CAMEL, August 2024
from Pegasus
Unto the heralds and populace of Lochac does
Gwyn Cantor send greetings, and the August CAMeL.
New Registrations:
Congratulations to the following gentles on their
new heraldic registrations this month!
Æsa draumspakr. Name.
Alfeiðr Do mhildardo ttir. Name and device. Sable,
a spider and on a chief argent a roundel between
an increscent and a decrescent vert. Nice 14th
century Norwegian name!
Beni Silkiskeggi. Name.
Gerard de la Croix. Device. Azure, on a cross
cotised Or a hart between four hearts gules.
Gwenhwyfar ferch Elena. Badge. Per chevron
ploye flory at the point vert and argent, three
mullets counterchanged.
Jacquelyna de la Court. Device. Chevronelly
argent and azure, an open book gules and in chief
three roses proper.
Janek the Innocent Varsoviensis. Name and
device. Per chevron gules and azure, two crows
volant and a bear rampant Or.
Li Li-Hua. Name and device. Per fess gules and
argent, a sea-lion argent and four mullets in cross
gules.
Malleta Beanston. Name and device. Barry wavy
azure and argent, three fish fretted in triangle vert.
Nascia Sanoczska. Name and device. Per pale
purpure and gules, a badger rampant between a
viol and a sabre, a chief triangular argent.
Quinn Endicott. Name and device. Argent, in fess
a sea-horse per fess azure and purpure and a
sea-horse contourny per fess purpure and azure.
Razin al-Basir ibn Ja’far ibn Ma’bad. Household
name Castrum Corvi and badge. Argent, a crow
volant sable maintaining in its beak an ivy leaf
vert.
Sí thech of Cluain. Name and device. Azure, on a
saltire cotised argent a brown wolf rampant
proper between four feathers quills to center
azure.
Wahriia of Saint Christina the Astonishing.
Device. Vert, a thylacine rampant to sinister Or
marked sable.
Wahriia of Saint Christina the Astonishing.
Badge. (Fieldless) A platypus azure. Nice badge!
Zofia Varsoviensis. Badge. Azure, a wing
terminating in a hand maintaining a candle argent
flamed Or, the wing issuant from a demi-cloud
issuant from sinister chief argent.
Thank you to our consultation heralds for their
hard work, 24 items registered on the one letter is
excellent!
News:
Congratulations to the new Herald of Rowany,
Hrafn inn Rauði. Many thanks to the outgoing
herald, Medb ingen ind Iasachta, for their service.
Well done to Ollivier Le Floch for successful
submission of Breton alternate titles and
Chevaliere as a French feminine alternate title for
a knight, to be included on the SCA’s Alternate
Titles list https://heraldry.sca.org/titles.html
SENA Appendix C is updated to allow names from
the Scandinavian regional group with those from
the English/Welsh and Gaelic regional groups
through the end of period (1100-1600)
There is of course a lot more on the Cover Letter
and the LoAR, interested heralds are reminded
that the whole thing can be subscribed to and also
viewed at https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/
Mistress Isabella de Bordeaux will be returning
as Crux Australis shortly. I am grateful to her for
the opportunity to have stood in, and have greatly
enjoyed the opportunity to meet and work with
wonderful Heralds across the Kingdom.
Resource Spotlight:
A beginner’s guide to designing heraldic devices,
by Sigrith parði: https://heraldry.sca.org/
kwhss/2020/Par%C3%
B0i_Beginner_Heraldry.pdf
Links to a spectacular number of facsimiles of
period armorials: https://caerlaverockroll.com/
period-armorials-online/
An analysis of tinctures in a selection of them,
with hex codes: https://caerlaverockroll.com/
armorial-palettes/
Yours in service,
Gwyn Cantor
Coffyn Herald
Acting Crux Australis Principal Herald
