Rfs VIII.2.b.i - field contrast. The chief and field are both colors.
One commenter suggested that this may be registerable under Rfs VIII.6.b for regional style, but that appropriate documentation must be attached. An alternate solution would be to swap the tincture of the chief and fleurs-de-lys.
Jeanne Dyfrgi. New Device. Per fess way Or and gules, in chief a brown otter proper naiant embowed.
Returned for violation of Rfs VIII.7.a - Identifiability of the otter, and Rfs VIII.4.c - Natural depiction.
Kieran Blake. New Device. Sable, a cross crosslet fitchy Or interlaced with a mascle argent.
Name registered February 2005, Outlands.
The mascle is the visual equivalent of a maintained charge. This is being returned for conflict with Laura la Lavendere (Sable, a cross bottony Or between three roses argent barbed and seeded proper), with a single CD for the change of the roses.
Rowena Kolhammer. New Name and New Device. Per fess sable and azure, a fess wavy between in chief five mullets of six points and in base a butterfly argent.
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.
Commenters state that use of SCA compatible element is a weirdness. Combination of English (as the documentation is based on the History of the Kings of Britain) and German in the same name is also a weirdness per the 11/01 LoAR. This is being returned for two weirdnesses. The device appears clear, but without a name to send it forward with, it must be returned.
Tessa Elizabeth de Strathairn. Resubmission of Device (Kingdom). Per pale sable and azure, a chevron fracted and inverted Or.
Name and device were returned on November 2004 LoR.
I do not show a current submission for name at either Kingdom or Laurel level. Returned for lack of name.

Thus ends my Letter of Response.

In service and duty,
Furukusu Masahide, Rampart Herald