WG (Royal Numismatic Society) identifies JT.
- Type
- Academic / Technical Report
- Source
- William Gilbert LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
William Glibert, "Talismans," The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society 18 (1938): 274
- Scribe/Publisher
- Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society
- People
- William Gilbert
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
On the left the astrological symbol of Jupiter. Between the inner circle and the edge is the Latin inscription, CONFIRMO O DEVS POTENTISSIMVS.
- Source Link
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/42664199
- BHR Staff Commentary
A publically accessible link can be found here: https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.1246/page/n283/mode/2up
While the translation of this phrase seems to be publicly accepted as "strengthen me, o most powerful God", this is a unique way of expressing that idea. While confirmare is typically a transitive verb that has an active sense, here it is rendered as a middle intransitive verb (intransitive as the object is not explicit) or as a imperative with an object would be.
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