The Queen Elizabeth medallion I used to illustrate yesterday’s post had sold by the time I got to work.
Elizabeth I Souvenir Medallion
This is the magic of eBay.
We had another seven parcels to pack, and, in the morning, a crowd of customers. For the second day in a row we were delayed in our parcel packing by actual people coming into the shop. Though we couldn’t do without eBay customers, it’s always nice to have people to talk to.
In the afternoon the rush subsided and we had time to add a few more medallions to our eBay shop.
The medallion in the Featured Image commemorates Sir Christopher Wren and features part of his memorial inscription around the edge, though the original is in Latin – LECTOR SI MONUMENTUM REQUIRIS CIRCUMSPICE. I’ve always had an uneasy relationship with Latin – I’d like to be good at it, as it’s always been the sign of an accomplished gentleman, but apart from showing off and reading gravestones I’m not sure how much use it is.
The two bronze medallions have a common obverse and two different reverses for the opening of the new magistrates’ courts in Nottingham and Mansfield.
According to the date on them, they are now 23 years old. I remember when they were made. It was quite a big event at the time – new Nottinghamshire commemorative medallions. It’s strange how time passes.
My early study of Latin as a schoolboy and student has made me what I am today, sour, embittered, envious, neurotic and strangely happy. Amo, amas, amat etc
…amamas, amatis, amant. It took a moment, but it all came back. And it’s as useful now as it ever was.
Shoots by is right!
But it’s still an adventure! 🙂
Yes!
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“Laurie Graves is better than J K Rowling” – hold onto that thought. 🙂
Will do! 😉
I also mentioned that in my Amazon review. When I Google the phrase it comes up near the bottom of the page, though this might just be on my computer. 🙂
“leading to” would read better
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Remember counting the years of the last decade before the Millennium? Now we ate almost 20 years on
Time is a strange thing. The decades pass faster than years used to and days are a mere blur between two periods of interrupted sleep. (And I always become more philosophical when I’m feeling poorly.) 🙂
Don’t we all? 🙂
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Thank you for the history lesson on Wren.
Yes, time passes incredibly quickly, faster every year it seems. 🙂
Yes, time shoots by. I was surprised how little I knew about Wren when I read the Wiki entry. 🙂