ATENVELDT COLLEGE OF HERALDS 25 October 2012, A.S. XLVII

Letter of Intent Kingdom of Atenveldt

Unto Gabriel Laurel; Juliana Pelican; Emma Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Brickbat Herald and Parhelium Herald for the Kingdom of Atenveldt!

The Atenveldt College of Heralds requests the consideration and registration of the following names and armory with the College of Arms.

Unless specifically stated, the submitter will accept any spelling and grammar corrections; all assistance is appreciated.

1. Abigail de Westminster: BADGE RESUBMISSION from Laurel, October 2008

(Fieldless) A maple leaf bendwise purpure.

The name was registered January 2006.

The client's original badge submission, (Fieldless) A stemless maple leaf purpure., was returned for conflict with Canada, (Tinctureless) A maple leaf.: “There is a CD for the difference between tinctureless and all other armory, but no other CD.” The change in orientation gives an additional difference, resolving the conflict.

The client uses elements of her registered device, Purpure, four maple leaves in cross, stems fretted, argent. The orientation of the leaf takes the bendwise axis through the point of the top of the leaf and through its base, where it joins to the stem.

2. Arria Silvana: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per fess vert and sable, a unicorn's head couped argent and three Arabian lamps Or.

The name is Latin.

Both elements are found in “Roman Names,” http://www.larp.com/legioxx/nomina.html. Arria is listed as a woman's name, and Silvana is the feminine form of the cognomen Silvanus.

Additionally, Arrius used as a nomen is found in "A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions" by Lindley Richard Dean (http://books.google.com/books?id=MF0KAAAAIAAJ) at pp. 158, 170, 205, 239, 253, 264. In the same book, Silvanus is mentioned as a masculine cognomen at pp. 13, 15, 52, 63 and 289. To quote Alisoun Metron Ariston, "a feminine name formed with the feminine form of her father's nomen and an appended cognomen would be totally unexceptional for virtually all of the Roman period."

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the culture of the name (Roman). She will not accept Major changes to the name.

The lamps used in the device submission generated a lot of commentary. Although such lamp depictions with a sugar-bowl lid, teapot spout, handle and base (the “Aladdin's lamp”) do not seem to exist in period, a badge registered to Geoffrey MacDhomhnuill, Gules, an Arabic oil lamp lit within a bordure embattled Or., in July 2011 show that this design is still registrable until it is ruled otherwise. Wreath Emeritus writes in the June 2011 Cover Letter a month prior to that registration, on “Lamps”:
“Commentary on a submission this month raised the question of the depiction of our default lamp in the SCA. Lamps in medieval times appear to have been short, flared cups, similar to the bowl area of a Champagne cup, but not as wide. They can be seen in the arms of Witwang, c.1520, in Heraldry by Bedingfeld & Gwynn-Jones. In contrast, the Society has uniformly not blazoned the type of lamp solely when the emblazon uses an Arabic lamp.
“Since there does not seem to be a way to blazon the default real-world lamps with a qualifier, this month, we have reblazoned all the 'default' lamps in the Ordinary as 'Arabic lamps' and declare that the SCA-default lamp will match the real-world default. At least, it will once someone registers one.”

We are sending this on, as a kingdom CoH cannot make precedent on the registrability of charges.

3. Disa Knýtir: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Vert, between two rabbits sejant respectant a ball of yarn argent.

Disa is a feminine Swedish name dated to 1354, found in “Swedish Feminine Names,” Sara Uckelman, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/swedish/smp/smp1350.html. Gunnvor Orle notes that Dísa (with an i-acute) is the short form for any Old Norse feminine name in -dís (Cleasby, Richard and Guðbrandr Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon. 1957. pp. xxxiv s.v. "Pet Names". http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/oi_cleasbyvigfusson_about.html) and Lena Peterson's Nordiskt Runnamnslexikon (http://www.sofi.se/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=1472) has it as a given name s.n. <Dísa>.

knýtir is a Norse byname meaning “knitter,” found in “Viking Names found in the Landnámabók,” Sara Uckelman, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html.

From the April 2012 LoAR: “In October 2002, Laurel ruled (in a Cover Letter Section titled "From Pelican: Regarding Capitalization in Norse Bynames") that we would require most descriptive bynames to be written in lowercase in Old Norse. This upheld precedent that had existed since at least April 2000. The basis of this precedent was the ways in which modern scholarly transliteration treats descriptive bynames in Old Norse. ...Based on the data found by commenters, we can say that capitalization in period Latin alphabet documents was uneven, with some capitalizing no elements and others capitalizing only given names and bynames derived from given names. Modern transliterations vary as well. “Scholarly ones tend to use the convention of capitalizing given names but leaving descriptive bynames in lowercase. Less formal ones vary, with some rendering all name elements in uppercase, with only in(n) "the", son and dottir in lowercase....Given this evidence, we are removing the requirement that descriptive bynames in Old Norse be registered only in lowercase. Descriptive bynames will be registered either in uppercase or in lowercase. This matches our usage in other languages, where we render most name elements in uppercase, although many documents are written only in lowercase.”

This is the spelling, with the capitalized byname, preferred by the client.

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the meaning of the name, as she is a knitter.

This is clear of Rainillt Leia de Bello Marisco, Vert, two coneys combattant argent., with DCs for the posture of the rabbits and for removing the secondary yarn ball.

4. Josef von Eschenbach: NEW DEVICE

Azure, an annulet Or surmounted by a cross crosslet argent, in chief two crescents pendant Or.

The name was registered October 2008.

5. Tir Ysgithr, Barony of: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A boar statant Or within and conjoined to a billet fesswise voided sable.

The branch-name was registered January 1973. The award associated with this badge was created in A.S. XXVI; in A.S. XXXVI, the Charter was changed to elevate this to a precedence-bearing award. The badge with the Or boar is associated with outstanding service to the Barony.

6. Tir Ysgithr, Barony of: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A boar statant argent within and conjoined to a billet fesswise voided sable.

The branch-name was registered January 1973. The award associated with this badge was created in A.S. XXVI; in A.S. XXXVI, the Charter was changed to elevate this to a precedence-bearing award. The badge with the argent boar is associated with demonstrated excellence in the fighting arts, both in teaching and in the use of traditional SCA-style weaponry.

7. Tir Ysgithr, Barony of: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A boar statant azure within and conjoined to a billet fesswise voided sable.

The branch-name was registered January 1973. The award associated with the counter-ermine boar was created in A.S. XXXVI and recognizes excellence in archery.

8. Tir Ysgithr, Barony of: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A boar counter-ermine statant within and conjoined to a billet fesswise voided sable.

The branch-name was registered January 1973. The award associated with the counter-ermine boar was created in A.S. XLIII and recognizes grace, courtesy, and nobility of character.

9. Tir Ysgithr, Barony of: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A boar statant purpure within and conjoined to a billet fesswise voided sable.

The branch-name was registered January 1973. The award associated with this badge was created in A.S. XXVI; in A.S. XXXVI, the Charter was changed to elevate this to a precedence-bearing award. The badge with the purpure boar is associated with continued service, great knowledge, and courteous behavior they feel demonstrates the highest ideals and values of the Current Middle Ages

10. Tir Ysgithr, Barony of: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A boar statant vert within and conjoined to a billet fesswise voided sable.

The branch-name was registered January 1973. The award associated with this badge was created in A.S. XXVI; in A.S. XXXVI, the Charter was changed to elevate this to a precedence-bearing award. The badge with the vert boar is associated with demonstrated excellence in the teaching and practice of the Arts and Sciences.

11. Vallaulfr Rurikson: REMOVAL OF JOINT OWNER Cécile de Brétigny FOR BADGE

Per pale indented azure and argent, a wolf argent and a unicorn gules combatant, both gorged and chained Or.

This is a resubmission of the request by Cécile to remove her name from the ownership of this badge. The original request was returned by Laurel August 2012: “This removal of the joint owner from this badge is returned because no paperwork was received: a violation of section IV.C of the Administrative Handbook, which requires complete paperwork. While a submission form is not necessary for this type of action, we do require some sort of statement from the submitter about what action they wish to have taken.

“Also note that while the request for removal of the joint owner came from Cécile, for administrative reasons we must list it under the primary owner's name. The primary owner's permission is not needed to remove the secondary owner at the request of the secondary owner.”

The letter requesting the removal is included to Laurel.

12. Varinn inn Spaki: NEW NAME and DEVICE

Per pale sable and gules, a dragon's head cabossed and in base a Thor's hammer Or.

Varinn is a masculine Old Norse name found on the Rök Runestone and in Dictionary of Norse Runic Names (http://www.sofi.se/images/runor/pdf/lexikon.pdf), p. 225, Varinn.

inn spaki is an ON byname meaning “wise” (“Viking Names found in the Landnámabók,” Sara Uckelman, www.ellipsis.cs/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html ).

From the April 2012 LoAR: In October 2002, Laurel ruled (in a Cover Letter Section titled "From Pelican: Regarding Capitalization in Norse Bynames") that we would require most descriptive bynames to be written in lowercase in Old Norse. This upheld precedent that had existed since at least April 2000. The basis of this precedent was the ways in which modern scholarly transliteration treats descriptive bynames in Old Norse. ...Based on the data found by commenters, we can say that capitalization in period Latin alphabet documents was uneven, with some capitalizing no elements and others capitalizing only given names and bynames derived from given names. Modern transliterations vary as well. “Scholarly ones tend to use the convention of capitalizing given names but leaving descriptive bynames in lowercase. Less formal ones vary, with some rendering all name elements in uppercase, with only in(n) "the", son and dottir in lowercase....Given this evidence, we are removing the requirement that descriptive bynames in Old Norse be registered only in lowercase. Descriptive bynames will be registered either in uppercase or in lowercase. This matches our usage in other languages, where we render most name elements in uppercase, although many documents are written only in lowercase.”

This is the spelling, with the capitalized byname, preferred by the client.

The client desires a male name and is most interested in the sound of the name.

"The use of a Thor's hammer is not a step from period practice." [LoAR 02/2010].
This is clear of Dragon's Laire, Barony of, Per pale gules and sable, two dragon's heads addorsed and conjoined at the neck, a bordure Or., by change of number of primaries.

I was assisted in the preparation of the Letter of Intent with commentary provided by Alys Mackyntoich, Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Gunnvor silfraharr and Magnus von Lübeck.

Thank you again for your great indulgence and patience, your expertise and your willingness to share it.

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy
c/o Linda Miku
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