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An Tir KLOI from An Tir dated 2023-01-08

Greetings unto Black Lion, Demi-Lion and the College of Heralds. Please find herein this month's submissions for An Tir. I am forever grateful for the advice of my deputies, Master Iago and Countess Elisabeth and the College at large. I am especially grateful to all the heralds who consulted at Collegium this month! Well done! My sadness is that we see Iago leave us for larger pastures as he takes on the Mantle of Wreath. We wish him well! We welcome Lord Malyss as Acting-Boar in his stead.

This letter will open for commentary by heralds from outside of An Tir on the 15th of January.

Commentary on this letter closes on February 7th, 2023. Xīnnián hǎo (新年好), Happy New Year! May peace and prosperity come to mind often this year!

Commentators, please cite references to SENA when noting problems. Please provide executive summaries for any extended commentary. Thank you


1: Edouard de Saverne -New Device

OSCAR finds the name on the An Tir LoI of December 09, 2022 as submitted.

Per chevron vert and gules all semy of hop cones, a chevron argent

Submitter is from Dragon's Laire

Name is submitted on An Tir's Letter of Intent dated December 9, 2022
https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=145&id=119620


2: Eoghan Ua Cléirigh -New Name (NP) & New Device

Sable, a two-headed phoenix Or between three triquetras argent a chief triangular erminois

Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Sound (OH-enn) most important.

Submitter is from Adiantum

Eoghan is a masculine given name in Early Modern irish Gaelic as found in the Index of Names in Irish Annals s.n. Eógan, including e.g. Eoghan mac Airt mic Eóin (etc.), d. 1515. https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Eogan.shtml

Ua Cléirigh is a family name ibid. including e.g. Eoghan Ua Cléirigh c. 969, as the exact spelling desired. https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Eogan.shtml also https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/FamilyNames/O_Clerigh.shtml

Noting in the example name that the accent mark over the "o" in "Eoghan" is missing while the accent mark over the "o" in "Eóin" is present, showing that we do not need to keep or remove ALL accent marks for this name.


3: Finn Ua Cléirigh -New Name (NP)

Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Sound (FIN) most important.

Submitter is from Adiantum

Finn is a masculine given name in Old, Middle, and Early Modern Irish Gaelic as found in the Index of Names in Irish Annals s.n. Finn, including e.g. Finn h-Ua Dúngalaid (undated spelling). Submitter will accept Fionn as a variant spelling.

Ua Cléirigh is a family name ibid. including e.g. Eoghan Ua Cléirigh c. 969, as the exact spelling desired. https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Eogan.shtml also https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/FamilyNames/O_Clerigh.shtml


4: Gaius Sokolov -New Name (NP) & New Device

Quarterly vert and gules, two feathers in saltire argent, a bordure Or

No changes.

Submitter is from Wealdsmere

Gaius - is a Legal name, documentation has been shown to the consulting herald and a copy sent to Lion's Blood Herald

Sokoklov is a bird byname dated to 1498 in Zoological Bynames in Medieval Russia By Paul Wickenden of Thanet https://www.goldschp.net/archive/zoonames.html#birds

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1 https://oscar.sca.org/showimage.php?I=2658/2023-01-08/12-27-29_Gaius_Name_0002.jpg


5: Halawa bint Tariq bin Salah al-Waddi -New Name (NP) & New Device

Azure, a serpent involved argent within a bordure argent pellety

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No changes.

Submitter is from Aquaterra

Halawa - https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/alandalus/femism.html

al-Waddi - https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/andalusia/

Tariq - https://heraldry.sca.org/names/andalusia.html

Salah - https://dragonstrike.neocities.org/names/ignmunquidh/titulmun.html
-Sal/Salih - https://heraldry.sca.org/names/andalusia.html
- Salam/Salar - https://dragonstrike.neocities.org/names/ibnmunquidh/ismmun.html

Feminin Isms


6: Haukr inn odi -New Name (NP)

Culture (10th c Icelandic Norse) most important.
Meaning most important.

Submitter is from Dragon's Mist

Haukr: A male given name found at VAL. GB pp. 11 s.n. Haukr; FJ pp. 135-136 s.n. Haukr; NR s.n. Haukr http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#h

inn odi "the mad/raging: from Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman)
https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html


7: Kingdom, An Tir -New Order Name & New Badge

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

Ordo Vitae

Checky Or and argent, on a lotus blossom in profile a flame argent

Submitter is the Kingdom of An Tir, registered as such as of December 1981

From the Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, "Vitae" literally means "life", but by transference it also carries the meanings "a living, support" and "a way or mode of life" https://alatius.com/ls/index.php?met=up&ord=Vitae
Additionally, Florio's 1611 Italian English Dictionary shows the Italian version (vita) as meaning "life, natural vigor"
Together these meanings would support the argument that Vitae could be categoraized as an abstract quality like "Love", and would fit without naming conventions allowing order names to be constructed of abstract qualities.

Lewis & Short describes Ordo by trnasference as "an order, i.e., a rank, class, or degree of citizens) https://alatius.com/ls/index.php?met=up&ord=Ordo


8: Morgan of Aberystwyth -New Transfer of Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 1978, .

Gules, a caltrap Or

Submitter is from Tir Righ

Badge was registered to submitter August of 1979

"I, <redacted>, known in the SCA as Morgan of Abeystwyth, do transfer to <redacted>, known in the SCA as Briony Kortsdottir, aka "Brynja Kortsdottir", the follow armoury, Gules, a caltrap Or
I understand that this transfer cannot be withdrawn once made

Dated

Signed"


9: Muirenn inghean Uí Cléirigh -New Name (NP)

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language/Culture (Gaelic version of Maureen) most important.

Submitter is from Adiantum

Muirenn is a feminine given name in both Old and Early Modern irish Gaelic as found in the Index of Names in Irish Annals s.n. Muirenn, including e.g. Muirenn ingen Suairt d. 916-918 https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Muirenn.shtml

Ó Cléirigh is a family name ibid. s.n. hUa Cléirig, including e.g. Tuathal Ó Cleirigh d. 1492. https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/FamilyNames/O_Clerigh.shtml

Submitter believes the correct formatting of the surname is "inghean Uí Cléirigh"


10: Onóra inghean Uí Cléirigh -New Name (NP)

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Spelling (Onora) most important.

Submitter is from Adiantum

Onóra is a feminine given name in Early Modern Irish Gaelic as found in the Indext of Names in Irish annals. s.n. Onóra, including e.g. Onóra inghen Donnchaidh d. 1579 https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Onora.shtml

Ó Cléirigh is a family name ibid. s.n. hUa Cléirig, including e.g. Tuathal Ó Cleirigh d. 1492. https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/FamilyName...

Submitter believes the correct formatting of the surname is "inghean Uí Cléirigh"


11: Paullus Quinctilius Barbatus -New Name (NP)

Submitter desires a masculine name.
Culture (Roman) most important.

Submitter is from Glymm Mere

Submitter requests the College's assistance to form this name correctly.

Paullus is a rare praenomen according to Wikipedia

Quinctilius is a nomen for example the general Publuis Quinctilius Varus

Barbatus is a cognomen for example of Marcus Horatuis Tuirinus Barbatus or Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus

Noting submitter's penmanship is not helping with desired spelling


12: Robbin Bowring -New Name (NP) & New Device

Azure, three hedgehogs statant to sinister one and two Or

Submitter desires a gender-neutral name.
Spelling (Robbin with two BB's) most important.

Submitter is from Glyn Dwfn

Robbin is found as a surname in Family Search Historical Records:
Susanna Robbin, female, married on 7 Oct. 1627, Frieston, Lincoln, England, Batch M02839-2
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVGW-5WY

Bowring is found as a surname in Family Search Historical Records:
Richard Bowring, male died on 3 Jan 1636, Stepney, Middlesex, England, Batch B02857-4
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCVL-8YQ

The pattern of using a late period English Surname as a given name is well attested per the September 2021 Cover Letter. (https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2012/09/12-09cl.html)


13: Seraphina Quintana -New Name (NP) & New Device

Per chevron vert and purpure, a phoenix argent issuant from flames proper

Submitter is from Glymm Mere

Saraphina is found as a feminine given name in 16th Century Rome in Names from an Early 16th C Census of Rome by Sara L. Uckelman known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael
https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/leox-census.html

Quintana is a Spanish byname found in Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith) https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/locative.html

Italian and Spanish are compatible according to Appendix C


14: Tamsyn l'Argent -New Name (NP) & New Device

Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a fleur-de-lys argent and a Romani wagonwheel Or

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Sound (Nothing noted) most important.

Submitter is from Caladphort

Tamsyn: English female given name dated to the 16th C English found on DMNES: A. Brown, J. Pepe, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Thomasse". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/name/Thomasse.

Largent appears as a header form in R&W, s.n. Argent, Hargent, Largent; the name John Largeant appears here dated to 1524
We are asking commentors for help documenting the desired spelling.


15: Tullia Eleonora Domenichi d'Aragona -New Name (NP) & New Device

Sable, on a polypus argent a sword vert

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Sound (Italian flow) most important.

Submitter is from Blatha an Oir

Tullia - This appears to be an appropriate female name for the 16th C Northern Italian region, based on the presence of Tullia d'Aragona, a prominent courtesan and intellectual, born in 1510, and active in Venice and Ferrara. She was the author of "Dialogues of the Infinity of Love," (Chicago: University of Chicago: 1997: ISBN 0-226-13639-6). Tullia d'Aragona is the subject of a multitude of research of women authors in the 16th C.

Eleonora - Female name in Italian Names from 1602-1604 by Sara L. Uckelman known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/drafts/negri.html

Domenici - Family name formed on the patronym "Domenico", which can be found in Early 15th-Early 17th C Italian Names by Sara L. Uckelman known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/medici.html

Aragona is a locative byname based on the Sicillian Village of Aragona (see documentation of "Tullia d'Aragona, 1510")

Double given names and construction as per Appendix A for Italian

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1 https://oscar.sca.org/showimage.php?I=2658/2023-01-06/22-43-40_Tullia_Name_0001.jpg


16: Valentine l'Argent -New Name (NP) & New Device

Per bend azure and sable, a fleur-de-lys Or and a scorpion argent

Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Sound (nothing noted) most important.

Submitter is from Caladphort

Valentine is a 16ht C Male English name found at DMNES R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Valentine". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Valentine.

Largent appears as a header form in R&W, s.n. Argent, Hargent, Largent; the name John Largeant appears here dated to 1524
We are asking commentors for help documenting the desired spelling.


In Heraldic Service,
Bantiarna Sadhbh Bheag
Lion's Blood Herald


OSCAR counts 13 Names, 1 Order Name, 9 Devices and 1 Badge. There is 1 transfer. There are a total of 25 items submitted on this letter.