I see you haven't received a response in the past 4 hours. I only received it once. LynnD
On 2/20/08, zelda crusher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is it just me, or has everyone received these last three posts several > times? > > Laurie > > > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:31:42 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Money & weights in accounts> > CC: > > > At 01:43 19/02/2008, you wrote:> > > > "the foreparte of the > George of Dyamountes the Mayle> > > > of the curates and Rivet of the same > of Siluer half> > > > gilte with a sworde in his hand of gold a lozenged> > > > > Dyamounte like a sheelde and a Dragon of gold weying> > > > together iij > oz di di quarter"> > > >> > > > "a little George of gold to hang at a Collar > of> > > > garters weying one ounce quarter di"> > > >> > > > Thanks for any > help with this.> > > >> > > > Kimiko> > >> > >Joan, I believe, has the right > explanation for the above citation, but> > >be careful. In some cases, a > reference will be clear that the odd> > >units refer to money rather than > weight. Such as:> > >> > >'Item for the lynyng and mendyng of 2 vardgales > 14d.' 1555. Petrie Archives> > >> > >In this example, the costs are is 14d, > where the d is denarius = a> > >unit of money. I'm not clear how or why the > Brits kept using d to> > >refer to the old shilling coin. Perhaps it was a > silver coin just as> > >the roman denarius was? I leave to someone from the > other side of the> > >pond to explain further.> >> > I believe that "d" is > actually pence, not> > shillings, in English money. We used to have,> > > prior to decimalisation on 15/2/71, a system of> > pounds, shillings and > pence, shortened to £.s.d.> > Therefore the "14d" mentioned above is > actually> > 14 pence, not shillings. I will try and check the> > origins of > the notation - but am busy, so it might take a while.> >> > Suzi> > Thanks > Suzi (and nice to hear from you!)> Were there silver pennies in the 16th c? > Still stuck on the denarius> thing, ya see,> > And BTW, Kimiko, that's one > big diamond & George jewel that you've got> described there. The three oz of > gold alone makes a pricey bauble at> today's rates.> --cin> Cynthia Barnes> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________> > h-costume mailing list> h-costume@mail.indra.com> > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _________________________________________________________________ > Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we > give. > > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join_______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
