Last modified: June 9, 2007
Outlands College of Heralds
June 9, 2007
From the Office of the Castle Herald
Baronessa Francesca di Pavia, OP, OL
castle@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 9th day of June, A.S. xxxxii (2007 CE), does Maestra
Francesca
di
Pavia
send greetings on behalf of The Honourable Lady Marie de Blois, White
Stag Principal
Herald.
Here follows the Kingdom of the Outlands Letter of Presentation for
June 2007. Your comments and suggestions
are always welcome. Errors found herein are
undoubtedly mine.
Anyone may comment upon the items found herein, and e-mail
commentary to the Rampart address is encouraged. Please have comments
on items contained herein to Rampart, Furukusu Masahide-dono,
by July 21, 2007, for the Rampart decision meeting tentatively
scheduled for July 22, 2007.
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I present the following items for your consideration, while
reminding submitting heralds that documentation cited on submission
forms should make VERY clear what each source is purported to
document. Pretend that I have not been privy to all your previous
research and conversations, because, well, I haven't. I don't have a
clue what you are talking about unless you tell me. (This is the Laurel
talking more than the herald. Documentation is for teaching. Teach me
what you need me to know.) Members of the College may be delighted to
go on a dig for you - but I can tell them where to start much more
easily if you are clear in what you want me to communicate to
them. And I'm not the digger - that's not my job, folks.
Another note: I present the blazons to you as they appear on the
submission forms. I am well aware that many of them need a lot of work
- and you all are good at that!
1. Æðeluulf Munec.
New name and device. Counter-ermine,
a ram's head caboshed argent horned and jessant of a straight trumpet
Or.
(al-Barran) No gender
specified. The submitter desires a name authentic for the 9th Century
Saxon/English language/culture and time period.
Æðeluulf: Sawyer Catalogue, S313 (http://www.anglo-saxons.net/charters):
A.D. 854. Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, to St Peter and the Old
Minster, Winchester; grant of 20 hides at Wanborough, Wilts. Signed by
Æðeluulf, King of Wessex. The chosen spelling is from the
non-Anglicized signature block of the King - "Æðeluulf Rex".
Munec: Reany & Wilson, pg 312, header "Monk" - Aylric Munec c. 1045.
2. A'isha bint Nishapur (Neyshabur).
Resubmission of change of name from A'isha
bint Asad Ud-Din.
(al-Barran) Gender: Female.
Submitter cares most about the meaning of the name - "daughter of the
city of Nishapur". She requests a name authentic for Arabic
language/culture. If the name change is registered, she wishes to
retain her present name as an alternate. Changes accepted.
The previous submission, A'isha
bint al-Miraayaat, was returned on the January 2007 Letter
of Response for lack of documentation.
Sources noted on name submission form:
1. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed. (www.bartleby.com/65/ne/Neyshabu.htm)
- what this is documenting is not made clear.
2. High Beam Encyclopedia (www.encyclopedia.com/printablr.aspx?id=FridadD)
- I can't get this link to work, and since I am not told what I am
supposed to be looking for, I can't search the site.
3. NNDB Tracking the World (www.nndb.com/people/043/000031947/)
- a biographical article on Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) states that the
poet was born in the city of Nishapur, Iran, and cites his full name as
Hakim Abolfath Omar ebn Ibrahim Khayyam Nieshapuri.
4. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd_nish.html)
- I can't find this exact link - I got as far as the Timeline of Art
History (toah) - but without knowing what I am supposed to be looking
for, I can't find it.
5. Archnet Digital Library (www.archnet.org/library/dictionary/entry.tcl?_id=DIA0492)
- I can get to the Dictionary of Islamic Architecture, but not to the
specific cite...what is entry DIA0492? What should I be looking up?
6. Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Neyshabur)
- "Nishapur (or Neyshâbûr; نیشابور in Persian) is
a town in the province of Khorasan
in northeastern Iran, situated
in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains, near the regional
capital of Mashhad.
Nishapur occupies an important strategic position astride the old Silk Road that linked Anatolia and the Mediterranean
with China. On the Silk Road,
Nishapur has often defined the flexible frontier between the Iranian
plateau and Central Asia. The town derived its name from its reputed
founder, the Sassanian
king Shapur
I, who is said to have established it in the 3rd century CE."
7. Encyclopedia Iranica (www.ghazali.org/articles/gz-iranica.htm)
- biographical article: "GHAZALI, ABU
HAMID
MUHAMMAD b. Muhammad Tusi (450-505/1058-1111), one of the greatest
systematic Persian thinkers of medieval Islam and a prolific Sunni
author on the religious sciences (Islamic law, philosophy, theology,
and mysticism) in Saljuq times." (He lived in Nishapur.)
The words of the submitter: "Founded during the 3rd century by the
Sassanian King Shapur I, Nishapur is a city strategically located on
the silk road trade route. It rose to prominence artistically during
the 9th century for pottery, glass, and textile production. It became a
learning and artistic center to rival Baghdad. Torghul, first ruler of
the Seljuk Dynasty, made his residence there in 1037. Omar Khayyam,
famous poet and philosopher, was born there in 1048 and died there is
1131. Farid al-Din, considered one of the greatest Sufi mystic poets,
was born there in 1142. His tomb is one of the city's current
attractions. Ghazali, a great philosopher and writer of law treatises,
studied, lectured, and taught at one of the colleges in Nishapur during
his life (1058-1111). The son-in-law of Genghis Khan was killed in
Nishapur in 1221. With this rich history of art, philosophy, poetry,
and trade, I can think of not better place for an artisan such as
myself to be from."
Documentation for the other name elements is not provided. Here is what
was presented on the December
2006 LoP: "A'isha: A'isha bint Abu Bakr was the daughter of
Abu Bakr and a wife of Muhammad. Wives of the Prophet by
Fida Hussein (Kazi Publications Inc, June 1979) is cited, but copies
are not provided. Copies from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha)
are included documenting A'isha, as well as several other random names
that do not appear to have anything to do with this submission (if you
are going to include photocopies, please enlighten me as to why they
are included!); bint: "daughter of" (ie A'isha bint Abu Bakr; see
above)"
3. Brice of Carlisle. New name
and device. Argent, a chevron
embattled between six crosses patonce, one and two and two and one,
azure.
(Drygestan). Gender: Male.
Submitter cares most about the sound of the name. No major changes
accepted.
Brice: Withycombe, 3rd ed. header Brice: "Brice and the diminutive
Bricot were fairly common in England in the 13th and 14th C." and dates
Brice to 1273 (from the Hundred Rolls).
Carlisle: Reaney & Wilson, The Origin of English Surnames
(1967), ch. 17, "The Homes of Family Names", p. 347, header "Cumberland
(county)": 13th: Carlisle (Carlile, Carlill, Carlyle).
"Also from Reaney & Wilson: though the submitted surname spelling
is not actually dated, Odard de Carlyle 1158-64, Thomas de Karlisle
1310-11, and Adam Carlelle, Carlille 1363, 1370 - these suggest that
Carlisle is a reasonable period variant."
4. Carloman Macht von Drachenfels.
New name and device. Vert, two
crescents pendant in chief increscent in foot Or.
(Rio de las Animas). Gender:
Male. Submitter cares most about the spelling of the name, and requests
a name authentic for 10th-11th century Frankish/German from the Rhine
valley. Changes accepted.
Carloman: thePeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/p10322.htm)
lists Carloman, King of Bayern (ca. 828-880); Encyclopedia Britannica, 1958
edition, vol.4 , pg 877, cites the same Carloman, king
of Bavaria and Italy, and also three Frankish princes (d 754, 751-771,
and d. 884) by that name.
Macht: the submitter's legal surname. A copy of his driver's license is
included.
Drachenfels: Castles on the
Rhine (no URL or bibliographical cite listed) infers that the
Drachenfels is a hilltop along the Rhine, upon which today can be found
the ruins of a castle.
5. Dermot of Kylharnon. Name
and device resubmission. Per pale
argent and vert, six roundels two, two, and two counterchanged.
(al-Barran) Gender: Male. No
other boxes checked.
The previous submission, Dermod Killarney, was returned on the August
2006 Letter of Response for lack of documentation. The device was
returned for lack of a name.
Dermot: "Names and Naming Practices in the Red Book of Ormond
(Ireland 14th Century)" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/lateirish/ormond-given.html),
with two instances of this spelling in Irish contexts.
Kylharnon: is found in the July 2003 LoAR (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2003/07/03-07lar.html)
under
Acceptances under the name "Anne Maguier of Kylharnon", which says
about this locative: "No documentation was provided in the submission
or the LoI for the
element Kilarney. The College found evidence that the present location
of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland existed in period. The earliest
Anglicized Irish example of this placename that was found was in
Speed's The Counties of Britain (p. 282, map of "The Province of
Mounster", map dated 1610), which lists the name of this location as
Kylharnon." Not having a copy of Speed's "The Counties of Britain",
this LoAR reference is the best we could find. If anyone has
documentation for the spelling Kilarney or Killarney, the submitter
would prefer that.
6. Geua ingen Guy. New name
and device. Azure, two crescents
pendant in chief imcrescent in foot.
(Rio de las Animas). Gender:
Female. The submitter cares most about the spelling of the name, and
requests a name authentic for 12th-14th Century Gaelic or Saxon. She
would like to keep "Geua" and "Guy"; "daughter of" may be ingen or
filia. Changes accepted.
Geua: "Feminine Given Names in A
Dictionary of English Surnames" by Talan Gwynek (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Geva)
cites Geua as a variant of Geva (Genevieve), with examples from 1123 to
1212.
Guy: "Men's Given Names from Early 13th Century England" by Talan
Gwynek (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/eng13/eng13m.html)
cites Guy as a masculine name dated to this time period.
ingen: "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names" by Sharon L. Krossa (http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/),
under "Spelling and Pronunciation", lists "ingen" as the pre-1200 AD
nominative case of "daughter".
filia: University of Notre Dame Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid (http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookit.pl?latin=filia)
defines "Filia" to mean "daughter".
7. Lochlan mac Hay. New name
and device. Argent, between three
escutcheons gules, on a fess azure a wolf's head erased argent.
(Caerthe) Gender: Male. The
submitter cares most about the sound of the name. No major changes
accepted.
Lochlan: Black, The Surnames
of Scotland, p. 410 (header LACHLAN) -
heir of Fergus of Galloway a. 1166 (LSC., p. 19).ad.
Mac: Black, The Surnames of
Scotland, p. 447 (header MAC)
Hay: Black, The Surnames of
Scotland, p, 350 (header HAY) - Of William
Hay >Constable, slain at Dupplin, 1332, a.d.
8. Natal'ia Georgievicha. Device
resubmission. Argent, a chief rayonny
azure.
(Drygestan).
The name was registered in January
2007. The device, Argent,
a chief rayonny azure, was returned on the same letter:
"Unfortunately, this device must be returned for redraw as the line of
division is not rayonny, nor is it any other period line of division
that we could identify." This is a redraw.
9. Seale inghean Roibeárd.
New name and device. Vert, on a bend
bendwise two unicorns rampant addorsed argent, three threfoils palewise
vert.
(al-Barran) Gender: Female.
The submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name,
defined as "Gaelic/Celtic". She wants the name to authentically mean
"Shyla Robert's daughter" in 12th-14th century Irish. No major changes
accepted.
Seale: no documentation provided that I could find (the two sources
below are all that was cited).
inghean: "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names" by Sharon L. Krossa (http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/),
under "Spelling and Pronunciation", lists "inghean" as the post-1200 AD
nominative case of "daughter".
Roibeárd: "Index of Names in Irish Annals" by Mari Elspeth nic
Bryan (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Roibeard.shtml)
lists Roibeárd as a masculine given name dated 1167-1608, with
35 occurrences. This spelling is the Early Modern Irish Gaelic
(c1200-c1700) nominative form of the name.
10. Solveig Hakonsdóttir.
New name and device. Azure, a drakar
argent between three roundels and a base wavy Or.
(al-Barran) Gender: Female.
The submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name (not
specified). No major changes accepted.
Solveig: Geirr Bassi, The
Old Norse Name, p. 15.; Academy of St. Gabriel report #3182 (www.s-gabriel.org/3182)
Hakonsdóttir: Academy of St. Gabriel report, number unknown
(email to submitter from the Academy): "A 10th century king who had
been fostered to the English king AEthelstan was identified around
960as <Ha/kon konungr A{dh}alsteins fo/stri> "King Hakon
AEthelstan's fosterling". (Here the slash repreenets an acute accent
over the previous letter.) The name continued in use, so we can
recommend <Ha/kons do/ttir> as a fine byname."
The suffix -dóttir "daughter" is added to the genitive case of
the father's given name (Geirr Bassi p. 17) There is no specifc
genetive given for names ending in "kon" in Geirr Bassi, but the St.
Gabriel letter supports this name.
Thus ends the June 2007
Letter of Presentation.
Your servant,
Francesca di Pavia
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