ANSTHRLD - Fwd: Heraldry Question
Kathleen O'Brien
kobrien at bmc.com
Mon Mar 12 11:10:50 PST 2001
>> > My question is; I can
>> > find documentation for several variant spellings
>> > (such as Sibyl,
>> > Sibylla,Sybyll, Sybylle), but not Sybylla
>> > specifically. Do you think it
>> > would be possible to register Sybylla as a variant
>> > spelling of Sibylla,
>> > based on the other known variations? Any assistance
>> > you might be able to
>> > provide would be greatly appreciated.
[snip]
Off the top of my head, my bet is that a <-a> form is a Latinized form of
this name (but I'd need to run down the <-a> examples we have to be
certain). Latin was often used for documents in England in period (how
common it was depends on the years in question). So, a woman with a name
like <Sibyl> could have been recorded as <Sibilla>. If the <-a> forms are
indeed Latin forms, they would likely not have a "y" in them.
Where did you find documentation for <Sibylla>? That one would be crucial
to getting you the spelling you want. The only place I can find it is as a
reference ("Gk Sibylla") in Talan's article that Maridonna cited. That
does not document that spelling for a specific date, only gives etymology
information.
The spelling <Sybylle> is documented in the parish registers for St.
Mary's, Dymock (excerpts from my article on Dymock are below). I don't
know how it would have been pronounced in 16th C English, but I know that
an "e" at the end of a word was not silent in Chaucer's time. It was
pronounced approximately "eh".
Here are some more spellings of this name.
Mari
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Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien) "Feminine Given Names in the
Registers of the Church of St. Mary's, Dymock (Gloucestershire, England:
1538-1600/1)" (WWW: 1999)
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/dymock/dym_women.html
under the header Sible:
[the columns represent: spelling, # of occurrences, year of first
occurrence [page of first occurrence]]
Confirmed Variants:
Sibbil 1 1567/8 [28]
Sibble 29 1575 [34]
Sibell 3 1566 [27]
Sibill 7 1551 [16]
Sible 35 1579 [40]
Sibyll 2 1548 [12]
Sybbel 1 1561 [23]
Sybbill 1 1558/9 [21]
Sybble 3 1574 [33]
Sybbyl 1 1561 [23]
Sybbyll 3 1548 [12]
Sybell 1 1569 [30]
Sybill 4 1549 [13]
Syble 3 1549 [13]
Sybyl 1 1561 [23]
Sybyll 9 1540/1 [3]
Probable Variants:
Sibbill 1 1568 [28]
Sibull 1 1561 [23]
Sybylle 1 1539/40 [2]
Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien) "Feminine Given Names in
Chesham, 1538-1600/1" (WWW: 1999)
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/chesham/chesham-feminine.html
Spelling Year Date Page
Sibil 1590 15 Apr 271
Sibill 1544/5 04 Feb 09
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