I'm really a real girl!

Just found out that my name and device passed exactly as I submitted them! So now I'm officially Bertana of Cissanbyrig, bearing arms: Chequy Gules and Or, on a fess Gules a lion dormant Argent. (Yeah, you know—that cute little icon I've got up there!) There was some commentary regarding 'Bertana', but in the end it was accepted as it is.

The commentary:

The submitter requested authenticity for Anglo-Saxon language/culture. The source from which the given name was documented notes that Bertana is a Latin form of a name found in an Old English document. The cited Bertana is an abbess, and her name appears in a fully Latin context. This may be a Latin form of an Old English name, or it may refer to a foreigner living in England. Metron Ariston notes: "Since the Bertha who married Pepin, the son of Charlemagne, also appears in Latin sources as Bertana, there is good reason for supposing that this is a Latinization of the not uncommon Frankish name Bertha." Therefore, while we can say this is an authentic name form likely to appear in Old English documents, we cannot guarantee that this is an authentic name for an Anglo-Saxon woman.

My sister's name and device were also passed, with one minor change in spelling (it was passed as Corynne rather than Corinne, but she had been told that might happen, and is fine with that.)

So she is officially Corynne MacLeod, bearing arms: Per saltire Or and Sable, a fret counterchanged and a bordure Gules.

Next project: silk banners!