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On 9 July 1537, Martin Luther wrote in a letter to Wolfgang Capito about a lost golden ring: "Pro annulo aureo gratias tibi agit mea Catharina, quam vix unquam
by Archelaos 5mo ago
On 9 July 1537, Martin Luther wrote in a letter to Wolfgang Capito about a lost golden ring: "Pro annulo aureo gratias tibi agit mea Catharina, quam vix unquam magis indignatam vidi, quam ubi sensit, cum vel furto sublatum, vel sua negligentia (quod nec mihi verisimile est, licet usque ingerenti) amissum, quod persuaseram ei, hoc donum esse felix omen et augurium ei missum, tanquam nunc certum esset, vestram Ecclesiam cum nostra suaviter concordare; id mire dolet mulieri."[1]
When Luther's house in Wittenberg was excavated about 20 years ago, a golden ring[2] was found that must have been deposited there before 1540. It is therefore quite likely that this is the ring mentioned by Luther in 1537.
[1] See WA, BR 8: no 3162 -- https://archive.org/details/werkebriefwechse08luthuoft/page/98/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/werkebriefwechse08luthuoft/page/...
[2] Here is an image of the ring: https://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/rhein/geschichte/fruehneuz/reformation/luther/ring.jpg https://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/rhein/geschichte...
- ralusek 5mo agoIf my grandmother were to find out that housekeepers occasionally do actually take things, it would set us back decades.
- mbreese 5mo agoGoogle Translate: My Catherine thanks you for the golden ring, whom I have hardly ever seen more indignant than when she realized that it had been stolen or lost through her own negligence (which is not likely for me, although I still insist on it), which I had persuaded her that this gift was a happy omen and augury sent to her, as if it were now certain that your Church would agree pleasantly with ours; this grieves the woman wonderfully.
- radicalcentrist 5mo agoAre we expected to know latin, or is this supposed to be a little homework assignment for us? Ridiculous.
- theodric 5mo agoYou're expected to use technology to break through the language barrier
- DivingForGold 5mo agoRather obviously these days one can copy/paste the Latin into google translate in mere seconds for relief ...
- i_think_so 5mo agoGoogle? Eeewwww! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpgTqRxaC0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpgTqRxaC0c
- joquarky 5mo agoFOMO burnout is real.
- khazhoux 5mo agoYup, classic Martin Luther!