[ANSTHRLD] Name usage
Kathleen O'Brien
mari_1184 at att.net
Tue Jul 27 23:12:24 PDT 2010
On 7/27/2010 7:56 PM, John Atkinson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, I don't have convenient to hand the precedents on
> > people famous enough to protect. There are criteria other than
> > appearance in a printed encyclopedia.
>
> My registered name is identical to a Doux of Antioch from the 12th
> century, IIRC. Extremely common first name, limited documentable
> byname pool and most of those family names are more accurately
> thought of as clan identifiers rather than a modern style surname.
> On the other hand, that's obscure enough that I strongly doubt it
> showed up in commentary.
>
> Ioannes Dalassenos
You made me curious, so I went and looked. Yes, the potential conflict
was noticed in commentary. *grin*. In fact, one of the commenters
noted an extant seal with his name. You can see the reference at:
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTINE%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc204583719
Mari
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