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From: Paul Benyon <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] 1600's Day Dates
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:21:36 +0100
References: <MABBLNBJEKIKPFDCPCNMOELKDJAA.davidcheek@bigpond.com>
In-Reply-To: <MABBLNBJEKIKPFDCPCNMOELKDJAA.davidcheek@bigpond.com>


Hello David

Could this be a form of abbreviation of Roman Numerals - or maybe a
mix of Roman and Arabic, which was just starting to appear around this
time. These are the sort of Roman Numerals I'm vaguely familiar with
- where the "j" is often used to replace the final digit in say 3 =
iij:

j or i = 1
ij or ii = 2
iij or iii = 3
jv or iv = 4

xij or xii = 12
etc

But I seem to remember seeing cases where the down stroke has almost
disappeared and one is just left with the dots ?

There are a few sites which have a stab at early handwriting - but
this is the only one that appears to tackle the problem of dates in a
meaningful manner:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eengregisters/registers/readnumbers.htm

If this doesn't appear to tie in with what you've got there is the:

OLD-ENGLISH. A mailing list for anyone who is deciphering old English
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which would appear to be designed for this sort of question ?

Best wishes

Paul

On Mon, 13 May 2002 16:46:06 +0930, you wrote:

>Hi Listers
>
>All learned ones on this list, please help me......I require, perhaps a web
>site, which shows the date dates as written in late 1500's early 1600's with
>today's current equivalent.......as in 1= x, 2= y, 3= z, etc.....it appears
>to me to be something like, say, a 22 with a y with a series of 1 to 4 dots
>above the "y", etc......
>
>Is this Latin or Old English or what written in Parish Registers, any and
>all help will be much appreciated.....
>
>Regards
>David Cheek - Adelaide - Australia
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