1) Giovanna Adimari (F) – New Name and Device – Erminois on a pale wavy azure a beehive between two bees Or.

Cynnabar

Sources:

<Giovanna>
Masculine/feminine given name pairs from the 1427 Catasto of Florence, by Sara L. Uckelman, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/femmasc.html

<Adimari>
The Adimari Book of Hours, held by The Walters Art Museum, dated 1448 to Florence, Italy, http://art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19912


Escut. Notes: Client will not accept major changes to her name and cares most about sound

2) Gregoire de Lyon (M) – New Name and Device – Gules, a chevron checky vert and argent between two fleur-de-lis and a pavilion Or.

Cynnabar

Sources:

<Gregoire>
Walloons and French, 1621, http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/walloons.html

DRAFT: Names in the 1292 census of Paris, by Sara L. Uckelman, November 28, 2009
http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/1292paris.pdf, pg 30

<de Lyon>
DRAFT: Names in the 1292 census of Paris, by Sara L. Uckelman, November 28, 2009
http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/1292paris.pdf, pg 84


Escut. Notes: Client will not accept major changes to name, cares most about language and/or culture late 14th – early 15th century French

3) Gunnarr Alfljotr (M) – New Name and Device – Per saltire sable and azure, a saltire and in chief a mullet of 8 points voided and interlaced argent.

Blackhawk

Sources:

<Gunnar>
The Old Norse Name, Geirr Bassi, p. 10 <Gunnarr>

Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, Lena Peterson (C.L. Ward translation), 2001, p. 37 <Gunnarr>

<Alfljotr>
The Old Norse Name, Geirr Bassi, p. 8 <Alfljotr>

Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, Lena Peterson (C.L. Ward translation), 2001, p. 6 <Alf->

Viking Answer Lady webpage, Old Norse Men’s Names, http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml, <Álfljótr>

Escut. Notes: Client will not accept major changes to name, cares most about language and/or culture, pre 11th C Scandinavian.

4) Reyna Thorne (F) – New Device – Per chevron inverted argent and azure, a mullet of 5 points voided and interlaced azure and a winged horseshoe argent.

Talonvale

5) Simcha bat Yonah (F) – New Name and Device – Or, a snail gules and on a chief sable three Jew’s hats Or.

Cynnabar

Sources:

<Simcha>
Jewish Women's Names in Navarre, by Julie Kahan, s.n. <Cima>,
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juetta/navarra.html

<bat>
Jewish Women's Names in Navarre: Examples of Name Construction, by Julie Kahan
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juetta/nav_full.html

<Yonah>
Yonah Gerondi, died 1263, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonah_Gerondi

Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages, Ephraim Karanfogel, Wayne State University Press, 1992

Escut. Notes: Client cares most about language and/or culture Hebrew/Jewish

6) Tristán Bartolo de la Vega (M) – New Name and Device – Sable, a chess knight and on a chief triangular azure an escallop argent.

Cynnabar

Sources:

<Tristán>
Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century, by Juliana de Luna, s.n. < Tristán>
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/MensGivenAlpha.html

<Bartolo>
Ibid., s.n. <Bartolome>

<de la Vega>
Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century, by Juliana de Luna, s.n. <de la Vega>
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/isabella/locative.html

Escut. Notes: Client will not accept major or minor changes to name.
 

7) Vincent L’Austere (M) – New Name and Device – Azure, chaussé ployé argent overall a set of dividers Or.

Cynnabar

Sources:

<Vincent>
Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, E.G. Whitycombe, p. 133, s.n <St. Vincent de Paul>

An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of Paris, by Lord Colm Dubh (Scott Catledge), http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/paris.html

<L’Austere>
Merriam-Webster Dictionary, s.n. <Austere>,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/austere

Similarly constructed bynames appear in French Surnames from Paris, 1421, 1423 & 1438, by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann), http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423surnames.html


Escut. Notes: Client will not accept major changes to name, cares most about language and/or culture

8) Ze’ev ben Ami (M) – New Name and Device – Per pale azure and gules, a wolfs head cabossed and in chief two gouttes argent.

Cynnabar

Sources:

<Ze’ev>
Encyclopedia Judaica, Keter Publishing House, Jeruselam 1971, Vol 4 p 538

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, s.n. <Oreb, Zeeb>,
http://bibleencyclopedia.com/zeeb.htm
In English as <Zeeb> but Hebrew is same as <Ze’ev>
Parallel Hebrew Old Testament, The Book of Judges 7:25,
http://incil.info/hebrewoldtestament/B07C007.htm#V25

<Ami>
Tanakh – The Holy Scriptures, The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrw Text, Jewish Publication Society: New York, 1988, p. 1495. Ezra 2;57 “..the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami…”


Escut. Notes: Client will not accept major changes to name, cares most about meaning, “wolf”, and sound “zeh-ehv”.
Client registered <Yosef ben Ami> via the West on the LoAR June 200, submitted as <Yosef Ze’ev ben Ami>. Client’s device was returned for administrative reasons.
 

Yours In Service,

THL Geniveve Rose D'Glendalough

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