Unto Elisabeth de Rossignol, Laurel; Margaret MacDuibhshithe, Pelican; Jeanne Marie Lacroix, Wreath; and the commenting Members of the College of Arms,

Greetings from Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy, Parhelium Herald!

Please withdraw the following submission from the 31 October 2006 Atenveldt Letter of Intent:

8. Azizah al-Labu’a bint Ibrahim ibn Rashid al-Rahhala: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A lion couchant argent charged upon the shoulder with a decrescent gules.

The July 2006 Letter of Acceptance and Return granted additional protection to the armory associated with the Red Crescent: “Red Crescent. Restricted charge. A single gules decrescent on any argent background or in any way that could be displayed on an argent background (such as a fieldless badge).” As the lion serves as the argent background for the single gules descrescent, this submission is asked to be withdrawn from consideration.

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

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

1. Atenveldt, Barony of: NEW NAME for the Order of the Dogs Gamb

The branch name was registered January 1981.

The Order name follows guidelines seen in Project Ordensnamen, by Meradudd Cethin

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/order/ ), basing a name on Things, i.e. tangible items (e.g., Oak) and Body Parts (e.g., Wing). Although Thing + Body Part is not one of the constructions described, it has been a common naming pattern in the SCA: Dragon’s Teeth, Gryphon’s Heart, Boars Heart (1999), Falcons Heart (1996).

Dog dates to c. 1050 in the English language.

Gamb(e) might be more problematic, with it seen in 1727 as an heraldic term; however, it dates to c. 1386 as a reference to a piece of leg armor. The Order of the Jambe de Lion was registered to An Tir in 1983, but this might necessitate the rendering of the name completely into French.

2. Atenveldt, Barony of: NEW BADGE for the Order of the Dogs Gamb

(Fieldless) An annulet checky azure and argent fimbriated on both edges gules pendant therefrom five hawks’ bells Or.

3. Atenveldt, Barony of: NEW NAME for the Order of the Roots of the Barony of Atenveldt

The branch name was registered January 1981.

The Order name follows guidelines seen in Project Ordensnamen, by Meradudd Cethin

( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/order/ ), basing a name on Things, i.e. tangible items (e.g., Oak).

The “items” in an order name tend not to be found in the plural, so this is probably more accurate as Root.

The word enters the English language early, c. 1150, usually as rote or roten.

4. Atenveldt, Barony of: NEW BADGE for the Order of the Roots of the Barony of Atenveldt

Gules, two palm trees eradicated, trunks crossed in saltire, argent rooted Or.

The two palm trees with trunks crossed in saltire is a popular motif found in several badges already registered to the Barony of Atenveldt.

5. Atenveldt, Barony of: NEW BADGE

Argent, two palm trees couped, trunks crossed in saltire, proper and in chief palm frond fesswise vert.

The branch name was registered January 1981.

6. Azizah al-Labu’a bint Ibrahim ibn Rashid al-Rahhala: BADGE RESUBMISSION (see above)

(Fieldless) A lion couchant argent charged upon the shoulder with a decrescent sable.

The name appears in the 31 October 2006 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

Her original submission, (Fieldless) A lion couchant argent charged upon the shoulder with a decrescent gules., was withdrawn, as the July 2006 Letter of Acceptance and Return granted additional protection to the armory associated with the Red Crescent: “Red Crescent. Restricted charge. A single gules decrescent on any argent background or in any way that could be displayed on an argent background (such as a fieldless badge).” She has changed the tincture of the decrescent, resolving that issue.

7. Dascha Alexandrovna Rostova: NEW NAME CHANGE from Dasiya Alexandrovna Rostova

The name is Russian. Dasiya Alexandrovna Rostova was registered August 1992.

The feminine given name Dasha was registered to Dasha Miloslava Broussard in January 1996 (the only comment by the CoA at the time was the implausible combination of a thoroughly Russian name and a French surname). Dasha itself is a modern diminutive of the feminine given name Daria ( http://www.doukhobor.org/Commonnames.htm ), and Dar’ia is a feminine given name dating to the first half of the 16^th C in “Paul Goldschmidt's Dictionary of Period Russian Names - Section D,” 1996 Paul Goldschmidt ( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/d.html ). The slight spelling variation (from the previously-registered Dasha to the client’s desired Dascha) seems acceptable, as both Paul Goldschmidt and Morton Benson (author of Dictionary of Russian Personal Names, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press) note that there are variations in the transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet into the modern Roman one. Paul also lists “sch” as a possible equivalent for the Russian letter “ш” in his transcription table ( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/zpreface.html ).

The client wishes a feminine name and will not accept major or minor changes to the name.

8. Helena de Argentoune: NEW BADGE

(Fieldless) A simurgh volant bendwise Or.

The name was registered October 1985.

The simurgh is taken from her registered device, Per bend sable and Or, a simurgh volant bendwise Or.

9. Nezhka Radokovaia: NEW NAME

The name is Russian; all elements are found in “ Russian Personal Names: Name Frequency in the Novgorod Birch-Bark Letters,” Masha Gedilaghine Holl ( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/predslava/bbl/ ).

Nezhka is an Old Russian feminine given name, dated to the 12^th C.

Radokovaia is a 12^th C. byname based on “wife of...” forms using Old Russian names.

The client is most interested in the language/culture of the name, wishes a feminine name, and is interested in having it authentic for language/culture, 10th-12th C. Russian.

She will not accept major changes to the name.

10. Nezhka Radokovaia: NEW DEVICE

Per pale sable and gules, two rams combatant between three mullets Or.

11. Nikolás Sieghard: NEW NAME

Nikolás is found in “Viking Names found in the Landnámabók,” Aryanhwy merch Catmael

( http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html ) as a masculine given name.

Sieghard is found in Hans Bahlow’s German Names, p. 473. Sighard is found as a 12^th C. masculine given name in “Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Men's Names,” Talan Gwynek

( http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html ). It is used here as an unmarked patronymic.

The client in most interested in the language/culture of the name, that is it male, and that it is authentic for 10^th C. Norse.

12. Nikolás Sieghard: NEW DEVICE

Azure, a pall raguly bretissed argent between a gauntlet and a smith’s hammer Or.

13. Shanda MacNeil: NEW BADGE

Or, semy of annulets sable.

The client’s name change appears in the October 2006 Atenveldt Letter of Intent.

Consider Evan Little: Or, hurty., if the submission were alternately blazoned as Or semy of bezants fimbriated sable. Although an annulet has an independent heraldic existence it is still a roundel voided; still both are distinct period charges, and between the type and tinctures, we hope that this is clear.

14. Sha’ul of Yoppa: NEW NAME

The name is Hebrew. Sha’ul is found as Sha-'u-l (long mark over the -a- and the -u-, such that Shā’ūl results), a masuline given name in “Jewish Names in the World of Medieval Islam: Men's Names,” Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi ( http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/Jewish/Cairo/cairo_men.html ).

 Jaffa (also Japho, Joppa; also, ~1350 B.C.E. in Amarna letters as Yapu; Hebrew: Yafo), is an ancient port city located in Israel on the Mediterranean Sea, now located in Israel ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa ). I’m not quite sure how the client settled on this particular form of the locative, although transliteration variations abound: it is also found in Arabic as Yaffa, and in the Bible as Joppa (http://www.jaffa.8m.net/ ). In Hebrew, it seems that the locative would be more accurate as ha-Yoppa.

The client is interested in a masculine name.

15. Sha’ul of Yoppa: NEW BADGE

Per fess embowed counterembowed sable and argent, in fess two stars of David azure and argent.

16. Thomas Mac Aedain: NEW NAME

Thomas is an English masculine given name found in DB 1086 (Withycombe, pp. 279-80); it is also the client’s legal given name.

Áedán is an Old Irish Gaelic masculine name (c700-c900) and a Middle Irish Gaelic masculine name (c900-c1200); in both cases, the genitive form would be Áedáin (“Index of Names in Irish Annals,” Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/ ). The name disappears from record before 1000 AD (it is revived in modern times as a masculine given name), but it seems that it only persists in its Irish Gaelic form (which would be mac Áedáin). An English/Gaelic name is one step from period practice, so it is registerable, and this form of Thomas is an early one, so temporal compatibility might not be a problem.

The client is most interested in a masculine name and wishes it to be authentic for time period, 9^th C. Scottish.

17. Thomas Mac Aedain: NEW BADGE

Argent, four crosses formy two and two and a bordure gules.

I was greatly assisted in the preparation of this letter by Helena de Argentoune, Knute Hvitabjörn, and Snorri Bjarnarson.

This letter contains 4 new names, 1 new name change, 2 new order names, 2 new devices, 7 new badges, and 1 badge resubmission. This is a total of 17 items, 16 of them new. A $68.00 check to cover fees will be sent separately.

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

I remain,

Marta as tu Mika-Mysliwy

c/o Linda Miku

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Commonly-Cited References

Black, George F. The Surnames of Scotland.

Medieval Names Archive. http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/

Ó Corráin, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire. Irish Names.

Reaney, P.H. and R. M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames, 2^nd Edition, 1976, reprinted 1979.

Withycombe, E.G., The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1977.