Diminutive Names

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Glossary of Terms:

(1) In names, a name that is derived from another name as a shortened or pet form. Belet//, //Bibby//, //Ibbe//, //Ibbet//, //Libbe//, and //Tibota// were all period diminutives of //Isabel//. Some diminutives are actually longer than the original name. For example //Jobin// is a period diminutive of //Job// and //Josekyn// a period diminutive of //Joss.

(2) In armory, multiple and (usually) narrower variants of an ordinary are said to be diminutives of it. For example, two bars// are diminutives of a //fess//, and //two bendlets// are diminutives of a //bend. SCA armory does not use single diminutives of charges, as they were considered artistic variants of the single ordinary in period. [see Diminutives (Armory)] [[1]]

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[2]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[3]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[4]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Collected Precedents of the SCA: Nicknames/Diminutives - [[5]]

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