The Bavarian Herald Jörg Rügen around 1510. Public Domain in the US

The September 2025 Letter of Acceptances and Returns has been published. Here are the results for Calontir.

CALONTIR acceptances

Bawdwyn Kaye. Alternate name Violetta Ilaria della Bianca.

Bjarki Vikarsson. Badge. (Fieldless) On a flame gules a wolf’s head cabossed argent.

Bróðir Bragason. Badge. (Fieldless) A bat-winged skull Or.

The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Giuseppe Francesco da Borgia, Per saltire gules and sable, a cherub Or.

Casilda de Carcassonne. Name and device. Per fess sable and argent, in saltire five roundels counterchanged.

This name combines a Spanish given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.

Elína Jakobsdóttir. Name.

Submitted as Elina Jakobsdóttir, accents must be used consistently across a name. The given name is documented in Geirr Bassi as Elína, while the given name as submitted is Elina. After consulting with the submitter, we have changed this name to Elína Jakobsdóttir for registration.

Kolla K{o,}ttr. Name.

Marguerita of Three Rivers. Name and device. Per pale azure and vert, a gorgon’s head within a bordure argent.

Three Rivers is the registered name on an SCA branch.

Nahama Pahavesi. Name change from Adelaide Dewy.

Nahama is the submitter’s legal given name.

It should be noted that the attestation for the submitter’s legal name did not meet the requirements for attestation as outlined in AH IV.C.2. However, based on concern for keeping PII confidential, several other submissions that do not follow the exact requirement, and prior precedent, we direct Palimpsest to open a Rules Letter to modify AH IV.C.2 with updated wording that is consistent with current practice. See the Cover Letter for more information.

The submitter’s prior name, Adelaide Dewy, is released.

Nesscia inghean Chearnaigh. Alternate name Penba Nisa.

Ragnar Markusson. Name and device. Per pale and per chevron gules and argent, a raven sable.

Nice 14th century Swedish name!

Sarra the Brave. Name and device. Azure semy of sheep statant to sinister, on a chief argent a drop spindle azure.

The byname the Brave is a lingua Societatis translation of the Middle English le Belde, dated to 1317/1318.

Tanneke Groenlaken. Alternate name Heynryck Groenlaken.

Vercingetorix of the Treveri. Name.

Submitted as Vercingetorix of __ Treveri, as the Treveri were a tribe of people, rather than referring to a geographical area, the definite article should be used in constructing the ethnonymic byname, making this name Vercingetorix of the Treveri.

However, commenters raised concerns as to whether the name Vercingetorix, meaning “High Warrior King”, was a given name, a title, or an epithet used for the specific person, Vercingetorix, who led the Gaulish revolt against Rome circa 51 BCE. There is evidence to suggest that all of the name elements were used in Celtic and Gaulish personal names (https://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/personalnames/search.php?s_element=uer-, https://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/personalnames/search.php?s_element=king(et)o-, and https://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/personalnames/search.php?s_element=ri:go- ), suggesting that use of all the elements in a single name is plausible. Further, Tangwystyl’s article “A Consideration of Pictish Names” (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/pictnames/pict2.html) argues that Vercingetorix is a reasonable Pictish name.

Academic scholarship remains divided as to whether this was an epithet or simply the chieftain’s given name. Additionally, unlike, say Boudiccia, where we have later examples of women named as such, we have no other examples of men named Vercingetorix. Whether this is due to a lack of data, or due to the name actually being an epithet, is unknown.

If this is a title or epithet, then an enthnonymic byname would be an unmistakable claim to rank. At this point in time, we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt, and registering this name.

However, going forward, given the singular example of the name, the name meaning “high warrior king”, the probability of appearing to claim an unearned rank is high. Therefore, we will treat this name much like the given name Regina as discussed in SENA PN4B1. That is to say we will not register Vercingetorix as a given name when combined with a locative or a ethnonymic, but will with other forms of byname. We direct Palimpsest to add a note to the standard source errata article indicating that while the name is mentioned in “A Consideration of Pictish Names”, it will be treated similarly to the given name Regina.

We thank Derelei filia Uoret for her invaluable discussion on Celtic and Gaulish onomastics.

Vladimir Karlsson. Name change from Sata Takezou.

This name combines a Russian given name with a Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.

The submitter’s prior name, Sata Takezou, is retained as an alternate.

Zaneta Baseggio and Amon Attwood. Joint household name Sign of the Mug and Key.

CALONTIR returns

Vercingetorix of the Treveri. Device. Vert chaussé, a tree blasted and eradicated Or.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Unna Rose, Vert chaussé, a tree eradicated Or its trunk transfixed by an arrow fesswise argent. There is a single DC for removing the arrow.

The Bavarian Herald Jörg Rügen around 1510. Public Domain in the US

The August 2025 Letter of Acceptances and Returns has been published. Here are the results for Calontir.

CALONTIR acceptances

Avraham ben David haKuzari. Alternate name Avraham d’Ariege.

Submitted as Avraham d’Ariége, the documentation provided does not support the use of the acute accent. We have therefore changed this to the documented Avraham d’Ariege for registration.

Epikrat{e-}s Skyrios. Name change from Ulfgeirr Þórkelsson and badge. (Fieldless) A card-pique checky gules and argent.

Nice classical Greek name!

The submitter’s prior name, Ulfgeirr Þórkelsson, is retained as an alternate.

Frithuswith inghean Ui Cremthainn. Badge. Purpure, a needle bendwise inverted argent.

Gerald of Ipsley. Heraldic title Loggerhead Herald.

We could not document the term Loggerhead as a heraldic charge meaning “leopard’s face” to period. The only references we could find to this are in the modern blazon of the Arms of Shrewsbury. Fortunately, commenters were able to document the word loggerhead to period as the name of various birds and sea-creatures, any of which could be heraldic charges. Also, in these cases, loggerhead is the modern English name for these birds and sea-creatures, and can be used under the lingua Societatis allowance. Therefore, we are able to give the submitter the benefit of the doubt and register this heraldic title.

Gerald of Ipsley. Badge. (Fieldless) A wave azure.

The wave depicted in this submission is found in the period mon of Saito Dosan. As a charge clearly attested to period, the form in this submission is registerable without a step from core practice.

The semi-circular depiction of wave found in modern Japanese heraldry, which was registered to Rhys of Anglesey in March 2023 (reblazoned elsewhere on this letter), was registered as a step from core practice, since it could not be confirmed to be period. Without evidence that this style of wave is period, it will no longer be registerable.

We see no compelling reason to distinguish in blazon between Japanese waves and the western crested wave that has been unregisterable since February 1983.

Jochi Kara. Name and device. Or, a monkey’s head cabossed per pale sable and vert.

Michele dei Medici. Reblazon of device. Per pale gules and azure, on a chevron between three skimmers argent two rapiers in chevron, the dexter azure and the sinister gules.

Reblazoned in January 2019 as Per pale gules and azure, on a chevron between three ladles in profile argent two rapiers in chevron, the dexter azure and the sinister gules, we are clarifying that the secondary charges are skimmers. The skimmers are in their default orientation. See the Cover Letter for further details.

Michele dei Medici. Reblazon of badge. Per fess gules and azure, a skimmer and a rapier both fesswise reversed argent.

Blazoned when registered in January 2019 as Per fess gules and azure, a ladle in profile and a rapier both fesswise reversed argent, we are clarifying that the primary charge is a skimmer. A skimmer is in profile by default. See the Cover Letter for further detail.

Morwenna ferch Dafydd. Name change from Victoria de Reuthbenden and device. Argent semy of dandelion plants, a wooden A-frame plumb-line proper.

The submitter’s prior name, Victoria de Reuthbenden, is released.

The plumb-line in this submission resembles one found in the grey period Insignia Gentilia, item 163, https://dpul.princeton.edu/catalog/db78tk026.  (see plate 49)

Nyx Shemon. Name and device. Per chevron argent and sable, a chevron ployé gules and in chief a pheon and a threaded needle sable.

The byname was submitted under the Legal Name Allowance, however, the submitter need not rely on that, as the byname Shemon is documentable to 1578 England.

Nice late 16th century English name!

Onami Ryome. Reblazon of device. Sable, between two waves in annulo conjoined at the base a dragonfly argent.

Reblazoned January 2025 as Sable, between two Japanese waves in annulo conjoined at the base a dragonfly argent, the style of the wave and the number of crests are unblazonable artistic details.

Roise inghean ui Ruaidhri. Device change. Gules, on a fess rayonny argent between two needles fesswise Or three roses proper.

The submitter’s prior device, Gules, on a fess rayonny argent between two arrows fesswise reversed Or three roses proper, is released.

Rose of Wolfscairn. Name and device. Quarterly argent and azure, in saltire a rose purpure slipped and leaved vert and an arrow inverted argent, on a chief embattled vert three pine trees argent.

Wolfscairn was submitted under the Branch Name Allowance; however, Elisabetta Makejoye was able to construct it as an Early Modern English locative, meaning that we do not need to use the Branch Name Allowance here.

Rowena Gordon Dunlop. Name and device. Azure, on a saltire between in pale two stag’s heads couped argent a unicorn’s head couped azure.

Rowena is the submitter’s legal middle name. As a given name by type, it may be used as a given name.

Viktor von Rosswald. Name.

von Rosswald is the Society byname of the submitter’s legal parent and is used here under the Existing Registration Allowance.

Zacharias Wolff. Name.

Nice name for 1497 Nürnberg, Germany!

CALONTIR returns

Dorcas Whitecap. Badge. (Fieldless) A tree stump proper.

This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Lorn Mac Ewen, (Fieldless) The trunk of a tree couped sprouting three slips proper. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing for removing the small branches on Lorn’s badge, which are an artistic detail not worth difference.

Submitted as a badge for Mistle Thrush Herald, we can’t associate a badge with a heraldic title. Submitters are not allowed to register armory for officers that fall under the auspices of Society-level officers that have registered badges. As the College of Arms has a badge for heralds, Vert, two straight trumpets in saltire, bells to chief Or, badges for subsidiary offices, including Heralds Extraordinary, may not be registered. The sole exception to this rule is for tinctureless seals for principal heralds of kingdoms, under SENA A3A2.

The Bavarian Herald Jörg Rügen around 1510. Public Domain in the US

The July 2025 Letter of Acceptances and Returns has been published. Here are the results for Calontir.

CALONTIR acceptances

Amawara Mitsumi. Name change from holding name Deanna of Cúm an Iolair.

Amma Hǫldr. Device. Sable, a phoenix facing sinister Or between in fess a sword and an open book argent.

Aurora Valentina da Firenze. Name and device. Azure, a swan argent and on a chief Or two roses proper.

Nice southern Italian 16th century name!

Calontir, Kingdom of. Badge for Kingdom of Calontir Scribes’ Guild. (Fieldless) A wing terminating in a human hand Or maintaining a pen purpure.

Kingdom of Calontir Scribes’ Guild is a generic identifier.

Calvius Atrox. Device. Vert, a dog rampant contourny maintaining a chalice, an orle of chain Or.

The submitter is a knight and thus entitled to display an orle of chain.

Caspar von Görlitz. Device. Or, a bear statant erect maintaining a lyre, a point pointed sable.

Gyða glóra. Badge. (Fieldless) A crested titmouse azure, face and breast argent, gorged of a pearled coronet Or.

The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Merlyn Elzebeth von Preßela, (Fieldless) A merlin azure, and with the device of Reginleif Ragnarsdottir, Or chape gules, a raven azure.

This is the defining instance of a crested titmouse in Society armory. Species of titmice with crests are found across North America, Europe, and Asia in areas inhabited by humans in period and are therefore registerable per SENA A2B2b.

The submitter has a court barony and is thus entitled to display a coronet.

Jacquetta Pomeroy. Name and device. Or, a dog sejant with one forepaw raised sable collared between three apples gules leaved vert.

Nice cant!

Jamette de la Roche. Device. Per chevron azure and Or, two seeblätter Or and a dog passant sable.

Kassiani Zaridina. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Maol Ruanaidh Mac Cana. Name change from Áine inghean Mhic Con.

The submitter’s prior name, Áine inghean Mhic Con, is retained as an alternate.

Roslyn Froste. Device. Azure semy of estoiles Or, a fox rampant reguardant contourny argent.

This device was pended on the April 2025 LoAR to redraw it with more estoiles.

William Forbees. Name and device. Purpure, in cross four bees Or.

Nice canting device!

CALONTIR returns

Kassiani Zaridina. Device. Vert, a sea-horse contourny Or.

This device is returned for conflict with the Kingdom of Atlantia’s badge for the Queen’s Champion, (Fieldless) A sea horse to sinister Or gorged of a chaplet of roses gules. There is a DC for adding the field, but no DC for removing a charge gorging the neck of a whole beast.

Nikita Pavlovich. Device. Per fess sable and azure, a sun Or eclipsed sable and in pale four bears passant argent.

This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2e, Unity of Arrangement, which states “Charges within a charge group should be in an arrangement that can be blazoned with a single arrangement phrase”. The arrangement of the bears must be blazoned separately from the arrangement of the primary charge group as a whole, as the blazon Per fess sable and azure, in pale a sun Or eclipsed sable and four bears passant argent implies that the five primary charges are evenly distributed across the field, rather than the bears being solely on the azure portion of the field.