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SEMINARIVM

seminarium

< seminarium, -i n. (seminary)

CLERICORVM

clericorum

< clericus, -i m. (clerical)

S.H.

Sancti Hieronymi (or: Societatis Hieronymitanae, or: Scholae Hieronymitanae)

< Sanctus Hieronymus (St. Jerome)

< sanctus, -a, -um (holy)

< societas, societatis f. (society, religious order); compare with "Society of Jesus" (Jesuit Order).

< Schola Hieronymitana (School of St. Jerome)

< schola, -ae f. (school)

< Hieronymitanus, -a, -um adj. (belonging to / founded by / living according to the rules of St. Jerome)

Occurrences: Studies in education during the age of the Renaissance, 1400-1600.

Theoretically the set of initials "S.H." could also mean "Societatis Hieronymitanae" (of the Society / Order of St. Jerome) or "Scholae Hieronymitanae" (of the School of St. Jerome). But the official name of this religious order being Ordo Sancti Hieronymi, abbreviated O.S.H., it is probable (but not really sure) that "S.H." in our inscription rather comes from "Sancti Hieronymi" (of St. Jerome).

See also the English Wikipedia under Hieronymites.

Q.

quoddam

quoddam (some)

Occurrences: W. Bauer, Gottfried Friedlein, A. Kurz, Adolf Römer, Andreas Deuerling, Bayerischer gymnasiallehrerverein München, Bayerische Blätter fur das Gymnasial-Schulwesen: vol. 26, Eduard Edler von Mayer, Des Olmützer Bischofes Stanislaus Pawlowski Gesandschaftsreisen ... - page 334 and many others.

VIVVS

vivus

< vivus, -a, -um adj. (living, when someone was alife, during one's lifetime)

Other old texts say vivens (< vivere v. [to live]) instead of vivus, with the same meaning.

INSTITVIT

instituit

< instituere v. (to establish)

FVND.

fundavit

< fundare v. (to found)

DOT.

< dotavit

dotare v. (to endow, to equip)

QVIRINVS LEONINVS BELGA

Quirinus Leoninus Belga

This name follows the classical Roman model of personal names: first name (the name of the person) - second name (the family's name) - nickname (the personal characteristic or origine), like Gaius Iulius Caesar.

Occurrences: William Harrison Woodward, Thesaurus Novus Iuris Ecclesiastici Potissimum Germaniae, Seu Codex ..., vol. 2, Andreas Ulrich Mayer, Dissertatio Historica De Reverendissimis Canonicis Ecclesiae Cathedralis ..., Valentin Rotmar, Johann Engerd, Johann Nep Mederer, and Michael Permaneder, Annales Ingolstadiensis Academiae: Ab Anno 1572. Ad Annum 1672, vol. 2.

T.D.

tempore dato

< tempus datum (at the moment, in those days)

In classical Latin, the most frequent use of this expression was tempore dato (at the right moment) but it seems to have changed its meaning to "at the moment, in those days" in later texts.

Other late Latin texts say "hoc tempore" instead of "tempore dato" in similar passages. See e.g. kvk.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de.

PROTONOTARIVS

protonotarius

< protonotarius, -i m. (clerk, protonotary)

SEDIS APLICÆ.

sedis apostolicae

sedes apostolica (apostolic chair)

< sedes, sedis f. (chair)

apostolicus, -a, -um adj. (apostolic)

EPATUS.

episcopatus

< episcopatus, -us m. (episcopate)

RATISBON.

Ratisbonensis

< Ratisbonensis, -is, -e adj. (of Regensburg)

See the English Wikipedia under Regensburg

PRÆPOSIT⁹.

praepositus

< praepositus, -i m. (provost)

ARCHIPBR.

archipresbyter

< archipresbyter, -i m. (archpresbyter, archpriest)

VICARIUS GENERAL.

vicarius generalis

< vicarius generalis (general vicar, general curate)

< vicarius, -i m. (vicar, curate)

< generalis, -is, -e adj. (general)

ET

et

< et (and)

SER.

serenissimo

serenus, -a, -um adj. (serene)

BAVARIÆ

Bavariae

< Bavaria, -ae f. (Bavaria)

DUCI.À.CONSIL.

ducali a consilio
[or:
ducali altissimo consilio]

< ducalis, -is, -e (ducal)

< a prep. (from, by), or better: altus, -a, -um (high)

consilium, -i n. (council; advice)

Compare "Seren. [...] Dvci A Consil." on the title pages of D. Io. Friderici Eisenharti Seren. Brvnovic. Ac Lvneb. Dvci A Consil. ... Institvtiones Historiae Ivris Litterariae In Vsvm Avditorii Adornatae or Gottlob Evsebivs Oeltze D. Sereniss. Brvnovicens. Et Lvnebvrgens. duci a consil. or Eclogae vetervm poetarvm latinorvm; cvm adnotatione Friderici Gvilielmi Doeringii Sereniss. Saxon. dvci a Consil. Eccles. et Schol. et illvstr. gymn. Gothani directoris.

In classic Latin, an "ablativus" like the one we have here, speaking of things (instead of persons) was generally used without the preposition "a". That is why I think that what seems to be a preposition in this text (and in similar texts) rather is a current abreviation coming from the adjective "altus". And as the noblemen of those days loved superlatives related to their own persons, I suppose that "a" is an abreviation of "altissimo" (very high = his highness's). The accent on this "a" (which isn't there in other, similar texts) perhaps is an attempt to tell the reading person that this isn't a preposition but an abreviation. Nevertheless I can't deny that in medieval and still later centuries some text writers might be using the impersonal ablative with the preposition "a".

AN. IVBILÆO

anno iubilaeo

< annus iubilaeus (year of jubilee)

< annus, -i (year)

< iubilaeus, -a, -um (of jubilee)

For the jewish or old testamental meaning of "year of jubilee" or "jubilee year" see the English Wikipedia under Jubilee (biblical).

See also Oratio De Anno Ivbilæo: publice in Academia Rostochiensi pridie Calend. Ianuarij Anno M.D.C. pronunciata.

For the use in the trivial sense of "anniversary" see the title of the Oratio de anno iubilaeo Augustanae confessionis.

M.D.C

MDC

The year 1600 in Roman numbers. This is the year when Leoninus founded the seminary, according to the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek.