Æthelmearc College of Heralds
Internal Letter of Intent Æ 134
February 5, 2011
Fridrikr Tomasson, Garnet Herald
c/o Thomas Ireland-Delfs
731 S. Main St., Newark NY 14513
garnetherald@aeheralds.net
Alheydis von Körckhingen, Cornelian Herald
c/o Kimberly Frodelius
119 Summit Ave., Solvay, NY 13209
cornelianherald@aeheralds.net
Commentary on these items will be due on: March 15, 2011
Commentary may be posted to the list-serve at: aethel-heralds@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
Commentary may be sent privately to: garnetherald at aeheralds.net
I would like to thank Myfanwy for her patient, excellent, hard work in preparing the art for this letter. I would not
have been able to do the letter without her help. -Fridrkir, Garnet
1: Adakan Snorrason - New Name & New Device
Per saltire vert and argent, in pale two boar's heads couped
and in fess two bear's heads couped, counterchanged
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Old Norse.
Adakan - Viking Answer Lady Website
<www.vikinganswerlady.org>, masculine names, cites
Aðakan as a name of Celtic origin.
Snorrason - Viking Answer Lady Website
<www.vikinganswerlady.org>, cites Snorrason as the
genitive form of Snorri.
Herald of Record: Roderigo el Rojo
2: Adelulf Ritter - New Name & New Device
Azure, a chevron raguly between three mascles argent,
overall a wolf's head couped reversed sable
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No changes.
Meaning ("noble wolf knight") most important.
Adelulf - Old German Names
<http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/Europ
e-Medieval/Germany.htm>, cites Adelulf.
Ritter - Kundegundis filia Theoderici, 16th-17th Century
Hessian Given Names and Surnames <http://www.sgabriel.org/names/kunegund/hessenames.html> cites Ritter
as a surname to 1584.
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
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3: Anastasia - New Name & New Device
Vert, a winged greyhound sejant argent, winged sable, a
chief wavy Or
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No changes.
Anastasia - Beyond the Name
<www.behindthename.com/name/anastasia> cites this as
the "Feminine form of Anastasius. This was the name of a
4th century Dalmatiann saint who was martyred during the
persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian." The
submission does not have a byname of any sort. It will be
pended or returned if no byname is submitted by the
commentary deadline.
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
4: Anna Leigh - New Name & New Device
Quarterly sable and gules, a cross throughout and a
bordure ermine
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No changes.
Anna - Withycombe, p. 25 sn Ann, Anne, Anna, cites the
name to the 13th c. Janelle K. Lovelace (Julian Goodwyn) ,
Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions: Women's Names sorted by
Frequency <http://www.sgabriel.org/names/arval/brasses/womenfreq.html>, shows 1
occurrence of this name.
Leigh - Chris Laning (Christian de Holacombe), Faire
Names for English Folk: Late 16th Century English Names <www.s-gabriel.org/names/christian/fairenames/surnames.html>,
lists the name, as does Janelle K. Lovelace (Julian Goodwyn) and Josh Mittleman (Arval Benicouer), English Names from
Pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions <http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/brasses/lastnameIP.html#L>, which dates it to 1544. Reany
and Wilson, p. 274, sn Lea, cites Leigh as an undated alternate spelling, with the closest example being Hugh ate Leygh from
1392. Ekwall, p. 294, sn Leigh, Bessels, provides many dated alternative spellings for placenames, none of which dated
spellings match Leigh. Bardsley (Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, s.n. Legh) cites Jane Leigh of High Leigh dated
to 1617).
On the name, please consider Anna Lys, registered July, 1999, via Atenveldt.
On the device, please consider the following:
Kirk Einarsson, July of 2009 (via An Tir): Quarterly gules and azure, a cross ermine.
Chirhart Blackstar, March of 1983 (via Atenveldt): Quarterly sable and gules, a cross argent, on a chief ermine a mullet
sable.
Tomas Waegmund, January of 1993 (via the West): Quarterly sable and gules, a cross argent goutty de sang, a bordure
argent.
There are others I'm sure, but these caught my eye in particular
Herald of Record: Hilda Hügelmann
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5: Araki Aya - New Name & New Device
Gules, a sun issuant from a mount overall an annulet Or
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language (Muramachi-era Japanese) most important.
Araki - NCMJ, p. 154, lists Araki as a surname meaning
"wild, untamed."
Aya - NCMJ, pp. 243-244, lists Aya as a female name
meaning "paint" or "knit, entangle."
I seek opinions as to whether the submission has three
separate charges in the primary charge group.
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
6: Arías Beltran del Valle - New Name
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language (Spanish) most important.
Arías - found in Medieval Spanish Names from the Monastery of Sahagun, the names, second group by Antonio Miguel
Santos de Boros (Tony Borning) <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/miguel/sahagun/sahagunNames2.html#names>
Beltran - found in Medieval Spanish Names from the Monastery of Sahagun, the names, third group by Antonio Miguel
Santos de Boros (Tony Borning) <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/miguel/sahagun/sahagunNames3.html#names>
del Valle - "of the valley". A descriptive, locative byname. Structure of this type of name is described in 16th century
Spanish Names by Kathy van Stone (Elsbeth Anne Roth) <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kvs/heraldry/spanish16/>.
Submitter state that if a change must be made, he most desires to retain Arías Beltran.
Herald of Record: Anlaith ingen Traine
7: Barak Elandris Bear the Wallsbane - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in
March of 1990, via the East.
(Fieldless) In fess a bear sable and cat Or combatant
conjoined
This submission is to be associated with Judith of Kirtland
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8: Ciaran MacAlister - New Name & New Device
Vert, a chevron indented argent between three cranes
statant wings elevated and addorsed Or
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Meaning (desires "basic meaning") most important.
Ciaran - Scottish First Names
<http://www.namenerds.com/scottish/gae/gaelicdude.html>
shows Ciaran as meaning "dark, shadowy" with the
Anglicization of Kieran. Also, Behind the Name
<http://www.behindthename.com/name/ciara10n> cites
Ciaran as a masculine Irish name saying that "This was the
name of two Irish saints."
MacAlister - Electric Scotland <http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macalis2.html> cites CharlesMacAlister to
1481. Also, The Clan Alisdair<http://www.clanmacalister.rg/clan-history.html> cites this clan to the 12th century.
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
9: Cormac Domhnall - New Name & New Device
Per pale sable and vert, a bull rampant argent
Language (12th-13th century Gaelic) most important.
Cormac - Scottish First Names
<http://www.namenerds.com/scottish/gae/gaelicdude.html>
, cites Cormag meaning "possibly 'charioteer' or 'defiler's
son' " with the alternate spelling Cormack.
Domhnall - Scottish First Names
<http://www.namenerds.com/scottish/gae/gaelicdude.html>
, cites D{o`}mhnallan. Further, A brief history of Clan
Chaomhánach
<http://www.kavanaghfamily.com/briefhistory/briefhistory.
htm> cites numerous occurrences of Domhnall to the 12th century.
Herald of Record: Regna Hakonarsdottir
10: Durante de Caravaggio - New Name & New Device
Per fess vert and gules, on a fess argent a raven sable
within an annulet argent maintained by two foxes
combattant gules
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Durante - Wikipedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durante_Alberti> cites
Durante Alberti an Italian painter (1538-1613).
Caravaggio - Wikipedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio> cites
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio as an Italian artist,
1571-1610.
Yes, the artwork is horrid. No, I didn't ask Myfanwy to redraw it.
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
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11: Elizabeth Parker - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No changes.
Elizabeth - Talan Gwynek, Feminine Given Names in ADictionary of English Surnames cites Elizabeth from 1205 to 1587.
Parker - Bardsley, sub Parker cites Hugh Parker to 1570.
Herald of Record: Twelfth Night Submission Table
12: Geirdís Riurikova - New Name & New Device
Or, a talbot passant sable, on a chief embattled purpure,
three mullets of six points Or
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Geirdís - Geirr Bassi, p. 10, lists Geirdís as a feminine
given name. Lind, col. 312, sub Geirdís, dates Geirdís to
the 10th century.
Riurikova - Wickenden, 3rd ed., sub Riurik, dates Riurik to
1198 and Riurikov to 1456. Riurikova should be the
feminine patronymic.
Herald of Record: Twelfth Night Submission Table
13: Gerard de Rueil - New Device
OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of January
27, 2011 as submitted.
Argent, a chevron counter-ermine between three lions
rampant sable
The name was forwarded to Laurel on our XLOI of 27
January.
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
14: Gilina de Buscemi - New Name & New Device
Per fess azure and vert, on a fess argent a castle sable
between two lions combattant gules
Language (Italian) most important.
Gilina - Intended to be a combination of Antonia and Gilia,
both cited from Jo Lori Drake (Rhian Lyth of Blackmoor
Vale), Italian Renaissance Women's Names <http://www.sgabriel.org/names/rhian/italian.html>.
Buscemi - An Italian village. Buscemi Paese Museo
<http://www.museobuscemi.org/eng/buscemi_eng.htm> . It
existed as far back as the Arab period of Sicilan history.
This is also the submitter's mundane family name, although
no proof of that is enclosed with the submission.
The artwork is not what it could be. I didn't ask Myfanwy to redraw it. I'd like opinions on the group on the fess. Is it slot
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machine?
Herald of Record: Ragna Hakonardottir
15: James Gallagher - New Name & New Device
Per chevron azure and argent, a rabbit rampant and a
dragon couchant contourny argent and in base a triquetra
vert
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Culture (Irish) most important.
James - cited as a Biblical name. Withycombe, p. 170-172,
cites it to the 12th c.
Gallagher - Wikipedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_(surname)> cites
Gallagher as the Anglicization of the Irish surname Ó
Gallachobhair.
On the device, I know...
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
16: Luca Della Lupi - New Name & Resub Name
Azure, a wolf secant ululant argent, on a chief sable two
arrows fesswise points to center argent
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language (Italian) most important.
Luca - Sara L. Friedmann (Aryanhwy merch Catmael),
Names from Arezzo, Italy
<http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/arezzoalpha.ht
ml> cites Luca as occurring five times.
Lupi - FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES:
Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532
<http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/tratte/doc/SURNAM1.html> cites <Lupi> as occurring one time.
della - Submitter asserts that della is the correct form. Can anyone confirm this, please?
Again with the device. Any ideas?
Herald of Record: Ragna Hakonardottir
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17: Ragna Hakonardottir of Skara - New Name & Resub
Name
Per bend sinister azure and sable, a bend sinister raguly
between a wolf's head erased and a mullet of eight points
argent
Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language (Old Norse/Viking) most important.
Ragna - Viking Answer Lady Website
<www.vikinganswerlady.org>, feminine names cites this
name as appearing in OW Norse and Swedish, specifically
in the Orkneyinga saga.
Hakonardottir - Viking Answer Lady Website <www.vikinganswerlady.org>, surname construction cites this as the female
patronymic of Hakon.
Skara a village in southern Sweden, founded around AD 988 <http://www.ask.com/wiki/Skara?qsrc=3044>
Is this a proper locative byname formation? I'm inclined to change it "in Skari", but I'd like opinions, please.
Herald of Record: Rodrigo el Rojo
18: Ragnhildr Styrmisdottir Caithnes - New Name Change
Old Item: Raignailt Sturemi Caithnes, to be released.
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language (Old Norse) most important.
Ragnhildr - Lind, c. 842, cites this name to the 11th century.
Styrmir - Lind, c. 972, dates this name to the 11th century. Styrmisdottir is the feminine patronymic form.
Caithnes - Johnston, Place-Names of Scotland, p. 121, dates Caithness from 970 onwards. The entry reads:
Caithness. c. 970 Pict. Chron. Kathenessia, c. 1150 Bk. Deer Catness, and Ir. Nennius Cat., a. 1130 Sim. Durh. ann. 934
Cathenes, c. 1150 Cataneis, c. 1155 Chaenois (Fr.), 1196 Hovenden Cathania id est Catenes, c. 1225 Orkn. Sag. Ness. 'Ness
or nose of the Cataibh, or cat-men'; why so called we know not; cf. the Cattegat. In G. Gallaibh, 'strangers' (Norse) land.
Possible also is derivation fr. O.N. kati, gen. kata, 'a kind of small ship.' Cf. Catacol.
The placename is referred to numerous times in the Orkneyinga Saga, most likely in the form Katanes
We believe that the byname "Caithnes" should be grandfathered to the submitter.
Herald of Record: Twelfth Night Submissions Table
19: Saint Swithin's Bog, Barony of - New Badge
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in
October of 1999, via Æthelmearc.
Argent, a stand of three cattails, slipped and leaved, proper
with a bordure per pale azure and sable
This badge originally appeared on AE 133, # 10 (Argent, a
stand of cattails slipped and leaved proper within an
annulet per pale azure and sable). It has been redrawn per
the submitter's direction. The change is significant enough
to require that we reconsider it.
Herald of Record: Vivienne Marie de Beauvais/Garnet Herald
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20: Sebastianne La Rousse - New Name & New Device
Argent, issuant from a pile a fleur azure, a bordure
counterchanged
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound most important.
Sebastianne - intended to be a feminine of Sebastian.
Sebatian - Julia Smith (Juliana de Luna) Spanish Names
from the Late 15th Century <http://www.sgabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/MenFullNames4.html>
cites three examples of Sebatian as a given name.
La Rousse - Mathilde Poussin, Some Names from Picardy
in the 14th Century, KWHS 1997 cites this surname.
The artistic treatment might be blazoned fleuretty, I believe. Can we find an example of it used somewhere other than on a
cross in Foster, p. 162, sub Plowden Azure, a fess dancetty floretty Or?
Herald of Record: Twelfth Night Submissions Table
21: Sebastien la Roche - New Name & New Device
Argent, a chevron gules between two mullets sable and a
phoenix sable flamed gules
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language (15th c. French) most important.
Sebastien - Flemish Given Names from Bruges, 1400-1600
<http://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/bruges/given-list.html>
cites Sebastiaen to 1573.
la Roche - Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael),
Names from Choisy, France, 1475-1478
<http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/choisy.html>,
cites one Jehan de la Roche to 1475.
Herald of Record: Silva Vulcani
22: Ulrych Volckhart - New Device
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in
February of 2010, via Æthelmearc.
Per pale gules and azure, a winged stag's head cabossed Or
This concludes the Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent for February 5, 2011
Standard Bibliography of Sources
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This concludes the Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent for May 1, 2010.
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