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 Caldrithig, within the Barony of 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

• Chronicler - Barony of Skraeling Althing
• Archery Marshal - Kingdom of the East
• Fencing Marshal - Kingdom of the East
• Chronicler - Barony of Skraeling Althing (2013)
• Signet - Barony of Skraeling Althing (2022)

SCA History

Giana joined the SCA in 1987, having been born and raised in the East Kingdom in the Barony of Ruantallan.

Interests

• Lampworking
• Kumihimo
• Costuming
• Embroidery
• Illumination
• Scribal
• Target Archery
• Bardic
• Fencing
• Thrown Weapons

Awards

• Award of Arms - August 12th, 1998 (East Kingdom)
• The Order of the Maunche - March 5th, 2005 (Award of Rank [Foreign], East Kingdom)
• Award of Orion - April 28th, 2018 (for ALL THE THINGS!)
• Order of the Crucible - November, 2021