ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2766 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2766 ************************************ ************************************************* * * * NOTE: Later research turned up additional * * information relevant to this report. * * See the end of the letter for details. * * * ************************************************* 26 Oct 2003 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if would be an appropriate name for a Swedish nobleman living around 1580. You also asked for help designing arms based on "Gules, a chevron Or" or "Gules, a bend Or", with a triumphant lamb with a banner or a sword, hilt up, with wings coming out of the hilt. Here is the information we have found. You've chosen a fine name. The Old Norse name shows up in Sweden in the runic period, and the name is found in Norway in the 14th century. The name also become widespread in Denmark in later period. [5,6,9] In Sweden, we have examples of in the 15th century in the royal line: The regent who followed Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was Karl Knutsson (1409-1470); King Charles VIII (ruled 1448-57, 1464-65, 1467-70) was another Karl Knutsson, and King Charles IX (1550-1611), son of Gustavus I (Gustavus Eriksson Vasa) was presumably another Karl. [7] Other examples include three men named recorded in 1380, 1485, and 1496 [8], and six men named who came to New Sweden between 1638 and 1664. [10] Though we do not have explicit examples of in Sweden in the 16th century, we have no doubt that it was in use. [See addendum below.] The byname is fine. We find it recorded in 1509; it means 'sharp' or 'clever', and was pronounced \SKARP\. [2] The basic idea of your coat of arms, using a plain field with either a chevron or a bend, is just fine. We found many examples of plain fields with bends and chevrons: [1,3] "Or, a chevron and in base a cardpique azure" (it may be a linden leaf) "Azure, a chevron and in base a mullet of six points Or." "Bendy Or and gules." "Or, a chevron gules." (twice) "Gules, a chevron Or." "Azure, a chevron Or." "Argent, a chevron gules." We also found examples of single wings as charges, and winged arrows: We did find three examples of arms with wings in them: [1,4] "Gules, a pair of wings argent." "Or, a pair of wings sable." "Or, a wing sable." "Azure, an arrow bendwise Or winged gules." In fact, we even found one example of arms that had a chevron and in base a winged arrow, point to chief. [11] Based on these examples, "Gules, a chevron and in base a wing Or" or "Gules, a chevron and in base a winged arrow, point to chief, Or" is a lovely design. We believe that you can register either design with the SCA College of Arms if you desire. We were unable to find any examples of paschal lambs in Swedish armory, so we recommend that you do not use them in your arms. In fact, the only animals that appeared with any regularity are eagles and lions. [1,3]. We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you won't hesitate to write us again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur, Maridonna Benvenuti, Talan Gwynek, Adelaide de Beaumont, Juliana de Luna, and Blaise de Cormeilles. For the Academy, -Argantguia filia Catmaili, 26Oct03 -- References: [1] Hjelm, Jonas. "Medeltidsvapen" (WWW: Self-published). (http://www.adelsvapen.com/medeltidsvapen/) [2] --, _Sveriges Medeltida Personnamn_, Vol. 1- (Uppsala: 1967-. bd. 1, h. 3: isbn: 91-7192-123-8; bd. 1, h. 4: isbn: 91-7192-223-7; bd. 1, h. 5: isbn: 91-7402-044-7; bd. 2, h. 6: isbn: 91-7402-104-4; bd. 2, h. 7: isbn: 91-7402-136-2, h. 8: isbn: 91-7402-115-x; bd. 2, h. 9: isbn: 91-88096-00-9; bd. 2, h. 10: isbn: 91-88096-01-7; Bloms Boktryckeri AB: Lund 1983 bd. 2). , s.nn. Anna, Benediktsson, Birgitta, Bothild, Elena, Elisabeth, Erik, Folke, Gunar, Hakon [3] Hjelm, Jonas. "Medeltidsvapen del 3" (WWW: Self-published). (http://www.adelsvapen.com/medeltidsvapen/del3/) [4] Hjelm, Jonas. "Vapensko"ldar" (WWW: Self-published). (http://www.adelsvapen.com/medeltidsvapen/medeltid/) [5] Knudsen Gunnar, Marius Kristiansen, & Rikard Hornby, _Danmarks Gamle Personnavne_, Vol. I: Fornavne (Copenhagen: 1936-48). s.n. Karl [6] Lind, E.H., _Norsk-Isla:ndska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn fra*n Medeltiden_ (Uppsala & Leipzig: 1905-1915, sup. Oslo, Uppsala and Kobenhavn: 1931). s.n. Karl [7] Wise, L.F. & E.W. Egan, eds. _Kings, Rulers and Statesmen_ (Bantam Books: 1969) [8] SMP op cit, s.nn. Cal-, Call-, Car- [9] Fellows Jensen, Gillian, _Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire_ (Copenhagen: 1968). s.nn. Karli, Karl. [10] Stebbins Craig, Peter, "New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1664" (WWW: The Genealogical Society of Finland). http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/3d41indexe.htm [11] Raneke, Jan. _Svenska Medeltidsvapen_ (3 vols.) (Jan Raneke and Bokfo"rlaget Doza AB, printed by Bloms Boktryckeri AB, Lund, 1982.) The winged arrow dates to Elof Magnusson k.1253-1268 through Helga Bengtsdtr, d.1393 (696). There is no date for the "a chevron and in base a winged arrow, point to chief" (816). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Addendum, Barak Raz, 7 Dec 2003: In a study of given names in Swedish tax rolls dating from the second half of the sixteenth century, the name occurs approximately 356 times. Its frequency in specific rolls ranges from 0 to 37 in raw numbers and from less than 1% to as high as 3% of the total names in particular rolls. [Fredriksson, Ingwar. "Svenskt Dopnamnsskick Vid 1500-Talets Slut", published by Vonersborgs Boktryckeri AB, Vonersborg 1974; distributed by Institutionen for Nordiska Sprak, Helgonabacken 14, 223 62 Lund as "Anthroponymica Suecana 7"]