These resources relate to names and naming practices used before the 17th century. The articles are grouped according to the modern countries to which the information they contain relate.
This brief list of place names derived from the Old English names for various types of workers might be useful if you're interested in finding an interesting name for a branch or if constructing a toponymic byname using an unusual place name or one that relates to your interests.
Seven house names and an equal number of surnames incorporating house names are given, with links to the pages in a multi-volume armorial in the collection of the Bavarian State Library on which they are found. Some are Latinized; others are purely Italian.
Roughly 90 place names recorded in a multi-volume armorial in the collection of the Bavarian State Library are transcribed, and links are given to scans of the manuscript pages on which they appear. Some are Latinized; others are purely Italian.
The surnames of several thousand armigers from two dozen cities in what is now Italy are listed in alphabetic order, with links to the page(s) on which each is seen in a multi-volume armorial in the collection of the Bavarian State Library. Some are Latinized; others are purely in Italian.
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