I'm not sure how acceptable it is but in my notes I always shorthand "died
before 1289" as " <1289" and "born after 1262" as "1262>". For "Floruit" I
use <> or >< as appropriate. I would think this simple and easily
comprehensible.
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Subject: [M-R] dates of activity, death
etc
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion
and culture I feel I should know this, and have probably encountered examples
of how it is done without registering the fact, but could anyone clarify if
there is a standard, abbreviated way of distinguishing between the year of
death, and the year in which someone is first recorded as dead? In the
particular instance that's prompted me to ask, I want to refer to someone who
is documented as active 1268-1287, and referred to as 'quondam' in 1289.
'd.1289' doesn't account for the possibility that he died in 1287 or
1288, and it seems clunky to spell this out in the text if there's a good
abbreviated way to do it. Any suggestions?
Laura
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Dr. Laura Jacobus
Senior Lecturer in History of Art
Birkbeck College, University of London
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