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1: Dietrich Eckhart von Katzenburg - New Device

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 2007, via Caid.

Per pale vert and sable, a cat passant Or between three edelweiss argent seeded Or

The submitter's name was registered in January of 2007.

No conflicts found.

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2: Gosfrei Kempe - New Device

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 2006, via An Tir.

Or, a quadrant gules

The submitter's name was registered in October of 2006.

No conflicts found.

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3: Gosfrei Kempe - New Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 2006, via An Tir.

Per pale gules and Or, two chevronels counterchanged

The submitter's name was registered in October of 2006.

No conflicts found.

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4: Romana della Fonte - New Name

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language (Italian) most important.
Culture (Italian) most important.

The following is quoted from the documentation section of the form:

"Romana - Perugia Italty in 1285 see St. Gabriel Report 3148.

"Further examples of feminization of names is referred to in the report.

"Also Romano used in Florence between 1282 and 1532.

"della Fonte - Found twice in Florence between 1282 and 1532. See St. Gabriel Report 3148."

The aforementioned report states that they found one examples of <Romana> in Perugia, Italy in 1285 [1]. It also goes on to say: "The masculine form <Romano> was used in Florence between 1282 and 1532 [2, 3]. Many feminine Italian names were feminized forms of masculine names [4], so we believe that <Romana> is also appropriate in your period, though without a clear example of it we cannot recommend it as the best re-creation."

The letter has the following to say on <della Fonte>: "…the family name <della Fonte> `of the fountain', which we find twice in Florence between 1282 and 1532 [5], or <Fontana>, found in medieval Puglia. [10]"

Photocopies of the Academy of Saint Gabriel report are included with this submission.

As noted by Elizabeth Sinister Gauntlet, this looks to be a good 13th century Italian name. The Saint Gabriel report checks out and the complete cite of the part of the report that pertains to the given name is:

We'll need to address the use of <Romana> in Italy. Offhand, it doesn't seem impossible; the masculine <Romano> can be found in my "Italian Given Names from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532".

We've found one example of <Romana> in Italy, in Perugia in 1285. [1] The masculine form <Romano> was used in Florence between 1282 and 1532 [2,3]. Many feminine Italian names were feminized forms of masculine names [4], so we believe that <Romana> is also appropriate in your period, though without a clear example of it we cannot recommend it as the best re-creation.

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5: Veronica Apollonia Simonetta d'Este - New Name & New Device

Per chevron gules and purpure, four fleurs-de-lys in cross Or

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language (Italian) most important.
Culture (14th-16th Century Italy) most important.

<Veronica> and <Apollonia> are both found in Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427 by Arval Benicoeur http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto/. In this article, <Veronica> appears with a frequency of 3, and <Appolonia> with a frequency of 15.

The following is quoted from the documentation section of the forms:

"<Simonetta> is found at The Medici Archive Project (http://documents.medici.org/people_search.cfm) by searching for "Simonetta" in the `Name Part' as a given name. According to the archive, Simonetta da Collevecchio sent a letter to her son Alessandro de' Medici in 1529.

"<d'Este> is the name of an Italian noble family, rulers of Ferrara and Modena, according to The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 2001-07. This byname is documented from 996 to well through the end of the SCA's prescribed time period.

"The given names in Italian is registerable as a step from period practice according to precedent as recent as François Laurel: "The name was submitted as three given names and a locative byname. The registration of Arianna Ross Christian Veneziano (registered February 1996) was supported by documentation that Catherine de' Medici was christened Caterina Maria Romola. This single example of three given names in Italian makes three given names registerable, though a weirdness. As this name only has a total of four elements, it is not affected by the bar against five element names in Italian (ruled unregisterable in September 1992 with the return of Marco Giovanni Drago Bianco Vento)." [Giovanni Guiseppe Cherando Monteverde, 03/2002 LoAR., A-Atlantia].

"There is no step from period practice for temporal disparity. There may be a step from period practice for lingual mixing of dialects, but the submitter believes that <Veronica> and <Apollonia> are saint's names. This does seem to be the case. St. Veronica is discussed in the Catholic Encyclopedia (http://newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm) as is St. Apollonia (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01617c.htm). The encyclopedia entry regarding the <d'Este> family does indicate a lot of contact between them and Rome, and especially the Pope, so I do not believe that there should be a step from period practice for mixing different Italian dialects together."

Photocopies of all articles were included with this submission.

No conflicts found for desired device.

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6: William Richard Drake - New Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 1993, via Atenveldt.

(Fieldless) a rapier inverted surmounted by an eagle's head couped argent

The submitter's name was registered in November of 1993.

Questions were raised whether the rapier is maintained, sustained, co-primary, etc. With a possible conflict with Ironhawk Hawkcrest (registered September 1992): Per pale vert and Or, a hawk's head erased argent. But as noted at the Lions Blood meeting, the rapier is clearly there. Forwarded to Laurel for consideration.

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7: Wyewood, Shire of - New Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2008, via An Tir.

(Fieldless) a shakefork per pale azure and Or

The submitter's name was registered in April of 1997 as the Canton of Wyewood and updated to Shire of Wyewood in April 2008.

No conflicts found.

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8: Wyewood, Shire of - New Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2008, via An Tir.

(Fieldless) a shakefork azure

The submitter's name was registered in April of 1997 as the Canton of Wyewood and updated to Shire of Wyewood in April 2008.

No conflicts found.