Ansteorra LoI dated 2023-08-24
Greetings to the Heralds of the Known World, from Ragnar Larssson Bordure Herald for the Kingdom of Ansteorra. Please find the following submitted for your valued consideration and commentary.
![]() ![]() 1: Áine McFie - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Sable, a bend sinister gules fimbriated a bordure parted bordurewise argent and sable Submitter desires a feminine name. Áine - Áine is a female given name found in Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada's quot;Index of Names in Irish Annals" (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/A...) with Annals dates of 1169, 1171, 1316, 1319, 1325, 1329, 1381, 1382, 1386, 1405, 1419, 1427, 1431, 1441, 1468. O Corrain & Maguire, p.19 sn. Aine, gives <{A/}ine> as the sole form, and states that while it became obsolete as a male name early, "it retained its popularity as a female name." meaning "radiance, splendor, brilliance." There was an early Leinster Saint Áine. McFie Scottish surname dated to 1643 Glasgow Scotland found in Family search batch C119-5 |
2: Allane Neillsune - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) Submitter desires a masculine name. Submitted through the Stronghold of Hellsgate Allane: Early 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names Men's Given Names - By Instances; from S-Gabriel, http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/lowland16/menins... Name taken from the "Aberdeen Council Register from the years 1500-1550" with two instances recorded in 1521. Neillsune: Early 16th Century Scottish Lowland Names Men's Surname Names - By Instances; from S-Gabriel, http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/lowland16/surnam... Name taken from the "Aberdeen Council Register from the years 1500-1550" with two instances recorded in 1521. |
![]() ![]() 3: Ansteorra, Kingdom of - New Badge (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in of at some point, . (Fieldless) A mortar and pestle Or, charged with a Star of Ansteorra. This submission is to be associated with Ansteorran Herbalism & Apothecary Guild The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
4: Áshildr in Hárfagra - New Household Name (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2021, via Ansteorra. Goblin Keep Sound (Goblin - GOB - Lynn) most important. Submitted at Steppes Warlord consultation desk Reaney & Wilson , A dictionary of English Surnames 3rd edition Gobelyn: dated 1274 s.n. Goblin FamilySearch "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCV6-C3K 15 April 2023),George Goblin, 1623. Due to informationb provide as a surname a s is being added to the name submitter has approved Áshildr inn Hárfagri at 2023-07-19 11:30:51 as the submitter, I am more than happy to approve a change to Goblins Keep. no conflicts found |
![]() ![]() 5: Brendan of Wiesenfeuer - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Vert a horse and hound combatant Or Submitter desires a masculine name. Submitted through the Barony of Wiesenfeuer
Edmund Campion, A Historie of Ireland, written c.1571, speaks of Saint "Brendan Abbot " on p. 44. of Wiesenfeuer - SENA PN1B2f for using a locative name of a registered SCA branch. |
6: Cecilia Baptista d'Arzenta - New Name Change (KLoI)
(NP) OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in November of 2015, via Ansteorra. Old Item: Sicillia Bielby, to be retained as an alternate name. Submitted through the Barony of Loch Soillier Cecilia: documented from "Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names" by Arval Benicoeur,http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/venice14. Cecilia - Taken from https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/16thcvenice.... Cecilia - Late Period Italian Women's Names: Florence by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith) https://medievalscotland.org/jes/Nuns/Florence.shtml Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources Baptista - https://dmnes.org/name/Baptist Italy Latin ● 1376 Batista (abl) DouGen1 p. 37; 1450 Bactistam (acc) VitAs2 XI; 1464 Baptista (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI; 1521 Baptista (abl) VitAs2 III, Baptiste (gen) ibid. III; 1527 Baptista (nom) Rome1527 p. 86 ◑ 1527 Baptistinus (nom) Rome1527 p. 83 Italian ● 1513x1521 Baptista LeoX p. 12 d'Arzenta - d'Arzenta is from Talan Gwynek's "15th Century Italian Men's Names" (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/ital...), which cites a Baptista 'Arzenta. no conflicts |
![]() ![]() 7: Cecilia Baptista d'Arzenta - New Device Change (KLoI)
OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted. Per pale purpure and argent, two rapiers in saltire and in chief three paw prints counterchanged Old Item: Purpure, a saltire sable fimbriated between four roses argent., to be retained as a badge. |
![]() ![]() ![]() 8: Derfel Raven - Resub Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in August of 2019, via Ansteorra. Argent, a saltier vert over all a raven displayed sable Submitted through Steppes Warlord 50th Consultation Desk Loar return 08-2019 submitted - Argent, a raven displayed sable and a chevron vert "conflict with the device of Anne Whyte of Sedgewicke (reg. March 2005 via the East), Argent, a chevron vert, overall a tree blasted and eradicated sable. There is one DC for the change of type of the overall charge." |
![]() ![]() ![]() 9: Doshida Junshi - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Vert chape ployé purpure ermined, an owl displayed argent and in chief a marigold Or. Submitter desires a feminine name. Submitted through the Barony of Wiesenfeuer "Toshida" (both written 土志田 and 土信田) originates from Toshida (土支田) Village in Toshima District, Musashi Province, which once encompassed present day Tokyo, a wide area of Saitama Prefecture, and the northern part of Kanagawa. It is common practice in Japanese to swap out characters with the same sounds to affect a different meaning in a name. Some people read it as "Doshida" as 土, meaning earth, has an On reading of both "Do" and "To". While not as common, "Doshida" is an accepted variation in pronunciation with the same Japanese language spelling as "Toshida" "National Rank Database of Surnames in Japan", Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University. Copyright © Keiji Shirooka + Tadashige Murayama, Published: August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20170316130948/http://www.ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp/~jjksiro/kensaku.html. (Accessed 6/26/2023) Jisho: the Online Japanese-English Dictionary. "土". https://jisho.org/search/%E5%9C%9F.(Accessed 6/26/23). "Junshi" (written 遵子) comes from Fujiwara no Junshi (藤原 遵子, 957 - June 27, 1017), who was an Empress Consort of Japan to Emperor En'yuu. She lived to become the Empress Dowager and Grand Empress Dowager before her death in 1017. Groner, Paul. Ryōgen and Mount Hiei: Japanese Tendai in the Tenth Century. pg 224. Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism, May 2019. ISBN-13: 9780824881542 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 10: Hræfna Stórráða - New Badge (KLoI)
OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted. (fieldless) a raven rising sinister sable, maintaining in a claw a die argent marked sable Submitted through Steppes Warlord 50th Consultation Desk Name submitted on June Kingdom ILoI New name change- old name Hrafn Óláfsson Correction to Badge (2023-Jul-17 16:07:00): The Name is submitted on the June ILoI Kingdom letter and will move forward as Hræfna Stórráða, per submitter request and all documents will be updated to show this request. 7/17/2023 |
![]() ![]() 11: Jelena al-Ma`āniyya - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Per fess azure and argent wavy, in chief a duck sable in base a wheel Or Submitted through the Barony of Wiesenfeuer - Jelena - is the client's name, and one element of the submitter's name may be used in their SCA name. Identified by Valid Oklahoma DL , witnessed by Deputy Herald of Wiesenfeur, and Asterisk Herald. Al-Ma'an is a geographical nisba, or byname, referring to the city of Ma'an in southern Jordan, southwest of the capital Amman. Ma'an existed in the early 7th century, as documented in The Life of the Prophet Muhammad, when a Christian governor of Ma'an named Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami converted to Islam and was later crucified by the Byzantines. Kathir, Ibn. The Life of the Prophet Muhammad, Volume IV, Pg 118. Translated by Professor Trevor Le Gassick, Lebanon, Garner Publishing Limited, 2000. The Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization, 2000. Reviewed by Dr. Muneer Fareed. |
![]() ![]() 12: Johann Klaus von Heidelberg - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Sable, a hippogriff rampant on a chief argent three chess rooks azure Steppes Warlord 50th Consultation Desk Johann - appears as a given name in 15th cen. Arnsburg according to "Late Period German Masculine Given Names" by by Talan Gwynek (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/germmasc.html) Klaus - (Klausner) Clausner 1323 Klapp- Klec pg 296 Bahlow- Gentry. Claus is found in Brechenmacher p. 51 s.n. Klaus "Koseform < Nikolaus, s. d. 1294 Uzo Gen. Claus zu E[ss]lingen" von - von- locative construction allowed by SENA Appendix A Heidelberg - Brechenmacher, s.n. Heidelberg(er), dates <Wecelo de Heidelberc> to 1216 and <Thomas Heidelberger> to 1553. Locative surname denoting city of origin. Heidelberg is a German university town on the Neckar River, first referred to as Heidelberg in 1196 in a document in Schönen Monastery, according to http://www.cvb-heidelberg.de/e553/e885/index_eng.html. It is stated to be first mentioned in 12th C. as a "bulwark of the Reformation in the 16th century" in The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Copyright 2008, Columbia University Press. The Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line's entry for Heidelberg (http://www.britannica.com/) confirms that this placename is "first mentioned in 1196"; the article also says that the university "was chartered by Pope Urban VI in 1386" A map is on line at http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/mercator...... which is dated from 1570, shows the city with the spelling Heydelberg. The i/y interchangeability is about the same in German of that time as in English. |
![]() ![]() ![]() 13: Jonathan Draco the Charioteer - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Argent, a bend sinister rayonny between a phoenix issuant gules and a dragon statant gules Submitter desires a masculine name. Submitted through the Stronghold of Hellsgate Jonathan - Old Testament, I Samuel 13:2, listed in Dictionary of Medieval Names http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Jonathan Draco - German given name dated to 1546, under the header Drake (Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Seibicke, Band 1 A-E, New York/Berlin 1996); Draco is a French unmarked locative byname found in Morlet Noms de famille p. 347 s.n. Dragon. The Cambridge Classical Journal,Vol. 59 (2013), pp. 29-51 (23 pages).Published By: Cambridge University Press. Carey, Chris. "IN SEARCH OF DRAKON." The Cambridge Classical Journal, vol. 59, 2013, pp. 29-51. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26430992. Accessed 25 Apr. 2023 Charioteer - Chariot racing declined in the seventh century, with the Empire's dwindling economy. Liebeschuetz, John Hugo Wolfgang Gideon (2003). "Shows and Factions". The Decline and Fall of the Roman City. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-926109-1 The racing factions in Byzantium continued their chariot races, though much reduced, until the imperial court was moved to Blachernae during the 12th century. Cameron, Alan (1976). Circus Factions: Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198148043. |
![]() ![]() 14: Kristófórus Rauði Davíðsson - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Sable, three pallets vert, fimbriated argent Submitter desires a masculine name. Submitted through the Barony of Stargate Kristófórus - Found both as a personal name and as a by-name, in in Old Danish And Old Swedish as Krok and in OW.Norse as Krókr. From the OW.Norse noun krókr "hook." Runic examples include the nominative forms krukr, [krukr], kurukr and the accusative forms krok, (k)(r)(u)(k), [kruk], [k--(k)], -uruk. GB p. 13 s.n. Kristófórus Viking answer Lady - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#... Rauði - Byname descriptive Found in Old Danish as the by-name Røthe, in Old Swedish as the by-name Rødhe, and in OW.Norse as by-name Rauði. From the OW.Norse adjective rauðr "red." Occurs as a personal name in the accusative case form [rouþa] in Og23: "Þórlakr had this stone raised in memory of Rauði, his father, and in memory of Gunni." FJ p. 216 s.nn. Rauðr, Rauði; NR s.n. Rauði http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#... Davíðsson - Patronimic Davíð, Dávíð - Christian, David. A diminuitive form of the name Davið is Dáði. GB p. 9 s.nn. Davíð, Dávíð; CV p. xxxiv s.v. "Pet Names" |
![]() ![]() 15: Mirandus Palmerius - Resub Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2023, via Caid. Azure, three chevronels Or between two dolphins haurient respectant and an astrolabe argent. This item was on the 04-2023 LoAR: http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/04/23-04lar.html#... originally submitted as: Azure, two chevronels Or between two dolphins haurient respectant and an astrolabe argent. "This device is returned for conflict with the device of Gerhard Pfister, Azure, two chevronels Or between three bear's heads erased argent. There is a single DC for changing the type of secondary charges." After consulting with the submitter, and with Asterisk assistance in double checking for conflicts, we /believe/ that adding a third chevronel removes the conflict without introducing any new ones. |
![]() ![]() 16: Patrick of Wiesenfeuer - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) & New Device (KLoI)
Azure a dragon rampant maintaining a sword Or Submitter desires a masculine name. Submitted through the Barony of Wiesenfeuer
Patrick - Various forms of Patrick were used in the north of England from the 12th century onward, including "Patrick Hangangside" (1469) as cited by Josh Mittleman, Steve Roylance, and Pedr Gurteen. Mittleman et. all. "Concerning the Names Patrick, Pádraig, Patricia, and the Like", 1998. Medieval Scotland .org. https://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/padraig.shtml[14]. Accessed June 9th, 2023. They cited Withycombe, E.G., The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988), s.nn. Patrick, Patricia and pp.xxxiv-xxxv. and Reaney, P. H., & R. M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995), s.nn. Pateman, Patey, Paton, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Pattinson, Kilpatrick. of Wiesenfeuer - SENA PN1B2f for using a locative name of a registered SCA branch. |
![]() ![]() 17: Renault du Mont Saint-Michel - Resub Device (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 2010, via Ansteorra. Azure a dolphin urinant counterembowed embowed, and on a chief wavy Or three cinquefoils azure. Submitted through the Barony of Wiesenfeuer - Device returned by Laurel on LoAR November 2010 Azure, a dolphin urinant contourny and on a chief wavy Or three escarbuncles of five arms azure. This device is returned for lack of identifiability. Commenters were unable to identify the five-armed escarbuncles. Section VII.7.a of the Rules for Submissions requires that "Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance." There is also the question of whether or not they are period: all registrations of five-armed escarbuncles are to a single couple, in the early 1980s. Commenters were unable to find any five-armed escarbuncles in period armory. This device is also returned because the dolphin is in trian aspect. The back and belly fins should run up the dexter and sinister side of the s-curve, not across the body of the beast. |
18: Rinalda Dagunet - New Name (KLoI)
(NP) Sound (Rinalda sound as pronounced) most important. Steppes Warlord 50th Consultation Desk Rinalda 1564 [MACCARTNEY, 466] - https://heraldry.sca.org/names/scottishfem.html Dagunet - 1210 - Reaney, Percy Hide, and Wilson, Richard Middlewood. A dictionary of English surnames. United Kingdom, Routledge, 1991. pg 839 |
![]() ![]() 19: Tatiana Verlioni - Resub Device Change (KLoI)
OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 2009, via Atenveldt. Per fess argent and Or chape barry Or and azure, a peacock proper, on a chief azure a canopy top argent. Old Item: Vert semy of roses, a unicorn couchant contourny argent., to be retained as a badge. This item was on the 01-2023 LoAR https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/01/23-01lar.html "This device is returned for lack of documentation of this form of canopy. This submission would have been the defining instance of this canopy, similar to the attested ombrellino but lacking the center pole. However, while the submitter provided period examples of the canopy as depicted in art, the charge used in the device submission deviated significantly, having several significant, isolated dags, where the documented forms consistently lack them utterly, having a flat edge. In addition, there were some problems with the documentation provided. While the sources identified the canopy as a pyx, a pyx is a small, round container that holds the host or Eucharist. The submitter's document provided no other term for the circular canopy, so it will continue to be identified as a conical canopy. From the documentation provided, a structure normally hangs from the center of the conical canopy; in only one image provided did a structure not hang beneath. This structure was missing in the submitted armory. Additional images without the structure would assist in determining how identifiable the conical canopy would be." The previous submission was to be a DEVICE CHANGE with the previously registered device being retained as a BADGE. This remains the submitter's wish, please! Additionally, the proposed blazon remains unchanged: Per fess argent and Or chapé barry Or and azure, a peacock proper, on a chief azure a canopy argent. RESUB written documentation begins HERE: Canopy/Canoppie - (SENA A.2B2.a) "A constructed element as a new charge based on tools and everyday artifacts." This term was used in England as the name of conical pieces of fabric that were commonly placed above altars to cover the suspended Tabernacle known as a hanging pyx/pix. The purpose of these large canopies was to prevent even a glimpse of the pyx, which was often covered by an additional veil. Suspended canopies were frequently depicted above royalty, such as when seated upon their throne, with or without an honour cloth coming down behind. Many of these canopies were illustrated as having shreds (dags), fringe, tassels, or even bells! (See Image 6 for the design used in creating this submission) Sources: 1. "Above the pyx, King mentions that a circular tent-like canopy was also suspended. This construction can be seen in various medieval manuscripts." https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2021/06/repositorium-sanct... 2. "…During the two centuries preceding the Reformation the more usual method of reservation in England was the Hanging Pyx or Suspended Tabernacle. It was also common in some places on the Continent, especially in France, where its use was not infrequent as late as the seventeenth century. Plate 1 shows the method of suspension, though the somewhat large canopy prevents even a glimpse of the veil covering the actual pyx." (Bold type and italics added for emphasis because the canopy is a separate item from the pyx itself) This link includes a picture taken from an early fifteenth-century French MS: http://anglicanhistory.org/england/warham/aumbry1925/ 3. Additional information and images for hanging pyx and their accompanying canopies may be found here: https://medievalart.co.uk/2016/07/11/the-hanging-pyx... Image descriptions and corresponding links: IMAGE 1: An Illuminated Biblical scene of King Herod seated "… on draped throne upon platform and beneath canopy suspended from ceiling." found in a medieval Book of Hours from France, Paris, ca. 1500 known as MS H.5 (fol. 69r) located at the Morgan Library and Museum http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/137/76991 IMAGE 2: In the Romance of Alexander Illuminated c. 1344, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, pg. 64 (fol. 21v) https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/ae9f6cca-ae5c-4149... IMAGE 3: Virgin Mary: Annunciation, The Morgan Library and Museum, Book of Hours, France, Paris, early 16th century MS M.1114 fol. 11r http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/5/160797 IMAGE 4: The Presentation in the Temple, Library of Congress, Book of Hours France, Paris, c. 1524 Rosenwald MS. 10 pg. 53 https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2003rosen... IMAGE 5: Petrus Christus - The Virgin and Child with St. Barbara and Jan Vos (Exeter Virgin), ca. 1450 Oil on panel 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (19.5 x 14 cm) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/charterhouse_b...?... IMAGE 6: Engraving on paper designed by Étienne Delaune (1518/19-1583) - Please note: The submitted charge design was based on THIS image *minus the dangling bits suspended below the canopies) https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/RP-P-1909-1922 IMAGE 7: Dorothea von Daenmark (Dorothy of Denmark), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. DETAIL from the open altarpiece located in the Celle Palace Chapel. The altarpiece is attributed to Ludger Tom Ring the Younger - oil on panel, c. 1569. https://www.celle.travel/celle-palace/celle-palace-... IMAGE 8: FULL image of the aforementioned triptych altarpiece showing the Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg on the right-hand side. The left-hand image shows her husband, Duke William the Younger, below a slightly different suspended canopy. The painting is attributed to Ludger Tom Ring the Younger - oil on panel, c. 1569. https://www.celle.travel/celle-palace/celle-palace-... Asterisk Note: Be advised submitter has included 8 images, the system will only allow for 5 ~ Asterisk believes 6 & 8 to be important for type of canopy, the links are included in the documentation. In the event anyone needs to see #4 and #5, just request. Additionall art can be found at the following Url https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/238581 The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below: |
Thank you to all of the Heralds who voluntarily provide insightful and constructive commentary for our consideration ~ Thanks to all the commenting Heralds and most especially those who added to our Decision Meeting this month.
Submitted by Ragnar Larsson Bordure Herald Kingdom of Ansteorra