[DCRM-L] Abbreviation/contraction question: S:ae R:ae M:tis

[Cates, Patrick]

Jason,

Given the context of your example referring to Queen Louisa Ulrike, I would
guess it is the phase is S[erenissim]ae R[egi]ae M[aiesta]tis.

Good luck,

Patrick

Patrick Cates
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General Theological Seminary
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:46 PM, LeMay, Jason T. <jason.lemay at emory.edu>
wrote:

>  Good afternoon, everyone!
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> I’m hoping someone will have some insight to share on this. I’ve recently
> begun working on a project cataloging 17th and 18th 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.
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> 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
> https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Carl_von_Linn%C3%A9_Museum_Sae_Rae_Mtis_Ludovicae_Ulric?id=kccxOB5D4CIC
> – thanks to Deborah Leslie for the link!).
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> 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…
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> Thanks for any assistance and insight!
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> Jason LeMay
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