ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1822 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1822 ************************************ From: "Sara L Friedemann" 3 Nov 1999 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You wanted to know if , meaning "Mandori the wicked," would have been used by a Gypsy between 1000 and 1500. Here is the information we have found. As you know from our previous correspondence, the extent of the Academy's knowledge on names used by the Romany people can be found in our article "Romany (Gypsy) Names" http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/arval/romany/ Unfortunately, we were unable to add anything to the information that you sent us on your name. If you would perhaps let us know what culture and time period you are interested in setting your persona, we could recommend some possibilities for authentic names for that culture. As the article explains, we've found that the Romany adopted names typical of the cultures in which they lived. One of our sources suggested that they also had names in their own language, but we found no examples of those names so we cannot offer any guidance on how to re-create them. The best advice we can offer is to decide where and when you want your persona to live, and to choose a name appropriate to that culture. We hope that this letter has been useful to you, and that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur and Juliana de Luna. For the Academy, --Aryanhwy merch Catmael November 3, 1999