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

The August Letter of Acceptances and Returns was published yesterday. Here are the results for Calontir.

CALONTIR acceptances

Alexander the Red. Name.

Batu Qulun. Name and device. Per pale gules and purpure, a wheel of cheese Or.

A wheel of cheese is shown in trian aspect, also more or less fesswise as if lying upon a table. The fact that a wedge of cheese has been removed is a defining characteristic of a wheel of cheese but the exact placement of the cut-out wedge does not matter nor is it blazonable. Palimpsest is directed to update Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms with this information.

Bawdwyn Kaye. Name and device. Argent, a domestic cat couchant guardant between three mullets sable, a chief triangular gules.

Nice 16th century English name!

Berakha bat Mira v’Shlomo. Badge. (Fieldless) In pale a pomegranate gules conjoined to a crescent Or.

Berakha bat Mira v’Shlomo. Badge. (Fieldless) On a sun Or a star of David azure.

This badge was pended on the May 2024 LoAR to redraw the sun in a period style.

Hildegard the Clever. Name and device. Azure, a closed book palewise argent garnished Or, on a chief invected argent a Wake knot azure.

The byname the Clever is the lingua Societatis form of the attested Middle English bynames le Slee and le Slege.

When closed books are palewise, the direction the spine faces is an optionally blazonable detail not worth difference. We direct Palimpsest to include this information in Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms.

Iosef MacGregor. Name.

Submitted as Iósef Mac_Gregor, this name has two problems. First, no documentation was provided for the spelling Iósef, nor could any be found during the commentary process. Juetta Copin provided documentation for the spelling Josef in English dated to 1571, where a switch between the initial letters I/J is well-documented. This gives us a plausible English spelling Iosef without the accent over the letter o. Accordingly, we have removed it for registration. In addition, the Scots byname MacGregor does not contain a space; we have therefore removed it for registration.

The submitter requested authenticity for Gaelic/Welsh. This name does not meet this request; it contains an English given name and a Scots byname. While this combination is an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C, such mixes are not considered authentic without direct evidence of the mix during our period.

The submitter might be interested to know that the name Iosef ap Gregor would be an authentic name for 16th century English/Welsh. Jeanne Marie Palimpsest provided evidence of the Welsh byname dated to 1561 as well as its use with English given names, both putting it within 10 years of the English given name and providing the necessary evidence for us to consider this name authentic. In addition, the name Ioseph mac Grighair would be a registerable name in Irish Gaelic, but it is not authentic as the name elements do not overlap in time. If they are interested in either of these names, they may submit a request for reconsideration.

Jorunn Eydisardottir. Augmentation of arms. Vert, a tub Or and a ford proper, and for augmentation on the tub a cross of Calatrava purpure.

Kilix Tragou Erycinos. Name and device. Quarterly argent and Or, a frog sejant vert winged purpure.

The submitter requested authenticity for “Classical Greece”. This name meets this request as all of the elements can be found in an attested pattern for Ancient Greek names.

Robyn Cissor. Name and device. Vert, on a bend Or between a robin Or marked gules and a pair of shears Or two lupins gules.

Nice 13th century English name!

Nice cant!

Siggi gjallandi. Name change from Deomotheor Zÿdmond and device change. Quarterly azure and Or, in saltire four Thor’s hammers hafts to center counterchanged.

The submitter’s prior name, Deomotheor Zÿdmond, is retained as an alternate.

The submitter’s prior device, Azure semy of doubled crosses, a bordure Or, is retained as a badge.

Sláine inghean Uí Duibh Darach. Device. Argent, an oak tree blasted and fructed sable and a bordure purpure, overall on a chief sable three keys bendwise inverted argent.

Chiefs surmounting bordures are an exception to the requirement in SENA Appendix I4 that overall charges be in the center of the design and surmount a primary charge. See the Cover Letter for details.

Nice cant on a byname derived from ‘black oak’.

Yoshi’no no Masamitsu. Name and device. Azure, a chalice with flames issuant to chief, a bordure wavy argent.

This device does not conflict with the device of Fionn mac Aodha, Azure, a goblet argent with flames issuant to chief Or and a chief invected argent. There is a DC for changing the type of peripheral charge, and a DC for changing the tincture of the flames, which are effectively maintained charges.

This device also does not conflict with the device of Arianwen Esyllt Gwynedd, Purpure, a chalice within a bordure wavy argent. There is a DC for the tincture of the field and another for adding the flame.

Yoshi’no no Masamitsu. Badge. Or, a saltire sable between four torteaux and a bordure sable.

CALONTIR returns

Astriðr Birnudóttir. Alternate name Diglach de Pairis.

This name is returned for a violation of SENA PN1B1. As documented, there are more than 500 years between these two elements; the given name is dated to 764 and the byname is dated to 1295. Commenters were unable to find any evidence to push the given name later in time or the byname earlier in time. Therefore, we are forced to return this name.

Ginevra Brandini. Device. Azure, a bend vert fimbriated Or between a roundel between and conjoined to an increscent and decrescent argent and two sheaves of wheat Or.

This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2a, Slot Machine. The roundel, crescents, and sheaves are all in the same charge group.

This device is also returned for violation of SENA A3D2c, Unity of Posture and Orientation. On the June 2023 Cover Letter we said “However, when arrows are in a sheaf or in saltire they are treated like compact charges”. This is also true of sheaves of any other type of long charge. Since the secondary charges in this design are all considered compact, they are comparable and A3D2c applies. As the arrangement of the charges above the bend needs to be blazoned separately from the arrangement of the entire secondary charge group, the charges are not in a unified arrangement.

On resubmission, the submitter should ensure the sable outline of the sheaves of wheat does not overwhelm the Or fill.