> ---- Paul Skellington <[log in to unmask]> > wrote:
>I thought the z came from the running together with the previous name on the
list, that for Buxton: Aquis Arnemeza > 'Zerdotalia'. However, might a
mistranscription of 'Edrotalia' [rather than the currently accepted Ardotalia]
be more likely to lead to 'Zerdotalia'?<
I was a bit surprised to see the form Edrotalia mentioned as there seems to be only a few mentions of it in the literature.
I think the Z represents an incorporated text divider (/) and find Watkin's Edrotalia much more palatable. If you survey the mis-divisions most appear at points adjacent to Ls, Is or a long s where a text divider could be confusing and vice versa. The choice to ignore inscription in favor of Arnemeza is curious. Arnemeza could represent Arnemecta where ct was read as ti, thus z.
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Tom Ikins
The Roman Map of Britain
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