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Calontir LoI dated 2023-04-24

Greetings most esteemed Sovereigns of Arms and the most noble members of the College of Heralds from Sarra the Brave, Saker Herald.

The Calontir College of Heralds presents this Letter of Intent for your consideration. We request registration of the following submissions.

1: Aengus O Banan - New Badge (KLoI)

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

(Fieldless) A bear sejant erect sustaining a bow palewise azure


2: Auga Ormstunga - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in December of 2020, via Calontir.


3: Brendal Bartholomew - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in August of 1985, via Caid.

Gules, a ram's head caboshed and three chevronels braced issuant from base argent


4: Cora da Monte - New Device Change (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 2012, via An Tir.

Purpure semy of dragonflies argent, on a pile ploye sable fimbriated a dragonfly argent

Old Item: Sable, on a pile argent a spider sable, to be retained as a badge.


5: Dýrfinna Tonnudóttir - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name on the Calontir LoI of September 09, 2022 as submitted.

(Fieldless) On a flame purpure a pineapple argent


6: Elžbieta Swogunene - New Device (KLoI)

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

Azure, an onion Or and on a chief argent three clews azure


7: Giacomo Dellafonte - New Name (KLoI) (NP)

Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language/Culture (15th century Italian) most important.
Culture (15th century Italian) most important.

Giacomo - masculine Italian name found in "FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES: Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532" Edited by David Herlihy, R. Burr Litchfield, Anthony Molho and Roberto Barducci. https://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/tratte/doc/TLNAME...

Dellafonte - Italian surname found in "FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES: Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532" Edited by David Herlihy, R. Burr Litchfield, Anthony Molho and Roberto Barducci. https://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/tratte/doc/TLSURN...

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/3887/2023-03-04/07-15-59_Giacomo_Dellafonte_-_Tratte_-_given_name-page-001.jpg
#2 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/3887/2023-03-04/07-15-59_Giacomo_Dellafonte_-_Tratte_-_surname-page-001.jpg
#3 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/3887/2023-03-04/07-15-59_Giacomo_Tratte_of_Office_Holders_title_page-page-001.jpg


8: Ívarr Hornabrjótr - New Badge (KLoI)

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

Or, three trees eradicated conjoined at the roots in pall and a bordure vert

Correction to Badge (2023-Jun-07 20:06:51): The submitter approved emblazon has been uploaded.


9: Juliana Foxcroft - New Device Change (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2002, via Calontir.

Gules, semy-de-lys on a bend argent three Maltese crosses gules

Old Item: Or, on a fess between three Maltese crosses purpure a fox courant Or, to be retained as a badge.


10: Mogans the Wanderer - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Per chevron gules and vert, a chevron Or between two tankards and a bear rampant argent

Submitter desires a gender-neutral name.
Sound (MOH-ganz) most important.

Mogans - masculine Finnish given name dated 1564 in "Vanhat nimityyppimme (Finnish Names)" by Rouva Gertrud. https://heraldry.sca.org/names/FinnishNamesArticle.htm

the Wanderer - descriptive byname. By precedent, the Wanderer is registerable as a lingua Societatis form of the constructed Middle English byname le Wanderare. [Trumbrand the Wanderer, September 2015, A-Ealdormere] It can also be documented as the lingua Societatis form of the attested German byname Wanderer, found in Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "German Names from Nürnberg, 1497"

http://heraldry.sca.org/names/german/surnamesnurnu...

As the lingua Societatis form of a German byname, the Wanderer is considered German. Finnish and German can be combined within a 300-year period per SENA Appendix C.


11: Oddi Katla - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Paly azure and Or, three salmon fretted in triangle sable

Submitter desires a gender-neutral name.
Language/Culture (Old Norse) most important.
Culture (Old Norse) most important.

Oddi - Old Norse masculine given name found 4 or 5 times in "Viking Names found in Landnámabók" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnam...

Katla - Old Norse byname meaning "little kettle" found in "Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbyna...


12: Rónán le Sauvage - New Device (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name on the Calontir LoI of December 08, 2022 as submitted.

Sable, a gryphon passant and on a chief embattled argent three dragonflies gules


13: Skallagrímr Bárðarson - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR thinks the name is registered as Skallagr?mr B?r?arson in April of 2010, via Gleann Abhann.

(Fieldless) A flame azure and argent within and conjoined to an annulet sable


14: Teodr' Viktorov - New Device (KLoI)

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

Sable, a raven regardant and on a chief Or, a roundel between and conjoined to an increscent and decrescent sable


15: Þeodric Ulfsbani - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Per saltire sable and purpure, in pale a wolf rampant and a couped hand argent

Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language/Culture (Old Norse for Theodric (attested on Rok Runestone)) most important.
Culture (Old Norse for Theodric (attested on Rok Runestone)) most important.

Þeodric - Withycombe, s.n. Theodoric dates the Theodric spelling to 1086. Per SENA Appendix D: http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#... "Old English: The letters ð (edh) and þ (thorn) are generally interchangeable in Old English. Both may be transcribed as th or d; this need not be consistent in the same name." The client prefers to register the name with the thorn character.

Ulfsbani - constructed Old Norse byname using the pattern [name]+[killer] <Ulfr> masculine Norse given name found in GB, p. 15 + <bani>

-<Assabani>, Snorri, Biskupa sögur, 1146. "Assi's-bane, Assi's-killer". Snorri killed Þorgrímr assi.

-<Koðransbani>, Hallr, Heimskringa, Morkinskinna, †1064. "slayer of Koðran", because he had killed Koðrán Guðmundsson, cf. Ljósvetinga saga.

-<Selsbani>, Ásbjǫrn, Heimskringla, †1024. "Seal's slayer", because he had killed Þórir selr or Selþórir, King Ólafr's manager.

-<Þiðrandabani>, Gunnarr, Laxdæla saga, Austfirdinga sögur, early 1000s. "Slayer of Þiðrandi", because he had killed Þiðrandi Geitisson.

Old English and Old Norse (Scandinavian) are listed as approved regional mixes per SENA Appendix C: https://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#...


16: Þeodric Ulfsbani - New Badge (KLoI)

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

Per saltire sable and purpure, in fess two ravens rising adorsed argent


17: Ubbe Hrœreksson - New Device Change (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name on the Calontir LoI of November 08, 2022 as submitted.

Vert, in cross a plate between four wolves' heads couped contourny argent

Old Item: Per chevron argent and vert, a tower counterchanged between in fess two swords vert, to be released.

Correction to Device (2023-Jun-07 20:06:34): The color emblazon has been uploaded.


18: Ubbe Hrœreksson - New Badge Change (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name on the Calontir LoI of November 08, 2022 as submitted.

Vert, in bend sinister two wolves' heads contourny argent

Old Item: (Fieldless) Issuant from a tower vert, in chief a demi-sword inverted argent, to be released.


19: Valeriano di Rossi - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Gules, a serpent erect tail nowed argent between three comets Or

Submitter desires a masculine name.
Spelling (Valeriano di Rossi) most important.

Valeriano - Masculine given name found in "Names from an Early 16th C Census of Rome: Masculine Names" by Sara L. Uckelman, known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael. https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/leoma...

di Rossi - Surname found in "Names from 16th Century Venice" by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith). Libera di Rossi is in the list of complete names. http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/16thcvenice....

Correction to Device (2023-Jun-07 20:06:59): The submitter approved new emblazon has been uploaded.


20: Visvamitra Vimala Yavana - New Name Change (KLoI) (NP)

OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in September of 2018, via Calontir.

Old Item: Visvamitra Yavana, to be released.

Visvamitra: Previously registered to the submitter (09/2018 via Calontir). Given name found in "Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions," by Tej Ram Sharma, pub 1978, p. 90. Page 81 shows the prototheme Visva in names like Visvakarman, Visvanatha and Visvadatta. Page 91 shows the duterotheme mitra in the name Abhayamitra.

Vimala: Common name found in "Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names," website. Listed as "One of the four friends of Yasa who, following the latter's example, joined the Order and attained arahantship." Source Vin.i.18f. Vin is abbreviated from "Vinaya Pitaka," 5 vols., ed. Oldenberg (Williams and Norgate). "Vinaya Pitaka" is canonical collection of scripture of Theravada Buddhism.

https://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/vy/vima...

Yavana: Previously registered to the submitter (09/2018 via Calontir). Descriptive byname found in "Cambridge History of India, Vol. 1, Ancient India," edited by E. J. Rapson, pub. 1922, pp. 540-541, denoting a person of Greek descent in India.

Name Construction: A person in the Vedic period would usually have two given names, one formal and one common. There were instances of having three or four names.

"Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions," by Tej Ram Sharma, pub 1978, p.3-4, p.7.

https://ia800701.us.archive.org/4/items/personalgeograph00...

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
#1 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/3887/2023-03-04/07-17-33_Visvamitra_Vimala_Yavana_Alt_Name_1-page-001.jpg
#2 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/3887/2023-03-04/07-17-33_Visvamitra_Vimala_Yavana_Alt_Name_2-page-001.jpg
#3 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/3887/2023-03-04/07-17-33_Visvamitra_Vimala_Yavana_Alt_Name_3.PNG
#4 https://oscar.sca.org/images/cImages/3887/2023-03-04/07-17-33_Visvamitra_Vimala_Yavana_Alt_Name_4.PNG


Thank you for your time and commentary.

Yours in Service,

Sarra the Brave


OSCAR counts 5 New Names, 1 New Name Change, 7 New Devices, 3 New Device Changes, 7 New Badges and 1 New Badge Change. These 24 items are chargeable, Laurel should receive $96 for them. There are a total of 24 items submitted on this letter.

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