Name and Device

So, it has taken a few years trying to get my stuff passed. The process is a pain (at least in Atlantia) and it is hard to get a herald that will sign off on your stuff for submission. Finally I went to Pennsic and spent a day at heralds point waiting around and finally getting it submitted. Painful I tell you. Now I know why people just don’t bother.

Well, a friend Lady Sabine Berard helped me with my paper work and my badge description. So, when I got to heralds point I had everything ready. Yet, they did not want my paperwork already filled out and art done. They had to do the art and write everything in themselves with only a minor change on the badge. What a waste of time. Yet I endured the trials and the paperwork was submitted. To be fair, every one was very polite and helpful and took a real interest at Heralds Point. I just had other things I wanted to do on my non-fighting day. And despite all odds I got it through on the first pass but, I did do my research and had help.

Lady Sabine Berard followed the progress of the badge through Atlantia discussion and helped get it through.

The passing of my badge overturned precedent. All thanks to Lady Sabine Berard. She rocks! And she pointed out that she searched out advice and other heralds help in the process of design and I appreciate all that help. Lady Sabine Berard, was the herald that took up my cause and got the answers at a time when I was about to give up trying.

Also I would like to thank all the heralds that voiced their opinions and comments while my paperwork moved through the approval process. I understand that these are volunteer positions and you do it because you want to serve and I thank you. I would also like to give a special “thank you” to Lady Gunnvôr silfrahárr ( http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ ) for normalizing my name in Old Norse during the approval phase. I was told that she was the one who offered the Old Norse version of Beorhtmær.

It was frustrating and I felt at times that people just did not want to be bothered but in the end the right people came in at the right time and got me through the process. Thank you to all that had a hand in making this happen.

I hope the heralds have fun with the name pronunciation of Bjartmárr Hornabrjótr Júzki. I was accused of choosing this name just to cause the heralds a hard time. This is definitely not the case. I doubt that there will ever be a time when a herald needs to call out my name. After 13+ years of playing this game they have not needed to call out the name I was using.

ATLANTIA acceptances

Bjartmárr Hornabrjótr Júzki. Badge. (Fieldless) An annulet maintaining and issuant from its outer edge three falcon’s heads in pall inverted argent.

This badge is not in conflict with the badge of the Barony of Wiesenfeuer, (Fieldless) An annulet of flame argent. There is a DC for fieldlessness, and another DC between an annulet of flames and this annulet.

This badge is also not in conflict with the badge of David MacColin, Sable, an open penannular brooch, pin to base, argent. There is one DC for fieldlessness. The June 2008 LoAR, when registering Wiesenfeuer’s badge, stated that “a penannular brooch is granted no difference from an annulet.” Since that time, while we have not found penannular brooches in period heraldry, we have found other shapes of brooches, as well as round buckles. None seem to have been interchanged with regular annulets. Therefore, we are explicitly overturning this precedent, and granting a DC between a penannular brooch and an annulet.

This badge is also not in conflict with the device of Gwenhwyvar verch Owen ap Morgan, Per chevron argent and azure, a triangular trivet argent, or her badge, (Fieldless) A triangular trivet argent. In both cases there is a DC for the field or fieldlessness, and at least a DC for the difference between a triangular trivet and this annulet.

THE NAME AND DEVICE

ATLANTIA acceptances

Bjartmárr Hornabrjótr Júzki. Name and device. Or, a falcon gules and on a chief vert a drinking horn reversed Or.

Submitted as Beorhtmær Hornabrjótr á Júzki, the submitter indicated (through direct contact) that he preferred a completely Old Norse name. The Old Norse form of the given name is Bjartmárr; we have changed it to that form in order to meet his request.

Additionally, the byname Júzki is created from an adjective meaning “guy from Jutland.” The place name is Jótland, which would give a byname like á Jótlandi. Either of these bynames is registerable. As dropping á is the smaller change, we have made that change in order to register the name.