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Social Sciences - Anthropology | | Latin term or phrase: Carolo Curteys qui obiit v Kal. Quint. A.D. MDCCCLXVI | | Latin inscription on a stained glass window in a Cornish Church, the burials register of which shows that Charles Curteys was buried on 2 July 1866 |
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| | To Charles Curteys, who died 27 June, 1866 | Explanation:
Hi,
first: Carolo Curteys means To Charles Curteys, who died... Carolo is in dative. This is the more important part in my post, because nobody has yet noticed that.
V Kal. Quint. means the 27 June, this form (without the a.d. abbreviation) was common even in the ancient times and Cicero used it in his letters:
examples from ad Atticum VII.:
...sed cum haec scribebam v Kalend.,...
VI Kal. vesperi Balbus minor ad me venit...
ego xiii Kalend., cum eadem lucerna hanc epistulam scripsissem qua inflammaram tuam,...
In the middle ages, this form without a.d. became dominant.
Péter |
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Local time: 07:26
| Grading comment Thank you. It is unlikely that a person of Charles' status would have been buried within less than 24 hours of his death. Two members of the same family who died in 1848 and 1854 were both buried 5 days after they died and another who died in 1874 was buried 8 days after death.
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1 day13 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 To Charles Curteys, who died 27 June, 1866
Explanation:
Hi,
first: Carolo Curteys means To Charles Curteys, who died... Carolo is in dative. This is the more important part in my post, because nobody has yet noticed that.
V Kal. Quint. means the 27 June, this form (without the a.d. abbreviation) was common even in the ancient times and Cicero used it in his letters:
examples from ad Atticum VII.:
...sed cum haec scribebam v Kalend.,...
VI Kal. vesperi Balbus minor ad me venit...
ego xiii Kalend., cum eadem lucerna hanc epistulam scripsissem qua inflammaram tuam,...
In the middle ages, this form without a.d. became dominant.
Péter
| Péter Jutai
Hungary
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of:  Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Thank you. It is unlikely that a person of Charles' status would have been buried within less than 24 hours of his death. Two members of the same family who died in 1848 and 1854 were both buried 5 days after they died and another who died in 1874 was buried 8 days after death. |
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