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27 August 2006
From the Office of Rampart Herald
Furukusu Masahide (John Newton)
rampart@outlandsheralds.org
Unto the Outlands College of Heralds, the esteemed submitters, and all others who come by these letters, on this 27th day of August 2006, A.S. XL, does Furukusu Masahide, Rampart Herald, send greetings.
My deepest gratitude to those who took time to send internal commentary: Canute, Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald), Ines, knut, Marie de Blois (Palmer Herald), Meradudd Cethin (Liber Herald).
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The following items were sent on to Laurel for final determination:
The following items were returned for further work:
Commenters indicate that this order name does not follow any of the six general meta-patterns approved in Pelican's Order Name discussion on the August 2005 CL (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/08/05-08cl.html). Further, this order name does not follow any of the known order grammatical name patterns as documented by Project Ordensnamen (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/order/).
Commenters also indicate that the mixing of Greek and Anglo-Saxon/Norse languages violates Rfs. III.1.a: Linguistic Consistency - Each phrase must be grammatically correct according to the usage of a single language.
Rampart notes that each name element must also be documented as having been used in period with the given spelling. This is normally done via reference to the Oxford English Dictionary. No documentation was provided for this order name. The Administrative Handbook, part IV.C.2 requires that documenting evidence must be included for all name elements as well as name construction patterns.
Order Name returned for lack of documentation.
Conflicts with Anna of Aarnimesa - April 1997: Gyronny sable and argent, a mullet counterchanged.
Commenters also believed this violated Rfs. VIII.3: Armorial Identifiablity, and Rfs. VIII.4.d: Modern Style. Rfs. VIII.3 indicates that excessive counterchanging can conflict with identifibility, and Rfs. VIII.4.d specifically comments on modern style such as abstract patterns or op-art style. Please keep these design ideas in mind when resubmitting.
Device returned for conflict and violation of Rfs.VIII.3 and Rfs. VIII.4.d.
Gender: Male. The submitter is interested in an authentic name for the Irish Gaelic language/culture. Changes accepted.
The name, originally submitted as Cuinn McEwen, was returned on the January 2006 Letter of Response (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2005-12-lop/0601-lor.html):
Commenters indicate that Cuinn is a genitive form of Conn, which is also indicated in the documentation provided. A genitive form indicates a relationship between the noun and another noun. In English this is similar to possession or descriptive prepositions such as 'of Chicago.' As such a genitive form cannot be used for a given name. It can be used as part of a byname or surname. Commenters also indicate that McEwen is an anglicized form of 'mac Eoghain.' Combining anglicized and Gaelic elements in the same name is considered a weirdness, but not in itself a reason for the name to not be registered. It is suggested that a fully Gaelic form of the name would be 'Conn mac Eoghain.'
The device was returned on the same letter for lack of a name with which to send it forward.
Documentation presented with this submission:
Conn: http://www.s-gabriel.org (no more specific reference is given)
MacEwan: Black, p 491.
Rampart indicates that citing the base address for the St. Gabriel website is insufficient documentation for the given name of the submission. The comments from the previous submission indicate there may be sufficient documentation in the original St. Gabriel report for the submission, but that must be included and cited in the submission. Furthermore, copies of all documentation, unless they are listed on the Non-Photocopy Source List in the Administrative Handbook Appendix H (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/admin.html#APPENDIX_H) must be included with the submission.
Name returned for lack of documentation.
Device returned for lack of name to send it forward with.
Gender: Unspecified.
Dermod: "Irish Ancient Names/Irish Naming Practices" (http://ahd.exis.net/monaghan/irish-names-naming.htm) under heading DIARMAID (Dermod is an Anglicizes form). This is listed as an "Ancient Irish Name" but without a specific dating.
Killarney: a town in Ireland (http://uk.holidaysguide.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-109573-killarney_history-i)
Commenters question the overall name structure of [given name] + [town name]. No documentation was provided for this use in Irish or Anglicized Irish. A possible construction in Anglicized Irish may be [given name] + [of] + [town name], but this form needs to be documented as well.
Rampart notes that the documentation for Killarney discusses the town's existence within period, and the construction of several local abbeys and castles, but it does not actually document that the name [Killarney] was ever used for the town during our period.
Rampart would also like to remind the submitter that a copy of all documentation must be included for every submitted form (i.e. two copies of name documentation must be included with the two name submission forms).
Name returned for lack of documentation.
Device returned for lack of name to send it forward with.
Gender: Female. No authenticity requested. Changes accepted.
No documentation is provided, though Kimberly is the submitter's legal given name. Copies of mundane ID provided.
Rampart states that all submissions must have documentation of each name element submitted, as well as documentation of period usage of the structure of the name per the Administration Handbook section IV.C.2: Documentation - "Documenting evidence must be included for all name elements and any non-standard armorial elements or practices. Such documentation must include references to specific pages and/or entries in the source material. Except for documentation from items in Appendix H (the No-Photocopy List), such documentation must include copies of cited source material."
The submitter did provide documentation that [Kimberly] is their legal name, and may be considered under Rfs. II.4: Legal Names - "Elements of the submitters legal name may be used as the corresponding part of a Society name, if such elements are not excessively obtrusive and do not violate other sections of these rules." Commenters did indicate that they felt [Kimberly] was excessively obtrusive, as it historically is a place-name used as a given name in a modern context, deriving from the Anglo-Saxon [Cynelwig's clearing]. Rampart felt disinclined to rule on this specific name, and would be willing to send this to Laurel.
[Blackwood] was not documented at all in the submission, and commenters only found reference to [de Blacwode] and [Blakwode] from a review of Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames.
Name returned for lack of documentation.
Device returned for lack of name to send it forward with.
Gender: Unspecified. Authenticity not requested. Changes accepted.
Wulfhramn - http://members.aol.com/mcnelis/AEstel1/Shippey1.html and http://members.aol.com/mcnelis/AEstel2/Frantzen2 discuss the Life of St. Wulfhramn. The Catholic Encyclopedia (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15716a.htm) describes St. Wulfram as the Bishop of Sens, who died before 704.
No documentation is provided for [of Golden Oak].
Commenters indicate that the only documentation that can be found for [of Golden Oak] is a 20th century furniture style. The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names does not have any [Golden/Gold-/Gild-/Gyld-] style references. Wulfhramn appears to be a Frisian name, and it is believed that combining this with an English byname would be considered a weirdness (one step from period practice) if it is allowed at all.
Rampart would like the client to note that they must provide copies of appropriate sections of documention with the submission paperwork, in this case printouts of appropriate portions of the websites used to document Wulfhramn.
Name returned for lack of documentation of the byname.
Device returned for lack of name to send it forward with.
Gender: Female. Authenticity not requested. Changes accepted.
al Jafari, Fatima Suzanne, Digest of Muslim Names: Beautiful Muslim Names and their Meanings. Beltsville, MD: Amana Publications: Zafirah - "Victorious". Undated. The Medieval Names Archive (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names) is listed as a source, but the submitting herald does not specify where in that large website the name is to be found. "Jewish Women's Names in an Arab Context: Names from the Geniza of Cairo" by Juliana de Luna (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/geniza.html) lists the name Zafira.
Rampart notes that a single name element violates Rfs. III.2.a: Personal Names - "A personal name must contain a given name and at least one byname; each of these components will be called a name phrase. A byname is any name added to the given name to identify its bearer more precisely. Most period names contained no more than three name phrases; as a rule of thumb a personal name should not contain more than four name phrases. (A documentable exception is Arabic, in which longer period names can fairly easily be found; an example is Abû 'Abd Allâh Muhammad ibn Isma'îl ibn Mughîrah al-Bukhârî ' Muhammad , father of 'Abd Allâh , son of Isma'îl , the son of Mughîrah , the Bukharan. )"
Commenters indicate that upon resubmission the nebuly treatment of the base should be drawn much larger (less "nebulas" that are wider and taller).
Name returned for lack of name elements (violation of Rfs. III.2.a).
Device returned for lack of name to send it forward with.
Thus ends my Letter of Response.
In service and duty,
Furukusu Masahide
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