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Crux Australis Principal Herald


Wakeline de Foxley
PO Box 91 Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006
phone: +61 3 6225 4334
herald at sca dot org dot au

Warmest greetings unto the College of Heralds of the Kingdom of Lochac, and unto any others who may read this missive from Wakeline de Foxley, Crux Australis Principal Herald

From Crux Australis

Roster Changes

None this month.

Important Addresses

Crux Australis Principal Herald:

Wakeline de Foxley
PO Box 91, Sandy Bay TAS, 7006
(03) 6225 4334

Email: herald at sca dot org dot au

Baryl Herald:

Massaria da Cortona
PO Box 91, Sandy Bay TAS, 7006
(03) 6225 4334

Email: massaria at hotmail dot com

Bombard Herald (Ceremonies and Protocol):

Uberto Renaldi

Email: bombard at sca dot org dot au

Canon Herald (OP and Gentry list):

Karl Faustus von Aachen (Paul Sleigh )
PO Box 1269, Belconnen ACT 2616
(02) 6271-1534 0407-468-244.

Email: canon at sca do org do au

Astrolabe Herald (New Zealand Regional Deputy):

Alys de Wilton (Jennifer Geard)

Email: geard at verso dot org

Rocket Pursuivant (Special Projects):

Giles de Roet (Mark Calderwood)
PO Box 247
Jesmond NSW 2299

Hund Herald (External Commentary):

Thorfinn Hrolfsson (Steven Roylance)
1592 Malvern Road, Glen Iris, VIC 3146.

Email: roylance at corplink dot com dot au

Mortar Pursuivant

Vacant

Submission Requirements

Cost: $20 per new submission (name, device or badge). No cost for resubmissions (within the permitted time limit) or branch submissions. Note: a new name and device costs a total of $40. Make cheques or money orders payable to "SCA Inc. College of Heralds". Do not send cash through the post!

Copies required:

NAMES: Two (2) copies of both the form and ALL documentation, including title page of each book NB: The title page is not the same as the book cover! Essays about a submitter's persona may be entertaining, but do NOT constitute documentation. When citing web sites as documentation, you must include a printout of the pages used. Please don't staple your forms, paperclips are fine and loose is ok too.

DEVICES AND BADGES: Four (4) colour copies and one (1) black & white OUTLINE copy. The colour copies should be accurately coloured, preferably in felt tip pen. Colour printers or faint coloured pencil is not acceptable. The colours must be visible across a crowded Herald's meeting. Laurel has requested that gold pen NOT be used, as it deteriorates in files and turns to glue. Please don't staple your forms, assuming that all goes well at kingdom level they are separated and go to four different homes. Paperclips are fine and loose is ok too. 

Please include ALL necessary documentation to support each submission. It is the responsibility of the submitter to present their submission in a way that makes registration easy. Name documentation should be as accurate as possible. Failure to provide sufficient documentation is a cause for return of your submission. If you are having trouble with your documentation then speak to your local herald. If they can't answer your specific question, consider writing to Blazons, or contacting me. If I don't know the answer but I will at least be able to point you in the direction of someone who will.

April Meeting Results

The April meeting was held on Tuesday 5th April 2005. Present at the meeting were Wakeline de Foxley, Crux Australis Herald; Massaria da Cortona; Baryl Herald; Francis of Hexham, Dromond Herald and Declan of Drogheda, Pursuivant Extraordinary. THe next meeting will be held on Tuesday, the 10th of May.

Submissions Forwarded to Laurel

1. Caterina Sansovino

New Name

The submitter seeks a feminine name authentic for 15/16th century Italy. She will allow no changes.
The name is constructed according to the principles that may be found in Arval Benicoeur's "Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names" [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/venice14, accessed 14 Jan 2005].
Caterina may be found in Arval Benicoeur's "Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427" [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/catasto, accessed 17th Jan 2005]. The article indicates that Caterina was the most common given name in the sampled Catasto, which included 148 instances of the name.
Two artists of 1500's Italy used the surname Sansovino. The more famous of the two, Jacapo Sansovino, apparently took the name of his master Andrea Sansovino. We were unable to find a period source for the name, however, given its widespread (and consistent) use and the fact that it is relatively late period we hope that the College will have more luck. There are numerous web-sites that use the name, such as the 1911 Britannica [http://87.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SA/SANSOVINO_JACOPO.htm, accessed 13th Jan 2005] and the Catholic encyclopaedia [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13453c.htm, accessed 17th Jan 2005].

2. Eleanor of Caithness

Badge Resubmission

Per pale sable and argent, a quiver and two arrows overall two swords in saltire counterchanged.

This badge was originally returned by Crux in December 2004 for lack of identifiability. This new version rectifies the pervious problems.
The submitter's name was registered in June of 1996 via the Kingdom of the West.

ELEANOR's device

3. Hrothgar æt Gytingbroce

Change of Holding Name

The submitter seeks a masculine name and will accept no changes.
The submitter previously submitted Hrothgar æt Gytingbroc (ie, the same name but without the final "e" on the locative). This name was returned on Laurel's October '02 LoAR, where the submitters holding name "Hrothgar of Rowany" was assigned.
" The byname {AE}t Gytingbroc is not properly constructed. Metron Ariston explains:
There is a problem here since not only would we expect the lower case in the preposition but also correct grammar. The preposition {ae}t takes a dative noun and the expected dative of the place name would be Gytingbroce. (The final "e" is the mark of the dative singular for strong nouns like broc.) The Letter of Intent, however, indicates that the submitter will not allow such a change.
As the submitter allowed only a change from {AE}t to {ae}t, if necessary, and allowed no other changes, we were unable to correct the grammar of the byname in order to register this name."
The submitter now wishes to follow the recommendation provided by the LoAR.
Withycombe states that Hrothgar is an Old English name (s.n. Roger).
Ekwall lists Gytingbroc as a variant of the name Guiting and dates it to 780.

4.Kjartan Stafngrimsson

New name and device.

Argent, an octopus azure.

The submitter seeks a masculine name and makes no request for authenticity. He will allow minor changes.
Four instances of Kjartan as a masculine given name are listed in Geirr Bassi Haraldsson's "The Old Norse Name". The name is said to be of Celtic origin.
A single instance of Stafngrimr as a masculine given name is given in the same work. According to the rules given on page 17 this name would become Stafngrimsson when used as a patronymic (following the example of Grimr).

Kjartan's device

Submissions Returned by Crux

1. Robert of Mar

New Name and Device

Quarterly, argent and gules a thistle throughout counterchanged.

The name is being returned as insufficient documentation was provided for the name element Mar.
The device is being returned for lack of identifability of the primary charge.

Robert's device

Submissions Pended by Crux

None this month.

News from Laurel LoARs

From Laurel's November Letter of Acceptance and Return

No Lochac submissions were processed on the November letter.

Crux Seal Wakeline's Signature

Wakeline de Foxley,
Crux Australis Principal Herald

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