July 28, 2012
Greetings unto all who read these words from Meister Konrad Mailander, Rouge Scarpe Herald,
This is the Middle Kingdom Letter of Acceptances and Returns for the items on the May 1st, May 15th, July 2nd, 2012 ILoIs.
My thanks to Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Gunnvor silfraharr, Daði Þorfinnsson, Magnus von Lübeck, Alys Mackyntoich, Ásfríðr Úlfvíðardóttir, Modar Neznanich, Andreas von Meißen, Chaya Simcha bat Yonah, Ginevra Boscoli, Andrew von Otelingen, Elsbeth Anne Roth, Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada, Etienne Le Mons, Juetta Copin, Colin McRath, Gawain of Miskbridge, and Hiordis Ragnarsdottir for their commentary.
With three different letters being considered this month I will keep them labeled by which letter they are on and the number from that letter, ex.: May01-1, May15-1, July02-1. Since the letters are now being posted on OSCAR with documentation and commentary open for all to see I will no longer be copying the documentation or commentary to this letter. If you would like to see the documentation or commentary for this letter please go to; May 1 https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=1319, May 15 https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=1332, July 2 https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=1451
SENA refers to The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory. These are the new rules for submissions. The old Rules for Submissions (R.f.S.) will also be applied until the October LOAR. So until my August ILoAR/ELoI I will be applying both R.f.S. and SENA as long as items pass under either they will be forwarded.
My decision and comments are prefaced with ROUGE SCARPE: and are in red. Items that are accepted will be forwarded to Laurel as a Middle LoI posted on OSCAR.
May01-1: Beatrice Bella Cantatore - New Device
Per bend Or and vert a nightingale maintaining a branch leaved proper, a scroll argent inscribed with a musical score and lyrics to "Salve Regina" sable
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Per bend Or and vert,
a nightingale maintaining a branch leaved proper and an open scroll argent
inscribed with a musical score and the words “Salve Regina” sable.
May01-2: Calybrid Ine Tere - New Badge
Quarterly
sable and argent two cross crosslets sable, and overall a cross counterchanged.
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel with the
Blazon: Quarterly sable and argent, a
cross between in bend sinister two crosses crosslet counterchanged.
May01-3: Giric mac Ruadri - New Name
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel.
May01-4: Sisildi de Orense - New Name & New Device
Per
bend sable and argent a compass star, and on a borduer wavy a semy of crescents
to sinister all counterchanged.
ROUGE
SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel.
The submitter should know that it was suggested in commentary that the
article may need to be dropped or other changes might need to be made with a
name from such a difficult era to research.
Since they marked no minor changes we are not able to drop the article
or possibly make other changes that may be necessary for registration. Device forwarded to Laurel with the
Blazon: Per bend sable and argent, a compass star
elongated to base counterchanged within a bordure wavy semy
of decrescents counterchanged.
May01-5: Théron de Rivoire - New Name
ROUGE SCARPE: Forward to Laurel as <Theron de la Rivoire>. Aryanhwy found
better documentation for <Theron> without the
accent and Eastern Crown found documentation for <de la Rivoire>. This does not necessarily meet the request
for authenticity for 13th Century French as the sources are 15th
and 16th Century but should be registerable.
May01-6: Tommaso Franceschi - Resub Device
Azure a lama statant to sinister argent, on a base argent a hurt.
ROUGE SCARPE:
Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon:
Azure a llama statant to sinister and on a base argent a hurt.
May15-1: Adelheidis Heidenreich - New Name & New Device
Per
fess Or and sable, on a double-headed eagle sable
three acorns Or
ROUGE SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel. Device forwarded to Laurel with the
Blazon: Per fess Or
and sable, on a double-headed eagle sable three acorns Or.
May15-2: Anastasia Tesserande de Perle - New Name & New Device
Per fess embattled, Or gutte de sang and sanguine. Or gutte de sang, one wolf passant
argent fimbriated sable with a trefoil tail nowed and head en regardante. In
sanguine Or two rapiers in saltire
ROUGE SCARPE: Name pended. The desired meaning of the byname is “bead
weaver” but bead weaving appears to be a 17th century technology
from everything the commenters could find.
Also the occupational name <Tesserande>
caries an implication of textile weaving and even if bead weaving is attested
to be done in period as a profession this term may not apply. They did find documentation for the French
version of the desired given name <Anastasie> so
the request for authenticity may lead to the given name being changed to this spelling. <Anastasia Tesserande>
would be registerable and <Anastasie
Tesserande> may be more authentic for French
but either would lose the intended meaning of “bead weaver. Therefore we are
pending the name until we can discuss with the submitter their
preferences.
Device returned for
violating the standards of contrast (SENA A3.B. & RfS
VIII.2.) with a white wolf on a predominantly Or
field. Although it is blazoned as “fimbriated sable” the emblazon is
not fimbriated but detailed sable. A wolf is also to complex of a charge to be fimbriated, only simple geometric charges may be fimbriated (SENA A3.C.).
The Society does not use the heraldic stain sanguine. If it is used on an emblazon it is blazoned
gules unless it blurs the line too much with purpure
and then it becomes cause for return.
Commenters were split as to whether this was the red enough to be
blazoned as gules or not. Also goutty de sang is defined as gules drops not sanguine. The submitter should use gules if they want
red.
May15-3: Appolonia von Württemberg - New Device
Quarterly purpure and argent, Edelweiss proper argent seeded Or
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Quarterly purpure and
argent, two Edelweiss flowers argent seeded Or.
May15-4: Augustine Wormwood - Resub Device
Per pale sable and Or, on a chief gules a comet bendwise inverted Or
ROUGE SCARPE:
Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon:
Per pale sable and Or, on a chief gules a comet bendwise
inverted Or.
May15-5: Caroline de Mercier - New Name & New Device
Azure, on a compass star within a bordure Or semy of lozenges a lozenge azure
ROUGE SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel as <Caroline
Mercier>. Documented variants for the
byname were <le Mercier> and the unmarked <Mercier>. The submitter was consulted as to which they
would prefer and they chose to drop the article and approved that change.
Device forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Azure, on a compass rose within a bordure Or semy of lozenges a lozenge
azure. As submitted the primary charge
blurred the line between a compass rose and a compass star. We produced new emblazons for the submitter,
one with the compass rose and the other with the compass star, the submitter
chose the one with the compass rose and we have created new forms using the
revised emblazon.
May15-6: Diccon de Reinport - New Badge
(Fieldless) On a goat rampant sable a broadarrow inverted Or
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: (Fieldless) On a goat rampant sable a broadarrow
inverted Or.
May15-7: Elina of Beckenham - Resub Device
Gules a griffon segreant Or, on a dexter claw a raven rising sable in sinister claw a rose slipped and barbed Or
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Gules, a gryphon
sergeant Or on a dexter claw
a raven rising sable in sinister claw a rose Or slipped and leaved vert. Gunnvor supplied
three examples of black displayed birds on gules fields and it is our hope that
this will be enough to allow this to be registered as an individually attested
pattern despite not being able to find examples of sable maintained charges on
a red field.
May15-8: Ginevra Boscoli - New Badge
(Fieldless) Two oak leaves in chevron inverted stems crossed in saltire Or
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: (Fieldless) Two oak
leaves in chevron inverted stems crossed in saltire Or.
May15-9: Gunnar Alfljot - New Badge
(Fieldless) A mullet of eight points voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet sable
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded for Laurel with the Blazon: (Fieldless) A
mullet of eight points voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet
sable. See the next item for comments on
the name.
May15-10: Gunnarr Alfljot - Resub
Name & Resub Device
Sable, a mullet of eight
points voided and interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent
ROUGE SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel as <Gunnarr inn álfljótr>. This spelling was one suggested to me by
someone who researches Old Icelandic and approved by the submitter. The submitter should be aware that the
general opinion of the commenters was that this will not be registerable
as a byname. They were not sure that the
“giant” & “troll” bynames used to attest the
pattern are close enough to justify “elf.”
But looking at the paperwork I think that the submitted documentation
was not summarized as well as it could be.
I also have a couple of questions that I did not find answers to in the
commentary. It is for these reasons that
I am sending it up for more commentary at the Laurel level. But there is a good chance that the byname is
not registerable and will be returned.
The submitter asked the question at the end of their
documentation notes; “Do I have to have a patronymic or matrynymic
last name?” The answer is no you do not
but the byname (last name) does need to be attested to in period or follow an
attested pattern which for the desired byname here may not have been
sufficiently done.
Device forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Sable, a mullet of eight points voided and
interlaced within and conjoined to an annulet argent.
May15-11: Isabell nicDougall - New Name & New Device
Or, in pale two roses sable
in chief a label dovetailed of three points sable a
bordure vert
ROUGE SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel as <Isabell NicDougall>. Commentary supported <NicDougall>
or <nic Dougall> as
attested patterns but not <nicDougall>. Since the capitalized <Nic->
was what was in the documentation provided by the submitter that is the form we
changed it to. The submitter should be
aware if they would prefer <nic Dougall> with the lower case <nic>
and space between it and Dougall all they have to do
is contact me (rougescarpe@midrealm.org) and let their preference be known
before it is out of commentary.
Device forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Or, in pale a label
and two roses sable within a bordure vert. There was just a
ruling on labels by Wreath on the April 2012 LoAR
Cover Page:
From Wreath: Labels
**** A submission this month caused us to reconsider how we blazon labels in
SCA armory. Past precedent says: [a label dovetailed throughout] A peculiarity
of SCA blazon is that the standard label is throughout by default, but the
dovetailed label is couped by default. The blazon in
this submission label is both dovetailed and throughout, and both these details
must be blazoned. [Kharra Unegen,
07/2002, A-Atenveldt] After some research, much
provided by Gunnvor silfraharr,
we see no reason why the specific details of a label need to be blazoned, as
the depictions vary only slightly over different times and cultures. There has
never been difference granted between labels throughout or not, or dovetailed
or not, and we see no need to change that. Therefore, we will cease blazoning
the exact style of label, and leave the specific stylings
up to artistic preference.
May15-12: Ivan Shishov - New Name
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel.
May15-13: Lilith of the Northern Wood - New Name & New Device
Gules a border argent four
oak leaves conjoined in cross Or and semi fructed proper
ROUGE SCARPE: Name
returned. Without evidence that
<Lilith> was used as a name for a human in period there are several
precedents affirming that it cannot be registered. A persona story explaining how the name might
have been given is not sufficient.
[October 1976 LoAR, R-Atenveldt] Mirhaza av Morktorn la
Lilitha de Sombras.
The meaning of the name is given as "Starwitch
of the Dark Tower, the Lilith of the Shadows". NO WAY. This is not merely
magical, its nonhuman.
The name Lilith may
not be used, as it would never have been used in period. [LoAR
08/1982]
[February 1998 LoAR, R-Trimaris] Lleulyth o'r Cymry verch
Llewfron mab Dafydd. Name.
This is being returned for multiple problems with the name. While the submitter
says that Welsh adopted names from the bible, and that Lleulyth
is Welsh version of Lilith. However Lilith is not a Biblical name -- she
appears in non-canonical Jewish folklore, but not the version of the texts
generally available in Europe during the medieval period. Nor does she fall in
the class of figures whose names were borrowed for use. It is possible that
somewhere in a period Welsh text, there is a reference to Lilith,
however it does not occur in any of the texts cited by the submitter. No one in
the college has any documentation for Lleulyth as a
period Welsh name (whether connected with Lilith or not), nor can it be
justified on the basis of existing compound name elements. And, the submitter
did not provide any documentation for it, outside of her assertion.
As the Lilith in
all the references is a witch or demon this falls under SENA PN.4.C. Claim of
Powers:
Names
may not contain an unmistakable claim of superhuman abilities, magical powers,
or divine origin. In general, a name phrase used by normal human beings during
our period is not considered to be a claim to superhuman abilities or divine
origin.
For
example, we will register Odinson, because Odin was used as a human given name in
Middle English and in Norwegian. Similarly, we will register an English byname Devil, because it is attested as a
human descriptive byname in medieval England. On the other hand, we will not
register a name like Lokassson
as a patronymic constructed from the name Loki, because the only known use of Loki is as the name of an Old Norse god. Such a name would be a
claim to a divine origin.
There
are examples of attested given names and bynames that are claims to magical
abilities or other superhuman abilities. Such names will not be registered
unless they can be demonstrated to have been used in contexts that are not
claims to magical abilities. Use of them by multiple individuals is often
sufficient to do so, unless they all were understood to have the same magical power.
One
example is the Norse byname sundafyllir, which is a reference to a story in which the
owner filled a strait with fish through magic. Such a name would not be registerable.
The submitter asked
about the possibility of <Layla> or <Layl> as a given name if <Lilith> was not
possible. Eastern Crown Herald notes
that; “<Layla>
is found in Juliana's "Arabic Women's Names from al-Andalus"
(http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/alandalus/femism.html).
Under the new rules, Arabic and English elements cannot be combined in the same
name (see Appendix C: http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/rfs_final_draft.html#AppendixC).”
So it would not be registerable
with the submitted byname.
Commenters provided documentation for the following English names, to match the byname, that the submitter may be interested in; Lillia, Lilia, Lelyas, Lylyas, Lylias, and Lilias. The documentation can be found on the ILoI: https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=1332
Device returned
along with name due to lack of SCA name to attach it too. Submitter should be aware that the bordure in
the emblazon was on the thin side and it is recommended that they make it
thicker, about twice as thick as it is on this submission before resubmitting.
May15-14: Metylda of Ravenslake - New Name
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel.
May15-15: Osanna Elze Mailander - New Badge
(Fieldless) A butterfly purpure charged on each lower wing with a daisy proper
ROUGE SCARPE: Forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: (Fieldless) A butterfly purpure charged on
each lower wing with a daisy proper.
May15-16: Raphael da Cernia - New Request for Name Reconsideration & Resub Device
Raffaele da Cernia
Per bend sinister azure and sable, a bend sinister argent between a weasel rampant contourney and a wolf rampant contourney Or
ROUGE SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel. Device forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Per bend sinister azure and sable, a bend sinister argent between a weasel rampant contourney and a wolf rampant contourney Or.
May15-17: Safiyya al-Zarqa' al-Antalya - New Name & New Device
Argent,
a mullet of eight points purpure
a base engrailed azure a border sable
ROUGE SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel. The submitter mentions that they want the
Language to be Turkish/Persian and should be aware that the name submitted is
wholly Arabic. The locative
<al-Antalya> is formed from the modern name of a city in Turkey and no
documentation was provided as to whether this is what the city would have been
called in period. It is our hope that
this gap can be filled in during Laurel level commentary.
Device forwarded to Laurel with the Blazon: Argent, a mullet of eight points purpure a base engrailed azure a bordure sable.
July02-1: Geoffrey Elrick de Leon - New Name & New Device
Per bend Or
and purpure in chief a lion rampant sable in base a
fleur-de-lis argent.
ROUGE SCARPE: Name forwarded to Laurel. The name mixes English and Spanish which is a
SFPP (step from period practice) under the RfS but is
not a combination listed in SENA Appendix C and would not be registerable without further documentation attesting to
such combinations. This submission
should be decided on the last letter using both sets of rules. The submitter should be aware that commentary
provided documentation for <de Lyone> in English which
would make the name wholly English.
Since the submitter allowed no changes and it looks like we will be able
to squeak it under the wire we have left it in the submitted form.
Device returned for
conflict with Niccolo Giovanni on the Atlantia LoP dated 2012-06-20, Per bend sinister Or and azure, a lion rampant
sable and a fleur-de-lys argent, with one DC/CD for the changes to the
field. The change in position is forced
by the field and thus do not give a DC/CD.
We were able to contact Niccolo to ask for
permission to conflict but he felt the submitted device too closely resembled
his and declined. The simplest change
would be to change the fleur to Or (yellow) which
would clear this conflict but would need to be checked for others.
In Service to Crown and College,
Meister Konrad Mailander,
OP
Rouge Scarpe:
Konrad Mailander
Dale Niederhauser
110 Dodge St.
Swanton, OH 43558
rougescarpe@midrealm.org