[Artemisia] HAPPY...

[Mike Bradley]

Pssst. Morgan...

Late 13th C (AD) is 1251 - 1300.  Mid-1300s (by which I mean, quick
documentation from Wikipedia which cites manuscripts from 1381 and
1390 using IIII and IV interchangeably) is a few years (like 35 - 70)
after late 13th C.

Incidentally (if I remember my non-official, non-credit bearing, held
at pub Welsh classes at ISU) ... deugain a pedwar (two twenty and four
... since Welsh numerals are base 20).

Co...Mike ... amateur linguist

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:46 AM, morgan wolf <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Being a late 13th C Cymraeg, I was right.
>
> Buchedda at gweinydda
> (I live to serve)
> Barwn Morgan Blaidd Du 'r Chloffa
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mike Bradley <connor.mac.michil at gmail.com>
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 1:31:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] HAPPY...
>
> Well ... depending on time and place of persona...
>
> IIII is still used in place of IV on many clocks, and IV didn't come
> into vogue until the mid-1300s.
>
> So ...
>
> XXXXIIII
> XLIIII
> XXXXIV
> XLIV
>
> or even the Year of Our Society Four and Forty. Or Anno Societatis
> Forty Four.  Or Anno Societatis quattuor et quadraginta.
>
> Or ... "How many scribes and heralds are going to mess up for the next
> month while they try to realize that SCA 'New Years' is at the
> beginning of May" ;-)
>
> Connor
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:59 AM, morgan wolf <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> NEW YEAR! ASXLIV! I think.
>>
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