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The following items have been decided by Laurel.
ELoI Letter Designation: 20061030-LOI-CAL-MDB
Date the ELoI Letter left the Kingdom: October 30, 2006
Date the Laurel-of-Arms Office decides on these submissions: February 2007 LoAR
Date the Saker Herald Office received the results of the Laurel decisions: June 1, 2007

	Submitter's Name & Group	Item(s)	Decision by Laurel
1.	Aleksei Nikolai Rusianov	DEVICE – RESUBMISSION	DEVICE - registered The use of a bird, other than an eagle, displayed is a step from period practice
2.	Allesandra Giovanna di Cavalieri	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - RETURNED (Presumption) The byname di Cavalieri has the literal meaning of "of Knights". Cavaliere is on the list of alternative titles as an Italian title for knight. While we typically interpret such bynames to mean "(daughter or son) of (object)", it is unclear that this is how it is understood by medieval Italians. Because it can be interpreted as a claim to rank, this byname is not registerable. DEVICE - registered under holding name of Allesandra of Crystal Mynes
3.	Ana de Granada	DEVICE – RESUBMISSION	DEVICE - registered
4.	Aron Helmschmidt	NAME – NEW	NAME - registered There was some question whether Aron is a German name. Brechenmacher, Etymologisches Woerterbuch der deutschen Familiennamen, s.n. Aron, says that the surname is derived from the Biblical given name and shows a Stephan Aron aus Bretten in 1490. While this shows it as a surname, it is not unreasonable to view this as an unmarked patronymic, and, therefore, a reasonable given name spelling. There was also some question about the spelling Helmschmidt, documented as a variant of the header Helmschmiedt from Brechenmacher. While Brechenmacher does not show this form, the theme -schmidt is fairly common in 15th C German names. For example, Aryanhwy merch Catmael, "German Names from Nürnberg, 1497", (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/ names/german/surnamesnurn.html) shows Eberschmidt, Hame(r)schmidt, Karnschmidt, Klingaschmidt, Pauerschmidt, and Schmidt. Given this, Helmschmidt is an expected 15th C spelling for this name.
5.	Balin Kendrick	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered There was considerable discussion on this item on whether the name Balin was registerable. Balin or Balyn (the latter form is the spelling found in the Caxton edition of Morte de Arthur [http://name.umdl.umich.edu/MaloryWks2]) is a name from Arthurian legend. As the tale of one of the stories in the Morte de Arthur is "The Tale of Balyn and Balen", this marks this knight as a human character. While this character may have been a sun god in the original Welsh stories, by the time Malory gets hold of him, he is definitely a human character (or at least as human as any of Arthur's knights ever are). As the name of a major character in Arthurian literature, the name Balin is registerable. As defined for SCA use (in the LoAR Cover Letters of July and Aug 1986), stooping is reserved for when the raptor is "dive-bombing", falling on its prey: wings swept back, body vertical or diagonal with head down. Striking is the moment when the raptor comes out of its stoop, its feet ready to grab or punch the prey: body diagonal with head up, heraldically equivalent to rising.
6.	Balin Kendrick	BADGE – NEW	BADGE - RETURNED This badge is returned for lack of identifiability; as drawn, the presence of the halo fatally obscures the identity of the candle. This design is not registerable without evidence that it was used in period heraldry. Dropping the halo would leave an acceptable badge, barring conflict.
7.	Caelainn ingen Chainnig	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - RETURNED This device must be returned, as it does not appear to be compatible with period armorial style. Multiply divided armorial elements (fields or charges) using two tinctures are quite common in the heraldry of almost all times and places, but multiply divided elements of more than two tinctures are extremely rare. This submission does not seem to have similar armorial style to the few period examples using multiply divided elements of more than two tinctures which were presented in the discussion on this submission.
8.	Catalina Artemisia Anguissola	BADGE – NEW	BADGE - registered
9.	Cera in Fheda	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered
10.	David de Brygenhall	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - DEVICE - RETURNED This device is returned for redraw of the line of division. When a chief is present, the per bend sinister line should issue from the corner where the chief meets the field, not the corner of the shield as in this depiction.
11.	Einarr Grímsson and Jacqueline de Meux	NAME HOUSEHOLD – NEW, BADGE – NEW	NAME HOUSEHOLD- RETURNED This name does not follow period patterns for organized groups of people. The submitters argue that gem names, such as amethyst, are found used as color names in period, and cite examples from late period heraldic manuals of gem names used in blazonry. However, this does not demonstrate that the gem names were used in ordinary naming practice anymore than the regular heraldic tinctures were so used. Barring documentation showing gem names used for as a normal color descriptive outside of blazonry, and for amethyst in particular in this context, this name is not registerable. We would change the name to House of the Purple Tower, but the submitter will not accept changes BADGE - registered
12.	Einarr inn spaki	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered
13.	Einarr inn spaki	BADGE – NEW	BADGE - registered
14.	Endeline Ginevra Montagna	NAME – NEW	NAME - registered This name combines French and Italian; this is one step from period practice.
15.	Eoghan Ó Domhnaill	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered Nice 15th C Irish name! There was some question whether or not the fish were salmon. Period heraldic salmon appear to be generic fish, as do the ones in this submission, therefore we have maintained the submitter's preferred blazon.
16.	Friedrich Jäger	NAME – NEW	NAME - registered
17.	Geoffrey de Cardeville and Madeleine Rose de Cardeville	BADGE – NEW (joint)	BADGE - registered
18.	Geoffrey de Cardeville	BADGE – NEW	BADGE - registered
19.	Giudo di Niccolo Brunelleschi	NAME ALTERNATE – NEW	NAME ALTERNATE - registered Alternate name Jedediah Glasmon
20.	Giudo di Niccolo Brunelleschi	NAME HOUSEHOLD – NEW	NAME HOUSEHOLD - registered Household name Compagnia dell'Arcangelo Gabriele.
21.	Giudo di Niccolo Brunelleschi	BADGE – NEW	BADGE - RETURNED This badge is returned for conflict with the device for Conrad Breakring, Argent, an annulet fracted on the dexter side sable. There is no difference between an annulet and a garter, nor between a fracted annulet and a garter. This does not conflict with the badge for Jonathan Blackshaft, (Fieldless) A garter sable charged with the letters N.A.G.S. Or. There is a CD for fieldlessness and another for removing the tertiary letters. As with a book, a few letters on a garter are considered tertiary charges. Blazoned on the LoI as (Fieldless) A belt in annulo bendwise sable tipped and buckled Or, the location of the dangling bit of the garter is artistic license.
22.	Hamer Úlfsson	NAME – RESUBMISSION	NAME - registered The submitter request an authentic 9th-10th C Old Norse name. However, the name Hamer was documented as a German name. We have found no examples of it in Old Norse, although Hamer is a 14th C Swedish spelling found in Sverges medeltida personnamn s.n. Hamar. As submitted the name is one step from period for mixing either German or Swedish with Old Norse. As we are unable to find the name Hamer in Old Norse, we are unable to fulfill the submitter's authenticity request. If the submitter is interested in an authentic name with a similar sound, we suggest the given names Hamundr and Hamall. Both are found in Haraldson, The Old Norse Name.
23.	Ines Alfón	NAME CHANGE - NEW, DEVICE CHANGE - NEW	NAME CHANGE - registered DEVICE CHANGE - registered Her old name, Mór inghean Chathail, is released. *ERRATA - to be corrected on next LoAR (to be retained) Her previous device, Or, in pale two tygers passant contourny queue-forchy purpure*, is released
24.	Jane Corwin	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered There was some question whether the byname Corwin was registerable. We believe this is a reasonable variant form of the occupational surname listed in Reaney, A Dictionary of English Surnames, s.n. Corden. In this entry, the spelling corwen is dated to 1483 and cordiwin to 1593 as occupational terms. As such, this suggests Corwin as a surname is not outside the realm of possibility
25.	Juliana d'Arcy	NAME – NEW	NAME CHANGE - registered
26.	Katheryne Winterbourne	NAME CHANGE FROM HOLDING NAME – RESUBMISSION	NAME CHANGE FROM HOLDING NAME - registered
27.	Madeleine Rose de Cardeville	DEVICE CHANGE – NEW	DEVICE CHANGE - registered Her previous device, Sable, a peacock in its pride argent within a bordure wavy argent semy of roses proper, is retained as a badge.
28.	Marinn Rikarðsdottir	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - PENDED September 2007 LoAR DEVICE - registered under the holding name Kelly of Crystal Mynes. Name registered as Maren Rikarðsdottir. Name change from holding name Kelly of Crystal Mynes
29.	Marion Baggeputz	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - RETURNED This is returned for having color on color. While pink for a Caucasian human is considered equivalent to argent, flamingo pink is much darker and is considered a color. When registering Jeanette Seurat d'Avignon's device, Argent, two pink flamingos statant respectant proper, on a chief azure a sun in splendour Or, in April 1989 Laurel noted: Note that the plumage of the birds is "flamingo pink" and therefore has good contrast with the field: reblazoning it as simple "gules" would confuse the issue since many artists would depict all portions of the bird, including the beak and limbs, as flaming red. This submission is also "flamingo pink" and therefore lacks contrast with the field; it would have good contrast with a metallic field. In April 1985 (q.v., Cherie Ruadh MhicRath of Locksley) Laurel ruled, "The color of a flamingo's feathers is apparently dependent on its diet, so there really is no 'proper' color." This has been interpreted to mean that flamingos proper could not be registered; however, pink flamingos proper have been registered since that time, including as recently as April 2006. The 1985 precedent is hereby overturned; a pink flamingo proper is registerable. It is dark pink while the tincture of its beak and legs are treated as artistic license. Its tincture is a color, not a metal.
30.	Martinus Draco Byzantinos	NAME ALTERNATE– NEW	NAME ALTERNATE - registered Alternate name Sulayman al-Rumi.
31.	Maximillian Johann von Kleve	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - RETURNED This device is returned as the counterchanging makes it too difficult to identify the primary charge. Precedent notes that, in general, charges should not be counterchanged over a gyronny fields. In some cases, a single, simple charge (such as a lozenge) has been ruled simple enough for such counterchanging (q.v., John Michael Midwinter, 10/00, A-Atenveldt]. However, Laurel has previously ruled that a saltire cannot be counterchanged over a gyronny field: [Gyronny vert and Or, a saltire counterchanged] The combination of the gyronny field and the saltire is very visually confusing. Each arm of the saltire is counterchanged along its long axis, which generally hampers identifiability. Because each piece of the counterchanged saltire is similar in size to the pieces of the gyronny field which show between the arms of the saltire, it is difficult to distinguish which parts of the emblazon belong to the charge, and which belong to the field. This design also does not appear to be period style. Absent documentation for the design of a cross or saltire, as an ordinary, counterchanged on a gyronny field in period, this must be returned. [Wilhelm von Düsseldorf, 01/02, R-West] In this case, the lines of division almost line up with the angles of the cross's arms. This further adds to the apparent complexity of the design and hinders the identification of the cross. This device does not conflict with the device of Marke von Mainz, Gyronny argent and sable, a cross moline and a bordure gules. There is a CD for changing the tincture of the cross and another for the difference between a cross formy and a cross moline.
32.	Oddi {o,}lfúss	NAME – NEW	NAME registered Submitted as Oddi {O,}lfúss, by precedent, descriptive bynames in Old Norse may only be registered in all lowercase. We have changed the name to Oddi {o,}lfúss in order to register it.
33.	Phoíbë Korínthia	NAME ALTERNATE – RESUBMISSION	NAME ALTERNATE - registered Alternate name Azizah bint Ali
34.	Royse Meingnes	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered
35.	Séamus mac Muireadhaigh	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - RETURNED Aural conflict with Seamus Mac Murchada, registered October 1997. Rowel provided commentary that included Anglicized Irish forms from the end of our period. As these forms were often phonetic renderings of the Gaelic names at the time, they can give us some indication of Gaelic pronunciation at that time: Here are the period forms shown in Woulfe (I've pulled both Mac and Ó forms to give us a broader source for comparison). ---------------------------- p. 393 s.n. Mac Muiread.aig. (Mac Muireadhaigh) M'Murrey M'Morrye p. 394 s.n. Mac M.uiread.aig. (Mac Mhuireadhaigh) M'Murrie M'Murry p. 621 s.n. Ó Muiread.aig. (Ó Muireadhaigh) O Murrey O Murry O Murrihy ---------------------------- p. 394 s.n. Mac Murc.ad.a (Mac Murchadha) M'Murroghowe M'Moroghoe M'Murphewe p. 622 s.n. Ó Murc.ad.a (Ó Murchadha) O Morchowe O Moroghoe O Morphy ---------------------------- So, both show <Mu-> and <Mo-> spellings. So, that syllable should get no difference. In general, the forms show \ee\ sound for the final syllable for <Muireadhaigh> and \oh\ sounds for <Murchada>. But we've got a <Morphy> example for <Murchada> also. The examples of <Muireadhaigh> show 2 syllables in 6 examples and 3 syllables in 1 example. The examples of <Murchada> are split evenly between 2 syllables and 3 syllables. In the three syllable example of <Muireadhaigh>, the final consonant sound is an h. Of the 3 syllable examples of <Murchada>, all final consonant sounds are represented by gh. From my understanding, a gh sound is more of a very hard h sound than a hard g sound. If I'm correct in this understanding, the h and gh sounds are similar enough that they should grant no difference. Based on this information, the pronunciation of these two bynames are too similar, and so conflict. DEVICE - registered under the holding name Séamus of Amlesmore
36.	Treuthwin Ingelfinger	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered
37.	William of Stonebridge	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered
38.	William of Stonebridge	BADGE – NEW	BADGE - registered
39.	Wolfger zum Grifen	NAME – NEW, DEVICE – NEW	NAME - registered DEVICE - registered Please advise the submitter to draw the pall somewhat narrower so that more the identifying features of the gryphon lie on the field