"Richard van Schaik" <f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Traugott Vitz wrote:
>
>> from the jpg I agree with others on this NG that it is "Dom: Reminis:"
-
>> to be read as "Dominica Reminiscere".
>> No, there is but one sunday per year with that name. It is the name of
>> one of the sundays in lent:
>> 1) Invocavit
>> 2) Reminiscere
>> 3) Oculi
>> 4) Laetare
>> 5) Judica
>> 6) Palmarum
>>
>> i.e. Reminiscere is the fifth sunday before Easter.
>
> Oops, read wrongly "after". Thanks
>
>> The sunday names 1 to 5 are derived from the starting words of the
>> opening verses assigned to the beginning of the respective services:
>> Psalm 91:15
>> Psalm 25:6
>> Psalm 25:15
>> Isaiah 66:10
>> Psalm 43:1
>>
>> (Chapters and verses according to the numbering of my German,
Protestant
>> Bible. Catholic bibles may have different numbering, especially in
>> Psalms.)
>
> And explained in laymens terms also ...... thank you!
>
>> "Dominica Palmarum" is, of course "Palm sunday".
>>
>> Now - which date is "Dom: Reminis: 1724"?
>>
>> In the Gregorian Calendar (and I assume it is not Julian, because by
1724
>> most countries had joined the Gregorian community - Orthodox Russia, of
>> course, continued to differ), it was March 12th (Easter: April 16th).
>
> In germany 1724 it was a mess with states and borders. I wouldn't be
that
> sure about being gregorian. Needs to be proven for every part alone.
>
>> By the way, I do not understand why you say that it was the last
baptism
>> entry for that year. The jpg I saw under the link you posted, shows the
>> bottom of one page and the beginning of another one, marked "4 20" in
the
>> top left corner. If that is the following page to the one where the
"Dom:
>> Reminis" entry is found, then you have there another baptism entry,
>> starting in the 4th line with "Dom: XIX Trinit:" which is 19th sunday
>> after Trinity or 20th sunday after Pentecost (22 Oct 1724).
>
> Agreed (though not recognizing the date as easy as you do). The written
> text is however clearly as you state.
>
> Richard
>
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> Richard van Schaik
> f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.fmavanschaik.nl/
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