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Atenveldt Submissions (excerpted from the S.C.A. College of Arms' Letters of Acceptance and Return)

The following were registered by the SCA College of Arms, September 2015:


Adheliza Stjarna. Device. Argent, a drakkar and in canton a compass star azure.

There is a step from period practice for the use of a compass star.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the ship more centered on the shield, as it is the sole primary charge.


Brian Winterbourne. Name change from Brian the Pious and device change. Azure, a sun argent charged with six pheons in annulo points to center azure and in chief a coronet embattled argent.
Brian is the submitter's legal given name. It is also a 16th century English name, so the submitter need not rely on the legal name allowance. This name does not conflict with the registered Brenna Winterbourne. Both syllables in the given name have changed, so this name is clear under PN3C1 of SENA.
Nice 16th century English name! The submitter's previous name, Brian the Pious, is retained as an alternate name.
There is a step from period practice for the use of charges in annulo not in their default palewise orientation.
The submitter is a count and thus entitled to display a coronet.
The submitter's old device, Sable, a natural tiger rampant Or marked sable and a bordure wavy Or semy of annulets sable, is retained as a badge.


Duncan Redfern. Name and device.
Please advise the submitter to add internal detailing to the griffin to improve identifiability.


Elizabeth Redfern. Name.
Nice late period English name!


Emelyn Fraser. Household name Stonegard Keep (see RETURNS for badge).
In commentary, Ogress documented -gard as a deuterotheme in Middle English place names (in the Middle English Dictionary). Therefore, Stonegard is a plausible English compound place name.


Gráinne an Einigh inghean Uí Mháille. Name.
Submitted as Gráinne Ni Mháille, this name was changed to Gráinne an Einigh inghean Uí Mháille in order to correct the grammar in the byname and to remove the possible presumption against the historical Irish pirate Gráinne Ní Mháille/Grace O'Malley. This name was pended to allow commenters to discuss whether the historical figure is important enough to protect.
Laurel declined to protect Grace O'Malley in 2005, arguing that she wasn't a sovereign, didn't have her own entry in the encyclopedia, that her name wasn't recognized by many, and her given name and byname were relatively common in Ireland in our period [Gracye Malley, June 2005, A-Calontir].
Grace's name appears to be known by a larger number of people at this time. She was the subject of a Broadway musical just a few years after the previous precedent was published, and is more widely known as an Irish folk hero. Therefore, we overturn the previous precedent and protect her name in all forms by which she was known. As a result, we cannot drop the byname an Einigh, and we accept the present submission as it appeared in the Letter of Intent.
This name was pended from the April 2015 Letter of Acceptances and Returns.


Granite Mountain, Barony of. Badge for Order of Beauty of Granite Mountain. Per fess indented vert and sable, a quill pen bendwise sinister issuant from an inkwell Or, a bordure erminois.

Gunnarr Berserkr. Name.
The submission form indicated that the submitter wanted a name from 8th century Saxony. However, this name is documented using elements from Viking Age Iceland.


Gunnvarðr Egilsson. Name.
This name does not conflict with the registered name Gunnarr Egilsson, as the change from -arr to -varðr is a substantial change. Therefore, this name is clear under PN3C2 of SENA.


Haukr Bjarnarson. Name change from William of Lochridge.
This name does not conflict with the registered Auríkr Biarnarson. A syllable has been added, bringing these names clear under PN3C2 of SENA. The submitter's previous name, William of Lochridge, is retained as an alternate name.


Ismeralda Franceska Rusciolelli da Vale. Badge. (Fieldless) A human breast proper distilling three gouttes d'Or.


Lia Winterbourne. Name change from Lia le Citolur.
Nice 16th century English name! The submitter's previous name, Lia le Citolur, is retained as an alternate name.


The following have been returned by the College of Arms for further work, Septermber 2015:


Bartholomew of Wolfetwain. Device change. Gules, a saltire Or and overall two grey wolf's heads erased addorsed conjoined at the neck proper.

This device is returned for redraw, for violating SENA A2C2 which states "Elements must be drawn to be identifiable." Although the lack of contrast of the conjoined wolf's heads with the field is grandfathered to the submitter, there is still a requirement for the charges to be identifiable. This could probably be improved by adding some internal detailing.
Additionally, there are several administrative issues. The submission uses a modified escutcheon that does not quite fit the Laurel-approved form and the black and white mini-emblazon is missing.

Emelyn Fraser. Badge. (Fieldless) A bat-winged lion with a human head sejant erect sable face argent.
This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Lijsbet vande Visschereye: Per pale Or and argent, a winged lion rampant guardant sable. There is one DC for fieldlessness but no DC for the type of wings, no DC between the postures and no difference granted for changing the head. Although there would be a DC between a winged lion and a sphinx, it relies on the fact that both are period charges. The charge here is not a sphinx but a bat-winged lion: it lacks both breasts and bird wings.


Isabeau della Farfalla. Badge. Sable, a crescent argent charged with a butterfly azure.
This badge is returned administratively as the emblazon in OSCAR does not match the emblazon on the actual form. The emblazon in OSCAR has been computer-colorized while the form is colored with crayons or colored pencils.


Michaelis Aurelius. Badge. Per bend azure and purpure, on a bend couped engouled of two lions' heads Or, three gunstones.
This badge is returned for violating SENA A2C1 which states that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms" No evidence was presented, or found by the commenters, of bends engouled couped. All examples of bends engouled we found in period armorials were issuing from the edges of the field.


Michaelis Aurelius. Badge. (Fieldless) On a bend couped engouled of two lions' heads Or three gunstones, overall a rapier bendwise sinister inverted Or.
This badge is returned for violating SENA A2C1 which states that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms" No evidence was presented, or found by the commenters, of bends engouled couped. All examples of bends engouled we found in period armorials were issuing from the edges of the field. Because bends engouled cannot be couped, they cannot be used on fieldless badges.
Additionally, the black and white mini-emblazon here does not match the outline of the colored one. This is, in itself, grounds for administrative return.
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