[Elfsea] December 2002 Laurel Acceptances

[Kate Rayburn]

Greetings Elfsea!

The results of the December 2002 Laurel Meeting have just come out.  I
have pasted all of Ansteorra's results below for those interested.
Congrats to Alienor Lewelyne (from Glaslyn), Elizabeth Hawkwood (from
Loch Ruadh), Gabrielle de Luxton (from Loch Ruadh), and John de Irwyne
(from Steppes) who had things passed on this letter.

In Service,
Dama Anezka z Rozmitala
Actuarius Herald


ACCEPTANCES

ANSTEORRA
Aicelina de Carcassona. Name.

Alienor Lewelyne. Device. Vert, a cross barby Or and overall a rabbit
sejant contourny argent.

Doireann inghean uí Brolcháin. Device. Per pale sable and vert, a
hedgehog statant and a bordure embattled argent.

Elizabeth Hawkwood. Name.

Ernin ap Iago. Name.

Gabrielle de Luxton. Name and device. Per bend sable and gules, two
fleurs-de-lys Or.

Gassion de Beaumarchais. Name.
The submitter requested authenticity for the 15th C. As we were unable
to find a 15th C form of Beaumarchais, we were unable to confirm that
this name is authentic for the submitter's requested time period.

Iosbail inghean Ghilla Chríost. Device. Argent, a frog vert within a
bordure gyronny Or and purpure.

John de Irwyne. Badge. (Fieldless) A holly branch bendwise vert fructed
gules.

Katherine Brandon. Name and device. Erminois, a lion gules and a chief
dovetailed azure.

Krag MacYntier. Name.
Combining Scots and Danish in a name is registerable, though this
combination carries a weirdness.

Lisette la Vinhala. Name.

Lyn the Inquisitive. Device. Azure, a dog sejant guardant argent spotted
sable within a bordure argent lozengy sable.
Many commenters noted the similarity of this emblazon to the Dalmatian
breed of dog, and questioned whether that breed was period. Clarion
stated:
Dalmatians are probably a period breed, there is a mention of spotted
dogs in an Elizabethan Journal (National Geographic Book of Dogs). As
the shape of the dog resembles a Dalmatian, we might as well use it. I
would still give its color as argent spotted sable, especially as modern
Dalmatians can have brown spots as well.
This is sufficient evidence to allow this sort of depiction of a dog in
SCA heraldry, as the type of dog is compatible with period types of dog.
Because the submitter originally blazoned this dog simply as a dog
argent spotted sable rather than a Dalmatian argent spotted sable we
will continue to blazon it as a dog.

Lyn the Inquisitive. Badge. Azure, a maiden argent crined Or within a
bordure argent lozengy sable.

Marcus the Quiet. Device. Per bend sable and gules, an open scroll and a
musical note Or.

Phoebe Hotham. Name and device. Per chevron Or and sable, a chevron
azure and in base a
crescent argent, a chief invected sable mullety argent.

Phoebe Hotham. Badge. Or, on a roundel per fess azure and sable a
crescent argent all within a bordure invected sable mullety argent.

Rafe Slater. Name and device. Azure, on a bend raguly cotised plain
argent three ravens palewise rising wings addorsed sable.

Sabin Slater. Name and device. Per chevron sable and vert, a chevron Or
between two roses argent and a fox's mask Or.

Uilliam Farquharson. Name.
Submitted as Uilleam Farquharson, Uilleam was documented as a modern
Scottish Gaelic form of William. No evidence was found that this is a
period form. We have changed this name to the documented period Gaelic
form Uilliam in order to register this name.

Winther der Trüwe. Name.

RETURNS

ANSTEORRA
Bub of the Steppes. Name.
No documentation could be found for Bub as a given name.  The
documentation that the submitter presented from Searle (p. 119) showed
Bub as a protheme, not as an independent given name. Names that Searle
lists (p. 119) that include the protheme Bub- include Bubba, Bubbo, and
Bubo. Lacking evidence of Bub as a given name, it is not registerable.
It was generally felt at the decision meeting that the change from Bub
(which the submitter had believed was an independent name) to either
Bubba or Bubbo was a major change, which the submitter did not allow.