[ANSTHRLD] Gracia Zoephia
Andrea Hicks
maridonna at worldnet.att.net
Tue Aug 7 06:38:34 PDT 2001
R Husted wrote:
>
> I have a new client who is looking at Gracia Zoephia
> She did not tell me where she found them, and I have looked everywhere I
> can think of and have not been able to find them. Help! I do not
> know for certain which culture she is even trying for although there was
> some discussion of Byzantine. Any ideas would be helpful.
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Hi Medb!
To me, Gracia looks Spanish and Zoephia looks like a combination of Zoe
and Sophia.
Consider suggesting that she look at the following articles for
Byzantine name construction:
Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later
Byzantine Era - by Bardas Xiphias
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine/introduction.html
Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the 6th and
7th Centuries - by Bardas Xiphias
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/byzantine/early_byz_names.html
I found neither name at those sites. Neither did I find the names at
http://www.maridonna.com/onomastics/macedonia.htm
Now I am showing favoritism... Would she consider an Italian name?
Italy was part of Byzantium for years. <Grazia> or <Sofia> or <Zoe> can
be dated to period, but a double-given name would be late SCA period.
<Grazia> or <Zoe> or <Sofia> <Byname> would be best. <Grazia> <Sofia> or
<Grazia> <Zoe> <Surname> might work, too.
Spanish might be another choice.
YIS,
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Andrea / Maridonna
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