SENA, Appendix E, Designators for Non-Personal Names
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Appendix E: Currently Registerable Designators for Non-Personal Name Submissions http:heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#AppendixE #AppendixEAA. Branch Names: The English language and the lingua Anglica forms of the officially recognized branch designators are:
- Kingdom
- Principality
- Barony
- Province
- Shire
- Canton
- Riding
- College
- Stronghold
- Port
We will be pleased to register a designator in an appropriate language. To register a form in another language, the submitter must demonstrate that the term is an appropriate and precise translation. In addition, the submitter must demonstrate that it is a term that was in use before 1600 or is otherwise appropriate for SCA use. For example, scola// and //universitas// are not considered appropriate translations for college, so that they are available for use in household and association names. Terms such as //Collegium// (for College), //Forteleza// (for Stronghold), and //-scir (for Shire) have been registered. #AppendixEB B. Award and Order Names: The appropriate English and lingua Anglica// forms for order names are// Award// and //Order//. Terms like //Companions// and //Defenders// are not registerable as designators for orders and awards. //Companions// can be used to describe the members of an order, but such terms were not used in order names, and will not be registered. //Defenders// may be used in the substantive element of an order, but may not be registered as a designator. However, //Company is allowed as the designator both for award and order names and for household and association names, as it was used in period to refer to multiple kinds of groups of people, including both those that we would call households and those that we would call orders.
[Note that as of the May 2013 Cover Letter, Company// is registerable for orders and other suitable non-personal names. http:''heraldry.sca.org/loar/2013/05/13-05cl.html, section also updated per November 2013 Cover Letter]
[Note that as of the November 2014 Cover Letter, Fellowship// and //Free Company// are registerable for orders and household names. And this section of SENA is to be updated accordingly. http:heraldry.sca.org/loar/2014/11/14-11cl.html#1 ]
Order has been found in attested forms in many languages:
- Orden Spanish
- Ordre French
- Geselschaft, orden German
- Geselsscaf, Geselschap Low German
- Ordo Latin
- Ordine Italian
There are other terms used for knightly orders in period. Many of them use words that refer to knighthood; these are not registerable, because they are considered a claim that the members are peers.
#AppendixECC. Heraldic Titles: The English and lingua Anglica// terms for heraldic titles for kingdoms and local branches are //Herald// and //Pursuivant//. Appropriate translations into other languages can be found in Juliana de Luna's "Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance." http:''medievalscotland.org/jes/HeraldicTitles/index.shtml #AppendixEDD. Household Names: This category includes guilds, military companies, and similar groups of people. A variety of designators have been registered for households; in any case both the designator and substantive element must follow a single pattern for a group of individuals found in period. Models that have been used include groups like a guild or military company, members of a dynastic or personal household, and the people resident at an inn or other named residence. Discussions of registerable designators for household names can be found at:
- Sharon Krossa, "A Brief, Incomplete, and Rather Stopgap Article about European Household and Other Group Names Before 1600"[[2]]
- The Compiled Names Precedents: Designations[[3]]