ANSTEORRAN GAZETTE ILoI 2004-03 No.3, Vol. 2004 AS XXXVIII, March 2004
Contents Letter from Star Principal Herald Heralds of Ansteorra, greetings! 1 CoH Calendar Short updates for this month. 1 Letter from Star Positions: Equinox Herald has been filled by Tarasii syn Dmitrii Rostislavich from Crossrode Keep. Please wel- 1 Letter from Obelisk come him to the western regional role. Armillary Herald (Consulting) is open for applications; I have re- ceived no nibbles of interest to date. Please encourage any interested parties. Zodiacus Herald (as noted in 3 ILoI 2004-03 the March Black Star) is now open for applications until April 24. 5 AICC 2003-12 Events: Knowne World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium will be held June 25-27 near Harrisburg, PA. If you 9 LoAR 2003-11 register by June 1 (pay in advance), there is a discount for site fee. Ansteorra's Argent Anniversary and Coronation will be held July 8-11. See me to volunteer for heraldry activities at the event. Ansteorra's He- 10 Status of ILoIs raldic and Scribal Symposium will be held July 31 in the Barony of Namron. Watch the Black Star as we 11 Non English Alpha- get closer (and our own web site) for announcements and specifics. bets... Gulf Wars: I will not be on-site for Gulf Wars this year. Lady Medb Liath, Asterisk Herald and one of my ER Back Who Sends What To deputies, will be herald-in-charge on-site for Ansteorra in my absence. While Golden Staff Herald will Cover Whom continue to represent and act for the Crown as Their Majesties personal herald, bring any heraldic issues on- Back Submission Costs and site to Lady Medb. She will be at the heralds consulting point on Friday morning to collect Ansteorran sub- Cover Copies Information missions and monies.
Until next month, I remain, Etienne Calendar Star Principal Herald EVERY MONTH 15th Deadline for Submis- sions to Asterisk 20th Comments on ILoI of Previous Month due to Retiarius Letter from Obelisk Herald Mar Asterisk’s— Greetings! 6th Springtown, TX - CoH meeting for My apologies for the lateness of this issue, but preparations for Gulf Wars have delayed me somewhat. ILoI 2004-01 If you will be attending Gulf Wars, do stop by the consultation tables at Heralds’ Point and help out if you can. It’s always quite busy! Apr Elfsea Springfaire The most recent Laurel Letter (November 2003) has a very interesting cover letter section clarifying 10 - CoH meeting for and establishing precedence on determining differences between various birds. For example, there is now ILoI 2004-02 considered a substantial difference (RfS X.2) between a swan close and a marlet close, instead of a signifi- cant different (a CD, per RfS X.4.e). To read the full article, including a table of period bird postures, visit http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2003/11/. And last but not least, my thanks to Magnus von Lübeck for his article on alternate characters that Ansteorran Heraldry Website makes excellent reference material. http://heraldry.ansteorra.org/ Ansteorran Scribal Website http://scriptoris.ansteorra.org/ In service, Emma Obelisk [C]ourt reports are due within two weeks of an event.
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Greetings unto the College of Heralds from Medb Liath, Asterisk. 2) Arabella McKinnon. (Eldern Hills) Herein find items for your consideration and commentary. I have Registered via Ansteorra August 2000. Resubmitted included all items received as of February 24th, although the Device. deadline is more normally the 15th of each month. As of this writ- ing, I have no items waiting for the next letter. Azure, a bend cotised a cross of four mascles argent. I want to encourage new commenters by once again appealing for commentary that simply verifies the spellings of names that Submission History: Azure, have already been registered, checking out the submissions histo- a cross of four mascles and a ries, and looking up websites, both to verify that they are still bend abased and cotised there and by providing summaries when none are given. When argent was returned from looking at the websites, please indicate if there are any primary Laurel June 2003: “No or secondary sources for the information cited. documentation was presented for ordinaries which are both In service to our Crown and Kingdom, abased and cotised. Abased Medb Liath ordinaries are so rare in Asterisk Herald period armory that this treatment appears to be too far a departure from period heraldic style to be acceptable without documentation.” 1) Amelot Lisette. (Bryn Gwlad) New Name. New Device.
Vert, a chevron between three crosses flory argent. 3) Bjorn inn svarti. (Steppes) New Name. New Device. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Per chevron sable and Female. argent, three roundels Change for: Sound. Lisette. counterchanged. Authenticity: No Request. Documentation Provided: Major Changes: No. Minor Amelot - "French Names Changes: Yes. Gender: from Paris", 1423 by Male. Aryanhwy merch Catmael. Change for: Meaning. Bjorn http://www.sit.wisc.edu/ the black. ~sfriedmann/names/ Authenticity: Yes. paris1423.htm Language/culture: Norse. Documentation Provided: Lisette - s.n. Lizet p393 Dauzat "Nom de Famille" 3rd ed. Bjorn - Gierr Bassi Haraldson If Lisette is not acceptable, would prefer Lizotte, ibid "The Old Norse Name" p8 inn svarti - ibid p28
AG March 2004 Page 2 4) Cellach Ferguson. (Namron) 7) Love of Halesworth. (Ravensfort) Name accepted at Kingdom June 2003. New Device. New Name. New Device.
Azure and argent, a celtic Gules, three hearts argent. cross counter changed. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Don’t care. Change for: Sound. Authenticity: No request. Documentation Provided: Love - Withycombe s.n. Lovell Love dated to 1273 Halesworth - Ekwall s.n. Halesworth, dated to 1195
5) Juliana Black. (Stargate) New Name. 8) Martyn Lukasik. (Emerald Keep) New Name. New Device. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Female. Change for: None specifed. Azure, a unicorn rampant Authenticity: No request. argent charged with a cross Documentation Provided: Juliana – “Late Sixteenth Century crosslet fitchy azure, and in English Given Names” by Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott) found chief three crosses crosslet at www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng16/eng16alpha.html. fitchy Or.
Blacke – “Surnames in King’s Stanley Marriages: 1573-1600” by Major Changes: Yes. Minor Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O Brien) found at www.s- Changes: Yes. Gender: gabriel.org/names/mari/kingsstanley/surnamesalpha.html. Info Male. from parish registers. Blacke dates to 1577. Change for: Language/ culture: Polish. Authenticity: No request. Documentation Provided: Martyn Lukasik 6) Kolskeggr Thorolfsson. (Bjornsborg) Martyn - found in "Polish Name registered via Ansteorra June 2003. Resubmitted Given Names in Nazwiska Polaków" Device. accessed on 2/15/04 at http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/walraven/polish/ Gyronny, gules and sable, a Lukasik - meaning "little Lucas" or "son of Lucas"; a surname plate between three boar found in "Notes on Selected Surnames" accessed on heads, erased Or, armed 2/15/04 at argent, langued gules. http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_22. htm#ANSZCZAK Submission History: Sable, This webpage is written by William F Hoffman, author of A Plate between two Boars _Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings_. Fesswise Counter regardant and two boars fesswise counter regardant Inverted Gules, Fimbriated Or was returned at Kingdom February 2003 for fimbriation, inverted animals and color on color if the fimbriation was removed.
AG March 2004 Page 3 9) Petruccio Alfonso Maria Cuccieri de Cataluna. (Steppes) 12) Seraphina Maslowska. (Bjornsborg) Name registered September 1991 via Atenveldt. Name Appeal. Resubmitted device. Resubmitted Device. Gules, a cross patonce Gules estencelé argent an oak dechaussé at the honor point tree eradicated Argent. or, overall a rose argent, barded & seeded proper. Submission History: Azure, a Latin cross flory Or, veiled Submission History: purpure, within a pair of Seraphina Maslowska was wings in lure argent, in returned at Kingdom sinister chief two bendlets Or February 2003 for inadequate was returned by Laurel documentation. It was noted September 1991: “The that translations of Polish purpure "veiling" over the texts were necessary. Gules, cross, as an overall charge, A Rose Argent, Leaved Vert, should have good contrast and Seeded Or, was returned with the field, which this does for lack of name, however, not. The use of two bendlets way up to one side severely there were conflicts listed in commentary. unbalances the device. With four tinctures and four types of charge this is right at the limit of complexity. Combined with the Asterisk Note: While the submitter marked the form as an use of what are normally central ordinaries as peripheral charges appeal, this is more accurately a resubmission. and the unusual treatment in the "veiling" of the cross, this must be returned for complexity and for non-Period style.” Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Female. Change for: Sound. Authenticity: No request. Documentation Provided: Documentation for Seraphina 10) Pierce O’Connor. (Steppes) Jon Rolfsson Attached are items showing that Poles name their children after Change of Name. saints. Seraphina is a saint fro the 5th century. Although Seraphina is the common spelling in Poland now, it would have Submission History: Pierce o’Connor was registered via been recorded by the priest as Seraphina in the latin spelling. Ansteorra June 1992. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Male. Polish Naming Customs Change for: Language/culture: Norse/Icelandic. Sound. http://rootsweb.com/~polwgw/naming.html Authenticity: No request. Documentation Provided: Jon - Geirr Bassi, p12 s.n. Jón Polish Given Names in Nazwiska Polalow Rolfsson - constructed patronymic from Hrólfr -> Hrolfsson http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/walraven/polish would prefer spelling Rolfsson, but will accept page 4 of 9 Hrolfsson _only if necessary_. Kate Monk’s Onomastikon: Polish Names of Biblical Origin www.gaminggeeks.org/Resouces/KateMonk/Europe-Eastern/ Poland/Biblical.htm 11) Seburga de Aldebourne. (Elfsea) page 4 of 4 Name registered via Ansteorra August 2001. Change of Device. Saint of the Year for July on Catholic Stuff www.knology.net/~gardnerda/Saintyear/July.htm Purpure, in pale three fleurs- de-lys between flaunches Or. Behind the Name www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=seraphina Submission History: Per chevron purpure and sable, Documentation for Maslowska two fleurs-de-lys and a sword Or, was registered via Maslowska is the feminine ending of Maslowski. Pages show Ansteorra August 2001. Polish endings, and date the name back to period.
Asterisk Note: If accepted, Polish surnames and their septs, clans and coats of arms submitter requests change of www.family-crests.com/online_library/polish_clans.html old device to badge. Poland-Roots-L Archives on Rootsweb.com
AG March 2004 Page 4 http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/POLAND-ROOTS/1998- don’t have an entry for
Polish Roots Northkeep st http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_endings.htm [Name] No dates were given with the names. Our OED (1 Ed., 1961) lists “Ambrose” as an herb. We could find no reference to it being used as a name. page 3 of 6 Lucan seems to be an acceptable form of Lucien (which is a classical Greek name), but we could not find a reference to period usage. Although we are relatively certain that the name is fine, we feel that the documentation pro- vided is insufficient.
13) Vital Sandhurst. (Steppes) Magnus New Name. [Name] Hanks & Hodges? Why are the good folks up at Brad Leah reading such EVIL books? Ambrose: Withycombe page 18 header Ambrose dates the name to 1440. Major Changes: No. Minor Changes: Yes. Gender: Male. Lucian: Lucan is a typo for Lucian. Withycombe page 200 header Lucian gives Change for: None listed. Lucianus from 1210. Authenticity: No request. Coyle: Woulfe page 353 header MacDhubhghaill gives M’Coyle as Anglicized Documentation Provided: Vital - Withycombe s.n. Vitalis Gaelic from the time of Elizabeth I. I don’t find it as an English surname. This would bring in the following problems: “The mixture of English and Gaelic Vital dated to 1450 spellings in the name is a weirdness. Furthermore, there is no evidence of Sandhurst - R&W s.n. sandhurst, dated to 1373 Scottish or Irish names with two given names, much less three.” [Brenna Michaela Sine Macghie of Clan MacKay, 04/00, R-Atenveldt].
ANSTEORRAN COLLEGE OF HERALDS College Action Annotated Internal Collated Commentary Name: Return for further work. Submitter accepts changes, but wants to keep the sound of his name. As a result, Lucan is too far away from Lucien in on ILoI 2003-12 sound. Documentation for Lucien, not Lucan was provided. Ambrose is documented to England; while Coyle is Anglicized Gaelic - hence, a English/ Unto the Ansteorran College of Heralds does Estrill Swet, Retiarius Pursuivant, Gaelic weirdness. In addition, Hanks and Hodges is listed at Laurel as a make greetings. source to be avoided as it is unreliable.
For information on commentary submission formats or to receive a copy of the collated commentary, you can contact me at: 2. Brenna Garrett (Namron) Deborah Sweet Resubmitted Name. Resubmitted Device. Or, a Chevron sable between three th 824 E 8 , Stillwater, OK 74074 compass stars (1&2) and a fleur-de-lys purpure. 405/624-9344 (before 10pm) [email protected] Submission history: [Name] Brenna Branwynn Garrett was returned for lack of documentation at Kingdom August 2003. [Device] Or, a chevron sable between three compass stars (1&2) and a fleur-de-lys purpure was re- Commenters for this issue: turned at Kingdom August 2003 for lack of a name; however, it was noted that the chevron was too narrow. Da’ud ibn Auda - al-Jamal Herald Da’ud Knute [Device] While the chevron now appears to be within reasonable parameters, the fleur-de-lys in base looks more like it’s missing its bottom third. Gawain of Miskbridge - Green Anchor Herald Knute Aryanhwy merch Catmael – Herald-at-Large, Northshield, Midrealm [Device] Or, a chevron sable between three compass stars in chevron and a fleur- de-lys purpure. The compass stars are unidentifiable. They should have more Barony of Northkeep - Attending were: HL Etienne de St. Amaranth; Ly difference between their greater and lesser points. Clear. Redraw. Rosamund Blaunchflur; Ly Zahava bat Hannah; and Masamune no Yahaki. No devices were conflict checked. Aryanhwy [Name] Precedent from Da’ud’s tenure says: Magnus von Lübeck – Orle Herald “Brenna is only marginally justifiable for the Classical Mediterranean area. (Da’ud ibn Auda, LoAR October 1994, p. 17)” The name is discussed in the Problem Names Article on “Brianna, Branna, Collated Commentary on IloI 0312 Brenna, and Brenda” (http://www.medievalscotland.org/ problem/names/ brianna.shtml), which says: “Brenna is a hypothetical feminine of Brennus, which is recorded in 1. Ambrose Lucan Coyle (Brad Leah) 3rd and 4th century Roman histories as the name of leaders of a Celtic [4] New Name. and a Galatian tribe . We have no idea what the original name might have been before the Roman historian latinized it; it might have been Aryanhwy very different. In the context of late Romano-Celtic culture, which was [Name] None of the documentation submitted is summarized adequately, since no heavily influenced by Latin, the feminine Brenna is plausible even dates were provided. though it is not recorded. The name is in use in modern Italian as Withycombe s.n. Ambrose has
Aryanhwy 3. Calanna di Nero Rosa (Seawinds) [Name] The submitted documentation gives a temporal gap of roughly 1400 years New Name. New Device. Gules on a bend cotised Or, three roses sable. between the given name and the byname; 1000 years disparity is a cause for automatic return. The most recent precedent on the name says: Knute “[Galen Stuart] Some questions were raised as to how well known a classical [Device] Roger of York - May of 2000 (via Ansteorra): Purpure, on a bend Or Greek physician would be in medieval England. Writings by Galen or attrib- cotised argent three roses palewise vert. CD field, CD secondary tincture, no uted to him formed much of the basis of the medieval medical literature CD tertiary tincture only. Clear. (Siraisi, Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine: An Introduction to Knowledge and Practice, pp. 6, 10, 71-72, etc). Even very late in period, Gawain Galen was so familiar to the popular audience that Shakespeare used his name [Name] De Felice’s Cognomi, has “Rosa” on p. 218, and supports it as a metro- as a shorthand tag to denote a doctor (Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene nymic, either with or without a preposition. It seems we have a given name, a 3). (Jaelle of Armida, LoAR February 1998, p. 2)” patronymic, and a metronymic. I’ve never seen an Italian name of this form. And earlier precedent says: I’m sure she can have either a patronymic or a metronymic, but we’d need “[Galen] The medical writings of Claudius Galenus, better known as Galen, were some support for using both. known in the Middle Ages, and there are a few examples of English use of Classical names c. 1200, so we are giving the name the benefit of the doubt. Aryanhwy (Talan Gwynek, LoAR April 1996, p. 2)” [Name] I know of no evidence for unmarked matronyms (or, in fact, matronyms Therefore, despite the lingual disparity, this name is probably registerable. at all) in Italian. Since
AG March 2004 Page 6 5. Kerry de Guise. (Stargate) tincture of the flames. If they are proper then they need to be alternating gules New Name. and Or. Second this likely conflicts since the flames don’t grant a CD. Elizabeth Braid- Aryanhwy wood, November of 1998 (Fieldless) A bee Or. Sine ní Dheaghaidh May of [Name] What evidence does he provide that
must be recognizable solely from their appearance.” and VIII.2. “All ar- 6. Lorenzo Falcone. (Wiesenfeuer) mory must have sufficient contrast to allow each element of the design to Name forwarded from Ansteorra July 2003. New Device. A field azure, with a be clearly identifiable at a distance.”) Were it to be redrawn in a more column argent, surrounded by an orle of escallop shells argent. standard depiction (with only 1/2 to 1/3 the amount of flame as a number of gouts of flame issuant from rather than completely surrounding the Da’ud lizard), it would probably be acceptable.” (Giulietta da Firenze, 4/96 p. 20) [Device] Blazon fu: Azure, a column within an orle of escallops argent.
Knute College Action [Device] Azure, column within an orle of escallops argent. I would prefer fewer Badge: Return for redraw: Flames are improperly drawn (fimbriated). Those and larger escallops. Clear. present had additional concerns about the coloration of the bee and its wing span and size, those items causing some issues with identifiability. Gawain [Device] There is a problem of identifiability of the column: The capital seems to be closer to Doric than anything, but the Greek version of that order doesn’t have a base and the Roman version doesn’t have a fluted shaft. Reblazon as 8. Robin of Seawinds. (Seawinds) Azure, a [order?] column within an orle of escallops argent. Name registered November 2000 via Ansteorra. Resubmitted Device. Argent, a bow nocked of an arrow proper, all within a bordure vert. Aryanhwy [Device] Reblazon: Azure, a column and an orle of escallop shells argent. This Submission history: Vert, a bow nocked of an arrow and drawn Or was would be better without about half as many shells. returned at Kingdom July 2002 for thin line heraldry.
Northkeep Da’ud [Device] Blazon-fu: Azure, a column within an orlé of escallop shells argent. [Device] An arrow’s “‘proper’ coloration is with a brown shaft and black head. Good period armory. When the tinctures of the feathers are blazoned, the arrow is termed ‘flighted’: e.g. ‘an arrow argent flighted azure.’ The head and feathers are drawn exag- Magnus gerated in size [19a].” The head and fletching of this arrow is far (read, return- [Device] Blazon as: Azure, a column within an orle of escallops argent. ably) small. “The arrow was drawn with small, nigh-invisible point and fletch- ing, which has been reason for return ere now. If he uses an arrow in his re- submission, please instruct the client to draw it with large, visible fletching College Action and point.” (Brychen Silverfist, LoAR May 1993, p. 17) Device: Forward to Laurel with the following blazon: Azure, a column within While arrows have a defined “proper” coloration, the same is not true of the bow an orle of escallops argent. (of unidentified material).
Knute
[Device] The arrow should have an exaggerated head and fletching. The bow 7. Monica de la Cueva. (Brad Leah) probably saves the identifiability of this submission. Clear. Name registered February 2000 via Ansteorra. New Badge. Fieldless, a bee enflamed. Northkeep [Device] Barring conflicts, we see no problems with this device. Da’ud [Badge] No tinctures for either the bee or the enflaming were given in the ILoI. Magnus [Device] The bow should be blazoned drawn and nocked of an arrow. I assume Knute the bow is brown. An arrow proper has a brown shaft, black head and tincture [Badge] Tinctures? The enflaming looks large enough to be co-primary. There are of the fletching must be specified. detached flames, violating RfS VIII.5. If the flames aren’t a contrasting tinc- ture with the bee, I doubt that the bee will be identifiable. Clear. Redraw. College Action Gawain Device: Return for redraw: Increase size of arrow width by 3x and increase [Badge] Doesn’t the current method for emblazoning enflamed stuff use little bow size as well. In addition, specify color of bow. (See D’aud’s commen- flamelets issuant from the edges of the charge, rather than having the charge tary.) sit on a bed of flames as this one seems to? Anyone can register a fieldless badge, but a tinctureless badge like this is restricted to heralds’ seals. She’ll have to choose some tinctures when she redraws and resubmits it. 9. Shamus Roy. (Ansteorra) Northkeep New Name. New Device. No blazon provided. Plain English description – left [Badge] Barring conflict, we see no problems with this device. upper half of field is blue, the other green. The sword is white and the carbuncle is gold. Magnus [Badge] First of all we aren’t given the tincture of the bee. We aren’t given the
AG March 2004 Page 7 Da’ud names/mari/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Parthalan.shtml dates the name from [Device] Blazon fu: Per bend sinister azure and vert, a sword inverted argent and 1390 and 1462. The name was borrowed from Latin into Gaelic. in canton [or in dexter chief] an escarbuncle Or. The first name is pre-1200 and a saint. The last name is post-1200 but the name is registerable as Temair inghean Parthaláin. Knute [Device] Per bend sinister azure and vert, a sword inverted argent and in canton an escarbuncle Or. Clear. College Action Name: Forward to Laurel as Temair inghean Pharthaláin Gawain [Name] Withycombe’s entry says that this is a phonetic rendering of the Irish “Seumas”, but gives no indication as the whether it’s a period formation. 11. Thomas Quilliam. (Wiesenfeuer) [Device] Per bend sinister azure and vert, a sword inverted argent and in canton New Name. New Device. An argent colored builder’s square centered on an an escarbuncle Or. azure field with point toward chief.
Aryanhwy Da’ud [Name] All that Withycombe says s.n. Shamus is “phonetic rendering of [Device] Blazon fu: Azure, a carpenter’s square point to chief argent.
a medieval name.
indication one way or the other whether the form is modern. Woulfe has Gawain
g. King James. Aryanhwy [Device] Blazon: Per bend sinister azure and vert, a sword argent and in canton [Name] What evidence does the client give that
ticularly in the south-western portion, and contracted their names of Magnus MACWALTER and MAC WILLIAM into the decidedly harsh QUAL- [Name] This looks like a conflict with Seamus Ruadh registered October of 1998. TROUGH and QUILLIAM,” citing O’Donovan, Introduction, Pp. 21-22. The They sound almost exactly alike. The entry under Black gives Roy as a Scots entry further reads: rendering of the Gaelic ruadh meaning red. This name is basically a Scots “QUILLIAM, contracted from MacUilliam, ‘William’s son.’ The name form of Seamus Ruadh. ‘MACWILLIAM’ (A.D. 1213,) in Ireland was taken by the DeBurgos, whose [Device] Blazon as: Per bend sinister azure and vert, a sword inverted argent and descendants were numerous in the Counties of Galway and Mayo. In 1225 in canton an escarbuncle Or. King Henry III granted the province of Connaught to Richard de Burgo. An-
other Richard de Burgo was Governor of the Isle of Mann A.D. 1292.”
I can’t find any support for
This is an audio conflict as there is insufficient difference in sound of Angli- Northkeep cized version of name. [Name]: No dates are provided in the documentation. Barring conflict, we see no Device:Return for lack of name. other problem with this name. Good name. [Device]: Blazon-fu: Azure, a builder’s square point to chief argent in bend sinis- ter. Barring conflict, we see no problem with this device. 10. Temair ingen Partalain. (Stargate) New Name. Magnus [Name] Thomas - English given name. Why use the legal name allowance for one Aryanhwy of the most common given names in period England? Instead use Withycombe [Name] Mari’s index of names from the Irish Annals has showed lenition in writing in later orthography, so the byname should be [Device] Blazon as: Azure, a carpenter’s square, point to chief, argent. There is AG March 2004 Page 8 LAUREL ACCEPTANCES AND RETURNS Nice device! His previous device, Per pale sable and gules, a decrescent FOR NOVEMBER 2003 argent, is released. The following are the Ansteorran excerpts from the Laurel November Edric de Aldebury. Device. Gules, two chevronels between three roses 2003 letter published on February 12, 2004. Or. Nice device! Asshelin Chrystal. Device. Per bend azure and vert, a bend between a Lachlan MacLeod. Name. lion double-queued each queue nowed argent and an eagle rising Listed on the LoI as Lachlan MacLoed, this name was contourny wings addorsed Or. submitted as Lachlan MacCloed and the byname was changed Lions' tails, when nowed, are generally blazoned as such, at Kingdom to better match the submitted documentation. although this distinction is not worth difference. However, Black (s.n. MacLeod) does not support the spelling - Per the October 2003 LoAR, "Please recall that the rising Loed, but only the spelling -Leod. Therefore, we have changed posture, according to a number of sources, needs to have the the byname to use that spelling in order to register this name. wings explicitly blazoned as either addorsed or displayed. The SCA has at times registered birds rising wings addorsed Lorenzo Falconi. Name. simply as rising, but this pattern has not yet been so clearly Good name! established that we wish to use it as a default at this time." Lowrens of Ross. Device. Vert, on a pall between three crosses crosslet Brother Liston Brounyng. Name. argent a lion gules. The registerability of Brother as a given name was the topic of much discussion during the commentary process. Mylisant de Impinton. Name. Reaney & Wilson (p. 68 s.n. Brothers) dates the names Broder, Quentin de Rougemont. Name (see RETURNS for device). Brodor, and Brodre to 1066. As they are listed as single element names found in the Domesday Book, they are almost Rainald Slater. Name. certainly used as given names. This entry also dates Willelmus filius Brother to 1202 and says that this name derives from: Seán Ua Lochlainn. Name and device. Per chevron Or and gules, two ON Bróðir, ODa Brothir or OE br{o-}ðor 'brother', fleurs-de-lys sable and a griffin passant Or. used in ME of a kinsman (1382) and a fellow- Submitted as Seán úa Lochlainn, the submitter requested that member of a guild or corporation (1362). his name be made authentic for the 14th C. At that time Ua is While the use of this name in reference to kinsman and a guild the expected form of the particle. We have made that change to member is as a descriptive byname, the existance of given meet his request for authenticity. name forms, including those cited from the Domesday Book, support the plausibility of Brother as a given name form. Additionally, E. H. Lind, Norsk-Islädska Dopnamn ock THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RETURNED Fingerade Namm från Medeltiden, column 171, lists an entry FOR FURTHER WORK for the given name Bróðir and lists examples of forms of this name found in the 14th and 15th C, providing additional support for forms of this name used as given names. Líadan Arundel. Device. Argent, a chevron gules between three Based on this information, Brother is plausible as a given sparrows close proper. name form in period. As such, it is registerable when it does This submission violates some of the provisions of RfS VIII.4. not appear to be a form of address. When used as a form of c. That rule states: "Proper is allowed for natural flora and address, Brother is still not registerable (as is true for all forms fauna when there is a widely understood default coloration for of address), though the submitter may use it: the charge so specified. It is not allowed if many people would The problem with this name is not a presumption have to look up the correct coloration, or if the Linnaean genus issue since Brother Thomas is no more and species (or some other elaborate description) would be presumptuous than a name such as Thomas the Monk required to get it right. An elephant, a brown bear, or a tree would be. In the case of this name, the element could each be proper; a female American kestrel, a garden Brother in Brother Timothy is a form of address, not rose, or an Arctic fox in winter phase, could not." a name element. We do not register forms of address The College felt strongly that there was no "widely understood regardless of whether they would be presumptuous, default coloration" for sparrows. The members of the College such as Lord or Mistress, or whether they would not "would have to look up the correct coloration" in order to draw be presumptuous, such as Brother or Goodwife. The the sparrow correctly. European sparrows all have complicated submitter is welcome to use Brother, as in Brother markings that cannot be blazoned without "Linnaean genus Timothy, as his preferred form of address, but this and species (or some other elaborate description)." Most male use of Brother is not registerable. Therefore, we European sparrows (the House, Tree, Italian, and Spanish have registered this name in the altered form Sparrows) have white chests, black bibs, brown wings, back forwarded by Kingdom. [Timothy Brother, 11/2002 and top of head, and brown or grey tails (with slight difference LoAR, A-Artemisia] between them in the particulars of the markings). The only In this case, Brother does not appear to be a form of address male European sparrow that don't match this general because it is followed by Liston, which can only be a locative description is the Rock Sparrow, which is white with grey byname or an inherited surname. Therefore, Brother must be streaks below and buff and brown streaks above. The female the given name in this submission. sparrows are less elaborate in their coloration but are still complicated to describe. Cellach Ferguson. Name. The sparrows as drawn in this submission are also not a correct On the Letter of Intent, the submitter requested authenticity for proper color for period European sparrows. The birds drawn in a 14th to 16th C Scot. However, further information from the this emblazon have dark grey breasts and rumps, which does submitter indicated that he would rather have the name as not match any of the European sparrow species described submitted. Therefore, we have not changed this name to make above. it authentic. Quentin de Rougemont. Device. Argent, a card pique gules. Chandranath Mitra. Device change. Azure semy of escutcheons Or. Conflict with a badge of the Canton of Copper Tree, Argent, a AG March 2004 Page 9 crabapple leaf gules. A crab apple leaf (as per this emblazon, and for that matter, the local apple tree) is a standard leaf shape (slim pointed oval) with a finely serrated edge. A crab apple leaf appears to be a non-period charge and thus, under RfS X.4.e, the difference from a card pique must be determined on visual grounds. There is significant difference (a CD) between this leaf shape and a card pique but not substantial (RfS X.2) difference. This does not conflict with Merouda Pendray (badge for Sept Pendray), (Fieldless) A seablatt [sic] inverted gules. There is a CD for fieldlessness. No evidence has been presented, and none has been found, indicating that seeblatter and card piques were interchangeable in period. Prior precedent holds that a seeblatt and a card-pique-shaped leaf inverted are different enough on visual grounds to merit a CD. Per the LoAR of June 2003: "Since an aspen leaf is not a period heraldic charge, the difference between an aspen leaf inverted and a seeblatt must be determined on visual grounds per RfS X.4.e. There is sufficient visual difference between these two charges for a CD. A seeblatt is a heart-shaped leaf with the tip of the leaf to the base of the shield, and with some sort of notch (often, but not always, trefoil-shaped) taken out of the part of the leaf which is to chief. An aspen leaf inverted is also a leaf with the tip of the leaf to the base of the shield, but it has a very distinct stem issuant to chief rather than a notch removed from the leaf." Barring further information, it seems appropriate to rule, analogously, that there should be a CD between a seeblatt inverted and a card pique. Status of ILoIs ILoI 2003-05: Commentary 2003-08 Gazette. LoI 2003-07. Results this Gazette. ILoI 2003-06: Commentary 2003-09 Gazette. LoI 2003-08. Laurel meetings scheduled 12/13 & 12/20/2003. ILoI 2003-07: Commentary 2003-10 Gazette. LoI 2003-09. Laurel meetings scheduled 1/17/2004. ILoI 2003-08: Commentary 2003-11 Gazette. LoI 2003-10. Laurel meetings scheduled 2/14 & 2/21/2004. ILoI 2003-09: Commentary 2003-12 Gazette. LoI 2003-11. Laurel meetings scheduled 3/13 & 3/27/2004. ILoI 2003-10: Commentary 2004-01 Gazette. LoI 2003-12. Laurel meetings scheduled 4/10, 4/17, & 4/24/2004. ILoI 2003-11: Commentary 2004-02 Gazette. LoI 2004-01. ILoI 2003-12: Commentary this Gazette. LoI 2004-02. ILoI 2004-01: Commentary next Gazette. Decision meeting scheduled 3/6/2004. ILoI 2004-02: Comments due Retiarius 3/20/2004. Decision meeting scheduled 4/10/2004. ILoI 2004-03: Comments due Retiarius 4/20/2004. Decision meeting TBA. AG March 2004 Page 10 Non English Alphabets and English speaking Keyboards OLD ENGLISH æ alt 0230 Æ alt 0198 by Magnus von Lübeck In the SCA we often have letters in names that aren’t on our Eng- PORTUGUESE lish keyboards. You can access these characters by holding the ã alt 0227 à alt 0195 ALT key down and typing the 4 digit number on the number key- õ alt 0245 Õ alt 0213 pad. When you release ALT the character appears. These are ç alt 0231 Ç alt 0199 very helpful when doing commentary or preparing any document for SCA heraldic use. This table is a complete listing of the let- SPANISH ters and codes but the languages need to have more letters added ñ alt 0241 Ñ alt 0209 to their alphabets. SWEDISH/DANISH CZECH/HUNGARIAN å alt 0229 Å alt 0197 š alt 0154 Š alt 0138 ä alt 0228 Ä alt 0196 ÿ alt 0255 Ÿ alt 0159 ö alt 0246 Ö alt 0214 ý alt 0253 Ý alt 0221 ø alt 0248 Ø alt 0216 FRENCH à alt 0224 À alt 0192 â alt 0226  alt 0194 é alt 0233 É alt 0201 ê alt 0234 Ê alt 0202 ë alt 0235 Ë alt 0203 è alt 0232 È alt 0200 î alt 0238 Î alt 0206 ï alt 0239 Ï alt 0207 ô alt 0244 Ô alt 0212 û alt 0251 Û alt 0219 ü alt 0252 Ü alt 0220 ù alt 0249 Ù alt 0217 œ alt 0156 Œ alt 0140 ç alt 0231 Ç alt 0199 GAELIC á alt 0225 Á alt 0193 é alt 0233 É alt 0201 í alt 0237 Í alt 0205 ó alt 0243 Ó alt 0211 ú alt 0250 Ú alt 0218 GERMAN ä alt 0228 Ä alt 0196 ö alt 0246 Ö alt 0214 ü alt 0252 Ü alt 0220 ß alt 0223 SS NORSE æ alt 0230 Æ alt 0198 é alt 0233 É alt 0201 í alt 0237 Í alt 0205 ó alt 0243 Ó alt 0211 ú alt 0250 Ú alt 0218 þ alt 0254 Þ alt 0222 ð alt 0240 Ð alt 0208 {o,} {O,} ogenek NORWEGIAN ÿ alt 0255 Ÿ alt 0159 ø alt 0248 Ø alt 0216 AG March 2004 Page 11 ANSTEORRAN GAZETTE MARCH 2004 Jennifer Smith, Obelisk Herald 601 S Washington #137 Stillwater, OK 74074 FIRST CLASS MAIL ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED WHO SENDS WHAT TO WHOM IN ANSTEORRA ITEM SSENT TO BY Submissions Asterisk Branch Heralds ‡ Monthly Reports Regional Heralds Branch Heralds* Quarterly and End of Reign Reports Star Principal Regional Heralds* Award and Honor Report Forms Zodiacus, Sable Scroll Branch Heralds, Royal Herald, and 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. Obelisk, Star Principal All INCLUDING ADDRESS CHANGES Letters/Articles/Etc. for Gazette Obelisk All Resignations and Applications One Level Up All Administrative Matters Star Principal Regionals*, All Achievement Registrations, Questions Stellar Scroll 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 $9 (U.S.) each; $1 per submission is retained by the local group and a group check for $8 per submission is sent to Asterisk with the submis- sions. 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 sub- mitter. 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. AG March 2004 Page 12