April 15, 2006

Greetings unto Master Rory mac Feidhlimidh, Dragon, Thorvald Redhair, Dragon Designate, Lady Phebe Bonadeci, Rouge Scarpe, and the commenting members of the Midrealm College of Heralds; from Lady Ana Linch, Escutcheon Herald. Unless noted, clients will accept minor changes and a holding name.

All comments are due by May 25th.

1) Elisabetta da Firenze (F) -- Name Change to "Ekkadi Govindasani"
(Rivendale)
(Elisabeth da Firenze was reg'd Apr '00)

Client will *not* accept major changes and cares for authentic Indian pre 16th century

According to the paperwork:

Women's Names from (mostly) 16th Century Inscriptions at Tirvpati (India) http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/tirupati_f.html

[Ekkadi] (Surname)
[Govindasani] (First name)

 

2) Gaius Albius Lupus (M) -- New Name
(Red Spears)

Client will accept all changes and cares for authentic 1-2nd century Roman Auxilliary

According to the paperwork:

Roman Names -- Legio XX -- The Twentieth Legion (http://www.larp.com/legioxx/nomina.html)
"By the first century Roman men had 3 names, praenomen, nomen, and cognomen (e.g. Quintus Darius Macro). . . The praenomen was the personal name, and there were few to choose from: Caius or Gaius (the most common), . . ."

Nomina list Albius

Cognomen list Lupus

3) Jerome de Breannóc (M)-- New Name and Device -- Azure, on a mullet of ten points argent, overall a dragon's head couped vert (Greyhope) Client will *not* accept major changes and cares for authentic Irish/English [Jerome] -- "Late Sixteenth Century Eng. Given Names," by Talan Gwynek (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/eng16/eng16mfreq.html) [de Breannóc] -- "Names and Naming Practices in the Red Book of Ormond (Ireland 14th Century)," by Tangystyl verch Morgant Glasvran, (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/lateirish/ormond-glossary.html#Glossary)

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4) Kenneth Muntsorell -- New Device -- Vert, a chevron between two mullets of four points elongated to base and a pavilion, a chief embattled argent. (Pekin, IL) (Name passed to Laurel, Mar '06)

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5) Kjartan Hakonson (M) -- New Name and Device -- Per chevron azure and argent, in base a mullet of four points sable. (Sternfield) Client will accept all changes and cares for authentic Icelandic (preferably 10th Century)

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6) Léal d’Avignon (F)-- New Name
(Mugmort)

Client will accept all changes.

[Léal] -- “An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris,” by Lord Colm Dubh (http://sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html#L)

[d’] -- prepostion

[Avignon] -- City in Occitan region since early period. “Map of Avignon, 1557, Braun and Hogenberg,” (http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/france/avignon/maps/braun_hogenberg_II_13.html)
(http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/france/avignon/avignon.html)

 

7) Zephaniah the Levite (M) -- New Name and Device -- Or, three bars wavy and overall on a bend sinister sable three suns Or (Val d’Azure) Client will *not* accept major changes and cares for authentic 12/13 century Jewish According to the paperwork: Zephaniah: Biblical Name from the Old Testament. Levite: This name is generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the subordinate offices of the sanctuary service (1 King 8:4, Ezra 2:70), as assistants to the priests.

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In Service to the Dream,

Lady Ana Linch

 

Rouge Scarpe	Phebe Bonadeci	P.J. Reaney 4831 W Roscoe #3 Chicago, IL 60641 rougescarpe@midrealm.org
Escutcheon:	Ana Linch	Jo Ann Ewbank 1106 Woodsum Jackson, MI 49203 submissions@midrealm.org
Dragon:	Rory mac Feidhlimidh	Kevin L. Conlin 820 E Monroe Bloomington, IL 61701 klconlin@ilstu.edu
Dragon Designate:	Thorvald Redhair	Ron Sargent 1673 Cove Ct Naperville, IL 60565 Thorvaldr@wowway.com

Disclaimer: This page is not officially sanctioned by the SCA, Inc., the Middle Kingdom, or the College of Arms. It is a private project of the Escutcheon Herald (Ana Linch) who has based the information published here on publicly available documentation.