I've known Master Kobayashi Yutaka for far longer than either of us would care to recall. I was pleased and honored to do the text for one of the few awards he doesn't already have -- the Sagittarius, the East's Grant-level archery award. I didn't use a source text for inspiration on this one, I just made it up out of my own head based on over a decade of reading medieval charters and legal documents. Can you tell?
Ioannes Imperator et Augustus. Ro Honig Imperatrix. Forasmuch as Our predecessors of blessed memory Viktor and Sedalia created and constituted the Order of the Sagittarius to honor and acknowledge excellence with arrow and bow, and forasmuch as We, through the office by which We possess the imperial dignity, are bound by honor and by the force of tradition, the which force men ignore at their peril, to recognize, elevate and acknowledge those of the East proven by reliable report to be excellent in such matters, and after mature deliberation, from the fullness of our imperial power, We hereby decree ordain the following: that the name of Kobayashi Yutaka is and shall be hereafter entered upon the lists of the Order of the Sagittarius according to the present imperial and ever-valid edict. This we have done and caused to be done upon May 27, in our solemn court in session with princes, counts, barons, magnates, nobles and citizens, in the year of the Society fifty-two.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Aildreda's Pelican Scroll
Aildreda de Tamwurthe's persona is mid-13th century English. That presented a slight challenge, as all of the legal documents of mid-13th century England that I've found so far are in Latin. I still haven't mastered Latin well enough to write in it. I can translate out of it, laboriously, with a dictionary in hand, but I can't compose in it.
I started with a Latin legal text from the 1260s, used multiple translations to confirm my own sense of what it said, and then put the modern English into pre-1300 Middle English. The end result still reads a little more modern than I'd like, but I didn't want to hold up the scroll-making process while I fiddled to a standard of perfection that I probably couldn't meet.
The text contains deliberate internal spelling inconsistencies, mirroring the variability in spelling found in period documents. For example, I used every spelling of "and" found in Middle English prior to 1300, just as a present for Dreda.
The ȝ character is a yogh. It's pronounced like a modern 'y'. ð and þ are both pronounced like 'th'.
All of the footnoted definitions of terms are based on the definitions in the Middle English Dictionary.
Ioannes, by rihte of armes Kinge of Estlonde, & Ro Honig, by þe samen rihte þe Quene, ȝif gretunge to alle whamm þe present leattre schal rahte. For þe onour & þe auantage off oure selues ond off oure reaume, We, by þe consil of oure magnates, scilicet[1] þe worþssipuol Ordre off þe Pellican, herbi & heonne-forthþeward astoll[2], staþel[3] & bifeste[4] Aildreda de Tamwurthe as maistresse of þe ordre afoure-named. Ant we do herbi conferme & ifaste[5] þe leattres patents biforen-ȝifenn[6] onto þe fornseid Aildreda, wið alle þe rihts, freodoms, freoscipes[7], remissiuns[8] & largesce[9] as schal belongeþ to a Peer off þis reaume. Ant we ferþer comaunde þat þe sygnacle[10] & bagge[11] of þe Pellican be beren her-æfter uppe on þe fornseid Aildredas persone euere-more, þe hwich commandement schal be obeied on peine of such deseritisun[12] & remevement[13] off benefices as we demað soðfeste[14] & fair. Ant þis ure leattre preouyng þe samen we sened wiþ vre seel uppe-on þis twenty- seueþe dai of Mæi, in þe fifti- secunde ȝer.
[1] scilicet = that is, namely
[2] astoll = to set up, establish, institute
[3] staþel = to establish
[4] bifeste = to endow with, give
[5] ifaste = to confirm, as an agreement
[6] biforen-ȝifenn = previously given
[7] freoscipes = rights or privileges; also freedom from servitude or obligation
[8] remissiuns = immunities, freedoms
[9] largesce = freedom, liberality
[10] sygnacle = a seal, sign of genuineness, hallmark
[11] bagge = yep, that's how you spell badge in the 13th century
[12] deseritisun = deprivation or loss of possessions or privileges
[13] remevement = bet you've never been threatened by your own scroll before
[14] soðfeste = primary meaning is "real, actual; genuine, authentic;" it is used in here in its secondary meaning of proper, just and righteous
I started with a Latin legal text from the 1260s, used multiple translations to confirm my own sense of what it said, and then put the modern English into pre-1300 Middle English. The end result still reads a little more modern than I'd like, but I didn't want to hold up the scroll-making process while I fiddled to a standard of perfection that I probably couldn't meet.
The text contains deliberate internal spelling inconsistencies, mirroring the variability in spelling found in period documents. For example, I used every spelling of "and" found in Middle English prior to 1300, just as a present for Dreda.
The ȝ character is a yogh. It's pronounced like a modern 'y'. ð and þ are both pronounced like 'th'.
All of the footnoted definitions of terms are based on the definitions in the Middle English Dictionary.
Ioannes, by rihte of armes Kinge of Estlonde, & Ro Honig, by þe samen rihte þe Quene, ȝif gretunge to alle whamm þe present leattre schal rahte. For þe onour & þe auantage off oure selues ond off oure reaume, We, by þe consil of oure magnates, scilicet[1] þe worþssipuol Ordre off þe Pellican, herbi & heonne-forthþeward astoll[2], staþel[3] & bifeste[4] Aildreda de Tamwurthe as maistresse of þe ordre afoure-named. Ant we do herbi conferme & ifaste[5] þe leattres patents biforen-ȝifenn[6] onto þe fornseid Aildreda, wið alle þe rihts, freodoms, freoscipes[7], remissiuns[8] & largesce[9] as schal belongeþ to a Peer off þis reaume. Ant we ferþer comaunde þat þe sygnacle[10] & bagge[11] of þe Pellican be beren her-æfter uppe on þe fornseid Aildredas persone euere-more, þe hwich commandement schal be obeied on peine of such deseritisun[12] & remevement[13] off benefices as we demað soðfeste[14] & fair. Ant þis ure leattre preouyng þe samen we sened wiþ vre seel uppe-on þis twenty- seueþe dai of Mæi, in þe fifti- secunde ȝer.
[1] scilicet = that is, namely
[2] astoll = to set up, establish, institute
[3] staþel = to establish
[4] bifeste = to endow with, give
[5] ifaste = to confirm, as an agreement
[6] biforen-ȝifenn = previously given
[7] freoscipes = rights or privileges; also freedom from servitude or obligation
[8] remissiuns = immunities, freedoms
[9] largesce = freedom, liberality
[10] sygnacle = a seal, sign of genuineness, hallmark
[11] bagge = yep, that's how you spell badge in the 13th century
[12] deseritisun = deprivation or loss of possessions or privileges
[13] remevement = bet you've never been threatened by your own scroll before
[14] soðfeste = primary meaning is "real, actual; genuine, authentic;" it is used in here in its secondary meaning of proper, just and righteous
Names from 11th Century Carcassonne
Mistress Alys Mackyntoich
alys.mackyntoich@gmail.com
May 2017
The data in this article were
extracted from Latin-language charters and letters published on Epistolæ (http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/), a website maintained by Columbia University collecting
writings to and from women in the Middle Ages. The letters are transcribed in
the original Latin with translations into modern English by Professor Joan
Ferrante of Columbia University.
Carcassonne is located in the south
of France. Although the charters from
which the names were extracted were written in Latin, the local vernacular
language was Occitan or Langue d’Oc.
When creating an SCA name, the elements in this article would be
considered part of the French language group under Appendix C of SENA.
I. Naming
Patterns
A. For Men
The data show a wide variety of
naming patterns for men, with multiple forms of patronymic bynames and locative
bynames. These most common patterns are:
[given name] + de + [place name]
[given name] + [adjective form of a place name, using the
suffix –ensis]
[given name] + filius + [father’s name in the genitive case]
[given name] + [father’s name in the genitive case]
[given name] + [father’s name in the genitive case] + de + [place name]
[given name] + [surname]
Many men, particularly those in
religious offices, are known solely by their title, such as Petrus presbyter and Frotardo abbati.
There is one example of the
adjectival form of the place name coming before the given name: Narbonensis Guilfredi.
There is one example in the data of
[given name] + cognomento + [name].
The data contains one instance of
what may be a matronymic byname in the form [given name] + filia + [mother’s name in the genitive
form].
By far the most interesting pattern
found in the data is the existence of what appear to be double given names.
Multiple men are identified two names that are clearly given names by
context. The transcriptions join these compound names with a hyphen, but
the hyphen may not exist in the original documents. It is unclear whether these are true double
given names or some form of unmarked patronym.
For the purposes of this article, I have treated each element of a
double given name as an instance of the individual name – for example, Petrus-Raymundi is recorded as an
instance of Petrus and an instance of
Raymundi.
B. For Women
This data set contains a fairly
large number of female names for the time period. Most women have no
byname at all or are known by their titles, such as Rangardis comitissa. However,
there are also instances of matronymic bynames in the form [given name] + filia + [mother’s name in the genitive
form].
II. Given
Names
A.
How to Use the Data
Not all spellings found in the text
are registerable name spellings for SCA purposes. Latin spelling varies
depending on whether the given name appears as the subject or object of the
original sentence. Only the nominative forms can be used to create given
names. Nominative forms usually end in –us.
Forms ending in –i generally are genitive forms and can
be used to create patronymic surnames using the pattern [given name] + filius or filia + [genitive father’s name].
The bolded header forms are the
most common nominative forms of the given names. The forms under the
heading are those actually found in the texts. Where the nominative form
is not found in any of the texts, I have extrapolated the likely nominative
form based on other period examples. The
numbers in the parenthesis are the dates of documents in which the name is
found.
B. Male Given Names
Adalbertus
Adalberti
(1066, 1067)
Adalbertus
(1070)
Adalbert (1069)
Aigolfus
Aigolfi (1099)
Alamandus
Alamandi (1068)
Alexandrus
Alexandri
(1067)
Amaldus
Amaldo
(1069)
Amelius
Ameli
(1099)
Amelii
(1099)
Arnallus
Arnal
(c. 1090)\
Arnalli
(1058, 1067)
Arnallum
(1067)
Arnallus
(1067)
Ato / Atto
Ato
(1069, 1099)
Atto
(1084, c. 1090)
Azedmarus
Azedmari
(1067)
Baro
Baro
(c. 1075, 1084)
Begonus
Begoni
(c. 1090)
Beliard
Beliard
(1059)
Berengarius
Berengarii
(1058, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1070, 1071)
Berengarius
(1064)
Bernardus
Bernar (c.1090)
Bernard (1067)
Bernardi (1066, 1067, 1067/68, 1070,
c. 1075)
Bernardo (1066, 1069, 1071, c.
1090)
Bernardum (1099)
Bernardus (1068, 1069, 1070, 1084, 1089,
1097, 1099)
Bertranus / Bertrandus
Bertrandi
(1067)
Bertrani
(c. 1075)
Bertranno
(1066)
Bonifilius
Bonifilii
(1070)
Bremundus
Bremundo
(1069)
Durandus
Durandi
(1068)
Durando
(1068)
Duranno
(1068)
Elisarius
Elisiarii
(1066)
Elisiarni
(1066)
Engelbert
Engelbert
(1069)
Enricus
Enrici
(1067)
Henrici
(1066)
Ermemirus
Ermemiri
(1058)
Escafredus
Escafredi
(1089)
Fredelonus
Fredeloni
(1066)
Frotardus
Frotardo
(1062, 1066)
Froterius / Frotarius
Frotarii
(1062)
Froterii
(1068, c.1075)
Froterio
(1069)
Froterius
(1069)
Fulcho
Fulcho
(1099)
Gaucelinus
Gaucelini
(1067)
Gauzbertus
Gauzberti
(1066, 1068)
Gauzfredus
Gauzfredo
(1067)
Giraldus
Geraldi
(1066, 1068)
Geraldo
(1067)
Giraldo
(c. 1075)
Giraldus
(1069)
Guiraldi
(1068)
Girbertus
Girbert
(1064)
Girberti
(1067)
Girberto
(1064)
Girbertus
(1064)
Guifredus / Gifredus / Guilfredus
/
Gifredi
(1067)
Guifredi
(1068)
Guifredus
(1070)
Guilfredi
(1067)
Guigo
Guigo
(1084)
Guigonis
(1084)
Guitardus
Guitardi
(1066)
Hermengaudus
Ermengaudi
(1067)
Hermengaudi
(1084)
Hugo
Hugone
(1066)
Hugoni
(1066)
Hugonis
(1066)
Ugo
(1089)
Ugonis
(1067)
Imbertus
Imberti
(1068)
Ioannis
Ioannes
(1067)
Ioannis
(1066, 1067)
Lodgarius
Lodgario
(1070)
Lupus
Lupi
(1068)
Martinus
Martinum
(1099)
Matfredus
Matfredi
(1068)
Miro
Miro
(1064, 1069)
Mironem
(1069)
Mironis
(1058, 1064, 1067)
Oliverius
Oliverii
(1067)
Osmundus
Osmundus
(1099)
Oto
Otone
(1070, 1071)
Petrus
Petri (1067, 1067/68, 1069, 1070, 1071,
1099)
Petro (1066, 1069, 1070, c. 1090)
Petronis (c. 1075)
Petronum (1063)
Petrum (1084)
Petrus (1062, 1063, 1067/68, 1069,
1070, 1071, 1084)
Philippus
Philippi (1063, 1064, 1067/68, 1070
1071)
Philippo (1062, 1066, 1067, 1069,
1084, 1089, c. 1090, 1097, 1099)
Poncius
Poncii
(1067, c. 1090)
Poncius
(1067, 1069, 1084)
Pontii
(1099)
Pontio
(1066)
Pons
Pons
(1099)
Raimbaldus
Raimbaldo
(1066)
Raymundus
Raimundi (1066, 1067, 1070)
Raimundo (1070)
Raimundus (1064, 1067)
Raymundi (1067/68, 1071, 1084, 1089)
Raymundo (1071, c. 1090)
Raymundus (1059, 1062, 1063, 1066, 1067/68,
1069, 1084)
Remendi (1070)
Remundi (1067, 1070)
Ricalfus / Riculfus
Ricalfi
(1067)
Riculfi
(1069)
Ricardus
Ricardi
(1058)
Ricardum
(1058)
Rodgarius / Rotgarius
Rodgarii (1070, 1071)
Rodgario (1067/68, 1071)
Rodgarius (1067/68)
Rotgerii (1062)
Rogerius
Rogarius (1068)
Rogerio (1063)
Rogerium (1063)
Rogerius (1063)
Rostagnus
Rostagni
(1066, 1084)
Rostagno
(1066)
Rostagnus
(1084)
Scimon
Scimon
(1067)
Sigarius
Segario
(1066)
Sigarii
(1069)
Sigerii
(1068)
Spirano
Spirani
(c. 1075)
Stephanus
Stephani
(1067, 1068, c. 1075, 1084)
Stephanus
(1067, 1069, c. 1090)
Tritmundus
Tridmundo
(1066)
Tritmundus
(1084)
Udalardus
Udalardi
(1069)
Udalgarius
Udalgarii
(1067)
Umbertus
Umberto
(1066)
Willelmus
Guillelmi (1062, 1068, 1099)
Guillermi (1067)
Guillermus (1067, 1070)
Wilelmus (1062)
Willelmi (c. 1075, 1084, c. 1090)
Willelmus (1062, 1084)
Willhermi (1089)
C. Female Given Names
Adala
Adala
(1066)
Adalais
Adalais (1062)
Adalaidis (1070)
Adalez (1067)
Almodis
Adalmodi
(1067/68)
Adalmodis (1067)
Alamudis (1068)
Almode (1067)
Almodi (1071, 1071)
Almodis (1058,
1064, 1066, 1067)
Amelia
Ameliae (1071)
Arnsidis
Arnsidam (1067)
Caecilia
Caecilia
(1097)
Ermengardis
Ermengardem
(1068)
Ermengardis
(1062, 1067, 1067/68, 1070, 1084, 1089, 1090, 1097)
Ermingarda (c.
1075)
Ermingardis
(1067/68)
Hermengard (1069)
Hermengardis
(1069, 1084, 1099)
Hermingarda (c.
1075)
Garsindis
Garsindis (1062)
Guillelma
Guilherma
(1069)
Guillelma
(1070)
Wilherma
(1069)
Mantilis
Mantilis
(1067)
Rangardis
Raingardis (1062)
Rangard (1059)
Rangarda (1063)
Rangardam (1059)
Rangardi (1071)
Rangardis (1067, 1070, 1071, 1090)
Rengarde (1063)
Rengardis (1059, 1063, 1067)
Trudgarda (possibly
Trudgardis)
Trudgarda (1063)
III. Bynames
This section includes bynames found
in the data that were not patronymics.
If the form in the text was not the nominative form, I have indicated
the nominative form as the header. Where
possible, the meanings of the bynames have been noted in italics.
abbatus (1062) abbot
Altemir (1058, 1067)
Aquiniensis (1066) of Aix
Auxiensis (1066) of Auch
Avinionensis (1066) of Avignon
Batallia (1063)
Barcheonensis (1064, 1066,
1068) of Barcelona
Biterrensis (1062, 1070) of Béziers
capiscolius (1066) choir leader
Carcassonensis (1067, 1070,
1071) of Carcassonne
Caunensis (1062) of Caunes
Cluniensis (1066) of Cluny
cognomento Trencavels
(1070) known as Trencavels
Dalmati (1066,
1068) from Dalmatia
(Croatia)?
de Alto-pullo (1084) of Altpol
de Alverno (c. 1075)
de Barbarano (1066)
de Bernizo (c.1075)
de Cantul (1069)
de Capraria (1066) of Cabrières
de Carcassona (1067/68,
1099) of Carcassonne
de Caunas (1070) of Caunes
de Cervaria (1069)
de Cerviano (1068) of Servian
de Clarenciaco (c.1075) of Clarensac
de Claromonte (1067)
de Coquinas (1067)
de Fox (1067/68) of Foix
de Ispania (1064) of Spain
de Medenis (1066) of Médis
de Moisiaco (1067) of Moissac
de Montepessulano (1068) of Montpellier
de Ornadons (1070)
de Petrataliada (1068)
de Ponça[1] (1067) of Pons
de Poskeriis (1066) of Posquières
[de] Proliano (1063)
de Redez (1067, 1067/68)
de Sancta Maria (1067/68) of Saint Mary
de Saragoza (1064) of Zaragoza
de Tarraga (1069)
de Tarrega (1058, 1069)
de Tolosa (1067/68) of Toulouse
de Villaflorani (1099)
de Villemagna (1067)
Gerundensis (1066) of Girona
Isarni (1064, 1067)
Magalonensis (1066) of Maguelone
Massiliensis
(1066) of Marseille
Menerbensis (1070) of Minerve
monachus
(1066, 1067) monk
Monaello
(c. 1090)
Narbonensis (1067/58,
1070) of Narbonne
Nemausensis (1062) of Nimes
Picart (c. 1090) Picard (from Picardy)
Picola (1067)
Pictavinus (1084) of Poitiers
Redensis (1070) of Razès
Rutenensis (1066) of Rouergue
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Flower Names for Women, part 2
Heralds frequently are asked to document given names for women based on flowers. This post is the second in a series; it focuses on flower names in French (and its related dialects).
All entries are formatted so that they can be cut and pasted into OSCAR.
Angelique (referring to the flower angelica) is found in "Something Rich and Strange: “Undocumentable” Names From The IGI Parish Records" by Alys Mackyntoich (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/SomethingRichandStrange.html) s.n. Angelique dated from 1579 onwards.
Eglantina (meaning "wild rose") is an Occitan name found in "Names from Fourteenth Century Foix" by Cateline de la Mor (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/foix.html).
Fleur de Lys is found in "Late Period French Feminine Names" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html) dated to 1478, 1537, 1575.
Fleurance (meaning "blooming, flowery") is found in "Late Period French Feminine Names" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html) dated to 1507.
Laurencia (meaning "lavender") is found in the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources s.n. Laurencia (http://dmnes.org/name/Laurencia), dated to 1273, 1300. The French vernacular forms Lorence and Laurence are found in the same entry.
Marguerite (meaning "daisy") in "Late Period French Feminine Names" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html) dated from 1395 onwards.
Olive (meaning "olive tree") is found in several forms in French in the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources s.n. Olive (http://dmnes.org/name/Olive). Forms include the Latinized Oliva (c. 823, 1311) and the vernacular Olive (1565-1568) and Olyve (1567).
Rose is found in "Late Period French Feminine Names" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html) dated to 1569.
Yolent (meaning "flower") is found in the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources s.n. Yolanda (http://dmnes.org/name/Yolanda) dated to 1292 and 1302. The alternate French spelling Hyolent is found in the same entry, dated to 1292.
All entries are formatted so that they can be cut and pasted into OSCAR.
Angelique (referring to the flower angelica) is found in "Something Rich and Strange: “Undocumentable” Names From The IGI Parish Records" by Alys Mackyntoich (http://heraldry.sca.org/names/SomethingRichandStrange.html) s.n. Angelique dated from 1579 onwards.
Eglantina (meaning "wild rose") is an Occitan name found in "Names from Fourteenth Century Foix" by Cateline de la Mor (https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/cateline/foix.html).
Fleurance (meaning "blooming, flowery") is found in "Late Period French Feminine Names" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html) dated to 1507.
Laurencia (meaning "lavender") is found in the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources s.n. Laurencia (http://dmnes.org/name/Laurencia), dated to 1273, 1300. The French vernacular forms Lorence and Laurence are found in the same entry.
Marguerite (meaning "daisy") in "Late Period French Feminine Names" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html) dated from 1395 onwards.
Olive (meaning "olive tree") is found in several forms in French in the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources s.n. Olive (http://dmnes.org/name/Olive). Forms include the Latinized Oliva (c. 823, 1311) and the vernacular Olive (1565-1568) and Olyve (1567).
Rose is found in "Late Period French Feminine Names" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html) dated to 1569.
Yolent (meaning "flower") is found in the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources s.n. Yolanda (http://dmnes.org/name/Yolanda) dated to 1292 and 1302. The alternate French spelling Hyolent is found in the same entry, dated to 1292.
Middle English Writ for a Pelican
I was greatly honored to be asked to write the words for +Molly Eskridge 's Writ for the Order of the Pelican. I'll be doing her scroll text as well, but that's somewhat in the future.
Being for Dreda, it HAD to be in Middle English.
By þe Kyng. By þe Quene: Vnto Aildreda de Tamwurthe, ryght trusty and welbeloued. By a supplicacion putte vnto vs yn name of þe Ordre of þe Pellicane, We woll and charge you expressely þat ye appere in owre presence vpon 27 Mai in þe Shere of Panthervale, þe seid day to answare wheþer ye accepte stallacion vnto þe Ordre afore-written. We neyþer may ne wol haue your commynge vnto Vs excused in eny manere. Yeuen vpoun 1 Aprill in þe fyfty-fryst yere of the Societee.
Being for Dreda, it HAD to be in Middle English.
By þe Kyng. By þe Quene: Vnto Aildreda de Tamwurthe, ryght trusty and welbeloued. By a supplicacion putte vnto vs yn name of þe Ordre of þe Pellicane, We woll and charge you expressely þat ye appere in owre presence vpon 27 Mai in þe Shere of Panthervale, þe seid day to answare wheþer ye accepte stallacion vnto þe Ordre afore-written. We neyþer may ne wol haue your commynge vnto Vs excused in eny manere. Yeuen vpoun 1 Aprill in þe fyfty-fryst yere of the Societee.
Sunday, February 12, 2017
For Engracia's OGR
For my cadet +Cathy Griswold's elevation, we decided to go Spanish, to fit her persona. The magnificent scroll, by +Nataliia Hurd, was from a Spanish model, and +Rhiannon theCurious translated my English text (based on an original Spanish source) back into Spanish.
Here is the source page that Nataliia used for the C&I design: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=12793
Even though people thought the text very long, this is only 190 words. It was structured so that the initial word could be in two large ornamented capitals, just as in model for the scroll.
English:
On 11 February, in the fifty-first year of the Society, in our Royal Court at Concordia of the Snows, We, Brion the King and Anna the Queen, before a sufficient assemblage of peers, knights, masters, companions, nobles, and good citizens of the realm, granted and endowed Engracia de Madrigal with the Order of the Golden Rapier, along with all rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, benefits, allowances and entitlements attendant thereupon, as much as have been endowed to any and all other members of the aforenamed Order. Our grant and endowment to the abovesaid Engracia, having been examined and fully understood by us, is hereby approved, commended, confirmed, executed, and ratified, and we promise to keep, observe, and fulfill all the abovesaid that is set forth therein, and every part and parcel of it, really and effectively. We further renounce all fraud, evasion, falsehood, and pretense, and avow, for ourselves and for our heirs and successors, that we shall not violate the above-stated grant and endowment, or any part of it, at any time or in any manner whatsoever. In attestation and corroboration whereof, we sign our names to this our charter.
Spanish:
El 11 de febrero, en el año cincuenta y uno de la Sociedad, en Nuestra Corte Real en Concordia of the Snows, Nosotros, Brion el Rey y Ana la Reina, ante un conjunto suficiente de señores, caballeros, maestros, compañeros, buenos ciudadanos del reino, otorgaron y dotaron a Engracia de Madrigal de la Order of the Golden Rapier, junto con todos los derechos, privilegios, inmunidades, obligaciones, beneficios, y subsidios que le corresponden, tanto como se han dotado a cualquier otro miembro de la Orden antes mencionada. Nuestra concesión y dotación a la mencionada Engracia, habiendo sido examinada y plenamente comprendida por Nosotros, es por la presente aprobada, encomendada, confirmada, ejecutada y ratificada, y Nos comprometemos a guardar, observar y cumplir todo lo mencionado en ella, y cada parte de ella, realmente y eficazmente. Además, renunciamos a todo fraude, evasión, falsedad y fingimiento, y comprometemos, por Nosotros mismos y por Nuestros herederos y sucesores, que no violaremos la concesión y la dotación arriba mencionada, ni ninguna parte de ella, en cualquier momento o en cualquier manera. En la atestación y corroboración de la cual, firmamos Nuestros nombres a ésta, Nuestra carta.
Here is the source page that Nataliia used for the C&I design: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=12793
Even though people thought the text very long, this is only 190 words. It was structured so that the initial word could be in two large ornamented capitals, just as in model for the scroll.
English:
On 11 February, in the fifty-first year of the Society, in our Royal Court at Concordia of the Snows, We, Brion the King and Anna the Queen, before a sufficient assemblage of peers, knights, masters, companions, nobles, and good citizens of the realm, granted and endowed Engracia de Madrigal with the Order of the Golden Rapier, along with all rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, benefits, allowances and entitlements attendant thereupon, as much as have been endowed to any and all other members of the aforenamed Order. Our grant and endowment to the abovesaid Engracia, having been examined and fully understood by us, is hereby approved, commended, confirmed, executed, and ratified, and we promise to keep, observe, and fulfill all the abovesaid that is set forth therein, and every part and parcel of it, really and effectively. We further renounce all fraud, evasion, falsehood, and pretense, and avow, for ourselves and for our heirs and successors, that we shall not violate the above-stated grant and endowment, or any part of it, at any time or in any manner whatsoever. In attestation and corroboration whereof, we sign our names to this our charter.
Spanish:
El 11 de febrero, en el año cincuenta y uno de la Sociedad, en Nuestra Corte Real en Concordia of the Snows, Nosotros, Brion el Rey y Ana la Reina, ante un conjunto suficiente de señores, caballeros, maestros, compañeros, buenos ciudadanos del reino, otorgaron y dotaron a Engracia de Madrigal de la Order of the Golden Rapier, junto con todos los derechos, privilegios, inmunidades, obligaciones, beneficios, y subsidios que le corresponden, tanto como se han dotado a cualquier otro miembro de la Orden antes mencionada. Nuestra concesión y dotación a la mencionada Engracia, habiendo sido examinada y plenamente comprendida por Nosotros, es por la presente aprobada, encomendada, confirmada, ejecutada y ratificada, y Nos comprometemos a guardar, observar y cumplir todo lo mencionado en ella, y cada parte de ella, realmente y eficazmente. Además, renunciamos a todo fraude, evasión, falsedad y fingimiento, y comprometemos, por Nosotros mismos y por Nuestros herederos y sucesores, que no violaremos la concesión y la dotación arriba mencionada, ni ninguna parte de ella, en cualquier momento o en cualquier manera. En la atestación y corroboración de la cual, firmamos Nuestros nombres a ésta, Nuestra carta.
Scroll Text for the new Queen's Bard
It has become a tradition that the outgoing Bardic Champions write the scroll texts for their successors. I was tempted to do the text in Middle English just because it is fun to work in that language, but it also limits the number of people who can read the scroll in Court. As it turned out, it would have been particularly appropriate to do the scroll in Middle English, since the new Queen's Bard, +Wendy Gale, performed part of the Canterbury tales in Middle English on her way to victory.
Champions texts are hard to write in a purely period style, because there is simply no comparable model period document for an SCA "champion" position. As a result, I ended up embroidering this text with language about why it's important to commit important events and deeds to writing. The need to write stuff down in order to preserve the facts of an event against future uncertainty is a recurring theme in medieval charter-writing.
While it sounds modern, the epithet "excellently honorable and honorably excellent" is taken directly from a period letter to Matilda, Queen of Scotland: "Excellenter honorabili, et honorabiliter excellenti, reginae Anglorum, Mathildae, T., servorum S. Cuthberti servus, in praesenti, pacis et salutis bonum; et, in futuro, bonorum omnium bonum." (https://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/800.html)
The text:
Anna, excellently honorable and honorably excellent queen of the East, to all persons of our realm, peace and health in the present, and the good of all goods in the future. Since through the changeable course of time, which changes its position in various ways on account of the instability of human memory, things which were formerly done openly and solemnly are often rendered unknown, and thus the way lies open to errors, and the truth is very often obscured, good and notable deeds should, in a plenitude of wisdom, be committed to writing. Thus, all of you shall know that, in our presence and the presence of assembled noble persons of the realm in our Court at Concordia of the Snows, upon February 11 in the fifty-first year of the Society, with the harmonious praise of many, Sabine de Kerbriant was proclaimed and installed as our Queen’s Bard, with all rights and privileges appertaining thereto, to have and hold the said office for the term of one year, according to the most ancient customs of the realm. In witness whereof, We set our ensign manual below.
Champions texts are hard to write in a purely period style, because there is simply no comparable model period document for an SCA "champion" position. As a result, I ended up embroidering this text with language about why it's important to commit important events and deeds to writing. The need to write stuff down in order to preserve the facts of an event against future uncertainty is a recurring theme in medieval charter-writing.
While it sounds modern, the epithet "excellently honorable and honorably excellent" is taken directly from a period letter to Matilda, Queen of Scotland: "Excellenter honorabili, et honorabiliter excellenti, reginae Anglorum, Mathildae, T., servorum S. Cuthberti servus, in praesenti, pacis et salutis bonum; et, in futuro, bonorum omnium bonum." (https://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/letter/800.html)
The text:
Anna, excellently honorable and honorably excellent queen of the East, to all persons of our realm, peace and health in the present, and the good of all goods in the future. Since through the changeable course of time, which changes its position in various ways on account of the instability of human memory, things which were formerly done openly and solemnly are often rendered unknown, and thus the way lies open to errors, and the truth is very often obscured, good and notable deeds should, in a plenitude of wisdom, be committed to writing. Thus, all of you shall know that, in our presence and the presence of assembled noble persons of the realm in our Court at Concordia of the Snows, upon February 11 in the fifty-first year of the Society, with the harmonious praise of many, Sabine de Kerbriant was proclaimed and installed as our Queen’s Bard, with all rights and privileges appertaining thereto, to have and hold the said office for the term of one year, according to the most ancient customs of the realm. In witness whereof, We set our ensign manual below.
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