Onomastics

A selection of articles on medieval names I've written due to my association with the Academy of Saint Gabriel.

Middle Eastern Names

Sixteenth-Century Turkish Names
Ottoman Cauldron-Makers, 1643-1644
Persian Masculine Names in the Nafah.ât al-uns
Personal Names in Warres Betweene the Turkes and the Persians

Order Names

Medieval Names of Some Knightly Orders
Members of Knightly Orders
Registering an Order Name in the SCA
Secular Orders, 1604

Greek and Coptic Inscriptions

Greek Names with Scytho-Sarmatian Roots
Nubian Names from Coptic and Greek Inscriptions

Other Name Articles

Medieval Tamil Names
Some Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Mughal Women's Names
My Lord Sir Herald: Titles and Address in England Before 1600
Casualties in the Naval Battle at Bugia

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