Cera, Ciar, Chiara

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Period Forms:[edit | edit source]

<Cera> AStG Report 2057: <Ciara> or <Kiara> is not a period Irish name. It is a modern latinized or anglicized form of one of at least three early medieval names, which we've listed below with their pronunciations [1, 2]:

  • Ciar KEE@R [date?]
  • Ciarnat KEE@R-n@tch [date?]
  • Cera KEHR-@ [date?]

[1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), s.nn. Cera, Ciar, Ciarnat, Fothud. [2] Woulfe, Patrick, _Irish Names for Children_ (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1974), s.n. Ciara. @http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2057+0

"Chiara" is found in 16th C. Venice, according to the article by Juliana de Luna at @http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/16thcvenice.html.


Sources:[edit | edit source]

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[1]] Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/

Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/

IGI Searches, batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - http://familysearch.org


Precedents:[edit | edit source]

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[2]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[3]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)

From the <month> <year> LoAR: