medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
"Ms Brenda M. Cook" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I've 3 examples from my index of witnesses to Breton charters:
>1069 - Rudalt & Loies Huarnn filii ALTFRED
>[This is the sound one]
yes.
except it should be "filii ALTFRED*I*, should it not?
>[also]
>c.1132 Gaufridus et AUFRE' de Sion
that " ' " would, i assume, expand to "DUS" == AUFREDUS ?
>1199 Galterus AUFREI [= son of Aufre ?]
or, perhaps, we're lacking the apostrophe, which would yield
"AUFREIDUS" ?
are you dealing with the original charter, or a medieval (cartulary) copy, or
a modern edition?
if the last, especially, details at this level are, in my experience
inherently unreliable if there's something curious about the transcription,
especially of minor folks in witness lists, which were not always considered
worth getting *exactly* right.
if the modern edition is made from, say, an early modern ms copy, then all
bets are off, of course.
folks feeling the need to get serious (to the point of (ncomprehensibilty)
about this question might try this work which i had occasion to mention a few
weeks ago :
Marie Thérèse Morlet, _Les Noms de personne sur le territoire de l'ancienne
Gaule du VIe au XIIe siècle._ Paris, Centre National de la recherche
scientifique, 1968-<1985 > 2 vols.
fwiw, i don't recall comming across an "Alfredus" in the chartrain documents.
some names just didn't catch on in various regions, it seems.
best from here,
christopher
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