Æthelmearc Letter of Intent Æ125
April 6, 2010 (AS 44)

1: Æthelmearc, Kingdom of - New Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in January of 1998, via Æthelmearc.

[Fieldless] On an open scroll gules, two quill pens in saltire argent

This badge is for the Kingdom Minister of Lists

Badge Comments:

Lachlan of Cromarty (Silver Abacus) at 2010-04-06 12:37:48 ( Reply )
No conflicts found.

2: Amalie Jäger von Holstein - New Name & New Device

Argent, a horse rampant and on a chief rayonny enarched purpure, two bears sejant erect reguardant argent

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Sound most important.

Amalie - Talan Gwynek (Brian Scott): Medieval German Given Names from Silesia: Women's Names <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowFem.html>, cites one occasion of this name from 1349.

Jäger von Holstein is registered previously by her mundane father, Andreas Jäger von Holstein, registered September 2007.

Jäger - Brechenmacher, vol. I (A-J), p. 764, s.n. Jäger, lists Jäger, and states that the more frequent older spelling is Jeger. Dated to 1280 as Bercht. Dictus Jäger. Also, Saint Gabriel Report #2436 [http://www.s-gabriel.org/2436] states:

Jaeger or Jäger "hunter" is a spelling generally found later than your period. The more typical spelling in the 14th century is Jeger; we find that form recorded in Bohemia 1411 and in other parts of southern Germany in the late 13th and 14th centuries [4, 5]. However, we have also found an example of Jäger in Baden in southwestern Germany in 1280, and Jägermeister in Austria in 1365 [6]. In either spelling the name was pronounced roughly YEH-gehr.

Holstein - Brechenmacher, vol. I (A-J),p. 734, s.n. Holstein, lists Emmely Holsteinin zu Freiburg 1382. Here, the <-in> suffix is added to make the locative feminine. Also, Johann Siebmacher's Wappenbuch von 1605, plate 7, shows the arms of the Duchy of Holstein with the submitted spelling as the caption.

The submitter's father, Andreas Jäger von Holstein, has submitted a letter of permission for his daughter, Amalie, to use his surname & byname.

Name Comments:

Gotfrid von Schwaben at 2010-05-05 09:12:33 ( Reply )
While Brechenmacher does list <Emmely Holsteinin zu Freiburg> 1382 and <Hainrich der Holnstainer zu Demling> [ibid.] with both locatives demonstating gender differences, I would not expect to see a gender differentiation in the "von X" format. The name should be good to go as is.

Device Comments:

Lachlan of Cromarty (Silver Abacus) at 2010-04-09 18:09:19 ( Reply )
Clear of Or, a horse rampant and on a chief rayonny purpure a plate (Alexander Mieszkowicz, 12/95) with a CD for change in field tincture and a second CD for changes to the tertiary charge group. No closer conflicts found. I am somewhat surprised to find a close conflict at all, but you never can tell!

Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (Batonvert) at 2010-04-20 17:43:25 ( Reply )
Some problems with the chief: first, the rayonny line is far too small to be discernible. But more to the point, combining two separate complex lines on the same ordinary has been disallowed for some years. (To cite an early example, the submission of Boris Brighthill, Or, an anvil sable atop a mount invected vert, a chief enarched rayonny azure, was returned Jan 93 for this reason.)

If this is resubmitted with a straight chief rayonny, and the rayons drawn large enough to see, this should be acceptable style.

Da'ud ibn Auda (al-Jamal) at 2010-05-07 14:06:46 ( Reply )
The bears are not "reguardant"; they are respectant.

3: Boi Quickfoot - Resub Device

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in July of 2009, via Æthelmearc.

Argent, in pale two rapiers inverted in saltire and a lion rampant sable, a bordure sable platy

Name registered, July, 2009.

His original device submission, Argent, in pale two rapiers inverted in saltire and a lion rampant, a bordure sable, was returned in July, 2009, for conflict with Moshe Pantera del Fuego Negro, Argent, a natural panther salient incensed of flame all within a bordure sable. The present submission is clear by the addition of the rapiers and the seme of plates on the bordure.

Device Comments:

Jeanne Marie Lacroix (Noir Licorne) at 2010-04-06 23:34:55 ( Reply )
I wonder what version of the O&A OSCAR is checking. The name was registered in July 2009 as stated on the LoI.

Hrothny Rognvaldsdottir (Sable Trident) at 2010-04-10 06:17:54 ( Reply )
No conflict found.

Teceangl Bach (Ounce) at 2010-05-24 15:41:56 ( Reply )
This is the best depiction of a charged bordure I've seen in awhile, outside of period sources. There are exactly the correct number of exactly the right period tertiaries in exactly the standard layout. Wow. No conflicts found.

4: Brada Æthelward - New Name Change From Holding Name

Old Item: Brada of Abhainn Cíach Ghlais, to be released.
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Anglo-Saxon, 10th-11th century.

His original name submission, Brada Boda Aethelward, was returned by Laurel in June, 2009. At that time, Laurel said:

This is being returned for using both an occupational and a patronymic byname in an Old English name. No examples were provided, and none were found by the commenters, of Old English names using both an occupational byname and a patronymic at the same time. There are few examples of Old English names using more than one byname, but all of the examples found by the commenters were of the pattern <occupational> + <locative>. Lacking examples of Old English names which use both an occupational byname and a patronymic byname at the same time, this construction is not registerable in Old English.

Brada - The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) <http://www.pase.ac.uk/> counts three individuals with this given name, including a priest at Clofesho who bore witness to charters in 824 and 825.

Æthelward - The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)<http://www.pase.ac.uk/> counts 50 individuals under the header name Æthelweard including a priest ("Æthelweard 4") who witnessed charters in 863 and 867 using the spellings Eðelweard and Æðelward respectively. "Æthelweard 5" is the fifth-born surviving child of Alfred the Great and his name is recorded 26 times under various spellings. Based on these variants, the submitted spelling seems quite plausible:

AEðELWERDUS (1); Aeðelweard (1); Aeþelwaerd (1); Aeþelweard (1); Aðelweard (1); Ethelward (1); Ethelwardus (1); Eðelweard (1); Æthelweard (1); Æðelweard (8); Æðelwerd; (1)Æþelweard (7); Æþelwerd (1).

Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Period Name Construction v. 2.1 gives examples of Anglo-Saxon byname construction. Under Patronymic byname, the first construction is <Old English given name><Old English father's given name> and cites Tengvik, Old English Bynames (Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B., 1938), p. 225 as dating Osgot Sveyn to c. 1045.

Name Comments:

Jeanne Marie Lacroix (Noir Licorne) at 2010-04-06 23:35:27 ( Reply )
I wonder what version of the O&A OSCAR is checking. The holding name was created June 2009.

5: Folan Wayfarer - Resub Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in July of 2009, via Æthelmearc.

Per chevron azure and gules, an increscent, a decrescent and a wolf ululant argent

Name registered, July, 2009. His original device submission, the same as the present was returned (July 2009) for re-drawing by Laurel who ruled that:

This is returned because it is not blazonable. Blazoned on the LoI as having a _Per chevron_ line of division, that would have the line issuing from the sides of the field, not the base corners. It is closest to being a pile inverted, which would be narrower and issue entirely from the base of the field

The present re-drawing should correct for this problem.

Badge Comments:

Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy (Dolphin) at 2010-04-06 09:09:34 ( Reply )
I found the name: Folan Wayfarer This name was registered in July of 2009 (via AEthelmearc).

Wondering if this person knows the Caidan whose submission is in process: Azure, two wolves sejant respectant ululant in chief a decrescent argent. Not a conflict, just jumped to my mind.

Lachlan of Cromarty (Silver Abacus) at 2010-04-06 13:05:34 ( Reply )
The previous badge submission was submitted under the name, "Phelan the Wayfarer". I point this out because in this case, where the name was changed at Laurel, it is more difficult to search for the old submission in OSCAR.

6: Gaius Sergius Vettius - Resub Device

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in July of 2009, via Æthelmearc.

Per pale gules and argent, three fish hooks and in chief a lucy naiant counterchanged

Name registered, July, 2009.

His original device submission, the same as the present, was returned (July 2009) for re-drawing by Laurel who ruled that:

This device is returned for blurring the distinction between primary and secondary charges. The way the submitted emblazon is drawn, it is not possible to determine whether this is a primary charge and three secondary charges, three primaries and a secondary charge, or four co primary charges, and so must be returned.

The current re-drawing clearly presents the fish hooks as the primary charge group and the lucy as a secondary charge.

Device Comments:

Jeanne Marie Lacroix (Noir Licorne) at 2010-04-06 23:37:56 ( Reply )
I wonder what version of the O&S OSCAR is checking. As noted on the LoI, his name was in fact registered in July 2009.

Lachlan of Cromarty (Silver Abacus) at 2010-04-09 18:25:20 ( Reply )
I agree, this is a primary charge group of three fish hooks and a secondary fish in chief. No conflicts found.

7: Hauoc the Wild - New Device

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in February of 2000, via Æthelmearc.

Per chevron gules and sable, an eagle displayed erminois within a bordure embattled Or

His original device submission, Per chevron gules and sable, an eagle displayed within a bordure Or, was returned at Kingdom in June, 2007, for conflict with Athelwulf the Ancient of the Dry Lands, Gules, a duck displayed, head affronty, within a bordure Or, and Adenwald the Hazardous, Per chevron azure and plumetty azure and argent, a hawk displayed, wings inverted, all within a bordure Or. This resubmission attempts to clear these by changing the tincture of the eagle.

Device Comments:

Lachlan of Cromarty (Silver Abacus) at 2010-04-09 18:33:09 ( Reply )
The complex line of division on the bordure also contributes a CD. No other conflicts found.

8: Huon Damebrigge - New Name Change & New Device Change

Per saltire Or and vert, on a pale cotised sable a crecent and overall an owl rising wings displayed and inverted argent

Old Item: Ian Damebrigge of Wychwood, to be released.
Old Item: Per saltire argent and Or, on a pale endorsed sable in chief a crescent Or, to be released.
No major changes.
Sound most important.

This name is to replace the name, Ian Damebrigge of Wychewood and device, Per saltire argent and Or, on a pale endorsed sable in chief a crescent Or (Registered December of 1992, via the East). Both the old name & old device will be released.

Huon - Foedera, edited by Ryner and Sanderson, vol. 1 <http://www.anglo-norman.net/>, cites one Huon de Fainnechon to A.D. 1281. Also, L'Estoire des Engleis by Geffrei Gaimer, edited by A. Bell, l. 5885, refers to Huon de Muncumeri (Hugh of Montgomery) and dates this name to approximately 1139. <http://www.anglo-norman.net/cgi-bin/and-getloc?filename=gaimar-apps.xml&loc=186>

Damebrigge - registered as the submitter's byname in 1992. At that time, Laurel said:

Damebrigge seems to be formed analagously to Knightsbridge (Knichtebrugg, 1270). Ekwall cites a number of English place names using titles, including Earlstone (Erlestone, 1167), Thenford (Theyniford, Northumbria Survey), and Queensborough (Queneburgh, 1376).

Name Comments:

Alys Mackyntoich (Elmet) at 2010-04-15 19:09:52 ( Reply )
Confirmed the documentation in the second listed source for the given name, but not the first.

Device Comments:

Ines Alfon (Blanch Tyger) at 2010-04-27 10:04:52 ( Reply )
Suggested reblazon: Per saltire Or and vert, on a pale endorsed sable a crecent and overall an owl displayed wings inverted argent.

The owl seems to be simply displayed if a bit trian aspect and traditionally, pales are endorsed rather than cotised. I do not think it is trian enough to be considered for redraw, however because it is not in a period posture, this should be checked against all birds.

I find this clear of [possible family?] Ian Damebrigge of Wychwood The following device associated with this name was registered in April of 1996 (via the East): Per saltire argent and Or, on a pale endorsed sable in chief a crescent Or. 1 CD field, 1 CD removal overall charge

Da'ud ibn Auda (al-Jamal) at 2010-05-07 14:10:05 ( Reply )
I think we should note in the blazon that the crescent is in chief.

9: Huon Damebrigge - New Badge Change

OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of April 06, 2010 as submitted.

[Fieldless] On the bowl of a spoon inverted argent a blackletter miniscule h sable

Old Item: (Fieldless) On the bowl of a spoon argent a blackletter miniscule h sable, to be released.

This badge was pended from AE 124. This will replace his previous badge, (Fieldless) On the bowl of a spoon argent a blackletter miniscule h sable which was registered in January of 2004 via Aethelmearc. It will be released.

Badge Comments:

Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy (Dolphin) at 2010-04-06 09:12:57 ( Reply )
My first thought when I looked at this... a monogrammed screwdriver.

10: Isabel de Fleur - New Name

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language (French) most important.
Culture (French) most important.

Isabel - Aryanhwy merch Catmael, French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438 [http://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/paris1423.html] counts one occurrence of this feminine name.

de Fleur - Aryanhwy merch Catmael, French Surnames Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438 [http://heraldry.sca.org/names/french/paris1423surnames.html] counts one occurrence of this surname.

Name Comments:

Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy (Dolphin) at 2010-04-06 09:19:40 ( Reply )
No conflicts found.

Margaret Makafee (Pelican Emeritus) at 2010-05-16 16:24:55 ( Reply )
Might this conflict with Elizabeth de Fleury, registered March 1983? Precedent, last cited in March 2009, holds the Isabel(la) and Elisabetta conflict in Italian, and that Elizabeth and Isabel conflict in English:

Isabel la Roja. Name and device. Or, a serpent erect embowed strung as a bow vert. This name conflicts with Elisabetta Rosa. In Italian, Isabel(la) and Elisabetta were forms of the same name (i.e., Elizabeth), according to de Felice, Dizionario dei nomi italiani, s.n. Isabella. Additionally, we have evidence that forms of both names were used by the same person, e.g., Isabella Teotochi who was also known as Elisabetta Teotochi. Given this information, the comparison of the given names is analogous to previous rulings saying that Elizabeth and Isabel conflict in English:

Isobel de la Rose. This name conflicts with Elizabeth de Rose, registered July, 2002. According to Withycombe, The Oxford English Dictionary of Christian Names, Elizabeth and Isabel are used interchangeably in the 15th C. This makes them equivalent for purposes of conflict. [LoAR 07-2006, Lochac-R]

Now, is this also true in France? No sure, and not sure whether De Fleur and De Fleury conflict either, but thought it worth considering.

11: Padraig na Féasóige Ó Céileachair - New Name Change From Holding Name

Old Item: Padraig of Thescorre, to be released.
Submitter desires a masculine name.
Culture (Irish Gaelic) most important.

Padraig - OCM, p. 152, give Pádraig as the modern form, and states that it is a borrowing of the Latin Patricius meaning "a patrician". They further state that, "The early Irish, out of respect for St Patrick, did not use the name itself but such forms as Gilla Pátraic 'servant of St Patrick' and Máel Pátraic 'devotee of St Patrick'. They further state, "When used by the Anglo-Normans it was rendered Pádraigín by the Irish. Black, p. 651, s.n. Patrick, gives Pádraig as the Irish Gaelic, and Patricc as the Old Irish. "Fragmentary Annals of Ireland: Annal FA 260" [www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100017/text014.html] dates Padraicc to 859 in the phrase comarba Padraicc, which we understand to mean "heir of Patrick", or similar. Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Pádraigín" [www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Padraigin.shtml] gives Pádraigín as the normalized Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative and genitive forms and counts 6 individuals of the name (in various spelling variants) in the years 1309 to 1601, including Patraigin in the 14th c. Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Máel Pátraic" [http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/MaelPatraic.shtml] gives Máel Pátraic as the normalized Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) nominative form and Maol Phádraig as the Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form, and counts 35 individuals of the name (in various spelling variants) in the years 845-1312. The authenticity of Padraig was asserted in precedent as recently as December 2005:Submitted as Padraig MacNaughton, the submitter requested authenticity for Irish language/culture. As submitted, this name uses an Irish given name and an Anglicized byname; for an authentic name, the name should be fully Irish. The spelling mac Nechtain is found in 1498 in The Annals of Ulster (found at CELT, http://www.ucc.ie/celt). We have changed the name to Padraig mac Nechtain to fulfill his request for authenticity.[Atlantia, Padraig mac Nechtain]

na Féasóige - Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: na Féasóige" [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/naFeasoige.shtml] defines this byname as meaning "of the bearded" and dates it to 1592 in the name Maol Ruanaidh na Féasóige mac Taidhg Ua Cearbhaill.

Ó Céileachair - Woulfe presents Ó Céileachair, which is consistent with the spelling rules for late 16th/early 17th C Gaelic. Woulfe also presents Anglicized forms of this name from the late 16th/early 17t C. Therefore, it is safe to assume that the name was in use in Gaelic during this period.

Name Comments:

Jeanne Marie Lacroix (Noir Licorne) at 2010-04-06 23:39:32 ( Reply )
I wonder what version of the O&S OSCAR is checking. The holding name was created July 2009.

Colm Dubh (Ensign) at 2010-04-13 09:20:40 ( Reply )
What I am not seeing is documentation for Padraig--previous registration is never considered documentation.

12: Randal of Berwick - New Name Change & New Device Change

Per pale vert and azure, three eagles argent

Old Item: Randal Gartnet, to be released.
Old Item: Per pale vert and azure, three hawks displayed argent, to be released.
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for 14th century Northumbria.

His original name, Randal Gartnet, and device, Per pale vert and argent, three hawks displayed argent, were registered in August, 2002, via Æthelmearc. Both are to be released.

Randal - Randal is a header form in Withycombe; Randolph is dated to 1201 and Randle to 1290.

Berwick - Black, p. 71, under Berwick, cites one John de Berwic, rector of Renfrew, 1295.

Name Comments:

Nicholas de Estleche dictus le Tardif (Edelweiss) at 2010-05-18 19:26:59 ( Reply )
Does Black date <Berwick> as opposed to <Berwic>?

Alys Mackyntoich (Elmet) at 2010-05-28 22:09:06 ( Reply )
Bardsley p. 97 s.n. Berwick has <de Berwyk> (Edw II - 1284-1327), <de Berwyk'> (1379), and <Berwicke> (1616).

Johnston s.n. Berwick (sorry, only on-line copy, no pages numbers) has a. 1150, Berewic (c. 1150), Berwich (c. 1150), Berwik (1303).

Given his authenticity request, I recommend changing the byname to <de Berwyk>

For the given name, Bardsley p. 635 s.n. Randall gives <Randle> dated to 1290, and <Randall> dated to 1571
p. 403 s.n. Howarth gives <Randal> dated to 1532

Device Comments:

Modar Neznanich (Volk) at 2010-04-06 09:15:17 ( Reply )
The size difference between the bottom eagle the two eagles in chief almost makes this appear as a primary charge and two secondary charges. However, I think an artist's note would suffice as the difference isn't too great.

Fridrikr Tomasson (Garnet) at 2010-04-06 09:43:47 ( Reply )
There were questions raised at Kingdom about whether this is actually a change from his original device. We believe it is, indeed, as the original device clearly shows the hawks as jessed.

1:

Alicia le Wilfulle (Red Flame) at 2010-05-18 22:42:05 ( Reply )
Is it a problem that the b&w emblazon has a solid two-tone gray background? It looks like a b&w printout or photocopy of the color emblazon, not a line drawing with a white background with just a line for the per pale line division.

13: Randal of Berwick - New Badge

OSCAR finds the name on the Æthelmearc LoI of April 06, 2010 as submitted.

[Fieldless] a water bouget sable

Badge Comments:

Jeanne Marie Lacroix (Noir Licorne) at 2010-04-07 23:34:56 ( Reply )
Change the square brackets and capitalize A: (Fieldless) A water bouget sable. Nice badge. No conflicts found.

14: Sigris Burckhart - New Name & New Device

Argent, three roundels sable, a bordure gules

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.

Sigris - Aryanhwy ferch Catmael (Sarah L. Freidemann) Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP, cites Sigris Benediktsson to 1382.

Burckhart - Aryanhwy ferch Catmael (Sarah L. Freidemann) German Names from 1495, cites 5 occurences of Burckhart.

The Ligual Weirdness Table <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/weirdness_table.html> shows that German + Swedish is one weirdness.

Name Comments:

Gotfrid von Schwaben at 2010-05-05 09:43:39 ( Reply )
I can document variations similar to <Sigris> via Socin [pg. 496, s.v. Sigrist], but only as different forms of the same ephitet. I sadly cannot overcome the step from period practice this name presents with the combination of Germand and Swedish with the resources I currently have on hand.

Device Comments:

Hrothny Rognvaldsdottir (Sable Trident) at 2010-04-10 06:25:03 ( Reply )
I'd change the blazon to Argent, three pellets, a bordure gules. No conflicts found.

Teceangl Bach (Ounce) at 2010-05-24 16:05:23 ( Reply )
Oh, this is very nice armory! No conflicts found.

15: Solveig Throndardottir - New Household Name & New Badge

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in November of 1990, via the East.

Accademia Minerva

Sable, on a pale Or between two fasces argent, bladed Or and banded gules, an owl rising wings displayed sable

No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for Italy, 15th-16th century.

Accademia - Italian for "academy, an academic association"

Minerva - Roman goddess of knowledge and learning. We have numerous examples of the use of Minerva in late period Italian. Un censimento della città di Roma sotto il pontificato di Leone X by Mariano Armellini <http://books.google.com/books?id=KbAVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=on epage&q=&f=false> cites (p. 20) several examples of gentlemen who lived in the casa de la Minerva; on p. 87, un altra de la Minerva, which is likely a household; on p. 100, a parish, Santa Maria Supra Minerva. As a personal name, the Worldcat OCLC Catalog <http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Nelle+nozze+de+gl%27illustrissimi+signori+il+si gnor+conte+Pompeo+Aldrovandi+> notes Nelle nozze de gl'illustrissimi signori il signor conte Pompeo Aldrovandi et la signora Minerva Tudini, fatte alli 15. luglio 1590 in Bologna. All'illustrissimo signor conte Hercole Aldrovandi,... Giulio T. [Tudini.] which translate roughly as "The Marriage of the Illustrious Signor Pompeo Aldrovandi and the Signora Minerva Tudini, which happened July 15, 1590." Further, Minerva is cited as a byname in Praesagitura temporum, seu de Praecognoscendis temporum mutationibus, juxta triplicem viam caelestem, meteorologicam et terrestrem libri tres, auctore F. Paulo Minerva Barense,...Praesagitura temporum, seu de Praecognoscendis temporum mutationibus, juxta triplicem viam caelestem, meteorologic. <http://www.worldcat.org/title/praesagitura-temporum-seu-de-praecognoscendis-temporum-mutationibus-ju xta-triplicem-viam-caelestem-meteorologicam-et-terrestrem-libri-tres-auctore-f-paulo-minerva-barens e/oclc/457924977&referer=brief_results>

Accademia Minerva - There are several examples of Renaissance Italian learning which combine accademia with the founder's name. Scholary Societies Project <http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/1599andearlier.html> cites the following: Accademia dei Sollevati (Treia, 1430), Accademia Pomponiana (Rome, 1460), Accademia Platonica (Florence, 1460). Thus, Accademia Minerva could be named after a person with Minerva as either given or byname or after its location in la casa de la Minerva.

Household Name Comments:

Solveig Throndardottir at 2010-04-07 20:02:21 ( Reply )
Is the spelling correct? Shouldn't it be Academia Minervae ?? I've run across an article in a book which claims that the Latin genitive survived into Early Italian.

Concerning the authenticity request. I know that the client is requesting that the name be appropriate for Holy Roman Empire (e.g., Northern Italy) academic institutions and that the name should include a reference to Minerva. Late Renaissance is not required. Rather, late Latin or early Italian is preferred.

The University of Bologna was founded in 1088. Dante (1265 - 1321) is commonly credited as being the first Italian author.

I suppose that major changes are allowed as Academy can be replaced by University or College. The important consideration is that it be the name of an organized academic institution.

Badge Comments:

Roderick Zweistern (Lambent) at 2010-04-06 17:32:22 ( Reply )
The banding looks minor enough to be artistic license. Changing the color of the bands would not be significant enough to provide a CD.

16: Willehalm Bärenjäger - New Name

Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Client requests authenticity for German, 13th-14th centuries.

Willehalm - Talan Gwynek (Brian M. Scott), Medieval German Given Names from Silesia - Men's Names, <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowMasc.html>, cites this name to 1213.

Bärenjäger - The submitter cites this name as having been registered in April, 2007, out of the West Kingdom (Gunther Bärenjäger). It apparently is intended to mean "Bear Hunter". Sara L. Uckelman (Aryanhwy merch Catmael), German Names from Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, 1441, <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/rottweil1441.html> cites Ja(e)ger from Juden Ort and Bern. Aryanhwy, in German Names from 1495: Surnames A - F <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnames1495a-g.html> also cites Bernhart. Further in German Names from Nürnberg, 1497: Surnames, <http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnamesnurna-m.html>, Aryanhwy cites Jeger. Further, Bahlow, s.n. Barensteker, cites Barensteker ("bear-killer") in Stralsburg in 1307. Other similar names, using the Bären- prototheme, are also listed as header forms in Bahlow (Bär(e)nklau, Bärenreiter), but no dates are listed. Bahlow, s.n. Jager, lists several compound forms using -jäger as a deuterotheme, including Gambsjäger, Hasenjäger and Hühnerjäger, but no dates are listed for any of these forms.

Name Comments:

Lillia de Vaux (Eastern Crown) at 2010-04-16 10:15:44 ( Reply )
Wonder if he likes the drink.

Gotfrid von Schwaben at 2010-05-05 10:18:40 ( Reply )
<<Bärenjäger>>: Brechenmacher, v.1, pg.527, s.n. <Gam(b)sjäger>, lists <Franz Gambsjäger> as an 'Beinname' [ephitet/moniker], but unfortunately dates it to 1782. However, ibid., pg. 661, s.n. <Hasenjäger>, is listed <Theodericus Hasenjeger> 1389 and <Nolte Hasenjäger> 1542. Equally useful is <Hühnerjäger>, ibid., pg. 750, header entry, where it lists <Ludekinus Huneriegher> dated to 1365. [OT humourous musing: Chicken hunter, eh??? Got Farmer skillz??] Additionally, while I cannot directly document <Bärenjäger>, I can find in Brechenmacher, ppg. 71 - 72 several surnames using the <Bären-> prototheme [<Bärenfäger>, <Hentzil Berinfenger> 1367, 'Bear catcher'; <Bärenfleisch>, <Hans Barenfleiß> 1623, 'Bear meat'; <Bärenhaut>, <Joh. Bernhaut> 1514, 'Bear skin'; <Bär(e)nkopf>, <Joh. Bernkopff> 1492, 'Bear head'; to name a few]. Given the above, <Bärenjäger> is certainly a plausible constructed ephitet for 'Bear hunter'.