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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Friday, April 17, 2009, at 10:52 am, christopher crockett wrote: > > anything's possible, surely, but according to the site which John has > kindly > supplied us as a "key" to these arcane matters > > http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/italia/legenda.html > > AL = Alessandria > > though apparently the abbreviation is only used for "talian Car Plates > / > Targhe Automobilistiche Italiane / Auto-kennzeichen aus Italien" To clarify for those who may not have observed the in-cheek position of christopher's tongue, "only" is more than a tad off the mark with regard to actual usage. A quick glance through some of the results of this Google search for instances of "Alessandria (AL)" will reveal numerous contexts that have nothing to do with automobile license plates: http://tinyurl.com/ddkmzn Best again, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html