[ANSTHRLD] Period forms for place name <von Basel>
Jillian Birtciel
saintesun at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 16:03:14 PDT 2011
Greetings!
I have a client wishing to register the name <Issac von Basel>.
Disregarding the given name for the moment, I believe the construction <von
X> is correct, according to some of my readings from the Medieval Names
Archive. What we have not found yet is a vernacular spelling for the
town/University of Basel. I did find this amazing print:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuremberg_chronicles_-_BASILEA.png
with a Latinized form. Does anyone know how to extrapolate, or have a
source for the city name on hand that we might pull from? His persona is
that of a young Swiss/German in the mid 1500's. I haven't looked up the
information yet, but there is a University of Basel as well, established mid
1400's, might that be a good source for a period place name?
Thankfully...
--
Yours in Service,
~Jillian Saint Andre, OSTB
`*When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it
means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.' *
* `The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many
different things.' *
* `The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master - - that's
all.' *
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