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=Basic Information:= | =Basic Information:= | ||
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''' ''Lexicon of Greek Personal Names'' ''' - http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/online/index.html (User hint: how to use LPGN without its user-surly search function - | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">'''''Inscriptions of Israel / Palestine''''' - [[http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/Inscriptions/]] - inscriptions (with English translations) of Israel/Palestine from the Persian period through the Islamic conquest (ca. 500 BCE - 640 CE).</span> | ||
'''''Lexicon of Greek Personal Names''''' - <span style="line-height: 1.5;">http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/online/index.html (User hint: how to use LPGN without its user-surly search function - each Volume of LGPN has a "Statistics" link, which takes you to the # of male names, female names, etc. If you click on Male or Female, it will give you a list.)</span> | |||
'''''A Short (and Rough) Guide to Byzantine Names for SCA Personae''''' - http://ynysfawr.lochac.sca.org/files/pdf/Byzantine-Names.pdf | '''''A Short (and Rough) Guide to Byzantine Names for SCA Personae''''' - http://ynysfawr.lochac.sca.org/files/pdf/Byzantine-Names.pdf | ||
'''''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium | '''''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium// -''' | ||
* Warning on spellings "Greek terms and the names of most people and places have been strictly transliterated, ''but in many instances a traditional latinized or anglicized form (e.g. Homer, Aeschylus, Thebes, Nicea) was used. We have also adopted the anglicized form of Greek first names that are common in English, for example John, Nicholas, Peter..."'' | * <span style="line-height: 1.5;">Warning on spellings </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">"Greek terms and the names of most people and places have been strictly transliterated, ''but in many instances a traditional latinized or anglicized form (e.g. Homer, Aeschylus, Thebes, Nicea) was used. We have also adopted the anglicized form of Greek first names that are common in English, for example John, Nicholas, Peter..."''</span> | ||
"'''''Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later Byzantine Era'''''" by | "'''''Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later Byzantine Era'''''" by | ||
Bardas Xiphias, (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/byzantine/introduction.html). | Bardas Xiphias, ([[@http://heraldry.sca.org/names/byzantine/introduction.html]]). | ||
'''''The Prosopography of the Byzantine World''''' - https://pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/browse/ (attempts to list all documented persons from the Byzantine world) | '''''The Prosopography of the Byzantine World''''' - https://pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/browse/ (attempts to list all documented persons from the Byzantine world) | ||
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'''''Some Name Constructions in Actes d'Iviron''''' by Ursula Georges - The Eastern Orthodox monastery of Iviron in northern Greece was founded in the late tenth century. - http://yarntheory.net/ursulageorges/names/ivironconstruction.html | '''''Some Name Constructions in Actes d'Iviron''''' by Ursula Georges - The Eastern Orthodox monastery of Iviron in northern Greece was founded in the late tenth century. - http://yarntheory.net/ursulageorges/names/ivironconstruction.html | ||
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=Generic Sources:= | =Generic Sources:= | ||
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/greek.shtml | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - </span>https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/greek.shtml | ||
Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/ | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - [[http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/]]</span> | ||
Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi]]</span> | ||
Laurel Name Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/names.html | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Laurel Name Articles - </span>[[http://heraldry.sca.org/names.html]] | ||
Laurel Names Articles: http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names.html#byzantium | Laurel Names Articles: http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names.html#byzantium | ||
IGI [[scaheraldry/Searches|Searches]], batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable -https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">IGI [[scaheraldry/Searches|Searches]], batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable -[[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi]]</span> | ||
'''''Omniglot On-line Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Language'''''s - http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm | <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">'''''Omniglot On-line Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Language'''''s - [[http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm]]</span> | ||
=SENA Appendix A: Patterns That Do Not Need Further Documentation...= | ---- | ||
===SENA Appendix A: Patterns That Do Not Need Further Documentation...=== | |||
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"> (as of 12 October 2013)</span> | |||
'''Greek''' | <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">'''Greek'''</span> | ||
Please refer to Bardas Xiphias, "Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later Byzantine Era" (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/byzantine/introduction.html ). All patterns documented in this article are registerable. | Please refer to Bardas Xiphias, "Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later Byzantine Era" ([[@http://heraldry.sca.org/names/byzantine/introduction.html]]). All patterns documented in this article are registerable. | ||
[[http:''heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#AppendixA|http:''heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#AppendixA]] | |||
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=SENA Appendix C: Regional Naming Groups...= | ==='''SENA Appendix C: Regional Naming Groups...'''=== | ||
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|Byzantine Greek, etc. | |Byzantine Greek, etc. | ||
|Arabic, | |Arabic, | ||
Italian, | |Italian, | ||
South Slavic | South Slavic | ||
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|Arabic, | |Arabic, | ||
Italian, | Italian, | ||
South Slavic, | South Slavic, | ||
Turkish | Turkish | ||
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=Precedents:= | =Precedents:= | ||
*Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html | *Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html]] | ||
*Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents) | *Morsulus Heralds Website - [[http://www.morsulus.org/]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) | ||
*Restatement Wiki - [[http://yehudaheraldry.com/restatement/index.php?title=Main_Page]] (restatements of Precedents) | |||
*''Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.'' | *''Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.'' | ||
'''Collected Name Precedents of the SCA: Greek -''' <span style="line-height: 1.5;">[[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Greek.html]]</span> | |||