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I'm transcribing manorial documents, most of which were written in Latin before the 1730s. One difficulty (of many) is that manorial scribes used a wide-ranging set of abbreviations. As a result, many endings are missing from words, and a good knowledge of Latin grammar is needed to reconstitute them.
As an example, I've taken a sentence from a manorial entry. The original, with abbreviations, is as follows:
Ac eciam de et in quadraginat & trib acr et una roda plus vel minus tre arrabilis & fundi pastural voc Sward ground cum ptin jacen dispersim in campis de Pirton pda particularit mentionat et express in terrar sive schedul geren dat vicesimo quinto die Novembr Anno rni Dni Caroli Scd nup Regis Angl
I've extended the abbreviated words but have some difficulty with the agreement of participles:
Ac eciam de et in quadraginata & tribus acris et una roda plus vel minus terre arrabilis & fundi pasturalis vocat[?] Sward ground cum pertinentiis jacent[?] dispersim in campis de Pirton predicta particulariter mentionat[?] et express[?] in terrario sive schedulo gerent[?] dato vicesimo quinto die Novembris Anno regni Domini Caroli Secundi nuper Regis Anglie
1. Vocat[?] refers to 2 nouns, terre and fundi.
(a) Should vocatum be genitive plural, referring to both terre and fundi, or singular, referring to fundi as the closest noun?
(b) Since terre and fundi are inanimate nouns of mixed gender, should vocatum take a neuter ending?
2. I have similar questions relating to Jacens, mencionatus and expressus
3. Again, should gerens agree with both terrario and schedulo or schedulo only?
I'd very much appreciate your help.
Many thanks
Richard
I'm transcribing manorial documents, most of which were written in Latin before the 1730s. One difficulty (of many) is that manorial scribes used a wide-ranging set of abbreviations. As a result, many endings are missing from words, and a good knowledge of Latin grammar is needed to reconstitute them.
As an example, I've taken a sentence from a manorial entry. The original, with abbreviations, is as follows:
Ac eciam de et in quadraginat & trib acr et una roda plus vel minus tre arrabilis & fundi pastural voc Sward ground cum ptin jacen dispersim in campis de Pirton pda particularit mentionat et express in terrar sive schedul geren dat vicesimo quinto die Novembr Anno rni Dni Caroli Scd nup Regis Angl
I've extended the abbreviated words but have some difficulty with the agreement of participles:
Ac eciam de et in quadraginata & tribus acris et una roda plus vel minus terre arrabilis & fundi pasturalis vocat[?] Sward ground cum pertinentiis jacent[?] dispersim in campis de Pirton predicta particulariter mentionat[?] et express[?] in terrario sive schedulo gerent[?] dato vicesimo quinto die Novembris Anno regni Domini Caroli Secundi nuper Regis Anglie
1. Vocat[?] refers to 2 nouns, terre and fundi.
(a) Should vocatum be genitive plural, referring to both terre and fundi, or singular, referring to fundi as the closest noun?
(b) Since terre and fundi are inanimate nouns of mixed gender, should vocatum take a neuter ending?
2. I have similar questions relating to Jacens, mencionatus and expressus
3. Again, should gerens agree with both terrario and schedulo or schedulo only?
I'd very much appreciate your help.
Many thanks
Richard
