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Outlands College of Heralds

April 19, 2010
From the Office of the Castle Herald
Baron Randal Carrick
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 19th day of April,  A.S. xxxxiv (2010 CE), does Don Randal Carrick send greetings on behalf of Sheik Omar Mohammud Mirzazadeh, White Stag Principal Herald.

 

It would assist Castle Herald greatly in the future if you would e-mail a copy of the documentation summary for name submissions along with the paper copies;  It saves having to re-type everything again.  Also, please be sure that you include dates of registration and return for armory for previously registered names and resubmissions of any kind.  If Castle can't find where an item was returned, it may be pended until the information is provided or payment is made for a new submission.

 

Here follows the Kingdom of the Outlands Letter of Presentation for April 2010. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Errors found herein are my sole responsibility.  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 May 18, 2010, for the decision meeting tentatively scheduled for May 19, 2010.  As a reminder, the College of Arms requests commentary on all items, including appeals.


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1.  Adam ben Avram.  New Name and Device.  Per Chevron enhanced argent and azure, three penguins one and two proper.

(Ravenhyrst) Gender: Male.  Submitter cares most about the meaning and language/culture of the name, defined as "Jewish, Son of Avram."  Submitter will not accept major changes to the name.

 

[Adam] - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/paris.html#jewish An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris, by Lord Colm Dubh.

 

[ben] - jewish "son of" per "Jewish Naming Convention in Andevin England" by Eleazar ha-Levi. (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/jewish.html) "Joseph ben (son of) Simon" 

 

[Avram] - father's SCA name. Found at http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/a.html Paul Goldshmidt's "Dictionary of period Russian Names"- section A, "Avram - var. of Avraam."

 

2.  Alboin van den Brom.  New Name.

(Ravenhyrst) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the sound of the name, left undefined.  Submitter will not accept major or minor changes to the name.

 

[Alboin] - king of Lombardy, died June 28, 572 or 573, Verona, Lombardy (Italy) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13066/Alboin Also found in Bahlow. "Albin - …_ The Tyrolean bishop (of Carinthian nobility) was originally called Alboin (like the king of the Langobards, his queen Rosamunde), …in 1270. 

 

[van den Brom] - found in H.Bahlow. "Brom - …- van den Brom: brom or bram occurs in many pl.ns and water words, indicating bogs

 

3.  Alexander Ben Avram.  New Name and Device.  Purpure, a schnecke issuant from sinister chief, in dexter chief a mullet of six points Or.

(Ravenhyrst)  Gender: Male.  Submitter cares most about the meaning and language/culture of the name, defined as "Jewish, Son of Avram."  Submitter will not accept major changes to the name.

[Alexander] – http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/jewish/levy/alexander.html 1147Alexander Bacharach

[ben] – jewish “son of” http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/jewish.html     Jewish Naming Convention in Andevin England by Eleazar ha-Levi. Joseph ben (son of) Simon

 [Avram] – father’s SCA name. Found at http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/a.html   Paul Goldshmidt’s dictionary of period Russian names- section A, Avram – var. of Avraam.

4.  Aryeh ben Avram.  New Name.

(Ravenhyrst) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the meaning and language/culture of the name, defined as "Jewish, Son of Avram."  Submitter will not accept major changes to the name, not allow the creation of a holding name.

 

[Aryeh] - "Jewish Names in the World of Medieval Islam: Men's names", complied by Yeoshua ben Yerushalmi (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/Jewish/Cairo/index.html)

 

[ben] - jewish "son of" per "Jewish Naming Convention in Andevin England" by Eleazar ha-Levi. (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/jewish.html) "Joseph ben (son of) Simon" 

 

[Avram] - father's SCA name. Found at http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/a.html Paul Goldshmidt's "Dictionary of period Russian Names"- section A, "Avram - var. of Avraam."

 

5.  Catherine MacLaren. Name Resubmission (Laurel).

(St. Golias) Gender: Female.  Changes accepted.

 

Submitter's previous name submission, Catherine McLaren, was returned by Laurel on the August 2008 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2008/08/08-08lar.html) via the Outlands, stating: 

As ruled on the September 2007 Cover Letter, Mc is a scribal abbreviation for Mac. We do not register scribal abbreviations. However, the submitter allows no changes, so we cannot expand the byname to MacLaren in order to register the name.

Her armory has been registered under the holding name Catherine of St. Golias.

Submitter has changed the spelling per Laurel's instructions, but did not re-include the documentation for the name.  From the previous submission:

 

[Catherine] - Reaney & Wilson, p 452 under surname Townson dates Catherine to 1591. 

 

[McLaren] - Black, Surnames of Scotland, p 534 dates McLaren to 1592.

 

6.  Conall Óg mac Dabhídh.  Device Resubmission (Kingdom).  Vert, three chevronels braced Or, on a chief indented argent a salmon gules.

(Dragonsspine)  Submitter's name was registered on the January 2005 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/01/05-01lar.html) via the Outlands.

 

Submitter's previous device submission, Vert, three chevronels braced Or, on a chief indented argent, a salmon naiant gules, was returned by Rampart on the August 2009 LoR (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2009-07-lop/0908-lor.html), stating: "Drawing the chevronels to conjoin the chief in this way makes the whole thing difficult to figure out."

 

Submitter has re-drawn the device to separate the chevronels from the chief as requested

 

7.  Elizabeth Anne Grene. Name Resubmission (?) and New Device.  Argent, in bend sinister two banners purpure and vert each suspended from poles fesswise sable.

(Fontaine) Gender: Female.  Submitter will not accept major or minor changes to the name. 

 

Submitter indicates that this is a resubmission of the name "Elizabeth Grene", but Castle finds no record of that name being submitted previously.

 

[Elizabeth] - Withycombe, 3rd edition, header "Elizabeth" dates the name to 1205

 

[Anne] - Withycombe, 3rd edition, header "Anne" dates the name to the early 14th century

 

[Grene] - Reaney and Wilson, 3rd edition, header "Green" dates this spelling to 1230.

 

8.  Francesco Di Napoli.  New Name and Device.  Per fess sable and argent, in chief a 4 pointed mullet argent.

(Drygestan)  Gender: Male.  Submitter cares most about the meaning, sound, and language/culture of the name, defined as "Italian".  Submitter will not accept major changes to the name.

 

[Francesco] - "15th Century Italian Men's Names" by Brian Scott (Talan Gwynek) (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/italian15m.html) lists 2 instances of this name.

 

[Di Napoli] - meaning "from Naples'.  "De" and "Di" are used interchangeably in southern Italian locative bynames, meaning "of".  Napoli is the period Italian spelling of Naples.

 

9.  Frank von Hunsrück. Device Resubmission (Laurel). Azure, three pallets argent, each charged with three arrowheads gules.

(Ravenhyrst) Submitter's name was registered on the September 2009 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2009/09/09-09lar.html) via the Outlands.

 

Submitter's previous device submission, Or, between in pale two mastiffs statant counter-statant, an arrow fesswise point to dexter sable, was returned on the October 2009 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2009/10/09-10lar.html), stating: "This device is returned for a redraw. While the item blazoned as an "arrow" on the LoI has the exaggerated point expected of a heraldic arrow, it does not have the exaggerated fletchings which are also expected. As a result, the charge is not identifiable, which is a violation of Section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submission, which requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." Drawn with the exaggerated head, but not exaggerated fletchings, the charge could be easily mistaken for a spear."

 

This submission is a complete re-design.

 

10.  Gwenhevare inghean Roland.  New Name and Device.  Purpure, a winged unicorn rampant, on a chief argent three thistles proper.

(Ravenhyrst)  Gender: Female.  Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as "Scottish 15-16 Century".  Changes accepted.

[Gwenhevare] – http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/reaneyHZ.html  Gwenhevare 1431 Jennifer

[inghean] – the standard way to form a name using a simple patronymic byname for women is:        <single given name> inghean <father’s given name> http://www.medievalscotland/hng16gaelic/scottishwomanpat.php

[Roland] – http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/scots/dost/roland.html  Rolland – 1479(barne);1496 (bordour);1522(circuille)

11.  Hannes zum Eichhorn.  New Name and Device.  Per fess vert and Or, a wheelbarrow and an acorn counterchanged.

(Ravenhyrst)  Gender: Male.  Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as "German, 15C.".  Changes accepted.

[Hannes] – http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm   1400,1415,1452

[zum] – ‘with the sign of’ – h.Bahlow, paperback 2009, page XXVII

[Eichhorn] – H.Bahlow, paperback 2009, p.97, - (freq.UGer.) – squirrel: like other FNs from animals, FN probably originated from the house name: e.g. in Freiburg 1460 a house zum Eichhorn and a family Eichhorn (also in Mainz 1337).

12.  Ilaria de Felice.  New Name and Device.  Azure, a pile throughout argent, in chief a phoenix sable rising from flames gules.

(Ravenhyrst)  Gender: Female.  Submitter cares most about the meaning and language/culture of the name, defined as "Humorous, Italian Renaissance."  Changes accepted.

[Ilaria] – feminine form of Ilario http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/viterbo.html Italian Masculine Given Names from 15th and 16th century Viterbo.  Also Ilaria – 1219, Eulalia, a Latinisation of Greek eulalos ‘sweetly speaking’ http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/reaneyAG.html

[de] - ‘of’, ‘of the’, Italian – English Dictionary, Florio 1611, p.685 http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/florio/704small.html

[Felice] - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ferrante/catasto/names.txt six occurences.  ‘happy’, ‘blissfull’ – English Dictionary, Florio, 1611, p.183 http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/florio/198small.htmlDizzionario dei cognomi Italiani , Emidio de Felice, 1978, p.123

13.  Jethro Stille.  New Badge.  Gules, a mullet of six points voided between the blades of a Zulfikar inverted Or.

(Hawk's Hollow)  Submitter's name was registered on the May 2002 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/05/02-05ltp.html) via the Outlands.

 

Submitter desires to associate this device with the alternate name Suleiman ibn Da'ud ibn Sahl al-Qalqashandi, registered on the October 2009 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2009/10/09-10lar.html) via the Outlands.

 

Submitter has submitted documentation showing the use of the Zulfikar sword as a motif on a number of Ottoman flags.

 

14.  Jethro Stille.  New Badge.  Per fess azure and Or, two hands in birkat kohanim and a double-headed eagle counterchanged.

(Hawk's Hollow)  Submitter's name was registered on the May 2002 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/05/02-05ltp.html) via the Outlands.

 

15.  Johann of the Northern Moors. New Device. Argent, three sprigs of heather vert, flowered purpure, a mount vert.

(Ravenhyrst) Submitter's name was registered on the July 1988 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1988/07/lar.html) via the Outlands.

 

16.   Laurent de Lourdes.  New Name and Device.  Chevronelly argent and azure, three crosses bottony gules.

(al-Barran) Gender: Undefined. Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, left undefined.  Submitter will not accept Major changes to the name.

 

[Laurent] - "Given Names from Brittany, 1384-1600" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasveryn (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/latebreton) dates the name to 1548.

 

[Lourdes] - town in Hautes-Pyrénèes, SW France (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/lourdes).

 

17.  Llewellyn Gwynedd.  New Name and Device.  Argent, a hart statant vert.

(Drygestan)  Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the sound and language/culture of the name, defined as "15-16th Welsh".  Submitter will not accept Major changes to the name.

 

[Llewellyn] - "Late Sixteenth Century Welsh Names" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/talanWelsh16.htm)

 

[Gwynedd] - according to "A Simple Guide to Constructing 16th Century Welsh Names (in English Contexts)" by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, "Place-names may appear as inherited surnames, but in many cases the place involved is the village or region where the person lives. The name of the place appears by itself, without using of or any other connector. E.g. John Narberth,  Anne Powes."

 

Gwynedd is the northernmost Kingdom/state of Wales and has existed since approximately the 5th century (Castle note: submitter included no supporting documentation for this statement or spelling... can anyone help?)

 

18.  Lukas Weber. New Name and Device. Quarterly sable and purpure, in sinister chief a cross potent argent.

(Citadel) Gender: Male.  Submitter cares most about the language and /or culture of the name, defined as "German". Changes Accepted.  Submitter indicated a desire to have the name be authentic for 12th-14th C. German, but did not check the box to request the name be changed for authenticity.

 

[Lukas] - "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm) dates this spelling to 1380

 

[Weber] - Bahlow, p. 536, header "Weber"

 

19.  Mary Champernowne. Device Resubmission (Laurel). Azure, on a pale endorsed argent a winged cat rampant regardant sable.

(Caerthe) Submitter's name was registered on the May 2009 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2009/05/09-05lar.html) via the Outlands.

 

Submitter's previous device submission, Per bend sinister argent and azure, a winged cat sejant sable and three cat pawprints argent, was returned on the June 2009 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2009/06/09-06lar.html), stating: 

The charges intended to be pawprints in this device are not recognizable as such. From any distance, they appear to be roundels due to the miniscule toes. Section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submission, Identification Requirement, requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." Since these are not, they may not be registered.

Please inform the submitter that the use of pawprints is considered a step from period practice.

This device is a complete re-design.

20.  Roana Robertson. Name and Device Resubmission (Kingdom). Vert, a griffin couchant, wings elevated and addorsed, between three roundels argent.

(Ravenhyrst) Gender: Female.  Changes Accepted.

 

Submitter's previous name and device submission, Rowena Robertson, was submitted on the Outlands March 2010 LoP (http://rampart.outlandsheralds.org/2010-03-lop/1003-lop.html), and will be ruled on by Rampart this month.  Because "Rowena" is considered "SCA-compatible" and no longer registerable, this submission is expected to be returned on those grounds.

 

[Roana] - "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" by Talan Gwynek dates this name to 1212

 

[Robertson] - The Surnames of Scotland, Black, dates William Robertson to 1371, and Thomas Robertson to 1444.

 

21.  Symon Cranmere. New Name and Device.  Gules, a crane in its vigilance argent beaked and limbed Or, within a bordure embattled Or.

(Caerthe) Gender: Male.  Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, Defined as "Early 15th C. English male persona".  Changes Accepted.

 

[Symon] - "Index of names in the 1381 Suffolk Poll Tax" by Aryanwhy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/suffolk1381.pdf) shows two instances of the spelling "Symon"

 

[Cranmere] - A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney and Wilson, header "Cranmer" dates Edward Cranmere to 1422.

 

22.  þóra Sigurðardóttir.  New Name and Device.  Argent, a flittermouse volant, wings addorsed, sable within a bordure engrelee sable.

(Hawk's Hollow)  Gender: Female.  Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, left undefined.  Changes accepted.

 

[þóra] - Geirr Bassi, p.16 dates the name to 1200

 

[Sigurðardóttir] - Geirr Bassi, p.14 gives the masculine name Sigurðr

 

23.  William Flanagan.  New Badge. Purpure, on a bend sinister Or, a quatrefoil slipped vert.

(Ravenhyrst)  Submitter's name was registered on the October 1988 LoAR (http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1988/10/lar.html) via Atenveldt.

 

 

Thus ends the April 2010 Letter of Presentation.

Your servant,

Randal Carrick

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