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Outlands College of Heralds
22 October 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 22th day of October 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 Rampart, Furukusu Masahide-dono
by 19 November, 2005, for the
White
Stag
decision meeting scheduled for 20 November, 2005.
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I present the following items for your consideration:
1. Aílbhe bean Aóngus meic Muineóg.
Resubmission Name and Device (Kingdom). Argent, an oak tree
eradicated proper within the points of a decrescent azure.
(Caer Galen)
Original name "Eachna Minogue" returned on the August
2005 Kingdom LoR since the name "Eachna" only existed as a
legendary figure. Device was returned for multiple conflicts.
Submittor cares most about the language/culture (12th-14th C Irish).
The name "Aílbhe" is found in the "Index of Names in the Irish
Annals: Feminine Given Names 1201-1600" by Mari Elspeth nic
Bryan. http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/1201-1600.shtm
"bean" is the standard Irish nomer meaning "wife of".
"Óengus Minogue" was registered to her mundane husband on the 12/2004
LoAR
2. Aimara Baratzuri. New Name/Device. Checky purpure
and argent, a heart gules, on a chief double-arched sable, an ankh
argent.
(Caer Galen)
Desired Gender of name is female
"Aimara" is given as a feminine version of the name Aimar dated to the
13-14 C. http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/basque/1a.htm
"Baratzuri" is given as a locative byname referring to garlic.
The name Baracuri ds dated on this website to 1106. Submittor
requests the college's assistance regarding the spelling change of the
name. http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/basque/appendix2.htm
3. Alexander MacAndrew. New alternate name/new
device. Sable, an even armed Celtic Cross, surrounded by three
horses coursant argent.
(Unser Hafen)
Submittor cares about culture (Scots-Irish) and desired gender is Male.
"Alexander" comes from antiquity.
"MacAndrew" comes from "Surnames of Ireland", 6th edition under Al - An
- Mac Andrew.
4. Alliana Merch Gryffyth. Device Resubmission. Per
pale embattled Or and azure, two goats salient combatant sable and
argent.
(Hawks Hollow)
Name passed on 1989 LoAR, Kingdom of the Outlands and was submitted
without a device.
Device presented on the May
2005 LoP but the June 2005 LoR is not presently online.
5. Augustine of Tyre. New name and device. Per pale
gules and purpure, in pale three mullets Or.
(Dragonsspine)
The desired gender of the name is male.
Augustine - masculine given name found in "Masculine Given Names Found
in the 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls for Lincolnshire, England." Mari
Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/LincLSR/GivenMasculineAlpha.html
of Tyre - locative byname. William of Tyre was Archbishop of
Tyre, b.1127-1130 in Palestine of European parentage (French or
English), d.1190. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Online
Edition. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15369a.htm
6. Chagatai Burilgi. Change of primary name from Murchadh
MacDiarmada.
(al-Barran)
His original name submission, Murchadh MacDiarmada, was sent to Laurel
on the March
2005 Outlands LoI. It was likely reviewed by Laurel in July, but we
probably won't know the results from that meeting for a month or two.
If his name was returned, then this new submission may be registered
instead. If Murchadh MacDiarmada was registered, then he would like to
retain it as an alternate persona name.
A device for Murchadh MacDiarmada, Per pale sable and Or, a cross formy
throughout counterchanged., was sent to Laurel on the May 2005 Outlands
LoI. It will be reviewed by Laurel in September. If it gets registered
he would like to retain it as a badge.
A badge for Murchadh's household, Or, a chevron gules overall a legless
wyvern displayed, head to sinister, tail nowed sable., was sent to
Laurel on the March 2005 Outlands LoI. If it got registered in July
then he would like to have it designated as the DEVICE for his new
persona, Chagatai Burulgi.
Submittor carse most about the meaning of the name (the white
destroyer) if changed something w/dragon. Desired gender is
male. Submittor is interested in having the name be authentic for
Mongolian language/culture.
Chagatai - "Genghis Kahn: His Life and Legacy" - pg
226/101: "Secret History of Mongols" pg 125 v. 242
Burilgi - http://www.sca.org/heraldry/names/mongol.html
meaning "destroyer"
-dai/tai show possession http://www.sca.org/heraldry/names/mongol.html
7. Cristiane Woayde. Device resubmission. Quarterly
vert and azure, two hedgehogs in bend sinister Or.
(Drygestan)
Name accepted on September
2004 LoAR. Device returned on May
2004 Letter of Response for multiple conflicts.
8. Cugan Mathair MacElyoth. New name and device. Per
fess argent and vert three clovers counterchanged and a badger proper
salient.
(Bofharrach)
Submittor is most interested in the sound of the name. Name means
"Hound without a mother and son of Elias". Desired gender is male.
"Cugan-Mathair" is found in the genealogical record of the O'Keefe
family.
"MacElyoth" is found in a genealogical sheet from the McElligott family.
No information is given regarding the source of the documents provided.
9. Damiana al-Andalusiyya. Resubmission device.
Gules, a latin cross cletchy within a bordure rayonny Or.
(Caerthe)
Name was passed on the August
2004 LoAR and device was returned for redraw.
The line of the bordure is not rayonny; it appears to be somewhere
between indented, invected, engrailed, rayonny, and the non-period line
of division wavy-crested.
10. Ella Anne deKari. New name.
(Unser Hafen)
Submittor will not accept major changes to name, cares most about the
sound of the name, desired gender is female, and is interested in being
authentic for 12-14 C.
Ella - A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks and
Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford
Reference Online, Oxford University Press. Apollo
Group. 2 August 2005 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t41.e1376>
Anne - A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks and
Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford
Reference Online, Oxford University Press. Apollo
Group. 2 August 2005 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t41.e291>
deKari - a Norman spelling of the name de Kary meaning from Cary or
from Castle Cary, of Somerset, England. Also referenced on the
geneology website http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jac/cmc/at01/at01_059.htm
by Charles Merrick Cary.
11. Erik Geirrjabani. Name Resubmission (K) and Device. Argent, a
chevron between two compass stars vert and an anchor fouled of its
cable sable.
(al-Barran)
His previous name submission, Eric Eldonson, was returned from Kingdom
in May 2003 for insufficient documentation. His device was pended on
the same LoR waiting for a name. He cares most about the
language/culture, and wishes to have a male name authentic for
language/culture "Norse".
"Erik" is a fairly common and well known Norse name. One of the more
famous people to bear the name was Erik Thorvaldsson, best known as
Erik the Red, who was born in Norway in 935, grew up in Iceland, and
discovered Greenland in 982. (References from http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/exist/erik.html,
though a Google search turned up over 1500 other hits.)
The client constructed the byname "Geirrjabani" from elements found at
the website Viking Bynames found in the Landnamabok by Aryanhwy merch
Catmael (Sara L.
Uckelman/Friedemann), c.1999. http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/vikbynames.html
"berserkjabani" is listed as meaning "berserks-bane". "geirr" is listed
as meaning "spear". The client's intended meaning for his byname is
"spear-bane" (or "spear-slayer) because "I generally fight sword and
shield and take pleasure in chasing spears into the ground, or at least
tieing them up so they aren't killing fellow shields." The client is
more commonly known in the SCA as "Eldoneric".
12. Ian of Nightsgate. New badge. Argent, a sun
within five swords interlaced sable.
(Caer Galen)
Name registered on Sep 1987 LoAR.
13. Kaga Ruri. New name and device. Argent, in bend
sinister, a fan charged with a plate and a wave reversed sable.
(Dragonsspine)
Submittor will not accept major/minor changes to name. Desired
gender is female.
Kaga - Japanese locative byname intended to mean "of Kaga
(province)"; the articl no is omitted per the February 2002 LoAR
ruling on "Tairo no Akiyo". Kaga province existed from 757 (or
823) AD, when it was split from Echizen province, until the feudal
provinces were abolished and the modern prefectures established in
1871. Wikipedia. "Provinces of Japan: Early ninth
century to Meiji restoration" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Japan
Association for Asian Studies. "AAS Abstracts: Session
128: Sacred and Secular in the Ikko Ikki." http://www.aasianst.org/absts/1995abst/japan/jses128.htm
James Murdoch, in collaboration with Isoh Yamagata "Feudal Map of
Japan between 1564-73", from A History of Japan during the century of
early foreign intercourse (1542-1651). http://www.maproom.org/maps/books/japan/murdoch/murdoch.pl?m=0002
Ruri - Constructed Japanese feminine given name. Women's names
constructed of single characters are found in Academy of St. Gabriel
Report #3001, examples that are also found in the "common initial
characters" list from Japanese Naming Practices: Picking a Feudal
Japanese Name by Lady Tatsumi Tomoko include: Ai, Aki, Natsu,
Sayo, Suzu, Yasu. Ruri is found in Tomoko's list of common
initial characters under the heading "Literary, artistic,
etc...". Anthony Bryant writes in An Online Japanese
Miscellany: Japanese Names that "Frequently the names of plants,
things from the arts, [...] and other 'feminine' things were taken for
use as women's names. [...] Slmost completely neglected are other
ending elements (~e and ~yo) or names with no suffix at all."
Tatsumi Tomoko. "Japanese Naming Practices: Picking a
Feudal Japanese Name." http://scajapan.netfirms.com/language.htm
Aryanhwy merch Catmael. "Academy of Saint Gabriel Report
3001." http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi/3001.txt
Anthony J. Bryant. "An Online Japanese Miscellany: Japanese
Names." http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/names.html
Submittor gives permission for Kaga Ryokai's arms to conflict with her
arms.
14. Kaga Ryokai. New name and device. Argent, in bend
a fan charged with a plate and a wave sable.
(Dragonsspine)
Submittor will not accept major changes, the sound and Japanese
language/culture is most important and the desired gender is male.
Kaga - Japanese locative byname intended to mean "of Kaga
(province)"; the articl no is omitted per the February 2002 LoAR
ruling on "Tairo no Akiyo". Kaga province existed from 757 (or
823) AD, when it was split from Echizen province, until the feudal
provinces were abolished and the modern prefectures established in
1871. Wikipedia. "Provinces of Japan: Early ninth
century to Meiji restoration" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Japan
Association for Asian Studies. "AAS Abstracts: Session
128: Sacred and Secular in the Ikko Ikki." http://www.aasianst.org/absts/1995abst/japan/jses128.htm
James Murdoch, in collaboration with Isoh Yamagata "Feudal Map of
Japan between 1564-73", from A History of Japan during the century of
early foreign intercourse (1542-1651). http://www.maproom.org/maps/books/japan/murdoch/murdoch.pl?m=0002
Ryokai - Japanese masculine given name. Client will also accept
"Ryokei"; documentation is provided for this name as well. Name
first found in th eJapanese spelling of hte name of a 9th century Soto
Zen master, Dongshan Liangjie: Tozan Ryokai. In 1611,
Suminokura Ryokai cut a channel for the Takase River connecting Kyoto
and Osaka. The Shokoku ikken hijiri monogatari (Story of
wandering ascetics once seen in the provinces of Japan) was written by
one Ryokai in 1387; it is unclear if this is a given name or
surname. Ryokei is found in Watanabe Ryokei, an artist active in
1605. Jan Thomsen. "Lineage of the Soto Zen School." http://www.soto-zen.de/lineage.htm
The Third World Water Forum "Inland Waterway Transport: An Option
for Sustainable Future." http://www.iwtnetwork.jp/knowledge_data/wrap_up/supporting_note.pdf
Kristin Kwasniewski. "Marathon Monks." http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dept/RE/SrSeminar02/Kwasniewskitext.htm
Submittor gives permission for Kaga Ruri's arms to conflict with his
arms.
15. Melchior Faust Hebenstreit. New name and device.
Per pale sable and Or, three bars counterchanged.
(Dragonsspine)
Submittor cares most about language/culture of name (German), desired
gender is male and will not accept the creation of a holding
name. Special instructions on acceptable changes are found in the
summary.
The submittor will only accept a major change of removing the name
element "Faust", yielding the name "Melchior Hebenstreit."
Question: Is a German name of the form [given name] + [surname] +
[phrase-name byname] plausible?
Melchior - German given name "Melchior" dated to 1441. Uckelman,
Sara L. "German Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg,
1441." http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/rottweil1441.html
Faust - Surname dated to the late 1500s in Wolferborn, Hesse,
Germany. Kunegundis filia Theoderici. "16th-17th Centruy
Hessian Given Names and Surnames." http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/kunegund/hessenames.html
Hebenstreit - "Phrase name" byname dated to 1497 in Nürnberg,
Germany. Uckelman, Sara L. "German Names from
Nürnberg, 1497." http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/nurnberg1497.html
Also found in "German Names from Kocise, 1307-1505." http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/kosice.htm
by Guntram von Wolkenstien.
16. Nuala Olyveyr. New name.
(Caer Galen)
Submittor will not accept major changes, cares most about the sound and
desired gender is female.
Nuala is found in O'Corrain and Maguire, pg.103, as a diminuitive fo
Finnguala..."the shortened form Nuala...has been in existence since at
least the thirteenth century..."
Olyveyr is a version of Oliver, dated to 1260 in Reaney and Wilson.
17. Omar al-Wakeel ibn Haroun al-Rumi. Change of holding
name.
(Dragonsspine)
Holding name Omar of Dragonsspine established on May 2005
LoAR. Original name Omar al-Saqr al-Antaki returned
because it contained two isms.
Submitter will not accept minor changes, cares most about the meaning
of the name (Omar the Guardian from Rome, son of Haroun) and desired
gender is male.
Omar is the submitter's legal first name, serving as an ism. A
photocopy of legal identification has been provided.
al-Wakeel is a constructed laqab, intended to mean "the guardian/the
trusted one", inspired by The One Hundred Most Beautiful Names of God
by Mustapha al-Muhaddith ibn al-Saqaat. http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mustapha/cnamesofgod.html
ibn Haroun is a one-generation nasab intended to mean "son of
Haroun". "Haroun" is found in Period Arabic Names and Naming
Practices (2nd ed) by Da'ud ibn Auda http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm
al-Rumi is a geographical nisba meaning "of Rome/Constantinople", also
found in Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices (2nd ed.) by Da'ud
ibn Auda.
Major changes allowed: The submitter will accept the removal of
the nasab, "ibn Haroun", but will NOT accept the nasab being placed
before the laqab and nisba.
18. Order of the Calm Waters. Resubmission of baronial
order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Originally submitted as Keepers of the Waters, returned on November
2003 LoR because "Waters" is not acceptable as a place name.
Project Ordensmanen "adjective + thing"
19. Order of the Palma Aurum. Resubmission of baronial
order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Originally submitted as Golden Palm, returned on December
2004 LoAR due to conflict with the Household of the Golden Palm.
Project Ordensnamen "Color + Thing"
20. Order of the Golden Paw. New baronial order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Project Ordensnamen "Color + Thing"
21. Order of the Sands. New baronial order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Project Ordensnamen "Thing"
22. Order of the Silver Axe. New baronial order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Project Ordensnamen "Color + Thing"
23. Order of the Small Fountain. New baronial order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Project Ordensnamen "Adjective + Thing"
24. Order of the Vol. New baronial order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Project Ordensnamen "Thing"
25. Order of the Western Guardians. Resubmission baronial
order.
(Fontaine dans Sable)
Originally submitted as Guardians of the Oasis. Returned on the November
2003 LoR because an oasis is a general place and would not likely
be used as a place name.
Submitter will not accept major/minor changes.
Project Ordensnamen "Adjective + Group"
26. Rafi'a al-Zarqa. Resubmission of device. Sable, a
brush palewise and a quill saltire argent between four crescents Or in
an orle Or.
(Unser Hafen)
Original (Sable, a paint brush and an ostrich quill in saltire argent
between in chief a crescent and in base three mullets of eight points
all within an orle Or.) returned on May
2004 LoR for multiple reasons.
27. Rashida Bint Rashid. New name and device. Argent,
two dragonflies purpure and on a chief triangular a sun argent.
(al-Barran)
Submitter cares most about the language/culture (Arabic), desired
gender is female and is interested in name being authentic for Middle
East/Arabic language/culture.
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/arabic-naming2.htm
Rashida is the feminine form of rashid
Bint is the standard Arabic patronymic, meaning "daughter of "
Rashid is a masculine given name.
28. Robert de Kari. New name
(Unser Hafen)
Submitter will not accept major changes, desired gender is male and is
interested in having name be authentic for 12th - 14th C time period.
"Robert" A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks and
Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford
Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Apollo
Group. 2 August 2005 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t41.e3880>
deKari - a Norman spelling of the name de Kary meaning from Cary or
from Castle Cary, of Somerset, England. Also referenced on the
geneology website http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jac/cmc/at01/at01_059.htm
by Charles Merrick Cary.
29. Ruth of Birkenfeld. New name.
(Unser Hafen)
Submitter will not accept major changes, cares most about the sound of
the name, desired gender is female.
Ruth - A female Bible name.
Birkenfeld - A town of Germany dating from the 4th C. http://71.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BI/BIRKENFELD.htm
30. Santiago Carrillo de Guadalupe. Device
Resubmission. Per pale Or and vert, a wildman's head
counterchanged, a bordure sable a semy of towers argent.
(Drygestan)
Name registered on August
2002 LoAR.
For some reason, unstated on the April
2002 LoR, the original device (Purpure, on
a pile wavy argent a savage's head cabossed vert) was not placed on the
April
2002 LoI to Society.
31. Shria Chinua. New name and device. Per pale
purpure and vert a dragonfly argent.
(Bofarrach)
Submitter cares most about the language/culture (12th - 13th C
Mongolian).
Shria meaning yellow.
Chinua meaning wolf.
"On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names" by
Baras-aghur Naran
32. Tiberius Acilius Brutus. New name and device.
Gules, a natural leopard couchant guardant between in fess two Roman
iconic columns Or.
(Dragonsspine)
Submitter will not accept major changes, cares most about the
language/culture (Roman) of the name and the desired gender is male.
Tiberius - Praenomen listed in "Names and Naming Practices of Regal and
Republican Rome - Praenomen and Nomen" by Dominus Meradudd
Cethin. http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/roman/names.html
Acilius - Nomen dated to 191-33 BCE (ibid).
Brutus - Cognomen dated to 509-77 BCE in "Names and Naming Practices of
Regal and Republican Rome - Cognomen and Agnomen" by Dominus Meradudd
Cethin. http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/roman/names2.html
33. Vivienne Kestrel la Fauconnière. Device
Resubmission. Per pale, azure and gules, a sun radiant Or and a
pair of falcons rising respectant, wings displayed and inverted, argent
all one and two.
( )
Submitter's name was passed on the May 2005
LoAR. Device (Azure, a sun radiant Or and
a pair of falcons rising respectant, wings displayed and inverted,
argent all one and two.) was returned on January
2005 LoR for multiple conflicts.
34. William de Kari. New name.
(Unser Hafen)
Submitter will not accept major changes, desired
gender is male and is
interested in having name be authentic for 12th - 14th C time period.
"William" A Dictionary of First Names. Patrick Hanks and
Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford
Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Apollo
Group. 2 August 2005 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t41.e4704>
deKari - a Norman spelling of the name de Kary meaning from Cary or
from Castle Cary, of Somerset, England. Also referenced on the
geneology website http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jac/cmc/at01/at01_059.htm
by Charles Merrick Cary.
Thus ends the October 2005 Letter of Presentation.
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