16.10.24: Level 2; Ordinal numbers – all forms [6]; rapid reading [3]; documents

ANNO DOMINI │ [1] MILLESIMO [2] QUADRAGESIMO [3] QUINQUAGESIMO [4] NONO

In the │ [1] one thousandth [2] four hundredth [3] fiftieth [4] ninth │ year of the Lord = AD 1459

Here are some years from documents, inscriptions and books. Match the Latin with the numerical year. The day and month are also given for some of them. All the years and dates are given at the end - you just need to choose the right ones for each document.

[1] Extract from a birth certificate:

Boy or girl?

What year, month and day was the birth registered?

What day and month was the child born?

What information is omitted from this extract?

Anno domini millesimo nongentesimo decimo primo │ die nona mensis Julii │ puer natus │die quinta mensis Julii │ hora _____

[2] Published in Warsaw: year, month and day?

Varsaviae Anno Domini, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Quadrageſimo Tertio │ Die Octava Menſis Novembris. [ſ = s]

[3] On what day, month and year did Constancia die?

“HIC IACET EGREGIA DO/MINA CONSTANCIA DE SA/LVCIIS OLIM IVDICESSA/ARBOREE QVE OBIIT DIE/XVIII.MENSIS FEBRVARII │ ANNO DOMINI MILLESIMO/CCC.QVADRAGESI/MO OCTAVO”

[4] The online transcript of this certificate of baptism contains errors; it is difficult to know - owing to the handwriting - whether errors were actually made by the person who wrote the document, or the person who transcribed it. Below is the version with the correct spelling.

The year, date and month are given in the first three lines:

Anno D[omi]ni millesimo sexcentesimo sexagesimo septimo │ decima sexta mensis decembris

[5] The handwriting is almost impossible to read, but the transcription has been well done.

IN DEI NOMINE AMEN VICESIMO DIE MENSIS MARCII ANNO DOMINI MILLESIMO CCCC^MO LXX^MO

Ego Egidius Bregge de parochia de Hedecrone compos mentis saneque memorie condo testamentum in hunc modum

In the name of God Amen the __________ day of the month of __________ AD __________

I Giles Bregge of the parish of Headcorn being composed of mind and of sound memory make my testament in this fashion.

Note the abbreviation ‘mo’ attached to CCCC and LXX which refers to the ablative of the ordinal e.g. quadringentesimo (400^th). An ordinal may also be indicated by a small ^o after it.

[6] Two years given in this one i.e. ab: from [a certain year] ad: to [a certain year]; note the spelling of octuagesimo

AB ANNO DOMINI Millesimo, Quingentesimo, Octuagesimo Quinto usq́ [= usque]; ad Annum Millesimum, Sexcentesimum Octuagesimum Septimum inclusivè.

[7] What do you notice about the year given [i] in full in Latin and [ii] in Roman numerals?

[i] ANNO DOMINI MILLESIMO OCTINGENTESIMO VIGESIMO QUINTO

[ii] MDCCCXXVI

[8]

Anno Domini millesimo octingentesimo sexagesimo sexto

[9]

Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Nonagesimo Quarto │ Die Primo Aprilis

[10]

Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentestimo Nonagesimo Septimo

1348; 1470; 1585; 1643; 1667; 1687; 1694; 1697; 1825; 1826; 1866; 1911

February 18th; March 20th; April 1st; July 5th; July 9th; November 8th; December 16th