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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you, Patrick and Jane. I actually came across another one after posting the message and based on the way these appear in the “praeses” section of the
dissertations I’m working on, it makes much more sense now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jane Wickenden<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2014 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Abbreviation/contraction question: S:ae R:ae M:tis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Serenissimae Reginae Maiestatis I think - 'of her Serene Majesty the Queen.'<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Jane<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11 Aug 2014 18:46, "LeMay, Jason T." <<a href="mailto:jason.lemay@emory.edu">jason.lemay@emory.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Good afternoon, everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I’m hoping someone will have some insight to share on this. I’ve recently begun working on a project cataloging 17<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup> century Latin dissertations from
Sweden and Germany and have occasionally been running into abbreviations/contractions on the title pages of some that I’m not sure how to transcribe.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The phrase I keep seeing is “S:ae R:ae M:tis,” where the ae’s are actually ligatures. I know that the colon is often used to abbreviate, and would generally be recorded as a period
if it were at the end of each word. But in this case it seems as though it is being used to create contractions. (an example of what I have can be seen at
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Carl_von_Linn%C3%A9_Museum_Sae_Rae_Mtis_Ludovicae_Ulric?id=kccxOB5D4CIC" target="_blank">
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Carl_von_Linn%C3%A9_Museum_Sae_Rae_Mtis_Ludovicae_Ulric?id=kccxOB5D4CIC</a> – thanks to Deborah Leslie for the link!).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">For now, I’ve been recording this as “sae. rae. mtis.” based on other samples I’ve viewed in OCLC, but I don’t know how trustworthy those samples are…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks for any assistance and insight!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jason LeMay<o:p></o:p></p>
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