Re: [Mid] Spanish personna

kerry d lude wrote:
>
> I am thinking of changing my personna to a Spanish personna instead of
> the German that I am now. Would anyone have a list of books or documents
> that would be helpful to me? I have read "El Cid" and a history of Spain
> dating back to the 11th or 12th century. I would be interested in
> documents on garb and general lifestyle. I already have a name, but I'm
> not sure how period it is (12th or 13th century). It is Tino Brana (the
> "n" has one of those "~" over it to make it an "nya" sound). Could
> anyone help me?
>
> Johann George Lude aus Weidersehen

Greetings, milord.

Unfortunately, I don't have any Spanish references handy. I daresay
your local Library has fashion manuals that you could peruse or you
might go to any gentles in your group that you know do garb and ask them
for the titles or direct assistance.

"Tino" sounds like a diminuative of "Antonio," but I can't be certain -
Spanish classes were long ago. I do remember that the Spanish were and
are a very proud people and reeling off their full names at meeting new
folks or being called in for some offical function was de rigeur. That
comes from my substitute Spanish teacher who spoke perfect Castillian -
lisp and all - and yet she was French and Greek. Diminuatives would
have been reserved for times of much less formality. If you found that
I was correct about "Antonio," you could register that and add to any
introduction "called Tino." Unless, you could find it documented
somewhere.

I'm sorry I can't help you more efficiently, milord. I would think
there would be some Church records available, but I just can't be
certain.

Betony

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