All I have is a transcription of the original Latin "4° Maij 1669 Annoque RR Caroli scdi &c xxj°". It appears in a list of entries made in successive years.
Obviously the date is 4th May 1669.
I understand that "Annoque" means "in the year of".
"Caroli" is Charles (the second).
Regarding "xxj°", I'm guessing that "j°" is possibly a "thorn" and represents "th". An entry made 7 years earlier was transcribed "xiiij". Therefore "xxj°" means 20th.
This seems like an interesting commentary on Oliver Cromwell's republic. Charles II ascended the throne in 1660, which was only 9 years earlier. But his father had lost his head in 1649, 20 years earlier. So this list is pretending that the republic never happened, and that Charles II had been the rightful king all along.
Questions:
1. What does RR stand for?
2. Is "scdi" a common abbreviation? For what? And what did it mean back then? (These days Latin SCDI means AIDS)
Thanks
It has occurred to me that RR might stand for "regni Regis" or some such thing.
Obviously the date is 4th May 1669.
I understand that "Annoque" means "in the year of".
"Caroli" is Charles (the second).
Regarding "xxj°", I'm guessing that "j°" is possibly a "thorn" and represents "th". An entry made 7 years earlier was transcribed "xiiij". Therefore "xxj°" means 20th.
This seems like an interesting commentary on Oliver Cromwell's republic. Charles II ascended the throne in 1660, which was only 9 years earlier. But his father had lost his head in 1649, 20 years earlier. So this list is pretending that the republic never happened, and that Charles II had been the rightful king all along.
Questions:
1. What does RR stand for?
2. Is "scdi" a common abbreviation? For what? And what did it mean back then? (These days Latin SCDI means AIDS)
Thanks
It has occurred to me that RR might stand for "regni Regis" or some such thing.