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#65: A Japanese Miscellany—discussion of Japanese culture, including names and mon.#66: A Welsh Miscellany—discussion of Welsh culture, including language and names.Dominus Herveus d’Ormonde. Combined Ordinary of Various Small Ordinaries Vol I. Private printing,1991. An ordinary of arms compiled for SCA use. Contains armory from: Heraldry of the Manesse; HatefulHeraldry; Irish Heraldry; An Ordinary of Australian Personal Arms; An Ordinary of Australian CorporateArms; Public Heraldry; and An Ordinary of Scottish Arms, Vol. 1. Extremely useful for conflict checking.Available from the author.Dominus Herveus d’Ormonde. Combined Ordinary of Various Small Ordinaries Vol II. Private printing,1993. An ordinary of arms compiled for SCA use. Contains armory from: An Ordinary to Woodward’s Treatiseon Heraldry; Dictionnaire Heraldique; Concise Encyclopedia of Flags and Coats of Arms; Fabulous Heraldry;and Heraldic Badges. Extremely useful for conflict checking. Available from the author.Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. A general bookabout first names. Few of the entries have dates, names of some historical figures are given in their modernrather than period form, and there are some inaccuracies. May be useful as a starting point, but you’ll have tolook elsewhere for proper documentation. Not acceptable as adequate documentation.Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia. A Dictionary of Surames. Oxford University Press. A general book aboutsurnames. Few of the entries have dates, names of some historical figures are given in their modern rather thanperiod form, and there are some inaccuracies. May be useful as a starting point, but you’ll have to lookelsewhere for proper documentation. Not acceptable as adequate documentation.Kolatch. Dictionary of First Names. A notoriously unscholarly and inaccurate book about names. It ismentioned here only because it is not acceptable for documentation purposes.The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. A huge but comprehensive 20-volume dictionarywhich can be found in most public libraries. Cites the earliest known uses of each particular meaning of a word,which makes it invaluable for documenting a word that you want to use in a name (some common Englishwords were not used until well after period, or originally had an entirely different meaning). Also available in asmaller and more affordable photoreduced form (with a magnifying glass so you can read it), and on a CD-ROM for DOS or Macintosh computers.Le Comte de Renesse. Dictionnaire Heraldiques. A French ordinary compiled circa 1723.Guillaume le Vingeron. Yclept, a Book of Names—Vol. 1: On the Construction of Names. FolumpEnterprises, 1991. A small, very brief introduction to the medieval naming practices of western Europe,organized by country. Gives only a handful of names to illustrate the naming structures. Can be useful forloaning to clients as a quick overview, but not for finding or documenting a name.122 Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook2nd Edition - 2002