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

[LeMay, Jason T.]

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.

Jason

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Jane Wickenden
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Abbreviation/contraction question: S:ae R:ae M:tis


Serenissimae Reginae Maiestatis I think - 'of her Serene Majesty the Queen.'

Regards

Jane
On 11 Aug 2014 18:46, "LeMay, Jason T." <jason.lemay at emory.edu<mailto:jason.lemay at emory.edu>> wrote:
Good afternoon, everyone!

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.

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!).

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…

Thanks for any assistance and insight!

Jason LeMay

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