<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:28 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-request@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-request@lib.byu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_extra">The abbreviation more likely stands for "sacræ regiæ majestatis," "of/to the royal sacred majesty." I think you will find it used with male as well as female sovereigns.<br clear="all">
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</div></div><div><br></div><div>My opinions, not NYPL's</div></div></blockquote></div><br>I think I quoted the wrong post in attempting to reply. The first word could stand for "serenissimæ," though "sacræ" is more common, but the second word is surely "regiæ," not "reginæ."</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">As to the transcription, I agree with Deborah Leslie that it should be "'Sae. Rae. Mtis" ... remembering also that we are still admonished to transcribed Latin ligatured "æ" as "ae" (0G1.1).<br clear="all">
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