Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 453

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Later research turned up additional information relevant to this report. See the end of the letter for details.

Greetings,

Here's what we found out about the name "Nicodemus."

"Nicodemos" didn't become popular in English until the 17th century, but it was used in Eastern Europe in period. We found "Nicodemus" and "Nicodemo" in 15th-century Poland (1), "Nikodim" from 12th-century Russia, (2) and "Nikodemos" in 11th-century Byzantium (3).

Nightshade could put together a name in any of these languages. If he can let us know what language we should investigate and what kind of name he would like, we'll go to work. We probably won't be able to write another letter at War, but if he wants to submit at War I can talk about what we found out there.

Walraven van Nijmege, Tangwystl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Arval Benicoeur, Pedro de Alcazar, Effric neyn Kenyeoch, and Talan Gwynek contributed to this letter.

Good luck, and thanks for writing!

Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel

(1) Taszycki, Witold, _S{l/}ownik Staropolskich Nazw Osobowych. Vols. I-VI_ (Wroc{l/}aw: Zak{l/}ad Norodowy Imienia Ossoli{n'}skich Wydawnictwo Polskeij Akademii Nauk, 1965-1982).

(2) http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/

(3) http://sdcc8.ucsd.edu/~rinman/byz_names/introduction.html

Correction, Arval, 26 Feb 2005: Corrected the author's name in note [2].