# inscriptions *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 25 Nov 1998* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### m.driussi *25 Nov 1998, 01:57* Matthew Freestone and Gordon Brain, Re: Marble Arch(es), inscriptions, Hyde Park. I'm curious what clues might be on the arch(es), but it is probably too much work for too little. So call off the search! Here's a Latin inscription that seems to be from a building facing roughly south or west, in the general Hyde Park area (or an alternate reality Hyde Park area): IAM*REDIT*ET*VIRGO*REDEUNT*SATURNIA*REGNA As you all know, I don't understand Latin. After some study, this line looks to me to be something like "Now [blank] and Virgin they return the reign of Juno." But "redit" can mean "the matter comes up again," making the line "Now the matter comes up again and the Girl/Maiden they return to the throne of Juno" (Girl Power! ). If this inscription is real, I'd like to know about the building/monument it adorns. In any event, I encourage those who know Latin to tell me what it says! =mantis= --- ### Matthew Freestone *28 Nov 1998, 18:40 · follows m.driussi* Mantis writes: > Re: Marble Arch(es), inscriptions, Hyde Park. I'm curious what clues > might be on the arch(es), but it is probably too much work for too > little. So call off the search! Sad man that I am, I decided I would have to see the arches for myself (don't worry, I only live 20 minutes or so from central London) and having done so, I can confirm there are definitely no inscriptions on either arch. cheers, -- II |\ _,,,---,,_ Matt Freestone II zzz. /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_. matthew at matthewf.demon.co.uk II |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' www.matthewf.demon.co.uk/ II '---''(_/--' `-'\_) ---