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Outlands College of Heralds
March 9, 2008
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 March A.S. xxxxii (2008 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 March 2008. 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 herald's commentary list is encouraged. Please have
comments
on items contained herein to Rampart Herald
by April 12, 2008, for the decision meeting tentatively
scheduled for April 13, 2008.
I am urgently seeking a successor to this office. As my warrant
expires May
1, I would like to find someone POSTHASTE. Please apply to Lady White
Stag
and copy me.
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1. Ambrosius von Beck. Name
and device resubmission. Quarterly paly bendy vert and argent and
pily bendy sinister azure and argent, between three suns in splendor Or
a gryphon segreant sable.
(Nahrun Kabirun) Gender:
Male. The submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name,
specified as "German speaking". No major changes accepted.
The previous submission, Ambrosius
Grief von Beck, was returned on the May
2007 Letter of Response: "Commenters indicate that _Deutsches
Nameslexikon_ by Bahlow does not have an entry for [Grief]. Bahlow does
have an entry for [Greif] which is the proper spelling of [griffin] in
German. The only dated reference is 1616 for an [Andreas Gryphius] also
known as [A. Greif]. Bahlow's entry for [Beck] indicates a meaning of
[Baker] and so a [von Beck] is an incorrect form. Client advised to
either find a period dated citation for [Greif] or drop it from the
name. Possible correct constructions include [Ambrosius Beck] or
[Ambrosius Greif Beck]. As the client has not allowed major changes to
the name, this must be returned for rework. Name returned for lack of
documentation." The accompanying device, identical to the current
submission, was returned on the same letter: "Commenters
indicate that the complexity count on this device is 8 which is
borderline for return under Rfs.VII.1.a - Tincture and Charge Limit.
The design is also complex enough to reduce the visual impact of any
single portion of the design. The use of the complex fields also causes
this to be very close to violating Rfs.VII.4.d - Modern Style. One
commenter felt that the secondary quarters may be more properly
rendered as [pily bendwise sinister]. The particular stylized form of
the gryphon also makes it difficult to identify on this complex field,
causing it to be in violation of Rfs.VII.2 - Armorial Contrast. Either
simplify the field, or use a more standard depiction of a gryphon
sergeant. Device returned for lack of name and violation of
Rfs.VII.1.a, Rfs.VII.4.d, Rfs.VII.2, and general redraw."
Ambrosius: "Medieval German Names from Silesia" by Talan Gwynek (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm)
dates this name to 1429.
von Beck: Journal of the
Warburg and Courtland Institutes, vol 40 (1977) p. 56, lists a
Sybert von Beck, a 14C Carmelite theologian.
2. Bardolf Gunwaldtsson. Name
change from Jeffery Paul Gundwaldtsson
and new device. Erminois, a raven
within a bordure sable.
(al_Barran) Gender: not
specified. The submitter cares most about the sound of the name.
Changes accepted. If the name is accepted, the submitter asks that his
former name be released.
The previous name was registered in November 1989.
The submitter wants to keep his registered surname, but I note that the
registered name contains a "d" that is missing from the current
submission.
Bardolf: Beardsley, Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, p. 78;
Withycombe, p, 82. "Ancestors of Reed Molthan Williams Wurts"
(http://www.wurts.net/rmwwanc/g0000116.html)
shows Bardolf, born
1045. A genealogy of the Dukes of Brittany (http://www.geneajourney.com/brttny.html)
includes Bardolf, born ca.
1052. Additional citations supporting this as an 11th-century given
name
are included.
3. Carloman Macht von Drachenfels.
Device resubmission. No blazon
proposed.
(Rio de las Animas)
The name was sent to Laurel in the July
2007. The device, Vert, in pale a crescent pendant and an
increscent Or, was returned on the same letter for conflict:
"Styrbjorn Halte - August of 1994: [Vert, in pale a crescent inverted
and a Thor's hammer Or.] 1 CD for type change of half of the primary
group. Blazon changed from [Vert, two crescents pendant in chief
increscent in foot Or] to [Vert, in pale a crescent pendant and an
increscent Or]." The current submission adds a bordure.
4. Catherine McLaren. New
name and device. Per fess azure and
argent, a bow Or and a domestic cat couchant azure.
(St Golias; submitted at Estrella) No changes accepted. No other
boxes checked.
Catherine: Reaney & Wilson, p 452 under surname Townson dates Catherine to 1591.
McLaren: Black, Surnames of Scotland, p 534 dates McLaren to 1592.
5. Catherine McLaren. New
badge. Azure, a pawprint bendwise
sinister argent within a bow bendwise Or, all between two pawprints
bendwise in bend sinister argent.
(St Golias; submitted at Estrella)
Name submitted under #4 above.
6. Catherine Wentworth of Cambridge. New
name and device. Gules, on a fess
between three triquetras, each interlaced with an annulet, and a
phoenix Or, a rose gules.
(Windkeep; submitted at Estrella) Gender: Female. Submitter cares
most about the spelling and the (unspecified) language/culture of the
name. No major changes accepted. Creation of a holding name not
accepted.
Catherine: Withycombe (3rd ed) p 186-187, header Katharine, dated throughout period
Wentworth: Reaney & Wilson, (3rd ed), p 482, header Wentworth, dated to 1422
Cambridge: University town in Britain, use as a surname dates to 1182 -
Reaney & Wilson, (3rd ed), p 81, header Cambridge
7. Cerdic Cenfrithsson. New
name and device. Gules, a bend
sinister argent between two forks bendwise sinister, a bordure all
argent.
(St Golias; submitted at Estrella) The submitter requests a name
authentic for early (6th-8th Century) Saxon. Changes accepted.
Cerdic: Searle, Onomasticon
Anglo-Saxonicum, p 134, dated to 616
Cenfrith: Searle, Onomasticon
Anglo-Saxonicum, p 128, dated to 680. The submitter wishes an
authentic patronymic for this name.
8. Cerdic Cenfrithsson. New
badge Gules, a fork bend sinister
argent.
(St Golias; submitted at Estrella)
Name submitted under #7 above.
9. Charles Robert Blackstone. New
badge. Fieldless, a lion passant
guardant erminois wearing a baronial coronet Or.
(al-Barran)
The name was registered in August
2003. The submitter was created a Baron of the Court of the
Outlands
on November 11, 2006.
10. Emma Yate. New device. Azure, a wheel Or within a horse-headed
torque argent, in chief two bars Or.
(Gleann Medonach; submitted at Estrella)
The name was registered in August
2005.
11. Grima Sjóna. New
alternate name for Muirgheal inghean
Sitheach and new badge. Quarterly
purpure and sable, an eight-spoked wheel argent.
(Nahrun Kabirun) Gender:
Female. The submitter cares most about the meaning and language/culture
of the name, defined as Norse. Changes accepted.
The primary name was registered in December
2000, and was actually registered as Muirgheal inghean Shitheach (perhaps this should be corrected)
via Artemisia.
Grima: "Viking Names
found in the Landnámabók"
by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html)
From the article: "The surviving versions of Landnámabók
date from the second half of the 13th century or a little later, though
it has been suggested that it was composed in an early form by Ari
Þorgilsson (1068-1148). The initial settlement of Iceland largely
took place between 870 and 930, but Landnámabók
definitely mentions descendants significantly later than the actual
settlement period, at least into the 11th century." The name Grima
occurs two or fewer times in the Landnámabók.
Sjóna: "Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók"
by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html)
cites this as a feminine byname meaning "seeress".
12. Gytha Lokheued. New name
and device. Per pale sable and vert,
on a pale argent three lozenges azure.
(Caer Galen; submitted at Estrella 2007 - yes, 2007 - and finally sent
on with the 2008 submissions) Gender:
Female. Changes accepted.
Gytha: Searle, Onomasticon
Anglo-Saxonicum, p 274
Lokheued: Jan Jönsjö, Studies on Middle English
Nicknames I: Compounds, Lund Studies in English 55, University
of Lund , p 123- cites several individuals with this surname dated to
the 14th century. Meaning: "one with curly hair" (OE loce "lock of hair" + heafod "head")
13. Nathaniel Hayes. New name
and device. Per chevron Or and
argent, a grenade sable enflamed gules.
(Caerthe/Ravenhyrst; submitted at Estrella) Gender: Male. The submitter cares
most about the sound and (undefined) language/culture of the name. No
major changes accepted.
Nathaniel: Academy of St. Gabriel, "Faire Names for English Folk: Late
Sixteenth Century English Names"
by Chris Laning (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/christian/fairnames/)
lists Nathaniel as one of the
top 50 men's names of the 1560s and 1570s.
Hayes: Academy of St. Gabriel, "Faire Names for English Folk: Late
Sixteenth Century English Names"
by Chris Laning (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/christian/fairnames/)
14. Nicolina of Cornwall. New
device. Argent, on a pile inverted
embattled vert, a horse's head couped argent.
(Gleann Medonach; submitted at Estrella)
The name was registered in August
2005.
15. Ótama inn glađi.
New name and device. Purpure in pale
a flame proper and a dragonfly, a chief rayonny Or.
(Caerthe/Ravenhyrst; submitted at Estrella) Gender: Female. The submitter
cares most about the meaning of the name (see elements below). Changes
accepted.
Ótama: The
Viking Answer Lady (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml):
feminine given name, probably originally a byname. From the OW.Norse
adjective útamr "untamed". Appears in the runic nominative form
[utaRa].
inn glađi: "Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók"
by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html)
- Old Norse meaning "glad, happy".
16. Robert Moffat. Device
resubmission. Per saltire azure and
gules, a saltire argent, palewise two mullets argent.
(Fontaine dans Sable; submitted at Estrella)
The name was submitted to Laurel in May
2007. The previous submission was returned on the same letter:
"Commenters indicate that the saltire is far too narrow, and needs to
be redrawn about 3 times as wide. The device appears to be clear of
conflict at this time. Device returned for redraw."
17. Salomea Toruńska. New name
and device. Argent, a chevron
engrailed gules between three bats sable within a bordure engrailed
gules.
(al-Barran) Gender: Female.
The submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name,
defined as 14C Polish. No major changes accepted.
Salomea: Salomea of Berg (ca 1093-1144) was a Polish princess (Wikipedia)
Toruńska: The UNESCO World Heritage website (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/835)
describes the medieval town of Toruń, Poland, which dates to the 13th
Century. "Antykwa Toruńska" ("Antiqua of Toruń") (http://www.nowacki.strefa.pl/torunska-e.html)
indicates that Toruńska is a
Polish locative meaning "of Toruń". "Jewish Records Indexing-Poland" (http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/psa/psa_mstowsurn.htm)
lists the surname Toruńska as
found in the civil records of the town of Mstów, Poland, in the
19th Century.
18. Sorkhan Aradai. Name
change from Iira Kazimir Zarubezhanin.
(St Golias; submitted at Estrella 2007) Gender: Male. The submitter cares
most about the language/culture of the name, defined as Mongol. No
major changes accepted. If this name is registered, the submitter
wishes to retain his currently registered name as an alternate name.
The current name was registered in August
2006.
A letter from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy is included as documentation.
She cites the following:
Sorkhan: found as a name element in "Mongolian Naming Practices" by
Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy (KWHS
Proceedings, 1995, Barony of Caerthe, Kingdom of the Outlands).
The specific historical individual cited is Sorkhan Shira, a general under
Chinghis Khan.
Aradai: Academy of St. Gabriel, "On the Documentation and
Construction of Period Mongolian Names"
by Baras-aghur Naran (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/baras-aghur/mongolian.html)
- per Marta: "The names list in the paper [Marta's paper referenced above] doesn't
list Arada (this could also
be transliterated as Ariga, or
even Aratai - Baras-aghur's
citation shows how one term can be transliterated in a number of ways). However, as mentioned in
Baras-aghur Naran's article, Arida
could be considered as a physical descriptive byname (if one happened
to have unusual teeth, perhaps buck teeth or or protruding canines), or
as an "occupational" byname Aratai
(if one were considered to have the stealth and cunning aspects of some
predatory animal). An occupational byname included in Marta's paper
includes Arat, "herdsman". "
19. Tancorix of Cait. New name
and device. Sable, a domestic cat
statant argent.
(Nahrun Kabirun) Gender:
Unspecified. Submitter cares most about the language/culture of
the name, specified as Pictish. Changes accepted.
Tancorix: Academy of St. Gabriel, "A Consideration of Pictish Names"
by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/pictnames/pict3_4.html#section3)
lists the name Tancorix as a primarily feminine name that could also be
masculine. The Roman Britain website (http://www.roman-britain.org/places/maglona_carvetiorum.htm),
discussing a settlement at Old Carlisle in Cumbria, says: "For a long
time the only epigraphic evidence for the existence of a civil
settlement or vicus at Old Carlisle was the tombstone of a
native woman named Tancorix (vide supra)."
of Cait: University College Cork (Ireland), "Onomasticon Goedelicum:
locorum et tribuum Hiberniae et Scotiae
(An index, with identifications, to the Gaelic names of places and
tribes)" (http://www.ucc.ie:8080/cocoon/doi/locus/C):
"Cait: one of the 7 divisions of Alba under the Cruithne, Bb. 113 a;
¶ Cait, Caithness in Scotl., Sk. i. 186; ¶ v.
Inis Cat, Críoch Cat." Academy of St. Gabriel, "A Consideration
of Pictish Names"
by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/pictnames/pict2.html#section2)
identified Cait as one of the seven sons of the (possibly legendary)
Pictish king Cruithne, for whom regions of Scotland were named (Cait
gave his name to Caithness).
20. Tatiana Grigor'evna. Name
resubmission.
(Nahrun Kabirun) Gender:
Female. No other boxes checked. Changes accepted.
The previous submission, Tatiana Grigorevna Bez Kaidal, was
returned on the May
2007 Letter of Response: "A communication from the submitting
herald indicates that the client would like to change the [Bez Kaidal]
with [Sevsk]. We have no documentation for [Sevsk] and so I am
returning the submission to allow the client to rework the submission
to better fit their desires."
Tatiana: "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names" by Paul Wickenden of
Thanet (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/t-u.html) cites this name as a
variant of Tat'iana.
Grigor'evna: "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names" by Paul Wickenden
of Thanet (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/g.html) cites Grigor'evna
as a feminine patronymic form of the masculine given name Grigorii and
its numerous variants.
21. Thak Al Chinua. New name
and device. Sable, on a fess argent
between a scimitar fesswise reversed and a scimitar fesswise proper, a
wolf courant gules.
(Caerthe/Ravenhyrst; submitted at Estrella) Gender: Male. The submitter cares
most about the sound of the name. Changes accepted. Client will accept
reversal (Al Chinua Thak).
Thak: "Annapurna Circuit and Sanctuary: A Himalayan Guidebook
for the Independent Trekker in the Annapurna region, Nepal" (http://www.yetizone.com/the_thakalis.htm)
discusses the Thakali people of Nepal. Thak means "distant country" in
Tibetan. No documentation for the use of this word as a name element is
provided.
Al: Academy of St. Gabriel, "On the Documentation and
Construction of Period Mongolian Names"
by Baras-aghur Naran (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/baras-aghur/mongolian.html)
lists Al, meaning the color
crimson, as a name element.
Chinua: Academy of St. Gabriel, "On the Documentation and
Construction of Period Mongolian Names"
by Baras-aghur Naran (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/baras-aghur/mongolian.html)
lists Chinua ("wolf") as a
common name element.
22. Valentinus Trapezuntianus.
New name and device. Per pale Or and
purpure, a lotus blossom in profile sable.
(Nahrun Kabirun) Gender:
Male. The submitter cares most about the meaning of the name,
"Valentinus of Trapezunta" in Latin. Changes accepted.
Valentinus: "Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During
the 6th and 7th Centuries" by Berret Chavez (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine/PLRE_masc_names.html)
lists this name.
Trapezuntianus: "Late Roman Shield Patterns: Dux Armeniae" (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/luke/ueda-sarson/DuxArmeniae.html)
shows the town of Trapezunta. Bibliotheca Augustana (http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost05/Notitia/not_dor2.html)
lists the Roman prefecture of Trapezunta under the Duke of Armenia. No
documentation for Latin locative formation is included.
23. William Heron. New name
and device. Per chevron azure and
vert, three herons' heads erased argent.
(al-Barran, submitted at Estrella 2007) No boxes checked. Changes accepted.
William: Withycombe, p. 293
Heron: Realy & Wilson, p. 229
24. Wolfhart Strobel. New name
and device. Checky sable and argent,
an inverted oak leaf inverted gules.
(Nahrun Kabirun) Gender:
Male. The submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name,
defined as late 13th Century German. Changes accepted.
Wolfhart: "Medieval German Names from Silesia" by Talan Gwynek (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm)
dates this name to 1293.
Strobel: "Some Early Middle High German Bynames with Emphasis on Names
from the Bavarian Dialect Area" by Brian M. Scott (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Early_German_Bynames.html)
dates this name, meaning "full of underbrush; unkempt, shaggy
(referring to hair)" to 1240.
No line drawing of the device was included in the submission packet.
25. Wulfhramn St. James. Name
and device resubmission. Sable, an
eye argent irised azure, surmounted by a sword inverted Or.
(al-Barran) Gender: Male.
The submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name,
defined as Frisian. Changes accepted.
The previous submission,Wulfhramn of Golden Oak,
was returned on the August
2006 Letter of Response: "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 documentation 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." The device, identical to the current submission, was returned
on the same letter for lack of a name to send it forward with.
Wulfhramn: 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.
St. James: a copy of the submitter's driver's license is included -
this is the submitter's legal surname.
The device is submitted on an old form - no doubt a copy of the
previous submission.
Thus ends the March 2008 Letter of
Presentation. (Whew!)
Your servant,
Francesca di Pavia
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