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Dear Jim,
I would interpret Deq_z as "deque" = et de.
My Vulgate does not have the quoted phrase either.
Cyprian Rosen
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> Dear List,
> I am currently looking at a print (alas, slightly post-medieval)
> depicting the three Magi before Herod, which is accompanied by an
> inscription: "Convocat Herodes ad se reges sine mora. Deq_z recens
> nato, multa rogavit eos. Math. 2". I've looked at every reference to
> Herod in Matthew 2, but this phrase is not there. Can anyone explain
> this? And might someone with better Latin than me know how to expand
> the contraction "Deq_z "?
> Many thanks,
> Jim
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