1: Adelindis filia Gotefridi - New Blanket Permission to Conflict (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 2004, via Lochac.

Gules, a pile Or

I, (name redacted), known in the SCA as Adelindis filia Gotefridi, waive the full protection of my registered armory "Gules, a pile Or". I grant permission to any future submitter to register armory that is not identical to my registered armory.

I understand that this permission can be withdrawn by written notice to the Laurel Sovereign of Arms, but that conflicting items registered while it is in force will remain registered.

(Signature)

Signature of (name redacted)

2: Argyle de Argenten - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in June of 2021, via Lochac.

(Fieldless) A French-cut gemstone in profile purpure

Consulting Herald Glynyhvar Aquarius.
Submitter is from River Haven.

Kingdom Badge Notes

There is a step from core practice for gemstones depicted in profile.

-One commenter found no conflicts.

3: Ariston Hegelochou - Resub Device (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 2017, via Lochac.

Purpure, two Greek Sphinxes sejant respectant Or

Consulting Herald Matthijs van der Horst.
Submitter is from Rowany.

We depict a Greek Sphinx without human mammaries, which was part of the grounds for return. There is extensive examples of this in period art, attached.

Sphinxes are widely attested as icons and devices in Classical and Hellenistic Greek culture. There is plentiful archaeological evidence for a consistent and coherent depiction of Sphinges in the form of gemstone carvings (figs. 1 and 2), numismatic sources (figs. 3, 4, and 5), monumental funerary statuary (figs. 6, 7), and dedicatory statuary (fig. 8). Many of these depictions are strongly associated with specific communities - most obviously Cypriot Greek and Phoenician poleis, and Thebes in Greece proper - and constitute iconography that identifies those communities.

In addition, there is specific evidence from published academic work (see fig. 9) of opposed Sphinxes being used as iconography in Hellenistic Seleucid administration, in the form of Bullae: clay or bitumen seals used to notarise papyrus documents used for administration (note 1). Such seals may have been associated with state functions, but have also been frequently found in extensive private archives, indicating their use as representations of specific individuals' personal approval or authority (note 2).

As such, the depiction of a pair of winged Sphinxes - which are not depicted specifically as Gynosphinxes, but remain gendered only in facial features and hairstyle, if at all - constitutes a historically precedented mode of `heraldic' identification and display for individuals as well as communities in Ancient Greek societies (note 3).

(1) See Herbert, Sharon C. "The Hellenistic Archives from Tel Kedesh (Israel) and Seleucia-on-the-Tigris (Iraq)." Bulletin 15 (2003). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bulletinfront/0054307.00...?...#.... See also Hameeuw, Hendrik, and Sam Van Overmeire. "The seleucid bullae from Uruk in the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels." Mesopotamia 49 (2014): 113-142; Hicks, Jennifer Rose. "Hollow archives: Bullae as a source for understanding administrative structures in the Seleukid empire." PhD diss., UCL (University College London), 2017.

(2) Ibid.

(3) The College of Arms' previous response to a 2017 submission ["This device is returned for violating SENA A2C1 which states that "Elements must be drawn in their period forms". Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as "Greek sphinxes" the creatures lack the identifying leonine tail and, because of their posture, it is impossible to determine whether they have a woman's chest or not. On resubmission, the submitter should also use a proper heraldic posture."] does not reflect appropriate Ancient period iconographic practice, as shown in several of the attached figures in this document, and may also have been based on a naïve understanding of the Greek terminology: androsphinx does not mean `male sphinx' or imply a gendered male/female typology of sphinges, but rather distinguishes human-headed sphinxes from Egyptian part-leonine monsters whose heads were those of rams or hawks; as the figures appended clearly show, depictions of `gynosphinges' did not have distinct breasts. See Falkener, Edward. The Museum of Classical Antiquities: A Quarterly Journal of Architecture and the Sister Branches of Classic Art. Vol. 2. JW Parker and Son, 1853.

Kingdom Device Notes

Original submission, <Sable, two Greek sphinxes sejant respectant Or> was returned in the March 2017 LoAR.

The conflict with Sárán mac Duinn's "Purpure, two Greek sphinxes sejant respectant argent" is known and permission to conflict has informally been given. A formally signed letter is currently being sought. One commenter found no other conflicts.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5

4: Bartholomew Baskin and Katherine Kerr of the Hermitage - New Household Name (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name (Bartholomew Baskin) registered exactly as it appears in July of 2004, via Lochac.
OSCAR finds the name (Katherine Kerr of the Hermitage) registered exactly as it appears in September of 2006, via Lochac.

Crescent Isles, Company of the

Consulting Herald Olliver Le Floch.
Submitter is from Southron Gaard.

Crescent is an English surname found in 1562-63, per [Oskar of the Wood. Household name Company of Crescent Keep, 3/2019, A-East], which reads:

"Jeanne Marie Noir Licorne found Crescent as a surname in a collection of London marriage licenses from 1562-63. Crescent Keep, therefore, is a plausible constructed 16th century English place name and this household name follows the attested English pattern naming groups of people after places."

Isle/Isles is a generic toponym per [Lileth of Glass Isle, 3/2019 LoAR, A-Atlantia], which reads "Glass Isle is a constructed English place name based on the pattern of surnames combined with generic toponyms; it refers to an island named by a family with the surname Glass."

Crescent Isles would be islands associated with or belonging to the Crescent Family per the patterns found in "Compound Placenames in English" by Juliana de Luna (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/EnglishCompoundPlacena...)

Thus, this household name fits the pattern Company of <Placename> exemplified by Cavelieri Lauretani and the Knightly Brotherhood of the Convent of Our Lady at the Sand as found in Medieval Secular Order Names by Juliana de Luna (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/order/new/).

Kingdom Name Notes

Reaney & Wilson 4th.ed. p. 247 sn:Iles records Iles dated to 1560

5: Boutart Sanguin - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Or, a seme of leeches Sable

Consulting Herald Wahriia of St Christina.
Submitter is from St Christina the Astonishing.

Boutart is a masculine given name found once in 1419 in Names from Paris, 1408-1449

by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1...)

Sanguin was a surname from 1423, 1438 found in French Surnames from Paris, by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann).

https://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/paris1423surn...

[Image 1] Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340.British Library Add 42130, fol. 26r

[Image 2] Willem Van Den Bossche'S 'Historia Medica,' Published In 1638

Kingdom Device Notes

This would be the defining instance of leeches in society armoury. Assuming leeches may conflict with worms, snakes and gouttes, one commenter found no conflicts.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1
#2

6: Freya Haare in heppna - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Ermine, on a pile azure a rabbit's head erased argent

No changes.

Consulting Herald Bjorn Bassason.
Submitter is from Saint Ursula.

<Freya> is a personal name submitted with Legal Name Allowance as per SENA PN1.B2e

<Haare> Danmarks gamle personnavne, volume 2, col. 412 sn. Hare: Hans Haare, 1466

<inn heppni> is an Old Norse descriptive byname meaning "lucky, happy", attested in the Landnámabók. See Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók by by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbyna...)

SENA Appendix A allows for the name construction pattern [given+descriptive+descriptive] for Old Norse.

In terms of time period, Tilnavne i den islandske oldlitteratur says that the submitter's namesakes were Hǫgni in hepni in the 10th century, and Leifr in hepni in the 10-11th centuries. If Leifr lived past 1000 CE, there's fewer than 500 years between the two bynames.

(https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Almindelig_rosende_ti...)

Tilnavne i den islandske oldlitteratur uses "hepni" with one p. Lind Personbinamn col. 143 uses "heppni" and The Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) lists both spellings used in bynames:

(https://onp.ku.dk/onp/onp.php?...)

Leifr hinn heppni

Leifr hinn hepni

Kingdom Name Notes

Name changed at Kingdom with submitter's approval to adjust spelling and capitalization and change the descriptive byname to the feminine form. The original submitted spelling was "Freya hare inn heppni".

Kingdom Device Notes

-One commenter found no conflicts.

7: Griffin Blackwood - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Sable, a griffin sejant maintaining a sprig of rowan berries and on a chief argent four pine trees sable

Consulting Herald Wahriia of St Christina.
Submitter is from St Christina the Astonishing.

Griffin is found in Berkshire in 1583 per Monumental Brass Enscriptions

Griffin is a male given name found nine times between 1581 and 1595 in Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names by Talan Gwynek (

https://heraldry.sca.org/names/eng16/eng16alpha.html

Blackwood - 1538

From `Blakwode' and 'de Blacwode'.

Blackwood is a locative byname found in [Watts] c. 1538 and later, sn. Blackwood Hill.

Can also be found between (1327-1384)

Reany, P. H. & Wilson, R. M. (1995). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Page 47.

Kingdom Name Notes

Blackwood is a locative name based on <Blackwoode Hall> in 1582 at the Survey of English Place Names [Image #2] (https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/West+Riding+of+York) Locatives can be unmarked in Middle/Early Modern English per SENA Appendix A.

Kingdom Device Notes

-One commenter found no conflicts.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1
#2

8: Ingriðr in eyverska - New Name (KLoI) (NP)

Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language/Culture most important.
Meaning most important.

Consulting Herald ffride wlffsdotter.
Submitter is from Stormhold.

Ingriðr

Lind col. 638 sn. Ingriðr

(Editorial note: If you're wondering, it's this book http://hdl.handle.net/2077/61239 )

in eyverska

Lind Personbinamn col. 75 sn. Eyyverska

As this is an adjectival byname, meaning "woman from the (Orkney) islands," it can be used with the definite article "in."

Kingdom Name Notes

-One commenter found no conflicts.

9: Ollivier Le Floch - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 2017, via Lochac.

Gules, a bezant a chief and a point pointed Or

Consulting Herald Ollivier Le Floch.
Submitter is from Innilgard.

This badge is intended as a test case on the use of two peripheral charges in the same design.

If the chief and point are considered to be in a single peripheral charge group, then this badge presumes upon the badge of the Arch-Steward of the Holy Roman Empire 'Gules, an orb Or'.

If the chief and point are considered to be in two separate charge groups, then this arrangement of a primary charge between two peripheral charge groups may not be a documented arrangement per Appendix J. We ask the college for their aid in finding period examples supporting this arrangement.

Kingdom Badge Notes

"There is also no evidence that orbs and roundels were considered identical in period armory, so there is at least significant difference between a roundel and an orb." [Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, A-Caid, May 2010 LoAR]. Assuming this precedent is still current, the badge of the Holy Roman Empire would not be a conflict even if both peripheral charges comprise a single charge group.

10: Stobold Kobel - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Azure, in pale a dragon's head contourny conjoined to a roundel argent

Submitter desires a gender-neutral name.
No changes.
Sound (Two-syllable name rhyming with "cobalt/kobold") most important.

Consulting Herald Matthijs van der Horst.
Submitter is from Rowany.

On 17th October 2022, "Deutschland Tote und Beerdigungen, 1582-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWB6-RW1 : 27 October 2021), Stobold Molzger, 1637.

-- Estimated Birth Year 1587, Indexing Batch B00168-9

On 17th October 2022, "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8DV-H72 : 27 October 2021), Anna Kobel, 1596.

-- Indexing Batch C92388-7

Kingdom Device Notes

-One commenter found no conflicts.

11: Vígmárr Vífill - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Or, a weevil fesswise gules, on a chief sable a weevil fesswise Or

Consulting Herald Isabella de Bordeaux.
Submitter is from Politarchopolis.

Vígmárr - may occur in Old Danish as Wimar. For the first element Víg is from OW. Norse víg "war, battle".. for the second element - márr - comes from the OW Norse adjective mærr. "famous, glorious, great"

Old Norse Mens Names- http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml. FJ p350s.n. -marr; CV pp418,443 s.v. -már, mærr; NR s.nn. Vígmarr, Víg-, -marr, Vígi

Vífill - weevil, beetle. Found in Old Danish as Wivil, occurs in OW. Norse as Vífill (found as a byname)

https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbyna...

Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L Uckelman)

GB p16 s.n. Vífill; NR s.nn. Vífill or Vifill

Kingdom Name Notes

Jensen does not document the given name, but does list the elements Vig- and -mar in a glossary discussing the names recorded.

Runnamnslexikon has the inscriptions as uihmar on Sö298 et alia and as uikmar on stone UFv1976:104 and they have translated thes to Vigmarr.

Thus neither of these sources has the name as submitted.

Lind c1103 sn:Vígmarr has the place names Vigmalstadir (1430) and Vimarsstadir (1414).

Kingdom Device Notes

-One commenter found no conflicts.

12: Wahriia of Saint Christina the Astonishing - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Or, four wolf's teeth issuant from sinister sable

Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound (trying to match sound of cultural (indigenous) name Warrigall(or Warri) as close as possible) most important.

Consulting Herald Wahriia of St Christina the Astonishing.
Submitter is from St Christina the Astonishing.

Wahriia (pronounced Wa-aḫ-ri-ia) is a Hurrian given name found on p.274 of Nuzi Personal Names, by Gelb, Purves, and MacRae, which lists names found in the Nuzi Tablets dating from ~15th C BC? (https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/...)

Saint Christina the Astonishing is a branch name, registered in November 1990 via the West.

Kingdom Name Notes

Name changed at Kingdom to match the registered form of the branch name.

Kingdom Device Notes

One commenter found no conflicts.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1
#2
#3

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1
#2

13: Yda Plant - New Device (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in June of 2017, via Lochac.

Per pale gules and vert, an alder tree eradicated Or

Consulting Herald Matthijs van der Horst.
Submitter is from Politarchopolis.

Kingdom Device Notes

One commenter found no conflicts.

Some concerns were raised about whether the tree is identifiable as an alder.