Sorry. It was an accident. Beauty is an accident. Google everything.
Fortuitously,
Eric.
>Who google? Me, worry.
>
>But I didn't get this off (for once) google, but straight from 18L.
>
>So what do I google -- me or Dom or French Jesuits?
>
>Robin
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eric Wertheimer" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:37 PM
>Subject: Re: Fw: "Dom." for French Jesuits?
>
>
>> BTW, you should google yourself again....
>>
>> At 10:35 PM 4/30/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>> >Absolutely nothing to do with +our+ Dom, but i couldn't resist passing it
>> >on.
>> >
>> >Robin
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Michael North" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:19 PM
>> >Subject: "Dom." for French Jesuits?
>> >
>> >
>> > > Was it common for 18th and 19th century Jesuits to take the title
>"dom"
>> > > before their last name? Or did only Benedictines do that?
>> > >
>> > > I am looking into Louis Bertrand Castel (1688-1757), a Jesuit
>physicist
>> > > who seems to have anonymously translated Cadwallader Colden's An
>> > > Explication of the First Causes of Matter (Paris, 1751). Barbier's
>> > > Ouvrages anonymes attributes the translation to "Dom. or Dominique
>> > > Castel(s)", and Querard to Dom. Castel. I am certain that L.B. Castel
>> > > translated it, but want to track down the reason for this error.
>> > > "Dominique" is probably what I would call an incorrect back-formation
>> > > from "Dom." I find no evidence of a Dominique Castel(s) otherwise.
>> > >
>> > > An odd question, but thanks for any help,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Michael North, [log in to unmask]
>> > > Rare Book Cataloger
>> > > National Library of Medicine
>> > > History of Medicine Division
>> > > 8600 Rockville Pike
>> > > Bethesda, MD 20894
>> > > (301) 496-9204
>> > > ********************************
>> > > Vita brevis, ars longa -- Hippocrates
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