[MR] [HERALDRY] Laurel ACCEPTANCES for June, 2002

[Gorm of Berra]

      Unto the Crown, Peers, and Populace of Atlantia does Gorm of
      Berra, Golden Dolphin Herald, send greetings:


At his meetings held in June of 2002, and reported to us at the end of 
August, 2002, Laurel ACCEPTED AND REGISTERED the following items.  Their 
owners may use them without any let or hinderance whatsoever:

Cynan Blaidd ap Iago. Name.

Dante di Pietro. Name.

Dominick Elphinstone. Device. Vert, on an open book argent a key 
fesswise reversed purpure, a tierce argent.

Elena Alexander. Badge. (Fieldless) A horse's head couped contourny vert.

Elena Bertholmeu. Name.

    Submitted as Eleyna Bertholmeu, the submitter requested authenticity
    for 1250 to 1350 Scoto-Norman. Eleyna was submitted as a variant of
    Elena. Black dates several variants of this given name, including
    Elena (p. 13 s.n. Airth) to 1271, Elayne de Dudingestone (p. 225
    s.n. Duddingston) to 1296, and Eleyne Papede (p. 657 s.n. Pepdie) to
    1296. Any of these forms would be appropriate for the submitter's
    desired time and culture. Elena is a Latin form. No evidence was
    presented and none was found that Eleyna is a plausible variant
    Latin form. None of the English and Scots forms of this given name
    found included a terminal a, though some included a y in the middle
    of the name, as shown in the examples above. Lacking evidence that y
    would have appeared in a Latin form of this name, or that a Scots or
    English form would include a terminal a, the submitted form Eleyna
    is not registerable. As the form Elena is the most likely of these
    documented forms found to be pronounced similar to the submitted
    Eleyna by a general member of the populace, we have changed the
    given name to this form in order to register this name.

Generys ferch Ednuyed ap Madauc. Device. Ermine, a bend azure and a 
bordure invected sable.

Hyrim de Guillion. Device. Sable, a wolf passant and in chief three 
pitchers argent.

Laura de Givet. Badge. Argent, two crescents gules and a scourge sable.

    The Pictorial Dictionary notes that a scourge has three lashes and
    the handle to base by default. This scourge is drawn with the lashes
    separated widely, so the three lashes and handle form somewhat of a
    cross, although the tips of all three lashes bend towards the chief.
    The usual depiction of a scourge (as in the Pictorial Dictionary)
    shows the lashes closer together, mostly pointing to chief. This
    seems like a reasonable artistic variant of the default scourge,
    particularly given the space this charge must fill.

    Many commenters indicated that this reminded them of some sort of
    cartoon face. This resemblance does not appear to be obtrusively
    modern, since some period armory did resemble faces, and because
    this does not strongly resemble any of the classic "smiley face"
    logos or their common variants.

    This does not conflict with Deadra Colin Madoc, Argent, a drover's
    whip bendwise sinister, lash in action sable. There is one CD for
    adding the co-primary crescents and another for changing the posture
    of the bottommost charge of the group of three, which functions as
    half the group.

Llewelynus Luctuosus. Device change (see RETURNS for name change). Vert 
semy of sinister wings argent, a bordure Or.

    These were originally blazoned as egret's wings, but these wings are
    not clearly identifiable as anything other than a generic wing.

    His previous device, Argent goutty de sang, a cup sable, a chief
    gules, is released.

    Submitted under the name Tamás Búndas.

Mary Grace of Gatland. Device. Vert semy-de-lys, a sun and on a chief Or 
three roses gules.

Mary Grace of Gatland. Badge. Per chevron argent and vert, in cross 
three ermine spots sable and a fleur-de-lys Or.

    Please advise the submitter to draw the fleur-de-lys a bit farther
    to base so that the charges are truly in cross.

Melchior of Saint Georges. Holding name and device (see RETURNS for 
name). Quarterly argent and sable, a heron volant wings addorsed and on 
a chief azure a sword reversed argent.

    The mini-emblazon drew the device as if the whole shield were
    quarterly and the chief overlapped the top half of the field. The
    full-sized emblazon draws the field and chief correctly: the
    quarterly is centered on the portion of the shield beneath the
    chief. Wreath and her staff had no difficulty identifying the heron
    in this posture as drawn on the full sized emblazon.

    Submitted under the name Melchior der Grauwulf.

Owen ap Craddog. Name.

    Listed on the LoI as Owen ap Craddoc, the submitter requested
    authenticity for 1250 to 1350 Welsh and allowed minor changes. This
    name was submitted as Owen ap Craddog and changed at kingdom to
    match documented forms appropriate for the submitter's desired time
    period. Morgan & Morgan (p. 67 s.n. Caradog) dates Craddoc Bentan,
    Craddoc Patty, and Hona ap Criadog to 1292. Given these examples,
    the submitted ap Craddog is a plausible form for the submitter's
    desired time period. We have returned the byname to this form.

Ranulf of Waterford and Caitlyn o Duirnin. Acceptance of transfer of 
household name House Azami from Ysabeau Cameron and Laeghaire O Laverty.

Ysabeau Cameron and Laeghaire O Laverty. Transfer of household name 
House Azami to Ranulf of Waterford and Caitlyn o Duirnin.

Ysoria de Brai. Name change from Ysoria filia Emery.

    Her previous name, Ysoria filia Emery, is retained as an alternate name.


    Returns and Pends will be forthcoming in a separate e-mail.

    In Service,

    Gorm of Berra