ANSTEORRAN GAZETTE ILoI No. 10, Vol AS XLIV, October 2009

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1 ANSTEORRAN GAZETTE ILoI No. 10, Vol AS XLIV, October 2009 The Ansteorran Gazette is the official Monthly publication of the College of Heralds of the Kingdom of Ansteorra. It is not a publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. nor does it delineate corporate SCA policies. Contents copyrighted 2009Society for Creative Anachronism except those contributions where copyright expressly retained by the individual author. For information on reprinting articles and artwork from this publication, please contact the editor (Obelisk Herald) who will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors. Greetings! Letter from Star Principal Herald As we near November, I'd like to remind all of my regional heralds that we should be running consultation tables at each Coronation. (In the past we've done them at Crown Tourneys as well, but for a variety of reasons have let that lapse.) If you know of an upcoming Coronation in your region, please contact the autocrat and arrange for space for the consultation table! Submissions are NOT required to be taken at these tables, but if not please do make sure that clients have all the information they need to continue pursuing their submission through their local branch. As a reminder, every region should have at least one consultation table per year. If you've never run or worked one before, don't panic! They're not as difficult as you might think, and there are plenty of heralds who are willing to help out. myself or the heralds mailing list, and just ask. One of the items every herald at any level should be reading regularly is the Cover Letter (CL) of the LoAR (Letter of Acceptances and Returns). The LoAR comes out roughly monthly, and is a listing of all submitted items that were accepted or returned. It can be found at or you can receive it via (visit and scroll down to the bottom of the page for more information). The Cover Letter frequently contains items of interest to the consulting herald. For example, the May 2009 CL has this to say: From Pelican: No More SCA-Compatibility On the May 2008 Cover Letter, we ruled: Therefore, as of the May 2009 decisions meetings, we declare that no new name elements or name patterns will be ruled SCA-compatible, that all names previously ruled SCA-compatible are no longer SCA-compatible and that in order for them to be registered, documentation meeting the same standards as for non-sca-compatible names will be required. This ruling went into effect with this, the May 2009 Pelican meeting. I strongly encourage heralds to go look up the May 2008 CL, and the other earlier Cover Letters also mentioned, to better understand what this means. Monthly Deadlines 15th Deadline for Submissions to Asterisk 20th Comments on ILoI of Previous Month due to Retiarius 25th Deadline for articles/letters to Obelisk Ansteorran Heraldry Website Decision Meetings October: Little Elm Library exact date and time TBD November: TBD December: TBD Ansteorran Scribal Website 1-Letter from Star 2-Status Table 3-AICC 11-ILoI 21-FastTrackReturns Continued on Page 2 Contents Back Cover Who Sends What To Whom Back Cover Submission Costs & Copies Info

2 2 Status of ILoIs Open Offices STATUS OF ILoIs - October ILoI : Commentary LoI Laurel meeting May 2. ILoI : Commentary LoI Laurel meetings June 6 & 14. ILoI : No ILoI. LoI Laurel meetings July 4 & 11. ILoI : No ILoI. No LoI. ILoI : Commentary LoI Laurel meetings Sep 6. ILoI : Commentary LoI Laurel meeting Oct. ILoI : Commentary LoI Laurel meeting Nov. ILoI : Commentary LoI Laurel meeting Dec. ILoI : Comments this Gazette. Armillary Pursuivant: Apply to Tressure Herald as well as Star. Court reports are due within two weeks of an event. Continued from Page 1 The May 2009 CL also has several other items of interest on it, including a new precedent regarding types of crosses in armory. As always, these are excellent topics for discussion on the heralds mailing list. If you're not already on it, visit listinfo.cgi/heralds-ansteorra.org for information on how to sign up. In service, Emma, Star ILoI : Comments due next Gazette. Decision Meeting Oct. ILoI : Comments due Retiarius 10/20/09. Decision meeting Nov. ILoI : Comments due Retiarius 11/20/09.

3 3 Annotated Internal Collated Commentary (AICC) Please find herein the results of the decision meeting for the July ILoI held on September 23, Alasdair, Bordure Unto the Ansteorran College of Heralds does Lady Katrine la Esclopiera, sends Greetings. I would like to thank all you who commented this month. The new online commentary system for the Ansteorra College of Heralds has, I believe, been a great success. If you are interested in participating all you need to do is register at this web site: ACE is a Ruby on Rails application written and maintained by Lord Reis ap Tuder of Mooneschadowe You can still send commentary directly to me at Retiarius@ansteorra.org. For information on commentary submission formats or to receive a copy of the collated commentary, you can contact me at: Irena Fridenberg 114 West Husband Court Stillwater OK (before 9:30 pm please) Retiarius@ansteorra.org Commenters for this issue: Tostig Logiosophia Hedwig von Luneborg Gawain of Miskbridge Magnus Emma de Fetherstan Coblaith Muimnech Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada Ioannes Dalassenos Da'ud ibn Auda Eirik Halfdanarson 1. Amelot Lisette. (Bryn Gwlad, Barony of) Resubmitted Device. Argent, a lion salient sable and on a chief vert two crosses fleury argent. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 17:20:38: The Letter of Permission clears the closest I found to conflict. Comment by Hedwig von Luneborg on 2009/07/27 22:09:48: I found no conflicts now that the letter of permission has been added to her documents. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:23:25: No other conflicts found. All comments under my name are the product of the NE Calontir commenting group, consisting this month of Lady Rohese de Dinan, Red Hawk Herald, Lord Christian d Hiver, and myself, except where attributed to one of us. Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/21 17:10:51: Last edited on 2009/08/21 17:11:23 Her original submission was returned at kingdom May 2004.

4 4 Device: Return for further work. Conflict with Caitlyn Emrys (9508N), Vert, a chevron between three peacocks pavonated to base argent; Harrys Rob of Wamphray (9602N), Vert, a chevron between three winged spurs argent; Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (0107W), Vert, a chevron between three falcons argent. In each case there is but a single CD, for the change to the type of the secondary charges. This complete redesign was returned at kingdom July 2006 for conflict with Charles. This permission should clear the problems. Device: Forward to Laurel. 2. Cathal Finn Ó Briain. (Elfsea, Barony of) New Device. Argent, a semy of lozenges within a bordure sable. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 17:34:24: A semy of lozenges was registered as recently as June 2005 ("Argent semy of lozenges azure." Atlantia, Badge for Order of the Opal). No conflicts observed for any number of lozenges, including the field division lozengy. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:24:31: Argent semy of lozenges, a bordure sable. Semy is an adjective, not a noun. No conflicts found. Device: Forward to Laurel. Argent semy of lozenges, a bordure sable. 3. Cherish Otte. (Stargate, Barony of) Resubmitted Device. Per fess indented argent and sable, in chief a lozenge sable, in base a rabbit couchant argent. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 15:04:09: Last edited on 2009/07/02 15:13:19 Consider the blazon "Per fess indented argent and sable, a lozenge and a rabbit couchant counterchanged." In chief/base or in pale need not be specified in a per fess field division. The reasons for return have been addressed. The line of divison lies evenly on both sides of the guide marks. Still no conflicts observed. Comment by Emma de Fetherstan on 2009/07/27 17:54:18: Name was registered by Laurel in April Comment by Hedwig von Luneborg on 2009/07/27 22:12:53: Other than the rabbit looking rather too modern for my eyes I find no conflicts and the redraw looks to have solved the problem for the return. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:25:37: No conflicts found. Device: Forward to Laurel. 4. Cristoffel Muller. (Crown Lands, Southern region) New Name and Device. Azure, grillage Or, on a chief argent two castles gules. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 18:01:22: [Device] Grillage has only been registered once (1994 and reblazoned in 2000), but has also been involved in two returned submissions. The latter are informative. "Alycia Genevive of Amrenth. Device. Argent, a grille and on a cartouche azure, a candle argent enflamed

5 proper, all within a bordure azure. "REASON FOR RETURN: Our reading of the description in Woodward leads us to believe that a grille, or lattice, is a horizontal form of "fretty." What is drawn here more closely resembles a squared-off form of masoning. To form a grillage, the cross-pieces should be fewer and larger, and should also be fretted. Please have the submitter redraw this as either masoned or a true grillage. If she chooses the latter, she may want to consider making the cartouche a different color, so it stands out better against the background." [LoAR Jan 1986] "Avisa of Dun Carraig. Device. Azure grillagy Or, on a bend sinister argent a branch leaved vert flowered of a daisy azure seeded Or. "Conflict with Corwynn of Thornwood (SCA), Azure, on a bend sinister argent a thorned slip embowed throughout sable. There is a CD for the addition of the grillage, but the only real difference between the tertiaries is the tincture, which is insufficient for the necessary second. "There was a fair bit of discussion as to whether the grillage should be considered as a primiary charge, as is the case with fretty. However, fretty is only considered that way because of evidence that it was an artistic variation of the fret; no such consideration can be given to grillagy, lacking a separate charge, the "grill". As a consequence, it seems the most consistent way to treat grillagy is as we treat other strewn charges and field treatments such as masoned." [LoAR Dec 1994] Assuming it's still considered a field treatment, no conflicts observed. Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/21 18:27:23: Last edited on 2009/08/21 18:39:04 Avisa's device is currently in resubmission in OSCAR. The grillage issues haven't been ruled on yet. All we can do is send it up and wait on rulings. The grillage is needed for the second CD versus William Bauer February of 1997 (via Atenveldt): "Azure, on a chief argent an arrow reversed sable." Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:26:25: [Name] No conflicts found. [Device] No conflicts found. Name: Forward to Laurel. Device: Forward to Laurel Fronicka Von Bayren. (Elfsea, Barony of) New Name. Comment by Coblaith Muimnech (Orbis Herald) on 2009/07/27 20:23:11: <Fronicka> is listed in the cited article as a feminine given name found once in the record. <Bayren> appears in the cited article only as the modern name of a town from which came some of the individuals mentioned in the tax record that serves as the article's source. In addition to offering no evidence that the place name incorporated into it was used before 1600, the submitter has tendered nothing to support the "von [place name]" construction for the byname. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:27:33: The preposition should be von. Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/21 18:55:37: The name should be von Bayern. [October 1995 LOAR, A-Meridies] "Ophelia of Bavaria. The name was submitted as Ophelia aus Bavaria, but Bavaria is the English name of the region, so we have substituted the English preposition to put the locative phrase into a single language. The corresponding German version of the name is Ophelia von Bayern, and a more idiomatic German form is simply Ophelia Bayerin `Ophelia [the] Bavarian woman'." Comment by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Rowel) on 2009/08/23 04:39:59: Okay. But I think we're still missing support for the capital V in Von, right? She allows minor changes, so this should at least go forward as <von Bayern> if we can't find support for the capital V in Von in

6 6 period. Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/23 16:24:38: This is the only ruling I could find on the capital von. [December 2005 LoAR, R-Atenveldt] Wilhelm Gebauer Von Stadt Könisberg. Name. No documentation was included and none found that the word Stadt, meaning "city", was used as an element in compound bynames in German. Although cities are often referred to as Stadt Cityname, bynames formed from city names are formed from the city name without the added element stadt. We would drop this element, but the submitter will not allow major changes. There are a few additional minor issues with the name: the locative preposition von should be written in all lowercase instead of the submitted mixed case. Also, the locative Könisberg appears to be a misspelling of the town Königsberg. In resubmitting, the form Wilhelm Gebauer von Königsberg should be registerable. Name: Forward to Laurel. Fronicka von Bayren 6. Geneviève de Lironcourt. (Elfsea, Barony of) New Badge. (Fieldless) A penguin closed to dexter within a tressure azure. Comment by Ioannes Dalassenos on 2009/07/02 00:25:03: Seems a fairly clear violation of VIII.5, the definition of Fieldless Style "A fieldless design must have all its elements conjoined, like the three feathers issuing from a crown used by the Heir Apparent to the throne of England. Since there is no field in such a design, it may not use charges that rely on the edges of the field to define their shape, such as bordures and orles, nor to cut off their ends, such as ordinaries or charges throughout." Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 18:35:36: Last edited on 2009/07/08 15:15:31 Concur with Ioannes that "(Fieldless) A penguin close azure, bellied argent, within _ an orle _ azure." violates RfS VIII.5. When redesigning, the submitter should be aware of the lack of contrast between an argent belly on either an argent or ermine field. "Or, a penguin close azure, bellied argent, within _ an orle _ azure." seems clear. Comment by Da'ud ibn Auda (al-jamal Herald) on 2009/07/08 14:49:34: The phrase "a penguin closed" makes me think of nothing so much as a very large book, closed, with the head, wing/flipper, and feet of a penguin sticking out from the pages. The heraldic term for the bird posture is "close"; while "closed" is close, it really isn't quite the same. I found the bird very hard to identify. As others have noted, fieldless badges with more than one charge must have the charges conjoined. Further, a "tressure" (generally in the SCA a single one is blazoned an "orle") takes its shape from the shape of the shield, which a fieldless badge does not have. This alone would be fatal to registration, since the orle would be a different shape depending on whether it was displayed on a square, a rectangle, a roundel, a lozenge, or one of the many possible shield shapes, and there would be no real way to check for conflict against it. (Would it conflict against a bird within an annulet? Well, sometimes, it could. See, that just doesn't work well.) Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/08 15:10:44: <sigh> That _is_ an orle, ain't it? Zipped right through it while researching whether you can blazon the front of a penguin in Society Heraldry. Editing my comments accordingly. Comment by Eirik Halfdanarson on 2009/07/28 16:56:18: I too had problems identifying the bird as a penguin. And as stated by others, fieldless badges can't have tressures on them. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:29:36:

7 7 I think this cartoon penguin has little to do with period heraldry. Others at the meeting were not so critical. They did agree that its argent belly needs to be blazoned. A tressure is a diminutive of an orle, and we don t blazon diminutives of ordinaries except when there are more than one. Unfortunately an orle is defined by the shape of the field, just like a bordure, so it cannot exist on a fieldless badge. Perhaps we could call it a billet voided? The posture is close, not closed. Of course that s all trumped by the fact that all the charges on a fieldless badge must be conjoined. Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/21 21:37:33: Last edited on 2009/08/21 22:28:28 Also a penguin is one step from period practice. This is a badge resubmission not a new badge. [August 2003 LoAR R-Ansteorra] Geneviève de Lironcourt. Badge. (Fieldless) A lozenge sable. Conflict with the badge of Solveig Gunnadóttir ór Úlfey, Per pale Or and argent, a lozenge sable. There is only one CD, for fieldlessness. Badged: Returned because you are not allowed to have disconnected elements on a fieldless badge. Further a tressure is defined by the edge of the field and this does not have one. 7. Grishka Kravtsovich. (Bryn Gwlad, Barony of) New Name and Device. Per bend gules and argent, a threaded needle bendwise Or and a feather bendwise azure. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/03 07:46:28: [Device] No conflicts observed due to an unusally high complexity (4 tinctures, 2 charges and non-standard orientation) for primary charge only armory. It's registerable, but a simpler design would have been better period style. Comment by Da'ud ibn Auda (al-jamal Herald) on 2009/07/08 14:50:11: It should be noted in the blazon that the needle is "threaded". Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:32:08: [Name] This smells like a patronymic to me. Paul s article from which it s taken warns that some of the names may in fact be patronymics. Unbegaun, p.119, gives Kravtsov as a surname meaning tailor. No conflicts found. [Device] One assumes that he knows the significance of the blue feather in a Society context. Comment by Coblaith Muimnech (Orbis Herald) on 2009/08/05 06:24:50: The submitter is, indeed, well aware of House Blue Feather and its badge. Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/21 21:45:51: Last edited on 2009/08/21 22:07:17 [Name] Paul Wickenden of Thanet, "A Dictionary of Period Russian Names", 3rd edition (Normal, Illinois: SCA, Free Trumpet Press West, 2000). s.n. Grigorii - Grishka first half of the 13th century. s.n. Kravets - Pats: Levon Kravtsovich from Name: Forward to Laurel. Device: Forward to Laurel. 8. John of Severn. (Bryn Gwlad, Barony of) New Badge. Azure, a lion passant and a chief embattled argent. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 14:33:30: Closest found was 2 CD clear versus "Azure, a winged cat passant and a bordure embattled argent." (Kaellyn mac Dermott of Leinster, Device, Nov 2003) for change of type of peripheral from bordure to chief and removal of the wings. "[Per pale sable and vert, a catamount rampant contourny argent spotted sable within an orle argent.] This is clear of Arian Rose of Nairn, as reblazoned elwhere on this letter: Vert, a winged lion segreant to sinister, between its forepaws a rose, all within an orle argent. There is one CD for removing the wings from the lion, and one CD for removing the rose from the design. Arian's old blazon did not mention the wings on the lion, which led commentors to believe this was also a conflict." [Sonja Ryzaja, LoAR 06/2004, East-R]

8 8 Very nice. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:32:59: No conflicts found. Badge: Forward to Laurel. 9. Kilyan Von Morgarten. (Elfsea, Barony of) Resubmitted Name Change. Comment by Coblaith Muimnech (Orbis Herald) on 2009/07/19 23:46:15: Last edited on 2009/08/05 06:36:00 The URL associated with "Kilyan" in this submission is incorrect. It should be names/german/kulmbach1495.html. Of course, it should also be accompanied by a summary of the relevant information found on that page. Specifically, the article is Aryanhwy merch Catmael's "German Names from Kulmbach, 1495". The author cites her source as, "a list of returns from Kulmbach for the Gemeine Pfennig of 1495". "Kilgan" appears once in the data as a masculine given name. The author indicates she believes it may be a transcription error, and that the original record might instead have contained "Kilyan". Talan Gwynek describes "Kilian" as "the usual German form of Irish Cilléne" and comments, "St. Kilian was widely venerated in Germany...," in his "Notes on Surnames in German Names from Kosice, ", at The submitter is apparently concerned with keeping the spelling he's proposed for at least some part of the name, though, so that might not be especially relevant. (It would've been nice if he'd specified whether it's "Kilyan", "Von Morgarten", or both that he's unwilling to see changed.) The submitter has offered no documentation at all for the byname. There's not even any evidence, here, that the mentioned town exists--just a bare assertion. And if there *were* evidence of the town, it still wouldn't be evidence of the PLACE NAME, which is what we need for a constructed locative. Nor is the assumption that "Von [placename]" is the correct form for such a locative backed up by anything. There is an image in the Wikimedia Commons purported to be from the Berner Schilling (a Swiss illustrated chronicle penned between 1474 and 1483 by Diebold Schilling the Elder--Hs. Ms. A5 in the collection of the Central Library in Zurich) that seems to include this spelling. If confirmation could be found that the image is from that source, it would be compelling evidence. It is located at File:Morgarten_Schilling.jpg. I assume the other Swiss illustrated chronicles also mention the Battle of Morgarten, so a 15th- or 16th-century spelling for the place name should be available in a facsimile edition of any of them. Kathleen M. O'Brien's "Period Name Construction" is cited as support for the "von [placename]" construction in a recent Ansteorran Letter of Intent, available at I see no reason it couldn't be cited again...though there is no information on where it is published in the LoI in question. and whether it supports an upper-case "V" on "Von" I can't say. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:35:02: Von is not normally capitalized in a name. From the September, 2005 LoA&R, Submitted as Johannes von Margarten, the submitter requested authentcity for the 12-15th C. The documentation submitted for Margarten was a map of the Swiss confederation; unfortunately, the map was somewhat out of focus, and could show Morgarten or Margarten. A search of Registra Imperii ( shows eight examples of Morgarten in the submitter's desired period and none of Margarten. Although the Registrii Imperii does normalize the spellings, this still strongly suggests that Morgarten is the appro-

9 priate form. Therefore, we have changed the spelling to Johannes von Morgarten to match the available documentation -- Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/21 22:53:22: [December 2005 LoAR, R-Atenveldt] Wilhelm Gebauer Von Stadt Könisberg. Name. No documentation was included and none found that the word Stadt, meaning "city", was used as an element in compound bynames in German. Although cities are often referred to as Stadt Cityname, bynames formed from city names are formed from the city name without the added element stadt. We would drop this element, but the submitter will not allow major changes. There are a few additional minor issues with the name: the locative preposition von should be written in all lowercase instead of the submitted mixed case. Also, the locative Könisberg appears to be a misspelling of the town Königsberg. In resubmitting, the form Wilhelm Gebauer von Königsberg should be registerable. Since no changes are allowed this may get the name returned for capitalizing the Von. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/08/23 17:51:30: Although the ILoI list no minor changes, it also specifies change for spelling. Is there a typo or do we have a confused submittor? Name: Returend for lack of documentation for the Capitalization of Von. As the submitter specifically states no major or minor changes are allowed we are not able to change it to von Loch Soilleir, Barony of. (Loch Soilleir, Barony of) New Badge. Argent, a tankard sable within a sea serpent in annulo head to chief and vorant of its own tail vert. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/03 07:50:19: Consider versus "Argent, a cup sable with ribbons issuant from its mouth gules within an orle of grapevine proper." (Ania Dahlbergh, Device, February 1996). I see a CD for change of type from an orle of grapevine proper to a sea serpent in annulo... vert, but am hesitant to say there's a 2nd for the change of arrangement. further, I don't think ribbons have the visual weight of a maintained charge needed to merit a CD, nor do I think there's a CD for a cup versus a tankard. Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:38:51: Last edited on 2009/08/02 19:39:47 We reached much the same conclusions regarding this potential conflict: snake vs. vine, yes; in annulo vs. orle, maybe; tankard vs. cup, probably no; ribbons, maintained, so no. Comment by Magnus on 2009/08/22 14:44:30: The conflict issues with this one need to be reviewed at Laurel and OSCAR. Badge: Forward to Laurel noting the potential conflict. We are not at the level to be able to make a definitive decision on it. 11. Robert Otte. (Stargate, Barony of) Resubmitted Device. Per fess indented argent and sable, in chief a lozenge sable, in base a natural tiger couchant contourney argent marked sable sinister. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 15:12:13: Consider the blazon "Per fess indented argent and sable, a lozenge and a natural tiger couchant contourny counterchanged." In chief/base or in pale need not be specified in a per fess field division. The reasons for return have been addressed. The line of divison lies evenly on both sides of the guide marks. Markings have been added to the base side of the beast. Still no conflicts observed. I see it as 2 CD clear of Cherish Otte above (#3) with changes to 1/2 the type and 1/2

10 the orientation of the primary charge group. A note that there is a Letter of Permission to Conflict (From ILoI Oct 2008 #10), however, should be mentioned to be on the safe side at the Laurel level. Comment by Emma de Fetherstan on 2009/07/27 18:00:12: This name was registered by Laurel in April Device: Forward to Laurel. Per fess indented argent and sable, a lozenge and a natural tiger couchant contourny counterchanged Robin of Gilwell. (Steppes, Barony of the) New Augmentation of Arms. Ermine, on a chief double-arched to base gules, a mustache Or and for augmentation on a double rose sable and Or, in honor point a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable. Comment by Tostig Logiosophia on 2009/07/02 14:56:32: Last edited on 2009/07/03 14:33:08 [Administrative] His device was registered in July of 1981 and reblazoned in November of 1995 as "Ermine, on a chief double-arched to base gules a mustache Or." Augmentation of Arms was granted [Augmentation] Consider the reblazon "Ermine, on a chief double-arched to base gules, a mustache Or, augmented in honor point with a double rose sable and Or charged with a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable." A year ago the submitter expressed a preference for the blazon pattern "in honor point" over "in chief". I personally agree in this instance. An augmentation using the phrase "in honor point" seems appropriate. Being a fur, the field is a single layer. Augmenting the field with a charged charge then does not violate the layer limit. The ermine spots are small, but seem identifiable on close examination. The augmentation itself is also small but identifiable. I would prefer it drawn larger, but it seems about the same size as cadency marks in period rolls. Comment by Da'ud ibn Auda (al-jamal Herald) on 2009/07/08 14:55:06: The rose is actually _larger_ than many of the cadency marks I have seen in English heraldry. Comment by Da'ud ibn Auda (al-jamal Herald) on 2009/07/08 14:53:36: It is the rose which is in honor point, not just the tertiary mullet. Blazon fu: "... for augmentation in honor point on a double rose sable and Or a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable." Comment by Gawain of Miskbridge (Green Anchor Herald) on 2009/08/02 19:42:04: Last edited on 2009/08/02 19:42:54 We all agree that the augmentation needs to be drawn larger: with the five-fold symmetry of both rose and mullet, the latter looks like mere internal detailing on the rose at this scale. Augmentation: Forward to Laurel. Ermine, on a chief double-arched to base gules, a mustache Or, for augmentation in honor point on a double rose sable and Or a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable.

11 11 ANSTEORRAN INTERNAL LETTER OF INTENT Alfonso Luis Texen de Saldañas. (Bryn Gwlad, Barony of) Change of Name. Release old name <Jovian Skleros> if registered. Resubmission of Device. Gules, a bend engulfed of two lion s heads Or. Consultation Table: Pennsic Submission History: Azure, a chi-rho throughout within a bordure Or was returned at Laurel Nov This is a totally new design. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Male. Change for: Language &/or culture: Spanish. Documentation Provided: <Alfonso> - Spanish Names from the Late 15th Cent. <Luis> - 16th Cent. Spanish Names by Elsbeth Anne Roth cited 17 times <Texen> - Spanish Names from the Late 15th Cent., Full names of Men. Juan Texen (Dexen) <de Saldañas> Names in the Memoria de Leonor López de Cordoba, ca Angelina Falconis. (Loch Soilleir, Barony of) New Name. Consultation Table: Pennsic Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Female. Change for: Sound: Angelina + Falconis. Documentation Provided: <Angelina> - found in Academy of Saint Gabriel report #1679, where it is stated that the name is found in Venetian Crete in the 14th and 15th centuries. <Falconis> - appears 8 times in Juliana de Luna, Masculine Names from Thirteenth Century Pisa ( ) 3. Beatrix Alfray. (Wiesenfeuer, Barony of) New Name. New Device. Quarterly gules and Or, a sun in its splendor counterchanged.

12 12 Consultation Table: Pennsic Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Change for: 13th -14th C. English Documentation Provided: <Beatrix> - Withycombe, s.n. Beatrix dates this form to & <Alfray> - Reaney & Wilson, s.n. Alfrey list Robery Alfray in Caitríona inghean Uí Mháille. (Tir Medoin, Shire of) New Name. Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Female. Change for: Language/Culture: Irish 14th-16th c. period. Documentation Provided: <Caitríona> is the standard Early Modern Irish Gaelic form of a feminine given name that appears 16 times in entries relating to the 14th through 16th centuries in the Annals of Ulster, Connacht, Loch Cé, and the Four Masters, according to Mari Elspeth nic Bryan s index of names in Irish annals ( Feminine/Caiterina.shtml). A <Tuathal Ó Máille> is mentioned in an entry related to the 14th century in the Annals of the Four Masters, according to Mari Elspeth nic Bryan s index of names in Irish annals ( AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Tuathal.shtml). In addition, <Ó Máille> is described in Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 1471 ( as a clan name that is a fine choice for a medieval Irish persona. Sharon L. Krossa s Quick and Easy Gaelic Names ( says that a clan affiliation byname using <Ó> and the genitive form of an ancestor s name is masculine, and that the feminine equivalent uses <inghean Uí> instead of <Ó> and lenits the ancestor s name unless it begins with a vowel. The same author s The Spelling of Lenited Consonants in Gaelic ( scotlang/lenition.shtml) indicates the spelling for a lenited m after roughly AD 1200 is mh or m. I therefore believe <inghean Uí Mháille > to be a properly constructed feminine equivalent to <Ó Máille>. [Asterisk Note: all photocopies provided.] 5. Garbhan Kepler. (Bryn Gwlad, Barony of) Name registered East Kingdom Jan Resubmission of Badge. (Fieldless) Between two plates of a cider press Or, a weasel sergeant contourny proper.

13 13 Consultation Table: Pennsic Submission History: Returned 12/06 <Fieldless> Between two plates of a cider-press Or a weasel dormant contour proper. Badge: Returned for conflict with Hal Ravn, Purpure, a screwpress Or. with a CD for fieldlessness. The weasel is not large enough to be considered a sustained charge. 6. Garbhan Kepler. (Bryn Gwlad, Barony of) Name registered East Kingdom Jan Resubmission of Badge. (Fieldless) A dance couped azure, overall a fox s mask argent. Consultation Table: Pennsic Submission History: (Fieldless) A wagon wheel gyronny azure and argent. Returned April 2007 for identifiability issues. A total redesign. 7. Gillian of the Eldern Hills. (Eldern Hills, Barony of the) New Name. See Fast Track Returns for device. Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Female. Change for: Sound.

14 14 Documentation Provided: <Gillian> - Oxford Dictionary of English Christian First Names, p Giuliana Falconi. (Ravens Fort, Barony of) New Name. New Device. Per bend sable and argent, a pair of cat s eyes Or and another pair azure. Consultation Table: Pennsic Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Female. Change for: Sound phonetic. Documentation Provided: <Giuliana> - Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of <Falconi> - Family Names Appearing in the Catasto of catasto/family-names.html 9. Griffin de Willingeham. (Namron, Barony of) New Name. New Device. Azure, a griffin sejant erect and on a chief Or, two dombeks vert.

15 15 Consultation Table: Pennsic Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Male. Change for: Sound Wants sound Griffin. Documentation Provided: <Griffin> - Griffon filius Gungau 1130 P Pembroke p. 206 header: Griffon, Griffen <Willingeham> - Odo de Willingeham 1190 P Suffolk p. 493 header: Willingham Reaney & Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford UP Revised Ibrahim al-katib. (Tir Medoin, Shire of) New Name. Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Male. Change for: Language/Culture. Documentation Provided: <Ibrahim> - appears as a common masculine ism and <al-katib> as a masculine nisba meaning the author or the writer in Da ud ibn Auda s Period Arabic Names and Naming Practices ( The names included in these articles are, according the author, period (pre-1600 A.D.) Arabic names and name elements.selected from names of people who lived during that time, and spelled according to the most commonly-used transliterations found, with most of the diacritical marks left out for simplification. The article also indicates the ism + nisba pattern to have been common in period. 11. Janis Elaine le Orfevre. (Fynnon Gath, Shire of) New Name. Consultation Table: Jagermeister Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Female. Change for: Language/Culture: French. Documentation Provided: <Janis> - Legal given name per Texas Driver s License. Witnessed by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchad and Daniel de Lincoln. <Elaine> - Withycombe 3rd ed s.n. page 96, cites <Elaine> as an old French form found in Malory s Morte d Arthur. <le Orfevre> - Reany & Wilson, page 328, s.n. O ff dates <Thomas le Orfevre> to Submitter would like a French version of this byname. This form is what we we able to find at the consultation table.

16 Marcus Cassius Lupus. (Seawinds, Shire of) Name resubmission. Device resubmission. Azure within an annulo of four dolphins argent a wolf s head cabossed Or. Submission History: Both <Marcus Cassius> and Argent, in fess a wolf's head cabossed between two dolphins urinant respectant argent were returned April Name returned for lack of forms. Device returned for lack of forms and for redraw of the dolphins. Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Change for: Documentation Provided: The Academy of St. Gabriel, Nova Roma [Asterisk note -- The name was submitted on the SCA Branch Name form. In addition, the above was all that was written for the documentation. Included were three pages from Choosing_a_Roman_name. From a boxed list of Standard Praenomina: Marcus is underlined. From a full page unidentified table, Cassius is underlined. And from a full page of five columns, unidentified as use or meaning, Lupus is underlined.] 13. Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada. (Bryn Gwlad, Barony of) Name registered April New Badge. (Fieldless) A saltire formy argent.

17 17 Consultation Table: Pennsic Submission History: Has this badge already registered: Sable, a saltire formy argent -- March, Robert debray. (Fynnon Gath, Shire of) Resubmission of Name. Consultation Table: Jagermeister Submission History: Submission History: Can find no evidence that previous name <Ulrich Condoyne> was ever submitted at Kingdom level. Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Male. Change for: Documentation Provided: <Robert> - Reaney & Wilson, 3rd ed s.n. Robert page 380, dates Robert in that spelling 1066DB apparently as a given name. <debray> - Reaney & Wilson, 3rd ed s.n. Bray page 62, dates Ralph debray to 1225, Daniel debray Roesia Sorweles. (Rosenfeld, Shire of) Name registered November Resubmission of Device. Sable, fretty on a chief embattled argent three roses gules.

18 18 Submission History: Sable, fretty Or a chief argent three roses gules was returned on July 2008 for conflict with Eleri Vwyn, "Sable, a fret the saltire parted and fretted, on a chief argent three annulets gules." There is only CD for the change in type of the tertiaries. 16. Seraphina Maslowska. (Bjornsborg, Barony of) Name Appeal. Device Resubmission. Gules, a cross clechy Or, overall a rose argent barbed and seeded proper. Consultation Table: Pennsic Submission History: Returned at Kingdom May Seraphina Maslowska - Gules, a cross patonce dechausse at the honor point or, overall a rose argent, barded & seeded proper. Name: Returned for further work. Please refer to commentary from Magnus for complete details. Device: Returned for lack of name. Seraphina Maslowska was returned at Kingdom February 2003 for inadequate documentation. It was noted that translations of Polish texts were necessary. Gules, A Rose Argent, Leaved Vert, and Seeded Or, was returned for lack of name, however, there were conflicts listed in commentary. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes prefers the ph spelling. Gender: Female.

19 Change for: Language/Culture: Polish. Documentation Provided: See attached research done previously. The only issue is understanding that the feminine form of Maslowski is Maslowska. <Seraphina> - Seraphin (m) dated to 885 in Morlet Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de L ancienne GAULE Vol. II. Feminized by adding a. Serafina Saint Gabriel Report #1679 has this spelling for a 13th century Italian saint the f is the Italinization. Seraphina Wickenden has Serafin as a masc. name (Serafin Pietrzykowski) in Ibid also states that some masculine names can be feminized w/an a ending (for example: Zhdan to Zhdana) <Maslowska> - Maslowski is found in Wickenden s.n. Maslo, as a patronymic form We believe that -ska is the proper feminization; we ask for help from the CoA --> the feminine form is very important to the submitter Slaine inghean Chuilinn. (Fynnon Gath, Shire of) New Name. Consultation Table: Jagermeister Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Change for: Documentation Provided: <Slaine> Feminine Given name dated at medievalscotland.org/kmo/annalsindex/feminine/slaine.shtml <inghean Chuilinn> - Daughter of <Cuilen>/<Cuileann> - Woulfe page 346 s.n. Mac Cuilinn shows <Cuilinn> as a genitive form <Cuilen>/<Cuilean> - AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Cuilen.shtml [Asterisk Note: photocopies provided] 18. Swetelove Twyssoday. (Namron, Barony of) New Name. New Device. Or semy of hearts, two pomegranates and a sun in his splendor gules.

20 20 Consultation Table: Pennsic Major Changes: Yes. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Don t care. Change for: Sound. Documentation Provided: Sweetlove gives a Swetelove 1279 RH, from OE Swetlufu, a feminine given name. other variants Sweteluve, Tweaday Twyssaday, Twyseaday 1485, Twyssoday Uillecc Dubh mac Uillicc. (Steppes, Barony of the ) Name registered April New Device. Gules a bear dormant to sinister within a bordure Or. Consultation Table: Pennsic

21 FAST TRACK RETURNS OCT Gillian of the Eldern Hills. (Eldern Hills, Barony of the) Name see ILoI New Device. Per pale gules and Or a cinquefoil counterchanged; on a chief Or, three chevronels inverted and braced sable. Submission: Returned for color on color Or chief atop a field divided per pale gules and Or. If the chief was argent, it would be acceptable. 2. House Sha ar. (Wiesenfeuer, Barony of) New Household Name <House Sha ar>. New Device. Gyronny of 6 argent and vert, a fess sable fimbriated argent. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Male. Change for: Meaning: Hebrew for Gate (like a door or passage) or Gate-Keeper. Documentation Provided: Sha ar is a Hebrew word meaning Gate (Door or opening) and dates to approximately 1500 BCE. The word itself was not used as a name in record. This word however can be used as an occupation for a gate keeper, so using this as a house name, should be considered. Sha ar can be found throughout the Hebrew bible, and has the Strong s Concordance # H8179. Submission: Household Name <House Sha ar> returned for lack of a personal name. Device is returned for lack of a personal name as well. In addition, if this is to be affiliated with a Household, it should have been on a badge form.

22 ANSTEORRAN GAZETTE October 2009 Lillias MacGuffin, Obelisk Herald 22 WHO SENDS WHAT TO WHOM IN ANSTEORRA ITEM SENTTO B Y Submissions Asterisk Branch Heralds** Monthly Reports Regional Heralds Branch Heralds* Quarterly and End of Reign Reports Star Principal Regional Heralds* Court Report Forms Zodiacus, Sable Scroll Branch Heralds, Royal Herald, all Heralds attending Court Internal Commentary Retiarius All Who Comment Inquiries about Scribal Matters Regional Scribes, Star Signet All Requests for Scrolls to Paint or Painted Scrolls Regional Scribes All Donation of Insignia Sable Scroll All Correlation of Scrolls Given/Not Given Crown, Sable Scroll Branch Heralds, Royal Herald Subscriptions for Ansteorran Gazette Asterisk Private Subscribers Change of Name or Contact Info INCLUD- ING ADDRESS CHANGES Obelisk, Star Principal All Letters/Articles/Etc. for Gazette Obelisk All Resignations and Applications One Level Up All Administrative Matters Star Principal Regional Heralds*, All Achievement Registrations, Questions Stellar Scroll All Website Questions, Suggestions Sigillarius All *These items are requirements of the job. **If you receive these, it is a requirement of your job to send them to Asterisk promptly. Remember: All submissions are $8 (U.S.) each; $1 per submission is retained by the local group and a group check for $7 per submission is sent to Asterisk with the submissions. For Name Submissions, 3 copies of the form and documentation are to be sent to Asterisk, 1 copy is to be retained by the branch herald, and 1 copy is given to the submitter. For Device/Badge Submissions, send 4 colored and 2 non-colored copies to Asterisk, 1 of each is retained by the branch herald, and 1 of each is given to the submitter. All money and all submissions go to Asterisk Herald.