Greetings to you all as we approach the season of merriment.

I hope all have an enjoyable holiday season and have the chance to
celebrate in the way that is customary for yourselves.

Octobers Letters of Acceptances and Returns has been posted and is as
follows:

• [1] Carl Stowe. Name.
• [2] Estrilda Attwyll. Device. Purpure, a finch contourny, on a bordure
  argent an orle azure.

As this is the first registration of a finch in over 30 years. For the
purposes of conflict, finches are considered a regular-shaped bird.

• [3] Fergus Mór. Name and device. Per pale sable and gules, a bear
  passant argent.

Nice Irish Gaelic name from the 6th century onward!

The submitter indicated an interest in a Manx name. They might be
interested to know that while the given name Fergus does appear in
Manx Gaelic during our period, the byname Mór does not. This byname
appears in Manx Gaelic as Mooar and More. If they are interested in
either of the names Fergus More or Fergus Mooar, they may make a
request for reconsideration.

Nice device!

• [4] Jacquelyna de la Court. Name
• [5] Medb ingen Magnusa Ruaidh. Name and device. Per chevron argent and
  azure, two ravens respectant reguardant sable and three compass stars
  argent.

This device does not conflict with the device of Þorvaldr Þórólfsson á
Vaksfjall, Per chevron throughout argent and azure two ravens addorsed
sable and three drinking horns in annulo argent. There is a DC for
changing the type of half the primary charge group. SENA A5G7 says,
“Distinctly changing the posture or orientation of half of the charges
in any charge group, when the charges are comparable, is one distinct
change (DC)” and SENA A5G7a says, “Groups of animate charges or their
parts may have comparable postures/orientations as a group even if their
individual postures are not comparable. For example, there is a distinct
change between two groups of animate charges or their parts that can be
said to be addorsed versus respectant”, so there is also a DC for
changing the ravens, which are half the charge group, from addorsed to
respectant.

There is a step from core practice for the use of compass stars.

• [6] Tassilon of Saint Monica. Name and device. Quarterly purpure and
  argent, a cross sable cotised between four crows counterchanged argent
  and gules.

Saint Monica is the registered name of an SCA branch.

• [7] Tatiana Konstantinova Ruslanova. Reblazon of device. Purpure,
  three serpents in annulo interlaced within a bordure nebuly argent.

Blazoned when registered in September of 2006 as Purpure, three serpents
embowed fretted in triquetra within a bordure nebuly argent,
we are clarifying the arrangement of serpents. Each serpent is in annulo,
and the resulting circular shapes are interlaced just as three
annulets would be.

• [8] Theodwin Vriunt. Name.

Submitted as Theoduin Vriunt, the submitter requested that the given
name be changed to Theodwin if it could be documented. A number of
examples of a ui/wi swap in German can be found in Altedeutsches
namenbuch by Ernst Förstemann, allowing us to make the requested
change. Accordingly, we have done so for registration.

• [9] Violette Livingston. Name and device. Vert, in saltire a needle Or
  threaded sable and a dragonfly, on a chief argent three violets purpure.

The thread of a threaded needle is an artistic detail not worth
difference and may have poor contrast with the field.

Pending:

Gráinne Uaine. Device change. Per chevron sable and vert, in pale a
crescent argent and an eye Or irised vert charged on the iris with a
triquetra argent.

This device is pended to lower the line of division, place the crescent
entirely on the sable portion of the field, and make the triquetra more
visible.

If the redraw is accepted the submitter’s prior device, Per bend sable
and vert, a fox rampant contourny Or and in base a triquetra braced with
an annulet argent, is to be released.

This was item 4 on the Lochac letter of July 28, 2023.

RETURNS .

Jacquelyna de la Court: Device. Chevronelly argent and azure, an open
book and in chief three roses proper.

This device is returned for poor contrast per SENA A3B4b: “the field and
charges on it may share a tincture only if (1) the charges appear only
on a section of the field with a different tincture or (2) only one of
the two is multiply divided and the charge(s) is an ordinary or simple
geometric shape arranged in a way that both the type of field division
and charge are clearly identifiable.” Books proper are argent with brown
binding, and are considered argent for purposes of contrast, so this
book shares a tincture with the field. Neither of the conditions
required to allow this under SENA A3B4b applies to this design.

Congratulations to those that have been registered, and for those
returns I hope that you can refine your device and look forward to
seeing it in the next Letter of Intent.

I would like to congratulate:

Lady Amanda Martel on becoming the new Bombarde deputy. Lady Amanda is
responsible for overseeing the book of ceremonies and is an excellent
resource for any questions on awards and ceremonies.

Mistress Glynhyvar of River Haven has taken over the reins of Quarrel,
compiling and updating the Lochac Roll of Arms.

Lady Gwyneth ferch Aeddan (aka Gwyn Cantor) has stepped into the role of
Coffyn, my deputy.

I look forward to working with them and wish them luck in their new
positions.

If anyone has any suggestions or ideas that they feel would improve the
College of Heralds, they can send them to me.

Please seek out your local heralds and talk to them, ask questions on
how the college works or how to get a name or device registered. We are
all here to assist the populace to obtain and name and device or badge
that they can be proud of.

Once again I remain your servant

Isabella Crux

Links:

[1] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#78
[2] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#79
[3] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#80
[4] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#82
[5] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#84
[6] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#85
[7] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#77
[8] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#86
[9] https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2023/10/23-10lar.html#87