ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2047 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2047 ************************************ 5 Jun 2000 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of St. Gabriel, You wrote to us requesting information concerning the name and its historical uses as a Venetian name from 1500-1600 A.D. Here is what we have found. We have 6 instances of or in Venetian Crete from 1312-1420. These are from Latin documents so the spelling could have been different in the vernacular. [1] is the feminine version of the masculine name . We believe that both the masculine and the feminine version were common all over Italy, especially in the South. [1] The family name is from a Venetian given name of . In 1311 was elected Doge. [3,4] In conclusion we feel that is an excellent Venetian name from the time period you wish to recreate. If you have any further questions please feel free to write to us again. I was assisted in writing this letter by Arval Benicoeur, Juliana de Luna, Talan Gwynek, Walraven van Nijmegen, and Julie Stampnitzky. For the Academy. Meredudd Brangwyn 6 June 2000 1. McKee, Sally, _Wills from Late Medieval Venetian Crete 1312-1420_, 3 vols.(Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1998, ISBN 0884022455). vol 3, index 2. De Felice, Emidio, _Dizionario dei nomi italiani_ (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan, 1992). s.n. Domenico 3. Arval Benicoeur and Talan Gwynek, "Fouthteenth Century Venetian Personal Names" (WWW: J. Mittleman, 1999) http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/arval/venice14/ 4. Norwich, John Julius, _A History of Venice_ (New York: Vintage Books, 1989). pp. 200-201