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Re: name question

Martha Palotay — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:07:08 GMT

... Well, actually... not necessarily. Though being flexible about spelling helps. Ákos: the closest I can find is Akus. As usual for medieval names, there

Re: name question

Lara Baker-Olin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:37:14 GMT

I often use this picture as a resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bulgars.jpg The front closure garment

Re: name question

hjernespiser — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:08:36 GMT

... Be careful about this too. He's got drawings with the double-lapel style. Magyar material culture (and neighboring people's) was influenced by late

Re: name question

charles stefanich — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:52:28 GMT

I am not planning to change my name. I've used it for close to 15 years now and am fond of it as its my dad's name just in Hungarian. I have a couple of people

Re: name question

Julia Szent-Gyorgyi — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:51:43 GMT

Addressing just the part of your question that I know something about... We have very, very few records of the names of Conquest-era Magyars, and the little we

Re: name question

Majer Dormánka — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:45:18 GMT

Szia István, First of all, what time during the conquest period are you attempting to portray? Why not stick with the name István? It's the name of the first

name question

mos6238 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:11 GMT

After nearly 15 years as a 13th c Croatian at the Hungarian court, with little thought to being authentic, I decided to move back a bit in History and began to

Re: name

Martha Palotay — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:38:12 GMT

Zoltan wrote, ... I don't know if that's necessary: 98% of the SCA, if presented with the name "Zoltan Farkas", would assume that Zoltan is the given name.

Re: name

Lisa Hayhurst — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:19:11 GMT

... Not so much. But then, in my original group in college, there were a couple of other Eastern European persona's and now, I'm one of 2 Erzsebets in my

name

zoltan_sca — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:34:01 GMT

Thank you for the the reponses all. And yes Julia that is truly a lot of info to digest. you do know your stuff with names . I might have to find and switch to

Re: New member

Julia Szent-Gyorgyi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:25:43 GMT

... Well, not quite. Farkas ('wolf'; literally 'with tail, taily') is a "native" or "old secular" masculine name which was relatively common in 13th century

Re: New member

charles stefanich — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:18:18 GMT

Welcome. I am in the Barony of Andelcrag Midrealm. I portray a migration era Magyar my kit as far as the rules allow is hardened leather. I can help with

New member

zoltan_sca — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:43:07 GMT

Hail all, I am a new member to this group and Returning to the SCA after an 11 year absence. I have chosen a Mid 15th century Magyar persona. I am located in

Re: temple rings question

Lara Baker-Olin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:05:46 GMT

Hi all, Just saw this email. I believe Dr Gyula is referring to what we know as braid ornaments. Personally, I have doubts about whether these ornaments were

Fwd: Horseback archery, August training and competition

Willa Rose — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:50:11 GMT

For those who could not make it to the Horseback Archery Training Camp in July here in Idaho, there is one going on in August in northern Montana. Same