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07:45 Oct 19, 2002 |
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| Selected response from: Joseph Brazauskas United States Local time: 05:31 | ||||||
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The city is the seal of the plains and Perusina (Perugia) is yours Explanation: Perusina is Perugia, (Italy) I think it's camporum, not campsorum. HTH -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-19 08:46:13 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- campsor is (money) changer - you were right Urbs (with a capital U) is also another name of Rome Rome is the sign/symbol of the money changers (as) Perusina is the symbol of your family/folks/people Reference: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11736a.htm |
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The city of Perugia is the token of your territories. Explanation: It seams to be a hexameter (a poem); So it is poetical language, and no doubt you have to take urbs en perusina together (perusina is adjective), and also campsorum et tuorum are to be taken together. As to campsorum, I prefer to believe it is a clerical error for camporum> In stead of "territories", you can maybe prefer "estates". |
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Your money-changers' seal is the city of Perugia. Explanation: Although 'campsor' isn't in Lewis & Short, and the web page about the Archdiocese of Perugia in the Catholic Encyclopedia given as a reference won't load, nonetheless the word does seem to mean 'money-changer', or perhaps 'banker'. The 'seal' (signum) seems to have borne an image of Perugia (ancient Perusia) personified. |
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