====== Giana Gabriella di Milano ====== ===== Persona ===== Lady Giana Gabriella di Milano is a 16th-century Italian woman born in Northern Italy in the early years of the 1500s. As a noblewoman, she has been influenced by the fashions and styles of the nearby courts of both Milan and Mantua. Her husband was once a fabric merchant, travelling much of the known world to trade in beautiful cottons, silks, and wools. Now, since his passing, Giana runs a small fabric supply shop that caters to wealthy noblewomen looking for that special piece that nobody else has. ===== Whereabouts ===== Giana currently resides in the Canton of [[branches:canton:Caldrithig]], within the Barony of [[Branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]], having lived there since 2010. . ===== Heraldry ===== * **Device:** Per bend sinister argent and vert, three annulets in bend sinister counterchanged. ===== Offices and Appointments ===== ==== Current Office ==== Giana currently holds no offices ==== Past Offices ==== * {{activities:service:offices:Chronicler-symbol.png?30|}} **[[people:people_by_office:Chronicler]]** - Barony of [[Branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]] * {{activities:service:offices:marshal-archery-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:martial:target_archery|Archery]] [[activities:service:offices:Marshal]]** - Kingdom of the East * {{activities:service:offices:marshal-rapier-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:martial:rapier_combat|Fencing]] [[activities:service:offices:Marshal]]** - Kingdom of the East * {{activities:service:offices:Chronicler-symbol.png?30|}} **[[people:people_by_office:Chronicler]]** - Barony of [[Branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]] (2013) * **Signet** - Barony of [[Branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]] (2022) ===== SCA History ===== Giana joined the SCA in 1987, having been born and raised in the East Kingdom in the Barony of [[eastwiki>Ruantallan]]. ===== Interests ===== * [[activities:arts_sciences:Lampworking]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:Kumihimo]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:Costuming]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:Embroidery]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:Illumination]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:Scribal]] * [[activities:martial:Target Archery]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:Bardic]] * [[activities:martial:Rapier Combat|Fencing]] * [[activities:martial:Thrown Weapons ]] ===== Awards ===== * **[[Awards:Award of Arms]]** - August 12th, 1998 (East Kingdom) * **[[http://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Maunche|The Order of the Maunche]]** - March 5th, 2005 (Award of Rank [Foreign], East Kingdom) * **[[awards:award_of_orion|Award of Orion]]** - April 28th, 2018 (for ALL THE THINGS!) * **[[awards:order_of_the_crucible|Order of the Crucible]]** - November, 2021 [{{media:heraldry:personal_heraldry:giana_gabriella_di_milano_heraldry_lozenge.png?200|Arms: //Per bend sinister argent and vert, three annulets in bend sinister counterchanged.//}}] /* PLEASE DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS POINT - TAGS FOR AUTO-GENERATED LISTS */ {{tag>people:personas_by_century:16th_century people:personas_by_culture:italian people:apprentices people:people_by_location:caldrithig people:people_by_location:skraeling_althing history:lineages:line_of_naon people:people_by_interest:illumination people:people_by_interest:bardic people:people_by_interest:costuming people:people_by_interest:embroidery people:people_by_interest:rapier_combat people:people_by_interest:thrown_weapons people:people_by_interest:target_archery}}