ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3296 http://www.s-gabriel.org/3296 ************************************ 17 Oct 2007 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You asked us to reconsider the 15th century German name and arms we recommended a long time ago. [1] The name we recommended was and the arms you are now interested in are "Per pale sable and gules, two wolves addorsed argent." Firstly we will address your name, and secondly your armory. Forms of the name are recorded throughout the 11th to the 17th centuries. Those closest to the spelling we recommended are: [2] Eckard 1013 Eckart 1329 Eckart 1336 Eckhard 14th century Eckart 1409 Eckardus 1483 Eckard 1612 The form is a Latin-language form. The surname was originally a patronymic byname, one indicating that the bearer's father's name was . is a later development of the name . As we noted in our earlier report, various forms of were common in most of the Continental Germanic dialects of the later first millenium. [6] The name remained fairly popular in southwestern Germany. We have the following forms (the spellings ending in <-us> are Latin forms): [7,8] Egilolfus 1106, 12th C Egelolfus 1154, 1180, 1212, 1219, 1270, 1277, 1279, 1280, 1298 Egilolf 12th C, 1258, 1298 Egelolphus 1238 Egellolfus 1257 Egiloff 1280 Egloff 1282 Eglolfus 1284, 1300 Egelouf 1291 Egulolfus ~1300 Egelolf 1300, 1293 Eglolf 1315 Egnolff 1441 Egolff ~1520 The name also gave rise to a variant where the first became an . In 1380 we find the same person recorded as both and [9], and we also have the following spellings: [7,8] Egnolfus 1102, 1212 Egenolf 1298, 1299 Egnolf 1300 Egnolff 1441 By the 14th and 15th century, spellings which dropped the or between the and the or seem to be more common. Based on this, we recommend a spelling such as as good re-creation for your period. We can now give more information on the design elements in your arms and their suitability in the 15th century. We have found all the elements of your arms in a 1605 German roll of arms, and all except one in a 14th century German roll of arms. [3,4] Low contrast fields are not common but we have found examples of them, including one quartered device in 1605 with two quarters being Per pale gules and sable, a rose argent. [3] In the 14th century we found Per pale gules and sable, a chief argent. [4] The rarest element in your proposed arms is the addorsed animals. In the 14th century we found only fish addorsed, while in 1605 we do find dogs and lions addorsed. Your arms are thus appropriate for the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th century, but we are less sure whether they are appropriate for the 15th century. [5] We hope this letter has been useful. Please write to us again if any part of it has been unclear or if you have other questions. We were assisted in researching and writing this letter by Walraven van Nijmegen, Rian mag Uidir, Coblaith Mhuimhneach, Margaret Makafee, Talan Gwynek, and Adelaide de Beaumont. For the Academy, Eleyne de Comnocke & Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 17 October 2007 -- References: [1] In Academy of S. Gabriel Report #411 (http://www.s- gabriel.org/411) and Academy of S. Gabriel Report #639 (http://www.s- gabriel.org/639). [2] Seibicke, Wilfried, _Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch_ (de Gruyter, series, various dates), vol. 1, pp. 557-558, s.n. Eckehard. [3] Siebmacher, Johann, _Johann Siebmachers Wappenbuch von 1605_, 2 vols., ed. Horst Appuhn (Dortmund: Harenberg, 1988, 1989). http://www.wappenbuch.de/ [4] "The Zurich Roll of Arms" http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ZurichRoll/ [5] However, when we conflict checked this design with a view to its suitability for registration with the College of Arms of the SCA, we found a conflict with the following arms: Manfred Albrecht von Halsstern (in May of 1997 via the East): (Fieldless) Two wolves rampant addorsed argent. So far as we can tell, changing the wolves from argent to Or results in a registerable design. There are various examples of Or dogs, foxes, or wolves in [3] and #351 in [4] is "Per fess azure and argent, in chief a wolf passant Or." [6] Mu"ller, Gunter, _Studien zu den Theriophoren Personennamen der Germanen_ (Ko"ln: Bo"hlau Verlag, 1970), p. 142. [7] Brechenmacher, Josef Karlmann, _Etymologisches Woerterbuch der deutschen Familiennamen_ (Limburg a. d. Lahn, C. A. Starke-Verlag, 1957-1960), s.nn. Egilolf, Eglauf, Eglof(f), Eglolf, Egnolf, Egolf. [8] Socin, Adolf, _Mittelhochdeutsches Namenbuch. Nach oberrheinischen Quellen des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts_ (Basel: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1903; Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1966), pp. 13-14. [9] Bahlow, Hans, _Deutsches Namenlexikon: Familien- und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklaert_ (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag, 1985, 1990), s.nn. Egenolf(f), Egloff.